SummerSlam 2006 SummerSlam 2006 was the nineteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on August 20 , 2006 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston , Massachusetts , and featured performers from the Raw , SmackDown ! , and ECW brands . This marked the first inter - brand pay - per - view to feature the ECW brand . The main match on the Raw brand was Edge versus John Cena for the WWE Championship , which Edge won by pinfall after hitting Cena in the back of the head with a pair of brass knuckles . The featured match on the SmackDown ! brand was King Booker versus Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship , which Batista won by disqualification following interference from Queen Sharmell . The primary match on the ECW brand was The Big Show versus Sabu in an Extreme rules match for the ECW World Championship . Big Show won the match and retained the title after pinning Sabu following a chokeslam through a table . The featured matches on the undercard included D - Generation X ( Triple H and Shawn Michaels ) versus Vince and Shane McMahon ) and Hulk Hogan versus Randy Orton . Several of the existing feuds carried on after the event . D - Generation X continued feuding with The McMahons , defeating them and The Big Show in a Hell in a Cell match the following month . The feud between Batista and King Booker also continued , with the two facing off as part of a Fatal Four - Way match at No Mercy , which Booker won . The following month , at Unforgiven , John Cena defeated Edge in a Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match to win the WWE Championship and conclude their storyline . Background . The main feud heading into SummerSlam on the Raw brand was between Edge and John Cena over the WWE Championship . Edge won the WWE Championship on the July 3 edition of " Raw " by defeating then - champion Rob Van Dam and Cena in a triple threat match . The following week on " Raw " , after defeating Shelton Benjamin , Cena attacked Edge , who was providing commentary for the match . Edge , however , fought off Cena and executed an Edgecution followed by a spear . Later that night , as part of the storyline , Cena attacked Edge and Lita , Edge ' s girlfriend , at their hotel . On the July 15 edition of " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " , Cena faced off against Edge for the WWE Championship . Cena won the match by disqualification after Lita interfered and slapped the referee . Since a championship cannot change hands via countout or disqualification , Edge retained the title . After the match , Cena attacked Edge and performed an FU through an announce table . Three weeks later , on the July 31 edition of " Raw " , a match between Edge and Cena for the WWE Championship was booked for SummerSlam , with the stipulation that if Edge got himself counted out or intentionally disqualified , he would lose the WWE Championship . On August 14 , Edge went to Cena ' s father ' s house in West Newbury , Massachusetts , and slapped him . The main feud on the SmackDown ! brand was between King Booker and Batista over the World Heavyweight Championship . In January , Batista legitimately tore his triceps and was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship . At No Way Out the following month , Batista cut a promo claiming that when he returned from injury , he would become World Heavyweight Champion once again . Batista made his in - ring return five months later , on the July 15 edition of " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " , in a six - man tag team match . At The Great American Bash , Booker defeated Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship , and Mr . Kennedy defeated Batista by disqualification . On the August 4 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Batista defeated Kennedy and declined any congratulations until after he won back the World Heavyweight Championship . The following week , on " SmackDown ! " , Batista thanked Booker for holding onto " his " title and told him he would be needing it back at SummerSlam . The main feud on the ECW brand was between The Big Show and Sabu over the ECW World Heavyweight Championship . On the July 25 edition of " ECW on Sci Fi " , Sabu requested an ECW World Heavyweight Championship match against Big Show , but ECW General Manager Paul Heyman denied his request . Later that night , after Big Show defeated Kane to retain the ECW World Championship , Sabu attacked Big Show with a steel chair . In retaliation , Sabu attacked Big Show with a steel chair and executed an Arabian Facebuster , a diving leg drop with a chair . On August 11 at DSW Park Slam live event , Big Show defeated Van Dam to retain his title . On the August 15 edition of " ECW on Sci Fi " , a ladder match was set between Rob Van Dam and Sabu , with the stipulation being whoever won would be the number one contender to the ECW World Championship . Sabu won the match , and Big Show came out and executed a chokeslam on both Sabu and Van Dam . Aftermath . Edge and John Cena continued to feud over the WWE Championship . On the August 21 edition of Raw , Lita threw John Cena ' s " Spinner WWE Championship " belt into the Long Island Sound and unveiled his own " Rated R - Spinner WWE Championship " belt . Jeff Hardy returned to WWE on the Raw brand and defeated Edge in a non - title match by disqualification . After the match , Cena stormed down to the ring , attacked Edge , and threw Edge into the Long Island Sound . On the August 28 edition of Raw , Cena challenged Edge for the WWE Championship with the stipulation being that if Cena lost , he would not challenge for the title again and would leave Raw to go back to SmackDown ! . Edge accepted the challenge , stating that the match would take place in his hometown and it would be a match that Edge had never lost : a Tables , Ladders and Chairs match . Later that night , Cena faced the returning Chris Masters in a match ; Masters was disqualified when Edge attacked Cena . At Unforgiven , Cena defeated Edge , winning his third WWE Championship . Cena went on to hold the title for over a year . King Booker and Batista also continued to feud over the World Heavyweight Championship . On the August 25 edition of SmackDown ! , Batista and Bobby Lashley defeated King Booker , Finlay and William Regal in a 3 - on - 2 handicap match . On the September 8 edition of SmackDown ! , Batista faced Booker in a SummerSlam rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship , which he lost due to interference by Finlay . On the September 15 edition of SmackDown ! , Lashley became the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Finlay , as Batista was scheduled to face Finlay . On the October 6 edition of SmackDown ! , Batista and Lashley faced Finlay and Booker in the main event , which resulted in a no contest . SmackDown ! General Manager Theodore Long then announced that the World Heavyweight Championship match at No Mercy would be a Fatal Four - Way match . At No Mercy , Booker retained the World Heavyweight Championship . Also on the August 25 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Vickie Guerrero came down to the ring to apologize to Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero for getting involved in their match at SummerSlam . Later in the segment , however , Vickie turned heel by attacking Mysterio with a steel chair and aligning with her nephew , Chavo . On the following week , the villainous Vickie officially announced that she was now Chavo ' s business manager , while also declaring Mysterio an " insignificant chapter in her past . " Chavo Guerrero would go on to face Mysterio in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at No Mercy , with Mysterio emerging victorious .