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SummerSlam
Continental Airlines Arena[3]
Attendance17,441[4][5][6]
Buy rate537,000
Tagline(s)The Party Is Over[7]
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The 2007 SummerSlam was the 20th annual

Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey
. Tickets for SummerSlam went on sale on December 30, 2006, and sold out in 40 minutes.

The main

ECW Championship
at SummerSlam.

Several of the existing feuds carried on after the event. Notably, CM Punk continued to face John Morrison, defeating him for the ECW Championship the following month on

ECW on Sci Fi. The day after SummerSlam, Orton, as part of the scripted events, interfered in a match between Cena and King Booker and intensified the feud by attacking Cena's father. Khali and Batista faced each other at Unforgiven
, the following pay-per-view, as part of a triple threat match; Batista was victorious in this match and won the World Heavyweight Championship.

Production

Background

Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey
.

Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions.[5][2][4]

WWE had originally planned a storyline between the cast of the

Chris Benoit double murder and suicide.[12] However, 14 years later, the Jackass cast and Johnny Knoxville himself would later have a match at WrestleMania 38 against Sami Zayn.[13]

Storylines

John Cena as WWE Champion

The main

Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV, Cena faced off against Carlito in another non-title match, which Cena won.[18] After the match, Orton came out and attacked Cena, which led to a RKO from Orton through a steel chair.[18]

The main storyline on the SmackDown! brand was between

left pectoral muscle tear—after Kane interrupted his Mardi Gras style celebration.[21] On the July 20 episode of SmackDown!, Edge was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship due to the severity of his injury.[21][22]
He later commented-

I'm still the rightful champion. My pectoral muscle is hanging on by a single fiber; literally hanging from the bone. Theodore Long comes out and strips me of what I've worked for my entire career—from childhood until now. My mood is obviously not great right now. I'm disgusted.

I go out there and put my body through hell. I've broken my neck, dislocated my shoulder twice, torn my other pec, my elbows are mush, I have two protruding discs in my lower back. I even got bit by a brown recluse spider that turned into a flesh-eating disease—the list goes on. I still go out there and prove that I am the best.

Why do I still do this? Not for them. I do it for my pride. I don't give a rat's ass what the fans think. I never have. That's not how I operate. I know that fans will be happy with this, and that pisses me off. I've come to the realization that our fans never will appreciate me. But they had to live with me as their champion, and when I return and become a four-time World Champion, they'll have to deal with me again.

— Edge (kayfabe) commenting on his injury.[23]

SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long then announced that there would be a 20-man Battle Royal later that night to determine a new World Heavyweight Champion.[21][24] Khali won the Battle Royal and became the new World Heavyweight Champion by last eliminating Kane and Batista.[21][24] Khali defeated the two and retained the title at The Great American Bash.[25][26] Five days later on SmackDown!, Batista interrupted Khali's celebration and challenged him to a match at SummerSlam.[27] The next week, on the August 3 episode of SmackDown!, Long announced that Khali would defend his title against Batista at SummerSlam.[28]

Another main rivalry on the Raw brand heading into SummerSlam was between the returning Triple H against King Booker. At New Year's Revolution, during a World Tag Team Championship match between Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) and D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H), Triple H suffered a legitimate torn right quadriceps during the match that left him out of action. On the July 16 episode of Raw, Booker entered using Triple H's entrance music "King of Kings". Booker declared that neither Triple H nor Jerry Lawler could be known as "The King". On the August 6 episode of Raw, Booker defeated Lawler in a match where the loser had to crown the winner the next week. When the time came, Lawler refused, declaring that Triple H was still a king and announcing that Booker would face Triple H at SummerSlam. Booker then attacked Lawler, throwing him into the ring post and hitting him with a television monitor.

ECW Champion
heading into SummerSlam

The predominant staged rivalry from the ECW brand was between

GTS (Go To Sleep).[33][34] As a result of this victory, Punk earned himself a championship match against Morrison at SummerSlam.[33][34]

One of the primary

"I Quit" match by forcing him to quit after hitting his left knee repeatedly with a steel chair.[38][39] During the match, Mysterio suffered a real injury—an ACL and patella tendon tear in his left knee.[38][39] Ten months later, on the August 3 episode of SmackDown!, a match between Mysterio and Guerrero was booked for SummerSlam.[40]

Event

Other on-screen personnel[6]
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Jim Ross (Raw)
Jerry Lawler (Raw)
Michael Cole (SmackDown!)
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
(SmackDown!)
Joey Styles (ECW)
Tazz
(ECW)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewer
 Todd Grisham
Ring announcers Lilian Garcia (Raw)
Justin Roberts (ECW)
Tony Chimel (SmackDown!)
Referees Mike Chioda (Raw)
Jack Doan (Raw)
Marty Elias (Raw)
Chad Patton (Raw)
Mickie Henson (SmackDown!)
Jim Korderas
(SmackDown!)
Charles Robinson (SmackDown!)
Scott Armstrong (ECW)
John Cone (ECW)

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeated Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a dark match.[5][41]

Preliminary matches

Finlay

The first match that aired was between Kane and

shillelagh in the ribs. Kane kicked out of the pin attempt and executed a chokeslam, pinning him afterwards for the win.[4]

Next was a triple threat match for the

Samoan Spike on Kennedy, which led to Umaga pinning Kennedy for the win and successfully retaining the WWE Intercontinental Championship.[4]

