Talk:SummerSlam 2018

SummerSlam 2018 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on August 19, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It will be the thirtieth first event under the SummerSlam chronology.

Contents
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 * 1) Background
 * 2) Match Preview
 * 3) Matches
 * 4) Other on-screen talent
 * 5) See also
 * 6) DVD release
 * 7) External links

Background
See also: Professional wrestlingSummerSlam will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

After defeating Nia Jax at Extreme Rules, Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss said she had beaten every women on the Raw roster. Ronda Rousey, who Bliss had attacked at Money in the Bank costing her a championship match and had been suspended, came out from the crowd and attacked Bliss and Mickie James. Raw General Manager Kurt Angle then came out and stated that as Rousey has broken her suspension, she would be suspended for another week. Angle then scheduled Bliss to defend the title against Rousey at SummerSlam as long as Rousey did not attack Bliss again.

At Extreme Rules, Kurt Angle said that if Universal Champion Brock Lesnar did not show up for Raw or agree to the terms of when Lesnar will defend the championship, then he would be stripped of the championship. The following night on Raw, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman interrupted Angle, who was about to strip Lesnar, and stated that Lesnar would hold on to the championship for however long he pleases. Angle then scheduled Lesnar to defend the championship at SummerSlam and if he did not, he would be indefinitely stripped. Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Elias, Finn Bálor and Roman Reigns all came out and said they deserved a shot at Lesnar. In response, Angle scheduled two Triple threat match that night, with the winners facing each other the following week to see who would face Lesnar at SummerSlam. Reigns won the first Triple threat match by defeating Bálor and McIntyre, while Lashley won the second Triple threat match by defeating Elias and Rollins, thus setting up Reigns and Lashley facing each other the following week.

At Extreme Rules, Kevin Owens defeated Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage match. A rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam with a stipulation that if Owens win, he will win the Money in the Bank contract.

At Extreme Rules, Dolph Ziggler defeated Seth Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime in a 30-minute Iron Man match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. A rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam.

Matches

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
 * Brock Lesnar (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship
 * Alexa Bliss (c) (w/ Mickie James) vs. Ronda Rousey for the WWE Raw Women's Championship
 * AJ Styles (c) vs. TBA for the WWE Championship
 * The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (c) vs. TBA for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
 * Braun Strowman (MITB holder) vs. Kevin Owens for the Money in the Bank contract
 * Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

DVD release

 * [ SummerSlam 2018 on DVD]