Sami Zayn is WWE Champion, Punk looms in Chicago, and Reigns vs Rollins is set: what a week

[NeonPhantom]

Take a breath and look at the state of things after this weekend. Sami Zayn shocked everyone by winning the Undisputed WWE Championship at Night of Champions, getting the better of both Cody and Gunther in the finish, and the fallout has run all week with Gunther furious and reports that even people inside the company were surprised by how tightly the result was kept under wraps

Meanwhile Raw gave us the other bombshell, Roman Reigns formally accepting Seth Rollins' challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. That is the biggest possible version of that match on the biggest stage of the summer, and the build has barely started

Add in the strong indications that CM Punk returns on Monday's Raw in Chicago of all places, plus Oba Femi getting Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell on the SummerSlam card, and this is the most stacked stretch of WWE storytelling in a couple of years. Even the feelgood beats landed, with Kevin Owens turning up to celebrate Sami's win

So, the floor is open. Was Sami the right call as champion, does Punk in Chicago change the SummerSlam main event picture, and who walks out of Reigns and Rollins with the gold?

[Sam92]

Sami was the PERFECT call and the shock was only possible because everyone assumed WWE would never actually do it. Sixteen years of goodwill cashed in one night

[GatewayDrifter]

Right call, wrong time for me. Gunther was mid tear and this cuts his legs off, the loss should have gone to anyone else in that match

[Rhys]

Gunther losing IS the story though, an irate Gunther chasing Sami all summer prints money. The chase is always better than the reign

[HitmanMatt53]

The secrecy report is the most interesting bit, they kept a world title change quiet in 2026, in the leak era. Whoever ran that operation deserves a raise

[NatureBoy86]

Punk returning in Chicago is the least secret secret in wrestling and the pop will still take the roof off. Some spoilers improve the show

[Maisie84]

If Punk is back, he is in the SummerSlam main event picture by August, no chance they let Reigns and Rollins have that spotlight uncontested

[Merchant94]

Reigns wins for me, Rollins is the best builder in the company but the story engine runs on Roman holding gold. Ask a decade of evidence

[Leopard96]

Contrarian pick, Rollins takes it because SummerSlam needs one genuine shock and Sami already used this year's title upset

[QuantumFoam]

Can we talk about Femi and Lesnar in the Cell please, the young monster against the old one in that structure might quietly steal the whole weekend

[HeartbreakKidJason71]

The KO turning up to celebrate with Sami after everything between them broke me a bit, wrestling is at its best when the history pays off like that

[Cobra69]

Best stretch in years is right and the scary part is the summer has barely started. Enjoy it, these runs never last as long as we want