IWE SummerSlam (2004)

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SummerSlam (2004)
Tagline(s)	Let the Games Begin
Theme song(s)	"Summertime Blues" by Rush
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown!
Date	August 15, 2004
Attendance	17,640
Venue	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Canada
Pay-per-view chronology
Vengeance (2004)	SummerSlam (2004)	Unforgiven (2004)
SummerSlam chronology
SummerSlam (2003)	SummerSlam (2004)	SummerSlam (2005)

SummerSlam (2004) was the seventeenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on August 15, 2004 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

The main match on the Raw brand was Kevin Hunter versus Kevin McAlmond for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Kevin won by pinfall after performing an RKO. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG) versus Martin McAlmond for the IWE Championship, which JBG won after Martin McAlmond was disqualified. The featured matches on the undercard included Matt Borske versus Brian McAlmond and Triple K versus Dominic.

Background

The main feud heading into SummerSlam on the Raw brand was between Kevin Hunter and Kevin McAlmond, with the two feuding over the World Heavyweight Championship. At Vengeance, Hunter defeated Triple K to retain the title. On the July 26 edition of Raw, McAlmond won a 20-man battle royal, last eliminating Khris Jericho, to become the number one contender to the title at SummerSlam. Also that night, Hunter defeated Triple K in a 60-minute Iron Man match to retain the title with the help of Eugene. The following week on Raw, Evolution (McAlmond, Batista, and Ric Flair) defeated Hunter, Edge and, Khris Jericho. Evolution won the match after McAlmond pinned Hunter following an RKO. On the August 9 edition of Raw, Hunter defeated the team of McAlmond and Triple K in a Handicap match by disqualification.

The primary feud on the SmackDown! brand was between John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG) and The Undertaker, both of whom wanted the IWE Championship. JBG had won the title two months prior at The Great American Bash by defeating then-champion Brian McAlmond in a Texas Bullrope match. One month later, on the July 22 edition of SmackDown!, JBG defeated a jobber to retain the title. After the match, Undertaker came out and challenged JBG to a match at SummerSlam. On the August 5 edition of SmackDown!, as JBG called out The Undertaker, a midget wrestler came out and began to imitate the real Undertaker. The real Undertaker came out shortly afterwards and attacked JBG, until Liam Phillips came out to help him. The following week, Undertaker defeated Phillips by disqualification after JBG interfered and executed a Clothesline from Hell on Undertaker.

The secondary feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Matt Borske and Brian McAlmond. The feud first started at WrestleMania XX, when McAlmond defeated Borske to successfully retain the IWE Championship. McAlmond lost the title to John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG) in June, when Borske, then-SmackDown! General Manager, screwed McAlmond and declared JBG the winner. Three weeks later, on the July 15 edition of SmackDown!, JBG defeated McAlmond in a Steel Cage match to retain the title. Towards the end of the match, El Gran Luchadore (portrayed by Borske) interfered, giving JBG enough time to escape the cage and win the match. After the match ended, McAlmond attacked Luchadore and pulled off his mask, revealing him to be Matt Borske

The secondary feud on the Raw brand was between Triple K and Eugene. The feud first started, when on the May 17 episode of Raw, during an in-ring segment with The Rock, Eugene revealed that is favorite wrestler was in fact Triple K due to Eugene's adoration of "playing games". Capitalizing on this opportunity, Triple K began to befriend the star-struck and naive Eugene even making the young wrestler an honorary member of Triple K's stable Evolution. However, Triple K soon revealed that this was all a calculated ploy and that he planned to utilize Eugene to help him win back the World Heavyweight Championship from Kevin Hunter. Yet, Triple K's plan failed miserably when during his title match with Hunter at Vengeance, Eugene inadvertently hit him with a steel chair costing him the match and the championship. The following night on Raw, Triple K responded by brutally assaulting Eugene in the ring after falsely implying that he had forgiven him for the preceding night's events. On the July 26 episode of Raw, Eugene would return to exact a degree of revenge by costing Triple K his re-match with Hunter. This led to an infuriated Triple H demanding a match between the two at SummerSlam, to which Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff consented.

Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Kyle Van Dam defeated Branden Claassen in a match taped for Sunday Night Heat. The first match that aired was a six-man tag team match between The Dudleys (Bubba Harlan, Scott, and Spike), who changed their name from the Dudley Boyz following their heel turn the month before, and the team of Scott Wright, Kevin Kidman, and Paul Burdick. Towards the end of the match, Spike pinned Kidman after a 3D from Bubba Harlan and Scott to win the match for his team.

The next match was between Kane and Matt Hooper. Hooper gained control over Kane, after performing a Twist of Fate onto Kane outside of the ring and hit him with the ring bell. Kane then countered a suplex attempt by Hooper into a chokeslam from the top rope. Kane scored the pinfall on Hooper to win the match. As a result of the pre-match stipulation, Lita was forced to marry Kane, as part of their on-going storyline. The third match was between Dustin Simpson and Booker T in a "Best of 5 series" for the IWE United States Championship In this "series," Simpson and Booker would compete in up to five matches, where the first person to win three matches would become the new United States Champion. Early in the match, Simpson gained the advantage over Booker, but towards the end of the match, Booker performed a scissors kick on Simpson, who retaliated by performing an FU. Simpson scored the pinfall to win the match and gain the upper-hand in the "Best of 5 series.

Aftermath

Results