Rusev & Lana vs. Almas & Vega Added to SummerSlam Kickoff Show

A mixed tag team match with Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega has been added to the SummerSlam Kickoff Show, WWE announced.

That’s the only match announced for the Kickoff show for now, but there will likely be at least another match on there.

The Kickoff Show has a start time of 5 PM ET, which would mean that we’re in for a 6 or 7 hour show. The main SummerSlam card has a 7 PM ET start time.

SummerSlam will take place on August 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Here’s the updated card.


Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns

WWE Championship
AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe

Raw Women’s Championship
Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey

SmackDown Women’s Championship – Triple Threat
Carmella (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair

Intercontinental Championship
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins

United States Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

Winner Gets Braun’s MITB Contract
Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens

SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The New Day

Cruiserweight Championship
Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Drew Gulak

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz

Finn Bálor vs. Constable Baron Corbin

Kickoff Show
Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega