SummerSlam

SummerSlam is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced every August by professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event was created in 1988, with its inaugural event taking place on August 29, 1988 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The event was a pay-per-view unlike the Royal Rumble of that year which was broadcast as a television special on USA Network. SummerSlam was created as a pay-per-view to help the company compete against rival promotion World Championship Wrestling (formerly Jim Crockett Promotions). The event has been dubbed as "The Biggest Event of the Summer." Along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble and Survivor Series, the event is considered as one of the "Big Four", the original four annual WWE pay-per-views.
==History==
===Development===
In the 1980s, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s main competition in the professional wrestling industry was from Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). McMahon countered Jim Crockett's successful Starrcade pay-per-view, which began airing in 1983, by making the WrestleMania franchise. After WrestleMania III, the most successful professional wrestling pay-per-view event in history, McMahon made the Survivor Series franchise, which aired the same day as Starrcade '87 in November 1987. After defeating Crockett in the ratings, McMahon made the Royal Rumble, an event airing for free on the USA Network in January 1988, which set a ratings record for the network with eight million households tuning in to watch the event. In retaliation, Crockett made the Clash of the Champions event, which aired simultaneously with WrestleMania IV. WrestleMania IV garnered higher ratings, and not long after, Crockett filed for bankruptcy and sold his company to Ted Turner, who renamed it World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
As the WWF continued to replace its closed circuit programming with pay-per-view programming, McMahon added more pay-per-views to the lineup to capitalize on the success of his previous events. In addition to WrestleMania in March, the Royal Rumble in January, and Survivor Series in November, McMahon made an event for August, which he named SummerSlam. To keep the WWF from having a pay-per-view market monopoly, Turner began airing monthly WCW pay-per-views, and both companies began bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. SummerSlam became one of World Wrestling Federation (and later World Wrestling Entertainment)'s most successful events and one of the "Big Four" pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and the Royal Rumble. Those four events, along with King of the Ring, are known as the "Classic Five".
==SummerSlam dates and venues==
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Images
SummerSlam 1988	August 29, 1988	New York, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	Images
SummerSlam 1989	August 28, 1989	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Meadowlands Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 1990	August 27, 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	The Spectrum 	Images
SummerSlam 1991	August 26, 1991	New York, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	Images
SummerSlam 1992	August 29, 1992	London, England 	Wembley Stadium 	Images
SummerSlam 1993	August 30, 1993	Auburn Hills, Michigan 	The Palace of Auburn Hills 	Images
SummerSlam 1994	August 29, 1994	Chicago, Illinois 	United Center 	Images
SummerSlam 1995	August 27, 1995	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	Pittsburgh Civic Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 1996	August 18, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio 	Gund Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 1997	August 3, 1997 	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 1998	August 30, 1998	New York, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	Images
SummerSlam 1999	August 22, 1999	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	Target Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2000	August 27, 2000	Raleigh, North Carolina 	Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena	Images
SummerSlam 2001	August 19, 2001	San Jose, California 	Compaq Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2002	August 25, 2002	Uniondale, New York 	Nassau Coliseum 	Images
SummerSlam 2003	August 24, 2003	Phoenix, Arizona 	America West Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 2004	August 15, 2004	Toronto, Ontario 	Air Canada Centre 	Images
SummerSlam 2005	August 21, 2005	Washington, D.C. 	MCI Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2006	August 20, 2006	Boston, Massachusetts 	TD Banknorth Garden 	Images
SummerSlam 2007	August 26, 2007	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 2008	August 17, 2008	Indianapolis, Indiana 	Conseco Fieldhouse 	Images
SummerSlam 2009	August 23, 2009	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2010	August 15, 2010	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2011	August 14, 2011	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2012	August 19, 2012	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2013	August 18, 2013	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2014	August 17, 2014	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2015	August 23, 2015	Brooklyn, New York 	Barclays Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2016	August 21, 2016	Brooklyn, New York 	Barclays Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2017	August 20, 2017	Brooklyn, New York 	Barclays Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2018	August 19, 2018	Brooklyn, New York 	Barclays Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2019	August 11, 2019	Toronto, Ontario, Canada 	Scotiabank Arena 	Images
SummerSlam 2020	August 23, 2020	Orlando, Florida 	Amway Center 	Images
SummerSlam 2021	August 21, 2021	Las Vegas, Nevada 	Allegiant Stadium 	Images
SummerSlam 2022	July 30, 2022 	Nashville, Tennessee 	Nissan Stadium 	Images
SummerSlam 2023	August 5, 2023 	Detroit, Michigan 	Ford Field 	Images
==SummerSlam Banners==
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==Video & DVD Gallery==
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==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
*SummerSlam Axxess 2009
*SummerSlam Axxess 2010
*SummerSlam Axxess 2011
*SummerSlam Axxess 2013
==External links==
*SummerSlam Official Website
* SummerSlam on WWE Network
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