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WWE sold fans one thing, now it’s delivering another

Live coverage and related reports for WWE sold fans one thing, now it’s delivering another.

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What happened?

Cageside Seats argues that WWE promoted Night of Champions around the idea that the King and Queen of the Ring winners would earn world title matches at SummerSlam, but is now moving in a different direction for the men's winner. On Raw, Oba Femi put his guaranteed SummerSlam world title opportunity on hold to face Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell instead. The report frames this as WWE failing to deliver on a key advertised stipulation, while noting Iyo Sky's Queen of the Ring win is still leading to a Women's World Championship match as expected.

Key Takeaways

Oba Femi is currently set to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam rather than challenge for a world title.
The article criticizes WWE for appearing to walk back the advertised reward for winning King of the Ring.
Night of Champions was promoted in part around King and Queen of the Ring winners earning SummerSlam world title matches.
Iyo Sky's Queen of the Ring win is still being presented as leading to a Women's World Championship match against Liv Morgan.
The criticism focuses less on the creative direction itself and more on WWE changing what fans were sold.

AI Timeline

Night of Champions promotion

WWE promoted the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments as paths to world title matches at SummerSlam.

Night of Champions result

Iyo Sky defeated Liv Morgan to become Queen of the Ring.

SummerSlam setup

Iyo Sky remained positioned for a Women's World Championship match with Liv Morgan.

Raw development

Oba Femi put his guaranteed world title opportunity on hold.

New direction

Oba Femi instead moved toward a Hell in a Cell match with Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.

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Sources Covering This Story

Cageside Seats

Timeline

Jun 30, 3:45 PM

WWE sold fans one thing, now it’s delivering another

Cageside Seats

Oba Femi will face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam instead of a challenging for a world title. | (Photo: WWE) Monday on Raw, Oba Femi put his guaranteed world title opportunity at SummerSlam on hold to instead settle his feud with Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell. I’m not going to critique the booking so much as I’m going to call WWE out for breaking one of its biggest advertised promises. Part of the selling point of last Saturday’s Night of Champions was to see who would become King and Queen of the Ring and move on to SummerSlam for a world title match. Iyo Sky defeated Liv Morgan to become Queen, and will now face Morgan for the Women’s World Championship at WWE’s big summer show in August, as advertised. But fans who tuned into Night of Champions expecting the King of the Ring winner to earn a SummerSlam world title match got shortchanged. If WWE abandons that stipulation, and it appears it will, then it completely undermines one of the event’s central selling points. This about-fa

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