SummerSlam (2015)

SummerSlam
	The PPV promotional poster for SummerSlam
	Tagline: "Ten years in the making...."
	Theme(s): "Money and the Power" by Kid Ink; _____"Cool for the Summer" by Demi Lovato
Information
Promotion	WWE The E-Fed
Sponsor	Totino's Bold; Diet Mountain Dew; Edge
Date	August 30, 2015
Venue	Barclays Center
City	Brooklyn, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
SummerSlam chronology

SummerSlam (2015) (also written as SummerSlammiversary 10) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE The E-Fed that took place on August 30, 2015 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was the first since 2008 to be held outside of Los Angeles as Staples Center was the exclusive home for SummerSlam from 2009 to 2014. It was also the tenth annual SummerSlam event and was WWE's eighth pay-per-view event to take place in 2015.

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SummerSlam featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs; Raw and Smackdown. Wrestlers portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

On the August 17, 2015 episode of Raw, Dean Ambrose defeated Bobby Roode and Goldberg to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship and earn a match against Baron Corbin at SummerSlam meanwhile Roode became the #1 Contender for the WWE Intercontinental Championship having not been pinned. That same night Shane Helms approached Triple H about not having a match at the event and J&J Security suggested to Triple H that Helms either challenge Jake Anderson for the WWE European Championship or be added to the Intercontinental Championship match thus making it a Triple threat.

One of the main rivalries heading into SummerSlam is the rivalry between Wade Barrett and Corey Graves over their affection for Suicide. The two men have been attacking one another and first it was Barrett who ended up costing Graves the WWE Hardcore Championship before Graves later returned the favor and cost Barrett and Magnus the WWE Tag Team Championship at Unforgiven.

Matches[]

No.	Matches	Stipulations
1	Billy Cassidy def. Edge, Mark Henry, Sting, Brad Maddox & Kevin Owens	Money in the Bank Ladder match
2	Jake Anderson (c) def. Luke Harper, Sheamus & Batista	Fatal Four Way match for the WWE European Championship
3	Abyss def. Bray Wyatt	Monster's Ball match
4	Corey Graves def. Wade Barrett	Singles match
5	Jimmy Havoc def. AJ Styles, Cesaro, Samuel Shaw, Stardust, Bo Dallas, Ethan Carter III, Nick Mitchell & Tyson Kidd	Scramble match for the WWE Hardcore Championship
6	Raven def. Seth Rollins	Raven's Rules match
7	Finn Bálor def. Ciaran O'Donnell	Match 5 of Best of Five Series; Series Tied 2-2
8	Team Corporate Structure def. Team Bella	Inaugural Brawl match
9	The Beautiful People def. Alexa Bliss & Bayley (c)	Tag team match for the WWE Divas Tag Team Championship
10	Enzo Amore (c) def. Santino Marella	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship
11	Colt Cabana def. CM Punk w/ Paul Heyman	Steel Cage match
12	Dolph Ziggler & Briley Pierce (c) def. Magnus & Drew McIntyre	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
13	Dolph Ziggler def. Chris Jericho	30 Minute Iron Man match
14	Roman Reigns (c) def. Bobby Roode	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
15	Ashley Massaro def. Emma (c), Eva Marie & Charlotte	Fatal Four Way match for the WWE Divas Championship
16	Layla def. Paige (c)	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
17	Randy Orton def. Travis Kooper (c), Baron Corbin (c) & Dean Ambrose	Double Jeopardy match for WWE Championship & World Heavyweight Championship
18	Matt Hardy def. The Undertaker	Hell in a Cell match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show