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 Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight exclusive. The card featured 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, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. The 2017 event was the 30th event in the SummerSlam chronology 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. On the undercard, AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens to retain the 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 the Universal Championship and in the penultimate match, Jinder Mahal defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the 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 aired on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network and 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 event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers

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