SummerSlam is a pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced annually in August by professional wrestling promotion WWE. The inaugural SummerSlam took place on August 29, 1988 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York and was broadcast via pay-per-view, unlike the Royal Rumble of that year which was broadcast as a television special on USA Network. Dubbed as "The Biggest Event of the Summer", it is considered one of the "Big Four" original pay-per-view events of WWE (along with WWE WrestleMania, WWE Royal Rumble and WWE Survivor Series). Although the Royal Rumble generally attracts a larger viewership, SummerSlam has been touted by WWE as their second biggest event of the year after WrestleMania. Beginning with the 2009 event, SummerSlam has remained exclusive to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. However, on August 17, 2014, during SummerSlam, it was announced that SummerSlam would take place in the New York/New Jersey area on August 23, 2015.
- WWE SummerSlam 1988 - August 29, 1988
- WWE SummerSlam 1989 - August 28, 1989
- WWE SummerSlam 1990 - August 27, 1990
- WWE SummerSlam 1991 - August 26, 1991
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 - August 29, 1992
- WWE SummerSlam 1993 - August 30, 1993
- WWE SummerSlam 1994 - August 29, 1994
- WWE SummerSlam 1995 - August 27, 1995
- WWE SummerSlam 1996 - August 18, 1996
- WWE SummerSlam 1997 - August 3, 1997
- WWE SummerSlam 1998 - August 30, 1998
- WWE SummerSlam 1999 - August 22, 1999
- WWE SummerSlam 2000 - August 27, 2000
- WWE SummerSlam 2001 - August 19, 2001
- WWE SummerSlam 2002 - August 25, 2002
- WWE SummerSlam 2003 - August 24, 2003
- WWE SummerSlam 2004 - August 15, 2004
- WWE SummerSlam 2005 - August 21, 2005
- WWE SummerSlam 2006 - August 20, 2006
- WWE SummerSlam 2007 - August 26, 2007
- WWE SummerSlam 2008 - August 17, 2008
- WWE SummerSlam 2009 - August 23, 2009
- WWE SummerSlam 2010 - August 15, 2010
- WWE SummerSlam 2011 - August 14, 2011
- WWE SummerSlam 2012 - August 19, 2012
- WWE SummerSlam 2013 - August 18, 2013
- WWE SummerSlam 2014 - August 17, 2014
- WWE SummerSlam 2015 - August 23, 2015
- WWE SummerSlam 2016 - August 21, 2016
- WWE SummerSlam 2017 - August 20, 2017
- WWE SummerSlam 2018 - August 19, 2018
- WWE SummerSlam 2019 - August 11, 2019
- WWE SummerSlam 2020 - August 23, 2020
- WWE SummerSlam 2021 - August 21, 2021