| Date: August 21, 2005 | Venue: MCI Center | City: Washington DC | Attendance: 15, 700 | Buys: 650, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Hogan vs. Michaels: For the first time ever. You can guess what is considered to be the main event tonight off that tagline alone. On paper the whole card is stacked even without the likes of Triple H, The Big Show, Kane, Booker T, Intercontinental Champion Carlito and … Continue reading Summerslam 2005
| Date: August 15, 2004 | Venue: Air Canada Centre | City: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Attendance: 17, 640 | Buys: 415, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Let The Games Begin. Summerslam 2004 has an Olympics theme to it, falling in line with the 2004 Olympic Game in Athens. Besides the over-the-top advertising campaign, there isn’t a lot of “gamesmanship” involved except for one particular event but I’ll get to that later. Summerslam … Continue reading Summerslam 2004
| Date: August 24, 2003 | Venue: America West Arena | City: Phoenix, Arizona | Attendance: 16, 113 | Buys: 465, 000 Summerslam is traditionally the second biggest show of the year and the 2003 edition should be no different. There are 7 matches on the card as opposed to the usual 8, with 4 matches coming from the Raw brand and 3 matches presented by Smackdown. The WWE Championship will be … Continue reading Summerslam 2003
| Date: August 25, 2002 | Venue: Nassau Coliseum | City: Uniondale, New York | Attendance: 14, 797 | Buyrate: 540, 000 Rock vs. Brock. The Undisputed WWE Championship is set to be defended tonight as The Rock, who beat The Undertaker for the gold at Vengeance last month, defends against Brock Lesnar. Brock earned the right to his shot by winning the 2002 King Of The Ring two months ago. Lesnar … Continue reading Summerslam 2002
| Date: August 19, 2001 | Venue: Compaq Centre | City: San Jose, California | Attendance: 15, 293 | Buyrate: 565, 000 Finally……The Rock has returned to the WWF! He’s been away since losing his WWF title to Steve Austin at Wrestlemania, suspended by Vince McMahon. Vince lifted his suspension to bring The Rock back to the WWF and although it was up in the air which side The Rock would join, … Continue reading Summerslam 2001
| Date: August 27, 2000 | Venue: Raleigh Entertainment And Sports Arena | City: Raleigh, North Carolina | Attendance: 18, 128 | Buyrate: 570, 000 Summerslam, the second biggest PPV of the year following Wrestlemania and tonight promises 10 big matches. The main event features the WWF Champion The Rock defending his title. But who would he defend against? Commissioner Mick Foley made a triple threat match on Raw a few weeks … Continue reading Summerslam 2000
| Date: August 22, 1999 | Venue: Target Centre | City: Minneapolis, Minnesota | Attendance: 17, 370 | Buyrate: 600, 000 An out of body experience. That is what Summerslam 1999 will be. Any why? Well, we have a special guest referee for the main event tonight and that man is the same man that referee’d the main event of the very first Summerslam, Jesse “The Body” Ventura. He has been put … Continue reading Summerslam 99
| Date: August 30 1998 | Venue: Madison Square Garden | City: New York City, New York | Attendance: 21,588 | Buyrate: 700,000 Highway To Hell. That is what the WWF has been on for the past few months with all of the summers build leading up to this epic pay per view. Look at that buyrate of 700,000. That is the third biggest buyrate for … Continue reading Summerslam 98
Hart & Soul. This PPV features a main event that pits the hart of the WWF in Bret Hart against the Soul of WWF, The Undertaker. This will be Brets first WWF title shot on PPV since February and In Your House: Final 4. He was named number one contender after his team defeated Steve Austins team last month at Canadian Stampede. Since the, Brets … Continue reading Summerslam 97
Opposites Attack! Opposite looks, opposite views and opposite wrestling styles are what WWF Champion Shawn Michaels and challenger Vader are. That’s the main event for the 9th annual Summerslam, a main event that has been brewing for some time. Shawn Michaels has been champion since Wrestlemania 12 when he defeated Bret Hart in the Iron man match. Since then Vader has destroyed the competition, going … Continue reading Summerslam 96
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