The Great American Bash (2004)
The Great American Bash | |||
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World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
Brand(s) | SmackDown! | ||
Date | June 27, 2004 | ||
City | Norfolk, Virginia | ||
Venue | Norfolk Scope | ||
Attendance | 6,500[1] | ||
Buy rate | 238,000[2] | ||
Tagline(s) | Join Our Party | ||
Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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The Great American Bash chronology | |||
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The 2004 Great American Bash was the first annual
Three of the eight matches on the
Production
Background
Storylines
The main
Another primary feud heading into the event was between
One of the main matches on the
The Divas rivalry heading into the event was between Sable and Torrie Wilson. Sable and Torrie teamed together at WrestleMania XX and defeated Raw Divas Miss Jackie and Stacy Keibler,[23] but when Torrie was featured on the cover of SmackDown! Magazine, Sable turned heel by displaying jealousy over Torrie's cover and berating her in a backstage segment, leading to a brawl between the two Divas.[24] The events led to the announcement that Sable and Torrie would face each other at The Great American Bash.
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators
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Michael Cole |
Tazz
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Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Interviewer
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Dawn Marie
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Ring announcer | Tony Chimel |
Referee | Nick Patrick |
Charles Robinson | |
Brian Hebner
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Jim Korderas
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Before the
Preliminary matches
The first match of the event was a
The next match was between
The third match was between
The match that followed saw
The following match was between Sable and Torrie Wilson. Sable controlled Wilson throughout the contest, as she choked her using the bottom rope and applied a criss-cross choke. After both women ran into each other, Sable pinned Wilson with a schoolgirl to win the match.[9][25]
The sixth match was between
Main event matches
The next match was a
The
Aftermath
At the event,
Following the conclusion of his title match against JBL at the event, Eddie Guerrero began to feud with Kurt Angle. During a Steel Cage match between Guerrero and JBL for the WWE Championship, El Gran Luchadore (Kurt Angle in disguise) interfered on JBL's behalf, which allowed JBL to escape the cage and win the match.[30][31] After the match, Guerrero attacked El Gran Luchadore and pulled off his mask, revealing him to be Kurt Angle.[30][31] The following week, Vince McMahon scheduled a match between the two at SummerSlam.[32][33] Angle won the match, and their feud concluded at the November pay-per-view, Survivor Series, when Guerrero's team defeated Angle's in a 4 on 4 Survivor Series match.[34]
On the July 8 episode of SmackDown!,
The Great American Bash would continue as an annual summer PPV for WWE until 2009, with that year's event titled as
Results
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Fatal Four-Way eliminations[9] ^ | ||||
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Elimination No. | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time[1] |
1 | Rob Van Dam | John Cena | Pinfall with a roll-up | 8:19 |
2 | Rene Dupree | Booker T | Pinfall after an FU from Cena | 11:17 |
3 | Booker T | John Cena | Pinfall after an FU | 15:52 |
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