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The 2006 SummerSlam was the 19th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on August 20, 2006, at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This marked the first inter-brand pay-per-view to include the ECW brand.

The 2001 SummerSlam was the 14th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 19, 2001, at the Compaq Center at San Jose in San Jose, California. It was the last SummerSlam promoted under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. It was also the last SummerSlam held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002 and the last SummerSlam of the Attitude Era.

The 1996 SummerSlam was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 18, 1996, at the Gund Arena (now called Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the Free for All pre-show.

The 2008 SummerSlam was the 21st annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on August 17, 2008, at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first PPV of the PG Era, though it still prominently featured rivalries from the previous Ruthless Aggression era. The transition into the PG Era was more noticeable on the next episode of Monday Night Raw. It was also the first SummerSlam PPV broadcast in high definition. It would be the last Summerslam to take place in a location other than Los Angeles or New York until 2019.

The 1997 Hardcore Heaven was the fourth Hardcore Heaven professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), as well as ECW's second ever pay-per-view event. The event took place on August 17, 1997 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joey Styles provided commentary for the event. This was the first edition of Hardcore Heaven to be broadcast on pay-per-view and ECW's second ever pay-per-view following Barely Legal in April.

Kevin Nash faces Rick Steiner for the No. 1 Contendership to the WCW World Title; Team Canada battles Misfits in Action; David Flair has a life-changing question for Miss Hancock; Mean Gene Okerlund squares off with Mark Madden in a Street Fight.

The August 16, 1993 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWF's RAW brand, which took place on August 16, 1993 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The 1999 Road Wild was the fourth and final Road Wild professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling. It took place on August 14, 1999, from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

The 2004 SummerSlam was the 17th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place on August 15, 2004, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the Sunday Night Heat pre-show. It was held during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in reference to the promotional poster.

New Blood Rising was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling. It took place on August 13, 2000 from the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. The name is a reference to the New Blood faction within WCW. The event replaced WCW's August PPV event Road Wild held from 1996 to 1999 and was held on a Sunday instead of a Saturday. Despite never being announced before or during the show, every match on the card was contested under no disqualification rules.

Hardcore Heaven (1994) was the first Hardcore Heaven event. It was promoted by Eastern Championship Wrestling on August 13, 1994 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The August 12, 1996 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWF's RAW brand, took place on July 22, 1996 in Seattle, Washington at the Key Arena

The August 12, 1996 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming. This was the Nitro after, Hog Wild. It was also a few days before Clash of the Champions XXXIII.

Curt Hennig takes on Randy Savage in the main event; Eddie Guerrero battles Chris Jericho; Jeff Jarrett faces Dean Malenko; Lex Luger gives his thoughts on the big event from Sturgis, S.D.; JJ Dillon continues attemping to strike a deal with Sting.

The August 11, 1997 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWF's RAW brand, which took place on August 11, 1997 at the Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.

WWE Global Warning Tour: Melbourne was a professional wrestling event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment that took place on August 10, 2002, at Colonial Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This event marked the return of WWE to Australia for the first time since 1986. Michael Cole and Tazz recorded the commentary from WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

The 1996 Hog Wild was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling and the first in the Road Wild chronology. It took place on August 10, 1996, from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota in the United States. The event took place on a Saturday instead of the Sunday more typical for pay-per-view events.

The 1998 Road Wild was the third Road Wild professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and co-promoted by WCW and nWo in storyline. It took place on August 8, 1998, from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The event also featured a mini-concert by Travis Tritt after the wrestling matches.

Years before their clash at WrestleMania, Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant competed in a classic encounter ? . ??? V " ?v Stadium.

The 1997 Road Wild was the second Road Wild professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling and the first to be produced under the Road Wild name. It took place on August 9, 1997 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

The August 7, 1993 Edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling is a Professional wrestling television show of World Wrestling Federation, which took place on July 6, 1993 at the Wilkes University Marts Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The August 6, 2001 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's RAW brand, which took place on August 6, 2001 at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California.

A Raw Invitational Battle Royal determines who will face the WWE Champion after SummerSlam; The Undertaker's rivalry with Mankind escalates; Faarooq Asad continues to cause problems for Ahmed Johnson; The New Rockers take on The Body Donnas.

Eight-man tag team match features John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Kane, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes versus John Cena, Batista and Cryme Tyme; The Great Khali versus Jimmy Wang Yang; Edge faces Jeff Hardy in the main event.