Ep. 496: SummerSlam 2026 Review – The End of an Era

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For the first time ever, SummerSlam took place across two nights. Minnesota was host to the biggest version of the event that had some brilliant hits and some middling shows.

Oba Femi was declared the future of the business after he pinned Brock Lesnar. But did this match really benefit from the Cell outside of the branding? And Chad Gable has finally finished his redemption story for the Intercontinental title… so of course we’re looking forward to who may take that belt off him.

SummerSlam also marked the return of Kevin Owens as he became the number one contender for the WWE Championship. And that was before the floodgates opened and Becky Lynch, Stephanie Vaquer, and Big Cass all returned.

We’ll even talk about if WWE is fumbling the bag with Joe Hendry.

The Main Event: Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the (probably) last time

It was a long time coming, but we finally got a satisfactory conclusion to the saga of Roman vs. Seth. It was for the highest stakes yet and by every indication it really truly paid off.

The Three Count: 

Danielle put over Willow winning the AEW women’s title.

Lindsey put over Finn declining the call!

Hal put over wife guy Matt Cardona.

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This show was produced by Julian Burrell for Maximumfun.org