SummerSlam (2018)
SummerSlam | |||
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Promotion WWE | | ||
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown 205 Live | ||
Date | August 19, 2018 | ||
City | Brooklyn, New York | ||
Venue | Barclays Center | ||
Attendance | 16,169[1] | ||
Buy rate | 29,900[2] (excluding WWE Network views) | ||
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SummerSlam chronology | |||
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The 2018 SummerSlam was the 31st annual
Thirteen matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. Nine matches, including two on the Kickoff pre-show, were championship matches. In the main event,
Production
Background
Storylines
The event comprised 13 matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
Raw
As
After retaining her title against
At Extreme Rules,
At Extreme Rules,
At Extreme Rules, Finn Bálor defeated Baron Corbin.[16] A few weeks later, a rematch between the two was scheduled, with Corbin defeating Bálor.[17] The following week, another match between the two was scheduled for SummerSlam.[18]
On the August 13 episode of Raw,
SmackDown
On the July 24 episode of SmackDown, SmackDown General Manager Paige was about to reveal AJ Styles's opponent for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam when James Ellsworth tried to claim the contendership. Paige fired him and saw him being kicked out of the building, when Samoa Joe attacked Styles with the "Coquina Clutch" and then signed the contract.[19]
On July 21, Paige scheduled a tag team title tournament with the winning team earning the right to challenge
On the July 24 episode of SmackDown,
At Extreme Rules, Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Jeff Hardy to capture the United States Championship after a pre-match low blow.[16] A rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for the following SmackDown which Hardy won by disqualification after he was attacked by Randy Orton.[23] On August 3, another match between the two for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam.[24]
In the first season of NXT in 2010, The Miz served as the "WWE Pro" of "NXT Rookie" Daniel Bryan. Throughout the season, Miz constantly berated Bryan, claiming he was not WWE material and expressing his displeasure at Bryan being his Rookie. The feeling was mutual as Bryan regularly alluded to the fact that he had been wrestling longer than Miz, stating that he should be the Pro and Miz should be the Rookie. On the May 11 episode of NXT, Bryan was eliminated from the show. The following week after his elimination, Bryan attacked The Miz and Michael Cole on NXT. The two would then feud over the United States Championship, which Bryan won from Miz at Night of Champions. Six years later, on the August 23, 2016, episode of Talking Smack, Bryan (then General Manager of SmackDown) got into a verbal altercation with The Miz, which consisted of Bryan criticizing Miz's wrestling ability and "safe style" of wrestling. The Miz responded by going on a rant about Bryan being unable to return to in-ring competition due to the various injuries he had sustained throughout his WWE career.[25] From this point forward, Bryan and Miz had sporadic interactions for over a year. On March 20, 2018, Bryan was medically cleared to return to in-ring competition by doctors,[26] after which he resumed his feud with The Miz. On the July 31 episode of SmackDown, Bryan challenged Miz to a match at SummerSlam. Miz initially declined the match, stating that he has always been above Bryan going back to NXT season one, and recommended that Bryan return to the independent circuit once his WWE contract expired.[21] However, the following week, The Miz accepted Bryan's SummerSlam challenge.[22]
On the July 24 episode of SmackDown,
205 Live
On the July 24 episode of 205 Live,
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators | Michael Cole (Raw matches) |
Corey Graves (Raw/SmackDown matches) | |
Jonathan Coachman (Raw matches) | |
Tom Phillips (SmackDown matches)
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Byron Saxton (SmackDown matches) | |
Vic Joseph (205 Live match) | |
Nigel McGuinness (205 Live match) | |
Percy Watson (205 Live match) | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Marcelo Rodríguez | |
Jerry Soto | |
German commentators | Carsten Schaefer |
Calvin Knie | |
Ring announcers | Greg Hamilton (205 Live/SmackDown matches) |
JoJo (Raw matches)
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Referees | Danilo Anfibio |
Jason Ayers | |
Mike Chioda | |
John Cone | |
Dan Engler | |
Darrick Moore | |
Chad Patton | |
Charles Robinson | |
Rod Zapata
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Interviewers | Renee Young
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Charly Caruso | |
Pre-show panel | Renee Young |
Booker T | |
Sam Roberts | |
David Otunga | |
Jerry Lawler | |
Pre-show correspondents | Peter Rosenberg |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
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Pre-show
Three matches occurred on the SummerSlam Kickoff pre-show. In the first match, Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega faced Rusev and Lana. In the climax, Vega pinned Lana with a
Next, Cedric Alexander defended the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Drew Gulak. In the end, Alexander pinned Gulak with a roll-up to retain the title.[30]
After that, The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder). In the end, as Dawson attempted to pin Axel with a small package, Dallas fell onto Axel, reversing the small package and pinning Dawson to retain the titles.[30]
Preliminary matches
The actual pay-per-view opened with Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Drew McIntyre) defending the Intercontinental Championship against Seth Rollins, accompanied by Dean Ambrose. McIntyre sent Ambrose into the steel steps at ringside, distracting Rollins and allowing Ziggler to perform a "
Next, The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The New Day's Big E and Xavier Woods, accompanied by Kofi Kingston. The match ended when Rowan struck Woods and Big E with a mallet, thus The New Day won by disqualification, however, The Bludgeon Brothers retained the titles.[31]
After that, Braun Strowman defended his Money in the Bank contract against Kevin Owens, with the stipulation that Strowman could lose the contract by any means. In the end, Strowman chokeslammed Owens onto the steel stage ramp. Strowman then rolled Owens back into the ring and performed a running powerslam on Owens to retain the contract and end the feud.[31]
In the fourth match, Carmella defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. The ending saw Lynch apply the "Dis-Arm-Her" on Carmella, only for Flair to sneak behind & attack Lynch from behind with the "Natural Selection" for the pinfall to win the title to tie Trish Stratus' record, winning her seventh women's championship. After the match, Lynch attacked Flair, turning heel.[31]
Next, AJ Styles defended the WWE Championship against Samoa Joe. In the climax, as Joe continued to taunt Styles' wife and child, who were in attendance at ringside, an irate Styles tackled Joe through the barricade. Styles then attacked security personnel and struck Joe with a chair, causing a disqualification, thus Joe won the match, however, Styles retained the title.[31]
Next, Elias promised a concert. As he was about to start, the guitar broke. He then discarded the guitar pieces and then departed backstage.[31]
Next, Daniel Bryan faced The Miz. In the end, Miz's wife
After that, "The Demon" Finn Bálor faced Baron Corbin. Bálor performed a
Later, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the United States Championship against Jeff Hardy. In the end, Hardy attempted a "
In the penultimate match, Alexa Bliss defended the Raw Women's Championship against "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey.
