WWE SummerSlam
WWE SummerSlam is an annual wrestling event ofthe US wrestling league WWE in August. Along with the Survivor Series , the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, it is one of the four largest and most traditional pay-per-view events (Big Four PPVs) of the WWE and has been marketed as the second largest event after WrestleMania for several years. That is why there are also conventions and autograph sessions on the event weekend. The motto of SummerSlam has been "The Biggest Party of the Summer" for several years.
history
The term the big four (dt. The big four ) is due to the year 1989, when the then-WWF (predecessor of today's WWE) first four PPVs held in a year. Wrestlemania was the first major annual event in 1985, followed by the Survivor Series in 1987, SummerSlam in 1988 and the Royal Rumble as PPV in 1989 (the Royal Rumble had premiered on cable television a year earlier). It wasn't until five years later that the WWE began to expand its PPV offering and shone for the first time in a year with the King of the Ring tournament (which had already been held as a house show event in previous years) between 1993 and 2002 out.
With the first brand separation between RAW and SmackDown! in two separate squads from 2002 to 2011 and since the renewed separation in July 2016, the Big Four are referred to as so-called Cross Brand PPVs , i.e. events at which wrestlers from both squads perform and z. T. compete against each other in matches (" interpromotional match ").
List of events
# | event | date | place | arena | spectator | Main fight |
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1 | SummerSlam | August 29, 1988 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 20,000 | Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage (The Mega Powers) vs. Ted DiBiase and André the Giant (The Mega Bucks) with guest referee Jesse Ventura |
2 | SummerSlam | August 28, 1989 | East Rutherford | Meadowlands Arena | 20,000 | Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake vs. Randy Savage and Zeus |
3 | SummerSlam | August 27, 1990 | Philadelphia | The Spectrum | 19.304 | The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Rick Rude in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
4th | SummerSlam | August 26, 1991 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 20,000 | Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter , General Adnan and Colonel Mustafa in a handicap elimination match with guest referee Sid Justice |
5 | SummerSlam | August 29, 1992 | London , England | Wembley Stadium | 80,355 | Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship |
6th | SummerSlam | August 30, 1993 | Auburn Hills , Michigan | Palace of Auburn Hills | 23,954 | Yokozuna (c) vs. Lex Luger for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
7th | SummerSlam | August 29, 1994 | Chicago | United Center | 23,000 | The Undertaker vs. The Undertaker |
8th | SummerSlam | August 27, 1995 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | 18,062 | Diesel (c) vs. King Mabel for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
9 | SummerSlam | August 18, 1996 | Cleveland | Gund arena | 17,000 | Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Vader for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
10 | SummerSlam | August 3, 1997 | East Rutherford | Continental Airlines Arena | 20,213 | The Undertaker (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship with guest referee Shawn Michaels |
11 | SummerSlam | August 30, 1998 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 19,066 | Steve Austin (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF Championship |
12 | SummerSlam | August 22, 1999 | Minneapolis | Target Center | 17,370 | Steve Austin (c) vs. Triple H vs. Mankind in a triple threat match for the WWF Championship with guest referee Jesse Ventura |
13 | SummerSlam | August 27, 2000 | Raleigh , North Carolina | Entertainment and Sports Arena | 18,810 | The Rock (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Triple H in a triple threat match for the WWF Championship |
14th | SummerSlam | August 19, 2001 | San Jose , California | Compaq Center | 15,293 | Booker T (c) vs. The Rock for the WCW Championship |
15th | SummerSlam | August 25, 2002 | Hempstead | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 14,797 | The Rock (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the Undisputed WWE Championship |
16 | SummerSlam | August 24, 2003 | Phoenix , Arizona | America West Arena | 17.113 | Triple H (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. Goldberg in an elimination chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
17th | SummerSlam | August 15, 2004 | Toronto | Air Canada Center | 17,640 | Chris Benoit (c) vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship |
18th | SummerSlam | August 21, 2005 | Washington, DC | MCI Center | 18,176 | Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels |
19th | SummerSlam | August 20, 2006 | Boston | TD Banknorth Garden | 16,168 | Edge (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship |
20th | SummerSlam | August 26, 2007 | East Rutherford | Continental Airlines Arena | 17,441 | John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship |
21st | SummerSlam | August 17, 2008 | Indianapolis | Conseco Fieldhouse | 12,480 | The Undertaker vs. Edge in a hell-in-a-cell match |
22nd | SummerSlam | August 23, 2009 | los Angeles | Staples Center | 14,116 | Jeff Hardy (c) vs. CM Punk in a Tables-Ladders - & - Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
23 | SummerSlam | August 15, 2010 | 14,178 | John Cena, Daniel Bryan , Edge, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, R-Truth and John Morrison (Team WWE ) vs. Wade Barrett , Justin Gabriel , Heath Slater , David Otunga , Skip Sheffield , Michael Tarver and Darren Young ( The Nexus ) | ||
24 | SummerSlam | August 14, 2011 | 17,404 | CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena (c) for the Undisputed WWE Championship with guest referee Triple H | ||
25th | SummerSlam | 19th August 2012 | 17,482 | Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H in a no-disqualification match | ||
26th | SummerSlam | 18th August 2013 | 14,500 | John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship with guest referee Triple H | ||
27 | SummerSlam | 17th August 2014 | 14,079 | John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | ||
28 | SummerSlam | 23rd August 2015 | New York City | Barclays Center | 15,589 | The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar |
29 | SummerSlam | August 21, 2016 | 15,974 | Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton | ||
30th | SummerSlam | 20th August 2017 | 16,128 | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman for the WWE Universal Championship | ||
31 | SummerSlam | 19th August 2018 | 16,169 | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship | ||
32 | SummerSlam | 11th August 2019 | Toronto , Ontario | Scotiabank Arena | 16,904 | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship |
33 | SummerSlam | 23 August 2020 | Orlando , Florida | Amway Center | 0 | Braun Strowman (c) vs. Bray Wyatt for the WWE Universal Championship in a Falls Count Anywhere match |
Trivia and Statistics
- The opening match of SummerSlam 1988, and thus the very first SummerSlam match ever, ended with a time limit draw , i.e. with a tie after the previously set match time had expired. This was the only time in the history of SummerSlam so far.
- There was no WWE World Championship match at the first two SummerSlam events because Hulk Hogan, as the reigning champion, was involved in tag team matches in both years.
- To date, SummerSlam 1992 is the only one of the “Big Four” PPVs that has ever been held outside of the American continent. At the same time, it is the SummerSlam with the most ticket sales.
- The first change in the WWE World Championship took place at the 10th SummerSlam in 1997, where Bret Hart defeated The Undertaker .
- In 32 Summer Slams that took place, the most important title in the league only changed hands 13 times (7 × WWE Championship , 1 × WCW Championship , 3 × World Heavyweight Championship and 2 × WWE Universal Championship )
- Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock at SummerSlam 2002 to become the youngest WWE Champion at the age of 25 .
- Randy Orton became the youngest world heavyweight champion and at the same time the youngest world heavyweight champion in wrestling at SummerSlam 2004 by defeating Chris Benoit at the age of 24 .
- Brock Lesnar played most of the main main events at SummerSlam, eight times in the last match of the evening.
- The Undertaker has the most appearances and wins at SummerSlam: He competed a total of 16 times and won 10 matches.
- Between 2009 and 2014 SummerSlam took place six times in a row at the same venue (Staples Center, Los Angeles).
- Between 2015 and 2017, SummerSlam took place three times in a row at the same venue (Barclays Center, New York City), and in 2018 it will take place for the fourth time in a row at the Barclays Center in New York City.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audience figures for the Summer Slam
- ↑ Wikipedia article " World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) "
- ↑ The All-Time SummerSlam Statistics ( Memento from October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) As of August 14, 2010
- ↑ Date and location announcement SummerSlam 2018. wrestlezone.com, accessed on August 21, 2017 .
Web links
- WWE SummerSlam Official Website