ESPN Announces ‘Moment of the Night’ Championship for WWE SummerSlam Night One & Two

WWE and ESPN are set to introduce a new championship belt at SummerSlam 2026. This year’s SummerSlam will emanate from the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 1 and 2. Both nights will air on ESPN Unlimited, with the first hour being free on television (see below).

Earlier today, ESPN announced that the company would award a custom championship belt to a talent for the “Moment of the Night” at the end of each night. Below are the lineups for SummerSlam Night One & Two:

Night One:

– Fatal Influence vs. The Bella Twins & Paige
– The Bloodline (The Usos & Jacob Fatu) vs. LA Knight, Royce Keys & Solo Sikoa
– Women’s World Championship Match: Liv Morgan [c] vs. IYO SKY
– Gunther vs. Nick Aldis
– Hell in a Cell Match: Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi
– Undisputed WWE Championship Match: CM Punk [c] vs. Cody Rhodes

Night Two:

– United States Championship Match: Trick Williams [c] vs. Baron Corbin
– Fatal Five-Way Ladder Match to crown the Interim WWE Women’s Champion: Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Chelsea Green vs. Charlotte Flair vs. TBD
– Human Monies on a Pole Match: Dominik Mysterio vs. Danhausen
– Intercontinental Championship Match: Penta [c] vs. Chad Gable
– Undisputed WWE Championship No. 1 Contender’s Match: Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor
– World Heavyweight Championship Match: Roman Reigns [c] vs. Seth Rollins

411Mania, as usual, will have live coverage of the premium live event this weekend.

After each night of SummerSlam this weekend, ESPN will be unveiling an "ESPN Moment of the Night" where the WWE Superstar involved will be presented with this custom ESPN WWE Championship belt!@espn @WWE pic.twitter.com/5puzTnbuZC

— Denise 'Hollywood' Salcedo (@_denisesalcedo) July 30, 2026