The social media page dedicated to WWE SummerSlam has posted the official announcement of Ronda Rousey taking on Shayna Baszler at this year’s event:
Rousey and Baszler have notably been friends for a number of years, even appearing together at pro wrestling events on the independent circuit prior to Rousey’s signing to WWE.
The pair won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship on the 5/29 edition of RAW, going on to unify the titles with the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship on the 6/23 edition of SmackDown…before a betrayal by Baszler led to the team losing the titles to Raquel Rodriquez and Liv Morgan at the Money in the Bank PLE on July 1.
In the weeks sense, some harsh words have been traded back and forth between the two…and it all comes down to a clash at “The Biggest Event of the Summer.”
SummerSlam takes place on Saturday, August 5, from Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, and will air LIVE on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally.