SummerSlam (1996)
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | August 18, 1996 | ||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | ||
| Venue | Gund Arena | ||
| Attendance | 17,000 | ||
| Buy rate | 0.58 | ||
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SummerSlam 1996 was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 18, 1996 from the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
Results
- Free for All match: Steve Austin defeated Yokozuna(1:52)
- Austin pinned Yokozuna with a roll-up when the ring rope broke while Yokozuna was going for a Banzai drop.
- Owen Hart defeated Savio Vega(13:23)
- Hart won by TKO after knocking Vega out with his cast.
- Hart was warned by the referee that he would be disqualified if he used his cast as a weapon, Owen used the cast anyways during the end of the match but wasn't caught.
- After the match Justin Hawk Bradshaw came out and attacked Vega.
- The Smokin' Gunns (Billy and Bart) (w/Sunny) defeated The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip), The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Leif Cassidy) and The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) (w/Hillbilly Jim) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship(12:18)
- Billy pinned Zip(4:00)
- Henry pinned Jannetty after a Slop Drop(7:18)
- Billy pinned Phineas(12:18)
- Sycho Sid defeated The British Bulldog(6:24)
- Sid pinned Bulldog after a Powerbomb when Bulldog became distracted by Clarence Mason and Jim Cornette arguing on the outside of the ring.
- Goldust (w/Marlena) defeated Marc Mero (w/Sable)(11:01)
- Goldust pinned Mero after the Curtain Call.
- Jerry Lawler defeated Jake Roberts(4:07)
- Lawler pinned Roberts with a roll-up after hitting him in the head with a bottle of alcohol.
- Before this match started, Mark Henry came down to the ring and joined commentary.
- Lawler was making several jokes at Roberts expense and taunted Roberts by bringing several bottles of alcohol with him to the ring(Roberts was a recovering alcoholic). After Lawler won, he proceeded to pour the alcohol down Roberts throat. Henry came down to the ring to save Roberts.
- Mankind defeated The Undertaker in a Boiler Room Brawl(26:40)
- Mankind won after Paul Bearer hit Undertaker in the head with the urn, and gave it to Mankind.
- Shawn Michaels (w/Jose Lothario) defeated Vader (w/Jim Cornette) to retain the WWF Championship(18:59)
- Michaels pinned Vader after a Moonsault.
- Vader had originally won the match both by disqualification and count-out, but Cornette demanded the match restart both times. WWF President Gorilla Monsoon allowed this when Michaels agreed.
Other on-screen talent
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Miscellaneous
- Pettengill hosted the "Beach Bash" party during the Free For All, where a pool was set up for everyone.
- Pettengill also interviewed the debuting Faarooq Asad that night.
References
- obsessedwithwrestling.com - SummerSlam '96 results
- twnpnews.com - SummerSlam
- hoffco-inc.com - SummerSlam '96 review