WWE Summerslam 2026 Night 2 8/2/2026

WWE Summerslam 2026 Night 2 8/2/2026

Night 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-summerslam-2026-night-1-812026.html 

We are in Minneapolis, MN. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

They sing the national anthem to start. 

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Nick Aldis comes out before the Finn/Sami match starts. He says he's reinstated as Smackdown GM. He has a black eye. He says he's adding a participant to this matchup and it's Gunther. Why he would do this is unknown since he's been feuding with Gunther for months, but this story has never made sense. Gunther gets in the ring. He says he's adding another participant as well to make this fatal four way. It's Kevin Owens.

#1 Contender to the Undisputed WWE Title - Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor vs Gunther vs Kevin Owens

KO hits shots on Finn and corner lariats Gun. Sami is shocked in the corner. KO corner cannonballs Finn and Gun. Sami and KO hug then punch each other. KO lariats and sentons him. KO top rope swantons everyone outside. KO top rope swantons Gun inside. Gun sleepers him. 

Gun facekicks Finn then KO on the apron. Gun knees Sami in the gut and chops him down. Finn hits shots on Gun. Finn elbow slices Gun. Gun chops Finn down. Finn slingblades Gun and Sami. Gun shotgun dropkicks Finn then powerbombs him for 2. Gun crabs him and KO facekicks Gun. KO hits shots on Gun then boots him in the corner. 

KO lariats Gun. KO 2nd rope twisting suplexes Finn. Sami throws KO out and gets a 2 count on Finn. Finn knocks Sami off the buckles then KO knocks Finn off the buckles. KO tries a top rope swanton but Sami gets his knees up. KO holds his neck/head. The ref backs up Sami. Gun intercepts Sami's helluva kick with a sleeper. Finn top rope double stomps Sami. 

Gun chops Finn and Finn gets a 2 count on him. KO stunners Finn and then Gun. Sami blue thunders KO for 2. KO superkicks Sami then stunners him. KO pins Sami.

Thoughts: It was a shorter but entertaining bout here. There was lots of fast action and lots of things happening. This was totally random and I assume Sami/KO will have some words over this. It was a good choice for an opener. Gunther loses yet another match where either a title or title shot is on the line and there's no way you can justify him being in contention for a title right now.

WWE United States Title - Trick Williams (c) vs. Baron Corbin

Trick hits shots on Baron and flapjacks him. Trick backhands him down and stomps him. Trick lariats Baron over the top. Baron is sent into the rails. Trick pulls out a Slim Jim Table. Baron hits a deep six on the floor. Baron sends him into the rails, post and steps. 

Baron hits mounted shots on Trick. Baron hits punches in the corner. Baron lariats him down and hits mounted shots on his neck. Baron bangs Trick's face off the mat. Trick fights back from the apron and Baron eye rakes him. Baron grabs Little Yachty and sends him into the rails. Yachty grabs a kendo stick and Baron backs off. 

Trick back elbows him in the ring then jumping neckbreakers him. Trick hits leg lariats and uranage's him. Baron rakes the eyes. Yachty hits Baron with the kendo stick and Trick cradle shocks Baron for 2. 

Trick corkscrew facekicks him for 2. Baron pulls Trick's throat over the top rope. Baron grabs the US Title outside and Yachty grab sit. Baron grabs him and Yachty gets knocked off the apron through a table. Baron hits Trick with the US Title then hits an end of days for the win.

Thoughts: Big upset here as I did not see Baron winning. What we got was acceptable and worked a little better than I thought it would. It didn't get a ton of time.

Interim WWE Women's Title - Ladder Match - Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Chelsea Green vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Lash Legend

Jade goes after Flair in the aisle. Jade is sent into the rails and Flair is sent into a ladder. Jade's head is banged off a ladder. Tiff is caught jumping off the steps and Lash powerbombs her into a ladder. Green's tope is caught by Lash and she is chokeslammed into a ladder.

Green is thrown over the rail. Flair kicks Lash and chops her. Lash blocks a forward handspring lariat. Lash slams Flair onto a ladder. Tiff and Green hit superkicks on Lash and Jade. They hit attacks on the ropes on Lash and Jade. Tiff and Green hit stereo mounted corner punches. Jade and Lash pump kick them down.

