SummerSlam 2013

SummerSlam 2013 is an upcoming a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE that will take place on August 18, 2013. It will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It will be the 26th annual SummerSlam event.

Background
SummerSlam will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

On the July 15, 2013 episode of Raw, new general manager Brad Maddox announced that he would allow WWE Champion John Cena to choose his own opponent for SummerSlam. Later in the night, after taking an informal poll of the live audience, he would choose Daniel Bryan.

Also on the same episode, Brock Lesnar made his return when he attacked CM Punk. The following week on Raw, Paul Heyman accepted Punk's challenge for a match at SummerSlam on behalf of Lesnar.

On the July 19, 2013 episode of Smackdown, Randy Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match. However on the July 29 episode of Raw, Christian also defeated Del Rio in a non-title match. To determine the next challenger for Del Rio's championship, new general manager Vickie Guerrero decided to make a triple threat match between Christian, Orton and the returning Rob Van Dam. The match ended with Christian reversing Orton's attempt of an RKO into a backslide pin winning the match and becoming the new #1 contender for the title before being attacked by Del Rio.

Matches

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.


 * John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship


 * CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman)


 * Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship


 * Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow


 * Kane vs. Bray Wyatt in an Inferno Match

Also See

 * List of WWE pay-per-view events
 * World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history
 * Event gallery
 * SummerSlam

DVD release

 * Vison.jpg [ SummerSlam 2013 on DVD]