SummerSlam

SummerSlam headed to Detroit

Posted by Bob Kapur | Feb 7, 2023 | News

WWE announced it will be bringing its 2023 SummerSlam event to Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on...

Starrcast, SummerSlam offer treats for any wrestling fan

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jul 31, 2022 | Event Reports, Events, News

The difference in the types of wrestling fans in Nashville this weekend couldn’t have been...

Roman still reigns at SummerSlam

Posted by Domenic Marinelli | Jul 31, 2022 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2022

It is the biggest party of the summer with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar battling it out in the...

Countdown to SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Jul 30, 2022 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2022, Summerslam

The biggest party of the summer is here. Who will be the last man standing? Here are our...

Match pulled from SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Jul 27, 2022 | News, Summerslam

A major change has been announced for this weekend’s SummerSlam card. The match between...

WWE revises financial predictions based on strength of live events

Posted by Bob Kapur | Nov 4, 2021 | News

Money, money, money, money, money. Those words make up the chorus of the theme song for WWE Hall...

Live SummerSlam an ‘abject failure’

Posted by Matt Bishop | Aug 22, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021, WWE House Shows

LAS VEGAS — Traveling for professional wrestling shows is somewhat of a hobby for me. This marks...

SummerSlam: Two steps forward, two steps back

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Aug 22, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021, Summerslam, Summerslam PPVs

WWE needed a win tonight. Despite their heretofore “head in the sand” response to what...

Countdown to SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Aug 21, 2021 | Event Reports

Event Countdown Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) It is the biggest party of the...

SummerSlam moving to ThunderDome?

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 4, 2021 | News

With COVID-19 cases rising in Nevada word is there are fears within the WWE that SummerSlam may...

US theatres to carry SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Jul 22, 2021 | News

It seems the WWE is taking a page out of their Canadian playbook. WWE has announced that...

Allegiant Stadium to host SummerSlam

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 5, 2021 | News

The WWE’s biggest party of the summer is coming to Las Vegas. SummerSlam will be held at the...

WWE reveals SummerSlam date, rest of summer tour

Posted by Slam Wrestling | May 28, 2021 | News, Summerslam

The WWE has announced that SummerSlam will take place on Saturday, August 21st, from a...

The Fiend beats Braun Strowman, but Roman Reigns wrecks both of them at SummerSlam

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Aug 23, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

By NICK TYLWALK and DALE PLUMMER — Slam Wrestling The WWE’s new normal has changed again....

Welcome to WWE’s Thunderdome

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 21, 2020 | Interviews, News

Are you ready for the Thunderdome? Tonight’s the night where WWE debuts its special set-up...

For Scott Hunter, commentary adds narrative to wrestlers’ stories

Posted by Kari Williams | Aug 17, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Scott Hunter has called nearly 1,000 matches in his career. But when he first stepped into the...

SummerSlam finds a home?

Posted by John Powell | Aug 13, 2020 | News, Summerslam

Will it be goodbye Performance Center and hello Amway Center? According to EWrestling News, that...

Bret Hart: Michaels, Ramon stole ladder match idea

Posted by John Powell | Aug 12, 2020 | News, Summerslam

Although they seemed to have patched up their differences Bret Hart still holds one particular...

Bizarre angle has Belair breaking into Vega’s home

Posted by John Powell | Aug 9, 2020 | News, Summerslam

The infamous Brian Pillman, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin angle has been resurrected once again....

SummerSlam heading to Atlantic City?

Posted by John Powell | Aug 4, 2020 | News, Summerslam

The biggest party of the summer is only two weeks away and the WWE has yet to reveal SummerSlam’s...

Hulk Hogan remembers Savage and SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Aug 3, 2020 | News, Summerslam

In a rare interview with WWE.com, wrestling icon Hulk Hogan discussed his SummerSlam memories and...

Styles challenges Undertaker to a SummerSlam match

Posted by John Powell | Jul 28, 2020 | News, Summerslam

WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles must be a glutton for punishment as he seems to want to...

Jody Threat no minor player in Ontario indy scene

Posted by Kari Williams | Sep 13, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

When Toronto’s Jody Threat first entered the world of professional wrestling, WWE was never...

Canada goes 1-for-3 in Toronto Summerslam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 12, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019, Summerslam PPVs

Though the conventional wisdom is that SummerSlam is WWE’s second-biggest event of any...

Photos from WWE SummerSlam

Posted by George Tahinos | Aug 11, 2019 | Photo Galleries

Here are some select shots taken by our ace photographer George Tahinos at the Barclays Center in...

Photos from WWE SummerSlam 2019 Media Day

Posted by George Tahinos | Aug 10, 2019 | Photo Galleries

Here are some select shots taken by our ace photographer George Tahinos as he travels with...

