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Quick update. I've decided not to do this series on Friday, and do it whenever I can. Why? Because I feel pressured to finish it all in 1 day, and most times I don't finish it. Well, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's get to the list, shall we? Oh, and remember. This is in NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

20) Money in the Bank 2010: Money by I Fight Dragons

I fucking love this song. It reminds of 2010, which I have heavy nostalgia of.

19) Royal Rumble 2005: Find The Real by Alter Bridge

I have listened to this song so much, I know all of the lyrics from the top of my head. That's how good this song is.

18) Backlash 2007: There and Back Again by Daughtry

There's just something about this song that I love. I think it's the excellent singing and those guitars. Also, I love Edge's impression of the 'Here's Johnny!!!' scene from The Shining.

17) WrestleMania 24: Light It Up by Rev Theory

The same people who made Randy Orton's current theme (which is also good) made another masterpiece song for WrestleMania 24. I believe this song is far better than the other song used for this WrestleMania.

16) Over the Limit 2011: Help Is On The Way by Rise Against

This song is THE BOMB.

Literally. Fun fact: If you saw the music video for this song, this song is actually about Hurricane Katrina.

15) Bragging Rights 2010: It's Your Last Shot by Politics and Assasins

Oh my fucking god. My ears masturbate to this song. This song is one of the best songs I've ever heard, period.

14) SummerSlam 2007: Whine Up by Kat DeLuna and Elephant Man

Even though this song is way too Spanish for me, I love hearing this. Kat did an excellent job on this song, and 1 that personifies summer.

13) Survivor Series 2010: Runaway by Hail The Villain

This song..I'm speechless. :heart_eyes:

12) Unforgiven 2006: Run by Day Of Fire

The video description fits this song perfectly. Kickass. This kicks all kinds of ass.

11) Royal Rumble 2011: Living In A Dream by Finger Eleven

This song fucking rocks. 'Nuff said. And speaking of rocks, that brings me to..

11) Royal Rumble 2009: Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolph

I never thought they would put a rap song for the Royal Rumble. But, they did. And they picked the right rap song. I feel as though this song is very underrated. This song doesn't get the respect it deserves. Shame.

10) No Way Out 2006: Deadly Game by Theory Of A Deadman

An awesome rock cover to a good rap song. Matter of fact, this version is 10x better than the rap version. Fun fact: WWE used the rap version for Survivor Series 1998.

9) Extreme Rules 2015: Irresistible by Fallout Boy

Here's the most recent one on the list. Earlier this year, WWE chose right with using Fall Out Boy's song 'Irresistible' for this year's Extreme Rules. I was actually familiar with the song before it was released as the theme song, so I marked out when it was.

8) T.L.C. 2012: Just Another War by Josey Scott

This song is a perfect 10/10 in my book. It's awesome to hear, and fits the feel of T.L.C.

7) Elimination Chamber 2013: The Crazy Ones by Stellar Revival

This song has been unable to escape my head. I love, love, LOVE this song. Not to mention, this song fits any WWE PPV.

6) New Year's Revolution 2006: Stricken by Disturbed

Disturbed really knows how to make a good song. And, they did it again with this gem. I can't even begin to describe how good this song is.

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5) One Night Stand 2007: Famous by Puddle of Mudd

I'm pretty sure most of you, if not all of you, recognize this song as the theme song for SvR 2008. But, this was originally the theme song for One Night Stand 2007. And, the first time I heard this song, I instantly fell in love with it. If you haven't heard this excellent song, I highly recommend that you do.

4) Hell in a Cell 2009: Monster by Skillet

What can I say about this beautiful song that I haven't already said before? Y'know what? I'm not going to say anything at all. I'll let the song do the talking.

3) Breaking Point 2009: Still Unbroken by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Remember how I said that I would never expect WWE to have a rap song for a PPV? Well, I expected a country song even less. This is about as country as it gets. And I love this song.

2) Insurrextion 2002: Burning Tree by Jim Johnston

Ah, good ole' Jim Johnston is on this list. He is an absolute master of music. And he showed off his skills with this song. Another absolute masterpiece.

1) Rebellion 1999-2002: Rebellion by Jim Johnston

This song takes the cake. This is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best WWE PPV theme song I've ever heard. It's hard, it's a banger, and it gets you pumped for some ass-kicking. Fun fact: This song was also used for Luke Gallows in 2010.

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SummerSlam (2008) was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on August 17, 2008, at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It was the 21st annual SummerSlam event and starred wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECWbrands.

Seven professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The event featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The first, featuring wrestlers from the SmackDown brand, saw The Undertaker defeat Edge in a Hell in a Cell match, a match that saw both men fight in a ring surrounded by a roofed steel cell. The other main event featured wrestlers from the Raw brand, in which Batista defeated John Cena in a standard wrestling match. Three featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard. In a standard match from SmackDown, WWE ChampionTriple H defeated challenger The Great Khali to retain his title. Another was a standard match involving wrestlers the Raw brand, where World Heavyweight ChampionCM Punk defeated challenger John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (JBL) to retain his title. The ECW brand's sole contribution to the card saw Matt Hardy defeat ECW ChampionMark Henry by disqualification, as a result of WWE regulations, Hardy did not win the title as they can only be won via pinfall or submission.

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Storylines[edit]

The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event were planned by WWE's creative staff. The event featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands: storyline expansions of the promotion where employees are assigned to wrestling brands under the WWE banner.

The main rivalry on the SmackDown brand was between Edge and The Undertaker. During 2008, the two had previously fought in four pay-per-view events over the World Heavyweight Championship. The two would finally face each other in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, a match in which any of these items can be used as weapons with the objective to climb a ladder and reach the title belt hanging above the ring, at One Night Stand for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship. An additional stipulation was added to the match, in which, if The Undertaker should lose the match, he would be banished from WWE. Edge won the match, thus The Undertaker was forced to leave WWE as part of the storyline.^[2] On the July 18 episode of SmackDown, Edge and General ManagerVickie Guerrero held their scripted wedding reception. At the end of the show as Guerrero and Edge were in the ring, Triple H appeared to reveal Edge's secret love affair with Edge and Guerrero's wedding planner, Alicia Fox.^[3] During Edge and Triple H's match for the WWE Championship at The Great American Bash, both Guerrero and Fox would interfere, in the process Vickie got speared and the distraction gave Triple H the opportunity to retain his title.^[4] Despite an apology from Edge on the July 25 episode of SmackDown, Guerrero announced that she had reinstated The Undertaker and announced that he would face Edge at SummerSlam in a Hell in a Cell match.^[5]

Another rivalry from the SmackDown brand was between Triple H and The Great Khali over the WWE Championship. On the July 25 edition of SmackDown, a Battle Royal was held, where the winner would receive a WWE Championship match against Triple H at SummerSlam. Khali won the match, which also involved The Big Show, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Kennedy, Umaga, and Montel Vontavious Porter.^[5]

The primary rivalry on the Raw brand heading into SummerSlam was between John Cena and Batista. On the July 21 edition of Raw, Batista faced CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship in a rematch from The Great American Bash. JBL ran into the ring, trying to avoid a vengeful John Cena. When Cena looked to punch JBL, he ducked and Batista was hit instead. Batista started a brawl against Cena and the two eventually fought until refs broke it up. The next week, Batista claimed that he had no problems with Cena, who had a hard time believing it. Later that night, Cena and Batista beat JBL and Kane in a tag-team match. New General Manager Mike Adamle announced that the two men would face off at SummerSlam, making it the first time ever that the two men had faced off against each other, a match that had been six years in the making. Both men won the World Tag Team Championship against Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. in a tag team match. They lost the title a week later in a rematch.

Another main feud on the Raw brand was between John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (JBL) and CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship. JBL became the number one contender for Punk's title, when he pinned Punk in a two-on-one handicap match, which also featured Chris Jericho as JBL's tag team partner.

The main feud on the ECW brand was between Mark Henry and Matt Hardy over the ECW Championship. On the July 22 episode of ECW on Syfy, Hardy won the right to face Henry at SummerSlam after winning a Fatal Four-Way match against Finlay, The Miz and John Morrison.^[6]

Event[edit]

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, The Big Show defeated Bam Neely, who was accompanied by Chavo Guerrero, in a dark match. Big Show won by pinning Neely after a WMD – Weapon of Mass Destruction.

