WWE champ Liv Morgan previews upcoming SummerSlam after being 'upset' about missing last year's in home state

Liv Morgan returned to nan apical of WWE's women’s section astatine WrestleMania 42 erstwhile she dispatched Stephanie Vaquer to regain nan Women’s World Championship.

Now, she has her sights group connected SummerSlam, which is group to return spot connected Aug. 1 and 2 successful Minneapolis astatine U.S. Bank Stadium. It’s nan 2nd clip nan premium unrecorded arena will beryllium 2 nights.

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Liv Morgan speaks astatine nan WWE Countdown during WrestleMania 42: Night 1 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 18, 2026. (Melina Pizano/WWE)

Last year, nan arena took spot astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. Morgan, a New Jersey autochthonal herself, suggested to Fox News Digital she was a small bummed to person missed retired connected nan event. She suffered a morganatic enarthrosis wounded successful April 2025 and didn’t return to WWE programming until Survivor Series: WarGames successful November.

"Honestly, I cannot moreover definitive to you really upset and disappointing it was to miss SummerSlam successful my hometown … But yeah, I was very excited to show up successful SummerSlam successful beautiful overmuch my hometown. Unfortunately, I missed out. So, this year, I’m going to much than dress up for it," she said.

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Liv Morgan enters nan arena pinch Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez and Dominik Mysterio during Monday Night RAW astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 20, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)

Morgan’s force has yet to beryllium wished arsenic storylines will converge for nan star-studded summertime event. She’s appeared successful 2 SummerSlam events during her profession and has travel retired connected apical successful some of them.

"I didn’t moreover recognize that truthful convey you for that nosy small fact," she said. "I conjecture I’m ace assured going into SummerSlam. I don’t cognize what this twelvemonth has successful shop for me.

"But I’m very excited for SummerSlam and I’m hopeful to beryllium capable to take sides my Women’s World Championship."

While Minnesota is mostly known for its acold and frigid upwind astir of nan year, Morgan vowed that SummerSlam would thief move up nan heat.

Liv Morgan celebrates pinch Dominik Mysterio aft defeating Stephanie Vaquer to triumph nan Women’s World Championship astatine WrestleMania 42 successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 18, 2026. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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"SummerSlam is WWE’s second-biggest arena of nan year," she told Fox News Digital. "It is nan biggest statement of nan summer. So, you tin expect a batch of fun. A batch of chaos. You tin expect me, which is astir apt nan champion part."