As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Cleveland, OH at the Quicken Loans Arena, AJ Styles retained the United States Championship over Kevin Owens. The match ended in controversy as Owens accidentally knocked down the referee and Styles rolled up Owens. Although Owens’ right shoulder was up, the groggy referee still counted three. WWE has announced that Owens would challenge Styles for the US Championship with Shane McMahon serving as the special guest referee at SummerSlam.
SummerSlam takes place on August 20th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown rosters will be featured on the card. Here is the updated card:
— Universal Championship Fatal 4-Way Match: Brock Lesnar © vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe.
— SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Naomi © vs. Natalya.
— Raw Women’s Championship Match: Alexa Bliss © vs. Bayley.
— United States Championship Match: AJ Styles © vs. Kevin Owens – Shane McMahon will be the special guest referee
