This August, WWE is set to rock and roll as we have the match card almost set. We will see some matches which have never happened before. Every August, this event proves to be the biggest party of Summer as we see memories which thrill us for the rest of the year.
This year's Match Card
This year, Superstars like AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Samoa Joe, Braun Stroman, Kevin Owens, Rusev, The Usos, New Day, etc., are already set for action while few matches are yet to be confirmed. From the women's division, superstars like Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Natalya and Naomi are set for the action.
Jinder Mahal will defend his WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura in a first-time match. Nakamura defeated John Cena to become the number 1 contender for the WWE Championship. Brock Lesnar will defend his WWE Universal Championship against Braun Stroman, Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe in a fatal-four-way match. The Usos have challenged The New Day for the tag team titles which they recently lost against The New Day.
Alexa Bliss will defend her Raw Women's Championship against Bayley who became the number 1 contender by defeating Sasha Banks. Natalya has become the number 1 contender for Smackdown Women's Championship and will get her shot against WWE Smackdown women's champion Naomi. Akira Tozawa will challenge Cruiserweight champion Neville for the cruiserweight title.
AJ Styles will defend his United States Championship against Kevin Owens in a rematch, and the special guest referee will be Smackdown Live's commissioner Shane McMahon. Randy Orton has accepted Rusev's challenge and will face him at Summerslam in a non-title match.
Top Summerslam memories
Last year, Randy Orton made his return to the ring after suffering from a career threatening injury at Summerslam.
He faced Brock Lesnar in a match where Brock left him bleeding in the end.
In 2013, there was a WWE Championship match between John Cena (champion) and Daniel Bryan with Triple H as the special guest referee at Summerslam. Bryan defeated John Cena to become the new WWE champion. Bryan's victory could not even last for five minutes as Triple H pedigreed Daniel Bryan and Orton cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to take Daniel's Championship.
That was the time when Triple H formed the faction "Authority."
In 2009, there was a TLC match between CM Punk and Jeff Hardy at Summerslam. The rivalry between Jeff and Punk was an intense rivalry as Punk started targeting some serious issues of "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff such as drug addiction.
In 2005, when Shawn Michaels collided with Hulk Hogan at Summerslam, it was said to be a "Legend Vs Icon" match. Shawn Michaels became the icon of WWF when Hogan went to WCW. It was interesting to see the clash of two egos. Hogan emerged victorious which was not liked by Michaels, and hence he super kicked Hogan after the match got over.
So these were some of the best matches in the past 10-12 years that happened at Summerslam.
