Best Summerslam of the past 10 years?

[Legend 519]

What is the best Summerslam from 1996 - 2006? Is it 2003, is it 1998? You decide!

Summerslam 1996
Singles Match
-Owen Hart def. Savio Vega
Four-Way Elimination World Tag Team Championship Match
-The Smokin’ Gunns def. Skip & Zip, Leif Cassidy & Marty Jannetty and The Godwinns to retain
Singles Match
-Sid def. “British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith
Singles Match
-Goldust def. Marc Mero
Singles Match
-Jerry “The King” Lawler def. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Boiler Room Brawl
-Mankind def. Undertaker
WWE Championship Match
-Shawn Michaels def. Vader to retain

Summerslam 1997
Steel Cage Match
-Manking def. Triple H
Singles Match
-Goldust def. Brian Pillman
Tag Team Match
-The Road Warriors def. The Godwinns
European Championship Match
-“British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith def. Ken Shamrock by DQ
8-Man Tag Match
-Los Boricuas def. The Disciples of Apocalypse
Intercontinental Championship Match
-Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Owen Hart
WWE Championship Match with Shawn Michaels as special guest referee
-Bret “Hit Man” Hart def. Undertaker to retain

Summerslam 1998
European Championship Match
-D-Lo Brown def. Val Venis by DQ
Six-Man Tag Team Match
-The Oddities def. Kaientai & Taka Michinoku
Hair vs. Hair Match
-X-Pac def. Jeff Jarrett
Mixed Tag Team Match
-Sable & Edge def. Marc Mero & Jacqueline
Lion’s Den Match
-Ken Shamrock def. Owen Hart
World Tag Team Championship Handicap Match
-New Age Outlaws def. Mankind to become new World Tag Team Champions (Kane no-showed as Mankind’s partner)
Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match
-Triple H def. The Rock to become new champion
WWE Championship Match
-Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Undertaker to retain

Summerslam 1999
European/Intercontinental Championship Match
-Jeff Jarrett def. D-Lo Brown to win both championships
Tag Team Turmoil Match
-The Acolytes def. Edge & Christian, The Hardy Boyz, Mideon & Viscera, Droz & Albert and The Hollys
Hardcore Championship Match
-Al Snow def. Big Bossman to become new Hardcore Champion
Women’s Championship Match
-Ivory def. Tori to retain
Lion’s Den Match
-Ken Shamrock def. Steve Blackman
Love Her or Leave Her Match
-Test def. Shane McMahon
World Tag Team Championship Match
-Big Show & Undertaker def. X-Pac & Kane to become new champions
Kiss My Ass Match
-The Rock def. Mr. Ass
WWE Championship Triple Threat Match with Jesse "The Body" Ventura as special guest referee
-Mankind def. Triple H & Stone Cold Steve Austin to become new WWE Champion

Summerslam 2000
Tag Team Match
-Right to Censor def. Too Cool & Rikishi
Singles Match
-X-Pac def. Road Dogg
Intercontinental Championship Mixed Tag Match
-Eddie Guerrero & Chyna def. Trish Stratus & Val Venis. Chyna pinned Stratus to become new Intercontinental Champion
Singles Match
-Jerry “The King” Lawler def. Tazz
Hardcore Championship Match
-Steve Blackman def. Shane McMahon to become new Hardcore Champion
Two-out-of-Three Falls Match
-Chris Benoit def. Chris Jericho 2 to 1
World Tag Team Championship TLC Match
-Edge & Christian def. The Hardy Boyz and The Dudleys to retain
Stink Face Match
-The Kat def. Terri
Brother vs. Brother
-Undertaker vs. Kane ended in a no contest
WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
-The Rock def. Kurt Angle and Triple H to retain

Summerslam 2001
Intercontinental Championship Match
-Edge def. Lance Storm to become new champion
Six Man Tag
-The Dudleys & Test def. The APA & Spike Dudley
Cruiserweight Champion vs. Light Heavyweight Champion Match
-X-Pac def. Tajiri to unify the two championships
Singles Match
-Chris Jericho def. Rhyno
Hardcore Championship Ladder Match
-Rob Van Dam def. Jeff Hardy to become new Hardcore Champion
World Tag Team Champions vs. WCW Tag Team Champions Cage Match
-Undertaker & Kane def. Kanyon & Diamond Dallas Page to unify both championships
WWE Championship Match
-Kurt Angle def. Stone Cold Steve Austin via disqualification
WCW Championship Match
-The Rock def. Booker T to become new WCW Champion

