AEW title makes rare WWE appearance.
Tonight marked the beginning of the first-ever two-night WWE SummerSlam PLE. On August 2nd, during the night one of the show, fans were treated with six extremely critically acclaimed matches.
While the show started with Roman Reigns and Jey Uso winning their tag match, it finished with a World title bout between Gunther and CM Punk. However, just minutes before the main event began, the Stamford-based promotion aired a promo to hype up night 1’s World title match.
However, as soon as the package began streaming, fans caught a glimpse of CM Punk holding the ROH World title over his shoulder with the text, ‘The Summer of 2005’ before it transitioned into the ‘Summer of 2011’, and Punk’s iconic pipebomb as the backdrop to it.
Since AEW acquired ROH a few years ago, this marked the ROH World title’s first-ever appearance on WWE television. Arguably one of the most well-known wrestlers to come out of that promotion, the Second-City Saint is now a household name all across the globe.
As soon as the package aired, fans on X(Twitter) were left stunned and dropped in their reactions:
Did I just see a photo of CM Punk with the ROHChampionship on WWE tv in the big 2025???
Did they just show a render of Punk with the ROHChampionship in this package? Interesting
WWE doing ROH a favor by showing off the ROHchampionship on Punk
The RoHChampionship on WWE TV? WOW
Wild seeing Punk holding the ROHChampionship in a WWE promo
AEW Original Dustin Rhodes Set To Undergo Surgery
Earlier today, sharing the unfortunate update on X(Twitter), All Elite Wrestling star Dustin Rhodes revealed the news of his upcoming surgery.
“Sorry guys, feel like I failed my fans. Gonna be out for a while as Doc said I need a very invasive major surgery. MRI’s and cat scans this week, due to Kyle Fletcher.
In any case, for the time I was the face of TNT was special to me. I will never take what I have for granted.
I am in a terrible amount of pain and have a hole in my leg, but that won’t stop me from #KeepSteppin”
You can read more about the story here.
In other news: Linda McMahon spotted at WWE SummerSlam 2025.