Jon Stewart to serve as host of 2015 WWE SummerSlam on Sunday
WWE SummerSlam will feature a loaded card and now has a big celebrity to serve as the event's host.
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WWE SummerSlam is setting up to be a major show on Sunday, and the event's newly-named host will only make it even more grand.
Less than two weeks after leaving The Daily Show, Jon Stewart will be back on the air as host of Sunday's four-hour pay-per-view, the company announced Monday. Though hosts for WWE pay-per-views do not often appear on screen more than a handful of times, they are usually involved with the show’s storyline in a meaningful way.
A longtime wrestling fan, Stewart got involved on-screen with WWE earlier this year when he started a “feud” of sorts with Seth Rollins, the company’s current world heavyweight champion. Stewart and Rollins shared a war of words on social media before Rollins showed up at The Daily Show, challenging Stewart to appear on Monday Night Raw. Stewart accepted the challenge and appeared on Raw, where Rollins hosted a mock talk show in the ring; the result of the engagement was Stewart kicking Rollins below the belt.
Rollins also appeared on one of Stewart’s final episodes of The Daily Show, introducing a video highlight segment to send off the show’s host of 16 years. He also handed Stewart a custom Daily Show championship belt in honor of his WWE fandom.
Though he will be the biggest, Stewart is not the only celebrity set to appear at SummerSlam. Actor Stephen Amell, who plays the title character on the hit CW show Arrow, will actually be wrestling in a tag team match at the event.
The top of SummerSlam’s loaded card includes Rollins defending his championship against WWE’s biggest superstar, John Cena, and Brock Lesnar taking on a legendary performer in The Undertaker.
