SummerSlam

SummerSlam is a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event held in July or August by WWE since 1988. The event is often called "The Biggest Party of the Summer."^[1] Along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble and Survivor Series, SummerSlam is one of the "Big Four" events and was one of the original four yearly WWE pay-per-views.^[2]

SummerSlam
The 2007 SummerSlam set
Nickname(s)	"The Biggest Party of the Summer"
Information
Promotion(s)	WWE
Brand(s)	Raw (2002–2011, 2016–present) SmackDown (2002–2011, 2016–present) 205 Live (2018–2019) ECW (2006–2009)
First event	1988

Dates and venues

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
1	SummerSlam (1988)	August 29, 1988	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage) vs. The Mega Bucks (André The Giant and "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase) with Jesse "The Body" Ventura as the special guest referee
2	SummerSlam (1989)	August 28, 1989	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Brendan Byrne Arena	Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage and Zeus
3	SummerSlam (1990)	August 27, 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Spectrum	The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Ravishing Rick Rude in a Steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
4	SummerSlam (1991)	August 26, 1991	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter, General Adnan, and Colonel Mustafa in a Handicap elimination match with Sid Justice as the special guest referee
5	SummerSlam (1992)	August 29, 1992 (Aired August 31, 1992)	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Bret "The Hitman" Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
6	SummerSlam (1993)	August 30, 1993	Auburn Hills, Michigan	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Yokozuna (c) vs. Lex Luger for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
7	SummerSlam (1994)	August 29, 1994	Chicago, Illinois	United Center	The Undertaker vs. "The Undertaker"
8	SummerSlam (1995)	August 27, 1995	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Civic Arena	Diesel (c) vs. King Mabel for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
9	SummerSlam (1996)	August 18, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio	Gund Arena	Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Vader for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
10	SummerSlam (1997)	August 3, 1997	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena	The Undertaker (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee
11	SummerSlam (1998)	August 30, 1998	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF Championship
12	SummerSlam (1999)	August 22, 1999	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Target Center	Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. Mankind vs. Triple H in a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship with Jesse Ventura as the special guest referee
13	SummerSlam (2000)	August 27, 2000	Raleigh, North Carolina	Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena	The Rock (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Triple H in a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship
14	SummerSlam (2001)	August 19, 2001	San Jose, California	Compaq Center	Booker T (c) vs. The Rock for the WCW Championship
15	SummerSlam (2002)	August 25, 2002	Uniondale, New York	Nassau Coliseum	The Rock (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Undisputed Championship
16	SummerSlam (2003)	August 24, 2003	Phoenix, Arizona	America West Arena	Triple H (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash vs. Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
17	SummerSlam (2004)	August 15, 2004	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Air Canada Centre	Chris Benoit (c) vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship
18	SummerSlam (2005)	August 21, 2005	Washington, D.C.	MCI Center	Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels
19	SummerSlam (2006)	August 20, 2006	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Banknorth Garden	Edge (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship
20	SummerSlam (2007)	August 26, 2007	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena	John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
21	SummerSlam (2008)	August 17, 2008	Indianapolis, Indiana	Conseco Fieldhouse	Edge vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match
22	SummerSlam (2009)	August 23, 2009	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	Jeff Hardy (c) vs. CM Punk in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship
23	SummerSlam (2010)	August 15, 2010			Team WWE (John Cena, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Edge, John Morrison, and R-Truth) vs. The Nexus (Wade Barrett, Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, and Skip Sheffield)
24	SummerSlam (2011)	August 14, 2011			CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena (c) for the Undisputed WWE Championship with Triple H as the special guest referee CM Punk (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio for the WWE Championship in Del Rio's Money in the Bank cash-in match
25	SummerSlam (2012)	August 19, 2012			Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H in a No Disqualification match
26	SummerSlam (2013)	August 18, 2013			John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship with Triple H as the special guest referee, Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship with Triple H as the guest referee in Orton's Money in the Bank cash-in match
27	SummerSlam (2014)	August 17, 2014			John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
28	SummerSlam (2015)	August 23, 2015	Brooklyn, New York	Barclays Center	Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
29	SummerSlam (2016)	August 21, 2016	Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton
30	SummerSlam (2017)	August 20, 2017	Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe in a fatal four-way match for the WWE Universal Championship
31	SummerSlam (2018)	August 19, 2018	Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship
32	SummerSlam (2019)	August 11, 2019	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Scotiabank Arena	Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship
33	SummerSlam (2020)	August 23, 2020	Orlando, Florida	WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center	Braun Strowman (c) vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the WWE Universal Championship
34	SummerSlam (2021)	August 21, 2021	Paradise, Nevada	Allegiant Stadium	Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Universal Championship
35	SummerSlam (2022)	July 30, 2022	Nashville, Tennessee	Nissan Stadium	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
36	SummerSlam (2023)	August 5, 2023	Detroit, Michigan	Ford Field	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso in Tribal Combat for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief of the Anoaʻi family
37	SummerSlam (2024)	August 3, 2024	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Browns Stadium	Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Solo Sikoa in Bloodline Rules match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

DVD box set

Madison Square Garden has hosted SummerSlam three times.

WWE released a complete DVD box set with the title SummerSlam: The Complete Anthology, which includes all the SummerSlam events, on August 5 2008.^[3]