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SummerSlam 2016 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on August 21, 2016, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It will be the twenty-ninth event under the SummerSlam chronology, the second consecutive SummerSlam to be hosted in the Barclays Center, and the first event under the new WWE Brand Extension. The event will also crown the first WWE Universal Champion.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

SummerSlam 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.

On June 5, WWE confirmed that they had granted Brock Lesnar "a one-off opportunity" to return to mixed martial arts competition at UFC 200, while also announcing that Lesnar would then return to the company and compete at SummerSlam. On the July 7 episode of SmackDown, Lesnar's opponent was announced as the returning Randy Orton. On July 15, WWE verified the match would still be taking place August 21, despite an USADA notification made to Lesnar stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on June 28, which tested positive for a banned substance. On July 19, the UFC announced that a second sample taken in-competition on July 9 tested positive for the same banned substance, believed to be hydroxy-clomifene, discovered in the previous sample.

After SmackDown draftee Dean Ambrose retained the WWE Championship at Battleground against Raw draftees Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a Triple threat match, the title became exclusive to SmackDown. Subsequently, Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley created a new championship, the WWE Universal Championship, the following night on Raw to serve as a world championship for the brand. Since Ambrose pinned Reigns at Battleground, McMahon and Foley automatically added Rollins to a match at SummerSlam to crown the inaugural champion, with his opponent being the winner of a singles match between the winners of two Fatal 4-Way matches that night. Finn Bálor won the first Fatal 4-Way by defeating Cesaro, Kevin Owens, and Rusev, and Reigns won the second by defeating Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, and Sheamus. Bálor then defeated Reigns to earn the title shot against Rollins.

With the WWE Championship renamed to the WWE World Championship, Dolph Ziggler defeated AJ Styles, Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, Bray Wyatt and John Cena in a Six-Pack Challenge on the July 26 episode of SmackDown to earn a WWE World Championship match against Dean Ambrose at SummerSlam.

At Battleground, Sasha Banks recruited Bayley from NXT as a mystery partner and the two defeated WWE Women's Champion Charlotte and Dana Brooke in a Tag team match when Sasha made Charlotte submit. This earned Sasha a title match against Charlotte on the following night on Raw, in which Sasha Banks again made Charlotte submit and became the second WWE Women's Champion. Charlotte invoked her rematch clause five days later to face Banks for the title in a rematch at SummerSlam.

On the August 2 episode of SmackDown, Apollo Crews defeated Baron Corbin and Kalisto in a triple threat match to earn an Intercontinental Championship match against The Miz at SummerSlam.

After AJ Styles's victory over John Cena at Money in the Bank, Cena teamed up with Enzo Amore and Big Cass to defeat Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows (The Club) at Battleground. On the August 2 episode of SmackDown, Styles challenged Cena to another match at SummerSlam, which Cena accepted.

Match Preview

Randy Orton v Brock Lesnar	Preview
Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins	Preview
Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler	Preview
Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte	Preview
The Miz vs. Apollo Crews	Preview
John Cena vs. AJ Styles	Preview

Matches

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton

Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins for the vacant WWE Universal Championship

Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship

Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte for the WWE Women's Championship

The Miz (c) (w/ Maryse) vs. Apollo Crews for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

John Cena vs. AJ Styles

Other on-screen talent

Commentators
Interviewers
Ring announcer

Pre-show Panel
Referees

DVD release

[ SummerSlam 2016 on DVD]

External links

SummerSlam 2016 Official website
[ SummerSlam 2016 on WWE Network]
[ SummerSlam 2016 kickoff show on WWE Network]
SummerSlam 2016 at CAGEMATCH.net
[ SummerSlam 2016 at Online World of Wrestling]

SummerSlam 2016 previews

Randy Orton v Brock Lesnar • Finn Bálor v Seth Rollins • Dean Ambrose v Dolph Ziggler • Sasha Banks v Charlotte • The Miz v Apollo Crews • John Cena v AJ Styles • New Day v Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson • Rusev v Roman Reigns • Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens v Realest Guys • Cesaro v Sheamus • Sami Zayn & Neville v The Dudley Boyz • 12-Man Tag Team Match • Six-woman tag team match

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2016 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-views
Royal Rumble • Fastlane • Roadblock • Takeover IX • WrestleMania • Payback • Extreme Rules • TakeOver: The End • Money in the Bank • Battleground • Back to Brooklyn • SummerSlam • Backlash • Clash of Champions • No Mercy • Hell in a Cell • TakeOver: Toronto • Survivor Series • TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs • Roadblock: End of the Line

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 At Battleground, [[Sasha Banks]] recruited [[Bayley]] from [[WWE NXT|NXT]] as a mystery partner and the two defeated [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's Champion]] [[Charlotte]] and [[Dana Brooke]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Tag team match|Tag team match]] when Sasha made Charlotte submit. This earned Sasha a title match against Charlotte on the following night on ''Raw'', in which Sasha Banks again made Charlotte submit and became the second WWE Women's Champion. Charlotte invoked her rematch clause five days later to face Banks for the title in a rematch at SummerSlam.
+On the August 2 episode of ''SmackDown'', Apollo Crews defeated Baron Corbin and [[Kalisto]] in a triple threat match to earn an [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]] match against [[The Miz]] at SummerSlam.
+After AJ Styles's victory over John Cena at [[Money in the Bank 2016|Money in the Bank]], Cena teamed up with [[Enzo & Cass|Enzo Amore and Big Cass]] to defeat Styles, [[Karl Anderson]] and [[Luke Gallows]] ([[The Club]]) at Battleground. On the August 2 episode of ''SmackDown'', Styles challenged Cena to another match at SummerSlam, which Cena accepted.
 ==Match Preview==