Why Triple H Believes WWE SummerSlam Is Now A Two-Night Event
Triple H has given his opinion on why WWE is making SummerSlam a two-night event.
For the 38th year in a row, WWE will present SummerSlam as a spectacular summer event that is regarded as one of the most significant WWE events of the year. If WrestleMania is the biggest show, then most people think of SummerSlam as the second biggest, or maybe third behind the Royal Rumble.
At this year’s WWE SummerSlam, taking place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the event will be a two-night show on August 2nd and August 3rd, marking the second annual WWE event to be held over two nights, similar to WrestleMania.
The positive for WWE fans is that it means more content since Triple H and the WWE creative team have promoted 12 matches taking place over two nights, and nine of those matches are title matches. That’s a big jump over SummerSlam 2024, which had seven matches.
During an interview with WFAN, WWE’s Chief Content Officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, talked about how WWE fans love to treat these major shows as a vacation of sorts.
“Look, it has been successful for us on the WrestleMania side for sure—the two-night WrestleManias are destination weekends. People plan their year, their vacation around it. A lot of folks come in on Thursday, they’re going to the World, seeing all the memorabilia, getting autographs, coming to SmackDown on Friday night, then the Saturday-Sunday events. NXT in the afternoon sometimes on Saturdays, all the way through to Monday night.
This time, we’ll be at Barclays Center. If you’re a fan, there’s nothing like it. It’s going to Disney for pro wrestling. It’s worked for us at WrestleMania. It’ll work for us at SummerSlam. It’s going incredibly well. The business is there—so let’s take it.”
The August 1st SmackDown is nearby in Newark, New Jersey, followed by the August 4th Raw in Brooklyn, New York, making for four huge events in the same area.
Triple H Turned Down Cody Rhodes Idea For WWE’s Raw Debut On Netflix
In the new WWE docuseries, Unreal, Triple H had a discussion with WWE VP Creative Writer, Jonathan Baeckstrom, about Cody Rhodes wanting to save John Cena from an attack on the first Raw episode on Netflix that took place on January 6th. Triple H shot the idea down as an example of how he has to make creative decisions for his job.
Triple H: “Cody wants it, like, they all square up to f**king, you know, take Cena down and Cody runs in and f**king makes the save.”
Jonathan Baeckstrom: “Totally understood obviously. One of the biggest shows in company history. Cody is our f**king franchise player. Every reason to have him on the show. We don’t have a half a dozen heels who are just… Everybody’s got a story. Like, we’re gonna chunk Judgment Day out there?”
Triple H: “Also, and I get Cody’s point of view, but also like, you know, it’s the first time we see John Cena in what, a year? But, like, the first time he comes out and, like, somebody’s gotta save him, it just feels off to me too.”
The two-night SummerSlam concept will continue in 2026, also because WWE has already announced that it’s heading to Minneapolis for SummerSlam 2026 as well.