lSummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view show hosted by the World Wrestling Entertainment Professional Wrestling Federation in August. The first show took place on August 29, 1988 at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York and was distributed by subscription, unlike the Battle of the same year, which was shown on the USA Network . The show was called "The Biggest Summer Event" and is considered one of the four original WWE PPV shows (along with WrestleMania , Battle Royale and Survivor Series ) and is called the second most important show in the year after WrestleMania .
Content
Dates and
| Show | date | City | Location | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SummerSlam (1988) | August 29, 1988 | New York , New York | Madison Square Garden | Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage vs. Ted Dibiasi and Andre Giant |
| SummerSlam (1989) | August 28, 1989 | East Rutherford , NJ | Meadowlands Arena | Hulk Hogan and Brutus Briefcase vs. Randy Savage and Zeus |
| SummerSlam (1990) | August 27, 1990 | Philadelphia , PA | Spectrum | Last Warrior (c) vs. Rick Ore in a steel cage fight for WWF title |
| SummerSlam (1991) | August 26, 1991 | New York, New York | Madison Square Garden | Hulk Hogan and the Last Warrior against Sergeant Sloter , Colonel Mustafa and General Ednan in an unequal 2v3 match |
| SummerSlam (1992) | August 29, 1992 | London england | Wembley | Bret Hart (c) vs. British Bulldog for WWF Intercontinental Champion title |
| SummerSlam (1993) | August 30, 1993 | Auburn Hills , MI | Palace of Auburn Hills | Yokozuna vs Lex Luger for WWF title |
| SummerSlam (1994) | August 29, 1994 | Chicago , Illinois | United center | Undertaker (with Paul Berer) vs. Undertaker (with a million dollar person) |
| SummerSlam (1995) | August 27, 1995 | Pittsburgh , PA | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Diesel (c) vs. King Mabel for WWF title |
| SummerSlam (1996) | August 18, 1996 | Cleveland Ohio | Gund arena | Sean Michaels (c) vs. Vader for WWF title |
| SummerSlam (1997) | August 3, 1997 | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | Undertaker vs. Bret Hart for WWF Title |
| SummerSlam (1998) | August 30, 1998 | New York, New York | Madison Square Garden | Steve Austin (c) vs. Undertaker for WWF Title |
| SummerSlam (1999) | August 22, 1999 | Minneapolis , Minnesota | Target Center | Steve Austin (c) vs. Mankind vs. Player in the Triple Threat match for WWF title |
| SummerSlam (2000) | August 27, 2000 | Raleigh , North Carolina | Entertainment and Sports Arena | Rock (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Player in the Triple Threat duel for WWF title |
| SummerSlam (2001) | August 19, 2001 | San Jose California | Compact center | Booker Tee (c) vs. Rock for WCW World Title |
| SummerSlam (2002) | August 25, 2002 | Uniondale , New York | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Rock (c) vs. Brock Lesnar (with Paul Hayman) for WWE Indisputable Champion |
| SummerSlam (2003) | August 24, 2003 | Phoenix , Arizona | America West Arena | Player (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash vs. Sean Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. Goldberg in the Box of Destruction bout for the World Heavyweight Championship |
| SummerSlam (2004) | August 15, 2004 | Toronto Canada | Air canada center | Chris Benoit (s) vs. Randy Orton in the world heavyweight title fight |
| SummerSlam (2005) | August 21, 2005 | Washington DC | MCI Center | Hulk Hogan vs. Sean Michaels |
| SummerSlam (2006) | August 20, 2006 | Boston , Massachusetts | TD Banknorth Garden | Edge (c) vs. John Cena in a WWE title fight |
| SummerSlam (2007) | August 26, 2007 | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton in WWE title bout |
| SummerSlam (2008) | August 17, 2008 | Indianapolis , Indiana [1] | Conseco fieldhouse | Undertaker vs. Edge in Hell in the Cage |
| SummerSlam (2009) | August 23, 2009 [2] | Los Angeles , California [2] | Staples Center [2] | Jeff Hardy (c) protia SM Punk in a duel with tables, stairs and chairs for the world heavyweight title |
| SummerSlam (2010) | August 15, 2010 [3] | WWE Team (John Cena, Daniel Bryan , Edge , Chris Jericho , Bret Hart, John Morrison and R-Truth ) vs. Nexus ( Wade Barrett , Justin Gabriel , Heath Slater , David Otung , Skip Sheffield , Michael Tarver and Darren Young ) - Team fight to destroy | ||
| SummerSlam (2011) | August 14, 2011 | SM Punk (c) vs. John Cena (c) for WWE Indisputable Champion title | ||
| SummerSlam (2012) | August 19, 2012 | Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar | ||
| SummerSlam (2013) | August 18, 2013 | John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for WWE title | ||
| SummerSlam (2014) | August 17, 2014 | John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for WWE World Heavyweight Championship | ||
| SummerSlam (2015) | August 23, 2015 | Brooklyn new york | Barclays Center | Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar |
| SummerSlam (2016) | August 21, 2016 | Randy Orton vs. Brock Lesnar | ||
| SummerSlam (2017) | August 20, 2017 | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reis vs. Samoa Joe vs. Bron Strowman for WWE Universe title | ||
| SummerSlam (2018) | August 19, 2018 | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reis for WWE Universe title |
Notes
- ↑ Greatest Moments in Pay-Per-View History (Eng.) // WWE Magazine : magazine. - 2007. - Special. - P. 64-65 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Martin, Adam Reader Notes: Bret Hart, WWE in Elmira, 2009 PPVs . WrestleView (November 20, 2008). Date of treatment November 21, 2008. Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ SummerSlam . World Wrestling Entertainment . Date of treatment March 18, 2010. Archived on August 27, 2012.
Literature
- SummerSlam Event History . Pro Wrestling History. Date of treatment May 12, 2008. Archived May 16, 2012.
- Shaun Assael and Mike Mooneyham. Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. - Crown, 2002 .-- ISBN 1400051436 .
- Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s. - Pocket Books, 4th Edition 2006. - ISBN 9781416532576 .
- Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition. - Lulu.com, 2006 .-- ISBN 1411612108 .