The third match was Rey Mysterio versus Chavo Guerrero, which was Mysterio's first match since Guerrero injured his knee in October 2006. Mysterio gained the early advantage when he was able to perform an arm drag and a plancha on Guerrero. Mysterio then performed a low dropkick to Guerrero's left knee, followed by a diving hurricanrana. Towards the end of the match, Guerrero was able to perform a Gory Bomb on Mysterio after Mysterio had missed a crossbody. Mysterio kicked out of the pin attempt and performed a 619 followed by a springboard splash for the pinfall victory.[4]

Next was an

Divas Battle Royal involving Beth Phoenix, Melina, Mickie James, Jillian Hall, and Maria from Raw, Michelle McCool, Torrie Wilson, Kristal, and Victoria from SmackDown, and Kelly Kelly, Layla, and Brooke from ECW. Shortly after the match began, Phoenix threw Brooke over the top rope. Soon after, Hall eliminated Maria and Layla was thrown out by Melina. Kristal then eliminated Victoria, but was then thrown over the ropes by James and accidentally knocked off the apron by McCool. Shortly after, Phoenix and Hall eliminated Kelly, and Hall and James began pulling each other over the ropes. Wilson threw Hall out to the floor whilst Melina knocked James off the apron. McCool and Wilson then worked together to eliminate Melina. The two continued their alliance, but Phoenix was able to get the upper hand, first eliminating Wilson, followed by throwing McCool over the ropes to win the match and a future WWE Women's Championship match.[4]

Shortly after the match ended, WWE United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) came to the ring and challenged Matt Hardy to a beer drinking contest. Hardy declined and named a replacement, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin came out and mocked MVP by doing several warm-up exercises similar to those MVP does before a match. As the contest was set to start, Austin delivered a Stone Cold Stunner to MVP and left the ring.[4][42]

Next on the

enzuigiri. Morrison, however, countered a Frankensteiner attempt into a pin-cover while using the ropes for leverage. He got the win, thus retaining the ECW Championship.[4]

Main event matches

The sixth match of the event was between the returning Triple H and King Booker, who was accompanied by

clothesline attempt into a Book End, which was followed by a sidewalk slam. After Booker missed a diving somersault leg drop, Triple H was able to recover and perform a Pedigree. Triple H pinned Booker afterwards to gain the victory.[4]

SummerSlam Stage setup

The World Heavyweight Championship match between champion The Great Khali and challenger Batista was next. Khali controlled most of the match and performed a variety of moves, which included a

spear Khali. Batista would then use the chair to his advantage and hit Khali with it multiple times.[4]

Next was the

STFU submission hold. Orton, however, got to the bottom rope, and performed an RKO. Cena kicked out of the pin attempt and performed an FU for the pinfall victory, thus retaining the WWE Championship.[4]

Reception

Tickets for SummerSlam went on sale on December 30, 2006, and sold out in forty minutes.

Canadian Online Explorer and its professional wrestling section rated the entire event a 6.5 out of 10. The rating was higher than the previous year's SummerSlam rating, a 5.5 out of 10.[47] The main event from the Raw brand was rated a 7.5 out of 10; while the main event from the SmackDown brand was rated a 1 out of 10.[48][49][50]

The event was released on

Amazon.com was a 3.5 out of 5.[54] The average customer rating however, from CD Universe was a 5 out of 5 stars.[55]

Aftermath

During the event, John Cena provoked his feud with Randy Orton. On the August 27 episode of Raw, Cena faced King Booker in a non-title match. When Cena appeared close to winning, Orton interfered and attacked him, causing Cena to win by disqualification.

kicked him in the head.[56] The two faced each other in a rematch at Unforgiven for the WWE Championship. Cena was disqualified in the match for continuously punching Orton.[57] Orton won the match but not the title. Afterwards, Cena's father kicked Orton in the head,[57] in the same way Orton had kicked him one-month prior.[56]

On the August 31 episode of SmackDown!, Rey Mysterio, Finlay, Kane, and Batista participated in a four-man Championship Competition tournament. Mysterio defeated Batista and Finlay and became the number-one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at Unforgiven.

spear on Khali. Batista was then included in the one-on-one title match at Unforgiven, making it a Triple Threat match.[59] At Unforgiven, Batista won the championship for a third time.[60][57]

The feud between Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) continued when they were forced to team up against

John Morrison and The Miz.[65]

Umaga lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to Jeff Hardy on the September 3 episode of Raw.[66] Afterwards, Umaga started a feud with Triple H and faced off against him in a Street Fight two months later at Cyber Sunday.[67] At Unforgiven, Candice Michelle defeated Beth Phoenix to retain the WWE Women's Championship.[57] Phoenix, however, later defeated Candice at No Mercy to win the title.[68] On the September 4 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, CM Punk defeated John Morrison to win the ECW Championship.[69][70] At Cyber Sunday, Punk retained the title by defeating The Miz.[71] The following month, at Survivor Series, Punk defeated Morrison and The Miz in a Triple Threat match to retain the ECW Championship.[72][73]

This was the last SummerSlam ever to be in 4:3 format, as in January 2008, all WWE shows went into high definition.

This was also the last SummerSlam where no championships changed hands until 2022.

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
dark match

Battle royal eliminations

Elimination Wrestler Eliminated by Time
1 Brooke Beth Phoenix 01:18
2 Maria Jillian Hall 01:56
3 Layla Melina 02:21
4 Victoria Kristal 03:45
5 Kristal Michelle McCool 04:06
6 Kelly Kelly Beth Phoenix and Jillian Hall 04:36
7 Jillian Hall Torrie Wilson 05:12
8 Mickie James Melina 05:22
9 Melina Michelle McCool & Torrie Wilson 06:12
10 Torrie Wilson Beth Phoenix 06:42
11 Michelle McCool Beth Phoenix 07:09
Winner: Beth Phoenix

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