WWE SummerSlam Night 1 features a star-studded lineup. (Photos: WWE via Getty Images. Design: Hassan Ahmad, Yahoo Sports.)
WWE’s second-biggest event of the year, WWE SummerSlam 2025, kicks off on Saturday night at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This year’s installment marks the first time in history the annual premium live event will be spread across two nights, adopting the WrestleMania format WWE began in 2020.
Saturday’s card features six matches, headlined by a World Heavyweight Championship clash between defending champion Gunther and CM Punk, who is challenging for his second major title this summer. The two other championship bouts on the show involve WWE’s women’s division, with Tiffany Stratton defending her WWE Women’s Championship against Queen of the Ring winner Jade Cargill, as well as Judgment Day’s Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez putting their Women’s Tag Team Championships on the line against Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss.
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In terms of non-title matches, two tag-team contests will also take place. WWE is injecting some celebrity star power into SummerSlam, having musician Jelly Roll team up with Randy Orton to take on Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre, paying off a feud that began last month on “SmackDown” and on Saturday Night’s Main Event. The other tag-team match pits cousins Roman Reigns and Jey Uso against Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed — members of Seth Rollins’ heel faction on “Raw.”
Finally, Sami Zayn and Karrion Kross meet once again in a singles bout, continuing an ongoing angle that has simmered on WWE programming.
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- World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c.) vs. CM Punk
- WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c.) vs. Jade Cargill
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Raquel and Roxanne Perez (c.) vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss
- Roman Reigns and Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed
- Randy Orton and Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul
- Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross
