SummerSlam (1995)

SummerSlam 1995

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	August 27, 1995
Venue	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance	18,062
Pay-per-view chronology
In Your House 2: "The Lumberjacks"	SummerSlam 1995	In Your House 3: "Triple Header"

SummerSlam 1995 was the eighth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 27, 1995 at Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Results

Hakushi defeated The 1-2-3 Kid (9:28)
- Hakushi pinned 1-2-3 Kid.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Bob Holly (7:11)
- Helmsley pinned Holly after a Pedigree.
The Smokin' Gunns (Billy and Bart) defeated The Blu Brothers (Jacob and Eli) (6:10)
- Bart pinned Eli.
Barry Horowitz defeated Skip (w/Sunny) (11:21)
- Horowitz pinned Skip with a roll-up after distraction from Hakushi.
- Barry Horowitz used Hava Nagila as his entrance music.
- Sunny tried to throw in the towel for Skip, but referee Earl Hebner let the match continue.
Bertha Faye (w/Harvey Wippleman) defeated Alundra Blayze to win the WWF Women's Championship (4:37)
- Faye pinned Blayze after a Sit Out Powerbomb.

Shawn Michaels diving off the ladder onto Razor Ramon.

The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Kama (w/Ted DiBiase) in a Casket match (16:26)
- Undertaker defeated Kama by putting him in the casket and closing the lid.
Bret Hart defeated Isaac Yankem (16:08)
- Hart defeated Yankem by Disqualification after Jerry Lawler and Yankem choked Bret in the ring ropes.
Shawn Michaels defeated Razor Ramon in a Ladder match to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (24:58)
- Michaels defeated Ramon by grabbing the title.
- The Intercontinental title match was originally scheduled to be Shawn Michaels vs. Sid, but 2 weeks before the event, the match was changed (due to "popular demand" according to on-screen president Gorilla Monsoon).
Diesel defeated King Mabel (w/Sir Mo) to retain the WWF Championship (9:15)
- Diesel pinned Mabel after a Flying Clothesline.
- Lex Luger made a brief appearance towards the end of the match, preventing Sir Mo from further interference in the bout.

Promotional poster of SummerSlam 1995, featuring Diesel.

This was Lex Luger's final appearance on WWF TV as he jumped ship to World Championship Wrestling the week after SummerSlam.
Shawn Michaels botched the ending to the ladder match twice, as his first two attempts to remove the belt from the loop suspended high above the ring were unsuccessful. The first attempt had Michaels jumping off the ladder trying to grab the belt only to miss it on his way down. On the second attempt Michaels had the belt in his hands and dropped to the ring in an attempt to pull it free. However the belt stayed attached to the loop causing him to crash to the mat once again without the belt. On the third try he unlatched the belt and fell to the mat winning the match.
The Fabulous Moolah was present at the event, although she did not appear on the show. Moolah, accompanied with a small entourage, walked through the crowd at Gate A of the Pittsburgh Civic Arena before the doors were opened on the afternoon of the event.