18 Smashing Facts About WWE SummerSlam and Its Wrestlers
Summer is coming to an end. Soon folks will be returning from the beaches. Kids will be going back to school. The heat will remain, however. Climate change is still a thing, so we’re still going to be pretty hot until, like, November. But there is one thing that marks the end of the summer: SummerSlam!
There’s no other tradition that marks the change of seasons than seeing grown men in tights do Street Fighter II-ish mock fighting for our entertainment. It’s a good day to get some friends together, order pizza, drink cold ones, enjoy the air conditioning, and become the Greek chorus to the violent theater that is pro wrestling.
With the 35th SummerSlam coming up, we here at Cracked want to share with you some facts about The Biggest Party in the Summer before enjoying the festivities. Here are some slammin’ facts about SummerSlam to share with your wrasslin’ buds.
The Undertaker
Source: TheSportster
SummerSlam
Source: WWE/YouTube
Jon Stewart vs. John Cena
Source: Bleacher Report
Shortest Match
Source: Sportskeeda
Charlie Sheen vs. Daniel Bryan
Source: IGN
Randy Orton
Source: Bleacher Report
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Undertaker
Sources: WhatCulture, WWE/YouTube
Lex Luger
Source: TheSporster
Longest SummerSlam
Source: TheSportster
SummerSlam
Source: TheSportster
Chris Jericho vs. Seth Rollins
Source: ComicBook.com
Rey Mysterio's Kid
Source: WWE/YouTube
John Cena's Record
Source: TJR Wrestling
The British Bulldog
Sources: RickRomo/YouTube, WWE ON FOX/YouTube
Brock Lesnar
Source: Sportskeeda
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Stephen Amell
Source: Inverse