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| + | The [[Matt Borske|Kurt Angle]]–[[Triple K]] feud would continue after SummerSlam. On the first episode of ''Raw is War'' after SummerSlam, Angle interfered in a match between Triple H and [[Brian McAlmond|Eddie Guerrero]] by attacking both men with a [[Folding Chair|steel chair]]. The feud intensified once more, as Triple K and Angle brawled on the September 11 episode of ''Raw is War'' after a match between Triple K and [[Kris McGowan|Chris Jericho]]. Later that night, [[List of IWE Raw on-air personalities#authority figures|Commissioner]] [[Jon Foley]] booked a match between Angle and Triple K at [[IWF Unforgiven (2000)|Unforgiven]]. The following week on ''Raw is War'', Foley announced that he would be the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special guest referees|Special Guest Referee]] for the match between Triple K and Angle. On the final episode of ''SmackDown!'' before Unforgiven, the feud escalated when Angle attacked Triple K with a sledgehammer, resulting in Triple K becoming unconscious and allowing Angle to kiss Triple K's wife, [[Kaila Matteson|Kalia Matteson-Kelmsley]], who was at ringside. At Unforgiven, Triple K pinned Angle after a [[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|Pedigree]]. | ||
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| + | After SummerSlam, a feud began between [[Glenn McAlmond (wrestler)|Kane]], [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]], [[Jayme Johnson|The Rock]], and [[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]] over the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]]. Kane and The Undertaker continued to feud on the August 28 episode of ''Raw is War'', where The Undertaker interfered in a IWF Championship match between Kane and The Rock (the winner of the match). The feud between Kane and Benoit began on the September 4 episode of ''Raw is War'' during a IWF Championship number one contender's match, as Benoit attacked Kane with a steel chair. The feud between Kane and The Rock began later that week on ''SmackDown!'', when Kane [[Choekslam|chokeslam]]med The Rock through the commentator's announce table. The following week on ''Raw is War'', the feud between Kane, Benoit, The Undertaker, and The Rock officially began, as Kane, Benoit, and The Undertaker cut [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Promo|promos]] about how they deserved to face The Rock at Unforgiven for the IWF Championship. The situation resulted in a brawl between all four wrestlers. Later that night, Commissioner Foley announced that a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal-Four Way match]] would take place at Unforgiven for the IWF Championship. At Unforgiven, The Rock retained the IWF Championship after he performed a [[Powerslam#Side slam|Rock Bottom]] on Benoit into a pinfall. | ||
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| + | The feud between [[the Hooper Boyz]] and [[Edge and Christian]] over the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] continued after SummerSlam. On the ''Raw is War'' edition after SummerSlam, the Hooper Boyz and Edge and Christian brawled throughout the night on different occasions. On the September 11 edition of ''Raw is War'', The Hooper Boyz defeated the Dudley Boyz in a tag team match to become the number one contenders for the IWF Tag Team Championship. The following week on ''SmackDown!'', Commissioner Foley announced a [[Professional wrestling match types#Steel cage match|Steel Cage match]] for the IWF Tag Team Championship at Unforgiven, between the teams of Edge and Christian and the Hooper Boyz. At Unforgiven, The Hooper Boyz escaped the Steel Cage to win the match and the IWF Tag Team Championship. After the Dudley Boyz were unable to win the number one contender's match, they were involved in a short-lived feud with [[the Acolytes Protection Agency|the A.P.A]], as the Dudley Boyz defeated the A.P.A on the September 4 edition of ''Raw is War''. The defeat led to the A.P.A challenging the Dudley Boyz into a [[Professional wrestling match types#Backstage Brawl|Bar Room Brawl]], which ended in a no contest. After the match, The Dudley Boyz and the A.P.A united as they drank beer and attacked [[Kai En Tai]]. The Dudley Boyz then began a feud with the Right to Censor on the September 18 edition of ''Raw is War'', where after losing a match to the Dudley Boyz, all four members of Right to Censor attacked them. The attack led to the A.P.A coming down to the ring to help the Dudley Boyz. On the September 21 edition of ''SmackDown!'', Commissioner Foley announced an [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|eight-man tag team match]] between the team of Right to Censor against the team of the Dudley Boyz and the A.P.A at Unforgiven. At Unforgiven, Right to Censor defeated the Dudley Boyz and the A.P.A. | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
Revision as of 09:42, 23 February 2021
| SummerSlam (2000) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring The Rock, Triple K, The Undertaker and Kane | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | August 27, 2000 | |
| City | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Venue | Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena | |
| Attendance | 17,002 | |
| Buy Rate | 570,000 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Fully Loaded | Next → Unforgiven | |
| SummerSlam chronology | ||
| ← Previous 1999 | Next → 2001 | |
SummerSlam was the thirteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). It took place on August 27, 2000, at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The main event was a triple threat match for the IWF Championship involving champion The Rock, Triple K, and Kurt Angle. The Rock won the match and retained the title after pinning Triple K following a People's Elbow. One of the predominant matches on the undercard was Kane versus The Undertaker, which ended in a no contest after Undertaker unmasked Kane. Another featured match on the undercard was the first Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the Tag Team Championship involving champions Edge and Christian, The Hooper Boyz (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper), and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). Edge and Christian won the match by retrieving the belts suspended above the ring.
