SummerSlam (2006)
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW SmackDown! ECW | ||
| Date | August 20, 2006 | ||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Venue | TD Banknorth Garden | ||
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SummerSlam 2006 was the nineteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It was held on August 20, 2006 from the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. WWE announced that 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 on the line at the same event. The tagline for the event was the "Biggest Party of the Summer."
The official theme songs were The Enemy by Godsmack and Cobrastyle by Teddybears STHLM. This was the second straight year that SummerSlam had two official theme songs.
Matches/Results
- Chavo Guerrero defeated Rey Mysterio
- Guerrero pinned Mysterio after a Frog Splash.
- The Big Show defeated Sabu in an Extreme Rules match to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
- Big Show pinned Sabu after a Chokeslam through a table.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Orton
- Hogan pinned Orton after a Leg drop.
- Ric Flair defeated Mick Foley in an "I Quit" match
- Foley quit after Flair threatened to hit Melina with a barbed wire bat.
- Batista defeated World Heavyweight Champion King Booker (w/Queen Sharmell)
- Booker was disqualified when Sharmell hit Batista with her shoe, Booker retained the World Title.
- D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon
- Triple H pinned Vince after a Pedigree.
- WWE Championship: Edge (w/Lita) (c) vs. John Cena
- The WWE Title can change hands on a disqualification.
Trivia
- With his victory over Randy Orton, Hulk Hogan now holds a 6-0 record at SummerSlam.
- With his loss, King Booker drops to 0-4 at SummerSlam.
- SummerSlam 2006 marked the first time the ECW World Heavyweight Championship was defended at a WWE PPV.