• John Cena Suffered His Most Crushing Defeat On This Day
On August 17th 2014, World Wrestling Entertainment aired ‘WWF SummerSlam 2014’ LIVE on PPV from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
This was the 27th annual SummerSlam pay-per-view in WWF/E history and featured Brock Lesnar challenging fellow WWE Ruthless Aggression Era Legend John Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event.
Lesnar, who broke The Undertaker’s undefeated WrestleMania Streak a few months prior to this match, absolutely destroyed Cena and won his 1st WWE Title since 2003.
Here are the PPV results:
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz (c)
WWE Divas Championship: Paige defeated AJ Lee (c)
Flag Match: Rusev defeated Jack Swagger
Lumberjack Match: Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose
Bray Wyatt defeated Chris Jericho
Stephanie McMahon defeated Brie Bella
Roman Reigns defeated Randy Orton
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena (c)
• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (August 17, 2008) – WWE SummerSlam 2008
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on August 17, 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment aired ‘WWF SummerSlam 2008’ LIVE on PPV from the Conseco Fieldhouse Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
This was the 21st annual SummerSlam pay-per-view in WWF/E history and featured matches from all three WWE brands – RAW, SmackDown! & ECW.
Here are the PPV results:
– MVP defeated Jeff Hardy
– Intercontinental & WWE Women’s Championship: Glamarella defeated Kofi Kingston (c) & Mickie James (c)
– ECW Championship: Matt Hardy defeated Mark Henry (c) by DQ
– World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk (c) defeated John “Bradshaw” Layfield
– WWE Championship: Triple H (c) defeated The Great Khali
– Batista defeated John Cena
– Hell in a Cell: The Undertaker defeated Edge
