The 2014 SummerSlam was a
professional wrestling
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event produced by
WWE. It was the 27th annual
SummerSlam
SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind th ...
and took place on August 17, 2014, at
Staples Center
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in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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for the sixth and final consecutive year. The event aired via
pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) and
livestreaming
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, marking the first SummerSlam to air on the
WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings.
The service relied on technology develo ...
, which launched in February. It was also the first WWE pay-per-view to incorporate the new WWE logo but it would not be used on air and on the turnbuckle pads until the next night on ''
Raw''. This would also be the last WWE pay-per-view to feature the championships with the scratch logo as all were updated with the new logo also on the following night's ''Raw''.
Eight
professional wrestling matches
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were scheduled on the event's main card and one match took place on the Kickoff pre-show, which was streamed on the WWE Network. The main event saw
Brock Lesnar
Brock Edward Lesnar ( ; born July 12, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and former Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, Amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler and professional American football player. As a ...
defeat
John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he is the current WWE Championship, Undisputed WWE Champion in his record 14th reign, which is ...
to win the
WWE World Heavyweight Championship for a fourth time. This was the first of six consecutive SummerSlams in which Lesnar competed in the main event match. In other prominent matches,
Seth Rollins
Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986), better known by the ring name Seth Rollins, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand and ...
defeated
Dean Ambrose in a
lumberjack match,
Stephanie McMahon defeated
Brie Bella, and
Roman Reigns
Leati Joseph Anoaʻi ( ; born May 25, 1985), better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler and former gridiron football, football player. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he performs on the Sm ...
defeated
Randy Orton
Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 2000, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. Orton is widely regarded as one of t ...
. The event had 147,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the previous year's 296,000 buys.
Production
Background
SummerSlam
SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind th ...
is an annual
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) produced every August by
WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with
WrestleMania,
Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. It is named after, and centered on, the Royal Rumble match, a modified Battle royal (professional wre ...
, and
Survivor Series
Survivor Series, branded as Survivor Series: WarGames since 2022, is a professional wrestling event produced annually since 1987 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Held in November generally the week of Thanksgiving ( ...
, referred to as the "Big Four". It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. The 2014 event was the 27th SummerSlam and was scheduled to be held on August 17, 2014, at
Staples Center
Crypto.com Arena (originally and colloquially known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along F ...
in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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for the sixth consecutive year.
In addition to airing on traditional PPV, the event was available through WWE's
livestreaming
Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as ''streaming'', the real-time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other non- liv ...
service, the
WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings.
The service relied on technology develo ...
, which launched in February, which made it the first SummerSlam to air on the WWE Network.
Storylines
The event comprised nine matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers, while
storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television programs, ''
Raw'' and ''
SmackDown''.
At
Payback,
Brie Bella quit WWE after her husband
Daniel Bryan was given an ultimatum by the principal owner of WWE
Stephanie McMahon to either forfeit the WWE World Heavyweight Championship or have Brie fired. Brie decided to quit and slapped Stephanie in the face. After that incident, McMahon would repeatedly put Brie's twin sister
Nikki Bella in matches which invariably ended with Nikki being beaten down. On the July 21 episode of ''Raw'', Brie returned to WWE as a fan in the audience to support her sister, but was slapped in the face by McMahon, who came to ringside to confront her. Later that night, Stephanie was arrested by the police for
assault
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and
battery, due to Brie not being part of the WWE roster.
The next week on ''Raw'', Brie confronted Stephanie and said that she would drop the charges as long as Stephanie rehired her and accepted her challenge to a match at SummerSlam, which Stephanie accepted.
On the August 11 episode of ''Raw'', Stephanie brought in
Megan Miller, Bryan's physical therapist, who confessed to having an affair with her client. An infuriated Brie stormed into the ring and slapped Megan before attacking Stephanie. Later that night, Brie was arrested by the police after Stephanie revealed that Megan was pressing charges against her.
At Battleground,
AJ Lee
April Jeanette Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American author, screenwriter and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE under the ring name AJ Lee.
Mendez began her professional wrestling career in 2007 in New ...
defeated
Paige to retain the
WWE Divas Championship. On the July 21 episode of ''Raw'', Paige attacked AJ after they defeated
Emma and
Natalya.
On the July 28 episode, AJ confronted and attacked Paige.
On the August 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', after AJ defeated
Rosa Mendes, Paige attacked AJ and threw her off the stage ramp, resulting in AJ suffering a whiplash injury.
