The 2024 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Cleveland, was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 37th annual SummerSlam and took place on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was the second SummerSlam event to emanate from Cleveland, after the 1996 event, which was held at the Gund Arena (now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse). WWE wrestler and Cleveland area native The Miz served as the host of the event.

This was the first SummerSlam held after WWE merged with the Endeavor subsidiary Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in September 2023, under the banner of TKO Group Holdings. It was the final SummerSlam to livestream on the standalone WWE Network, which is set to close in any markets where the service is still available in January 2025, with WWE content moving to Netflix.

Seven matches were contested at the event. In the main event, which was the main match from SmackDown, Cody Rhodes defeated Solo Sikoa in a Bloodline Rules match retain the Undisputed WWE Championship. In the penultimate match, which was Raw's main match, Gunther defeated Damian Priest to win the World Heavyweight Championship. The event marked the return of Roman Reigns to WWE since going on a hiatus following WrestleMania XL in April 2024.

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event traditionally held in August by WWE 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 WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.

Announced on March 12, 2024, the 37th SummerSlam was scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was subsequently the second SummerSlam held in Cleveland, after the 1996 event, which was held at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse when the venue was still known as the Gund Arena.

On July 15, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque announced two official theme songs for the event by country singer Jelly Roll: "Dead End Road" and "Liar". Triple H also invited Jelly Roll to perform at the event. Jelly Roll was subsequently featured in the SummerSlam promo video. During the July 22 episode of Monday Night Raw, it was announced that Jelly Roll would perform "Liar" live at SummerSlam (he would also perform "God Bless America" to open the show). Japanese wrestler Naomichi Marufuji from Pro Wrestling Noah was also announced to be a special guest at SummerSlam, which was later confirmed to be a guest commentator role for the event's broadcast on Japan's Abema streaming service. This announcement came just days after WWE wrestler AJ Styles faced Marufuji at Noah Destination 2024. Additionally, WWE wrestler and Cleveland area native The Miz served as the host of the event.

SummerSlam was broadcast live on traditional pay-per-view worldwide and was also available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Disney+ in the Philippines, Binge in Australia, Abema in Japan, SonyLIV in India, and the WWE Network in all other countries. In January 2024, WWE announced that all of the WWE Network content would move to Netflix in all countries where the former is still available as a standalone service starting in January 2025, making the 2024 event the final SummerSlam to livestream on the WWE Network.

As part of SummerSlam weekend, the August 2 episode of Friday Night SmackDown was held at the nearby Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, while Damian Priest, Sami Zayn, and WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker all held events at the nearby Agora Theatre and Ballroom. Priest hosted a showing and panel discussion of his documentary on Friday afternoon prior to SmackDown, Zayn hosted a comedy show late Friday night following SmackDown, and Undertaker hosted his 1 deadMan Show on Saturday afternoon prior to SummerSlam.

The card included seven matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

On May 23, 2024, during an appearance at the WWE Experience attraction in Saudi Arabia, Triple H announced that the winners of both the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments would receive a match for the world championship of their respective brand at SummerSlam. At King and Queen of the Ring two days later, Raw's Gunther and SmackDown's Nia Jax won the respective tournaments, thus earning matches for the World Heavyweight Championship, held by Damian Priest, and the WWE Women's Championship, held by Bayley, respectively.

In mid-2023 after Rhea Ripley cost Liv Morgan the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, the two were scheduled for a match, however, the match never began as Ripley viciously attacked Morgan with a steel chair, injuring Morgan's shoulder and taking her out for several months. Morgan made her return at the 2024 Royal Rumble in January, and embarked on a "revenge tour", with her goal to take the Women's World Championship from Ripley due to Ripley taking months of her career. On the April 8 episode of Raw, Morgan attacked Ripley backstage, which legitimately injured Ripley's right arm and forced her to vacate the championship. Over the next few weeks, Morgan began to display more villainous traits. At King and Queen of the Ring, Morgan won the Women's World Championship after accidental interference from Ripley's onscreen love interest, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio. Morgan then began trying to seduce Dominik, believing him to have intentionally assisted her in her victories, though members of Dominik's stable The Judgment Day attempted to keep the two separated. On the July 8 episode of Raw, Morgan and Dominik teamed up to defeat the Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega). The two celebrated Dominik's first win over his father and Dominik almost gave in and kissed Morgan, but Ripley made a surprise return and Morgan ran off while Ripley confronted Dominik. The following week, Ripley called out Morgan and challenged her to a match at SummerSlam for the Women's World Championship. Morgan appeared on the screen and accepted the challenge.

