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The Cerebral Assassin
08-14-2004, 02:14 AM
Summer Slam '88 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - August 29, 1988

Included Jim Duggan as a guest of the Brother Love Show

Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid fought the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers to a time-limit draw

Bad News Brown pinned Ken Patera with the Ghetto Blaster after the 6 minute mark

Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated the Junkyard Dog via disqualification after the 6 minute mark when Jake Roberts attacked Rude after Rude pulled down his tights to reveal another pair underneath, with Cheryl Roberts' face on the front

The Powers of Pain defeated Boris Zhukoff & Nikolai Volkoff following the running powerslam / diving headbutt combo

The Ultimate Warrior (sub. for Brutus Beefcake) pinned WWF IC Champion the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) with a flying shoulder block and splash at the 27 second mark to win the title

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji & Jimmy Hart) defeated Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart at around the 10 minute mark after Axe hit Bret with Jimmy Hart's megaphone as Bret had Smash prepared for a piledriver

The Big Bossman (w/ Slick) pinned Koko B. Ware with the sidewalk slam

Jake Roberts pinned Hercules with the DDT at around the 10 minute mark

Hulk Hogan & WWF World Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) & Andre the Giant (w/ Bobby Heenan) after 14 minutes when Dibiase was pinned following Savage's elbowsmash and Hogan's legdrop following Miss Elizabeth distracting Andre and Dibiase by getting on the ring apron and taking her skirt off


Summer Slam '89 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - August 28, 1989

Dino Bravo defeated Koko B. Ware

Pay-per-view bouts:

WWF Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart in a non-title match at 16:23 after Anderson hit a double axe handle off the top on Bret Hart behind the referee's back

Dusty Rhodes pinned the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 9:36 with the Bionic Elbow after Jimmy Hart accidentally hit his man with the guitar

Mr. Perfect pinned the Red Rooster with the Perfect Plex at 3:21

Rick Martel (w/ Slick) & Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Tito Santana & Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty at 14:58 when Martel pinned Marty Jannetty with a clothesline as Jannetty had one of the Rougeaus covered with a roll over

The Ultimate Warrior pinned WWF IC Champion Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) to win the title at 16:02 with a back suplex and splash after Roddy Piper mooned the champion from ringside

King Jim Duggan & Demolition defeated Andre the Giant, the Big Bossman, & Akeem after Duggan hit Akeem with his 2X4

Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Hercules with his feet on the ropes; Ron Garvin was the guest ring announcer for the match and knocked Valentine out of the ring following the bout

Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Jimmy Snuka via count-out when Snuka began chasing Virgil around the ring; after the match, Snuka hit the Superfly on Virgil

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) & Zeus at 15:04 when Hogan pinned Zeus with a body slam and legdrop after hitting him with Sherri's loaded purse; after the match, Beefcake cut Sherri's hair


Summer Slam '90 - Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - August 27, 1990

Included Sgt. Slaughter as a guest of the Brother Love Show

Paul Roma & Hercules defeated Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty at 6:00 following the Power Plex on Marty Jannetty; Jannetty had to go the match alone after Shawn Michaels was attacked on the floor with Hercules' chain, further injuring his knee; after the match, Michaels had to be stretchered out of the ring

Kerry Von Erich pinned WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect (w/ Bobby Heenan) at 5:15 to win the title following the claw and Tornado Punch after the champion hit his head on the steel ring post

Sensational Sherri defeated Sapphire via forfeit

The Warlord (w/ Slick) pinned Tito Santana at 5:28 with the running powerslam

Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition (Crush & Smash) at 14:24 in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match to win the titles; fall #1: Bret was pinned at 6:09 after sustaining the Decapitation; fall #2: the champions were disqualified at 10:06 after Crush physically prevented the referee from counting a pinfall on Smash after Smash sustained the Hart Attack; fall #3: Bret pinned Crush with a school boy roll up after Neidhart hit a slingshot shoulderblock into the ring, moments after the Legion of Doom came ringside and began brawling with Smash and an interfering Ax; pre-match stipulations stated that only two of the three members of Demolition were allowed at ringside but Ax came down mid-way through the contest and hid underneath the ring, eventually switching places with Smash without the referee noticing

