History Wrestling / Summerslam

** Wrestling/CodyRhodes defeat Wrestling/BrockLesnar in a rubber match at the 2023 event. Following the match, Lesnar shook Cody's hand in respect.

** 2016 edition: Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/ChrisJericho defeated Wrestling/EnzoAndCass, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair defeated Wrestling/SashaBanks, Wrestling/AJStyles defeated Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/TheBellaTwins Nikki Bella]], Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} and Wrestling/AlexaBliss defeated Wrestling/BeckyLynch, Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Wrestling/{{Carmella}} and Wrestling/BrockLesnar defeated Wrestling/RandyOrton.
** 2017 edition: Wrestling/TheMiz and The Miztourage defeated The Hardy Boyz and Wrestling/JasonJordan, [[Wrestling/{{PAC}} Neville]] defeated Wrestling/AkiraTozawa, Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} defeated Wrestling/{{Naomi}} to win the [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship, Big Cass defeated Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/JinderMahal defeated Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura to retain the WWE Championship and Wrestling/BrockLesnar defeated Wrestling/BraunStrowman, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/RomanReigns to retain the Universal Championship.

* {{Irony}}: In the 2017 event, the [[Wrestling/{{Naomi}} African-American Smackdown Women's champion with dyed hair]] loses her belt to [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart a blonde with dyed tips]] by submission, only for [[Wrestling/AlexaBliss the blonde Raw Women's champion with dyed tips]] to lose her belt to [[Wrestling/SashaBanks an African-American with dyed hair]] by submission.

** 2021 edition: Wrestling/TheUsos defeated Wrestling/{{Rey|MysterioJr}} and Dominik Mysterio, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair defeated [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki A.S.H]] and Wrestling/RheaRipley to regain the raw Women's Championship, Wrestling/BobbyLashley defeated Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} to retain the WWE Championship and Wrestling/RomanReigns defeated Wrestling/JohnCena to retain the Universal Championship.

** 2023 edition: [[Wrestling/{{WALTER}} Gunther]] defeated Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre to retain the Intercontinental Championship, IYO SKY cashes in her Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank contract to defeat Wrestling/BiancaBelair to win the Women's Championship, and Wrestling/RomanReigns defeated Jey Uso to retain the Undisputed Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Anoa'i family]].

** 2022 edition: Wrestling/TheUsos defeated the Street Profits to retain the Undisputed Tag Team Championship and Wrestling/RomanReigns defeated Wrestling/BrockLesnar to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

* GracefulLoser: Wrestling/ChrisBenoit shook Wrestling/RandyOrton's hand after the latter defeated him for his World Heavyweight title during the 2004 main event.

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* EnemyMine: Team WWE which included heels Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/ChrisJericho on a team led by Wrestling/JohnCena against Wrestling/TheNexus in 2010.

** In 2008, the Wrestling/HellInACell match between Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker was the culmination of their feud that begun in late 2007.

** In 2021, Wrestling/BeckyLynch returns after her 15-month absence, defeated Bianca Belair in ''26 seconds'' to win her fourth [=SmackDown=] women's title.

** The event has occasionally featured rematches from ''Wrestling/WrestleMania''. Examples include are Wrestling/ShawnMichaels vs [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] in a Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship in 1995 (a rematch from the previous year's [=WrestleMania=]), Wrestling/KurtAngle vs Wrestling/BrockLesnar for the WWE Title in 2003, Kurt Angle vs Wrestling/EddieGuerrero in 2004, Wrestling/TheUndertaker vs Wrestling/RandyOrton from 2005, Brock Lesnar vs Wrestling/RomanReigns in 2018 and 2022, Brock Lesnar vs Wrestling/SethRollins in 2019, and Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Bianca Belair in 2022 (both of whom also faced each other at the previous year's event).

** 2009 edition: [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Jeri]]-[[Wrestling/BigSHow Show]] defeated Cyme Tyme to retain the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, Wrestling/RandyOrton defeated Wrestling/JohnCena to retain the WWE Championship and Wrestling/CMPunk defeated Wrestling/JeffHardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

** 2017 edition: Wrestling/TheMiz and The Miztourage defeated The Hardy Boyz and Wrestling/JasonJordan, [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Neville]] defeated Wrestling/AkiraTozawa, Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} defeated Wrestling/{{Naomi}} to win the [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship, Big Cass defeated Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/JinderMahal defeated Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura to retain the WWE Championship and Wrestling/BrockLesnar defeated Wrestling/BraunStrowman, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/RomanReigns to retain the Universal Championship.

