WWE SummerSlam 2025: 10 Things That Must Happen
Cody Rhodes is about to unleash a different side of himself. Plus, FOUR title changes.
It's the biggest party of the summer, and you best bring supplies because WWE has stretched SummerSlam over an entire weekend in 2025. Oh yes, the "SummerFest" is now WrestleMania-sized, and it promises to be packed with title changes, marquee moments, memorable matches and enough over the top sports entertainment extravaganza nonsense to make Hulk Hogan's spirit proud.
Think about that - this is WWE's first pay-per-view ever to happen without Hogan walking around the planet doing his brother-ing. There's something poignant about that, and there'd be something special about a shocking Cody Rhodes act that'd shake the foundations of John Cena's retirement tour and make everybody question everything.
No less than 4 huge title switches are predicted in these pages across 9 championship bouts Triple H has stuck on the Saturday and Sunday night lineups in New Jersey. Not every title match goes under the microscope, because some are less interesting than others, but this does look like it's going to be a belt change-happy weekender right enough.
There's plenty of star power on hand. Cena and Rhodes, Gunther, CM Punk, Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Randy Orton, Jelly Roll, Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre (?), Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Becky Lynch. Man, that's some collection. The Rock will be looking on from afar as WWE fans still await the 'Final Boss' actually showing up to school. WWE's writing team can't count on him for now though.
Here's absolutely everything that simply must happen inside MetLife Stadium at the weekend. There's a lot to unpack and a lot to analyse...brother.
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10. New Women’s Tag Champs Crowned
Roxanne Perez is only one half of the current Women's Tag-Team Champs because poor Liv Morgan got injured. Don't get it wrong: Roxanne is great and has real promise, but dropping her strap so Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss can power on with their story wouldn't hurt her one bit. In fact, this is something Triple H should stick a green tick next to heading into SummerSlam straight away.
This unlikely duo with Bliss is doing the impossible for Charlotte. She's hearing genuine cheers for the first time in many years, and that has to be music to WWE's ears considering they've been bashing their heads against a brick wall with the 'Queen' for a long, long time. Why not go the whole way and pop one of those titles over her shoulder, eh?
As always, the biggest challenge facing creative in this division is finding credible challengers once somebody new bags the belts. Secret Hervice, The Kabuki Warriors and some of the squads lumped together on NXT would be fine contenders if handled correctly. Charlotte and Alexa know for sure they'd get a match out of Piper Niven and Alba Fyre or Asuka and Kairi Sane, for example.
Raquel Rodriguez and Perez don't suck as champions by any means, but this is WWE's chance to take the Flair and Bliss partnership to that next level. Remarkable, really, considering they were originally pencilled in as rivals for SummerSlam. Sometimes, WWE's writers should change course when they hear fans getting into something.
That's organic, which is defo not a hallmark of Charlotte's recent career to date. Lean into it.