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SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event produced by WWE since 1988. It is considered one of the "Big Five" events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank.
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The 2024 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Cleveland, was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 37th annual SummerSlam and took place on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Background
SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event that had previously been produced every August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views (PPV), along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, originally dubbed the "Big Four", and as of August 2021, it is considered one of the "Big Five", along with Money in the Bank. Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind Wrest...
Storylines
The event included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. At WrestleMania 38 in April, SmackDown's Universal Champion Roman Re...
Preliminary matches
The pay-per-view opened with Bianca Belair defending the Raw Women's Championship against Becky Lynch. Early in the match, Belair accidentally legitimately dislocated Lynch's shoulder. Outside the ring, Lynch countered a Kiss of Death from Belair and attacked Belair near the timekeeper's area. Lynch performed Diamond Dust on Belair for a nearfall. Later, Belair performed a Kiss Of Death on Lynch outside the ring. Belair intended for a countout victory, however, Lynch rolled back in the ring a...
Main event
In the main event, Roman Reigns (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defended the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match. Lesnar drove a tractor towards the ring for his entrance. Lesnar jumped off the tractor onto Reigns and performed German Suplexes on Reigns at ringside. As Heyman distracted Lesnar, Reigns took advantage and performed a Samoan Drop on Lesnar through a table set up at ringside, who stood up at seven. Reigns put Lesnar through another...
The event was met with positive reviews from critics, who welcomed the company's new creative direction and lauded the main event. WWE reported on the Raw after SummerSlam that it had surpassed 1.3 billion video views on social media for the event. Brent Brookhouse of CBS Sports praised the event and also gave his highest ratings of letter grade A ...
The 2022 SummerSlam would be the only SummerSlam to take place in July, as the following year's eventreturned to August.
SummerSlam (2022) was the 35th annual WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event, held on July 30 in Nashville, Tennessee. The main event was a Last Man Standing match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
- Big E def. Baron Corbin. facebook. twitter. Big E pins Baron Corbin at SummerSlam 2021 in Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to reclaim his stolen Money in the Bank briefcase.
- RK-Bro def. AJ Styles & Omos to win the Raw Tag Team Championship. facebook. twitter. Randy Orton and Riddle defeated AJ Styles and Omos at SummerSlam 2021 to win the Raw Tag Team Titles in Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium.
- Alexa Bliss def. Eva Marie. facebook. twitter. Alexa Bliss pinned Eva Marie at SummerSlam 2021 in Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Aug. 21, 2021. Read more.
- Damian Priest def. Sheamus to win the United States Championship. facebook. twitter. Damian Priest pinned Sheamus to capture the United States Championship at SummerSlam 2021 in Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Aug.
Relive the chaos and drama of SummerSlam 2022, where Roman Reigns retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Title against Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing Match. See the full details and highlights of all the matches, including Bianca Belair vs. Becky Lynch, Bayley's return, Edge's comeback and more.
Aug 1, 2022 · Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match, Becky Lynch turned face and Ronda Rousey destroyed Liv Morgan in a controversial finish. Read the full recap, ratings and highlights of the historic show without Vince McMahon.
