SummerSlam (2002)

The 2002 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 15th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 25, 2002, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. This was the first SummerSlam held following the introduction of the brand extension in March, as well as the first SummerSlam held under the WWE name, after the promotion was renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE in May, and the first of the Ruthless Aggression Era. The main match on the SmackDown! brand was for the WWE Undisputed Championship between The Rock and Brock Lesnar. Lesnar won the match and the championship after pinning Rock following an F-5, and would go on to become a major WWE star hereafter whereas The Rock would enter a hiatus. The main match on the Raw brand featured an Unsanctioned Street Fight between Shawn Michaels, returning for his first SummerSlam since 1997, and Triple H, which Michaels won after pinning Triple H by reversing Triple H's Pedigree attempt into a jackknife roll-up. There was also an interpromotional match for the Intercontinental Championship between Rob Van Dam from Raw and Chris Benoit from SmackDown!, which Van Dam won by pinfall after performing a Five-Star Frog Splash. The other matches on the undercard included The Undertaker versus Test and Kurt Angle versus Rey Mysterio.