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The 1989 SummerSlam was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 28, 1989, in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ten matches were contested at the event, including one dark match held before the live broadcast.
Throughout its history, especially since its international expansion in the 21st century, thousands of wrestlers from different countries have had the opportunity to fight in the professional wrestling company WWE, some marking a milestone for wrestling in their country. This is a list of foreign male wrestlers who have been in WWE.
Throughout its history, especially since its international expansion in the 21st century, thousands of wrestlers from different countries have had the opportunity to fight in the professional wrestling company WWE, some marking a milestone for wrestling in their country. This is a list of foreign female wrestlers who have been in WWE.
August 28, 1989: SummerSlam: East Rutherford, NJ: 2 218: 215 [20] [21] — Vacated: April 3, 1990: Wrestling Challenge: Syracuse, NY — — — Warrior relinquished the title after winning the WWF Championship in order to focus on defending the latter. WWE recognizes the title as being vacated on April 1, 1990 at WrestleMania VI. [20] [21] 16 ...
This philosophy resulted in multiple foreign-born wrestlers having reigns with the WWE Championship, most notably Italy's Bruno Sammartino and Puerto Rico's Pedro Morales. As part of its brand extension , WWE currently promotes three men's world championships and two women's world championships .
The same building hosted SummerSlam 2007, which featured a main event of John Cena vs. Randy Orton for the WWE title. Now, WWE and New Jersey will make history once again with the first ever two ...
In July 2021, WWE resumed live touring with fans, and in an effort to sell out that year's SummerSlam, which was held at the Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, [24] WWE promoted SummerSlam as the "biggest event of 2021". [25] The 2021 event in turn became the highest-grossing SummerSlam event of all time. [26]
1989 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. List of notable promotions ... SummerSlam: East Rutherford, New Jersey: