WWE’s most important roster at the moment homes 9 championships. SummerSlam on Aug. 3 noticed 4 new champions topped in a present that set the stage for the remainder of 2024.Â
King and Queen of the Ring event winners Gunther and Nia Jax efficiently challenged for the world heavyweight and WWE ladies’s titles, respectively, whereas LA Knight and Bron Breakker turned most important roster champions for the primary time.Â
The most important story popping out of SummerSlam was undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa nevertheless it had much less to do with the title and extra to do with its implications. Roman Reigns returned for the primary time since shedding to Rhodes at WrestleMania 40, laying out Solo Sikoa to set the stage for an enormous Bloodline vs. Bloodline feud.
As 2024 reaches its midway level, check out who holds all of the championships on the WWE most important roster.
Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (defeated Roman Reigns on April 7, 2024)
Rhodes’ lengthy journey to win the championship that had eluded his legendary wrestling household ended at Night time 2 of WrestleMania 40 when he defeated Roman Reigns. Rhodes got here up quick in opposition to Reigns at WrestleMania 39 however obtained his revenge one yr later, overcoming “Bloodline Guidelines” to finish Reigns’ 1,316 days as champion.
World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (defeated Damian Priest on Aug. 3, 2024)
Gunther’s exceptional most important roster run continues. The longest-reigning intercontinental champion in WWE historical past parlayed his King of the Ring event victory to problem Priest for the world heavyweight title at SummerSlam efficiently. Gunther’s victory is barely marred by Finn Balor’s betrayal of his Judgement Day chief Priest. “The Ring Basic” will nonetheless carry his world title into his outdated stomping grounds of Germany for WWE’s inaugural Bash in Berlin PPV.
Ladies’s World Championship: Liv Morgan (defeated Becky Lynch on Could 25, 2024)
Morgan set out on a self-proclaimed “revenge tour” after struggling an harm by the hands of Rhea Ripley — swearing to take her ladies’s world championship. After injuring Ripley in a backstage altercation, Morgan turned her consideration to Becky Lynch after “The Man” gained the vacated title in a battle royal. The 2 clashed at King and Queen of the Ring, with Morgan coming away with the win after some unintentional interference from Dominik Mysterio. “Soiled Dom” arrived late within the match and slid a chair within the ring to help Lynch, however Morgan DDT’d Lynch on the chair as a substitute and hit her Oblivion finisher for the victory.
WWE Ladies’s Championship: Nia Jax (defeated Bayley on Aug. 3, 2024)
Jax is WWE ladies’s champion for the second time in her nine-year skilled wrestling profession. Jax gained the Queen of the Ring event in Could to earn a title shot in opposition to Bayley at SummerSlam. Jax overwhelmed the underdog champion for a lot of the match. When Bayley lastly obtained the higher hand, Jax discovered essential support from her new ally. Tiffany Stratton teased cashing in her Cash within the Financial institution briefcase, permitting Jax to land a match-ending blow and turn out to be champion.
Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker (defeated Sami Zayn on Aug. 3, 2024)
Breakker wouldn’t be denied a second time. The previous NXT champion didn’t defeat Zayn for the intercontinental title at Cash within the Financial institution however lower via the combating champion in a brief rematch at SummerSlam. Breakker put away Zayn with a pair of spears to seize the intercontinental title simply over three months into his rookie most important roster yr.
United States Championship: LA Knight (defeated Logan Paul on Aug. 3, 2024)
It took Knight greater than half of his life however he is lastly a WWE most important roster champion. Knight defeated Logan Paul in an thrilling match to seize the U.S. championship. Knight had a breakout yr in 2023 however had but to win a most important roster singles title 21 years into his professional wrestling profession. Knight easily countered a buckshot lariat from Paul right into a pivotal BFT to attain the pinfall.
World Tag Workforce Championship: JD McDonagh & Finn Balor (defeated The Superior Reality on June 24, 2024)
Amid Judgment Day’s turmoil, largely pushed by Liv Morgan’s fixed harassment of Dominik Mysterio, the group scored a serious win. After being “saved” by Mysterio, Morgan helped Judgment Day trip by manipulating R-Reality into giving McDongah and Balor a title shot in opposition to Reality and The Miz. Morgan then distracted and attacked Reality, establishing the end as McDonagh and Balor grabbed the titles on Uncooked.
WWE Tag Workforce Championship: Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga (gained on Aug. 2, 2024)
The Bloodline has gold as soon as once more. One factor beforehand separating Sikoa and Reigns’ variations of The Bloodline was the brand new group’s lack of titles. Fatu and Tonga remedied this by defeating #DIY to turn out to be WWE tag crew champs on the ultimate SmackDown earlier than SummerSlam. The ending sequence noticed Fatu hit Johnny Gargano with a popup Samoan Drop, jump-up moonsault and impaler DDT successively to put the match to relaxation.
WWE Ladies’s Tag Workforce Championship: Isla Daybreak & Alba Fyre (defeated Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill on June 15, 2024)
Whereas Conflict on the Citadel was a nasty night time for Piper Niven and Drew McIntyre in entrance of their hometown followers in Scotland, the followers did get a crowning second for locals when Daybreak and Fyre emerged from a triple risk match in opposition to champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill and the crew of Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark with the titles. Belair and Cargill have been protected by not having to take the autumn and the followers obtained a pleasant second in seeing a number of locals seize most important roster gold for the primary time of their careers.