WWE SummerSlam 1995 (1995)
August 26, 1995Release Date
WWE SummerSlam 1995 (1995)
August 26, 1995Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kevin Nash
Diesel
Nelson Frazier Jr.
'King' Mabel
Michael Hickenbottom
Shawn Michaels
Scott Hall
Razor Ramon
Bret Hart
Bret 'Hitman' Hart
Glenn Jacobs
Dr. Isaac Yankem D.D.S.
Mark Calaway
The Undertaker
Charles Wright
Kama
Monty Sopp
Billy Gunn
Michael Polchlopek
Bart Gunn
Ron Harris
Jacob Blu
Kevin Dunn
Director
Don Harris
Eli Blu
Paul Lévesque
Hunter Hearst-Helmsley
Robert Howard
Bob 'Spark Plug' Holly
Sean Waltman
The 1-2-3 Kid
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 26, 1995
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 43m
Content RatingNR
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The 1995 SummerSlam was the eighth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 27, 1995, at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A total of nine matches were contested at the event.
The main event that was for the WWF Championship competed between Diesel and King Mabel. Diesel retained the championship, pinning Mabel after performing a clothesline off the second rope. There were three matches on the undercard that had more build-up than other matches: The Undertaker defeated Kama in a Casket match; Bret Hart defeated Isaac Yankem by disqualification after Yankem and Jerry Lawler attacked Hart while Hart was in the "hangman" position. The third match on the undercard that had significant build-up was Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramon in a feud for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. The two faced off in a Ladder match, with Michaels retaining the title.
The pay-per-view received a 0.9 buyrate, equivalent to approximately 205,000 buys in 1995 (1.0 equated to roughly 230,000 homes in the domestic market that year). Although this was up on the buyrate for the In Your House 2 pay-per-view which took place the previous month, the buyrate was down on the 1994 SummerSlam event, which received a 1.3 buyrate.
Summerslam 1995 was the last WWF PPV before the Monday Night Wars era of September 4, 1995, to March 26, 2001, during which WWF's Raw and World Championship Wrestling's Nitro competed for ratings in a weekly Monday night time slot, which is now widely seen as the "golden age" of pro-wrestling.