Summer Slam (2002)

Summer Slam (2002)

SummerSlam (2002) was the fifteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Foot Locker. It took place on August 25, 2002 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. With this event, Summerslam became the first WWE pay-per-view event to have events in the three major indoor venues in the NYC Metro Area. Madison Square Garden hosted the event in 1988, 1991, and 1998. The Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey hosted the event in 1989, 1997, and later in 2007. This is also the first SummerSlam to use the WWE name.

The main match on the SmackDown! brand was for the WWE Undisputed Championship between The Rock and Brock Lesnar. Lesnar won the match and the WWE Undisputed Championship after pinning Rock following an F-5. The main match on the Raw brand featured an Unsanctioned Street Fight between Shawn Michaels and Triple H, which Michaels won after pinning Triple H by reversing Triple H's Pedigree attempt into a jackknife roll-up. The main match from both brands was an interpromotional match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship between Rob Van Dam and Chris Benoit, which Van Dam won by pinfall after performing a Five-Star Frog Splash.The other matches on the undercard were The Undertaker versus Test and Kurt Angle versus Rey Mysterio.