SummerSlam (2004)

The 2004 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 17th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 15, 2004, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. It was held during the 2004 Summer Olympics in reference to the promotional poster. This was the second SummerSlam to take place outside of the United States, after the 1992 event in London, England. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the Sunday Night Heat pre-show. The main match on the Raw brand was Chris Benoit defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Randy Orton, which Orton won by pinfall after performing an RKO, becoming the youngest world champion in WWE history at the age of 24. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) versus The Undertaker for the WWE Championship, which JBL won to retain after The Undertaker was disqualified. The featured matches on the undercard included Kurt Angle versus Eddie Guerrero and Triple H versus Eugene.