SummerSlam is a WWE Pay Per View held every August since 1988. It is regarded as the second biggest show of the year behind WrestleMania. The first SummerSlam was held August 29, 1988 at Madison Square Garden.
[Mean Gene is set to conduct an interview with Ravishing Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan]
- Mean Gene Okerlund: Gentlemen, as you know the Ultimate Warrior-- (the SummerSlam sign falls off behind them.)
- Vince McMahon: Nice move.
- Gene: Fuck it!
- Ravishing Rick Rude: What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out-of-shape SummerSlam sweathogs...
- Jesse "The Body" Ventura: Ha ha ha!
- Tony Schiavone: You like that?
- Jesse: He's talking to you, Schiavone!
- Rick: ...keep the noise down while I take my robe off and show the ladies what a real sexy man looks like.
- [The Ultimate Warrior has press slammed Rick Rude from the ring to the floor]
- Jesse: There was no call for that! The name of this sport is Wrestling. You wrestle inside the ring. This guy is a lunatic, I don't like him, he goes by his own rules, he don't listen to nothing.
- Tony: But Jesse, he's bought all this on himself. With Bobby Heenan pulling the leg, with Andre the Giant trying to choke out the Ultimate Warrior, you gotta expect a guy like the Warrior to take matters into your own hands.
- Jesse: And that means out to the floor. [Ultimate Warrior grabs the IC title and hits Rick Rude in the back with it] Hitting him with the belt?! This should be a disqualfication! That's an disqualfication!! Where is the hell the referee?!
- Tony: That's outside of the ring Jesse.
- Jesse: So what?!
- Tony: As much as it can just be a countout here.
- Jesse: What are you going to tell me Schiavone? You can shoot somebody outside the ring? As long as it's outside the ring? You know, you're even dumber than Monsoon! I thought Monsoon was the stupidest guy alive.
- Howard Finkel: Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, I am pleased to announce that we have a very special guest. A surprise ring announcer, let's welcome Rugged Ronnie Garvin!
- Jesse: What?!
- Tony: Ho ho ho! What about that Jesse?
- Jesse: What is the purpose of this? The guy gets banned from refereeing, he gets banned from wrestling, now he's going to be a ring announcer?
- Tony: Well I think we better hear what he has to say. Why not?
- Rugged Ronnie Garvin: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall.
- Tony: He does a good job.
- Jesse: He's reading cue cards.
- Tony: Well, there's nothing wrong with that.
- Garvin: Coming down the aisle, weighing 275 pounds, the Mighty Hercules!
- Tony: The fans on their feet. As Rugged Ronnie Garvin makes the announcement, the Mighty Hercules making his way to the ring and quite personally Jesse, I can't wait to hear this introduction from Rugged Ronnie Garvin.
- Jesse: It ought to be interesting.
- Garvin: His so called opponent,
- Jesse: "So called opponent"?
- Tony: Well, that's an opinion.
- Garvin: coming to the ring with that little pip squeak, poor excuse of a manager. The big mouth of the south, Jimmy Hart. Here's a man who says he's from Seattle Washington. He claims to weigh 249 pounds. To me, he looks like he's overweight by 30 pounds!
- Jesse: How dare him do that as an announcer!
- Garvin: This individual who can't think for himself and when he goes to his wimpy manager for advice, little Jimmy can't give him any!
- Jesse: I think Ronnie Garvin's a punk!
- Garvin: He's the only wrestler I've seen with two left feet! Wears a robe with cheap rhinestones! Can't tell whether he's coming or going! Made the biggest mistake of his life when he asked for me to be reinstated, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine!
- The Genius: From the Meadowlands Arena to the multitudes beyond, I, The Genius, full of glory and renown
- Share my wondrous words of wisdom with the SummerSlam spectacular to validate my mortar board and gown.
- Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan shall be running for their lives, the highest card they're holding is a deuce.
- They are totally unqualified to match the royal flush that shall be coming from the Macho Man and Zeus.
- "Scary Sherri" is the term that Brutus Beefcake used in slander, and he had the nerve to call her overdressed.
