WWE SummerSlam continues its storied legacy as a cornerstone WWE event. Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland hosts the promotion's third-longest running pay-per-view on Saturday and the card is shaping up nicely.
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2024 WWE SummerSlam matches
Undisputed WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Solo Sikoa
World Heavyweight Championship
Damian Priest (c) vs. Gunther
WWE Women's Championship
Nia Jax (c) vs.Bayley
Women's World Championship
Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
United States Championship
Logan Paul (c) vs. LA Knight
Intercontinental Championship
Sami Zayn (c) vs. Bron Breakker
Drew Mcintyre vs. CM Punk
(*Special Guest Referee: Seth Rollins* )
WWE SummerSlam 2024 results: Reigns returns, helps Rhodes retain title vs. Sikoa
Cody Rhodes retained his Universal WWE Championship over Solo Sikoa on Saturday night in Cleveland, but the biggest moment of the night belonged to Roman Reigns. Reigns, the former Universal champion, returned from four months off to handle some business with Sikoa, as the "Original Tribal Chief" delivered a Superman Punch and spear to his cousin to hand the victory to Rhodes. What does this mean for The Bloodline? Is Reigns all the way back? We'll have to find out in the coming weeks following Saturday's festivities. Five other titles were up for grabs in Cleveland Stadium, and four of them changed hands. Here's everything that went down on the seven-match fight card in the 2024 edition of SummerSlam.
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WWE Hall of Famer Sika Anoa'i, father of Roman Reigns, dies at
WWE Hall of Famer Sika Anoa'i, the father of pro wrestling's top star, Roman Reigns, has died, the organization announced Tuesday. Anoa'i was 79. Anoa'i was a three-time WWE tag-team champion as one-half of The Wild Samoans alongside his brother, Afa. They were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007. Following their in-ring career, the tag team trained wrestlers -- including Batista -- at The Wild Samoan Training Facility. They also trained their nephew, WWE Hall of Famer Yokozuna. Anoa'i's family tree is among the greatest in wrestling history. WWE's long-running "Bloodline" storyline features Reigns as the leader of a faction comprised of Samoans who are family members and longtime family friends. The Rock entered the "Bloodline" program in February ahead of a WrestleMania 40 tag-team main event in April alongside his close family friend, Reigns. "My father had a profound impact on my entire family and we are forever grateful for the foundation he built for us," Reigns posted Tuesday on X. "There's no way to fill the void left by his passing but my sisters and I will do our best to represent him and his legacy." Reigns hasn't appeared on WWE television since WrestleMania 40 in April, when he lost the WWE undisputed championship to Cody Rhodes. That ended Reigns' 1,316-day title reign, fourth longest in WWE history.
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Germany hosts a WWE pay-per-view for the first time when the inaugural Bash in Berlin event kicks off on Aug. 31. World heavyweight champion Gunther returns to his longtime home on a card also featuring undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes.
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2024 WWE Bash in Berlin matches
World Heavyweight Championship -- Gunther (c) vs. Randy Orton
Undisputed WWE Championship -- Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley vs. Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan (Mixed Tag Team Match)
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (Strap Match)
United States Championship -- LA Knight (c) vs. Santos Escobar
Intercontinental Championship -- Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaise
The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu or Tonga Loa) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) or Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford
Cody Rhodes Reveals Why Goldust Should Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame
Cody Rhodes says that Goldust deserves a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame. During an interview with The Schmo, Rhodes called Goldust an underrated character in the Attitude Era of WWE and that he was worthy of being in the Hall of Fame. He also provided insight into the mindset of Dustin Rhodes when it came to playing the Goldust character. Cody and Dustin Rhodes are both sons of wrestling legend, Dusty Rhodes.
“Knowing how much he had subverted expectations, knowing how much he didn’t just want to be a Rhodes. He wanted to be his own thing and what he did in the lengths he went to to do it, I was very proud of Dustin throughout that whole run," Cody said of his brother. "Goldust is an underrated part of the Attitude Era, certainly somebody I think worthy of the Hall of Fame.”
Goldust is a multiple time WWE Intercontinental Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion. He also won the Hardcore Championship while in WWE. Outside WWE and the Goldust character, Dustin Rhodes was a multiple-time WCW United States Champion. Currently, Dustin Rhodes is a member of the AEW and ROH roster. He's one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions with Sammy Guevara and a part of the ROH World Six-Man Champions with The Von Erichs.
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The WWE returns to Saudi Arabia for the second time in 2024 as Crown Jewel takes place on Saturday, Nov. 2 from the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a unique card as the top two matches on the marquee aren't WWE championship bouts. That's because at Bad Blood, WWE CCO, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, revealed that the men's and women's champions on Raw and SmackDown will square off with the respective winners becoming the Crown Jewel champion.
The WWE returns to Saudi Arabia for the second time in 2024 as Crown Jewel takes place on Saturday, Nov. 2 from the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a unique card as the top two matches on the marquee aren't WWE championship bouts. That's because at Bad Blood, WWE CCO, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, revealed that the men's and women's champions on Raw and SmackDown will square off with the respective winners becoming the Crown Jewel champion.