Jake Roberts defeated Bad News Brown via disqualification at 4:44 when Bad News used a chair; the Big Bossman was the guest referee for the bout

Jim Duggan & Nikolai Volkoff defeated the Orient Express (w/ Mr. Fuji) at 3:22 following Duggan's running clothesline

Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) pinned Dusty Rhodes at 2:15 after hitting him with brass knuckles; prior to the match, Ted Dibiase announced that his most recent purchase was that of Sapphire, Rhodes' valet; without Sapphire at ringside, Rhodes fell prey to a 2-on-1 attack by Savage and Sherri

Hulk Hogan (w/ the Big Bossman) defeated Earthquake (w/ Jimmy Hart & Dino Bravo) via count-out at 13:16 after Hogan slammed his opponent onto the time keeper's table

WWF World Champion the Ultimate Warrior defeated Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) at 10:06 in a steel cage match by escaping over the top


Summer Slam '91 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - August 26, 1991

Koko B. Ware defeated Kato

Pay-per-view bouts:

Ricky Steamboat, Davey Boy Smith, & Kerry Von Erich defeated the Warlord, Hercules, & Paul Roma (w/ Slick) at 10:42 when Steamboat pinned Paul Roma with a flying crossbody off the top

Bret Hart defeated WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect (w/ the Coach) at 18:02 via submission with the Sharpshooter to win the title

The Natural Disasters (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated the Bushwhackers (w/ Andre the Giant) at 6:27 following Earthquake's sit-down splash; the Legion of Doom made the save for Andre after the match

Virgil pinned Million $ Champion Ted Dibiase (w/ Sensational Sherri) at 10:53 to win the title after Dibiase hit his head on an unprotected turnbuckle; Sherri interfered midway through the match but instead of the bout ending on a disqualification, the referee sent her to the back

The Big Bossman pinned the Mountie (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 8:38 in a Jailhouse Match after the Bossman reversed a piledriver attempt into a throw-down slam; due to prematch stipulations, the Mountie had to spend the night in jail

The Legion of Doom defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 7:44 to win the titles in a No DQ, no count-out match following the Doomsday Device on Saggs after he was hit with Jimmy Hart's motorcycle helmet

IRS pinned Greg Valentine at 7:07 by blocking the figure-4, using an inside cradle, and using the tights for leverage

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & the Ultimate Warrior defeated Sgt. Slaughter, Col. Mustafa, & Gen. Adnan at 12:38 in a handicap match when Hogan pinned Slaughter with the legdrop after throwing powder in his face; Sid Justice was the guest referee for the bout (Warrior's last WWF appearance until WrestleMania VIII)


Summer Slam '92 - London, England - Wembley Stadium - August 29, 1992

Prime Time Wrestling - 9/14/92:

Jim Duggan & the Bushwhackers defeated the Mountie & the Nasty Boys at 12:33 when Duggan pinned the Mountie

Pay-per-view bouts - televised in the U.S. on 8/31/92:

Prime Time Wrestling - 9/21/92: Papa Shango pinned Tito Santana at 6:12 with the shoulderbreaker (not featured on the U.S. telecast)

The Legion of Doom (w/ Paul Elloring & Rocco) defeated Ted Dibiase & IRS (w/ Jimmy Hart) when Road Warrior Animal pinned Dibiase with a powerslam after Dibiase collided with IRS on the apron

Nailz defeated Virgil via KO with a choke; after the match, Nailz used the Big Bossman's nightstick as a weapon on Virgil

Shawn Michaels (w/ Sensational Sherri) fought Rick Martel to a double count-out when both men began fighting over Sherri on the floor; after the match, Martel dumped a pail of water over Sherri's face to revive her from fainting, making her makeup run as a result; prematch stipulations made by Sherri stated that neither man could punch the other in the face

WWF Tag Team Champions the Natural Disasters defeated the Beverly Brothers (w/ the Genius)

Crush defeated Repo Man via submission with the head vice (not featured on the UK telecast)

The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF World Champion Randy Savage via count-out after Savage attempted to hit a double axe handle off the top on Ric Flair at ringside but instead Flair hit the champion's knee with a chair on the way down; Flair and Mr. Perfect continued to attack Savage's knee after the match until Warrior made the save and carried the champion to the back; Flair and Perfect interfered late in the match, attacking both participants at different times, after convincing the two that the other had paid for Mr. Perfect's managerial services for the bout

The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Kamala (w/ Harvey Wippleman & Kimchee) via disqualification when Kimchee interfered as Kamala was set up for the tombstone; after the match, Kamala hit a splash off the top, only for the Undertaker to sit up and stalk Kamala and his handlers backstage; the Undertaker was driven to the ring on a hearse before the match

Tatanka pinned the Bezerker (w/ Mr. Fuji) at 5:03 with the Samoan Drop (not featured on the U.S. telecast)

Davey Boy Smith pinned WWF IC Champion Bret Hart to win the title by blocking a sunset flip attempt; after the match, the two along with Diana Hart Smith celebrated in the ring


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The Cerebral Assassin
08-14-2004, 02:31 AM
Summer Slam '93 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace - August 30, 1993

Razor Ramon pinned Ted Dibiase with the Razor's Edge after Dibiase hit his head on an unprotected turnbuckle

WWF Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Heavenly Bodies (w/ Jim Cornette) when both champions pinned Jimmy Del Ray following the Frankensteiner, after the challengers failed the moonsault double team

WWF IC Champion Shawn Michaels (w/ Diesel) defeated Mr. Perfect via count-out at 11:18 when Diesel threw the challenger into the steel ring post after the challenger rolled Michaels back into the ring; after the match, Diesel knocked Perfect out with a punch to the face; as Michaels and Diesel made their way down the aisle after the match, Michaels was confronted by Todd Pettingeil and announced that he was the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time; following the altercation, Perfect jumped Diesel backstage

IRS pinned the 1-2-3 Kid with the Write Off clothesline

Bret Hart defeated Doink the Clown (sub. for Jerry Lawler) (w/ Jerry Lawler) via submission with the Sharpshooter after an elbow drop off the middle turnbuckle; moments after the decision, Lawler attacked Hart with a pair of crutches; after the match, WWF President Jack Tunney ordered Lawler, who had faked an injury to get out of the match, to wrestle Hart or face suspension

Jerry Lawler defeated Bret Hart via reverse decision when the referee disqualified Hart for not letting go of the Sharpshooter after Lawler had submitted; after the match, Bret celebrated the moral victory with his brothers Owen and Bruce

Ludvig Borga defeated Marty Jannetty via submission with a back breaker after a number of shots to the ribs and kidney

The Undertaker pinned the Giant Gonzalez (w/ Harvey Wippleman) with a clothesline off the top in a Rest in Peace match following a number of clotheslines; Paul Bearer made his return to the WWF midway through the match and stole back the urn from Wippleman; after the match, Gonzalez hit the chokeslam on Wippleman

Tatanka & the Smoking Gunns defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Luna Vachon) & the Headshrinkers (w/ Afa) when Tatanka pinned Samu with a roll up after the Headshrinkers and Bigelow missed a simultaneous top rope attack

Lex Luger defeated WWF World Champion Yokozuna (w/ Mr. Fuji & Jim Cornette) via count-out after knocking the champion out cold with the running forearm; after the match, Tatanka, Randy Savage, and the Steiner Brothers celebrated with Luger; prior to the match, Aaron Neville sang 'America the Beautiful'; after the bout, Luger's "I'll Be Your Hero" music video aired while the champion was still knocked out on the floor


Summer Slam '94 - Chicago, IL - United Center - August 29, 1994

Adam Bomb defeated Kwang (w/ Harvey Wippleman)

Pay-per-view bouts:

Bam Bam Bigelow & IRS (w/ Ted Dibiase) defeated the Headshrinkers (w/ Afa) via disqualification at 6:45 when Afa interfered

WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze pinned Bull Nakano (w/ Luna Vachon) at 8:10 with a German suplex into a bridge

Razor Ramon (w/ Walter Payton) pinned WWF IC & Tag Team Champion Diesel (w/ Shawn Michaels) to win the IC title after Michaels accidentally superkicked the champion and was quickly pulled out of the ring by Payton so the challenger could make the cover

Tatanka pinned Lex Luger with a roll up as Luger was distracted by Ted Dibiase at ringside; after the match, Tatanka attacked Luger from behind and joined the Million $ Corporation

Jeff Jarrett pinned Mabel (w/ Oscar) at 5:45

WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart in a steel cage match after the 32-minute mark by escaping over the top after the challenger's legs became entangled in the cage bars; after the match, Owen and Jim Neidhart attacked Bret inside the ring until the other Hart brothers, including Davey Boy Smith, made the save (Bulldog's first appearance back in the WWF in almost 2 years)

The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) pinned the Undertaker (w/ Ted Dibiase) following three tombstone piledrivers after the 9 minute mark


Summer Slam '95 - Pittsburgh, PA - Civic Arena - August 27, 1995

Hakushi pinned the 1-2-3 Kid by reversing a spin wheel kick into a modified sit-down powerbomb after the 9 minute mark

Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Bob Holly by blocking a backdrop attempt and hitting the Pedigree after 7 minutes

The Smoking Gunns defeated Jacob & Eli Blu (w/ Uncle Zebakiah) with the Sidewinder after the Blus collided in the ring

Barry Horowitz pinned Skip (w/ Sunny) with an inside cradle after Hakushi came ringside and hit a leap frog over Skip's head into the ring

Bertha Faye (w/ Harvey Wippleman) pinned WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze to win the title with a sit-down powerbomb after Alundra missed a dropkick off the top

The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Kama (w/ Ted Dibiase) in a casket match following the tombstone

Bret Hart defeated Isaac Yankem DDS (w/ Jerry Lawler) via disqualification when Lawler interfered and the two tied Hart's head inbetween the ring ropes and began choking him (Yankem's TV debut)

WWF IC Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Razor Ramon in a ladder match after avoiding an attempt at the Razor's Edge and backdropping the challenger to the floor

WWF World Champion Diesel pinned King Mabel (w/ Sir Mo) with a forearm off the top after 9 minutes after Lex Luger attacked Mo and ran him from ringside


Summer Slam ’96 - Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena - August 18, 1996

Free For All:

Steve Austin pinned Yokozuna at 1:53 after Yoko failed an attempt at the Bonzai Drop, unhinging the top turnbuckle and falling backwards onto his head

Pay-per-view bouts:

Owen Hart defeated Savio Vega via submission with the Sharpshooter after knocking Vega out with the cast on his arm

WWF Tag Team Champions the Smoking Gunns (w/ Sunny) defeated Marty Jannetty & Leif Cassidy, Henry & Phinneas Godwinn (w/ Hillbilly Jim), and Skip & Zip in an elimination match

Psycho Sid pinned Davey Boy Smith with the powerbomb

Goldust (w/ Marlena) pinned Marc Mero (w/ Sable) with the Curtain Call

Jerry Lawler pinned Jake Roberts after hitting him in the throat with a bottle of alcohol

Mankind defeated the Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) in a Boiler Room Brawl match after Bearer turned on his protégé and hit Taker in the head with the urn

WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels (w/ Jose Lothario) pinned Vader (w/ Jim Cornette) with a moonsault after the challenger missed his own moonsault; Michaels had lost via count-out and disqualification earlier in the bout but the match was restarted on both occasions


Summer Slam '97 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - August 3, 1997

Mankind defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/ Chyna) in a steel cage match by escaping over the top after hitting an elbow from the top of the cage

Goldust (w/ Marlena) pinned Brian Pillman with a botched sunset flip into the ring after Marlena slapped Pillman in the face; due to prematch stipulations, Pillman was forced to wear a dress on TV until he won a match

