10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 2002 Facts

SummerSlam

August 25th 2002

Nassau Coliseum

Uniondale, NY

Results

No.	Results[14][15]	Stipulations	Times[1]
1H	Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards	Singles match	02:35
2	Kurt Angle defeated Rey Mysterio by submission	Singles match	09:20
3	Ric Flair defeated Chris Jericho by submission	Singles match	10:22
4	Edge defeated Eddie Guerrero	Singles match	11:50
5	The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) (c) defeated Booker T and Goldust	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	09:37
6	Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Benoit (c)	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	16:30
7	The Undertaker defeated Test	Singles match	08:18
8	Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H	Unsanctioned Street Fight	27:50
9	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock (c)	Singles match for the WWE Undisputed Championship	16:01

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SummerSlam 

August 25th 2002

Results

No.	Results[14][15]	Stipulations	Times[1]
1H	Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards	Singles match	02:35
2	Kurt Angle defeated Rey Mysterio by submission	Singles match	09:20
3	Ric Flair defeated Chris Jericho by submission	Singles match	10:22
4	Edge defeated Eddie Guerrero	Singles match	11:50
5	The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) (c) defeated Booker T and Goldust	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	09:37
6	Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Benoit (c)	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	16:30
7	The Undertaker defeated Test	Singles match	08:18
8	Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H	Unsanctioned Street Fight	27:50
9	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock (c)	Singles match for the WWE Undisputed Championship	16:01

10 Fascinating WWE Facts About King Of The Ring 2002

King of the Ring

June 23rd 2002

Columbus, OH

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Cover of the Week

PWI 500

December 2002

Today in Wrestling History (July 22nd)

July 22nd 2002

MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Title vs Title Match

Jeff Hardy

WWE European Champion

vs

Rob VanDam

WWE Intercontinental Champion

RVD defeats Jeff Hardy to unify the European title and IC title.  The European title is then retired by the WWE.

WWE Monday Night RAW - TLC 4 2002

October 7th 2002

RAW Roulette Night and Kane is forced to defend the World Tag Team Championships alone against RVD/Jeff Hardy, Bubba Ray/Spike Dudley and Y2J/Christian.

The 1st ever TLC Match on RAW

Today in Pro Wrestling History (August 25th)

August 25th 2002

SummerSlam

Brock Lesnar vs The Rock

The UnAmericans

The UnAmericans

Christian and Lance Storm

WWE Tag Team Champions

July 21st 2002 - September 23rd 2002

International Match of the Night (Goldberg)

International Match of the Night

August 31st 2002

AJPW

Bill Goldberg

vs

Taiyo Kea

Today in Wrestling History (July 8th)

Title Changes for July 8

1968 – Fritz Von Erich defeated Chris Markoff to win the NWA Brass Knuckles (Texas) Heavyweight Championship

1968 – Klondike Bill & Skull Murphy defeated Kintaro Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura to win the JWA All-Asia Tag Team Championship

1972 – Handsome Johnny Valentine defeated Billy Red Lyons to win the NWA American Heavyweight Championship

1988 – Kevin & Kerry Von Erich and Michael P.S. Hayes defeated Buddy "Jack" Roberts, Iceman King Parsons & Kamala (subbing for Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy) to win the WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. This would be the final reign for the title before being abandoned later in the year

1991 – Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi defeated Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat to win the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

1991 – The Barroom Brawlers defeated Jeff Jarrett & Robert Fuller to win the USWA World Tag Team Championship

1996 – Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship at the Great American Bash, Baltimore MD.

2002 – Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia, Jeff Hardy defeated William Regal to win the WWE European Championship

2007 – Dos Caras, Jr. defeated Universo 2000 to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

2008 – Tiger Mask IV defeated Prince Devitt in a tournament final to win the vacant NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Match of the Day (Edge vs Eddie Guerrero)

Smackdown

September 26th 2002

NO DQ MATCH

Edge

vs

Eddie Guerrero 

WWE Tag Team Champions

July 2nd 2002

Hulk Hogan and Edge win the WWE tag team championship by defeating Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo during a Smackdown taping in Boston.

