![]() Bayley in turn felt she deserved a title shot, while Banks felt she deserved a rematch due to Bliss' actions at Great Balls of Fire. Over the next couple of weeks, Bayley scored pins over Bliss in a tag team match, and a non-title singles match. Sasha Banks had lost a number one contendership match to Bayley, but after Bayley got injured, Banks defeated Nia Jax to become the new number one contender for the Raw Women's Championship at SummerSlam.Īt Great Balls of Fire, Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss by count-out, thus Bliss retained the Raw Women's Championship. Īt Battleground, Natalya won a fatal five-way elimination match to become the number one contender for Naomi's SmackDown Women's Championship at SummerSlam. The following week, Heyman proclaimed that if Lesnar were to lose the Universal Championship at SummerSlam, then he and Lesnar would leave the WWE. It was then decided that Lesnar would defend the title against Reigns, Joe and Strowman in a fatal four-way match at SummerSlam. During the match, Strowman returned and attacked both Reigns and Joe, resulting in a no contest. Reigns and Joe were then scheduled for a number one contender match. ![]() The following night on Raw, as Raw General Manager Kurt Angle was about to reveal his plans for Lesnar's championship match at SummerSlam, Reigns interrupted, wanting the match. At the event, Strowman defeated Reigns, but Reigns retaliated by locking Strowman in the ambulance and crashing it, leaving him bloodied and injured, while Brock Lesnar defeated Joe to retain the Universal Championship. Later that night, Braun Strowman returned and cost Reigns his match against Samoa Joe and challenged Reigns to an ambulance match at Great Balls of Fire. On the June 19 episode of Raw, Roman Reigns proclaimed himself to be the number one contender for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam. īrock Lesnar had to defend the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe in a fatal four-way match due to the stipulation of the match, both he and Paul Heyman would have left the WWE had Lesnar lost. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live. The event compromised thirteen matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Tickets went on sale March 25 through Ticketmaster. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Announced on September 28, 2015, the 2017 event was the 30th SummerSlam and was scheduled to be held on August 20, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the third consecutive year. It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced every August by WWE since 1988. The event was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. ![]() In other prominent matches, AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens to retain SmackDown's United States Championship in a match that featured Shane McMahon as the special guest referee, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, and Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss to win her record-tying fourth Raw Women's Championship. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, and Samoa Joe in a fatal four-way match to retain Raw's Universal Championship and in the penultimate match, Jinder Mahal defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain SmackDown's WWE Championship. The event featured eight championship matches, the most for a SummerSlam event, where five of the titles changed hands. Thirteen matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. The event took place on August 20, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the third consecutive year. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The 2017 SummerSlam was the 30th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
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