Preliminary matches[edit]

The first match aired was between Jeff Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP). Some of the highlights of the match included MVP delivering a belly to belly suplex to Hardy who landed hard on the turnbuckle and later, MVP kicked Hardy across the ring as the latter tried to deliver his rope-aided corner dropkick. The match involved series of counters and submission holds. Near the end, after delivering the Whisper in the Wind, when Hardy tried to execute the Swanton Bomb on MVP, Shelton Benjamin appeared, but Hardy took him out. In the ring, Hardy missed his Swanton Bomb, and MVP quickly kicked Hardy in the face and pinned him to win the match.

The second match of the evening was a 'Winners Take All' intergender tag team match with the WWE Intercontinental ChampionKofi Kingston and the WWE Women's ChampionMickie James defending their titles against Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix. The match started with James and Phoenix, who countered each other's moves for sometime. Later, they both tagged in their male partners, who continued the match. In the end, Marella tossed Kingston over the top rope and then suffered from a Mickie-DT from James. This allowed Phoenix to capitalize and she delivered the Glam Slam to James and pinned her to win herself the WWE Women's Championship and Santino the Intercontinental Championship.

The pay-per-view continued with Shawn Michaels coming out to the ring with his wife Rebecca to announce that after consulting his doctors and his family, he had decided to, in storyline, 'retire' from professional wrestling due to all the injuries he had suffered throughout his career. Chris Jericho interrupted Michaels' address, came down to the ring and asked him to say that he was quitting WWE because of what Jericho did to him. In retaliation, Michaels insulted Jericho, calling him a 'vile and selfish human being', and said that he should go home and tell his family that 'he (Jericho) will never ever be Shawn Michaels'. As Michaels and Rebecca were about to leave the ring, Jericho stopped Michaels and attempted to punch him, but accidentally hit Rebecca in the face. Jericho left the ring, as Michaels and WWE medical trainers attended to Rebecca, who appeared to have a legitimate swollen lip.

The third match was between Mark Henry and Matt Hardy for the ECW Championship. Early on in the match, Hardy delivered a Twist of Fate to Henry and covered him for a pinfall attempt, but Henry's manager Tony Atlas pulled Hardy out of the ring and assaulted him. This forced the referee to call for a disqualification with Hardy as the winner of the match, but as titles don't change hands on disqualification or countout, Henry retained the ECW title. As Atlas was assaulting Matt outside, Jeff Hardy came down to his brother's aid and delivered a Swanton Bomb to Atlas from the ring apron. Later, The Hardys performed a double suplex on Henry outside the ring.

Main event matches[edit]

The fourth match on the card was the featured preliminary match from the Raw brand which saw CM Punk defend the World Heavyweight Championship against John 'Bradshaw' Layfield. Both men's heads collided mid-match, resulting in some bleeding from Punk. After dominating the majority of the match, JBL was defeated after a GTS (Go To Sleep) from Punk, resulting in the champion retaining the title.

The next match was the featured preliminary match from SmackDown, featuring Triple H defending the WWE Championship against The Great Khali. The champion was attacked early in the match by a double-handed chokeslam from Great Khali – a move normally used as a finisher. Khali controlled the match with his strength, until Triple H attacked his legs. The end came when Khali blocked two Pedigree attempts, only to fall to a third attempt to allow Triple H to retain the title.

The penultimate match was the Raw brand's main event between John Cena and Batista. The fans were split on the two fan favorites, and each man performed numerous signature moves on the other to try to score the pinfall. After paying tribute to his former mentor, Ric Flair, by using his chop block and figure four leglock submission hold, Batista attempted to end the match but was trapped in the STFU. Towards the end of the match, Cena successfully countered a powerslam attempt into a fireman's carry, and executed the FU to Batista for a near-fall. In turn, Batista countered a diving leg drop into the Batista Bomb for a near-fall. Batista pinned Cena following a second Batista Bomb for the victory.

