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SummerSlam (2022)

WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event
SummerSlam
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Promotional poster featuring Roman Reigns 13 and Brock Lesnar
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateJuly 30, 2022
CityNashville, Tennessee
VenueNissan Stadium
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The 2022 SummerSlam is the upcoming 35th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will air on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and will be available to livestream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally. It is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the first SummerSlam to not be held during the month of August.

Production

Background

SummerSlam is an annual live event that had previously been produced every August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer,"[1] 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",[2] and as of August 2021, it is considered one of the "Big Five", along with Money in the Bank.[3] Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.[4][5] The 2022 event will the 35th event in the SummerSlam chronology and will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. In addition to airing on traditional PPV, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets. Announced in October 2021, the 2022 event will be the very first SummerSlam to not be held during the month of August. Instead, it is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.[6][7] Tickets went on sale on April 22, with premium hospitality packages also available.[8] It will also be the first SummerSlam to incorporate a new logo, replacing the previous SummerSlam logo that had been used for the past 12 years.[9]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[10][11] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[12]

At WrestleMania 38 in April, SmackDown's Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated Raw's WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a Winner Takes All match to become recognized as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.[13] After Reigns retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the June 17 episode of SmackDown, he claimed there was no one left to face him. Lesnar then made a surprise return after a two-month hiatus and offered Reigns a handshake. As Reigns went to shake his hand, Lesnar attacked Reigns and then attacked The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), who had come to Reigns' aid.[14] It was subsequently announced that Reigns would defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match at SummerSlam, which WWE billed as their last match against each other.[15]

On the June 17 episode of SmackDown, after losing to Madcap Moss, Happy Corbin confronted commentator Pat McAfee—a former teammate when both played in the National Football League who consistently criticized Corbin on-air for his underhanded tactics.[14] The following week, McAfee challenged Corbin to a match at SummerSlam.[16] After Money in the Bank went off the air, Corbin attacked McAfee and subsequently accepted the challenge.[17]

At Money in the Bank, Bobby Lashley defeated Theory to win the United States Championship.[18] The next night on Raw, Theory announced he was granted a rematch against Lashley for the title at SummerSlam.[19]

At Money in the Bank, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. Following the match, replayed footage of the pinfall showed that Ford's shoulder was off the mat, thus the pinfall should not have been counted.[18] A championship rematch was then subsequently scheduled for SummerSlam.[20]

At Money in the Bank, Liv Morgan won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match to earn a women's championship match contract of her choosing. After Ronda Rousey retained the SmackDown Women's Championship later that same night, Morgan ran out and used the contract to cash in on Rousey and win the title.[18] On the following SmackDown, it was announced that Morgan would defend the title in a rematch against Rousey at SummerSlam.[21]

Matches

No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Brock Lesnar Last Man Standing match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship[a][22]
2 Pat McAfee vs. Happy Corbin Singles match[23]
3 Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Theory Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[24]
4 The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) Tag team match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship[b][25]
The match will have a mystery special guest referee.
5 Liv Morgan (c) vs. Ronda Rousey Singles match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[26]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change

Notes

  1. ^ The name "Undisputed WWE Universal Championship" refers to both the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship being held and defended together, although both titles remain independently active.
  2. ^ The name "Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship" refers to both the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship and WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship being held and defended together, although both titles remain independently active.

References

  1. ^ Dee, Louie (2006-05-17). "Let the Party Begin". WWE.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition. p. 160.
  3. ^ News 3 Staff (August 22, 2021). "Las Vegas to host WWE's Money in the Bank in 2022". KSNV. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  4. ^ Paddock, Matty (August 21, 2017). "WWE SummerSlam results: Brock Lesnar and Jinder Mahal survive as Finn Balor defeats Bray Wyatt". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Crosby, Jack; Silverstein, Adam (August 19, 2018). "WWE SummerSlam 2018 matches, card, start time, location, 2018 date, PPV rumors". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  6. ^ WWE.com Staff (October 25, 2021). "WWE unveils 2022 pay-per-view schedule". WWE. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Gray, Nick (October 25, 2021). "WWE SummerSlam headed to Nissan Stadium in 2022". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  8. ^ WWE.com Staff (April 14, 2022). "Tickets for SummerSlam at Nissan Stadium in Nashville on sale Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m. CT". WWE. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (April 29, 2022). "WWE Reveals New Logo For WWE Summerslam". 411Mania. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  10. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  11. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  12. ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (April 3, 2022). "WrestleMania 38 results: Powell's live review of night two with Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for the Unified WWE Championship, RK-Bro vs. The Street Profits vs. Alpha Academy for the Raw Tag Titles, Edge vs. AJ Styles, Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn in an Anything Goes match, Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory, Bobby Lashley vs. Omos". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Barnett, Jake (June 17, 2022). "6/17 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Barnett's review of Mr. McMahon's appearance, Roman Reigns vs. Riddle for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, Madcap Moss vs. Happy Corbin in a Last Laugh match, Raquel Rodriguez vs. Shayna Baszler in a Money in the Bank qualifier". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  15. ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (June 17, 2022). "Undisputed Universal Championship To Be Defended In Last Man Standing Match At WWE SummerSlam 2022". Fightful. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  16. ^ Powell, Jason (June 24, 2022). "6/24 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Gunther vs. Ricochet for the Intercontinental Title, Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Shotzi vs. Tamina in Money in the Bank ladder match qualifiers, The Viking Raiders return". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  17. ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (July 3, 2022). "Pat McAfee vs. Happy Corbin Made Official For WWE SummerSlam 2022". Fightful. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  18. ^ a b c Powell, Jason (July 2, 2022). "WWE Money in the Bank results: Powell's review of the MITB ladder matches, The Usos vs. The Street Profits for the Undisputed WWE Tag Titles, Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya for the Smackdown Women's Title, Bianca Belair vs. Natalya for the Raw Women's Title, Theory vs. Bobby Lashley for the U.S. Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  19. ^ Powell, Jason (July 4, 2022). "7/4 WWE Raw results: Powell's live review of the Money in the Bank fallout show with Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio vs. Finn Balor and Damian Priest, The Miz responds to Logan Paul's SummerSlam match challenge, Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits vs. Theory and Alpha Academy". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  20. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (July 8, 2022). "Undisputed WWE Tag Team Title Bout Set For WWE SummerSlam". Fightful. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  21. ^ Powell, Jason (July 8, 2022). "7/8 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Roman Reigns' return, Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus for a shot at the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Clash at the Castle event, Smackdown Women's Champion Liv Morgan appears, Maximum Male Models unveil their tennis collection". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  22. ^ "Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar (Undisputed WWE Universal Title Last Man Standing Match)". WWE. June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  23. ^ Burdick, Michael (July 3, 2022). "Pat McAfee vs. Happy Corbin". WWE. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  24. ^ Miller, Gregory (July 4, 2022). "Bobby Lashley vs. Theory (United States Championship)". WWE. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  25. ^ WWE.com Staff (July 8, 2022). "Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos takes on The Street Profits (with a special guest referee)". WWE. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  26. ^ WWE.com Staff (July 8, 2022). "SmackDown Women's Champion Liv Morgan vs. Ronda Rousey". WWE. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

External links

  • SummerSlam Official Website
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