SummerSlam 1996

SummerSlam 1996 was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 18, 1996 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Results

 * Free for All match: Steve Austin defeated Yokozuna (1:52)
 * Austin pinned Yokozuna with a roll-up when the ring rope broke while Yokozuna was going for a Banzai drop.
 * Owen Hart defeated Savio Vega (13:23)
 * Hart won by TKO with the Sharpshooter after knocking Vega out with his cast.
 * Hart was warned by the referee that he would be disqualified if he used his cast as a weapon; Hart used the cast anyway during the end of the match but wasn't caught.
 * After the match Justin Hawk Bradshaw came out and attacked Vega.
 * The Smokin' Gunns (Billy and Bart) (w/Sunny) defeated The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip), The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Leif Cassidy) and The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) (w/Hillbilly Jim) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (12:18)
 * Billy pinned Zip (4:00)
 * Henry pinned Jannetty after a Slop Drop (7:18)
 * Billy pinned Phineas( 12:18)
 * Sycho Sid defeated The British Bulldog (6:24)
 * Sid pinned Bulldog after a Powerbomb when Bulldog became distracted by Clarence Mason and Jim Cornette arguing on the outside of the ring.
 * Goldust (w/Marlena) defeated Marc Mero (w/Sable) (11:01)
 * Goldust pinned Mero after the Curtain Call.
 * Early in the match, Mankind came ringside and stalked Sable before being escorted backstage.
 * Jerry Lawler defeated Jake Roberts (4:07)
 * Lawler pinned Roberts with a roll-up after hitting him in the throat with a bottle of Jack Daniel's.
 * Before this match started, Mark Henry came down to the ring and joined commentary.
 * Lawler was making several jokes at Roberts expense and taunted Roberts by bringing several bottles of alcohol with him to the ring (Roberts was a recovering alcoholic). After Lawler won, he proceeded to pour the alcohol down Roberts throat. Henry came down to the ring to save Roberts.
 * Mankind defeated The Undertaker in a Boiler Room Brawl (26:40)
 * Mankind won after Paul Bearer hit Undertaker in the head with the urn, and gave it to Mankind.
 * Shawn Michaels (w/Jose Lothario) defeated Vader (w/Jim Cornette) to retain the WWF Championship (28:59)
 * Michaels pinned Vader after a Moonsault.
 * Vader had originally won the match twice, first by count-out and then by disqualification, but because WWF championships can only change hands by pinfall or submission, Cornette demanded the match restart both times. WWF President Gorilla Monsoon allowed this when Michaels agreed.

Miscellaneous

 * Pettengill hosted the "Bikini Beach Blast-Off" party during the Free For All, where a pool was set up for everyone.
 * Pettengill also interviewed the debuting Faarooq Asad that night.
 * Vader and Michaels botched a high spot in which Vader was to move away from Michaels' diving elbow. Michaels simply repositioned himself in mid-air, landed on his feet, and began to yell at Vader.