*** Wrestling/BraunStrowman, who had his Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank contract on the line, easily squashed [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]] in less than 2 minutes.

*** Creator/RondaRousey was easily the favorite in her match against Wrestling/AlexaBliss, who spent most of the match running away. Ronda even let her opponent take a free shot at her, but to no avail, as Bliss was put away with an armbar.

* DramaticIrony: In the 2017 event, [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] becomes the first (former) member of Wrestling/TheShield to become a Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion by winning the Raw TagTeam Championship for the first time. His TagTeam partner? The man who broke up the Shield, Wrestling/SethRollins.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: The 2022 edition sees Wrestling/BrockLesnar using a tractor in his match against Wretsling/RomanReigns.

* FinalBattle: In 2008, the Wrestling/HellInACell match between Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker was the culmination of their feud that begun in late 2007.

** A notable aversion from ''[=SummerSlam=] 1991'', as far as the championships go; Bret Hart beat Mr. Perfect for the Intercontinental Championship, and the Legion of Doom beat the Nasty Boys for the tag titles. The WWF Championship, then held by Hulk Hogan, wasn't even defended, resulting in all the titles being held by faces by the time the event ended, a rarity for WWF's [=PPVs=].
** A more straight example would be in the 2013 edition, when a cashing in of Money in the Bank resulted in the creation of Wrestling/TheAuthority, which would go on to cause huge amounts of trouble for three whole years. Wrestling/BrayWyatt defeated Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio defeated Wrestling/{{Christian}} and retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Wrestling/BrockLesnar defeated Wrestling/CMPunk.
** 2014 edition Wrestling/{{Paige}} defeated Wrestling/AJLee, [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Rusev]] defeated Wrestling/JackSwagger, Wrestling/SethRollins defeated Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, Bray Wyatt defeated Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon defeated [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Brie Bella]] and Brock Lesnar defeated Wrestling/JohnCena.
** 2015 edition Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} defeated Randy Orton, Wrestling/TheNewDay defeated Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers, Los Matadors and Lucha Dragons and Seth Rollins defeated John Cena.
** 2016 edition Wrestling/KevinOwens and Chris Jericho defeated Wrestling/EnzoAndCass, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair defeated Wrestling/SashaBanks, Wrestling/AJStyles defeated John Cena, [[Wrestling/TheBellaTwins Nikki Bella]], [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Natalya]] and Wrestling/AlexaBliss defeated Wrestling/BeckyLynch, Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Wrestling/{{Carmella}} and Brock Lesnar defeated Wrestling/RandyOrton.
** 2017 edition Wrestling/TheMiz and The Miztourage defeated The Hardy Boyz and Wrestling/JasonJordan, [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Neville]] defeated Wrestling/AkiraTozawa, Natalya defeated Naomi, Big Cass defeated Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/JinderMahal defeated Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura and Brock Lesnar defeated Wrestling/BraunStrowman, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/RomanReigns.
** 2018 edition Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas and [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] defeated Wrestling/RusevAndLana, The Miz defeated Wrestling/DanielBryan and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Wrestling/JeffHardy.
** 2019 edition AJ Styles defeated [[Wrestling/TrevorMann Ricochet]], Charlotte Flair defeated Wrestling/TrishStratus and The Fiend Bray Wyatt defeated Wrestling/FinnBalor.
** 2020 edition Wrestling/{{Bayley}} defeated [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]], Seth Rollins defeated Dominik Mysterio and The Fiend Bray Wyatt defeated Braun Strowman.
** 2021 edition Wrestling/TheUsos defeated Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Dominik Mysterio, Charlotte Flair defeated [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki A.S.H]] and Rhea Ripley, Wrestling/BobbyLashley defeated Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} and Roman Reigns defeated John Cena.

* DramaticIrony: In the 2017 event, Wrestling/DeanAmbrose becomes the first (former) member of Wrestling/TheShield to become a Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion by winning the Raw TagTeam Championship for the first time. His TagTeam partner? The man who broke up the Shield, Wrestling/SethRollins.

** At the 2014 event, Nikki Bella turned heel on Brie and helped Stephanie [=McMahon=] beat her.
* FinalBattle: In 2008, the Hell in a Cell match between Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker was the culmination of their feud that begun in late 2007.

