WWE SummerSlam 2024 Highlights: Roman Reigns makes shocking return during Cody Rhodes vs Solo Sikoa main event

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: What better way to kick off SummerSlam than to have Triple H, the King of Kings, open the show. The WWE business is booming, all thanks to this man. The WWE Head of Creative has been unstoppable and this being the first SummerSlam entire overseen by him, expect another cracker of a PLE. The Game asks Cleveland if they are ready and raises a Toast to Jelly Roll, who serenades the WWE Universe after starting off the event by singing 'America The Beautiful'.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: This writer has been an avid WWE follower since the mid 1990s and has seen some amazing matches over the years. The Undertaker vs Mankind inside the Boiler Room, The Rock vs Booker T, Edge vs The Undertaker, John Cena vs CM Punk, Lesnar vs Punk. However, the unsanctioned match between Triple H and a returning Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam 2002 remains a personal favourite. HBK returning after a 4-month gap, taking on his best friend-turned-enemy, street fight, tables, ladders and chairs… all culminating with a Michaels’ win… it had everything. And the fact that Hunter broke the sledgehammer on Michaels’ back after the match like a sore loser was the perfect build-up to their feud. What a time in professional wrestling it was.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: Logan Paul has taken to WWE like a fish to water. A social media figure, a podcaster, and now a professional wrestler, Logan hasn’t put a foot wrong in his career. When he came to the WWE, he immediately put on a classic with the likes of Roman Reigns, Ricochet and Randy Orton. However, in his way today stands LA Knight, one of WWE’s fastest rising stars. He has all the elements - charisma, in-ring skills and exceptional promos. What are the chances of him winning the title? We’d say a solid 9. Logan’s comments about Algerian boxer Mane Khalif and the row that surrounds her have reportedly landed him in trouble, and Knight would want to be in the right place at the right time.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: CM Punk’s last SummerSlam match was 11 years ago, when he went on a street fight with Brock Lesnar. After spending 10 years away from the company, Punk made his grand return to the company at last year’s Survivor Series. However, his return to the ring was limited due to an elbow injury he sustained during the Royal Rumble in January this year. Having spent more than six months on the sidelines, Punk has been medically cleared to compete. He has competed in a few house shows but tonight marks Punk’s first singles televised match back in the WWE in over a decade. He has had some bangers at SummerSlam, against the likes of Jeff Hardy, The Undertaker and John Cena. But tonight is arguably the most hot-headed match of Punk’s SummerSlam career.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: Well, if the internet is to be believed, Roman Reigns is set to return to the WWE for the first time since losing the title to WrestleMania. Surprise returns are a big part of the WWE and the individual characters, but if Roman does indeed come back later in the show, it wouldn’t exactly be a surprise would it? The hype is real though. Roman hasn’t been seen in the WWE since losing to Cody at Mania 40 in April. And with his cousin Solo forming a new Bloodline of his own and declaring himself as the self-proclaimed New Tribal Chief, the opportunity is rife for the one and true Head of the Table to put them back to their places.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: A total of 7 televised matches, six out of which have championships on the line. Sami Zayn defends the intercontinental title against Bron Breakker. The WWE Women’s champions Bayley puts her title on the line against the Immovable Object Nia Tax, with Tiffany Straton by her side. Of course, Cody vs Solo is your main event but the US C’ship is also on the line as Logan Paul takes on LA Knight. Damian Priest defends his World Heavyweight title against Gunther in possibly his stiffest challenge yet. CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre with Seth Rollins as the special guest referee may not be for the title but there are bigger things at stake here.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: Interesting question. Ideally, it has to be the one where the WWE title is on the line, but going by the feud the WWE has invested in the CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre match, that is a main-event contender in itself. Still, Cody vs Solo is the match that will close SummerSlam 2024. Purely because the kind of cinema that is involved. Cody, the Undisputed WWE Champion takes on the leader of the Bloodline 2.0, along with the belief that this is the day when Roman Reigns makes his much-awaited return. Will he? Or won't he? The question will be answered in four hours from now.

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: SummerSlam 2024 is also being called SummerSlam: Cleveland, which makes it but obvious that it is being brought to you live from The Cleveland Browns Stadium. The last time the city of Cleveland hosted SummerSlam was back in the year 1996. The Rock was yet to make his WWE debut, The Undertaker was 5-0 at WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels was your WWE Champion, who in the main event, defended the title against Vader, and the Attitude Era was still a year away. Yeah, that's how long ago it was. Man, does time fly or what? What is your WWE memory from that time?

WWE SummerSlam 2024 Live Updates: If you're a professional wrestling fan, this has got to be your second biggest – well, third biggest – day of the year. If WrestleMania is the Super Bowl of sports entertainment in the United States, SummerSlam is the NBA finals. From its very first edition back in 1988 to all the way today 36 years later, SummerSlam has been WWE's 'biggest party' of the summer. And the kind of matches that is stacked today, it's nothing less than a mini-WrestleMania in itself. CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre, Solo Sikoa vs Cody Rhodes, Liv Morgan vs Rhea Ripley, LA Knight vs Logan Paul. Oh we can't wait to get going.