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SportsMoney WWE SummerSlam 2026 Results As Liv Morgan Beats Iyo Sky In Instant Classic By Blake Oestriecher ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Blake Oestriecher is a columnist covering WWE, AEW and pro wrestling. Follow Author Aug 01, 2026, 06:30pm EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . Summary At WWE SummerSlam 2026, Liv Morgan successfully defended her Women's World Championship against Queen of the Ring winner Iyo Sky. Morgan, whose reign had been criticized as lackluster, secured the victory with a decisive Oblivion. Despite interference attempts from Judgment Day stablemates Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, Morgan ultimately won independently. This marks Morgan's first successful title defense in over 100 days and signals a potential shift away from The Judgment Day, possibly setting up a feud with Perez. Iyo Sky, despite the loss, delivered a stellar performance, maintaining her strong crowd connection and solidifying her top-tier status.
At WWE SummerSlam 2026, Liv Morgan looked to turn around what has been a lackluster Women’s World Championship reign, but Iyo Sky stood in her way.
Since winning the title at WrestleMania 42 in April, Morgan has underwhelmed as champion through no fault of her own. WWE hasn’t given her anything substantial to sink her teeth into, but after Sky won the Queen of the Ring tournament, she stepped up as a truly formidable challenger for Morgan.
Amid significant drama in Morgan’s The Judgment Day stable, the group’s unofficial leader went toe-to-toe with Sky inside U.S. Bank Stadium at WWE SummerSlam.
It had been more than 100 days since Liv Morgan had defended her title, and at WWE SummerSlam 2026, she finally did so successfully.
This time around, she didn’t need help from Judgment Day stablemates Raquel Rodriguez or Roxanne Perez, either. Instead, Morgan defeated Iyo Sky with a picture-perfect Oblivion to retain the Women’s World Championship.
Here are the key moments and biggest highlights from Sky vs. Morgan at WWE SummerSlam:
After what transpired at WWE SummerSlam 2026, it’s clear that Morgan doesn’t necessarily need The Judgment Day anymore.
When Rodriguez and Perez attempted to interfere, they nearly cost Morgan the match. It was Morgan who defeated Sky on her own, the latest chink in the armor of one of WWE’s best stables of the past decade. The true drama in the faction has centered around Morgan’s dismissals of Perez, the group’s young star who has all the potential in the world to be a world champion one day.
After Morgan retained her Women’s World Championship at SummerSlam despite Perez’s failed attempt to help, WWE appears to be laying the foundation for a seemingly inevitable destruction of The Judgment Day down the road. That dismantling should be built around a feud between Morgan and Perez, with Raquel Rodriguez stuck in the middle.
Morgan continues to prove she is more than capable of succeeding on her own, and the fact that she beat Sky that way is a promising sign for her first successful title defense of this reign.
As for Sky, a clean loss at SummerSlam shouldn’t be taken as a bad sign. Sky and Morgan absolutely tore the house down in the show-opening match of SummerSlam Saturday, which is a testament to WWE’s belief in their abilities. If nothing else, Sky proved that she still has an amazing connection with the crowd, and that should bode well for her.
Though Sky technically lost at WWE SummerSlam, she’s a winner in the sense that fans still love her and her loss won’t send her plummeting down the card like it might for other stars.
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