At WrestleMania XL in April, Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match to win the Undisputed WWE Championship, despite The Bloodline's efforts of preventing Rhodes from winning. Following the event, The Bloodline's leader Reigns and fellow member The Rock took a hiatus while Solo Sikoa became the acting leader, subsequently kicking Jimmy Uso out of the group and adding The Tongans (Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa) and Jacob Fatu to The Bloodline. The group's manager Paul Heyman was also later kicked out after he refused to acknowledge Sikoa as the new Tribal Chief of The Bloodline. At Money in the Bank, The Bloodline (Sikoa, Fatu, and Tama) defeated Rhodes, Kevin Owens, and Randy Orton in a six-man tag team match with Sikoa pinning Rhodes. On the following SmackDown, The Bloodline talked about their win when Rhodes interrupted and said he knew Sikoa wanted a match for the Undisputed WWE Championship at SummerSlam and accepted the challenge. The Bloodline then attacked him and fended off an attack by Orton before powerbombing Orton through the commentator's table. On SmackDown the night before SummerSlam, after Sikoa and Rhodes had a confrontation, Sikoa changed the stipulation of the match to a Bloodline Rules match and Rhodes accepted.

For months, LA Knight had been trying to get a match against Logan Paul for the WWE United States Championship. During a Money in the Bank qualifier match on the June 28 episode of SmackDown, Knight pinned Paul. Knight was unsuccessful in the Money in the Bank ladder match itself, but on the following SmackDown, he made an important note of how he pinned Paul to be in that ladder match and subsequently challenged Paul for the United States Championship. A contract signing was held on the July 19 episode, which made the match official for SummerSlam in Paul's native area of Cleveland.

At Money in the Bank, Sami Zayn defeated Bron Breakker to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Breakker then began to viciously target Zayn and Ilja Dragunov over the next few weeks with the intent of facing Zayn again for the title. On the July 22 episode of Raw, Breakker was scheduled to face Dragunov with the winner facing Zayn for the Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam. Breakker brutally beat Dragunov, causing a referee stoppage and thus naming Breakker the winner.

At Survivor Series: WarGames in November 2023, immediately following the men's WarGames match that Seth "Freakin" Rollins and Drew McIntyre both participated in, CM Punk made his return to WWE after being away for nearly 10 years. This caused great anger from both Rollins and McIntyre. Rollins and Punk subsequently began feuding, and Punk entered the men's Royal Rumble match in January with the intention of winning and challenging Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL. McIntyre also entered the Rumble and during the match, Punk legitimately tore his right triceps but not before Punk eliminated McIntyre from the match. Following this, McIntyre won the men's Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber: Perth to face Rollins for the title at WrestleMania while also mocking Punk over his injury. Punk was subsequently appointed as a special guest commentator for Rollins and McIntyre's WrestleMania match, which McIntyre won to win the title. After the match, McIntyre gloated in front of Punk, who attacked McIntyre, allowing Damian Priest to cash in his Money in the Bank contract and ending McIntyre's reign at under six minutes. Punk would again cost McIntyre the title at Clash at the Castle: Scotland and at the Money in the Bank event when McIntyre cashed in the Money in the Bank contract he had just won. For the latter, Punk's interference not only cost McIntyre the title, but it also cost Rollins as Rollins was facing Priest for the title when McIntyre cashed in his contract. This would ultimately lead to a match between McIntyre and Punk, who was medically cleared, being scheduled for SummerSlam with Rollins appointed as the special guest referee. On the final Raw before SummerSlam, Rollins claimed he would be lenient in calling the match, implying there would likely not be a disqualification or a countout.