Jade germans Lash. Flair top rope crossbodies Jade. Flair hits Jade in the gut with a ladder. Lash gorilla press drops Flair. Tiff jumps off a ladder and codebreakers Lash. Tiff and Flair trade forearms. Tiff is dropped face first on a ladder. Green top rope dropkicks Flair. Flair is flapjacked onto a ladder on the ropes. 

Green climbs a ladder and Jade jade end's her onto a ladder laying on the 2nd rope. Tiff backcrackers Jade. Tiff's head is banged off a ladder. Tiff rams a ladder in Lash's gut in the corner. Lash's head is banged off a ladder. Lash 2nd rope pop-up drops Tiff on a ladder on the 2nd rope.

Lash is sent into a ladder. Flair hangs from the belt holder in the air. Lash and Jade pull her down. Jade throws Flair into a ladder in the corner. Lash pump kick Jade. Lash and Tiff are on the ladder. Lash is knocked off. Lash pulls her down and is headscissored into a corner ladder. 

Tiff climbs the ladder and Green appears below her. Green tips the ladder over and Tiff swantons onto 3 girls outside. Green climbs the ladder then B-Fab and Michin come out to stop her. Green hangs upside down on the ladder and has her headbanged off of it. Fab running boots her in the head.

Jade gets help to climb the ladder. Flair sends Michin and Fab out. Flair and Jade climb the same ladder. Lash and Tiff climb a ladder 2 ladders over. Tiff and Lash are pushed over. Jade and Flair fight on a ladder and both fall down. Green climbs a ladder and grabs the title. Chelsea Green wins.

Thoughts: Big upset here with Green winning. I figured Tiff was a lock since this is closer to her hometown. Green winning was not built up that well at all. The match was alright and went a lot better than I expected. They didn't have any big botches and it was mostly safe.

Human Monies on a Pole Match - Danhausen vs. Dominik Mysterio 

The money is in a white sack with a dollar sign on it. It's not too high up. Dan rides his car out and he has Bret Hart inspired tights.

Dom hits him and goes for the money. Dan hits punches. Dom knees him in the gut and dropkicks him into the ropes. Dan overhead suplexes him. Dan corner lariats Dom twice. Dom then lariats Dan down. Dom stomps Dan in the corner. Dom suplexes Dan twice. Dan reverse ddt's him. 

JD McDonaugh pulls Dan off the buckles and pounds on him. JD boots Dan in the head. JD top rope moonsaults Dan. The minihausen's appear and jump JD. JD boots one, slams another and chokeslams another. A mini dropkicks JD and springboard twisting headbutts him. We are told that one is the former El Torito and they call him "Toritohausen". JD takes a spinning ddt.

One of the mini's climbs the pole. Dom stomps the other Mini. Toritohausen top rope diving headscissors Dom then tope con hilos him through the ropes. JD throws Dan out and sends a mini into the rails. Joe Hendry then comes out with a guitar. Joe boots JD and hits him in the back with the guitar.

Dom boots Dan and they fight on the 2nd rope. Dan gets crotched. Dan curses Dom and fireworks shoot out of the pole on Dom. Dan then grabs the money and wins.

Thoughts: It was mostly all shenanigan here and nothing too great wrestling wise. At least Dom didn't eat a pin over this. Joe has really lost rank as he is now stuck doing this.

Dan throws money into the crowd after.

The Killer Bees, Rick "The Model" Martel, Greg Gagne and Molly Holly are in the crowd. 

WWE Intercontinental Title - Penta (c) vs Chad Gable

They shake hands and Penta holds on to talk. Chad takes down Penta and ankle locks him. Penta flying headscissors Chad. Chad russian legsweeps him and koppo kicks him. Penta boots Chad out of the corner and facebusters him. Penta rib breakers him for 2. 

Penta chops Chad. Penta's springboard is caught and Chad germans him. Chad hits 2 more germans for a 2 count. Chad is pulled into the bucklers shoulder first. Penta's up and over is blocked. Chad top rope moonsaults but is superkicked in mid-air for 2. 

Chad rolls him into ankle lock but Chad is sent out. Penta tope con hilos him outside. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. They trade chops. Chad overhead belly to belly suplexes him into the buckles. Chad comes off the top, Penta blocks it and cranks his arm back for 2. Chad's head is busted open.

Penta hits kicks on him while he's down. Penta superkicks him. Chad backrolls him into an ankle lock. Chad armbars him over the top rope. Penta kicks him in the gut. Chad germans him on the apron. Chad top rope moonsaults him outside. Chad top rope diving headbutts him for 2.