** Wrestling/RandyOrton won the World Heavyweight title at this event thrice (2004, 2011, and 2013[[note]]Cashing in his Money in the Bank contract against [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] immediately after the latter won the title[[/note]]). He has also been in the main event four times (2003, 2004, 2007, and 2013[[note]]He's actually not even the official main event during the 2013 event. It's due to him cashing in his Money in the Bank contract immediately after the real title match concluded[[/note]]).

** The event has occasionally featured rematches from ''Wrestling/WrestleMania''. Examples include are Wrestling/ShawnMichaels vs Razor Ramon in a Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship in 1995 (a rematch from the previous year's [=WrestleMania=]), Wrestling/KurtAngle vs Wrestling/BrockLesnar for the WWE Title in 2003, Kurt Angle vs Wrestling/EddieGuerrero in 2004, Wrestling/TheUndertaker vs Wrestling/RandyOrton from 2005, Brock Lesnar vs Wrestling/RomanReigns in 2018 and 2022, and Brock Lesnar vs Wrestling/SethRollins in 2019.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Wrestling/DeanAmbrose and Wrestling/SethRollins' storyline in the 2017 event is how the former is still reeling from the latter's betrayal of Wrestling/TheShield three years prior.

** The event has occasionally featured rematches from ''Wrestling/WrestleMania''. Examples include are Wrestling/ShawnMichaels vs Razor Ramon in a Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship in 1995 (a rematch from the previous year's [=WrestleMania=]), Wrestling/KurtAngle vs Wrestling/BrockLesnar for the WWE Title in 2003, Kurt Angle vs Wrestling/EddieGuerrero in 2004, Wrestling/TheUndertaker vs Wrestling/RandyOrton from 2005, Brock Lesnar vs Wrestling/RomanReigns in 2018, and Brock Lesnar vs Wrestling/SethRollins in 2019.

[=SummerSlam=] is one of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s most famous and long-running pay-per-view events, and one of the "Big Five"; the three others are ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'', ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'', and the more recently added ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank''. Much like 'Mania, it is considered a major "transition" PPV as major feuds and storylines tend to begin, end, or otherwise have a major element added to them at [=SummerSlam=]. Notable as being the only one of the "Big Five" [=PPVs=] to have taken place outside North America; [=SummerSlam=] 1992 took place at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It also has the distinction of having been held in the same location several times; between 2009 and 2014, [=SummerSlam=] was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California; and from 2015 to 2018, the event took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

[=SummerSlam=] is one of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s most famous and long-running pay-per-view events, and one of the "Big Four"; the three others are ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' and ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries''. Much like 'Mania, it is considered a major "transition" PPV as major feuds and storylines tend to begin, end, or otherwise have a major element added to them at [=SummerSlam=]. Notable as being the only one of the "Big Four" [=PPVs=] to have taken place outside North America; [=SummerSlam=] 1992 took place at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It also has the distinction of having been held in the same location several times; between 2009 and 2014, [=SummerSlam=] was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California; and from 2015 to 2018, the event took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''[=SummerSlam=] '92'' stands out to date as being the only 'big four' PPV held outside North America. Its location really makes it stand out from other PPV's of the [=SummerSlam=] name.

** 2015 edition Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} defeated Randy Orton, Wrestling/TheNewDay defeated Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers, Los Matadors and Lucha Dragons, Seth Rollins defeated John Cena.

** 2021 edition Wrestling/TheUsos defeated Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Dominik Mysterio, Charlotte Flair defeated [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki A.S.H]] and Rhea Ripley, Wrestling/BobbyLashley defeated Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} and Wrestling/RomanReigns defeated Wrestling/JohnCena.

** 2021 edition Wrestling/TheUsos defeated Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Dominik Mysterio, Charlotte Flair defeated [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki A.S.H]] and Rhea Ripley, Wrestling/BobbyLashley defeated Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}.

** 2021 edition Wrestling/TheUsos defeated Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Dominik Mysterio and Charlotte Flair defeated [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki A.S.H]] and Rhea Ripley.

** 2017 edition Wrestling/TheMiz and The Miztourage defeated The Hardy Boyz and Wrestling/JasonJordan, [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Neville]] defeated Wrestling/AkiraTozawa, Natalya defeated Naomi, Big Cass defeated Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/JinderMahal defeated Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura and Wrestling/BrockLesnar defeated Wrestling/BraunStrowman, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/RomanReigns.

** 2015 edition Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} defeated Randy Orton, Wrestling/TheNewDay defeated Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers, Los Matadors and Lucha Dragons, Seth Rollins defeated John Cena and both WWE World Heavyweight Champion and United States Champion.