SummerSlam (2016) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on August 21, 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[3][4] It was the twenty-ninth event under the SummerSlam chronology, the second consecutive SummerSlam at this particular venue, and the first event under the reintroduction of the WWE brand extension. The event determined the inaugural WWE Universal Champion.
Thirteen matches were contested at the event, with three matches contested on the pre-show. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Orton by technical knockout. In addition, Finn Bálor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural WWE Universal Champion, and Nikki Bella made her in-ring competition return since her neck surgery in January 2016