- That's when the Barber got a trim that wasn't on the schedule, because Sherri is a cut above the rest.
- On the other hand, Elizabeth is absolutely useless, she is less than just another pretty face.
- When you add the unknown factor of the Human Wrecking Machine, tonight the Hulk shall be in second place!
- Tony: And Jesse Ventura, there is a power stronger than Zeus and it's called Hulkamania!
- Jesse: Yeah sure Schiavone. It's called foreign object, that's what it's called. Hogan had to use an illegal foreign object to win this match. And if that's what the Hulkamaniacs advocate, well they can stick it!
- Tony: (to Sensational Sherri) Well it's back to the cauldron for you young lady.
- Jesse: And then, to top it all off, Hogan has to beat up a woman!
- Tony: (to Elizabeth) Well Jesse, there's a real woman for you right there.
- Jesse: There's a gold digger right there.
- Sean Mooney: Now, Mr. Perfect, it was less than ten days ago that you accepted the challenge from the Texas Tornado to defend the Intercontinental Championship. Have you ever prepared for a title defense on such short notice?
- Mr. Perfect: To be perfectly honest with you, I haven't. You see, being absolutely perfect does have its problems, because when you're a perfect Intercontinental Champion, challengers are few and far between. And let's face it, I'm perfect in every way — the perfect body, the perfect mind, and the perfect record.
- Mooney: Mr. Perfect, is it wise to accept a challenge from someone you know so little about?
- Bobby "The Brain" Heenan: Wait a minute, pal, I'll handle this one. You see, I know a lot about this Texas Tornado, because if you've seen one, you've seen 'em all. And you know why they call you the Texas Tornado? Because you've got your head in the clouds, and if you've got your head in the clouds, pal, you don't have your feet on the ground! You see, a Texas tornado never really does any damage, because you can spot one coming a mile away. Sure, they may look ferocious, but all they're really good for is kicking up some dust and (laughing) maybe turning over a few mobile homes in some hick trailer park on the Panhandle.
- Perfect: Remember this! Nobody beats Mr. Perfect!
- Perfect and Bobby: Nobody.
(Mr. Perfect loses the Intercontinental title to the Texas Tornado)
- Roddy Piper: I'm sorry, what was the name of the guy who just lost again?
- Mean Gene Okerlund: With me now, Sensational Queen Sherri.
- Sensational Queen Sherri: You mean victorious Sensational Queen Sherri.
- Gene: Well, yes, but you're not gonna gloat like that.
- Sherri: Listen, Mean Gene. When you are so good that you intimidate your opponent to the point where they don't even show up because they know that they'll take a sensational beating, you can gloat all you want.
- Gene: Well, I suppose, but Queen Sherri, there's something peculiar going on around here as it relates to Sweet Sapphire. It's almost if she vanished into thin air. There were earlier sightings of Sapphire, but I don't know what's happened to her, I really don't.
- Sherri: "Earlier sightings"? What is she, a UFO?! But you're right, a lot of people did see Sapphire earlier this afternoon, and I'm beginning to think that maybe she's not so dumb after all.
- Gene: What do you mean?
- Sherri: First of all, she was smart enough not to show up and take a beating in her match with me; second, I heard a few rumors a minute ago. She may be the smartest person in the WWF.
- Gene: Rumors? What rumors?
- Sherri: [laughing hysterically] Well...this is too good to be true!
- Gene: Sensational Queen Sherri, I fail to see what's so funny about a missing person.
- Sherri: I said she was missing, I didn't say anything about her being a person.
- Mooney: Jake, it's well-founded that Bad News Brown is afraid of snakes. The question remains, are you afraid of sewer rats?
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts: You know, my man, they don't call me the Snake for nothing, because Damian and I, we have a lot in common. But how about you, Bad News? You hang around with sewer rats. What does that say about you? But to answer your question, Sean, I'm not afraid of rats, no, because I don't have to be. You see, Damian here is really hungry. Yeah I know, Bad News says he hasn't fed his rats for weeks, and they must have a voracious appetite. But what I want to know, Bad News, is just how hungry are you? Because that's exactly what it's going to come down to—hunger. And hunger, that, Bad News, is what separates a man like me from a mouse like you.