Summerslam 2002
Singles Match
-Kurt Angle def. Rey Mysterio
Singles Match
-Ric Flair def. Chris Jericho
Singles Match
-Edge def. Eddie Guerrero
World Tag Team Championship Match
-Lance Storm & Christian def. Booker T & Goldust to retain
Intercontinental Championship Match
-Rob Van Dam def. Chris Benoit to become new champion
Singles Match
-Undertaker def. Test
Street Fight
-Shawn Michaels def. Triple H
WWE Championship Match
-Brock Lesnar def. The Rock to become new WWE Champion

Summerslam 2003
World Tag Team Championship Match
-La Resistance def. The Dudleys to retain
Singles Match
-Undertaker def. A-Train
Singles Match
-Shane McMahon def. Eric Bischoff
Four-Way United States Championship Match
-Eddie Guerrero def. Chris Benoit, Rhyno and Tajiri to retain
WWE Championship Match
-Kurt Angle def. Brock Lesnar
Singles Match
-Kane def. Rob Van Dam
World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match
-Triple H def. Kevin Nash, Bill Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels to retain

Summerslam 2004
Six-Man Tag
-The Dudleys def. Paul London, Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman
Till Death Do Us Part Match
-Kane def. Matt Hardy
Match 1 in Best-of-5 Series
-John Cena def. Booker T
Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match
-Edge def. Chris Jericho and Batista to retain
Grudge Match
-Kurt Angle def. Eddie Guerrero
Singles Match
-Triple H def. Eugene
Diva Dodge Ball
-Diva Search Contestants def. RAW Divas
WWE Championship Match
-JBL def. Undertaker by DQ to retain
World Heavyweight Championship Match
-Randy Orton def. Chris Benoit to become new champion

Summerslam 2005
United States Championship Match
-Chris Benoit def. Orlando Jordan to become new U.S. Champion
Grudge Match
-Edge def. Matt Hardy (Hardy could not continue)
Ladder Match for custody of Dominick
-Rey Mysterio def. Eddie Guerrero
Singles Match
-Kurt Angle def. Eugene
Legend vs. Legend Killer
-Randy Orton def. Undertaker
World Heavyweight Championship Match - No DQ
-Batista def. JBL to retain
WWE Championship Match
-John Cena def. Chris Jericho to retain
Legend vs. Icon
-Hulk Hogan def. Shawn Michaels

Summerslam 2006

Grudge Match
-Chavo Guerrerro def. Rey Mysterio
ECW World Heavyweight title
-Big Show def. Sabu
Legend vs Legend Killer
-Hulk Hogan def. Randy Orton
"I Quit" Match
-Ric Flair def. Mick Foley
World Heavyweight Championship
-Batista def. King Booker
Tag Team Grudge Match
-D-Generation X def. The McMahons
WWE Championship Match
-Edge /w Lita def John Cena

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Summerslam 2002
Singles Match
-Kurt Angle def. Rey Mysterio
Singles Match
-Ric Flair def. Chris Jericho
Singles Match
-Edge def. Eddie Guerrero
World Tag Team Championship Match
-Lance Storm & Christian def. Booker T & Goldust to retain
Intercontinental Championship Match
-Rob Van Dam def. Chris Benoit to become new champion
Singles Match
-Undertaker def. Test
Street Fight
-Shawn Michaels def. Triple H
WWE Championship Match
-Brock Lesnar def. The Rock to become new WWE Champion

Summer Slam 02 is WWE's best P.P.V. in the last 5 year's. There's the classic opener between Mysterio and Angle. A great match between Benoit and R.V.D. A classic brawl between HHH and H.B.K. and a memorable title win by Lesnar.

 

[souldaddy81]

Without a doubt, SummerSlam 2000. Great triple threat match for the WWE title. Crazy bump by Shane McMahon, and of course TLC! Also a great match between Benoit and Jericho!
Summerslam 2000
Tag Team Match
-Right to Censor def. Too Cool & Rikishi
Singles Match
-X-Pac def. Road Dogg
Intercontinental Championship Mixed Tag Match
-Eddie Guerrero & Chyna def. Trish Stratus & Val Venis. Chyna pinned Stratus to become new Intercontinental Champion
Singles Match
-Jerry “The King” Lawler def. Tazz
Hardcore Championship Match
-Steve Blackman def. Shane McMahon to become new Hardcore Champion
Two-out-of-Three Falls Match
-Chris Benoit def. Chris Jericho 2 to 1
World Tag Team Championship TLC Match
-Edge & Christian def. The Hardy Boyz and The Dudleys to retain
Stink Face Match
-The Kat def. Terri
Brother vs. Brother
-Undertaker vs. Kane ended in a no contest
WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
-The Rock def. Kurt Angle and Triple H to retain

honorable mention to SummerSlam 2002

 

