Aug 1, 2:00 PM
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Saturday start time, match card
Cageside Seats
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 03: Brock Lesnar makes an entrance and takes on John Cena during the WWE 2025 SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium on August 03, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) | Getty Images WWE will return to ESPN Unlimited in the United States — and Netflix everywhere else — tonight (Sat., Aug. 1, 2026) with their biggest premium live event of the summer, SummerSlam! Night One of this year’s SummerSlam will feature two title matches, and their big ones, as Liv Morgan makes the first televised/streamed defense of her WWE Women’s World championship against Queen of the Ring winner Oba Femi and CM Punk defends the Undisputed WWE championship against his friend(?) Cody Rhodes. We’ll also get a Hell in a Cell rubber match between Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi, Nick Aldis returning to the ring to face Gunther, and more! The event will get rolling at 3 p.m. Eastern with the free Countdown show, which runs for three hours on WWE and ESPN’s onlin