IWE SummerSlam (2018)

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SummerSlam (2018)
Promotional poster featuring Rob Lesnar, Alexa Bliss, Ronda Rousey, and Roman Reigns
Theme song(s)
Information
Promotion IWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Sponsor Cricket Wireless
MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2018
Date August 19, 2018
Venue Barclays Center
City Brooklyn, New York
IWE Network chronology
NXT TakeOver:
Brooklyn 		SummerSlam
(2018) 		Hell in a Cell
(2018)
Extreme Rules chronology
SummerSlam
(2017) 		SummerSlam
(2018)

SummerSlam (2018) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on August 19, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It will be the thirty-first event under the SummerSlam chronology.

Contents

[edit] Storylines

The card will comprise matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by IWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live.

[edit] Raw

After defeating Nia Jax at Extreme Rules, Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss said she had beaten every women on the Raw roster. Ronda Rousey, who Bliss had attacked at Money in the Bank costing her a championship match and had been suspended, came out from the crowd and attacked Bliss and Mickie James. Raw General Manager Kurt Angle then came out and stated that as Rousey had broken her suspension, she would be suspended for another week. Angle then scheduled Bliss to defend the title against Rousey at SummerSlam as long as Rousey did not break her suspension again.

At Extreme Rules, Kurt Angle said that if Universal Champion Rob Lesnar did not show up for Raw or agree to the terms of when Lesnar will defend the championship, then he would be stripped of the championship. The following night on Raw, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman interrupted Angle, who was about to strip Lesnar, and stated that Lesnar would hold on to the championship for however long he pleases. Angle then scheduled Lesnar to defend the championship at SummerSlam and if he did not, he would be indefinitely stripped. Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Elias, Finn Bálor and Roman Reigns all came out and said they deserved a shot at Lesnar. In response, Angle scheduled two Triple threat match that night, with the winners facing each other the following week to determine who would face Lesnar at SummerSlam. Reigns won the first triple threat match by defeating Bálor and McIntyre, while Lashley won the second by defeating Elias and Rollins, thus setting up Reigns and Lashley facing each other the following week, in effectively a rematch from Extreme Rules, in which Reigns won to face Lesnar for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam.

At Extreme Rules, Kevin Owens defeated Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage match. A rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam with a stipulation that if Owens win, he will win the Money in the Bank contract.

At Extreme Rules, Dolph Ziggler defeated Seth Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime in a 30-minute Iron Man match to retain the Intercontinental Championship. A rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam.

[edit] SmackDown

At Extreme Rules, KJ Styles retained the IWE Championship against Rusev. On the July 24 episode of SmackDown, SmackDown General Manager Paige was about to announce Styles' opponent for SummerSlam with an open contract, but was interrupted by James Ellsworth, who tried to claim the contendership and was subsequently fired by Paige after insulting her. As Paige saw to Ellsworth being kicked out of the building, Samoa Simpson attacked Styles with the Coquina Clutch. Simpson then signed the contract, thus making their match for the title official at SummerSlam.

On July 21, Paige announced a #1 contenders tag team title tournament with the winning team earning a championship match against The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam. The tournament began on the July 24 episode of SmackDown. The New Day's Big E and Xavier Woods and Cesaro and Sheamus advanced to the finals by defeating Sanity's Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain and The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso).

On the July 24 episode of SmackDown, Becky Lynch defeated SmackDown Women's Champion defeated Carmella in a non-title match to earn the right to challenge Carmella for the title at SummerSlam. The following week, Charlotte Flair returned and saved Lynch from Carmella. Paige then scheduled Carmella to face Flair with a stipulation that if Flair won, she would be added to the match. Flair won the match, thus making the match a triple threat.

[edit] 205 Live

On the July 24 episode of 205 Live, Drew Gulak defeated Mustafa Ali, Hideo Itami, and TJP in a fatal four-way match to earn the right to challenge for the Cruiserweight Championship. On July 30, a match between Cedric Alexander and Gulak for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam.

[edit] Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English commentators Michael Cole (Raw)
Corey Graves (Raw/SmackDown)
Jonathan Coachman (Raw)
Tom Phillips (SmackDown)
Byron Saxton (SmackDown)
Vic Joseph (205 Live)
Nigel McGuinness (205 Live)
Percy Watson (205 Live)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Marcelo Rodríguez
Jerry Soto
German commentators Carsten Schaefer
Tim Haber
Calvin Knie
Ring announcers Greg Hamilton (SmackDown/205 Live)
JoJo (Raw)
Referees Danilo Anfibio
Mike Chioda
Rod Zapata
Interviewers Charly Caruso
Pre-show panel Renee Young
Booker T
Sam Roberts
David Otunga
Jerry Lawler
Pre-show correspondent Peter Rosenberg
John "Bradshaw" Layfield

[edit] Pre-show

[edit] Results

No. Results Stipulations
1P Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega defeated Rusev and Lana Mixed tag team match
2P Cedric Alexander (c) defeated Drew Gulak Singles match for the IWE Cruiserweight Championship
Gentlemen Jack Gallagher and The Brian Kendrick are banned from ringside
3P The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) (c) defeated The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) Tag team match for the IWE Raw Tag Team Championship
4 Seth Rollins (with Dean Ambrose) defeated Dolph Ziggler (c) (with Drew McIntyre) Singles match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship
5 The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (with Kofi Kingston) defeated The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (c) by disqualification Tag team match for the IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
6 Braun Strowman defeated Kevin Owens Singles match for Strowman's Money in the Bank contract
7 Charlotte Flair defeated Carmella (c) and Becky Lynch Triple threat match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship
8 Samoa Simpson defeated KJ Styles (c) by disqualification Singles match for the IWE Championship
9 The Miz defeated Daniel Bryan Singles match
10 Finn Bálor defeated Baron Corbin Singles match
11 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Josh Hooper Singles match for the IWE United States Championship
12 Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss (c) by submission Singles match for the IWE Raw Women's Championship
13 Roman Reigns defeated Rob Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) Singles match for the IWE Universal Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show

[edit] SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament

Semifinals Finals
                           
   Sanity
(Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain) 		 
 The New Day
(Big E and Xavier Woods) 		Pin  
   The New Day
(Big E and Kofi Kingston) 		Pin
   Cesaro and Sheamus
 Cesaro and Sheamus Pin
   The Usos
(Jimmy and Jey Uso) 		 

[edit] References

 

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