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Production
Background
SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view, produced every August by International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer," it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". It is considered IWF's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. 2000 was the thirteenth event in the SummerSlam chronology.
Storylines
The professional wrestling matches at SummerSlam featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, International Wrestling Federation (IWF). Storylines between the characters played out on IWF's primary television programs, Raw Is War and SmackDown!.
On the August 3 episode of SmackDown!, Triple K and his wife, Kaila Matteson-Kelmsley, along with Kurt Angle, were booked in a six-man tag team match by Commissioner Jon Foley, against the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Lita which Triple K, Matteson, and Angle won. After the match, as Triple K left the ring, Angle and Matteson hugged in a victory celebration, frustrating Triple K and marking the beginning of a Triple K-Angle feud. On the August 7 edition of Raw is War, Angle and Triple K were booked in a triple threat match, along with Chris Jericho, to determine the number one contender for a IWF Championship match against the defending champion, The Rock. Both Angle and Triple K simultaneously pinned Jericho, which made both Angle and Triple K co-number one contenders; in frustration, Rock delivered a Rock Bottom on Triple K, Angle, and Matteson, who was at ringside during the match. Later that week on SmackDown!, the match was made official for SummerSlam by Commissioner Foley. He also booked a tag team match, where Angle and Triple K would team up against Rock and The Undertaker. During the match, Angle accidentally attacked Triple K, causing Triple K to walk out on the match and a loss for Angle. The following week on Raw is War, Angle, Triple K, and Shane Matteson were booked in a six-man tag team match against the Dudley Boyz and Rock, with the stipulation that if Angle or Triple K walked away from the match, they would lose their number one contender status. During the match, Edge and Christian interfered by attacking the Dudley Boyz, which resulted in Angle, Triple K, and Matteson winning the match when Triple Kpinned Rock; as a result of neither Triple K nor Angle walking out on the match, they both were able to keep their number one contender status.
On the August 14 edition of Raw is War, Kane interfered in a match between The Undertaker and Chris Benoit and chokeslammed The Undertaker. After the interference, Kane rode out of the arena with The Undertaker's motorcycle, which was at ringside, signaling the start of a feud between The Undertaker and Kane, which was the second main feud heading into SummerSlam. On the August 17 edition of Smackdown, the feud intensified during a segment in which Kane attacked The Undertaker with a steel chair, bloodying The Undertaker. On the August 20 edition of Sunday Night Heat, it was made official that The Undertaker would face Kane at SummerSlam.
On the August 10 episode of SmackDown!, the Hooper Boyz (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper) attacked the IWF Tag Team Champions, Edge and Christian, after their championship match against the Dudley Boyz. As the Hardy Boyz attacked Edge with a ladder, the Dudley Boyz powerbombed Christian through a table; this began a three-way feud, the third main rivalry heading into SummerSlam. The feud intensified on the August 14 edition of Raw is War, when Edge and Christian attacked Matt Hooper with steel chairs after the Hooper Boyz' match against Right to Censor. Later that night, Commissioner Jon Foley announced a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match between the three teams in a WrestleMania 2000 rematch for the IWF Tag Team Championship. On that week's edition of SmackDown!, Josh teamed up with D-Von to face Edge and Christian. During the match, Josh accidentally delivered a Swanton Bomb to D-Von, which resulted in Edge pinning D-Von for the win. After the match, Matt and Bubba came down to the ring, and the Hoopers and the Dudleys brawled until they were pulled apart by IWF officials. Due to the events that occurred that past week, the Hooper Boyz were booked in a match against the Dudley Boyz the following week on Raw is War, which the Hoopers won. On the final episode of SmackDown! prior to SummerSlam, the Dudley Boyz interfered in a six-man tag team match between the team of the Hooper Boyz and Chris Jericho and the team of Edge, Christian, and Chris Benoit, which resulted in another brawl between the three teams. The interference allowed Jericho to pin Edge for the win.