- Mean Gene: Hulk Hogan, hot on the heels of victory at SummerSlam tonight! What a powerhouse of a match between you and Earthquake, but I don't know, Hulk, if it's been settled.
- Hulk Hogan: You know somethin', Mean Gene? The only thing left to do, brother, is to kickstart my Wide Glide, hang onto the Ape Hangers, and with the largest arms in the world, man, ride right up to Jack Tunney's office, brother! Let him know that the Hulkamaniacs realize they're still the stronger power in the world, brother! And Jack Tunney, I just want you to know, dude. They're building new buildings all around the country. New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Africa, Asia, North Pole, South Pole, and all points in between, brother! And the new buildings, Mean Gene, they're Earthquake-proof, brother!
- Mean Gene: Earthquake-proof?
- Hulk: Yes! Earthquake-proof! Because I'm gonna take this big, fat dude, and I'm gonna drag him all the way around the country, brother! I'm gonna beat him in each and every arena until Jack Tunney puts me right back where I belong—in the #1 contender's spot, brother.
- Mean Gene: Well, Hulk Hogan, with all due respect, I think you're there already, I'll tell you what. A strong, strong outing for you against this mammoth, Earthquake.
- Hulk: Well, you know something, Mean Gene? I felt the love of the Hulkamaniacs, brother. The 400,000 cards and letters in just a few short weeks prove, man, that this thing's gonna last forever. And now, Hulkamaniacs, this is the decade of the little Hulksters, brother. And now, there are four Demandments. Four Demandments—train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins, and believe in yourself, brother. If you believe in yourself like you made me believe in myself, you can get anything you want!
- And now, I'm getting a new 9-foot gun made, brother! A brand new surfboard with a 2 1/2 foot skeg, and I'm gonna go out to Venice Beach, and I'm gonna chase each and every shark I can find! And when I find the biggest wave I can find, I'm gonna catch that title wave, brother—I said title wave—and I'm gonna ride it right to the top! Whatcha gonna do, WWF, Earthquake, and Jack Tunney, and anybody else in my way?!
- Ultimate Warrior: Do you know what Ravishing Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan have in common with the Liberty Bell?
- Gene: No, what?
- Warrior: One is cracked, and the other is a ding dong.
- Ravishing Rick Rude: What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out-of-shape Pennsylvania piss-ants, keep the noise down while I take my robe off and give you a good look at the next World Wrestling Federation Champion.
- Bobby "The Brain" Heenan: Isn't it ironic that the colors of Michigan are yellow?
- Vince McMahon: And blue.
- Bobby: But mostly yellow.
- Vince: They're not yellow, they're gold, Bobby Heenan.
- Joe Fowler: How lucky am I? My very first assignment is SummerSlam. This is bigger than life! Thank you, Vince McMahon, for bringing me on board. We've just seen a title match, we're about to see another one. Shawn Michaels has the Intercontinental belt, he's gonna take on Mr. Perfect. Shawn is here along with his bodyguard Diesel. Shawn, you've won it, you've lost it, you've won it, can you hang onto this thing?
- "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels: Now all the questions are gonna be answered—who is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time? Is it Mr. Perfect or is it Shawn Michaels? All those answers are gonna come across tonight, and I will prove to everybody—you and all of the world—that Shawn Michaels is the greatest Intercontinental Champ.
- Joe: Now wait a minute, they say that Mr. Perfect caused you to lose it and Diesel won it back for you.
- Shawn: I got news for you. Who's the one that's wearing it? It's Shawn Michaels, so I must've won it. Isn't that right, Diesel?
- Diesel: That's right. The Heartbreak Kid can take care of the work in the ring. Hey, everybody knows the chicks dig this guy—I'm here just to keep 'em off the champ. Let's get outta here, Champ.
