12 Best WWE Title Changes At SummerSlam

6. WWE Universal Championship (2016): Finn Balor Vs. Seth Rollins

Randy Orton SummerSlam 2013
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OK, technically this isn’t an actual title change, but considering that a new champion was crowned as a result of last year’s SummerSlam main event, we’re gonna give it a little leeway.

After last year’s brand split resulted in Dean Ambrose and the WWE World Championship being locked down on SmackDown, GM Mick Foley and Commissioner Stephanie McMahon unveiled a new main title for Raw: the WWE Universal Championship. A mini-tournament was held on Raw, resulting in Seth Rollins and Finn Balor challenging each other at the midsummer classic for the new title.

Despite famously dislocating his shoulder during the match, the Demon King won a great match to claim his first WWE world title. Unfortunately, he was forced to relinquish the title the next night due to injury. But for one night, it was a truly memorable moment.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.