SummerSlam (2026)

The 2026 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Minnesota, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 39th annual SummerSlam and took place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. This was the first WWE stadium event held in Minneapolis and the second SummerSlam overall in the city, after the 1999 event, which took place at the Target Center. It was the first SummerSlam to air on the ESPN streaming service in the United States. This edition of SummerSlam was notable as Night 1 featured the final wrestling match of Brock Lesnar as well as the WWE in-ring debut of Nick Aldis, which was his first match since October 2023 on the independent circuit. Night 1 also featured the return of Randy Orton, who had been on hiatus since WrestleMania 42 earlier that year in April, while Night 2 saw the return of Kevin Owens, who had been out with an injury since April 2025. The card included 12 matches, split evenly between both nights. In the main event of Night 1, Raw's Oba Femi defeated Brock Lesnar in a Hell in a Cell match in Lesnar's final match of his career. In other prominent matches, CM Punk defeated Cody Rhodes to retain SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship and Liv Morgan defeated Iyo Sky to retain Raw's Women's World Championship. In the main event of Night 2, Roman Reigns defeated Seth Rollins to retain Raw's World Heavyweight Championship. Elsewhere on the card, Chad Gable defeated Penta to win Raw's WWE Intercontinental Championship and Chelsea Green won a five-way ladder match to become SmackDown's interim WWE Women's Champion.