SummerSlam (2006)

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SummerSlam 2006

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand	RAW SmackDown! ECW
Date	August 20, 2006
Venue	TD Banknorth Garden
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance	16,168
Pay-per-view chronology
The Great American Bash 2006	SummerSlam 2006	Unforgiven 2006

SummerSlam 2006 was the nineteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It was held on August 20, 2006 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Tickets sold out within three days after going on sale. This was the first inter-brand pay-per-view event to feature RAW, SmackDown! and ECW brands. This was also the first time three separate World Heavyweight Championships have been defended at the same event. The tagline for the event was "Biggest Party of the Summer."

The official theme songs were The Enemy by Godsmack and Cobrastyle by Teddybears. This was the second straight year that SummerSlam had two official theme songs.

1 Results
2 Other on-screen talent
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Results

Dark match: Carlito defeated Rob Conway (4:20)
- Carlito pinned Conway after a Backcracker.
  
  Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Orton
Chavo Guerrero defeated Rey Mysterio (10:59)
- Guerrero pinned Mysterio after a Frog Splash, after Vickie Guerrero shoved Mysterio off the top rope.
The Big Show defeated Sabu in an Extreme Rules match to retain the ECW World Championship (8:30)
- Big Show pinned Sabu after a Chokeslam through a table.
Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Orton (10:56)
- Hogan pinned Orton after a Leg drop.
Ric Flair defeated Mick Foley in an "I Quit" match (12:47)
- Foley quit after Flair threatened to hit Melina with a barbed wire bat.
Batista defeated World Heavyweight Champion King Booker (w/Queen Sharmell) by disqualification (10:30)
- Booker was disqualified when Sharmell hit Batista with her shoe, resulting in Booker retaining the title.
D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon (13:02)
- Triple H pinned Vince after a Pedigree.
  
  DX defeats the McMahons
- The Spirit Squad, Umaga, Big Show, William Regal, Finlay and Mr. Kennedy interfered on behalf of the McMahons while Kane ran in to assist DX.
Edge (w/Lita) defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship (15:41)
- Edge pinned Cena after hitting him in the back of the head with brass knuckles behind the referee's back.
- The WWE Title could have changed hands by disqualification.

[edit] Other on-screen talent

RAW Commentators

SmackDown! Commentators

ECW Commentators

Spanish Commentators

Ring Announcers

Lilian Garcia - RAW Ring Announcer
Tony Chimel - SmackDown! Ring Announcer
Justin Roberts - ECW Ring Announcer

RAW referees

SmackDown! referees

ECW Referee

Mickie Henson

Other

Official promotional poster for SummerSlam 2006

[edit] Notes

John Cena facing interference from Lita

With his victory over Randy Orton, Hulk Hogan achieved a 6-0 record at SummerSlam. Inversely, with his loss, King Booker held a 0-4 record at SummerSlam.
SummerSlam 2006 marked the first time the ECW World Championship was defended at a WWE PPV.
This was the second consecutive SummerSlam that Vickie Guerrero was involved in a match that featured Rey Mysterio and a Guerrero going against each other.
This was the first SummerSlam since 1991 in which The Undertaker did not have a match. (Initially, he was scheduled to face The Great Khali in a Last Man Standing Match.)
This was the first SummerSlam at which Kurt Angle didn't wrestle since his WWE debut.
This was the first SummerSlam at which The Big Show has appeared since SummerSlam 1999.