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SummerSlam
SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind their flagship event, WrestleMania. It is also considered one of the company's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". The event has been broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV) since the inaugural 1988 event and via livestreaming since the 2014 event. The inaugural SummerSlam took place on August 29, 1988, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 1992 event was the company's first major PPV to take place outside of North America with it being held at the original Wembley Stadium in London, England; it had a reported attendance of 80,355, which as of April 2023, WWE considers this to be their seventh largest live gate in history. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2021)
The 2021 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards, event produced by WWE. It was the 34th annual SummerSlam and took place on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming, marking the first SummerSlam to livestream on Peacock (streaming service), Peacock, and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw (WWE brand), Raw and SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand divisions. It was not the first SummerSlam to take place on a Saturday, but it was the first to air Live television, live on a Saturday, as well as the first SummerSlam to take place in a stadium since the SummerSlam (1992), 1992 event. It was also WWE's first event to air in theaters in the United States in addition to the other broadcast outlets. Due to April's WrestleMania 37 having to be held at a reduced capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2015)
The 2015 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 28th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 23, 2015, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and would be the first of four consecutive SummerSlam events to take place at the arena. It was the first SummerSlam since 2008 to be held outside of Los Angeles as its Staples Center was the exclusive home for SummerSlam from 2009 to 2014. It was also the eighth SummerSlam to be held in the New York metropolitan area. The Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey was originally supposed to host SummerSlam, but due to its closure in April 2015, the event was relocated. It was also the first SummerSlam to be four hours in length, a length previously reserved only for WrestleMania. This was also the last SummerSlam held before the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016. The event was the second night of what was billed as a "triple-header" at the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2023)
The 2023 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Detroit, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 36th annual SummerSlam and took place on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, returning the event to its traditional August slot after the previous year's event was held in July. The event was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was the first SummerSlam livestreamed on Binge in Australia. It was the first WWE event held at Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 in April 2007. Michigan previously hosted SummerSlam in 1993. Nine matches were contested at the event, with four promoted as main event matches. In the final match of the night, which was one of SmackDown's two main matches, Roman Reigns defeated Jey Uso in Tribal Combat to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief of the Anoaʻi family. For SmackDown's other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (1992)
The 1992 SummerSlam was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on Saturday, August 29, 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England and aired on tape delay on Monday, August 31, 1992. It was the first major WWF pay-per-view to take place outside North America. The pay-per-view included two main event matches. In the first, The Ultimate Warrior challenged "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF Championship. The Ultimate Warrior won the match by countout but did not win the title. In the other main event, "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith pinned Bret Hart to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. The Card (sports)#Undercard, undercard also included The Natural Disasters retaining the World Tag Team Championship (WWE), WWF Tag Team Championship against the Beverly Brothers and Shawn Michaels and Rick Martel wrestling to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2018)
The 2018 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 31st annual SummerSlam and took place on August 19, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the fourth and final consecutive year, held for wrestlers from the promotions Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. Thirteen matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. Nine matches, including two on the Kickoff pre-show, were championship matches. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar to win Raw's Universal Championship, ending Lesnar's 504-day reign (although WWE officially recognizes it as 503 days). In the penultimate match, Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship, becoming the first woman to win a women's championship in both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and WWE. In other prominent matches, The Miz defeated Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe defeated SmackDown's WW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2022)
The 2022 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 35th annual SummerSlam and took place on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was the first and only SummerSlam to not be held during the month of August. This was also the first WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event following the retirement of WWE owner Vince McMahon, who had served as chairman and chief executive officer of the company since 1982. McMahon announced his retirement on July 22, eight days before SummerSlam. However, he returned as Executive Chairman on January 10, 2023, before severing ties with the company in 2024. Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, which was billed as their final match agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2009)
The 2009 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 22nd annual SummerSlam and took place on August 23, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, marking the first of six consecutive SummerSlam events to take place at the arena. The event featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions, in turn marking the last SummerSlam to include the ECW brand. Eight matches were contested on the event's card. The main events of the evening included CM Punk defeating Jeff Hardy in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the World Heavyweight Championship for a third time, Randy Orton retaining the WWE Championship against John Cena after the match was restarted multiple times, Christian retaining the ECW Championship against William Regal, and D-Generation X's Triple H and Shawn Michaels defeating The Legacy's Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. Also on the show, WWE I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2014)
The 2014 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 27th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 17, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the sixth and final consecutive year. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming, marking the first SummerSlam to air on the WWE Network, which launched in February. It was also the first WWE pay-per-view to incorporate the new WWE logo but it would not be used on air and on the turnbuckle pads until the next night on '' Raw''. This would also be the last WWE pay-per-view to feature the championships with the scratch logo as all were updated with the new logo also on the following night's ''Raw''. Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's main card and one match took place on the Kickoff pre-show, which was streamed on the WWE Network. The main event saw Brock Lesnar defeat John Cena to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for a fourth time. This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (1988)
The 1988 SummerSlam (marketed as SummerSlam '88) was the inaugural SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 29, 1988, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The pay-per-view was created to help the company compete against rival promotion Jim Crockett Promotions. It was one of the first four annual pay-per-view events produced by the WWF, along with WrestleMania, the Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, which were eventually dubbed the "big four". The event consisted of 10 professional wrestling matches. The preliminary matches included a title defense by Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man against a surprise challenger, revealed to be The Ultimate Warrior. The Ultimate Warrior won the match in just 31 seconds to end Honky Tonk's 14-month title reign, at the time, the longest Intercontinental Championship reign in history. The main event was a match pitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SummerSlam (2025)
The 2025 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: New Jersey, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be the 38th annual SummerSlam and is scheduled to take place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Rapper Cardi B will serve as the host of the event. This will mark the first SummerSlam to take place across two nights, which was previously only reserved for WrestleMania since 2020. This will also be the first SummerSlam to broadcast on Netflix in most international markets after the WWE Network merged under the platform in January 2025 in those areas. This will subsequently be the third WWE event to be held at MetLife Stadium, after WrestleManias 29 and 35 in 2013 and 2019, respectively. The event will also feature John Cena's last appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staples Center
Crypto.com Arena (originally and colloquially known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street, and has since been considered a part of L.A. Live. Owned and operated by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), it is the home venue of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL)—which are both owned in part by AEG's founder Philip Anschutz, as well as the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. The Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA also played in the arena from 1999–2000 NBA season, 1999 to 2023–24 NBA season, 2024, before leaving for their new arena, Intuit Dome, located in Inglewood, California, Inglewood. From 1999 to 2024, it was the only arena in the NBA shared by two teams, as well as one of only three North American professional sports venues (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barclays Center
Barclays Center ( ) is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events. The arena is part of a $4.9 billion future business and residential complex now known as Pacific Park, Brooklyn, Pacific Park. The site is at Atlantic Avenue (New York City), Atlantic Avenue, next to the renamed Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (New York City Subway), Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station on the , as well as directly above the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal. The arena, proposed in 2004 when real estate developer Bruce Ratner purchased the Nets for $300 million as the first step of the process to build a new home for the team, experienced significant hurdles during its develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