The main event was Undertaker versus Edge in a Hell in a Cell match. Early in the match, Undertaker and Edge both used the steel steps as a weapon. Edge began introducing the trademark weapons of his speciality match, the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Edge put Undertaker through a table with a chair-assisted diving elbow drop. Undertaker then took control until Edge performed a Spear on Undertaker through a cell panel, causing both men to fall outside the structure near the announcers' tables. Edge and Undertaker fought outside the cell, where Edge performed another Spear through a broadcast table on Undertaker. Back in the cell, Edge performed a third Spear on Undertaker for a near-fall. Edge attempted to perform Old School on Undertaker, but Undertaker countered the move and performed a chokeslam from the top-rope through two tables positioned outside the ring on Edge. Undertaker performed a Spear, a con-chair-to, and a Tombstone Piledriver for the final pinfall. After the match, Undertaker was leaving the arena after winning, but saw Edge moving on the Titantron. So he went back in the ring to finish him off, and Edge was chokeslammed off of a ladder through the center of the ring, through the canvas, by The Undertaker. Then Undertaker went down and posed with flames engulfing the collapsed area of the canvas. Closing the show, commentator Jim Ross alluded that Edge had been sent to Hell.

Aftermath[edit]

With Edge written out of action, The Undertaker's rivalry with him was re-focused towards one with the remaining members of La Familia. At the August 15 episode of SmackDown, Vickie Guerrero tried to apologize to Undertaker for her actions. Despite this, The Undertaker decided to launch an attack at La Familia. The following week saw Undertaker vow revenge on the stable.

Both main event feuds for the Raw brand were set to continue at Unforgiven with each men involved in a new concept five-man match called the Championship Scramble match for the World Heavyweight Championship that would also involve Kane. It was later revealed, however, that the SummerSlam match between Cena and Batista left Cena with a legitimate herniated disc. Cena's injury saw him replaced in the match with Rey Mysterio. Cena would not return until three months later at Survivor Series where he defeated the reigning champion Chris Jericho to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

The SmackDown brand also featured its own Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven with Triple H defending his WWE Championship against The Brian Kendrick, Shelton Benjamin, Montel Vontavious Porter and Jeff Hardy. In spite of this, Triple H's rivalry with The Great Khali continued when Triple H aided Jeff Hardy during his Scramble qualification match against Khali with a chair shot.

A title rematch between Matt Hardy and Mark Henry was made at the next episode of ECW on Syfy, which Henry won from interference by Tony Atlas. Shortly afterward, ECW General Manager Theodore Long announced that ECW would have its own Championship Scramble at Unforgiven for the ECW Championship, which Hardy managed to qualify for along with The Miz, Chavo Guerrero, and Finlay.

Reception[edit]

Conseco Fieldhouse has a maximum capacity of 18,345, but that was reduced for SummerSlam. The event had an attendance of 15,977, of which approximately 13,000 had paid a gate of $500,000.^[1]

Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the entire event a 6.5 out of 10 stars,^[7] the same as the SummerSlam event in 2007.^[8] The Hell in a Cell main event match from the SmackDown brand rated an 8.5 out of 10 stars.^[7] The Raw brand's main event, John Cena versus Batista, was less well received and was rated a 6.5 out of 10 stars.^[7]The Sun gave the event a great review, praising the Hell in a Cell match, Punk's performance, the Jericho/HBK angle and JR's commentary. Overall, they rated the event 9 out of 10.^[9]

Results[edit]

Other on-screen personnel[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abMartin, Adam (August 20, 2008). 'Recent attendance figures for WWE & TNA from August 14 to 17'. WrestleView. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
2. ^'TLC RIP'. World Wrestling Entertainment. June 1, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
3. ^'Love bites'. World Wrestling Entertainment. July 18, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
4. ^'Maul in the Family'. World Wrestling Entertainment. July 20, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
5. ^ ^ab'SmackDown: A woman's scorn, a Deadman reborn'. World Wrestling Entertainment. July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
6. ^'Going for gold'. World Wrestling Entertainment. July 22, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
7. ^ ^abcdPlummer, Dale; Tylwalk, Nick (August 17, 2008). 'SummerSlam comes close to 'blockbuster' status'. Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
8. ^Plummer, Dale; Tylwalk, Nick (August 27, 2007). 'Returns highlight SummerSlam'. Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
9. ^'Take and co's Hell of a Show'. The Sun. London. August 19, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2010.

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