6.8 /10 1 Votes
Tagline(s) Opposites Attack! Attendance 17,000 SummerSlam (1996) SummerSlam (1997) Sponsor Stridex Cast Tom Prichard | 6.8/10 IMDb Date August 18, 1996 Venue Gund Arena City Cleveland Promotion WWE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SummerSlam (1996) In Your House 10 Mind Games Similar WWE Free for All, WCW Saturday Night, WWF Wrestling Challenge, WWF Superstars of Wrestli, WCW WorldWide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SummerSlam (1996) was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was presented by Stridex. It took place on August 18, 1996, at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Production
Faarooq Asad had been scheduled to face Ahmed Johnson in a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the event, but the match did not take place as Johnson was legitimately injured.
Event
During the Free for All match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Yokozuna, the top rope broke when Yokozuna attempted a Banzai Drop.
Todd Pettengill hosted the "Bikini Beach Blast-Off" party during the Free for All, where a pool was set up for everyone. Guests included Sunny, Sable, Marc Mero, The Smoking Gunns, Marlena, Goldust, T.L. Hopper, Who, Jerry Lawler, The Bushwhackers, Aldo Montoya, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Shawn Michaels.
Paul Bearer turned on his long-time protege, The Undertaker, to align himself with Undertaker's arch-enemy, Mankind.
Vader had originally won the WWF Championship match twice, first by countout (after he press-slammed Michaels onto the guard rail) and then by disqualification (when Michaels struck Vader repeatedly with Cornette's tennis racket), but because WWF championships can only change hands by pinfall or submission, Cornette demanded that the match restart both times. WWF President Gorilla Monsoon allowed this when Michaels agreed.