[Legend 519]

Singles Match
-Kurt Angle def. Rey Mysterio
Singles Match
-Ric Flair def. Chris Jericho
Singles Match
-Edge def. Eddie Guerrero
World Tag Team Championship Match
-Lance Storm & Christian def. Booker T & Goldust to retain
Intercontinental Championship Match
-Rob Van Dam def. Chris Benoit to become new champion
Singles Match
-Undertaker def. Test
Street Fight
-Shawn Michaels def. Triple H
WWE Championship Match
-Brock Lesnar def. The Rock to become new WWE Champion

-Summerslam '02 Owned. Without a doubt.

 

[chesswiz77]

Has to be SummerSlam 2002, just b/c of the build-up to the main event. It is the best main event build-up wwe has done since Rock/Austin. Not to mention it's the match that solified Lesnar as a Main-Eventer, they cheered him over the Rock.

Plus, it gave us the start of the TripleH/HBK Feud with a Non-Sanctioned Street Fight match. That match was off the chart, it showed that Shawn Michaels was still the Icon, the showstopper and the main event. Great Match!!

Also the PPV started off with Angle vs. Rey Mysterio....are you kidding me! Going in I thought this would be later in the card. But it definitely was a great way to kick off their second biggest ppv of the year. Now that I think about it SummerSlam 2002 was much better than WrestleMania X8.

RVD vs. Beniot, foreshadowed that both would one day be great world champions.

UnderTaker got a good match out of Test...yes I said Test!

Flair and Y2J's match was old school at it's finest.

while the other two matches were solid as well.

SummerSlam 2002 was clearly the best of last decade. SummerSlam '98 is a close second.

 

[Adz]

I like Summer Slam 2002 then SS 2001

 

[YIPPIE KI YAY!]

2004, 2001, 2002 were all awesome

 

[Adrian Toole]

Has to be SummerSlam 2002, just b/c of the build-up to the main event. It is the best main event build-up wwe has done since Rock/Austin. Not to mention it's the match that solified Lesnar as a Main-Eventer, they cheered him over the Rock.

Plus, it gave us the start of the TripleH/HBK Feud with a Non-Sanctioned Street Fight match. That match was off the chart, it showed that Shawn Michaels was still the Icon, the showstopper and the main event. Great Match!!

Also the PPV started off with Angle vs. Rey Mysterio....are you kidding me! Going in I thought this would be later in the card. But it definitely was a great way to kick off their second biggest ppv of the year. Now that I think about it SummerSlam 2002 was much better than WrestleMania X8.

RVD vs. Beniot, foreshadowed that both would one day be great world champions.

UnderTaker got a good match out of Test...yes I said Test!

Flair and Y2J's match was old school at it's finest.

while the other two matches were solid as well.

SummerSlam 2002 was clearly the best of last decade. SummerSlam '98 is a close second.

Yeah, you pretty much said it all for me.

Triple H vs Shawn Michaels is one of my favourites. It truly was one of the most inspiring matches that I have ever seen. It porved that hbk was still the man and foru and a half years later, he is still doing it so well.

Rey vs Kurt was great. It was rey's wwe ppv debut and even from the earliest time he proved that he could mix it with the main eventers

The benoit vs rvd ic title match was also really memorable, it was such a great contest

 

[Bronxmet]

2002 is my favorite thanks to the Michaels-Hunter Brawl.

 

[Abyss]

To be honest, most of the WWF ones are the best, as thats when WWF was at its peak. I did like '02 as well for the same reasons, yet the elimination chambers in both were quite good.

 

[Wall_of_Jericho]

2002 probably wins it for me purely for the HBK return match, that was off the hook.

2003 is a close second though, only second because the Elimination Chamber match was pretty weak.

 

[X]

My favorite Summerslam for some reason has always been Summerslam 98. I just remember renting that from the video store all the time when I was like 15 and watching it over and over again. Classic WWF PPV, great opening matches, Shamrock and Owen in the Lions Den, a great Tag Team championship match, and one of my all time favorite main events, The Undertaker vs. Stone Cold in a hellacious match.

I guess its the nostalgia factor that really elevates it up there for me.

I'm also a huge fan of Summerslam 1999, and 2000. I just love any PPV from the year 1999, and the TLC match alone is worth buying SS 2000.

 

[Dominus]

I'm gonna have to go with 2006. The card was packed with excellent matches! Although 1997 was the best year for me as a WWE fan, only the main event from that year is what I really remember.