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Roman Reigns set to face his cousin Jey Uso for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship

WWE superstar and current undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns takes on his cousin and former team mate Jey Uso (one half of The Uso's) in the main event at WWE's 2023 SummerSlam.

This will be the first time SummerSlam has seen a singles match main event between two Pacific Islanders considered by many to be the second biggest WWE Premium Live Event of the year behind their flagship event, Wrestlemania.

In case you have missed much of the ongoing storyline, take a look back at how the Summerslam main event came to be, from when the Usos lost their rematch for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens in the video above.

At Summerslam' "Main Event" Jey Uso will look to dethrone the most dominant champion of the modern era, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Check out the time Roman and Jey made their Summerslam match official, after meeting to determine the 'Rules of Engagement' with Reigns not only putting his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the line, but also his position as Tribal Chief -

We love to see the Samoan cultural elements being brought into this storyline and the legendary Wild Samoans come through!

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Solo Sikoa is doing a phenomenal job at doing all the little things. The look of disgust he gives Roman Reigns after him and Jey Uso finish embracing and nobody is fighting was great

THAT BOY GOOD 🔥pic.twitter.com/2cpY7R9yLZ
— Public Enemies (@TheEnemiesPE3) July 24, 2023

"Main Event" Jey Uso currently has the highest selling t-shirt on WWE Shop. pic.twitter.com/U7PgWhP0f0
— Wrestle Features (@WrestleFeatures) July 16, 2023

Leading up to the Summerslam weekend Stephen A. Smith had Roman Reigns and his special counsel Paul Heyman as guests on First Take. Check out the segment below.

SummerSlam will emanate from Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, Sunday 6th August 12pm NZST. This marks the first SummerSlam to be held in Michigan since 1993; and the first event to be held at Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 in 2007.

The Usos sat down with sports journalist Ariel Helwani, to talk about their historic run with The Bloodline, you can check that out here