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Host	The Miz
Musical guest	Jelly Roll
English commentators	Michael Cole
	Corey Graves
	Pat McAfee
Spanish commentators	Marcelo Rodríguez
	Jerry Soto
Japanese commentator	Naomichi Marufuji
Ring announcer	Samantha Irvin
Referees	Jason Ayers
	Dan Engler
	Daphanie LaShaunn
	Eddie Orengo
	Chad Patton
	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (CM Punk vs. McIntyre)
	Ryan Tran
Interviewers	Cathy Kelley
	Byron Saxton
Pre-show panel	Jackie Redmond
	Big E
	Wade Barrett
	Peter Rosenberg
	X-Pac

The initital bout was between Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley, who was challenging the former both for the Women's World Championship, and as revenge for injuring her shoulder months earlier. Ripley was accompanied to the ring by 'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio. Early in the match, Morgan continually attempted to avoid Ripley, diving in and out of the ring in an attempt to frustrate Ripley. Eventually tricking her back into the ring as the same time as her, Ripley began to brutally beat Morgan. Morgan managed to dodge a shoulder charge into the turnbuckle from Ripley, causing the latter to injure her shoulder, shouting to the referee that "it's out!". Taking advantage of the injury, Morgan performed a Codebreaker on Ripley, who responded by knocking Morgan down and retreating to ringside. Ripley forced her shoulder back into it's socket by ramming it into the announce desk; she returned to the ring, brutalizing Morgan with a slew of maneuvers, leading to a near fall, though still weakened by her injury. Morgan continued to focus her assault on Rhea's injured shoulder.

With Ripley stunned for a moment, Morgan went ringside to get a steel chair, whilst Ripley responded by landing the Riptide. Ripley then took the chair Morgan had retrieved, seemingly ready to brutalize her, but she was stopped by Mysterio, who told her that she would be disqualified if she attempted to use the chair; Morgan counterattacked in the confusion, landing Oblivion for another near fall. However, Mysterio then distracted the referee, leading Morgan to land Oblivion on Rhea directly into the abandoned chair before pinning Ripley, the referee turning and counting to three, with Morgan retaining her Women's World Championship. In the aftermath, Mysterio joined and kissed Morgan at ringside, grinning at Ripley to signify his betrayal and new loyalty to Morgan.

The second bout was between Sami Zayn and Bron Breakker, who was challenging the former for his Intercontinental Championship. Breakker attempted to end the match early by hitting Zayn with a spear, but Zayn, having learnt from previous matches, leapt over him, causing Breakker to crash into the corner. The match went back and forth, with Zayn seemingly holding his own despite Breakker's aggression, landing a Blue Thunder Bomb and several other maneuvers; however, after performing a Frankensteiner and avoiding Zayn's Helluva Kick by spearing him, Breakker ran the ropes to achieve a high speed and speared Zayn once more, before pinning him for the three count, securing the Intercontinental Championship, and his first championship on the main roster.

The third bout was between Logan Paul and LA Knight, who was challenging the former for his United States Championship. Paul, amongst loud boos from the crowd, greeted Machine Gun Kelly, who disguised as a security guard and joined him at ringside. Knight and Paul brawled around the ring for some time, before eventually forcing one another into the ring and officially starting the match. In the climax of the match, Paul went to Kelly and his other allies at ringside; Knight then attacked them, though eventually, Paul was able to obtain his brass knuckles. Managing to land a blow with the knuckles on Knight, Paul attempted to follow up with a Buckshot Lariat, which Knight prevented, landing the BFT and pinning Paul to obtain the United States Champion, his first singles championship in WWE.