On August 4, it was announced on WWE.com that AJ would defend the title against Paige at SummerSlam.
On the June 30 episode of ''Raw'',
Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As a wrestler, he has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) , where he ...
made his unexpected return to WWE, only to be attacked by
The Wyatt Family. This led to a match at Battleground, where Jericho defeated
Bray Wyatt
Windham Lawrence Rotunda (May 23, 1987 – August 24, 2023), better known by his ring name Bray Wyatt, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in WWE from 2009 until his death in 2023.
Rotunda was a third-generati ...
. On the July 21 episode of ''Raw'', Jericho was to have Wyatt on his Highlight Reel show, but the Wyatt Family attacked Jericho in the locker room.
On the July 28 episode, Triple H made the official announcement of the Wyatt-Jericho rematch at SummerSlam.
On the August 1 edition of ''SmackDown'', Jericho defeated
Erick Rowan, banning Rowan from ringside during the match at SummerSlam as per match stipulation.
On the August 4 edition of ''Raw'', Jericho defeated
Luke Harper
Jonathan Huber (December 16, 1979 – December 26, 2020) was an American professional wrestler known as Brodie Lee. Huber performed under the ring name Luke Harper in WWE from 2012 to 2019, and as Mr. Brodie Lee in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) ...
by disqualification due to interference by Wyatt, causing Harper to be banned from ringside.
At
Battleground,
John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he is the current WWE Championship, Undisputed WWE Champion in his record 14th reign, which is ...
defeated
Randy Orton
Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 2000, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. Orton is widely regarded as one of t ...
,
Kane, and
Roman Reigns
Leati Joseph Anoaʻi ( ; born May 25, 1985), better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler and former gridiron football, football player. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he performs on the Sm ...
to retain the
WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The following night on ''Raw'',
Brock Lesnar
Brock Edward Lesnar ( ; born July 12, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and former Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, Amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler and professional American football player. As a ...
returned to WWE and was chosen by WWE
COO Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer.
Levesque began his wres ...
to face Cena at SummerSlam for the championship.
At Battleground,
Rusev defeated
Jack Swagger by countout. On the July 22 edition of ''
Main Event
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'', Swagger defeated Rusev by disqualification after Rusev hit Swagger with a Russian flag. On the August 1 edition of ''SmackDown'', after Swagger defeated
Cesaro,
Lana came out along with Rusev and challenged Swagger to a
Flag match at SummerSlam on Rusev's behalf, which
Zeb Colter accepted on Swagger's behalf.
At Battleground,
The Miz
Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The Miz.
Mizanin first gained fame a ...
won a 19-man battle royal to win the vacated
WWE Intercontinental Championship, last eliminating
Dolph Ziggler. On the July 21 episode of ''Raw'', Ziggler defeated Miz in a non-title match.
On the July 28 episode, Ziggler and
The Usos (
Jey Uso and
Jimmy Uso) defeated Miz and RybAxel.
On August 4, it was announced on WWE.com that Miz would defend the title against Ziggler at SummerSlam.
At Battleground,
Seth Rollins
Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986), better known by the ring name Seth Rollins, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand and ...
defeated
Dean Ambrose by forfeit when Ambrose was ejected out of the arena by Triple H for attacking Rollins before the match. On the August 4 episode of ''Raw'', Triple H announced that Ambrose and Rollins would face off at SummerSlam. Triple H also announced that Ambrose and Rollins would face
Alberto Del Rio and
Rob Van Dam
Robert Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD) is an American professional wrestler. Known for his unique ring style—which includes his variety of kicks, acrobatic movemen ...
respectively in
Beat the Clock challenge matches, and the winner would choose the stipulation for the match at SummerSlam. Ambrose defeated Del Rio to set a time of 15:42. Van Dam was switched out at the last minute for
Heath Slater, who defeated Rollins, thus giving Ambrose the right to choose.
On the August 8 episode of ''Smackdown'', Ambrose announced that their match at SummerSlam would be a
Lumberjack match.
On the July 21 episode of ''Raw'', Roman Reigns defeated Kane and Randy Orton in a
handicap match and attacked Orton during Triple H's announcement on who would face John Cena at SummerSlam for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
On the July 28 episode, Orton attacked Reigns before his scheduled match against Kane.
On the August 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', Orton challenged Reigns to a match at SummerSlam.
On August 4, it was announced on WWE.com that Orton would face Reigns at SummerSlam.
