SummerSlam (2019)
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown 205 Live | ||
| Date | August 11, 2019 | ||
| City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Venue | Scotiabank Arena | ||
| Attendance | 16,904 | ||
| Buy rate | 19,600 (excluding WWE Network views) | ||
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The 2019 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 32nd annual SummerSlam and took place on August 11, 2019, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, marking the second SummerSlam held at this venue after the 2004 event and the first held outside of New York since 2014. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions.
Twelve matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Seth Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar to win Raw's Universal Championship for a second time. In the penultimate match, Bray Wyatt debuted his new "Fiend" persona and defeated Finn Bálor. In other prominent matches, Charlotte Flair defeated WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus by submission, Kevin Owens defeated Shane McMahon to keep his job, SmackDown's WWE Champion Kofi Kingston fought Randy Orton to a double countout thus Kingston retained the title, and Goldberg defeated Dolph Ziggler.