It’s that time of year again, where WWE rolls out the beach towels for ‘The Biggest Event of the Summer’.
From The Undertaker to The Red Rooster, almost all of WWE’s talent has made an appearance at Summerslam over the years.
One of WWE‘s ‘Big 4’ pay-per-views, Summerslam has definitely produced some memorable moments, but also created some interesting statistics for fans like me to look up as a way to stay awake during Raw.
5. Booker T does not dig it, sucka.
‘The five-time, five-time, five-time Champ’ also has five losses at Summerslam. Sensing a pattern here? Booker T/ King Booker has had five Summerslam matches throughout his WWE career and he did not win a single one of them!
Not only is Booker tied for third most Summerslam singles match losses, he has the worse W/L record for singles matches in Summerslam history! Coming in at a close second is Brie Bella and Marty Jannetty at 0-4.
Booker’s five losses came when:
- The Rock beat him for the WCW Championship in the main event of Summerslam ’01
- He and Goldust lost the WWE Tag Team Championships to the team of Christian and Lance Storm (’02)
- He lost to John Cena in the first match of a best of five series (’04)
- Lost to Batista via DQ (’06)
- Lost to Triple H (’07)
To put that into perspective, Booker T has fewer wins than Zack Ryder, Carlito, Stephanie McMahon… well you get the picture.
4. 312 wrestlers have competed
312 Wrestlers (46 Female and 266 male) have competed at Summerslam throughout the past 30 years. 42% (133) of athletes have only competed once, while The Undertaker has had the most matches, with 16.
The most for a female superstar is only four, with Brie Bella (0-4), Beth Phoenix (3-1), and Natalya (3-1) all standing on top of that short ladder.
There have also been 279 matches, which is an average of 9.3 matches per show.
3. Some wrestlers do surprisingly well
While the records of names like Edge (8-2) and Hulk Hogan (6-0) are not surprising given their overall success in WWE, some less likely superstars have also thrived at the summer spectacular
- Bart Gunn, Tatanka, Neville, Jerry Lawler, and John Morrison are all 3-0 at Summerslam and are the only five wrestlers currently boasting a 3-0 record
- Billy Gunn is 4-1
- I.R.S is 3-1
These are just the standouts, there are plenty of others that raise an eyelid. These are the most notable.
2. The Hardys are the worst Summerslam wrestlers of all-time
Their self-esteem may be the only thing that is ‘Broken’.
Not only is Jeff 0-3 in singles action, he is 0-3 in tag team action as well!
His brother Matt does not fare much better, being 1-2 in singles matches, as well as being 0-3 in tag team bouts.
They are 0-3 as a tag team (including a 3v3 match w/ Jason Jordan against the Miztourage) and a combined 1-5 in singles action.
Jeff Hardy has the worst W/L ratio in Summerslam history at 0-6, and Matt is not far behind him at 1-5, plus one win via DQ that I’ve decided not to count as a win.
If Jeff loses to Shinsuke Nakamura on Sunday, he will drop to an abysmal 0-7.
Honorable Mention: mid-card opposites
The U.S title has only changes hands twice in Summerslam history, whereas the IC title has changed hands 14 times!
1.The Undertaker has more than one streak
The Undertaker has another impressive streak to show off besides his famous Wrestlemania undefeated streak, well two if you count the streak of terrible Summerslam matches/rivalries he had (I’m looking at you Fake Undertaker).
The Undertaker and John Cena are tied for the most consecutive Summerslam appearances with 14 in a row. Cena wrestled at every Summerslam between 2004 and 2017, while ‘Taker competed at every Summerslam from 1992 through to 2005.
Bret Hart, who has won three separate titles in his 11 matches, (1988-1995) and Dolph Ziggler (2009-2016) are far behind in second place with eight consecutive appearances.
Fun Fact: 2018 will be the first Summerslam that does not feature Brett Hart, The Undertaker or John Cena. Probably!
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