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SummerSlam Central

By Eric Cohen, About.com

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SummerSlam has been the annual end-of-summer event since 1988. It is also one of the big-4 PPV events that the WWE holds annually (WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble are the other 3). This section of the site will give you all the information you need to follow this year's event.

SummerSlam 2009

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  • SummerSlam 2009 Recap - A look at this year's event.

  • SummerSlam Party - Photo gallery of the arrivals at the WWE red carpet event.

    • SummerSlam History: The Matches

    Photo of Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam '95 is by Journalist 1st Class Kristin Fitzsimmons.
  • SummerSlam Match-by-Match History - The results of every SummerSlam contest.

  • Every SummerSlam Title Match and Title Change - The SummerSlam fate of every WWE title.

  • The Best Matches in SummerSlam History - What are the 10 best matches in SummerSlam history?

    • SummerSlam History: The Wrestlers

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  • SummerSlam Records - The win-loss records of every wrestler that has ever competed at SummerSlam.

  • Miscellaneous Wrestler Facts - A look back at wrestler winning and losing streaks, card placement, and more.

    • SummerSlam History: The Venues

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  • The Venues of Every SummerSlam Event - What part of the country has held the most events?

    • SummerSlam Trivia

    Photo of the Riddler's Outfit: Ralph Nelson/Warner Brother courtesy of Getty Images
  • SummerSlam Quiz - Do you know more about SummerSlam than Jeremy "Summerfest" Piven?

    • SummerSlam on DVD

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  • SummerSlam Antholgy DVD Set - What matches from SummerSlam have been released on compilations DVDs?

  • Review of SummerSlam Anthology Volume 1 (1988 - 1992) - The first two discs feature the Megapowers united and exploded in tag team main events.

  • Review of SummerSlam Anthology Volume 2 (1993 - 1997) - The New Generation morphs into the Attitude era during this set.

  • Review of SummerSlam Anthology Volume 3 (1998 - 2002) - From the Attitude era to getting the "F" out.

  • Review of SummerSlam Anthology Volume 4 (2003 - 2007) - Randy Orton is in three title match main events.

    • SummerSlam Event Recaps Since 2006

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  • SummerSlam 2008 - Hell in a Cell: The Undertaker vs. Edge

  • SummerSlam 2007 - John Cena vs. Randy Orton

  • SummerSlam 2006 - John Cena vs. Edge

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