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Revision as of 02:16, 8 August 2015

SummerSlam
Information
Promotion(s) IWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
First event SummerSlam (1988)

SummerSlam is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced annually in August by professional wrestling promotion IWE. The inaugural SummerSlam took place on August 29, 1988 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York and was broadcast via pay-per-view, unlike the Royal Rumble of that year which was broadcast as a television special on USA Network. Dubbed as "The Biggest Event of the Summer", the event is considered one of the "Big Four" original pay-per-view events of IWE (along with WrestleMania, IWE Royal Rumble and Survivor Series), and is regarded by IWE as their second biggest event of the year, after WrestleMania.

Contents

History

Development

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Madison Square Garden has hosted the inaugural event, SummerSlam (1988), SummerSlam (1991) and SummerSlam (1998); a total of three times.

In the late 1980s, Mr. Glover's International Wrestling Federation (IWF)'s main competition in the professional wrestling industry was from Jim Crocket Promotions (JCP). Bayer countered Jim Crocket's successful Starrcade pay-per-view, which began airing in 1983, by making the WrestleMania franchise. After WrestleMania III, the most successful professional wrestling pay-per-view event in history, Bayer made the Survivor Seriesfranchise, which aired the same day as Starrcade '87 in November 1987. After defeating Crockett in the ratings, Bayer made the Royal Rumble, an event airing for free on the USA Netwrok in January 1988, which set a ratings record for the network with eight million households tuning in to watch the event. In retaliation, Crockett made the Clash of the Champions event, which aired simultaneously with WrestleMania IV. WrestleMania IV garnered higher ratings, and not long after, Crockett filed for bankruptcy and sold his company to Ted Turner, who renamed it World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

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Staples Center hosted two consecutive editions of the event in 2009 and 2010. A third is currently scheduled for 2011.

As the IWF continued to replace its closed circuit programing with pay-per-view programming, Bayer added more pay-per-views to the lineup to capitalize on the success of his previous events. In addition to WrestleMania in March, the Royal Rumble in January, and Survivor Series in November, Bayer made an event for August, which he named SummerSlam. To keep the IWF from having a pay-per-view market monopoly, Turner began airing monthly WCW pay-per-views, and both companies began bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. SummerSlam became one of International Wrestling Federation (and later International Wrestling Entertainment)'s most successful events and one of the "Big Four" pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and the Royal Rumble. Those four events, along with King of the Ring, are known as the "Classic Five".

Brand Extention

The first SummerSlam was held on August 29, 1988 in Madison Square Garden in New York City. In 2002, IWE instituted a brand extension,where the roster was split and wrestlers and pay-per-views were made exclusive to the Raw and SmackDown! brands. As a result, SummerSlam, WrestleMania, the Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series were the only four events featuring wrestlers and matches from both brands. The 2006 event was the first to also feature the newly made XCW brand. In 2007, however, all pay-per-views began once again featuring talent from all three brands.

IWE SummerSlam Pay Per Views

Event Date City Venue Main Event
SummerSlam (1988)
SummerSlam (1989) August 28, 1989 East Rutherford, New Jersey Meadowlands Arena Hulk Hogan and Ryan Beefcake vs. Brady Nash and Zeus
SummerSlam (1990)
SummerSlam (1991) August 26, 1991 New York, New York Madison Square Garden Hulk Hogan and The Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa, and General Adnan in a 2-on-3 Handicap match
SummerSlam (1992) August 29, 1992 London, England Wembley Stadium Brady Nash (c) vs. The Warrior for the IWF Championship
The Undertaker vs. Kamala
Bret Heart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
SummerSlam (1993) August 30, 1993 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills The Undertaker vs. Giant Soloman in a Rest in Peace match
McCorrmack (c) vs. Brent Huntley for the IWF Championship
SummerSlam (1994) August 29, 1994 Chicago, Illinois United Center Bret Heart (c) vs. Owen Heart in a Steel Cage match for the IWF Championship
The Undertaker vs. "The Undertaker"
SummerSlam (1995)
SummerSlam (1996)
SummerSlam (1997) August 3, 1997 East Rutherford, New Jersey Continental Airlines Arena Steve Johnson vs. Owen Heart for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Martin McAlmond vs. Bret Heart for the IWF Championship
SummerSlam (1998) August 30, 1998 New York, New York Madison Square Garden The Rock (c) vs. Triple K in a Ladder match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
Steve Johnson (c) vs. Martin McAlmond for the IWF Championship
SummerSlam (1999) August 22, 1999 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center The Rock vs. Mr. Ass in a Kiss My Ass match
Steve Johnson (c) vs. Mankind vs. Triple K in a Triple Threat match for the IWF Championship
SummerSlam (2000) August 27, 2000 Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena The Rock (c) vs. Matt Borske vs. Triple K in a Triple Threat Match for the IWF Championship
SummerSlam (2001)
SummerSlam (2002)
SummerSlam (2003)
SummerSlam (2004) August 15, 2004 Toronta, Ontario Air Canada Centre Kevin Hunter (c) vs. Kevin Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam (2005) August 21, 2005 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Hulk Hogan vs. Ryan Barnhart
SummerSlam (2006) August 20, 2006 Boston, Massachusetts TD Banknorth Gardens Edge (c) vs. Dustin Simpson for the IWE Championship
SummerSlam (2007) August 26, 2007 East Rutherford, New Jersey Continental Airlines Arena Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Kevin Orton for the IWE Championship
SummerSlam (2008) August 17, 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana Conseco Fieldhouse The Undertaker vs. Edge in a Hell in a Cell match
SummerSlam (2009) August 23, 2009 Los Angeles, California Staples Center Josh Hooper (c) vs. CM Punk in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam (2010) August 15, 2010 Chris LeGreca vs. Scott Wright for the World Heavyweight Championship
Team IWE (Dustin Simpson, Joe Linderman, Blake Wheeler, Edge, Kody Brown, Bret Hart and Kris McGowan) vs. The Nexus (Daniel Gonzalez, Jeremiah Garcia, Devin Keller, David Mahrt Rob, Kevin Elbert and Eli Eason) in a Seven-on-Seven Elimination Tag Team Match
SummerSlam (2011) August 14, 2011 Khristian (c) vs. Kevin Orton in a No Holds Barred match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Justin Eldridge (c) vs. Dustin Simpson (c) for the Undisputed IWE Championship
SummerSlam (2012) August 19, 2012 Rob Lesnar vs. Triple K
SummerSlam (2013) August 18, 2013 John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship with special guest referee Triple H
SummerSlam (2014) August 17, 2014 John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam (2015) August 23, 2015 Brooklyn, New York Barclays Center The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar

DVD box set

IWE released a complete DVD box set entitled SummerSlam: The Complete Anthology, which showcases every SummerSlam event from 1988 to 2007 in their entirety, on August 5, 2008.

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