Main event
In the main event, Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defended the WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. Before the match began, Braun Strowman showed up, stating his intention to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on the winner and remaining at ringside. As soon as the match began, Reigns surprised Lesnar with three
Aftermath
Raw
On the following episode of Raw, new Universal Champion Roman Reigns made an open challenge, but announced that he specifically wanted to face Finn Bálor, as he was the inaugural champion who had to relinquish the title due to injury, but never received a rematch. Bálor accepted and Reigns retained the title. After the match, Braun Strowman attacked Reigns and attempted to cash in his Money in the Bank contract, but was intercepted by Reigns' colleagues from
Dean Ambrose with new Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins also had a match against Dolph Ziggler. Rollins took out McIntyre, allowing Ambrose to defeat Ziggler.[32]
A championship celebration with all of the women of Raw and Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon occurred for new Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey. Stephanie tried to take credit for Rousey being in WWE and subsequently becoming champion, but Rousey said her win was for all women, not for herself or for Stephanie. Rousey then applied the armbar to Stephanie.[32] The following week, Alexa Bliss invoked her championship rematch clause for Hell in a Cell.[34]
Raw Tag Team Champions The B-Team (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas) took on The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) in back-to-back singles matches, where Dawson defeated Dallas and Wilder defeated Axel.[32] The following week, The Revival defeated The B-Team.[34] A title match between the two teams was scheduled for the September 3 episode, but The B-Team were attacked backstage by Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre, who went on to become the new champions.[38]
SmackDown
WWE Champion AJ Styles was interviewed about his match against Samoa Joe. He explained that he did not regret what he did to Joe, but was upset that he lost the match due to his actions. He warned Joe to never talk about his family again. Joe then attacked Styles from behind.[39] On August 24, rematch between the two was scheduled for Hell in a Cell.[40]
The New Day received a SmackDown Tag Team Championship rematch against The Bludgeon Brothers in a
The Miz faked a retirement speech by saying that he was retired from facing Daniel Bryan ever again. Bryan came out and called Miz a coward for having to cheat to win. He then said that General Manager Paige approved a mixed tag team match pitting himself and his wife Brie Bella against The Miz and his wife Maryse at Hell in a Cell.[39] It was also announced that The Miz and Bryan would have a rematch at Super Show-Down, with the winner earning a future WWE Championship match.[41]
Becky Lynch explained her reasoning for attacking new SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair after the triple threat match. She claimed that she realized Charlotte had been holding her back the whole time and was not really her friend. Charlotte came out and the two brawled. Former champion Carmella was granted her rematch for the following week,[39] where Flair retained. After the match, Lynch attacked Flair again.[42] On the September 4 episode, a title match between Flair and Lynch was made official for Hell in a Cell.[43]
Becky Lynch's heel turn at SummerSlam would change her career. The storyline would go all the way to the main event of
Jeff Hardy faced Randy Orton in a singles match, which ended in Orton winning by disqualification. After the match, they brawled into the crowd, where Hardy attacked Orton with steel chairs and a camera, then performed a "Swanton Bomb" on Orton through a table.[39] The following week, Hardy challenged Orton to a Hell in a Cell match at Hell in a Cell, and Orton accepted.[42]
Rusev and Lana received a rematch against Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega, where they won after
205 Live
Drew Gulak claimed that Cedric Alexander got lucky in retaining the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and demanded a rematch, but was denied by 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick.[45]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times pinfall Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship[58] | 6:10 | | ||
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SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament
Semi-finals SmackDown (7/24,[19] 7/31[21]) | Final SmackDown (8/7)[22] | ||||||||
The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) | Pin | ||||||||
Sanity (Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain) | 7:55[19] | ||||||||
The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) | Pin | ||||||||
Sheamus and Cesaro | 21:32[22] | ||||||||
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | 13:55[21] | ||||||||
and Cesaro
| Pin |
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