WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night 2 Results As Roman Reigns Wins Match Of The Year Candidate

Aug 03, 2026 08:12 AM - 1 hour ago 3

Roman Reigns hit Seth Rollins successful the main arena of WWE SummerSlam Night 2 successful a emotion missive to the Shield that doubled arsenic a match-of-the-year candidate. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns had nary shortage of Shield callbacks, but each of them landed amid a 12-year communicative of brotherhood, betrayal and bitterness. Reigns won the lucifer pinch 3 spears successful a statement successful a cleanable singles lucifer that had zero interference.

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns are person to the extremity of their careers than the beginning, and this was made very clear throughout their promos connected Raw. WWE played connected Rollins and Reigns’ Shield history, and the dubious statistic that Reigns had ne'er beaten Rollins successful singles action.

Roman Reigns’ Bloodline was an important broadside characteristic successful this feud, but galore of Rollins’ taunts mirrored that of LA Knight, the presumed adjacent challenger to a victorious Reigns who has spent overmuch of his main roster tally accusing Reigns and the Bloodline of utilizing spot successful numbers without fighting adjacent fights.

Though Reigns and Rollins person had galore run-ins, matches and callbacks to Rollins’ treacherous enactment to break up the Shield, location was a consciousness of finality to their SummerSlam showdown successful Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Roman Reigns Def. Seth Rollins In Classic SummerSlam Main Event

Seth Rollins faked retired US Bank Stadium pinch the Shield open, which received a immense popular earlier it dissipated and turned into Seth Rollins’ arsenic celebrated “Burn it Down” theme. No longer wearing each Black, Seth Rollins returned to his colorful “New Orleans-style” gear. Michael Cole described this arsenic a rebirth for Rollins.
Roman Reigns received a bigger guidance than Seth Rollins connected his measurement to the ringing arsenic Cole talked astir each man being a pioneer of this procreation who wanted to shed the dislike they had for 1 different complete the past respective years. Reigns’ famed 1,316-day reign ranks supra only Hulk Hogan, Bob Backlund and Bruno Sammartino arsenic 1 of the longest reigns of each time.
Fans went back-and-forth pinch their support for Seth and Roman earlier the ringing introductions. The singing for Seth Rollins amazingly won out. The SummerSlam Night 2 main arena started pinch a agelong staredown and immoderate trash talk betwixt Reigns and Rollins arsenic fans salivated.
Seth Rollins took the lead early connected pinch respective counterattacks connected Roman Reigns. Wade Barrett called Rollins the humanities shade who has haunted Roman Reigns for years. Roman Reigns sewage backmost into the lucifer pinch a drive-by kick. Reigns dumped Rollins into the crowd, and the referee utilized “a batch of leeway” to fto them conflict successful the crowd good past the 10 count.
Rollins mocked Reigns pinch his Tribal taunt, but arsenic he went for the spear done the barricade, Reigns caught him and deed a Shield Bomb done the Spanish denote table. Seth answered pinch a Shield Bomb of his own. Back successful the ring, Seth and Roman hardly hit the 10 count. Reigns was a hairsbreadth down Rollins, who caught Roman successful a Pedigree for a nearfall.

Fans chanted “this is awesome” arsenic Rollins went for different Spear, but was stopped by a Superman Punch for a count of two. Seth Rollins dodged a Roman Reigns spear and deed a stomp for a mendacious finish. Seth Rollins deed a superplex connected Reigns, but Reigns countered the roll-through pinch a Guillotine.
Seth Rollins escaped the Guillotine submission and ran into a spear from Roman Reigns, but Seth Rollins kicked out. Roman Reigns talked trash to a stirring Seth Rollins, calling him the No. 2. Reigns went back-and-forth, shades of Bron Breakker, and ran into a Rollins Spear for a nearfall. “The only logic you’re No. 1 is because they make you No. 1,” said Rollins to Reigns.
Seth Rollins missed a stomp, starring to a Buckle Bomb by Reigns and a stomp by Reigns for a 2 count and an tremendous pop. Rollins brought up the Bloodline, prompting back-and-forth strikes from the 2 erstwhile brothers. US Bank Stadium was successful a frenzy by now.
Seth Rollins bumped into the charismatic and came backmost pinch a Dean Ambrose clothesline. Roman Reigns paid his ain homage to Dean Ambrose pinch a Dirty Deeds. Reigns missed Rollins and speared the official. Rollins deed a stomp connected Reigns arsenic everybody was down.
Seth Rollins grabbed the fateful chair. Seth went for the shot, but Roman deed an uppercut, causing Seth to driblet the chair. Roman Reigns grabbed the chair and Seth turned his back, inviting the shot. Roman Reigns tossed the chair aside, moving past his obsession. It’s clip to extremity this man-to-man. Minnesota respected the hellhole retired of this pinch a large opinionated ovation.
The one-on-one brawl ended successful Seth Rollins countering the Spear pinch a Pedigree. Rollins deed a stomp, past prepared for a top-rope stomp. Seth missed and walked into a brace of spears, but location was still nary referee. Roman Reigns deed a 3rd spear and the referee recovered successful clip to count to three.
After the match, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins shared a fist bump, signifying the extremity of the Shield lore successful WWE. At slightest until Jon Moxley’s statement comes due.