SummerSlam (2004)

SummerSlam (2004) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on August 15, 2004 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the seventeenth SummerSlam event held by the WWE.

The main match for the Raw brand saw Randy Orton defeat Chris Benoit to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Orton won the match by pinfall after he performed an RKO on Benoit. By winning the championship, Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. The main match for the SmackDown! brand was a match between John "Bradshaw" Layfield and The Undertaker for the WWE Championship. JBL won the match by disqualification after The Undertaker hit him with the championship.

Matches
#MatchesStipulationsTimes1HRob Van Dam defeated René DupréeSingles match9:382The Dudleys (Bubba Ray, D-Von, and Spike Dudley) defeated Rey Mysterio, Billy Kidman, and Paul LondonSix-man tag team match8:073Kane defeated Matt Hardy (with Lita)"Till Death Do Us Part" match6:084John Cena defeated Booker TSingles match; this was match one of a best of five series for the WWE United States Championship6:265Edge (c) defeated Chris Jericho and BatistaTriple threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship8:256Kurt Angle (with Luther Reigns) defeated Eddie Guerrero by submissionSingles match13:397Triple H (with Ric Flair) defeated EugeneSingles match14:088John "Bradshaw" Layfield (c) (with Orlando Jordan) defeated The Undertaker by disqualificationSingles match for the WWE Championship9:059Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit (c)Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship20:07 (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchH – indicates that the match was shown before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

References

Other websites
Official SummerSlam 2004 website

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