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The 2002 SummerSlam was the 15th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place on August 25, 2002, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
The 2002 Royal Rumble was the 15th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 20, 2002, at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the final Royal Rumble event produced under the WWF name, as in May, the WWF was renamed to World ...
In July 2021, WWE resumed live touring with fans, and in an effort to sell out that year's SummerSlam, which was held at the Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, [24] WWE promoted SummerSlam as the "biggest event of 2021". [25] The 2021 event in turn became the highest-grossing SummerSlam event of all time. [26]
August 25, 2002: SummerSlam: Uniondale, NY: 1 84: 83 The following night, Lesnar signed an deal, making the championship exclusive to SmackDown. The World Heavyweight Championship was then created for the Raw brand and, on September 2, 2002, the WWE Undisputed Championship was renamed WWE Championship. [99] WWE: SmackDown: 69 Big Show: November ...
Youngest, four-time and final champion Randy Orton. The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE.It was established by WWE in 2002 after WWE bought out World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown!, in a brand extension.
WWE's inaugural world champion, Buddy Rogers, who became the WWWF World Heavyweight Champion in 1963, a title that is now known as the WWE Championship.. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF ...
WWE recognizes their reign as ending on November 7, 2002, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [4] 2 Edge and Rey Mysterio: November 5, 2002: SmackDown! Manchester, NH: 1 12: 9 This was a two out of three falls match. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on November 7, 2002, when the episode aired on tape delay. [5] 3 Los Guerreros
The 2002 tournament has thus far been the only tournament to award the winner a prize other than the title of "King of the Ring;" the winner also earned a match for the WWE Undisputed Championship at that year's SummerSlam. [5] The 2002 event was the first King of the Ring tournament and PPV held under the WWE name after the promotion was ...