Summerslam 2022: List of records and interesting statistics from WWE PLE

Never-before-seen
spots
and
interesting
booking
made
the
seventh
outing
between
Roman
Reigns
and
Brock
Lesnar,
the
best
one
in
their
eight-year-long
rivalry.

Obviously,
Reigns
defeating
Lesnar
in
a
Last
Man
Standing
Match,
filled
with
bedlam
has
been
the
prime
highlight
of
Summerslam
2022.

Prior
to
this
ruckus,
Smackdown
Women’s
Champion
Liv
Morgan
scored
a
controversial
victory
over
Ronda
Rousey
while
Raw
Women’s
Champion
Bianca
Belair
defeated
Becky
Lynch
to
retain
after
which
Bayley,
Dakota
Kai,
IYO
SKY
returned
as
a
trio.

Like
most
other
Big-Four
WWE
Premium
Live
Events,
Summerslam
2022
also
produced
some
records
and
its
own
interesting
statistics
that
have
been
jotted
down
in
the
below
list:

–
Out
of
his
11
Summerslam
matches,
Brock
Lesnar
has
main-evented
nine
of
them
which
is
more
than
anyone
in
WWE
history.

His
opponents
in
those
main
events
are
as
follows:

2002
vs.
The
Rock

2012
vs.
Triple
H

2014
vs.
John
Cena

2015
vs.
The
Undertaker

2016
vs.
Randy
Orton

2017
vs.
Roman
Reigns,
Samoa
Joe
&
Braun
Strowman

2018
vs.
Roman
Reigns

2019
vs.
Seth
Rollins

2022
vs.
Roman
Reigns

–
The
2022
Summerslam
Main
Event
was
the
first
time
ever
that
a
Last
Man
Standing
Match
closed
out/took
place
at
the
summer
premium
live
event.

–
This
match
also
marked
Brock
Lesnar’s
first-ever
participation
in
a
Last
Man
Standing
match
which
he
came
up
short.
With
that,
he
had
also
lost
three
straight
matches
against
Roman
Reigns
(Crown
Jewel
2021
Main
Event,
Wrestlemania
38
Night
Two
Main
Event,
and
Summerslam
2022
Main
Event).

–
Roman
Reigns,
on
the
other
hand,
ended
the
rivalry
against
Brock
Lesnar
with
a
4-2
score.
The
Tribal
Chief
has
also
surpassed
the
700th-day
landmark
of
his
title
reign
which
is
also
the
longest
in
the
modern
era
of
the
WWE.

–
Liv
Morgan
made
history
by
becoming
the
first
woman
to
pin
Ronda
Rousey,
twice
in
the
WWE.
‘The
Miracle
Kid’
cashed
in
her
Money
in
the
Bank
contract
on
Ronda
Rousey
during
last
month’s
Money
in
the
Bank
PLE,
to
win
her
maiden
championship
in
the
first
place.

–
Ronda
Rousey
suffered
the
overall
fourth
pin-fall
loss
of
her
WWE
career
and
third
of
2022.
Her
pin-fall
losses
happened
at
Wrestlemania
35
against
Becky
Lynch,
Wrestlemania
38
against
Charlotte
Flair,
Money
in
the
Bank
2022,
and
Summerslam
2022
against
Liv
Morgan.

–
Summerslam
2022
was
the
35th
installment
under
the
WWE
event’s
chronology
and
for
the
first
time
ever
it
didn’t
take
place
in
its
usual
slot
of
August
but
rather
on
July
30.

–
The
Usos
retained
their
Undisputed
Tag
Team
Titles
over
The
Street
Profits
on
the
376th
day
of
their
title
reign
to
become
the
only
team
to
successfully
defend
the
same
titles
on
two
consecutive
Summerslam
events.

–
Overall,
five
returns
(WWE
Hall
of
Famers
Edge
&
Kane,
former
Smackdown
Women’s
Champion
Bayley,
former
NXT
Women’s
Champion
Io
Shirai,
and
former
NXT
Women’s
Tag
Team
Champion
Dakota
Kai)
took
place
on
Summerslam
2022
which
is
the
highest
count
in
the
event’s
history.

–
Mayor
of
Knoxville,
Tennessee
Glen
Jacobs
aka
WWE
Legend
Kane
officially
announced
that
48,449
fans
were
in
attendance
for
the
2022
SummerSlam
while
Wrestling
Observer
claimed
that
around
38,000
spectators
entered
the
venue,
Nissan
Stadium.