It was also the first pay-per-view to feature the WWE Universal Championship, following its establishment for Raw the previous month after the WWE World Heavyweight Championship became exclusive to SmackDown and renamed to WWE World Championship. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands, being the first pay-per-view to occur after the brand split went into full effect following its reintroduction the previous month. The 2016 event was the 29th event in the SummerSlam chronology and was scheduled to be held on August 21, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the second consecutive year. It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Dubbed 'The Biggest Party of the Summer,' it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the 'Big Four'. SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced every August by WWE since 1988.

Other prominent matches included Dean Ambrose defeating Dolph Ziggler to retain SmackDown's WWE World Championship, and AJ Styles defeated John Cena in a singles match. In another marquee match, 'The Demon King' Finn Bálor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural WWE Universal Champion, which was introduced to be Raw's world championship. In the main event, which was an interbrand match, Raw's Brock Lesnar defeated SmackDown's Randy Orton by technical knockout. Twelve matches were contested at the event, including three matches on the Kickoff pre-show. It was the first PPV event held after the brand extension, which was reintroduced in July, went into full effect. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network and took place on August 21, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the second consecutive year. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The 2016 SummerSlam was the 29th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers

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