Best WWE SummerSlam 2022 Matches
The 2022 edition of SummerSlam, the "Greatest Party of the Summer", took place at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, hosting the show's 35th annual event. This show ended multiple rivalries, continued many others and saw the return of multiple WWE Superstars. Let's see which matches were the best of the night and rank them.
A lot of fans didn't want to see these two fight again, but they provided the most entertaining match of the night, proving why they are in the main event spot. Brock Lesnar made his entrance in a tractor, of all things. As soon as the match started, there was no keeping these two off each other, and they made sure to use everything around them to beat each other up.
Later in the match, Lesnar used the tractor to lift up one side of the ring, sending Reigns tumbling out of it onto the floor. The Usos then came out to attack The Beast, but he easily took out both of them before he hit Heyman with an F-5 through the announce table. Who would have thought Heyman would take an F-5?
Theory also made an appearance, possibly to attempt to cash in his Money in the Bank contract, but he was taken out by Lesnar immediately. To end the match, Reigns and the Usos used everything they could find around the ring to bury Brock Lesnar in a pile of debris to ensure he would be down for the 10 count. The crowd was standing and going nuts the entire match, so this is definitely a contender for the match of the night.
The Raw Women's Championship match opened the show with a bang, concluding the amazing feud these two women have had all year long since last year's SummerSlam, when Becky Lynch returned and beat Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women's Championship. This time, however, the EST reigned supreme over her nemesis, retaining the title and solidifying her position at the top of the women's division.
When it comes to in-ring performance, this match is easily the best of the night. After the match ended, Bayley made her return, bringing two fresh faces with her, resulting in a standoff between these three and the two women who had just battled each other.
This was Logan Paul's first singles match in WWE since his official signing with the company. This was a very good match, which is important as fans are usually skeptical of celebrity matches. Logan Paul proved he belongs in a WWE ring with this epic performance against The Miz, which even saw Paul performing a frog splash from the ring onto Miz, who was laying on the announcers' desk. To cap it all off, Paul used Miz's own finishing move, the Skull Crushing Finale, to end the match.
The two teams faced off once more, but this time with Jeff Jarrett as guest referee to ensure there would be no issues like in their last few encounters. The match started with the Usos isolating Angelo Dawkins. He eventually managed to tag in his partner Montez Ford, turning the match into an intense battle.
The two teams did a lot of fun things. The Usos were able to take out Ford by throwing him into the crowd, and then they finished off Dawkins with their finisher for the win.
Rey and Dominik Mysterio took on Finn Balor and Damian Priest in a No Disqualification match with Rhea Ripley accompanying her partners of The Judgment Day. The match was alright, with fun spots from all four men.
The biggest part of the match was when Edge made his return to help the Mysterios against his former partners of The Judgment Day after they kicked him out of the group.
This was a very fun match. The fans always go nuts for Pat McAfee and his theme song. McAfee had a choir sing "Bum ass Corbin" over and over before his actual entrance music started up. The commentary between Michael Cole and Corey Graves was especially fun for the viewers at home and added a lot to the bout.
Liv Morgan's first title defense was against the woman she beat for the title using her Money in the Bank contract opportunity. For most of the match, Morgan seemed to have a counter for everything Rousey did or managed to slip out of Rousey's submission moves, which visibly frustrated the "Baddest Woman on the Planet."
Morgan ended up pinning Rousey while tapping out at the same time, but since the ref only saw the pin, Morgan was declared the winner. Rousey lost it and attacked both Morgan and the ref. This was a short match, so it doesn't rank very high on the list.
The All Mighty and Mr. Money in the Bank had a fun match. Before the match could start, however, Theory attacked Lashley with his MITB briefcase to get an advantage over the big man. The match then started, and after taking a few hits, Lashley began to take over the match.
Theory even attempted to escape at one point, but Lashley got him back in the ring and submitted Theory with the Hurt Lock for the win. Not too different from any match these two could have had on RAW.