Kevin Owens returns in a fighting mood at WWE SummerSlam, earns No 1 contender spot for undisputed title

SummerSlam Night 2 was acceptable to commencement with a No. 1 contender lucifer for the Undisputed WWE Championship betwixt Sami Zayn and Finn Balor. Both competitors had much than earned the close to vie for their adjacent changeable astatine the biggest prize successful the company.

However, neither of them came distant with the victory.

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Kevin Owens looks connected during SummerSlam astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis, Minn., connected Aug. 2, 2026. (WWE via Getty Images)

Nick Aldis, who was reinstated arsenic SmackDown’s wide manager pursuing his nonaccomplishment to Gunther successful Night 1, made an enforcement determination to adhd "The Ring General" to the match. He wasn’t done there. Aldis said determination was 1 much idiosyncratic helium was going to adhd to the match.

It was Kevin Owens.

After astir 16 months connected the support with a superior cervix injury, Owens made a triumphant return. The assemblage astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis astir shattered the solid successful the building. Better yet, Owens looked conscionable arsenic bully arsenic helium did erstwhile helium needed to measurement distant from the ring.

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Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are successful enactment during SummerSlam astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis, Minn., connected Aug. 2, 2026. (WWE via Getty Images)

Owens instantly went aft Balor and Gunther portion Zayn stood successful the ringing shocked. The 2 embraced earlier they started to speech blows. Owens enactment his cervix to the trial with moving sentons and a swanton from the apical enactment onto the 3 competitors.

Gunther tried his hardest to get his opponents to pat retired with aggregate submission maneuvers. In the end, it would travel down to Zayn and Owens. Zayn deed a Blue Thunder Bomb connected Owens but couldn’t get the pin.

Owens yet deed Zayn with a superkick and a stunner to unafraid the pinfall and the victory.

It has been a agelong clip for Owens, who needed rather immoderate clip to get backmost into wrestling shape. Zayn cautioned pro wrestling fans successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital successful June that Owens’ betterment conscionable needed time.

Gunther faces Finn Balor during SummerSlam astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis, Minn., connected Aug. 2, 2026. (WWE via Getty Images)

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Time appeared to heal each and Owens is 1 triumph implicit CM Punk from becoming a satellite champion erstwhile again.