IWE SummerSlam (2010)

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SummerSlam (2010)
Promotional poster featuring various IWE Superstars
Theme song(s)	"Rip It Up" by Jet
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Date	August 15, 2010
Attendance	14,178
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Pay-per-view chronology
Money in the Bank (2010)	SummerSlam (2010)	Night of Champions (2010)
SummerSlam chronology
SummerSlam (2009)	SummerSlam (2010)	SummerSlam (2011)

SummerSlam (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), that took place on August 15, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the second consecutive year. It was the 23rd annual SummerSlam event and six matches took place. This event received 350,000 buys, slightly down on the 369,000 buys that SummerSlam (2009) received.

[edit] Background

• See also: Professional wrestling

SummerSlam featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on International Wrestling Entertainment's (IWE) television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main rivalry heading into SummerSlam from the Raw brand was between the champion Sheamus and Kevin McAlmond over the IWE Championship. On the July 19 episode of Raw, McAlmond defeated Edge and Khris Jericho in a Triple Threat match to earn the right to face Sheamus for the IWE Championship at SummerSlam. On the August 9 episode of Raw, the Raw General Manager added two stipulations to the match, stating that anyone who interfered in this match would be suspended indefinitely and if Orton lost, he would not receive another match for the championship while Sheamus is champion.

The main rivalry heading into SummerSlam from the SmackDown brand was between the champion Kane and Scott Wright over the World Heavyweight Championship. On the May 28 episode of SmackDown Kane's storyline brother, The Undertaker defeated Wright to qualify for the fatal four-way match for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view in June. During the match however, The Undertaker suffered a legitimate injury, forcing him to be written out of the match by having him found in a "vegetative state" by Kane over the Memorial Day weekend. As a result, Kane accused several IWE Superstars of incapacitating his brother, and attacked them. Wright won a Battle Royal to replace The Undertaker, and went on to defeat the defending champion Charlie Wilson, The Big Show and Justin Eldridge at Fatal 4-Way to win the World Heavyweight Championship. At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Kane won a Money in the Bank ladder match and cashed in his championship opportunity on Wright, after Wright had defeated Wilson to retain. Kane defeated Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the July 23 episode of SmackDown, Mysterio defeated Swagger in a two out of three falls match to earn the right to face Kane for the World Championship at SummerSlam. On the July 30 episode of SmackDown, Kane revealed that The Undertaker had disclosed that his attacker was Scott Wright, and vowed to get revenge.

Another major rivalry from Raw featured The Nexus, a stable consisting of former IWE NXT 'rookies' led by the season's winner Daniel Gonzalez, against 'Team IWE', led by Dustin Simpson. The Nexus made their debut as a collective unit on the June 7 episode of Raw, attacking Simpson, Justin Eldridge, and members of the ringside crew, on the pretext of demanding guaranteed IWE contracts for all of them. The following week on Raw, the then-General Manager Bret Heart refused and as a result, The Nexus attacked him, incapacitating him, and forcing IWE Chairman Grant McMahon to appoint a new, anonymous General Manager, who ultimately signed all members of The Nexus to the show. The Nexus continued to frequently attack various WWE Superstars, crew, and legends to display their dominance, although they focused mainly on Simpson, costing him the IWE Championship twice. On the July 19 episode of Raw, Simpson confronted The Nexus, who offered him a place in their stable, which he refused and instead revealed that he had assembled a team, christened 'Team IWE' (consisting of Simpson himself, Edge, Khris Jericho, Joe Linderman, B-Truth, The Great Khali, and Bret Heart), to face The Nexus in a seven-on-seven tag team match at SummerSlam. On the July 26 episode of Raw, the anonymous general manager changed the match to an elimination format. Following dissension on Simpson's team in the next few weeks, Edge and Jericho left the SummerSlam match on the August 2 episode of Raw. They rejoined the following week, however, when The Nexus tried to attack the members of Team IWE and Edge and Jericho. On the same episode of Raw, Khali was attacked by The Nexus, removing him from the match at SummerSlam. The Miz offered his services to the team as Khali's substitute, ultimately saying he would reveal his final decision at SummerSlam itself.

Another rivalry from the SmackDown brand pitted The Big Show against the Straight Edge Society (S.E.S.), a stable preaching the hardlined straight edge lifestyle, led by Justin Eldridge and consisting of Luke Gallows, Joey Hayes and Kelsey. In May, at the Over the Limit pay-per-view , Eldridge lost a match to Scott Wright, forcing Eldridge to have his head shaved bald as a result of the stipulation. In order to conceal his baldness, Eldridge started wearing a mask until The Big Show forcible removed it on the July 16 episode of SmackDown. In attempt to avenge Eldridge's humiliation, the S.E.S.'s masked "mystery man" faced The Big Show in a match, but had his own mask removed during the match, revealing him to be Joey Hayes. On the July 30 episode of SmackDown, the S.E.S. attacked The Big Show and repeatedly stomped on his right hand into the steel ring steps. The following week, it was announced that the S.E.S. would be facing The Big Show in a three-on-one handicap match at SummerSlam.

Another rivalry from the Raw brand was between the champion Kassi Austin and Denise over the IWE Divas Championship. In December 2009, Denise tore her ACL at a live event, which caused her to vacate the Divas Championship. At Fatal 4-Way in June, Austin won the title in a Fatal Four-Way match, also featuring the then-champion Nicole, Riley and Lauren Ireland, and retained the championship against Nicole at Money in the Bank. On the August 2 episode of Raw, Denise made her return and attacked Austin. The following week on Raw, Denise defeated Austin in a non-title match and was rewarded with an title opportunity at the Divas Championship at SummerSlam.

[edit] Production

Much like the previous year's SummerSlam, IWE promoted the event with its SummerSlam Axxess fan convention. The convention was held at the Nokia Plaza in L.A. Live from August 14 to August 15. THQ revealed further details of the latest installment of their IWE SmackDown series, IWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011.

[edit] Aftermath

The following night on Raw, the anonymous general manager of Raw announced that members of The Nexus would face off against members of Team IWE in a series of matches throughout the evening. In order to find the "weak links" of the group, The Nexus' leader, Daniel Gonzalez, declared that anyone in The Nexus who lost their match would be exiled from the group. Ultimately, each Nexus member won their match except for Andy Younkin, who lost to Dustin Simpson via submission. After the match, the remaining six members brutally attacked Younkin, symbolizing his banishment from The Nexus.

[edit] Reception

The Sun's Rob McNichol said the event "failed to deliver in the ring, leaving us feeling lukewarm at best." He also stated that Kody Brown's return and the high-quality main event saved the PPV because of the first 2 hours. Summing up, he gave the event a 5.5 out of 10, which was lower than the 8 out of 10 the previous year's event had received

[edit] Results

7-on-7 Elimination Tag Team Match

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official SummerSlam website
• Official SummerSlam minisite