The 2021 SummerSlam was the 34th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, and was the first SummerSlam to livestream on Peacock. It was not the first SummerSlam to take place on a Saturday, but it was the first to air live on a Saturday, as well as the first SummerSlam to take place in a stadium since the 1992 event. It was also WWE's first event to air in theaters in the United States in addition to the other broadcast outlets.
Promotional poster featuring Roman Reigns and John Cena
The event was held at the Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada.
Bobby Lashley defended Raw's WWE Championship against WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg at the event.
Sasha Banks was scheduled to face Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women's Championship in a rematch from WrestleMania 37.
SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind their flagship event, WrestleMania. It is also considered one of the company's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". The event has been broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV) since the inaugural 1988 event and via livestreaming since the 2014 event.
Madison Square Garden has hosted SummerSlam three times to date: 1988, 1991, and 1998
Staples Center hosted SummerSlam six years in a row: 2009–2014 and the tagline was California Sun
Barclays Center hosted SummerSlam four years in a row: 2015–2018
