We’re five days away from the 2026 edition of SummerSlam, which is again a two-night event for WWE this year.
Pro wrestling/sports entertainment’s biggest party of the summer comes to Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium this weekend, Sat., Aug. 1 and Sun., Aug. 2 at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on ESPN Unlimited or Netflix, depending on whether or not you’re in the United States.
SummerSlam’s card is set, but the company hasn’t officially let us in on which matches run on which night. Until this morning (July
27), when they did:
Saturday matches
Undisputed WWE Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
Hell in a Cell Match
Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar
Women’s World Championship Match
Liv Morgan (c) vs. IYO SKY
Gunther vs. Nick Aldis
Six-Man Tag Team Match
LA Knight, Solo Sikoa & Royce Keys vs. Jacob Fatu & The Usos
Six-Women Tag Team Match
The Bella Twins & Paige vs. Fatal Influence
Sunday matches
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins
Interim WWE Women’s Championship Ladder Match
Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Chelsea Green vs. ???
Intercontinental Championship Match
Penta (c) vs. Chad Gable
United States Championship Match
Trick Williams (c) vs. Baron Corbin
Undisputed WWE Championship No. 1 Contender’s Match
Sami Zayn vs. Finn Bálor
Danhausen vs. Dominik Mysterio
The first hour of each show will also air on one of ESPN’s cable channels, but there’s no insight into match order from the announcement. Putting Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi’s Hell in a Cell on the same night as the CM Punk/Cody Rhodes WWE title tilt makes me thing Lesnar will be on the free TV hour again as he has in the past… question is whether that’s because Brock likes to leave early, ESPN wants him as a draw to lure people into subscribing to Unlimited for the paid portion of the show and beyond, or both.
Regardless of the eventual order, what do you think of the way WWE and its partners have broken up these cards? Let us know below!
