"SummerSlam: Minnesota" redirects here. For the previous SummerSlam held in Minnesota, see SummerSlam (1999).

SummerSlam
Promotional poster featuring Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins
Promotion WWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Date August 1–2, 2026
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Venue U.S. Bank Stadium
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The 2026 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Minnesota, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be the 39th annual SummerSlam and is scheduled to take place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

This will be the first WWE stadium event held in Minneapolis and the second SummerSlam overall in the city, after the 1999 event, which took place at Target Center. This will also be the first SummerSlam to air on the ESPN streaming service in the United States.

Production

Background

The event will be held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event traditionally held in August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer",[1] it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".[2][3] Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.[4][5]

Announced on May 23, 2024, the 39th SummerSlam is scheduled to be held across two nights on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the second SummerSlam to be held across two nights (although the first one to be announced) and the first WWE stadium event held in Minneapolis.[6] This will subsequently be the second SummerSlam held in Minneapolis, after the 1999 event, which was held at the Target Center.[7]

Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, SummerSlam will be available to livestream on the ESPN streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Abema in Japan.[8] This marks the first SummerSlam to livestream on ESPN in the United States, as WWE's contract with Peacock to air main roster PPV and livestreaming events expired at the conclusion of Clash in Paris in August 2025.[9]

Storylines

The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[10][11]

Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi will fight each other at the event inside Hell in a Cell.

At Night of Champions on June 27, 2026, Oba Femi won the King of the Ring tournament final for a world championship match at SummerSlam.[12] Two nights later on Raw, Brock Lesnar made a surprise return and attacked Femi with a low blow and an F-5. Immediately after, Femi rose to his feet, insulted Lesnar and challenged him to a match at SummerSlam. Lesnar accepted on the condition that the match would be inside Hell in a Cell. The match was made official later that night with Femi forgoing his championship match at the event.[13]

2026 Queen of the Ring Iyo Sky will challenge Liv Morgan for the Women's World Championship

On that same night, Iyo Sky defeated Women's World Champion Liv Morgan in the Queen of the Ring tournament final for a women's world championship match at SummerSlam. Following their match, Sky chose to challenge Morgan for the Women's World Championship.[12]

In the final chapter of their twelve-year blood feud, Roman Reigns will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Seth Rollins.

Matches

Night TBA
No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Liv Morgan (c) vs. Iyo Sky Singles match for the Women's World Championship[14]
2 Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar Hell in a Cell match[15]
3 Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[16]
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

  1. ^ Dee, Louie (May 17, 2006). "Let the Party Begin". WWE. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  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. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Paddock, Matty (August 21, 2017). "WWE SummerSlam results: Brock Lesnar and Jinder Mahal survive as Finn Balor defeats Bray Wyatt". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Crosby, Jack; Silverstein, Adam (August 19, 2018). "WWE SummerSlam 2018 matches, card, start time, location, 2018 date, PPV rumors". CBSSports. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (May 23, 2024). "WWE SummerSlam 2026 Expands To Two Nights, To Be Held In Minnesota". Fightful. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "WWF SummerSlam 1999 - "An Out Of Body Experience" « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. Archived from the original on November 8, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Where to Watch WWE Premium Live Events, Raw, SmackDown, NXT and more". WWE. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  9. ^ Rumsey, Connel (August 20, 2025). "WWE Clash In Paris To Be Final PLE Airing On Peacock". WrestleTalk. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  10. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "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. ^ a b Powell, Jason (June 27, 2026). "WWE Night of Champions results: Powell's live review of Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther vs. Sami Zayn for the WWE Championship, Oba Femi vs. Jey Uso, and Iyo Sky vs. Liv Morgan in the KQOTR finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (June 29, 2026). "WWE Raw results (6/29): Powell's live review of appearances by Roman Reigns, KQOTR winners Oba Femi and Iyo Sky, Rey Mysterio vs. Ethan Page, LA Knight vs. Jimmy Uso". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
  14. ^ Sharma, Ishann (June 27, 2026). "Iyo Sky Makes SummerSlam Decision, Will Face Liv Morgan For The WWE Women's World Title". Fightful. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  15. ^ Russell, Skylar (June 29, 2026). "Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi 3 Set For WWE SummerSlam With Hell In A Cell Stipulation". Fightful. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
  16. ^ Russell, Skylar (June 29, 2026). "Roman Reigns To Defend World Heavyweight Championship Against Seth Rollins At WWE SummerSlam". Fightful. Retrieved June 29, 2026.