When the dust settled at MetLife Stadium tonight, SummerSlam’s second night delivered chaos, spectacle, and seismic shifts across its marquee matchups. Naomi kicked the evening off by surviving a brutal triple-threat clash against Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY to retain her Women’s World Championship — and immediately set the stage for her next challenge when Stephanie Vaquer, fresh off winning the Evolution Battle Royal, issued a chilling call‑out for Clash in Paris on August 31 .
But the main event? Nothing less than explosive. Cody Rhodes delivered a stunning Street Fight victory over John Cena, reclaiming the Undisputed WWE Championship in a grueling, emotionally charged showdown .
Yet it was Brock Lesnar’s shocking return that obliterated expectations and rewrote the narrative. In his first WWE appearance since losing to Cody at SummerSlam 2023, “The Beast Incarnate” stormed the ring, confronted Cena, and dropped the champ with a devastating F‑5, electrifying the WWE Universe. Cena himself had long proclaimed Lesnar as his biggest rival — the tension of their shared history soared to new heights in mere moments .
The sheer shock of Lesnar’s resurgence after nearly two years away reverberated through the crowd and across WWE storytelling. His arrival looms large over the new title reign of Rhodes and ushers in a seismic rivalry narrative with Cena as his unwitting victim.
As SummerSlam Night 2 ends, several storylines are burning brighter than ever: Naomi’s reign set to meet Vaquer’s momentum in Paris, Cody Rhodes’s championship redemption, and the legendary collision course now forming between John Cena and Brock Lesnar.
Why this night will be remembered:
- Naomi’s cunning retention sets up a high-stakes showdown in Paris. Stephanie Vaquer earned that shot by winning the Evolution Battle Royal and is ready to clash with “La Primera” on August 31 .
- Cody Rhodes reclaims the championship in a Street Fight that upped the emotional stakes and delivered on wrestler vs icon tension .
- And then Lesnar’s return – months in the making, and long overdue – reignited a decades‑spanning rivalry with Cena, with an F‑5 that served as a brutal reminder of Brock’s dominance and Cena’s vulnerability .
SummerSlam Night 2 will resonate through WWE storytelling well into the Paris pay-per-view and beyond — the reprisals, rematches, and rivalries forged here set the stage for one of the most compelling post‑SummerSlams in recent memory.
Here are the full results:
Naomi defeated Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky to retain the WWE Women’s World Championship
Stephanie Vaquer is coming for the unhinged WWE Women’s World Championship in Paris
SummerSlam will be two nights again next year in Minneapolis which was supposed to be the first ever two night PLE
SummerSlam got EXTREME
Candice LeRae almost died tonight
The Wyatt Sicks defeated The Street Profits, DIY, Andrade and Rey Fenix, Motor City Machine Guns and Fraxiom to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
The Man came around with a new theme
What was Bayley doing out there?!
Becky Lynch defeated Lyra Valkyria to retain the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship
Big Jim took out Solo’s MFT
Solo Sioka defeated Jacob Fatu to retain the WWE United States Championship
The Phenomenal One brought back NWO Dominik
”Dirty” Dominik Mysterio defeated AJ Styles to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
The combined attendance record for the first ever two night SummerSlam
The TLC Match had the entire world buzzing
CHILLS
WE ARE SO BACK!!!
Cena found the adrenaline in his soul tonight
Cody Rhodes defeated John Cena to become the NEW Undisputed WWE Champion
I’m not crying, you are
No one and I mean NO ONE saw this coming in a million years. THE BEAST IS BACK!!!
No words just a thunderous F5
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