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SummerSlam is a pay-per-view event produced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]. It is often said to be WWE's second biggest show of the year, after WrestleMania. It usually occurs in August.
==Events==
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! Event
! Date
! City
! Venue
! Main Event
|-
| SummerSlam (1988)
| August 29, 1988
| New York City
| Madison Square Garden
| The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage) vs. The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant) with Jesse Venture as the special guest referee
|-
| SummerSlam (1989)
| August 28, 1989
| East Rutherford, NJ
| Meadowlands Arena
| Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake vs. Randy Savage and Zeus
|-
| SummerSlam (1990)
| August 27, 1990
| Philadelphia, PA
| Spectrum
| The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Rick Rude in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (1991)
| August 26, 1991
| New York City
| Madison Square Garden
| Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa, and General Adnan in a 2 on 3 handicap match with special guest referee Sid Justice
|-
| SummerSlam (1992)
| August 29, 1992
| London, England
| Wembley Stadium
| Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (1993)
| August 30, 1993
| Auburn Hills, MI
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| Yokozuna (c) vs. Lex Luger for the WWF Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (1994)
| August 29, 1994
| Chicago, IL
| United Center
| The Undertaker vs. "The Undertaker"
|-
| SummerSlam (1995)
| August 27, 1995
| Pittsburgh, PA
| Pittsburgh Civic Arena
| Diesel (c) vs. King Mabel for the WWF Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (1996)
| August 18, 1996
| Cleveland, OH
| Gund Arena
| Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Vader for the WWF Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (1997)
| August 3, 1997
| East Rutherford, NJ
| Continental Airlines Arena
| The Undertaker (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee
|-
| SummerSlam (1998)
| August 30, 1998
| New York City
| Madison Square Garden
| Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (1999)
| August 22, 1999
| Minneapolis, MN
| Target Center
| Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. Mankind vs. Triple H for the WWF Championship with Jesse Venture as the special guest referee
|-
| SummerSlam (2000)
| August 27, 2000
| Raleigh, NC
| Entertainment and Sports Arena
| The Rock (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Triple H for the WWF Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2001)
| August 19, 2001
| San Jose, CA
| Compaq Center
| Booker T (WCW) (c) vs. The Rock (WWF) for the WCW Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2002)
| August 25, 2002
| Uniondale, NY
| Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| The Rock (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the Undisputed WWE Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2003)
| August 24, 2003
| Phoenix, AZ
| America West Arena
| Triple H (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. Goldberg in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2004)
| August 15, 2004
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Air Canada Centre
| Chris Benoit (c) vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2005)
| August 21, 2005
| Washington, D.C.
| MCI Center
| Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels
|-
| SummerSlam (2006)
| August 20, 2006
| Boston, MA
| TD Banknorth Garden
| Edge (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2007)
| August 26, 2007
| East Rutherford, NJ
| Continental Airlines Arena
| John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2008)
| August 17, 2008
| Indianapolis, IN
| Conseco Field House
| The Undertaker vs. Edge in a Hell in a Cell match
|-
| SummerSlam (2009)
| August 23, 2009
| Los Angeles, CA
| Staples Center
| Jeff Hardy (c) vs. CM Punk in a Tables, Ladders, & Chairs (TLC) Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2010)
| August 15, 2010
| Los Angeles, CA
| Staples Center
| Team WWE (John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, R-Truth, and John Morrison) vs. Team Nexus (Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, David Otunga, Skip Sheffield, Michael Tarver, and Darren Young) in a seven-on-seven tag team elimination match
|-
| SummerSlam (2011)
| August 14, 2011
| Los Angeles, CA
| Staples Center
| CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena (c) for the Undisputed WWE Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2012)
| August 19, 2012
| Los Angeles, CA
| Staples Center
| Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H
|-
| SummerSlam (2013)
| August 18, 2013
| Los Angeles, CA
| Staples Center
| John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship with special guest referee Triple H
|-
| SummerSlam (2014)
| August 17, 2014
| Los Angeles, CA
| Staples Center
| John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship
|-
| SummerSlam (2015)
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
|}
(c) denotes champion heading into match.