{"id":139512,"date":"2025-08-02T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=139512"},"modified":"2025-08-03T18:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:18:16","slug":"famous-wwe-superstars-who-missed-summerslam-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/02\/famous-wwe-superstars-who-missed-summerslam-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Superstars Who Will Miss WWE SummerSlam 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE presents its first <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/01\/wwe-summerslam-2025-preview-card-predictions-8-2-25-night-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">two-night SummerSlam<\/a> tonight. The show will feature six matches each night. While many titles and some non-title matches made it to the card, several superstars didn\u2019t secure a spot in the biggest party of the summer. These stars have been heavily featured in recent months but lacked relevant storylines to justify their inclusion in the event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129654\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129654 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/01\/PENTA-WWE-DEBUT.webp\" alt=\"Penta's WWE Debut: Wrestlers React To Newest WWE Raw Star\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/01\/PENTA-WWE-DEBUT.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/01\/PENTA-WWE-DEBUT-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/01\/PENTA-WWE-DEBUT-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Which Notable Superstars Didn\u2019t Make it to WWE SummerSlam 2025?<\/h2>\n<p>WWE has a stacked roster across all three brands. Several superstars have proven their worth for every major show. Despite their accomplishments, Damian Priest, LA Knight, Giulia, Finn B\u00e1lor, Bayley, Chelsea Green, Penta, and Stephanie Vaquer will not compete at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/01\/wwe-summerslam-2025-preview-card-predictions-8-3-25-night-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">SummerSlam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ImChelseaGreen<\/a> wanted a fight&#8230; \ud83e\udd2d <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rhpl7xxeMH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Rhpl7xxeMH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1948908260322398559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What Are their Current Storylines?<\/h2>\n<p>Damian Priest is involved in a storyline with Aleister Black. He attempted to mediate between Black and R-Truth but received a Black Mass instead. Giulia isn\u2019t defending her Women\u2019s United States Championship at the premium live event. Chelsea Green and her Secret Service faction have been feuding with babyfaces but didn\u2019t secure a SummerSlam match.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Vaquer earned a Women\u2019s World Championship match against Naomi at Clash in Paris by winning a 20-woman battle royal at WWE Evolution. Despite these active storylines, they haven\u2019t translated into SummerSlam opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Finn B\u00e1lor, the current World Tag Team Champion with JD McDonagh, has LWO\u2019s Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde as the #1 contenders. However, they are also absent from SummerSlam.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Did WWE Keep These Superstars off SummerSlam 2025?<\/h2>\n<p>WWE understands fans\u2019 desire for every storyline to culminate at a premium live event. However, with limited spots available, not every wrestler can be featured. This is why multi-time Women\u2019s Champion Bayley is not competing at SummerSlam. The company aims to keep fans engaged across all premium live events, which sometimes means leaving popular superstars off the card, including tonight\u2019s PLE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Touch Greatness <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yTrKjx4GVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yTrKjx4GVA<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KSLp1HedwR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/KSLp1HedwR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Finn B\u00e1lor (@FinnBalor) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinnBalor\/status\/1951355218626502697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0for more on WWE SummerSlam 2025 preview and card, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments), and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE presents its first two-night SummerSlam tonight. The show will feature six matches each night. While many titles and some non-title matches made it to the card, several superstars didn\u2019t secure a spot in the biggest party of the summer. These stars have been heavily featured in recent months but lacked relevant storylines to justify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5578,"featured_media":138385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,4,3],"tags":[8898,9475],"class_list":["post-139512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-stephanie-vaquer","tag-summerslam-2025"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139512"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139564,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139512\/revisions\/139564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}