Cody Rhodes is ready to defend the Undisputed WWE Championship at WWE’s hottest occasion of the summer time.
He’ll headline SummerSlam on Aug. 3 in a match towards Solo Sikoa. Sikoa is the cousin of Roman Reigns, the previous chief of the villainous “Bloodline” faction whom Rhodes defeated at WrestleMania 40 in April to seize his championship. Reigns has been absent from WWE TV since, so Sikoa has anointed himself the brand new “Tribal Chief” and has rebooted “The Bloodline” with three new members.
Sikoa established himself as a contender for the title after pinning Rhodes in a six-man tag crew match on the Cash within the Financial institution occasion July 6.
There are a number of different championship matches on the cardboard for SummerSlam, together with Girls’s World Champion Liv Morgan dealing with Rhea Ripley amid a tense love triangle with Dominik Mysterio at its heart.
There may also be a deeply private match between Drew McIntyre and CM Punk that may function Seth Rollins because the visitor referee.
Learn on for extra about this 12 months’s SummerSlam.
When is SummerSlam 2024?
SummerSlam will happen Saturday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m. ET.
The place is the placement for SummerSlam 2024?
SummerSlam can be held at Cleveland Browns Stadium, residence of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. Cleveland beforehand hosted SummerSlam in 1996.
How can I watch SummerSlam 2024?
SummerSlam will stream reside on Peacock, starting at 7 p.m. ET. Be taught concerning the subscription plans for Peacock right here. (Peacock is owned by TODAY.com’s dad or mum firm, NBCUniversal.)
A 3-hour SummerSlam “Countdown” preview present will stream on Peacock, WWE.com and WWE social media platforms starting at 4 p.m. ET.
What are the SummerSlam 2024 matches?
Listed here are the introduced matches for SummerSlam:
Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa
World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest vs. Gunther
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (with particular visitor referee Seth Rollins)
Girls’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley
WWE Girls’s Champion Bayley vs. Nia Jax
United States Champion Logan Paul vs. LA Knight
Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn vs. Bron Breakker