Penta 2nd rope diving canadian destroyers him on the apron for 2. Chad ankle locks him again. Chad grounds him and Penta submits.

Thoughts: Chad won since he's in his home state. I didn't think this was good. Penta's selling was bad and the canadian destroyer on the apron should have finished Chad. Hopefully this title win helps out Chad here as he's been dead in the water since returning without his mask.

Chad cries. Penta takes the belt from Chad after and puts it around his waist. Chad's family joins him in the ring after. Chad talks on the mic. He says his name is Chad Gable and says he was born, raised and lives in Minneapolis. He says this is his family who has stood by him. He says he can finally say he is the IC champ. We then get some MUG Root Beer dog mascot that gives hi root beer.

Joe Tessitore, Corey Graves and Big E talk about the main event.

World Heavyweight Title - Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins

Seth comes out with The Shield's intro. He has a Shield mask on and white/purple/green gear.

They have words with each other to start. RR backs up Seth in the corner and shoves him. Seth side headlocks RR and RR shoulders him over. They side headlock each other and Seth slingblades him. 

Seth chops and punches him. Seth chops him in the corner then hits mounted corner punches. RR hits lariats. Seth superkicks him. Seth misses a corner splash and RR jumping lariats him. RR hits lariats in the corner. RR facekicks him. 

Seth spinning forearms him then lariats him over the top. Seth topes him into the rails twice. Seth then topes him into the commentary table. Seth goes for another tope and is hit. RR drive by kicks him on the apron. RR lariats Seth over the rail and into the crowd. They fight in the crowd. Seth's head is banged off a rail. Seth hits him with a post. Seth is suplexed onto some steel on the floor.

Seth throws him over the timekeeper's rail back into ringside. Seth flying knees him off the rail. Seth's spear is blocked outside and Seth is powerbombed onto the commentary table. Seth then powerbombs RR through the other commentary table. They beat the count in and Seth pedigree's RR for 2.

Seth runs at him and RR superman punches him for 2. RR misses a spear and goes into the buckles. Seth curbstomps him for 2. RR is up top and Seth superplexes him. RR guillotines him and grounds him with it. RR hits a spear after escaping a brainbuster. RR gets a 2 count on Seth.

RR says he's #1 and Seth is #2. RR hits mounted shots on Seth. Seth spears RR for 2. Seth says he takes the #1 spot from him tonight. Seth buckle bombs RR. RR buckle bombs him. RR curb stomps Seth for 2. They talk to each other more and get up. They hit each other. RR uppercuts him and the ref is knocked over. Seth rebound lariats him (channeling Mox). RR double underhook ddt's him (channeling Mox). RR goes to spear him but nails the ref. Seth curbstomps RR.

Seth grabs a chair. RR drops him with an uppercut. RR grabs the chair but throws it down. They stare down and hockey fight. They trade more shots. Seth slaps him around and RR headbutts him. RR clubs on him. Seth superkicks him in the gut and hits Kawada kicks. RR uppercuts him. Seth superkicks him and RR superman punches him.

RR goes for a spear and Seth pedigrees him in mid-air. Seth curbstomps RR. Seth misses a top rope stomp and is speared. RR spears him. RR spears him and pins him.

Thoughts: Roman won totally clean here. It got enough time. They did some callbacks to The Shield and did each other's moves here. It was a slower match and they did a lot of talking here. They started with the finisher trading at about the midpoint of the match after some weak brawling in the crowd. It was alright but nothing too great and it was similar to other Roman big main event matches. I figured Seth would win here to continue the angle they were pushing about Roman not being able to beat Seth, but that was not the case. I'm not sure where this leaves Seth now and it seems like a Smackdown run may be in his future.

Roman wants to do The Shield fist pose after and Seth does it with him. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was entertaining. Trick/Baron was acceptable and the ladder match was alright. Dom/Danhausen was all shenanigans. I didn't like Penta/Gable that much. The main was alright but it was slower and had a lot of finishers. The main was probably the match of the night due to a lack of other candidates. The show really could have used a stronger semi-main event and some bigger moments as this was nowhere close to WWE's best work. I liked Summerslam Night 1 more than Night 2 but would give it the same rating of a 6 out of 10. It was okay overall.