WWE champ Liv Morgan previews upcoming SummerSlam after being 'upset' about missing last year's in home state

Liv Morgan returned to the apical of WWE's women’s part astatine WrestleMania 42 erstwhile she dispatched Stephanie Vaquer to regain the Women’s World Championship.

Now, she has her sights acceptable connected SummerSlam, which is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Aug. 1 and 2 successful Minneapolis astatine U.S. Bank Stadium. It’s the 2nd clip the premium unrecorded lawsuit volition beryllium 2 nights.

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Liv Morgan speaks astatine the WWE Countdown during WrestleMania 42: Night 1 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 18, 2026. (Melina Pizano/WWE)

Last year, the lawsuit took spot astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. Morgan, a New Jersey autochthonal herself, suggested to Fox News Digital she was a small bummed to person missed retired connected the event. She suffered a morganatic enarthrosis wounded successful April 2025 and didn’t instrumentality to WWE programming until Survivor Series: WarGames successful November.

"Honestly, I cannot adjacent explicit to you however upset and disappointing it was to miss SummerSlam successful my hometown … But yeah, I was precise excited to amusement up successful SummerSlam successful beauteous overmuch my hometown. Unfortunately, I missed out. So, this year, I’m going to much than marque up for it," she said.

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Liv Morgan enters the arena with Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez and Dominik Mysterio during Monday Night RAW astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 20, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)

Morgan’s hostile has yet to beryllium determined arsenic storylines volition converge for the star-studded summertime event. She’s appeared successful 2 SummerSlam events during her vocation and has travel retired connected apical successful some of them.

"I didn’t adjacent recognize that truthful convey you for that amusive small fact," she said. "I conjecture I’m ace assured going into SummerSlam. I don’t cognize what this twelvemonth has successful store for me.

"But I’m precise excited for SummerSlam and I’m hopeful to beryllium capable to support my Women’s World Championship."

While Minnesota is mostly known for its acold and frigid upwind astir of the year, Morgan vowed that SummerSlam would assistance crook up the heat.

Liv Morgan celebrates with Dominik Mysterio aft defeating Stephanie Vaquer to triumph the Women’s World Championship astatine WrestleMania 42 successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 18, 2026. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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"SummerSlam is WWE’s second-biggest lawsuit of the year," she told Fox News Digital. "It is the biggest enactment of the summer. So, you tin expect a batch of fun. A batch of chaos. You tin expect me, which is astir apt the champion part."