- Irwin R. Schyster: Detroit used to be known as the Motor city. Now it's known as the tax cheat city!
- Bobby: (On 1-2-3 Kid's first PPV appearance) This is a first! This is a first! This is the first time that Kid's been out past eight o'clock!
- Bobby: (To Vince McMahon) Wrong, wrong, wrong, tuxedo breath!
(1-2-3 Kid hits a single kick as his first move in the match and goes for the pin)
- Vince: Cover him! It's over! He got him! (IRS kicks out) No he didn't.
- Bobby: Whaddya mean it's over?!? It's not over!
- Vince: Well, call it what you will, call it luck, call it ability, call it the fact that the 1-2-3 Kid will take high-risks like no one else ever in the WWF, whatever it is, you can call him victorious.
- Bobby: You could call him stupid.
- Bobby: Ouch! Hit him right on the bicusbid.
- Vince: The what?
- Bobby: The bicusbid.
- Vince: What do you know about bicusbids?
- Vince: You're asking and answering your own questions, you really are the Brain, aren't you?
- Bobby: Well, I have to, when I'm with...
- Vince: Yeah right, when you're with what?
- Bobby: Uh, nothing.
- Bobby: He hit him so hard he knocked three zits off his cheek!
- Bobby: Cheating is only cheating when you get caught, and bragging isn't bragging when you can do it.
- Bobby: Well, I think he shines more, uh, his ability to think for himself without relying on a partner, could be an advantage of, uh, of Mr. IRS, but I would have to say just by watching him and the way I've been watching him and the way you, in the ring right now, I'd have to say that... yeah, the Kid's in trouble.
- Vince: Could you care to repeat that please?
- Bobby: Well... no.
- Vince: I see.
- Vince: (On Irwin R. Schyster) He doesn't like to be called Irwin, he doesn't like to be called Schyster, what does he like to be called?
- Bobby: R.
- Bobby: That's Bruce Hart right? Did he ever play a banjo in the movie Deliverance?
- Vince: (Jerry Lawler has Bret Hart up against the ringpost) We saw Doink earlier ram Bret's leg into the ringpost, now what's Lawler going to do? (Lawler crotches Bret against the post) Oh no!
- Bobby: (High voice) Oh it's going to happen to Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
- Vince: Stop it Bobby Heenan!
- Ludvig Borga: (giving a video promo after the Bret Hart/Jerry Lawler match): I'm gonna show you all why Lex Lugar is gonna try to win the World Wrestling Federation championship right here in the middle of the American Dream. Well keep on dreaming Lex Lugar, because if this is what you stand up for, if this is what you're proud of, these crumbling buildings, this filth, this pollution, and I bet the Lex Express never stopped here on it's way to SummerSlam. So Lex Lugar, look at this..this building is crumbling like America is crumbling because you American high school dropouts are signing this country away welfare check by welfare check. And you people call this the land of opportunities?! Well, I'm gonna take my opportunity to show all you so-called American wrestlers & Marty Janetty tonight at SummerSlam what Ludvig Borga is all about.
- Vince: Harvey Wippleman was instrumental in stealing that urn from the Undertaker.
- Bobby: No no no, he "urned" it!
- Vince: (Referring to The Undertaker) The man in black!
- Bobby: Yeah, I bet Johnny Cash has a picture of him on his wall.
- Bobby: (On Harvey Wippleman) Tell him, Harvey! You tell him Harvey!
- Vince: Tell him what?
- Bobby: Get on his case! Harvey'll knock you out in a minute, you know.
- Vince: Yeah, sure...
- Bobby: But that urn owned by Harvey Wippleman!
- Vince: It's owned by The Undertaker, it's in the possession of Harvey Wippleman.
- Bobby: Same thing!
- Bobby: (On Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez) Take out the silver bullets, the wooden stake, and the garlic! Take him home, Giant!
- Bobby: Harvey'll knock you out in a minute! (Harvey Wippleman charges and is instantly knocked out by Paul Bearer) He slipped, he lost his footing.
