What is SummerSlam (2016)?
{{Infobox Wrestling event|name=SummerSlam (2016)|promotion=[[WWE]]|brand=[[WWE Raw|Raw]]<br />[[SmackDown]]|date=August 21, 2016|attendance=15,974|venue=[[Barclays Center]]|city=[[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|lastevent=[[NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II]]|nextevent=[[Backlash (2016)]]|event=[[SummerSlam]]|lastevent2=[[SummerSlam (2015)]]|nextevent2=[[SummerSlam (2017)]]}} '''SummerSlam (2016)''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) and [[WWE Network]] [[livestreaming]] [[List of WWE pay-per-view events|show]] made by [[WWE]] for the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] and [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brands]]. It took place on August 21, 2016 at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. It was the twenty-ninth [[SummerSlam]] event held by WWE, the second SummerSlam in a row to happen at the Barclays Center, and the first WWE PPV since the [[WWE brand extension|brand split]] started again. Twelve matches happened at the event, including three on the pre-show. In the most important match, [[Brock Lesnar]] beat [[Randy Orton]] by technical knockout while in another important match, [[Finn Bálor]] beat [[Seth Rollins]] to become the first [[WWE Universal Championship|Universal Champion]]. ==Background== ===Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler=== This match was for the [[WWE Championship|WWE World Championship]]. ''SmackDown'' wrestler and WWE World Champion [[Dean Ambrose]] put his title on the line in a [[Triple Threat match]] at [[Battleground (2016)|Battleground]] on July 25 against [[WWE Raw|''Raw'']] wrestlers [[Roman Reigns]] and [[Seth Rollins]], who were Ambrose's partners in [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|The Shield]]. Ambrose won the match, so ''SmackDown'' needed to find a challenger for him at ''SummerSlam'' and they had a [[Professional wrestling match types#Multi-person matches|six-pack challenge]] to find the challenger. The first five spots were given to [[John Cena]], [[Bray Wyatt]], [[AJ Styles]], [[Baron Corbin]] and [[Dolph Ziggler]].