SummerSlam (2005)

SummerSlam 2005

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand	RAW SmackDown!
Date	August 21, 2005
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Attendance	18,640
Pay-per-view chronology
The Great American Bash 2005	SummerSlam 2005	Unforgiven 2005

Hulk Hogan making his entrance

SummerSlam 2005 was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on August 21, 2005 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..

The official theme songs used for SummerSlam 2005 were "Remedy", by Seether, and "Get it Poppin" by Fat Joe (featuring Nelly).

[edit] Results

Sunday Night HEAT match: Chris Masters defeated The Hurricane (w/Rosey and Super Stacy) (1:59)
- Masters forced Hurricane to submit with the Master Lock.
Chris Benoit defeated Orlando Jordan to win the WWE United States Championship (0:25)
- Benoit forced Jordan to submit with the Crippler Crossface.
Edge (w/Lita) defeated Matt Hardy (4:48)
- The referee stopped the match after Hardy hit the ring post and began to bleed profusely.
Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero in a Ladder match for the custody of Dominick (20:18)
- Mysterio won after Vickie Guerrero knocked the ladder over when Eddie tried climbing up.
Kurt Angle defeated Eugene (w/Christy Hemme) in a No Time Limit match (4:34)
- Angle forced Eugene to submit with a Ankle Lock.
- After the match, Angle took back the gold medal that Eugene had won from him.
Randy Orton defeated The Undertaker (17:17)
- Orton pinned Undertaker after a RKO following the distraction of a "fan" ("Cowboy" Bob Orton).
John Cena defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Championship (14:49)
- Cena pinned Jericho after a F-U.
Batista defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield in a No Holds Barred match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (9:06)
- Batista pinned JBL after a Batista Bomb on the steel steps.
Hulk Hogan defeated Shawn Michaels (21:26)
- Hogan pinned Michaels after a Big Boot and Leg Drop.

Official SummerSlam 2005 promotional poster featuring Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels

The second promotional poster for SummerSlam 2005 featuring Several WWE Divas

This is the first SummerSlam to have two official theme songs.
The Jordan/Benoit match was the quickest United States title change, lasting only 25 ½ seconds.
This is Angle's fourth consecutive SummerSlam victory via submission using the ankle lock.
This was the first SummerSlam to not feature a tag team match.
this was the last eddie guerrero summerslam