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." 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.

## Dates and venues

|#|Event|Date|City|Venue|Main Event||||
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|1|style="white-space:nowrap;"|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|style="white-space:nowrap;"|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|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|style="white-space:nowrap;"|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)|style="white-space:nowrap;"|August 23, 2009|rowspan="6"|Los Angeles, California|rowspan="6"|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|rowspan="4""|Brooklyn, New York|rowspan="4"|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||||
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## DVD box set

WWE released a complete DVD box set with the title _SummerSlam: The Complete Anthology_, which includes all the SummerSlam events, on August 5 2008.

## Other websites

- Official SummerSlam site
- SummerSlam Event History
- Archived Results and Trivia

## Infobox (wrestling ppv series)

- **name**: SummerSlam
- **image**: File:SummerSlam 2007 Set.png
- **caption**: The SummerSlam (2007), 2007 SummerSlam set
- **brands**: WWE Raw, Raw (2002–2011, 2016–present)
SmackDown (2002–2011, 2016–present)
205 Live (2018–2019)
ECW (WWE), ECW (2006–2009)
- **firstevent**: SummerSlam (1988), 1988
- **nicknames**: _"The Biggest Party of the Summer"_
- **promotions**: WWE