Lou Thesz

Today April 28, 2002. One of the greatest American wrestlers of all time, NWA legend Lou Thesz (b. Lajos Tiza, later changed to Aloysius Martin Thesz, 4.24.16 in Banat, MI) passes away from complications of a triple bypass surgery at age 86.

NWA World Heavyweight Champion
World Heavyweight Champion (Los Angeles Version)
World Heavyweight Champion (Montreal Version)
Texas Heavyweight Champion
AWA (Boston) World Heavyweight Champion
AWA (Ohio) World Heavyweight Champion
NWA International (Japan) Heavyweight Champion
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion
NWA Southern (Mid-America) & Pacific Coast (Vancouver) Tag Team Champion
IWE (Japan) TWWA World Heavyweight Champion
UWA (Mexico) World Heavyweight Champion
WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Champion

Summer Slam in 60 Seconds - 2002

No.	Results[5][6]	Stipulations	Times[1]
Sunday Night Heat	Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards	Singles match	02:35
1	Kurt Angle defeated Rey Mysterio by submission	Singles match	09:20
2	Ric Flair defeated Chris Jericho by submission	Singles match	10:22
3	Edge defeated Eddie Guerrero	Singles match	11:47
4	The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) (c) defeated Booker T and Goldust	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	09:37
5	Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Benoit (c)	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	16:30
6	The Undertaker defeated Test	Singles match	08:18
7	Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H	Unsanctioned Street Fight	27:20
8	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock (c)	Singles match for the WWE Undisputed Championship	16:01
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Today in Wrestling History

Today October 14th in 2002

Monday Night RAW

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

WWE Tag Team Titles

The Hurricane and Kane

(Champions)

vs

Chris Jericho and Christian

Armageddon 2002

Today in 2002 the WWE held its Armageddon PPV from Ft Lauderdale Florida.

The main event was Shawn Michaels defending the World Heavyweight Title against HHH in a 2 out of 3 falls match.
Subtitled "3 Stages of Hell" this one started off fall one as a "Street Fight", fall #2 "Steel Cage" and fall #3 was a ladder match.
Because these are as close as brothers, Michaels and HHH wanted to blow the roof off and make each other look great and so they turned in one of the best matches of the decade.

due to the WWE blocking all videos of the finish of this match, this was all I could find and I apologize for that.

Survivor Series 2002

Survivor Series of 2002
November 17th 2002 at Madison Square Garden


Brock Lesnar defends the World Heavyweight Title against The Big Show



For the WWE Tag Team Titles, Triple Threat Elimination Match
The Guerreros vs Edge/Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit







A Six Man Elimination Chamber Match
Triple H, RVD, Kane, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho and Booker T

Match of the Day

Our Match of the Day today is from Summer Slam 2002.  Held at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island NY on August 25th 2002.


The main event for the WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Championship


The Champion The Rock vs Brock Lesnar

Backlash 2002

Today in 2002 the WWF held its annual Backlash PPV from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO.   This was the first time the WWF had been back to KC since the tragic death of Owen Hart.

Here is rundown of the matches

TAJIRI beat BILLY KIDMAN to regain the Cruiserweight Title

SCOTT HALL beat BRADSHAW in 5:43.

JAZZ beat TRISH STRATUS in 4:28 to retain the Women's Title.

BROCK LESNAR defeated JEFF HARDY in 5:31 by TKO

KURT ANGLE beat EDGE in 13:23. 

EDDIE GUERRERO beat ROB VAN DAM to capture the IC Title in 11:42.

UNDERTAKER defeated STEVE AUSTIN to become the #1 contender to the Undisputed WWF World Heavyweight Title in 26:57.

BILLY & CHUCK defeated AL SNOW and MAVEN to retain the WWF World Tag Titles in 5:57.

HULK HOGAN defeated TRIPLE H in 22:01 to capture the Undisputed WWF World Heavyweight Title.

 

     

Wahoo McDaniel

Today we mark the 8th anniversary of the passing of Chief Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel. He died this day in 2002 from complications of diabetes, he was 64.
A long career in the ring was proceeded by a career in the AFL and NFL as a defensive back most notably with the New York Jets where he wore "Wahoo" on his jersey and heard the crowd yell his name when he made a play.

Here is the biography from the Jets website and check out this site on Wahoo