On August 16, it was announced on WWE.com that Cesaro would face Rob Van Dam on the SummerSlam Kickoff show.
Event
Pre-Show
The SummerSlam Kickoff pre-show match saw Rob Van Dam defeat Cesaro with a Five-Star Frog Splash.
An analytical show which was hosted by
Renee Young consisted of a pre-show panel that contained
Booker T Booker T or Booker T. may refer to
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** List of things named after Booker T. Washington, some nicknamed "Booker T."
* Booker T. Jones (born 194 ...
,
Alex Riley, and
Ric Flair
Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Flair's career spanned 50 years.
He is ...
.
Hulk Hogan
Terry Gene Bollea (; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Known for his flamboyance and massive physiq ...
also made an appearance at the event before the main card got underway, promoting the WWE Network to the audience.
Miscellaneous
The English commentators were
Michael Cole,
Jerry Lawler
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Prior to joining the World Wrestling Federati ...
, and
John "Bradshaw" Layfield, with Spanish and German commentators also at ringside.
Lilian Garcia and
Justin Roberts were the ring announcers while Tom Phillips conducted backstage interviews.
UFC's
Ronda Rousey,
Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, and
Shayna Baszler
Shayna Andrea Baszler ( ; born August 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she became a former List of NXT Women's Champions, two-time and lon ...
(known as "The 4 HorseWomen of MMA") were all present at SummerSlam.
The cast of ''
Pitch Perfect'' also appeared at the event, quite notably
Adam DeVine,
Anna Kendrick
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,
Chrissie Fit,
Kelley Jakle, and
Brittany Snow
Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her role in the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'' (1998–2001), for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress and was nominated for two o ...
, with the latter being seen in a backstage segment with Lana.
Main card
The actual pay-per-view opened with The Miz defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler. The ending saw Miz executed a Skull Crushing Finale on Ziggler for a near-fall. Ziggler executed a Zig Zag on Miz to win the title.
Next, AJ Lee defended the WWE Divas Championship against Paige. The match ended when AJ applied the Black Widow on Paige, who countered the Black Widow into a Ram Paige to win the title.
After that, Rusev faced Jack Swagger in a flag match. Rusev attempted to attack Swagger before the match but Swagger countered into the Patriot Lock, thus weakening Rusev's ankle. In the end, Swagger passed out to the Accolade, meaning Rusev won by technical submission. Following the match, Rusev assaulted Zeb Colter while he was tending to the fallen Swagger and the
National Anthem of Russia was played for Rusev.
In the fourth match, Seth Rollins faced Dean Ambrose in a lumberjack match. After both men fought in the arena stands and assaulted the lumberjacks at ringside, Kane came out to try and restore order. Ambrose executed a Curb Stomp on Rollins but Kane interfered and broke up the pinfall, starting a brawl involving all the lumberjacks. Rollins hit a distracted Ambrose with the
Money in the Bank briefcase to win the match.
Next, Chris Jericho faced Bray Wyatt, with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan banned from ringside. Jericho executed a Codebreaker on Wyatt for a near-fall. In the end, Wyatt executed a Sister Abigail into the barricade on Jericho. Wyatt executed another Sister Abigail on Jericho to win the match.
After that, Stephanie McMahon faced Brie Bella. Stephanie dominated the start of the match and countered a suicide-dive attempt by slamming Brie's face into the mat. Stephanie performed a DDT for a near-fall. Brie eventually gained the advantage and performed a missile-dropkick on Stephanie for a near-fall. Following this, Triple H appeared, followed by Nikki Bella. Triple H pulled the referee out of the ring as Brie applied the Yes! Lock, leading to Brie performing a baseball slide on him. Nikki then entered the ring, seemingly to prevent Stephanie from escaping, but instead attacked her sister, turning
heel
The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower leg.
Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exerted ...
. Stephanie then executed a Pedigree on Brie to win the match.
In the penultimate match, Randy Orton faced Roman Reigns. After back-and-forth action, Reigns executed a Superman Punch and attempted a Spear but Orton countered with a Snap Scoop Powerslam for a near-fall. Reigns attempted a Leaping Clothesline but Orton countered with an RKO for a near fall. Orton attempted a Punt Kick but Reigns countered and executed a Spear to win the match.
Main event

In the main event, John Cena defended his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Brock Lesnar (accompanied by
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, former executive, promoter, and commentator. He is signed to WWE as the on-screen manager of Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed, and is widely regard ...
