SummerSlam (2010)

SummerSlam (2010)
SummerSlam (2010)
Theme; song(s)	"Rip It Up" by Jet
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	August 15, 2010
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Pay-per-view chronology
SummerSlam chronology

SummerSlam (2010) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), that took place on August 15, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.^[2]^[3] It was the 23rd yearly SummerSlam event. There were 6 matches on the card.^[4]

Results

#	Matches	Stipulations	Times^[5]
Dark	Evan Bourne defeated Zack Ryder^[6]	Singles match	N/A
1	Dolph Ziggler (c) fought Kofi Kingston to a no contest^[7]	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	07:05
2	Melina defeated Alicia Fox (c)^[8]	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship	05:20
3	The Big Show defeated The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk, Joseph Mercury and Luke Gallows)^[9]	3-on-1 Handicap Match	06:45
4	Randy Orton defeated Sheamus (c) by disqualification^[10]	Singles match for the WWE Championship. If anyone had interfered in the match, they would have been suspended indefinitely. If Randy Orton lost, he could not get a rematch.	18:55
5	Kane (c) defeated Rey Mysterio^[11]	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	13:31
6	Team WWE (John Cena, John Morrison, R-Truth, Bret Hart, Edge, Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan) defeated The Nexus (Wade Barrett, David Otunga, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, Darren Young, Skip Sheffield and Michael Tarver)^[12]	Seven-on-seven elimination tag team match	35:18
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Elimination	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Time^[5]
1	Darren Young	Nexus	Daniel Bryan	00:42
2	Michael Tarver	Nexus	John Morrison	03:42
3	John Morrison	WWE	Skip Sheffield	07:32
4	R-Truth	WWE	Skip Sheffield	07:59
5	Bret Hart	WWE	DQ	12:08
6	Skip Sheffield	Nexus	Edge	13:13
7	David Otunga	Nexus	Chris Jericho	19:13
8	Chris Jericho	WWE	Heath Slater	20:05
9	Edge	WWE	Heath Slater	20:38
10	Heath Slater	Nexus	Daniel Bryan	29:02
11	Daniel Bryan	WWE	Wade Barrett	29:32
12	Justin Gabriel	Nexus	John Cena	34:50
13	Wade Barrett	Nexus	John Cena	35:18
Winner:	John Cena

The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The Nexus (from left to right: Skip Sheffield, Justin Gabriel, David Otunga, Michael Tarver, Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, and Darren Young, standing over Kofi Kingston at SummerSlam on August 15, 2010.