The fourth bout was between Nia Jax and Bayley, with the former challenging for the WWE Women's Championship. In the final moments of the match, Tiffany Stratton's theme played, with the superstar emerging with a referee, seemingly to cash in her Money in the Bank contract. Climbing the apron, Stratton was assaulted by Bayley who put a stop to what she believed was a cash in - however, it was simply a distraction. Jax attempted to charge the distracted Bayley, but she was rolled up for a two count. Bayley attempted a counterattack, but was counterattacked by a powerbomb, followed by an Annihilator, with Jax pinning Bayley for the win, earning the Women's Championship.

The fifth bout was between Drew McIntyre and CM Punk, with Seth Rollins serving as guest referee. In the closing moments of the match, Rollins was knocked down by the two combatants. Punk landed the GTS, pinning McIntyre for nearly ten seconds; however, Rollins only recovered at the last few seconds, leading to McIntyre being able to kick out. Punk berated Rollins, who told Punk that they didn't need, nor wanted Punk around. Punk landed the GTS on Rollins, before receiving a low blow from McIntyre. After one last Claymore, McIntyre pinned Punk; a visibly pained Rollins crawled over to the two, counting twice, hesitating before counting to three, giving McIntyre the win. McIntyre then, once again, took Punk's bracelet from him, before leaving the ring.

The sixth bout was between Damian Priest and Gunther, who was challenging the former for the World Heavyweight Championship. Some way into the match, he was joined at ringside by fellow Judgment Day member Finn Balor, who cheered him on. Despite overwhelming force, Priest managed to land a powerful South of Heaven chokeslam on Gunther, pinning him; however, Balor draped Gunther's leg over the rope, breaking the count. Priest, aghast, stared at the screen, realising Balor had betrayed him. He visciously attacked Balor, before being put into a chokehold by Gunther. Against all odds, Priest broke out of the chokeslam, but instead of counterattacking Gunther, continued to assault Balor. Gunther put him into another chokehold, this time forcing the referee to call the match, awarding Gunther with the World Heavyweight Championship.

The main event was between Cody Rhodes and Solo Sikoa for the Undisputed WWE Championship, contested under Bloodline Rules. Before entering the ring, Rhodes met with Arn Anderson, making his first appearance at WWE since 2019, assuring Rhodes that he would have backup in the match. After battling back and forth between Rhodes and Sikoa, with neither side gaining an advantage, Rhodes eventually managed to land a Cross Rhodes, before being attacked by Tonga Loa and Tama Tonga, who savagely beat him. Rhodes was then assisted by Kevin Owens and Randy Orton in turn, who chased away both of Sikoa's allies. Brutalizing Sikoa with the steel steps, Rhodes was than attacked by Jacob Fatu. Fatu throw Rhodes onto the announce table, before landing a frog splash from the turnbuckle, seemingly injuring himself and Rhodes in the process. Screaming at Sikoa to finish Rhodes, Sikoa had Rhodes back in the ring, landing a near fall, though Rhodes was able to respond with a Cody Cutter, leaving the two of them immobile on the floor.

Suddenly, the crowd erupted as Roman Reigns, making his first appearence since Wrestlemania XL, appeared at the end of the ramp, enraged at Sikoa. Reaching the ring, he took Sikoa down with a Superman punch, before moving to the corner, shouting as he delivered a spear to his former ally. Gazing at Rhodes, then Sikoa in turn, Reigns than left the ring, briefly gazing back at Rhodes from a distance. Rhodes than finally landed the Cross Rhodes, pinning Sikoa and retaining his championship.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Liv Morgan (c) defeated Rhea Ripley (with "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio) by pinfall	Singles match for the Women's World Championship	15:55
2	Bron Breakker defeated Sami Zayn (c) by pinfall	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	5:40
3	LA Knight defeated Logan Paul (c) (with Machine Gun Kelly) by pinfall	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship	12:00
4	Nia Jax defeated Bayley (c) by pinfall	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship	12:30
5	Drew McIntyre defeated CM Punk by pinfall	Singles match Seth "Freakin" Rollins was the special guest referee.	17:00
6	Gunther defeated Damian Priest (c) by technical submission	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	16:40
7	Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Solo Sikoa by pinfall	Bloodline Rules match for the Undisputed WWE Championship	29:10
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

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