• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (August 21, 2005) – WWE SummerSlam 2005 “Legend vs Icon”
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on August 21, 2005, World Wrestling Entertainment aired ‘WWE SummerSlam 2005’ LIVE on PPV from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..
In one of the greatest Main Events in SummerSlam history, “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan wrestled “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels.
One of the taglines was “Hogan vs Michaels – For the First Time Ever”.
The PPV theme song of this dual brand pay-per-view was “Remedy” by the band ‘Seether’.
Here are the PPV results:
WWE United States Championship: Chris Benoit defeated Orlando Jordan (c)
Edge defeated Matt Hardy
Custody Ladder match: Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero
Kurt Angle defeated Eugene
Randy Orton defeated The Undertaker
WWE Championship: John Cena (c) defeated Chris Jericho
No Holds Barred – World Heavyweight Championship: Batista (c) defeated John “Bradshaw” Layfield
Hulk Hogan defeated Shawn Michaels
• “Loser Leaves WWE” Match Added To SummerSlam 2020
Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville was originally announced as a “Hair vs. Hair” match.
However, on this week’s SmackDown, Deville announced that it’ll now be a No DQ, Loser Leaves WWE match.
Below is the updated match-card for this Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam 2020 pay-per-view:
– WWE Championship Match: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton
– Universal Championship Match: Braun Strowman (c) vs. The Fiend
– Street Fight: Seth Rollins (with Murphy) vs. Dominik Mysterio (with Rey Mysterio)
– RAW Women’s Championship Match: Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka
– SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Bayley (c) vs. Asuka
– No DQ, Loser Leaves WWE Match: Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville
– United States Championship Match: Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin banned from ringside)
– RAW Tag Team Championship Match: The Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza
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