07/11/2024
The Main Events of WWE SummerSlam (as if every show was a 2-night event):
SummerSlam 1988:
Night 1 - The Ultimate Warrior def. H***y Tonk Man (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) def. The Mega Bucks (Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase) (Jesse Ventura served as special guest referee)
SummerSlam 1989:
Night 1 - The Ultimate Warrior (c) def. Rick Rude to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan def. Randy Savage and Zeus
SummerSlam 1990:
Night 1 - 2-out-of-3 Falls match: The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) def. Demolition (Crush and Smash) (c) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
Night 2 - Steel Cage match: The Ultimate Warrior (c) def. Rick Rude to retain the WWF Championship
SummerSlam 1991:
Night 1 - The Wedding of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth
Night 2 - Handicap match: Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior def. The Triangle of Terror (Colonel Mustafa, General Adnan and Sgt Slaughter) (Sid Justice served as special guest referee)
SummerSlam 1992 🇬🇧
Night 1 - The Ultimate Warrior def. Randy Savage (c) via count out in a WWF Championship match
Night 2 - The British Bulldog def. Bret Hart (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
SummerSlam 1993:
Night 1 - Shawn Michaels (c) def. Mr. Perfect via count out to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - Only Chance match: Lex Luger def. Yokozuna (c) via count out in a WWF Championship match
SummerSlam 1994:
Night 1 - Razor Ramon def. Diesel (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - Steel Cage match: Bret Hart (c) def. Owen Hart to retain the WWF Championship
SummerSlam 1995:
Night 1 - Ladder match: Shawn Michaels (c) def. Razor Ramon to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - Diesel (c) def. King Mabel to retain the WWF Championship
SummerSlam 1996:
Night 1 - Boiler Room Brawl: Mankind def. The Undertaker
Night 2 - Shawn Michaels (c) def. Vader to retain the WWF Championship
SummerSlam 1997:
Night 1 - Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Owen Hart (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - Bret Hart def. The Undertaker (c) to win the WWF Championship and retain his right to compete in the USA (Shawn Michaels served as special guest referee)
SummerSlam 1998:
Night 1 - Ladder match: Triple H (c) def. The Rock to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Night 2 - Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) def. The Undertaker to retain the WWF Championship
SummerSlam 1999:
Night 1 - The Unholy Alliance (Big Show and The Undertaker) def. Kane and X-Pac (c) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
Night 2 - Mankind def. Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) and Triple H to win the WWF Championship (Jesse Ventura served as special guest referee)
SummerSlam 2000:
Night 1 - Tables, Ladders and Chairs match: Edge and Christian (c) def. The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship
Night 2 - The Rock (c) def. Kurt Angle and Triple H to retain the WWF Championship
SummerSlam 2001:
Night 1 - Kurt Angle def. Stone Cold Steve Austin via DQ in a WWF Championship match
Night 2 - The Rock def. Booker T (c) to win the WCW Championship
SummerSlam 2002:
Night 1 - Unsanctioned Street Fight: Shawn Michaels def. Triple H
Night 2 - Brock Lesnar def. The Rock (c) to win the WWE Undisputed Championship
SummerSlam 2003:
Night 1 - Kurt Angle (c) def. Brock Lesnar to retain the WWE Championship
Night 2 - Elimination Chamber match: Triple H (c) def. Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam 2004:
Night 1 - John Bradshaw Layfield (c) def. The Undertaker via DQ to retain the WWE Championship
Night 2 - Randy Orton def. Chris Benoit (c) to win the World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam 2005:
Night 1 - No Holds Barred match: Batista (c) def. John Bradshaw Layfield to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
Night 2 - Hulk Hogan def. Shawn Michaels
SummerSlam 2006:
Night 1 - Batista def. King Booker (c) via DQ in a World Heavyweight Championship match
Night 2 - Edge (c) def. John Cena to retain the WWE Championship
SummerSlam 2007:
Night 1 - Triple H def. King Booker
Night 2 - John Cena (c) def. Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship
SummerSlam 2008:
Night 1 - Batista def. John Cena
Night 2 - Hell in a Cell match: The Undertaker def. Edge
SummerSlam 2009:
Night 1 - D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) def. The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase)
Night 2 - Tables, Ladders and Chairs match: CM Punk def. Jeff Hardy (c) to win the World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam 2010:
Night 1 - Kane (c) def. Rey Mysterio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
Night 2 - Elimination match: Team WWE (Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Edge, John Cena, John Morrison and R-Truth) def. The Nexus (Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, Skip Sheffield and Wade Barrett)
SummerSlam 2011:
Night 1 - No Holds Barred match: Randy Orton def. Christian (c) to win the World Heavyweight Championship
Night 2 - CM Punk (c) def. John Cena (ic) to unify the WWE Championship and the Interim WWE Championship (Triple H served as special guest referee)
SummerSlam 2012:
Night 1 - No Disqualification match: Brock Lesnar def. Triple H
Night 2 - CM Punk (c) def. Big Show and John Cena to retain the WWE Championship
SummerSlam 2013:
Night 1 - No Disqualification match: Brock Lesnar def. CM Punk
Night 2 - Daniel Bryan def. John Cena (c) to win the WWE Championship (Triple H served as special guest referee)
SummerSlam 2014:
Night 1 - Lumberjack match: Seth Rollins def. Dean Ambrose
Night 2 - Brock Lesnar def. John Cena (c) to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
SummerSlam 2015:
Night 1 - The Undertaker def. Brock Lesnar
Night 2 - Winner Takes All match: Seth Rollins (c) def. John Cena (c) to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and win the WWE United States Championship
SummerSlam 2016:
Night 1 - Finn Balor def. Seth Rollins to win the Inaugural WWE Universal Championship
Night 2 - Brock Lesnar def. Randy Orton
SummerSlam 2017:
Night 1 - Jinder Mahal (c) def. Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the WWE Championship
Night 2 - Title vs WWE Career match: Brock Lesnar (c) def. Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Universal Championship
SummerSlam 2018:
Night 1 - Ronda Rousey def. Alexa Bliss (c) to win the WWE RAW Women’s Championship
Night 2 - Roman Reigns def. Brock Lesnar (c) to win the WWE Universal Championship
SummerSlam 2019:
Night 1 - Charlotte Flair def. Trish Stratus
Night 2 - Seth Rollins def. Brock Lesnar (c) to win the WWE Universal Championship
SummerSlam 2020:
Night 1 - Drew McIntyre (c) def. Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship
Night 2 - Falls Count Anywhere match: The Fiend Bray Wyatt def. Braun Strowman (c) to win the WWE Universal Championship
SummerSlam 2021:
Night 1 - Edge def. Seth Rollins
Night 2 - Title vs WWE Career match: Roman Reigns (c) def. John Cena to retain the WWE Universal Championship
SummerSlam 2022:
Night 1 - Logan Paul def. The Miz
Night 2 - Last Man Standing match: Roman Reigns (c) def. Brock Lesnar to retain the WWE Universal Championship
SummerSlam 2023:
Night 1 - Seth Rollins (c) def. Finn Balor to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
Night 2 - Tribal Combat match: Roman Reigns (c) def. Jey Uso to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and the title of Tribal Chief
SummerSlam 2024:
Night 1 - Drew McIntyre def. CM Punk (Seth Rollins served as special guest referee)
Night 2 - Bloodline Rules match: Cody Rhodes (c) def. Solo Sikoa to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship
Top 12 Wrestlers with the Most SummerSlam Main Events:
8-12. (TIE) Bret Hart (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2010), CM Punk (2009, 2011-2013 and 2024), Edge (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2021), Roman Reigns (2017-2018, 2021-2023) and The Ultimate Warrior (1988-1992) with 5 main events
6-7. (TIE) Randy Orton (2003-2004, 2007, 2011, 2016 and 2020) and Seth Rollins (2014-2016, 2019, 2021 and 2023) with 6 main events
4-5. (TIE) Shawn Michaels (1993, 1995-1996, 2002-2003, 2005 and 2009) and The Undertaker (1996-1999, 2004, 2008 and 2015) with 7 main events
3. Triple H (1998-2000, 2002-2003, 2007, 2009 and 2012) with 8 main events
2. John Cena (2006-2008, 2010-2015 and 2021) with 10 main events
1. Brock Lesnar (2002-2003, 2012-2019 and 2022) with 11 main events