SummerSlam Nickname(s) 'The Biggest Party of the Summer' Information (s) Brand(s) (2002–2011; 2016–present) (2002–2011; 2016–present) (2006–2009) First event SummerSlam is a (PPV) event, produced annually in August. Dubbed as 'The Biggest Party of the Summer', it is one of the original 'Big Four' pay-per-view events of WWE (along with,, and ). The inaugural SummerSlam took place on at in New York City and was broadcast via. SummerSlam has been touted by WWE as their second biggest event of the year after WrestleMania. From to, SummerSlam was held at the in Los Angeles. Since, the event has taken place at the in the New York City borough of.

Hosted SummerSlam from 2009 to 2014. In the 1980s, 's (WWF)'s main competition in the professional wrestling industry was from the based (JCP) who was a member of the (NWA). McMahon countered 's successful closed-circuit television event, which began airing in 1983, by making the franchise. Batangche Normal Font. After, the most successful professional wrestling pay-per-view event in history, McMahon created the franchise, which aired the same day as in November 1987. After defeating Crockett in the ratings, McMahon created the, an event airing for free on the in January 1988, which set a ratings record for the network with eight million households tuning in to watch the event. In retaliation, Crockett created the event, which aired simultaneously with.

SummerSlam is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced annually in August by professional wrestling promotion WWE. Dubbed as 'The Biggest Party of.

WrestleMania IV garnered higher ratings, and not long after, Crockett filed for bankruptcy and sold his company to, who renamed it (WCW). As the WWF continued to replace its with pay-per-view programming, Vince McMahon added more pay-per-views to the lineup to capitalize on the success of his previous events. In addition to WrestleMania in March and Survivor Series in November, McMahon added a third pay-per-view for August, which he named SummerSlam. To keep the WWF 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 World Wrestling Federation's (and later World Wrestling Entertainment's) most successful events and one of the 'Big Four' pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble. Those four events, along with, are known as the 'Classic Five'.

The first SummerSlam was held on August 29, 1988 in in New York City. In 2002, WWE instituted a ', where the roster was split and wrestlers and pay-per-views were made exclusive to the and brands; SummerSlam, WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series were the only four events involving wrestlers and matches from both brands. The was the first to also include the newly made brand. In 2007, all pay-per-views began once again involving talent from all three brands, until ECW was dissolved in 2010. The brand extension ended on the August 29, 2011 episode of Raw, when it was announced that performers from Raw and SmackDown were no longer exclusive to their respective brand.

However, when the brand split was reintroduced in mid-2016, once SmackDown began broadcasting live on Tuesdays, single-branded pay-per-view events returned, in addition to the four major pay-per-views, in which both brands are involved. Dates and venues [ ] # Event Date City Venue Main Event 1 August 29, 1988 and vs. And 2 August 28, 1989 Hulk Hogan and vs. Randy Savage and 3 August 27, 1990 (c) vs. In a for the 4 August 26, 1991 New York, New York Madison Square Garden Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs., and 5 August 29, 1992 (c) vs. For the 6 August 30, 1993 (c) vs. For the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 7 August 29, 1994 vs.

' 8 August 27, 1995 (c) vs. For the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 9 August 18, 1996 (c) vs. For the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 10 August 3, 1997 East Rutherford, New Jersey The Undertaker (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 11 August 30, 1998 New York, New York Madison Square Garden (c) vs.

The Undertaker for the WWF Championship 12 August 22, 1999 Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. For the WWF Championship 13 August 27, 2000 (c) vs. Triple H for the WWF Championship 14 August 19, 2001 (c) vs.

The Rock for the 15 August 25, 2002 The Rock (c) vs. For the WWE Undisputed Championship 16 August 24, 2003 Triple H (c) vs.

Kevin Nash vs. Shawn Michaels vs. In an for the 17 August 15, 2004 (c) vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship 18 August 21, 2005 Washington, D.C. Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels 19 August 20, 2006 (c) vs. For the WWE Championship 20 August 26, 2007 East Rutherford, New Jersey Continental Airlines Arena John Cena (c) vs.