![]() Raw General Manager Kurt Angle extended Rousey's suspension for another week, and also awarded her a title match at SummerSlam, provided that she would not break her suspension again. Ronda Rousey, whom she had cost a championship match at Money in the Bank and who had been suspended, came out from the crowd and attacked Bliss and Mickie James. Īfter retaining her title against Nia Jax at Extreme Rules in an Extreme Rules match, Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss gloated that she had beaten every woman on the Raw roster. Lesnar and Heyman then faked a break up before ambushing Reigns on the final Raw before SummerSlam. The following week, Reigns defeated Lashley. Reigns won the first triple threat match over Bálor and McIntyre, while Lashley won the second over Elias and Rollins. In response, Angle scheduled two triple threat matches that night, with the winners facing each other the following week to determine Lesnar's challenger. Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Elias, Finn Bálor, and Roman Reigns all wanted an opportunity. On the Raw after Extreme Rules, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman agreed that Lesnar would defend the title at SummerSlam. Raw Īs Universal Champion Brock Lesnar refused to defend the title at Extreme Rules, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle gave him an ultimatum: defend the title or be stripped of it. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands, with storylines produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live. The event comprised 13 matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show, 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. Tickets went on sale February 2 through Ticketmaster. The event aired on pay-per-view worldwide and was livestreamed on the WWE Network. It featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. Announced on August 14, 2017, the 2018 event was the 31st SummerSlam and was scheduled to be held on August 19, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the fourth consecutive year. It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views (PPV), along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event produced every August by WWE since 1988. Production Background The event was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was also the first SummerSlam not to feature John Cena since 2003. In other prominent matches, The Miz defeated Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe defeated SmackDown's WWE Champion AJ Styles by disqualification (thus did not win the championship), and in the opening bout, Seth Rollins defeated Dolph Ziggler to regain Raw's Intercontinental Championship. ![]() In the penultimate match, Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship, becoming the first woman to win a women's championship in both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and WWE. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to win Raw's Universal Championship, ending Lesnar's 504-day reign (although WWE officially recognizes it as 503 days). ![]() Nine matches, including two on the Kickoff pre-show, were championship matches. Thirteen matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. The event took place on August 19, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the fourth and final consecutive year. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The 2018 SummerSlam was the 31st annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar, Alexa Bliss, Ronda Rousey, and Roman Reigns ![]()
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