Cena vs Edge, DX vs the McMahons, and Hogan still main eventing in 2006—what year is it?!
SummerSlam (2006) was the nineteenth annual SummerSlam PPV. It took place on August 20, 2006 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, and featured performers from the Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brands. This marked the first inter-brand pay-per-view to feature the ECW brand. The main match on the Raw brand was Edge versus John Cena for the WWE Championship. The featured match on the SmackDown! brand was King Booker versus Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. The primary match on the ECW brand was The Big Show versus Sabu in an Extreme rules match for the ECW World Championship. The featured matches on the undercard included D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) versus Vince and Shane McMahon) and Hulk Hogan versus Randy Orton.
Stunts
DX's hijinks and Hogan's miraculous ability to still move
Practical Effects
Sabu taking actual insane bumps in the ECW match
Production
Boston crowd absolutely losing their minds for Cena in his hometown
John Cena
John Cena
Adam Copeland
Edge
Paul Levesque
Triple H
Michael Hickenbottom
Shawn Michaels
Vince McMahon
Mr. McMahon
Shane McMahon
Shane McMahon
Booker Huffman, Jr.
Booker T
Dave Bautista
Batista
Mick Foley
Mick Foley
Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Paul Wight
Big Show
Terry Brunk
Sabu
Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
Rey Mysterio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first SummerSlam to feature the revived ECW brand, which WWE had brought back as a third brand just two months earlier. The 'Extreme Rules' match branding was born here.
The DX vs McMahons feud was essentially Vince letting his real-life creative frustrations play out on screen—Shawn and Hunter mocking him as out-of-touch while he bankrolled the whole thing. Meta before meta was cool.
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