SummerSlam 2005 was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on August 21, 2005 in Washington, D.C. and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions.
Sunday Night Heat[]
- Chris Masters defeated The Hurricane (with Rosey and Super Stacy).
Results[]
- Chris Benoit defeated Orlando Jordan to win the WWE United States Championship.
- Edge (with Lita) defeated Matt Hardy.
- Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero in a ladder match for the custody of Dominik Mysterio.
- Kurt Angle defeated Eugene (with Christy Hemme) to retain his Olympic gold medal.
- Randy Orton defeated The Undertaker.
- John Cena defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Championship.
- Batista defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield in a No Holds Barred match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
Main Event[]
- Hulk Hogan defeated Shawn Michaels.