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The 2007 SummerSlam was the 20th annual
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(PPV)
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produced by
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(WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's
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,
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, and
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brand divisions. The event took place on August 26, 2007, at the
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. Tickets for SummerSlam went on sale December 30, 2006, and sold out in forty minutes. The main
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, a staged rivalry between wrestlers, heading into the event from the Raw brand was between
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and
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. On the July 23 episode of ''Raw'',
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announced Orton as the number one contender to the
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. Over the proceeding weeks, Orton provoked Cena by interfering and attacking him during his matches. From SmackDown!, the predominant feud was between
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and
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. After Khali defeated Batista and Kane in a
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,
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booked Khali to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Batista at SummerSlam. The primary feud from ECW was between John Morrison and
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. By defeating Morrison in a 15 Minutes of Fame match, Punk became the number one contender to the
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at SummerSlam. Several of the existing feuds carried on after the event. Notably, CM Punk continued to face John Morrison, defeating him for the ECW Championship the following month on ''
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''. The day after SummerSlam, Orton, as part of the scripted events, interfered in a match between Cena and King Booker and intensified the feud by attacking Cena's father. Khali and Batista faced each other at
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, the following pay-per-view, as part of a Triple Threat match; Batista was victorious in this match and won the World Heavyweight Championship.


Production


Background

SummerSlam SummerSlam is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, produced annually since 1988 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's secon ...
is an annual
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(PPV), produced every summer by
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(WWE) since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer," it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with
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,
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, and
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, referred to as the "Big Four". It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. The 2007 event was the 20th event in the SummerSlam chronology and was scheduled to be held on August 26, 2007, at the
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in
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. It featured wrestlers from the
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,
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, and
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. WWE had originally planned a storyline between the cast of the '' Jackass'' television series and Umaga, with the conclusion in a match at SummerSlam. It was scheduled to begin at the previous pay-per-view event,
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, but was canceled after the ''Jackass'' cast dropped out due to the negative media attention surrounding the
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. However, 14 years later, the ''Jackass'' cast and
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himself would later have a match at
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against
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.


Storylines

The main staged rivalry heading into SummerSlam on the
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was between
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and
Randy Orton Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor who is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand but is currently out of action due to a back injury. H ...
over the
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. At The Great American Bash, Cena defeated
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to retain the WWE Championship. The next night on ''Raw'', after a
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involving Cena, Orton came out and executed an RKO on Cena. Shortly thereafter,
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announced Orton as the new number-one contender to the WWE Championship. Before that, Orton claimed that he had never faced Cena in a one-on-one WWE Championship match. On the July 30 episode of ''Raw'', Carlito defeated Cena in a non-title match after Orton interfered and distracted Cena. Three weeks later, on the August 18 episode of ''
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'', Cena faced off against Carlito in another non-title match, which Cena won. After the match, Orton came out and attacked Cena, which led to a RKO from Orton through a
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. The main storyline on the SmackDown! brand was between
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and
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over the World Heavyweight Championship. On the July 6 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Khali issued an open challenge for a match at The Great American Bash, which was accepted by Batista later that night. On ''SmackDown!'' the following week, the match between Khali and Batista was made official after a contract signing. That same night, then-World Heavyweight Champion
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, who was scheduled to face Kane for the title at The Great American Bash, suffered a legitimate injury—a left pectoral muscle tear—after Kane interrupted his
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style celebration. On the July 20 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Edge was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship due to the severity of his injury. He later commented- SmackDown! General Manager
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then announced that there would be a 20-man
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later that night to determine a new World Heavyweight Champion. Khali won the Battle Royal and became the new World Heavyweight Champion by last eliminating Kane and Batista. Khali defeated the two and retained the title at The Great American Bash. Five days later on ''SmackDown!'', Batista interrupted Khali's celebration and challenged him to a match at SummerSlam. The next week, on the August 3 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Long announced that Khali would defend his title against Batista at SummerSlam. Another main rivalry on the Raw brand heading into SummerSlam was between the returning
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against King Booker. At New Year's Revolution, during a
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match between Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) and
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(
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and Triple H), Triple H suffered a legitimate torn right quadriceps during the match that left him out of action. On the July 16 episode of ''Raw'', Booker entered using Triple H's entrance music "King of Kings". Booker declared that neither Triple H nor
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could be known as "The King". On the August 6 episode of ''Raw'', Booker defeated Lawler in a match where the loser had to crown the winner the next week. When the time came, Lawler refused, declaring that Triple H was still a king and announcing that Booker would face Triple H at SummerSlam. Booker then attacked Lawler, throwing him into the ring post and hitting him with a television monitor. The predominant staged rivalry from the ECW brand was between John Morrison and
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over the
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. Morrison (then known as Johnny Nitro) won the vacant title at Vengeance: Night of Champions defeating Punk. At The Great American Bash, Morrison defeated Punk to retain the championship. On the July 31 episode of ''ECW'', Punk defeated
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and
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in a
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to earn a 15 Minutes of Fame match with Morrison. The following week on ''ECW'', Punk defeated Morrison by pinfall after executing a GTS (Go To Sleep). As a result of this victory, Punk earned himself a championship match against Morrison at SummerSlam. One of the primary preliminary matches was a standard one-on-one match between
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and
Chavo Guerrero Salvador Guerrero IV (born October 20, 1970) better known by his ring names Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr., is an American professional wrestler. He has previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federatio ...
. Their storyline first began in July 2006 at
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. Guerrero interfered in Mysterio's World Heavyweight Championship match with King Booker by hitting Mysterio with a steel chair, costing him the championship. Guerrero defeated Mysterio the following month at
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, winning the match after performing a
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At No Mercy, Mysterio defeated Guerrero in a
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, pinning him after performing a
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off a guard rail. On the October 20 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Guerrero defeated Mysterio in an "I Quit" match by forcing him to quit after hitting his left knee repeatedly with a steel chair. During the match, Mysterio suffered a real injury—an ACL and
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tear in his left knee. Ten months later, on the August 3 episode of ''SmackDown!'', a match between Mysterio and Guerrero was booked for SummerSlam.


Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, World Tag Team Champions
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defeated
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in a
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.


Preliminary matches

The first match that aired was between Kane and
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. Kane controlled the opening minutes of the match, performing a variety of moves including a scoop slam and a
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. After some back and forth action, Finlay was able to hit Kane with a
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in the ribs. Kane kicked out of the pin attempt and executed a
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, pinning him afterwards for the win. Next was a Triple Threat match for the
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that involved Umaga, Carlito, and
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. Kennedy attempted to form an alliance with Carlito in the beginning, but Umaga quickly turned the match in his favor. Kennedy and Carlito soon gained the upper hand after Carlito
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ed Umaga to the outside. Shortly thereafter, Carlito turned on Kennedy and attempted to pin him with a roll-up. After a back and forth match between the three, Umaga regained control and performed a Samoan Spike on Kennedy, which led to Umaga pinning Kennedy for the win and successfully retaining the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The third match was Rey Mysterio versus Chavo Guerrero, which was Mysterio's first match since Guerrero injured his knee in October 2006. Mysterio gained the early advantage when he was able to perform an arm drag and a
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on Guerrero. Mysterio then performed a low dropkick to Guerrero's left knee, followed by a diving hurricanrana. Towards the end of the match, Guerrero was able to perform a Gory Bomb on Mysterio after Mysterio had missed a
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. Mysterio kicked out of the pin attempt and performed a 619 followed by a
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for the pinfall victory. Next was an Interpromotional
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Battle Royal involving
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, Melina,
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,
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, and
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from Raw,
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,
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, Kristal, and
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from SmackDown, and
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,
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, and
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from ECW. Shortly after the match began, Phoenix threw Brooke over the top rope. Soon after, Hall eliminated Maria and Layla was thrown out by Melina. Kristal then eliminated Victoria, but was then thrown over the ropes by James and accidentally knocked off the apron by McCool. Shortly after, Phoenix and Hall eliminated Kelly, and Hall and James began pulling each other over the ropes. Wilson threw Hall out to the floor whilst Melina knocked James off the apron. McCool and Wilson then worked together to eliminate Melina. The two continued their alliance, but Phoenix was able to get the upper hand, first eliminating Wilson, followed by throwing McCool over the ropes to win the match and a future
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match. Shortly after the match ended,
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(MVP) came to the ring and challenged
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to a beer drinking contest. Hardy declined and named a replacement,
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. Austin came out and mocked MVP by doing several warm-up exercises similar to those MVP does before a match. As the contest was set to start, Austin delivered a Stone Cold Stunner to MVP and left the ring. Next on the
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was John Morrison versus CM Punk for the ECW Championship. Punk gained early control when he was able to perform a scoop slam as well as a springboard dropkick; however, Morrison was able to counter a shoulder block attempt into a
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on the ring apron. After Morrison controlled the match for several minutes, Punk was able to put the match back in his favor after performing a diving crossbody followed by an enzuigiri. Morrison, however, countered a
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attempt into a pin-cover while using the ropes for leverage. He got the win, thus retaining the ECW Championship.


