The 2025 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: New Jersey, is an upcoming

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(PPV) and

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event produced by

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. It will be the 38th annual

SummerSlam SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind th ...

and is scheduled to take place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, 2025, at

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in East Rutherford,

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, and will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Rapper

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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

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in most international markets after the

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merged under the platform in January 2025 in those areas. This will subsequently be the third WWE event to be held at MetLife Stadium, after WrestleManias 29 and 35 in 2013 and 2019, respectively. The event will also feature

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's last appearance at a SummerSlam as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.

Production

Background

is an annual

event traditionally held in August by

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,

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, 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. On September 26, 2024, in conjunction with the

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(NJSEA), WWE announced the 38th SummerSlam, scheduled to be held across two nights on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, 2025, at

in East Rutherford,

. MetLife Stadium previously hosted WrestleManias 29 and 35 in 2013 and 2019, respectively. This will be the first two-night SummerSlam, though WWE 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

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(originally done as a precaution due to the

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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

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

, including travel and tourism. NJSEA said it expected the event to generate US$80 million in economic impact for the region. Bergen newspaper ''

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'' 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".

Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, SummerSlam will be available to livestream on

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in the United States,

in most international markets, and the WWE 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 WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas. The select few territories that still have the standalone WWE Network will eventually merge under Netflix once the pre-existing contracts expire.

Storylines

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

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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of their respective brand at SummerSlam.

Matches

References

External links

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