Oba Femi Settled the most important debate in professional wrestling on Saturday, 1 August 2026.

He  defeated Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to complete one of the most consequential trilogies in recent WWE history. The Lagos-born King of the Ring kicked out of three consecutive F5s, survived a Tombstone Piledriver on exposed wooden boards in a deliberate homage to The Undertaker, and ultimately pinned Lesnar with the Fall From Grace. 

After the match, Lesnar returned to the ring, embraced Femi, and delivered a message that confirmed what the result already told the world. “This is the future, ladies and gentlemen,” Lesnar said to the Minneapolis crowd, per  USA TODAY.

Night 1 also featured Cody Rhodes’ best chance yet to recapture the Undisputed WWE Championship from CM Punk, a match both men have been building towards across multiple storylines since WrestleMania. It ended in controversy. 

Randy Orton, absent from WWE programming since his WrestleMania 42 loss to Rhodes, returned from the crowd in the match’s pivotal moment. His RKO on Rhodes gave Punk the opening he needed to retain the title, sending Night 1 into a direction that will define SmackDown heading into Survivor Series.

Meanwhile, the card at U.S. Bank Stadium featured some of the strongest women’s wrestling of the year. It included an unlikely six-man tag coalition beating the Bloodline, and a SummerSlam in-ring debut from SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis that earned a standing ovation from Minneapolis despite ending in defeat. Five of the six matches produced results with immediate consequences for the weeks ahead.

SummerSlam Full Night 1 Results

• Women’s World Championship: Liv Morgan (c) def. Iyo Sky via pinfall…