- Bobby: (On Undertaker) He's back to the tomb! He's back to the crypt! He's back to his box of dirt! He's looking at the urn! He's got his power back! He's got Paul Bearer back! There's gonna be trouble for everyone in the World Wrestling Federation!
- Bobby: (After Yokozuna is knocked out by Lex Luger's forearm and loses to Luger by countout) I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! HE IS OUT! HE IS STILL OUT! THE CHAMPION IS OUT! WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP HIM? PLEASE HELP HIM! HE IS OUT! HE IS STILL OUT! MY GOD!
- Joe: [interviewing Lex Luger in his dressing room where he is joined by Rick and Scott Steiner, Tatanka, and Macho Man Randy Savage after defeating Yokozuna by countout] Lex Lugar, the public loves you and obviously your friends of the WWF love you too.
- Lex Luger: It's a great feeling in the locker room, it's a great feeling out there in the ring, a great victory today. And you know, it's an honor and a privilege to wrestle for the World Wrestling Federation title and an honor and privilege to represent my country out there. The atmosphere was..
(Ludvig Borga who earlier defeated Marty Janetty enters Lex's dressing room)
- Borga: Lex Luger, I'm here in your locker room to tell you that I am NOT impressed with you. And I am not impressed with your friends either and I certainly am not impressed about the country that you stand up for. Now let me tell you something, if you ever step into the ring with Ludvig Borga, I will crush you like America is crumbling piece by piece and I see you as the backbone of America and if you ever step in the ring with me, I will break it.
- Corey Graves: I liked you better when you weren't allowed to have an opinion.
- Michael Cole: That's changed. A lot's changed.
[Brock Lesnar using a tractor to attempt flipping the ring]
- Michael Cole: Where the hell is he going?
[the ring moves]
- Corey Graves: Oh, Jesus!
- Michael Cole: Corey, get the hell out of there! Brock Lesnar just moved the entire ring with a goddamn tractor!
- Corey Graves: I'm in Kid Rock's lap right now! God Almighty, what the hell is Lesnar doin'?! I do--
[Lesnar flips the ring]
- Michael Cole: Lesnar's liftin' up the [Corey: OH, MY GOD!!!] ring with Reigns in it! With a damn tractor!! REIGNS FALLS OUT OF THE ENTIRE RING!!
- Corey Graves: THIS IS ONE OF THE DAMNEDEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!
- Michael Cole: I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS! EVER! BROCK LESNAR JUST LIFTED THE RING FIFTEEN FEET OFF THE GROUND WITH A DAMN TRACTOR!!!!
[Lesnar tries to beat the count of 10]
- Michael Cole: Corey, this is-- this- this is sickening. This is uncomfortable out here.
- Corey Graves: I-I-I-I'm speechless.
- Michael Cole: We're at a count of five. Roman Reigns is four ticks away from retaining his championship. A count of seven now. A count of eight, Brock Lesnar-- Look at the look in Lesnar's eyes! Lesnar back to a knee! Lesnar beats the count again! You gotta be kidding me! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! WHAT IS THIS MAN MADE OF?!?!?!?!
- Corey Graves: HE'S NOT HUMAN!!!
[Reigns pummels Lesnar with the WWE Championship]
- Michael Cole: Reigns with the title off the face of Lesnar! That's gotta be it!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, COUNT FASTER!!!
[Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan kiss each other after Mysterio costed Rhea Ripley the Women's World Championship]
- Michael Cole: DOMINIK, YOU SORRY TWO-TIMING SON OF A BITCH!!!
- Pat McAfee: This piece of trash screwed over his dad, and now screws over his Mami as well!!!
- Corey Graves: Ain't love grand?
- Michael Cole: Rhea Ripley heartbroken. Guys, has this been a ruse for months? What the hell is going on here?
- Pat McAfee: You would assume that Dom can't think months in advance 'cause he's too dumb, but anything's possible with this piece of...
- Michael Cole: Well, just say it. I mean that's what he is.
- Pat McAfee: THIS PIECE OF SHIT!!!