SummerSlam (1998)

SummerSlam (1998)
SummerSlam (1998)
Tagline(s)	Highway to Hell
Theme; song(s)	"Highway to Hell" by AC/DC
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Sponsor	Stridex
Date	August 30, 1998
Venue	Madison Square Garden
City	New York, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
SummerSlam chronology

SummerSlam (1998) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was held on August 30, 1998 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.^[1] It was the eleventh SummerSlam event held by the WWF.

The main event saw Steve Austin defeat The Undertaker and retain his WWF Championship. Austin won the match by pinfall after he hit Undertaker with the Stunner. On the undercard, the main match was a ladder match between Triple H and The Rock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Triple H won the match by climbing a ladder and grabbing the title that was hanging above the ring.

Matches[change | change source]

#	Matches^[2]	Stipulations	Times
1^H	Too Much (Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher) defeated L.O.D. 2000 (Hawk and Animal)	Tag team match	N/A
2^H	Gangrel defeated Dustin Runnels	Singles match	N/A
3^H	The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull) (with Paul Ellering) defeated Bradshaw and Vader	Singles match	N/A
4	D'Lo Brown (c) defeated Val Venis by disqualification	Singles match for the WWF European Championship	15:31
5	The Oddities (Kurrgan, Golga, and Giant Silva) (with Luna Vachon, Violent J, and Shaggy 2 Dope) defeated Kaientai (Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, and Sho Funaki) (with Yamaguchi-san)	Handicap match	10:08
6	X-Pac defeated Jeff Jarrett	Hair vs. hair match	11:09
7	Edge and Sable defeated Marc Mero and Jacqueline	Mixed tag team match	8:24
8	Ken Shamrock defeated Owen Hart (with Dan Severn)	Lion's Den match	9:16
9	The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) defeated Mankind (c)	No Disqualification Handicap match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	7:30
10	Triple H (with Chyna) defeated The Rock (c) (with Mark Henry)	Ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	24:32
11	Steve Austin (c) defeated The Undertaker	Singles match for the WWF Championship	20:50
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match H – indicates that the match was shown before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

References[change | change source]

↑ "Event Venue". WWE. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
↑ "Full Event Results". WWE. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

Other websites[change | change source]

Official SummerSlam 1998 website

[1] "Event Venue". WWE. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

[2] "Full Event Results". WWE. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

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