On this day in Pro Wrestling history on August 15, 2004, World Wrestling Entertainment aired ‘WWE SummerSlam 2004’ LIVE on PPV from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On this night, Randy Orton won his first ever World Title. The Legend Killer ended up setting a record by becoming the youngest World Champion in WWE history – at the age of 24 – a record that is still intact!
The PPV theme song of this dual brand pay-per-view was “Summertime Blues” by the band ‘Rush’.
This pay-per-view also featured John Cena and Randy Orton meeting each other for the first time ever on-screen. In a backstage interview segment, Cena mocked Orton for not having the fans behind him.
Here are the PPV results:
– The Dudley Boyz defeated Billy Kidman, Paul London & Rey Mysterio
– “Till Death Do Us Part”: Kane defeated Matt Hardy
– United States Championship: John Cena defeated Booker T (c)
– Intercontinental Championship: Edge (c) defeated Batista and Chris Jericho
– Kurt Angle defeated Eddie Guerrero
– Triple H defeated Eugene
– WWE Championship: John “Bradshaw” Layfield (c) defeated The Undertaker by DQ
– World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit (c)
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