Main event matches

The sixth match of the event was between the returning Triple H and King Booker, who was accompanied by
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. Triple H gained the early advantage as the match began; however, Booker was able to gain control after performing a low dropkick. Triple H regained control after countering Booker and performing a variety of moves, which included a corner clothesline and a
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. Booker put the match back in his favor after reversing a
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attempt into a Book End, which was followed by a sidewalk slam. After Booker missed a diving somersault leg drop, Triple H was able to recover and perform a
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. Triple H pinned Booker afterwards to gain the victory. The World Heavyweight Championship match between champion The Great Khali and challenger Batista was next. Khali controlled most of the match and performed a variety of moves, which included a brain chop, a big boot, and multiple clotheslines. Batista won the match after Khali intentionally disqualified himself by hitting him with a steel chair. Since a championship cannot change hands via
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or disqualification, Khali retained the title. Following the match, Khali attempted to hit Batista with another chairshot only for Batista to duck it and
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Khali. Batista would then use the chair to his advantage and hit Khali with it multiple times. Next was the
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, which saw John Cena defend the WWE Championship against Randy Orton. After back and forth action in the opening minutes, Orton gained the advantage over Cena after Cena missed a flying shoulder block attempt. Orton followed up by applying a reverse chinlock and attacking Cena's leg. After Orton controlled the match for several minutes, Cena gained the advantage and performed various maneuvers, which included a twisting belly to belly side slam and the
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; Orton, however, was able to counter an FU attempt into an inverted headlock backbreaker. Cena countered a running punt attempt into the STFU
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. Orton, however, got to the bottom rope, and performed an RKO. Cena kicked out of the pin attempt and performed an FU for the pinfall victory, thus retaining the WWE Championship.


Reception

Tickets for SummerSlam went on sale December 30, 2006, and sold out in forty minutes. The event grossed over US$1 million in ticket sales from an attendance of 17,441 out of a 17,040 maximum capacity building. Due to the production of the event, however, the capacity of the arena was set at a lower standard, and as a result the arena reached its maximum capacity. This was confirmed by the ticket sales and by WWE's official website on August 28, 2007. According to a press release by WWE in late 2007, the event received 537,000 buys, which was higher than the previous year's SummerSlam buys of 529,000. The buys from SummerSlam helped the promotion's revenue, which was $18.8 million, a sum lower than the prior year of $19.7 million.
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and its professional wrestling section rated the entire event a 6.5 out of 10. The rating was higher than the previous year's SummerSlam rating, a 5.5 out of 10. The main event from the Raw brand was rated a 7.5 out of 10; while the main event from the SmackDown brand was rated a 1 out of 10. The event was released on
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on September 25, 2007. The DVD was distributed by the label,
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. The DVD reached a peak position of first on ''
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s Weekly Video Sales chart for the week of October 27, 2007. The DVD remained on the charts for twelve consecutive weeks; though, after the week of October 27, 2007, the DVD ranked lower. During its final week on the chart, January 18, 2008, it ranked 19th. The DVD also received reviews from customers, as the average customer rating from
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was a 3.5 out of 5. The average customer rating however, from CD Universe was a 5 out of 5 stars.


Aftermath

During the event, John Cena provoked his feud with Randy Orton. On the August 27 episode of ''Raw'', Cena faced King Booker in a non-title match. When Cena appeared close to winning, Orton interfered and attacked him, causing Cena to win by disqualification. After the match ended, Orton attacked Cena's father, who was sitting at ringside, and kicked him in the head. The two faced each other in a rematch at
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for the WWE Championship. Cena was disqualified in the match for continuously punching Orton. Orton won the match but not the title. Afterwards, Cena's father kicked Orton in the head, in the same way Orton had kicked him one-month prior. On the August 31 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Rey Mysterio, Finlay, Kane, and Batista participated in a four-man Championship Competition tournament. Mysterio defeated Batista and Finlay and became the number-one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at Unforgiven. On the September 7 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero in an "I Quit" match. After the match, The Great Khali attacked Mysterio until Batista came out and executed a
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on Khali. Batista was then included in the one-on-one title match at Unforgiven, making it a Triple Threat match. At Unforgiven, Batista won the championship for a third time. The feud between Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) continued when they were forced to team up against
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on the August 31 episode of ''SmackDown!''. They won the match and the
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. The following month at Unforgiven, MVP and Hardy defeated Deuce 'n Domino to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship. In October, at No Mercy, Hardy defeated MVP in a pizza-eating contest. On the November 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'', MVP and Hardy lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the
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of John Morrison and The Miz. Umaga lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to
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on the September 3 episode of ''Raw''. Afterwards, Umaga started a feud with Triple H and faced off against him in a Street Fight two months later at
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. At Unforgiven,
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defeated Beth Phoenix to retain the WWE Women's Championship. Phoenix, however, later defeated Candice at No Mercy to win the title. On the September 4 episode of ''ECW on Sci Fi'', CM Punk defeated John Morrison to win the ECW Championship. At Cyber Sunday, Punk retained the title by defeating The Miz. The following month, at
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, Punk defeated Morrison and The Miz in a Triple Threat match to retain the ECW Championship. This was the last SummerSlam ever to be in 4:3 format, as in January 2008, all WWE shows went into high definition. This was the last SummerSlam where no championships changed hands until
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.


Results


Battle royal eliminations


References


External links


Official SummerSlam website
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