The Legion of Doom defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Henry following a spike piledriver after 10 minutes

WWF European Champion Davey Boy Smith defeated Ken Shamrock via disqualification when the challenger went bezerk on the champion, hitting him with a can of dog food and choking him out, after the Bulldog smeered dog food over Shamrock's face; after the bout, Shamrock took out a number of officials - including Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco, and several referees; had Bulldog lost the match, he would have been forced to eat the can of dog food

Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jesus Castillo, & Jose defeated Crush, Skull, 8-Ball, & Chainz when Miguel pinned Chainz with an elbow drop after Ahmed Johnson hit the Pearl River Plunge on Chainz on the floor; after the bout, DOA and the Nation brawled at ringside while Los Boricuas retreated backstage

Steve Austin pinned WWF IC Champion Owen Hart with a roll up to win the title after 16 minutes; moments prior to the finish, Hart executed a tombstone piledriver - giving the challenger temporary paralysis; had Austin failed to win the title, he would have had to kiss Owen's ass

Bret Hart pinned WWF World Champion the Undertaker to win the title following guest referee Shawn Michaels accidentally hitting the champion in the head with a steel chair after Hart spat at Michaels; after the match, Taker stalked Michaels to the back; had Hart failed to win the title, he would never again be able to wrestle in the United States


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The Cerebral Assassin
08-14-2004, 02:43 AM
Summer Slam '98 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - August 30, 1998

Sunday Night Heat - Shawn Michaels did guest commentary:

Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor defeated the Legion of Doom at 2:14 when Scott Taylor pinned Road Warrior Animal after Road Warrior Hawk (who convinced Droz to let him take his place before the bout though visibly intoxicated) fell off the top rope while the LOD attempted the Doomsday Device, falling into his partner

Gangrel pinned Dustin Runnels at 2:32 with the DDT

Skull & 8-Ball (w/ Paul Elloring) defeated Bradshaw & Vader when Skull pinned Vader at 2:56 after Bradshaw hit his own partner; after the bout, the two continued to brawl

Pay-per-view bouts:

WWF European Champion D-Lo Brown defeated Val Venis via disqualification at 15:22 when Val knocked down the referee after the ref inadvertantly crotched the challenger on the top rope

Kurrgan, Golga, & the Giant Silva (w/ Luna & the Insane Clown Posse) defeated WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Taka Michinoku, Mens Teioh, Sho Funaki, & Dick Togo (w/ Yamaguchi-San) at 10:11 when Kurrgan and Silva hit double chokeslams on the opposition

X-Pac (w/ Howard Finkel) pinned Jeff Jarrett at 11:10 in a Hair vs. Hair match after Southern Justice' outside interference backfired, with X-Pac hitting Jarrett with his own guitar for the win; after the match, Droz, the Headbangers, and the Road Dogg & Billy Gunn held Jarrett down as he had his head shaved

Edge & Sable defeated Marc Mero & Jackie in a mixed tag team match at 8:25 when Sable pinned Mero following Edge's Downward Spiral

Ken Shamrock defeated Owen Hart (w/ Dan Severn) at 9:14 via submission in a Lion's Den match by reversing a Dragon sleeper into the ankle lock; this match was held at the Theater at MSG, adjacent to the arena

Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Mankind at 5:16 in a handicap No disqualification falls count anywhere match to win the titles following a spike piledriver onto one of the title belts; after the match, Mankind's missing partner Kane appeared out of a dumpster at ringside and attacked Mankind with a sledgehammer

Triple H (w/ Chyna) defeated WWF IC Champion the Rock (w/ Mark Henry) at 26:03 in a ladder match to win the title after Chyna hit a low blow on the champion

WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned the Undertaker at 20:50 following a low blow and Stunner after avoiding the challenger's trademark arm attack off the top rope


Summer Slam '99 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center - August 22, 1999

Jeff Jarrett (w/ Debra) pinned WWF IC & European Champion D-Lo Brown to win the titles at 7:27 following a guitar shot after Mark Henry turned on the champion