). In the first 30 seconds of the match, Lesnar executed an F-5 on Cena for a near-fall. After, the match was a
one-sided beatdown. Lesnar executed 2 German suplexes and a vertical suplex on Cena. Cena in turn managed only brief and ineffective offense. Lesnar executed another 4 German suplexes and then went for the cover on Cena, who kicked out at two. Lesnar once again executed 2 German suplexes on him. As he attempted a third, Cena struck his head with an elbow. As Lesnar attempted a second F-5, Cena countered and executed an Attitude Adjustment for a near-fall. Lesnar then proceeded to sit up (mimicking
The Undertaker
Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by his ring name the Undertaker, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway ...
) and laugh. He executed 7 more German suplexes on Cena, this time not releasing him at some points. Cena applied the STF on Lesnar but Lesnar escaped and executed a second F-5 to win the title.
Reception
The event received positive reviews. The main event match between Lesnar and Cena received 4.25 stars out of five from
Dave Meltzer
David Allen Meltzer (born October 24, 1959) is an American journalist, author, and historian who reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Since 1983, he has been the publisher and editor of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter' ...
, the best of the event. The Reigns and Orton match received four stars, the Lumberjack Match received 3.75 stars, and the Kickoff match received 3.25 stars.
Aftermath
The following night on ''Raw'', Stephanie McMahon came out to Daniel Bryan's entrance theme to celebrate her victory. She also invited Nikki Bella out to address her betraying Brie Bella. Nikki said she and Brie were supposed to be a team, but that she had felt betrayed by Brie's actions in quitting the company at Payback. Brie came out and confronted Nikki, but Nikki said she would never forgive her and slapped Brie across the face (cementing her heel turn), leaving Brie in tears.
On the same event, Seth Rollins fell victim to a surprise
Ice Bucket Challenge and beating from Dean Ambrose during an interview segment. Triple H then set up a SummerSlam rematch in order to 'finish off' Ambrose, with the WWE Universe voting on the stipulation; the vote was made for a
Falls Count Anywhere match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. ...
. Ambrose was closing in on a victory when Kane (who had been sitting at ringside) once again interfered and set up Ambrose for Rollins' Curb Stomp through a pile of concrete blocks next to the announce table. Rollins was awarded the victory via knockout and Ambrose was stretchered out of the arena. Ambrose was then reported to have refused treatment and 'gone missing' afterwards. The storyline was put to place to allow Ambrose's absence from television in order to film the movie ''
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown''.
Also on ''Raw'', Dolph Ziggler defended his newly won Intercontinental Championship against The Miz. Miz won the match via count-out when Ziggler fell to the floor, thus Ziggler retained the title.
The Authority revealed a new belt (subsequently retiring the
Big Gold Belt) to represent the WWE World Heavyweight Championship which was presented to Brock Lesnar. On the August 19 episode of ''Main Event'', Triple H announced later that John Cena would invoke his rematch clause at
Night of Champions.
After winning back the Divas Championship, Paige and AJ Lee continued their rivalry, with AJ twice distracting Paige and thus causing Paige to lose during matches against Natalya. The Authority made a
triple threat match, adding Nikki Bella set for Night of Champions.
On the August 25 episode of ''Raw'', Cesaro defeated Rob Van Dam in a rematch to become the number one contender for
Sheamus'
United States Championship. The match was officially confirmed by WWE on August 29 when it was announced that the championship match would take place at Night of Champions.
After defeating Jack Swagger in a flag match, Rusev was celebrating his victory until he was attacked by
Mark Henry
Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American former powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract.
Henry is a two-time Olympian (1992 and 19 ...
. In the ensuing weeks, they would interfere in each other's matches. Henry then challenged Rusev to a match at Night of Champions vowing to be the first to beat Rusev.
Chris Jericho's feud with Bray Wyatt ended on the September 8 episode of ''Raw'', with Wyatt defeating Jericho in a
Steel Cage match
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.
Also on the September 8 episode, Roman Reigns defeated Randy Orton by disqualification in a rematch after Rollins and Kane interfered. The steel cage used in the Wyatt vs. Jericho match was lowered. In the cage, Reigns initially gained the upper hand on Orton before Rollins and Kane were able to get in. Orton hit Reigns with a steel chair that Rollins retrieved under the ring and Rollins performed a curb stomp on Reigns onto the chair.
Results
References
External links
Official website
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Professional wrestling shows in Los Angeles
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2014 WWE pay-per-view events
August 2014 in the United States