SummerSlam (1998)

SummerSlam (1998) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was held on August 30, 1998 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. It was the eleventh SummerSlam event held by the WWF.

The main event saw Steve Austin defeat The Undertaker and retain his WWF Championship. Austin won the match by pinfall after he hit Undertaker with the Stunner. On the undercard, the main match was a ladder match between Triple H and The Rock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Triple H won the match by climbing a ladder and grabbing the title that was hanging above the ring.

Matches
#MatchesStipulationsTimes1HToo Much (Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher) defeated L.O.D. 2000 (Hawk and Animal)Tag team matchN/A2HGangrel defeated Dustin RunnelsSingles matchN/A3HThe Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull) (with Paul Ellering) defeated Bradshaw and VaderSingles matchN/A4D'Lo Brown (c) defeated Val Venis by disqualificationSingles match for the WWF European Championship15:315The Oddities (Kurrgan, Golga, and Giant Silva) (with Luna Vachon, Violent J, and Shaggy 2 Dope) defeated Kaientai (Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, and Sho Funaki) (with Yamaguchi-san)Handicap match10:086X-Pac defeated Jeff JarrettHair vs. hair match11:097Edge and Sable defeated Marc Mero and JacquelineMixed tag team match8:248Ken Shamrock defeated Owen Hart (with Dan Severn)Lion's Den match9:169The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) defeated Mankind (c)No Disqualification Handicap match for the WWF Tag Team Championship7:3010Triple H (with Chyna) defeated The Rock (c) (with Mark Henry)Ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship24:3211Steve Austin (c) defeated The UndertakerSingles match for the WWF Championship20:50 (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 1998 website

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