The Acolytes won a 5-team tag team turmoil; Edge & Christian defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy when Christian pinned Matt with a flying elbowdrop at 5:02; Edge & Christian defeated Mideon & Viscera after Edge hit the spear on Mideon at 1:59; Edge & Christian defeated Droz & Albert after Edge hit the Downward Spiral to pin Albert at 1:49; the Acolytes defeated Edge & Christian at 4:45 when Bradshaw pinned Christian with the Clothesline from Hell; the Acolytes defeated Hardcore & Crash Holly when Hardcore was pinned following a spinebuster at 2:48

Al Snow pinned WWF Hardcore Champion the Big Bossman to win the title at 7:27 following a blow with the nightstick at a bar across the street from the arena

WWF Women's Champion Ivory pinned Tori at 4:08; after the match, Luna made the save for the challenger

Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman via KO at 9:06 in a Lion's Den Match

Test pinned Shane McMahon with the Meltdown and the flying elbowsmash at 12:04; had Test not won the match, he would have had to stop seeing Stephanie McMahon

The Undertaker & the Big Show defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Kane & X-Pac at 12:01 to win the titles when Taker pinned X-Pac with the tombstone following the chokeslam from Show

The Rock pinned Billy Gunn at 10:12 with the Rock Bottom and People's Elbow in a Kiss My Ass match; after the bout, the Rock forced Gunn to kiss the ass of an obese woman rather than his own

Mankind defeated WWF World Champion Steve Austin and Triple H (w/ Chyna) at 16:23 by pinning Austin with a double arm DDT to win the title after the champion sustained the Pedigree; after the bout, Triple H and Chyna brutally attacked Austin's knee; Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura was the special referee for the bout


Summer Slam '00 - Raliegh, NC - Entertainment and Sports Complex - August 27, 2000

Steven Richards, Bull Buchanon, & the Goodfather defeated Rikishi & Too Cool at 5:12 when Richards pinned Scotty 2 Hotty with the Stevie Kick

X-Pac pinned the Road Dogg at 4:41 with a low blow and the X-Factor; after the match, Road Dogg nailed X-Pac with a pump handle slam

Eddie Guerrero & Chyna defeated WWF IC Champion Val Venis & Trish Stratus at 7:13 when Chyna pinned Trish with a press slam; prematch stipulations stated that if the champion's team lost, the winner of the fall would win the title - therefore Chyna became the new IC champion

Jerry Lawler pinned Tazz at 4:24 after Jim Ross interfered and broke a glass candy jar over Tazz' head

Steve Blackman pinned WWF Hardcore Champion Shane McMahon to win the title at 10:08 with an elbow drop from high above the stage after the champion fell approximately 50 feet to the floor

Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match at 13:21; Benoit won the first fall via submission with the Crippler Crossface at 3:14; Jericho won the second fall via submission with the Walls of Jericho at 8:39; Benoit scored the pinfall with a reversal of a roll up and used the ring ropes for leverage

WWF Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian defeated the Dudley Boyz and Matt & Jeff Hardy in a TLC match at 14:49 after throwing a ladder into Matt Hardy, who was dangling by the title belts 20 feet in the air

The Kat (w/ Al Snow) defeated Terri (w/ Perry Saturn) in a Stink Face match at 3:04 after Kat used Head as a weapon

The Undertaker fought Kane to a no contest at 6:25 when Kane walked out of the match after having his mask torn almost completely off

WWF World Champion the Rock defeated Kurt Angle and Triple H at 20:12 by pinning Triple H with the People's Elbow after Triple H collided with Stephanie McMahon on the apron and was then hit with a sledgehammer; after the match, Angle carried Stephanie backstage; early in the bout, Angle suffered a legit concussion after Triple H put him through a table


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The Cerebral Assassin
08-14-2004, 02:54 AM
Summer Slam '01 - San Jose, CA - Compaq Center - August 19, 2001

Sunday Night Heat:

Lita, Molly Holly, & Jackie defeated Ivory, Stacy Keibler, & Torrie Wilson

Pay-per-view bouts:

Edge pinned WWF IC Champion Lance Storm to win the title at 11:16 with a DDT, despite outside interference from Christian that backfired

Test & the Dudley Boyz defeated Spike Dudley (w/ Molly Holly) & the Acolytes at 7:18 after Shane McMahon interfered

WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac pinned WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Tajiri to unify the titles at 7:32 with a low blow and X-Factor after Tajiri sprayed mist into Albert's face on the apron

Chris Jericho defeated Rhyno (w/ Stephanie McMahon) at 11:44 via submission with the Walls of Jericho

Rob Van Dam defeated WWF Hardcore Champion Jeff Hardy in a ladder match to win the title at 16:31

WCW Tag Team Champions the Undertaker & Kane (w/ Sara) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page & WCW U.S. Champion Chris Kanyon in a steel cage match to win the WWF titles at 10:14 following Taker's powerbomb on Page; Kanyon had escaped the cage several minutes earlier, making the contest 2-on-1; both championships were at stake in the match

Kurt Angle defeated WWF World Champion Steve Austin via disqualification at 22:29 when Alliance referee Nick Patrick stopped the match as a result of Austin attacking three seperate referees, instead of counting Angle's cover of the champion following the Olympic Slam

The Rock pinned WCW World Champion Booker T (w/ Shane McMahon) at 15:16 to win the title by catching Booker in the Spinarooni and hitting the Rock Bottom; the Acolytes had chased Shane McMahon from ringside moments earlier


Summer Slam '02 - Long Island, NY - Nassau Coliseum - August 25, 2002

Sunday Night Heat:

Spike Dudley pinned Steven Richards with the Dudley Dogg; after the match, Spike sent Richards to the floor and further assaulted him

Pay-per-view bouts:

Kurt Angle defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. via submission with the ankle lock after blocking a Frankensteiner from the top

Ric Flair defeated Chris Jericho via submission with the figure-4 after landing a low blow

Edge pinned Eddie Guerrero with the spear after ducking a clothesline

WWE Tag Team Champions Christian & Lance Storm defeated Booker T & Goldust when Christian pinned Booker after Test interfered and hit a boot to the face on Booker

Rob Van Dam pinned WWE IC Champion Chris Benoit to win the title with the Five Star Frog Splash after reversing a back suplex off the top

The Undertaker pinned Test with the tombstone at 8:20 after kicking a steel chair into his opponent's face; Lance Storm and Christsian both interfered late in the bout but were met with chokeslams from the Undertaker

Shawn Michaels pinned Triple H in a streetfight after blocking the Pedigree and using a double leg pickup into a roll up

Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) pinned WWE World Champion the Rock to win the title by blocking the Rock Bottom and hitting the F5; earlier in the bout, the champion hit the Rock Bottom on Heyman through the Spanish announce table


Summer Slam '03 - Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena - August 24, 2003

Sunday Night Heat:

In an unofficial contest, Matt Hardy defeated Zach Gowen via forfiet since Gowen was unable to compete, due to suffering injuries at the hands of Brock Lesnar on Smackdown!

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Shannon Moore with the West Coast Pop

Pay-per-view bouts:

WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Sylvian Grenier & Rene Dupree defeated the Dudley Boyz after 8 minutes when Dupree pinned D-Von after Rob Conway, dressed as a photographer, hit D-Von with his camera; after the bout, Spike Dudley attempted to make the save but was also beaten down

The Undertaker pinned Albert with a chokeslam at the 9-minute mark after avoiding a clothesline; after the bout, Stephanie McMahon came ringside to attack an interfering Sable

Shane McMahon pinned Eric Bischoff after 11 minutes following a flying elbowsmash off the top rope through the Spanish announce table; moments earlier, Steve Austin interfered and hit a Stunner on Bischoff and counted the eventual pinfall after knocking an interfering Jonathan Coachman out of the ring