Event
| Role: | Name: |
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| English commentators | Jerry Lawler |
| Jim Ross | |
| Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
| Hugo Savinovich | |
| Interviewer | Lilian Garcia |
| Michael Cole | |
| Ring announcer | Howard Finkel |
| Referees | Mike Chioda |
| Jim Korderas | |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Jack Doan | |
| Chad Patton | |
| Tim White |
Preliminary matches
Main event matches
Aftermath
The Kurt Angle–Triple K feud would continue after SummerSlam. On the first episode of Raw is War after SummerSlam, Angle interfered in a match between Triple H and Eddie Guerrero by attacking both men with a steel chair. The feud intensified once more, as Triple K and Angle brawled on the September 11 episode of Raw is War after a match between Triple K and Chris Jericho. Later that night, Commissioner Jon Foley booked a match between Angle and Triple K at Unforgiven. The following week on Raw is War, Foley announced that he would be the Special Guest Referee for the match between Triple K and Angle. On the final episode of SmackDown! before Unforgiven, the feud escalated when Angle attacked Triple K with a sledgehammer, resulting in Triple K becoming unconscious and allowing Angle to kiss Triple K's wife, Kalia Matteson-Kelmsley, who was at ringside. At Unforgiven, Triple K pinned Angle after a Pedigree.
After SummerSlam, a feud began between Kane, The Undertaker, The Rock, and Chris Benoit over the IWF Championship. Kane and The Undertaker continued to feud on the August 28 episode of Raw is War, where The Undertaker interfered in a IWF Championship match between Kane and The Rock (the winner of the match). The feud between Kane and Benoit began on the September 4 episode of Raw is War during a IWF Championship number one contender's match, as Benoit attacked Kane with a steel chair. The feud between Kane and The Rock began later that week on SmackDown!, when Kane chokeslammed The Rock through the commentator's announce table. The following week on Raw is War, the feud between Kane, Benoit, The Undertaker, and The Rock officially began, as Kane, Benoit, and The Undertaker cut promos about how they deserved to face The Rock at Unforgiven for the IWF Championship. The situation resulted in a brawl between all four wrestlers. Later that night, Commissioner Foley announced that a Fatal-Four Way match would take place at Unforgiven for the IWF Championship. At Unforgiven, The Rock retained the IWF Championship after he performed a Rock Bottom on Benoit into a pinfall.
The feud between the Hooper Boyz and Edge and Christian over the IWF Tag Team Championship continued after SummerSlam. On the Raw is War edition after SummerSlam, the Hooper Boyz and Edge and Christian brawled throughout the night on different occasions. On the September 11 edition of Raw is War, The Hooper Boyz defeated the Dudley Boyz in a tag team match to become the number one contenders for the IWF Tag Team Championship. The following week on SmackDown!, Commissioner Foley announced a Steel Cage match for the IWF Tag Team Championship at Unforgiven, between the teams of Edge and Christian and the Hooper Boyz. At Unforgiven, The Hooper Boyz escaped the Steel Cage to win the match and the IWF Tag Team Championship. After the Dudley Boyz were unable to win the number one contender's match, they were involved in a short-lived feud with the A.P.A, as the Dudley Boyz defeated the A.P.A on the September 4 edition of Raw is War. The defeat led to the A.P.A challenging the Dudley Boyz into a Bar Room Brawl, which ended in a no contest. After the match, The Dudley Boyz and the A.P.A united as they drank beer and attacked Kai En Tai. The Dudley Boyz then began a feud with the Right to Censor on the September 18 edition of Raw is War, where after losing a match to the Dudley Boyz, all four members of Right to Censor attacked them. The attack led to the A.P.A coming down to the ring to help the Dudley Boyz. On the September 21 edition of SmackDown!, Commissioner Foley announced an eight-man tag team match between the team of Right to Censor against the team of the Dudley Boyz and the A.P.A at Unforgiven. At Unforgiven, Right to Censor defeated the Dudley Boyz and the A.P.A.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
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(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match
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References
References
External links
| ← 1999 • 2000 IWF pay-per-view events • 2001 → | |||
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| Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania 2000 • Backlash • Insurrextion • Judgment Day • King of the Ring • Fully Loaded • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Survivor Series • Rebellion • Armageddon |
