{"id":124275,"date":"2021-08-02T23:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=124275"},"modified":"2021-08-02T23:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:19:34","slug":"wwe-championship-match-made-official-for-summerslam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/02\/wwe-championship-match-made-official-for-summerslam\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Championship match made official for Summerslam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2006399263\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The long rumored Bobby Lashley vs. Goldberg match for the WWE Championship has been officially set for Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>After two straight weeks of dodging Goldberg&#8217;s challenge, Lashley officially accepted the match <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/02\/8-2-wwe-monday-night-raw-results-kellers-report-on-goldberg-appearing-again-charlotte-vs-nikki-rematch-no-holds-barred-summerslam-hype\/\">on this week&#8217;s episode of Raw<\/a> after Goldberg took out MVP with a spear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The All Mighty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightbobby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fightbobby<\/a> meets the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Goldberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Goldberg<\/a> in a huge WWE Title showdown at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SummerSlam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SummerSlam<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ye3yJSUPME\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ye3yJSUPME<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1422379327367303169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lashley and MVP opened the show and conveyed a disdain for Goldberg. Goldberg walked out to confront both and said that Lashley was afraid of him, but that he &#8220;was next&#8221; at Summerslam because he was simply &#8230; Goldberg.<\/p>\n<p>Summerslam airs live on Peacock on Saturday August 20. 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