WWE US Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit, Tajiri, and Rhyno at the 11-minute mark by pinning Rhyno with a frogsplash to the back, moments after blocking a Gore from Rhyno with the championship belt and Benoit hitting the diving headbutt onto the fellow challenger

WWE Smackdown! World Champion Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar at the 21-minute mark via submission with the ankle lock after avoiding the F5; after the bout, Angle hit the Olympic Slam on an interfering Vince McMahon onto a steel chair

Kane pinned Rob Van Dam at the 13-minute mark after catching him coming over the top to the floor and hitting a tombstone onto the ring steps

WWE Raw World Champion Triple H (w/ Ric Flair) defeated Shawn Michaels, Bill Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho in an Elimination Chamber match after 20 minutes; order of elimination: Jericho pinned Nash after Michaels inadvertantly superkicked Nash; Goldberg pinned Orton with a spear; Goldberg pinned Michaels with the Jackhammer; Goldberg pinned Jericho with the Jackhammer; Triple H pinned Goldberg by blocking an attempted spear by hitting the challenger with a sledgehammer, given to him by Flair; after the bout, Goldberg was assaulted by Evolution and handcuffed to the cage


Summer Slam '04 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center - August 15, 2004

Sunday Night Heat:

Rob Van Dam pinned Rene Dupree with the Five Star Frog Splash

Pay-per-view bouts:

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Spike Dudley & the Dudley Boyz defeated Rey Mysterio Jr., WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions Billy Kidman & Paul London at 8:06 when Spike pinned London following the 3D from Bubba Ray & D-Von

Kane pinned Matt Hardy with a chokeslam off the top at 6:05; due to pre-match stipulations, Lita would have to marry Kane; had Hardy won, she would have married him

WWE US Championship Best of 5 Series: John Cena pinned Booker T with the FU at 6:20; Cena - 1, Booker - 0

WWE IC Champion Edge defeated Chris Jericho and Batista at 8:16 by pinning Jericho with the spear

Kurt Angle defeated Eddie Guerrero via submission with the ankle lock after removing Guerrero's boot at 13:36

Triple H pinned Eugene at 14:07 with the Pedigree after Eugene became distracted by William Regal knocking Ric Flair out with brass knuckles

WWE Smackdown! World Champion John Bradshaw Layfield defeated the Undertaker via disqualification at 17:38 when the challenger hit Bradshaw with the title belt; after the bout, Taker hit a chokeslam on the champion through the roof of Bradshaw's limo

Randy Orton pinned WWE Raw World Champion Chris Benoit to win the title at 20:09 with the RKO after avoiding the Crippler Crossface; after the bout, the two shook hands out of respect

The Cerebral Assassin
08-14-2004, 07:00 PM
Summer Slam '04 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center - August 15, 2004

Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle

The Undertaker vs. WWE Smackdown! World Champion John Bradshaw Layfield

WWE Raw World Champion Chris Benoit vs. Randy Orton

WWE IC Champion Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Batista

Triple H vs. Eugene

Kane vs. Matt Hardy; Lita must wed the winner of the bout

WWE US Champion Booker T vs. Jonh Cena in a best of five series match

Rey Mysterio & WWE SmackDown! Tag Team Champions Paul London & Billy Kidman vs. The Dudleys & WWE Cruiserweight Champion Spike Dudley

James Steele
08-14-2004, 07:18 PM
Is that donkey shit I smell? Oh wait, its scissors and glue. :shifty:

The Cerebral Assassin
08-15-2004, 06:26 PM
Is that donkey shit I smell? Oh wait, its scissors and glue. :shifty:

Have a problem with cutting and pasting, do we?

The Cerebral Assassin
08-18-2004, 10:53 PM
*UPDATED!*

The Cerebral Assassin
08-19-2004, 07:21 PM
Let's discuss.

I think this year's Summer Slam has been the weakest since 1995 and 1996.

There was a lack of big name talent, no big matches, and little crowd enthusiasm.

I only hope that 2005 proves to be a better year. However, they may just hold next year's SS event from the former ECW arena.