WWE SummerSlam suplexed into Cleveland Brown Stadium with more than 57,000+ screaming fans last weekend — a record American attendance for the event and second only to the Wembley's draw of 90,000 in 1992 — with a card full of spectacular moments.
Kicking off the show was a performance of God Bless America performed by Country Music Artist Jellyroll. He followed that up with a performance of his hit song and SummerSlam's title track “Liar."
The first match of the night was for the Women’s World Championship with Liv Morgan successfully defending her championship against Rhea Ripley, thanks to an assist from Dominik Mysterio.
Cleveland’s own Logan Paul lost his United States Championship against crowd favorite LA Knight, and that was one of the loudest reactions of the entire night.
Nia Jax won the Women’s Championship against Bayley to start her reign as champion for Smackdown.
The event was hosted by Cleveland’s own The Miz, who had cameos throughout the night including a segment with Jellyroll and R-Truth taking out Grayson Waller and Austin Theory.
One of the more anticipated matches of the night was Drew Mcintyre Vs. CM Punk with special guest referee, Seth Rollins. Drew McIntyre came out with the victory.
Gunther was crowned the new WWE Heavyweight Champion after one hell of a match between him and former champion Damian Priest of Judgement Day. Gunther had the help of a former friend of Priest and Judgement Day partner, Finn Balor, to gain the victory.
The main event was everything it hyped up to be – Cody Rhodes Vs. Solo Sikoa was a “Bloodline Rules” match with fantastic returns of Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, and the loudest crowd reaction I’ve ever heard before was when the music for Roman Reigns hit. Cody Rhodes retained his title to send everyone home happy.
The event crowned several new champions, wrapped up storylines, and left fans happy leaving Cleveland Brown Stadium after the four-hour event. And left an impression on WWE.
"Mostly, we want to thank fans," WWE's Triple H said after the event. "Sometimes when you do these massive events and you're looking at where you're going, you say to somebody, 'That's going to be in Cleveland.' It's not a normal stop for us along the way or one of the biggest stops along the way. But man, did they show up."