IWE SummerSlam (2025)

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SummerSlam (2025)
Promotional poster featuring various IWE wrestlers
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	August 2–3, 2025
City	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Venue	MetLife Stadium
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The 2025 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: New Jersey, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by IWE. It will be the 38th annual SummerSlam and is scheduled to take place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Rapper Cardi B will serve as the host of the event.

This will mark the first SummerSlam to take place across two nights, which was previously only reserved for WrestleMania since 2020. This will also be the first SummerSlam to broadcast on Netflix in most international markets after the IWE Network merged under the platform in January 2025 in those areas. This will subsequently be the third IWE event to be held at MetLife Stadium, after WrestleManias 29 and 35 in 2013 and 2019, respectively. The event will also feature Dustin Simpson's last appearance at a SummerSlam as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Broadcast outlets 1.3 Storylines 2 Matches 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Production

[edit] Background

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event traditionally held in August by IWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". Out of the five, it is considered IWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.

On September 26, 2024, in conjunction with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA), IWE announced the 38th SummerSlam, scheduled to be held across two nights on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. MetLife Stadium previously hosted WrestleManias 29 and 35 in 2013 and 2019, respectively. This will be the first two-night SummerSlam, though IWE had previously announced that the event would expand to two nights beginning with the 2026 edition in Minneapolis. Previously, only WrestleMania had been held as a two-night WWE event since 2020 (originally done as a precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic before becoming permanent the following year). The event will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. On April 18, 2025, it was revealed that Cardi B would host the event.

To help secure the event, NJSEA committed US$7.125 million from New Jersey's allotment of federal funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), specifically from a fund intended to provide aid to industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including travel and tourism. NJSEA said it expected the event to generate US$80 million in economic impact for the region. Bergen newspaper The Record reported that the US$6.24 billion in total funds New Jersey received under the ARP had to be allocated by the end of 2024 and spent before the end of 2026, and noted there was "still money to be used".

[edit] Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, SummerSlam will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and the IWE Network in any remaining countries that have not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marks the first SummerSlam to livestream on Netflix following the IWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas. The select few territories that still have the standalone IWE Network will eventually merge under Netflix once the pre-existing contracts expire.

[edit] Storylines

The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

During the June 6 episode of SmackDown, the finals of the 24th King of the Ring tournament and the third Queen of the Ring tournament were scheduled for Night of Champions with the winners receiving a match for the world championship of their respective brand at SummerSlam.

[edit] Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulation
1	Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Cody Rhodes	Street Fight for the Undisputed IWE Championship
2	Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill	Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship
3	Kevin Orton and Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul	Tag team match
4	Gunther (c) vs. CM Punk	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
5	Naomi (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky	Triple threat match for the Women's World Championship
6	Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria	Singles match for the IWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
7	The Judgment Day (Raquel González and Roxanne Perez) (c) vs. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair	Tag team match for the IWE Women's Tag Team Championship
8	Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Jacob Fatu	Steel Cage match for the IWE United States Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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