Ricky Steamboat had been in the midst of a comeback run in the WWF following a very successful run in WCW. This would be the first PPV to feature Bret Hart's parents ( Stu and Helen Hart) at ringside in the audience to cheer on Bret. Despite his injury, he was considered to have wrestled the best match on the card. Which resulted in him dropping the IC title and taking a year off of wrestling. Hogan responding by shutting the door.Ĭurt Hennig reportedly had bulging discs and a broken tailbone going into his match with Bret Hart. He did not appear at this show, but a segment was featured where Heenan showed the belt to Hogan and made a challenge. Ric Flair had recently signed to the WWF from WCW. Reportedly Slaughter and Hogan wanted to deal with Warrior "the old fashioned way", but Vince McMahon paid the money then immediately fired Warrior after the show. The Ultimate Warrior had threatens to no-show because he was owed money from the previous WrestleMania event.
#Wwe summerslam 2006 highlights series#
Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
#Wwe summerslam 2006 highlights professional#
SummerSlam featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWF's primary television programs. Gorilla Monsoon, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Bobby Heenan were the announcers for the event, at a time from 3-man announcer teams were somewhat rare. The team became the only tag team in wrestling history to have held the WWF Tag Team Championship, the NWA World Tag Team Championship, and the AWA World Tag Team Championship. It was the final match featuring Slaughter's run as an Iraqi sympathizer, a storyline fueled by the then-finished Gulf War.Īmong the other on-screen highlights of the event saw The Legion of Doom defeat The Nasty Boys to win the WWF Tag Team Championship. Slaughter, General Adnan and Colonel Mustafa. This was contrasted with "A Match Made in Hell", with the main event being a handicap tag-team match between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior versus Sgt. It was a kayfabe wedding as Savage and Elizabeth had been married in real life since December 1984. The PPV ended with an on-screen wedding of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth, dubbed "A Match Made in Heaven" by announcer Vince McMahon. The tagline for the event ("A Match Made in Heaven, A Match Made in Hell") refers to the unique card. It took place on Augat Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Battle Royal SummerSlam 1991 was the fourth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).