SummerSlam 2018 rushes and drags

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 20, 2018 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2018, Summerslam PPVs

The problem with building to trying to build everything to a crescendo at the same time, as WWE...

Photos from WWE Special Olympics Unified Bocce Tournament

Posted by George Tahinos | Aug 19, 2018 | Photo Galleries

Here are some select shots taken by our ace photographer George Tahinos from the WWE Special...

Main event stars help perk up slow-starting SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 21, 2017 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2017, Summerslam PPVs

Even though WWE continues to test the patience of its most loyal fans by stretching out big...

Strong start peters out at overstuffed SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 22, 2016 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2016, Summerslam PPVs

More isn’t always better. SummerSlam 2016 was definite proof of that. As always, the WWE tried its...

SummerSlam 2015 doesn’t quite stick the landing

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Aug 24, 2015 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2015, Summerslam PPVs

Every good three-act story needs a good ending. The sports entertainment dramas staged by the WWE...

Heels rule, Lesnar runs rampant at SummerSlam 2014

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 14, 2014 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2014, Summerslam PPVs

In most years, you can count on SummerSlam to follow much the same pattern as WrestleMania. Some...

Daniel Bryan gets a brief taste of glory at SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 19, 2013 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2013, Summerslam PPVs

Los Angeles is getting quite comfortable as the host of the WWE’s second-biggest show, as Sunday...

Daniel Bryan: SummerSlam ‘biggest opportunity that I’ve ever had’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 14, 2013 | Interviews, Summerslam, SummerSlam Interviews

You might have heard by now that Daniel Bryan is challenging John Cena for the WWE Championship at...

Lesnar snaps Triple H’s arm at SummerSlam

Posted by Matt Bishop | Aug 19, 2012 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2012, Summerslam PPVs

It’s been months since Brock Lesnar set off a rivalry with Triple H after breaking the WWE...

Punk-Cena feud comes to a head, but not without some wrinkles at SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 15, 2011 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2011, Summerslam PPVs

For a show considered to be the second most important event on the WWE calendar, the 2011 edition...

Rumored return helps Team WWE fend off Nexus at SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 16, 2010 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2010, Summerslam PPVs

Longtime WWE fans know that SummerSlam trails only WrestleMania in terms of significance on the...

Gallows sees SummerSlam as an opportunity

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 13, 2010 | Interviews, Summerslam, SummerSlam Interviews

Luke Gallows has a warning for The Big Show — The Straight Edge Society is...

TLC Match and the return of a fan favorite liven up SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 24, 2009 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2009, Summerslam PPVs

After years of paying lip service to the idea that SummerSlam was the second biggest show on the...

Kingston not on card, still excited for Summerslam

Posted by Jon Waldman | Aug 21, 2009 | Interviews, Summerslam, SummerSlam Interviews

This Sunday, WWE presents what many have described as its second biggest pay-per-view of the year...

SummerSlam comes close to ‘blockbuster’ status

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 8, 2008 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2008, Summerslam PPVs

With the 2008 edition of SummerSlam billed as “The Summer’s Biggest...

Returns highlight SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 27, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007, Summerslam PPVs

It’s time for the biggest party of the summer, according to the WWE, and what should be...

Flair & Hogan top average SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 21, 2006 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2006, Summerslam PPVs

By NICK TYLWALK AND DALE PLUMMER Eight months ago at the Royal Rumble WWE sacrificed Edge’s...

Mat Matters: And then there were two

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Jul 31, 2006 | Opinion

In the last part of the 20th century, I returned to pro wrestling fandom after a long hiatus....

Hogan-HBK steal SummerSlam

Posted by Dale Plummer | Aug 22, 2005 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2005, Summerslam PPVs

Sometimes all the feuds and title matches in the world can’t help but be overshadowed by an...

Jericho set for SummerSlam, dreams of DVD

Posted by Jon Waldman | Aug 18, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Summerslam, SummerSlam Interviews

Of all of the wrestlers on the WWE Raw roster, none may be more excited for Summerslam this Sunday...

Hogan, Batista get cheers at SummerSlam confab

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 10, 2005 | Interviews, Summerslam

WASHINGTON—For Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels, Summerslam inflames a dispute about their wrestling...

Orton-Benoit, Guerrero-Angle save SummerSlam

Posted by Jason Clevett | Aug 15, 2004 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2004, Summerslam PPVs

WWE had the chance to prove critics wrong with the 17th edition of SummerSlam live from the Air...

Rock wins WCW title at SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Aug 20, 2001 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2001, Summerslam PPVs

It only took four months but the WWF finally has a pay-per-view they can be truly proud of...

SummerSlam ‘another pay-per-view’ to DDP

Posted by Jon Waldman | Aug 17, 2001 | Classics, Interviews, Summerslam, SummerSlam Interviews

While much of the wrestling world is getting prepared for SummerSlam, arguably the World Wrestling...

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