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New WWE Universal Title Is Announced (WWE YouTube)
Seth Rollins Watches Finn Balor (WWE YouTube)
Seth is Announced for New Title Match at SummerSlam
The new era on Raw kicked off big time tonight not only a whole new look (with a new logo, new theme song and stage set) but a brand new title announcement! This was very much anticipated and predicted by the fans for quite some time. Stephanie announced that the winner of the title will be crowned at SummerSlam and it will be named The WWE Universal Championship. She also along with Mick Foley decreed that there will be two fatal four-way matches tonight on the show in order to decide who will face Seth Rollins at SummerSlam. She makes it clear she was not happy with Roman Reigns “losing the title for her brand” and screwing things up for everyone when Seth “had the match won” in her opinion.
A happy Seth Rollins meanwhile checked out all his possible opponents as they were announced onstage. He and Jericho shared an interesting and rather unimpressed stare down and when it came to Finn Balor’s turn… Seth looked rather surprised. As it turns out, Balor would win the first four-way match up and Reigns would win the second match. The two faced off in the main event of Raw and Balor pulled out an amazing victory for his debut Raw night! So it will be Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins at SummerSlam!
Seth did not have a match on air tonight but was a participant in the dark match. Seth Rollins & AJ Styles vs. John Cena & Dean Ambrose!
Cena & Ambrose def. Seth & AJ (Dark Match)