SummerSlam (2011) was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view event produced by WWE that took place on August 14, 2011. For the third consecutive year, SummerSlam was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California,[2][3][4] and it was the 24th annual SummerSlam event.[5] Six matches were originally scheduled for the event, but a seventh was added during the show when Alberto Del Rio cashed in his "Money in the Bank" briefcase and defeated CM Punk. It was later announced that SummerSlam attracted a sellout crowd of 17,404 fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, grossing more than $1 million. This marks the highest grossing SummerSlam ever held at the Staples Center. The event however garnered only 301,000 PPV buys, down from 350,000 buys the previous years. [6]
I doubt it's a secret that Summer Slam hasn't been truly outstanding in a very long time, with the last three years or so delivering sub-par events. WWE once again focuses on the wrestling aspect. I have to admit that the show is a lot easier to get through on DVD than it was on PPV, since we had to sit through music shows. Thankfully the fast forward button allows those looking for good wrestling to skip through the bullshit. This event had a very interesting card … more
WWE SUMMERSLAM 2011 Spoilers 1. THE MIZ, R-TRUTH, ALBERTO DEL RIO VS REY MYSTERIO, JOHN MORRISON, KOFI KINGSTON-right here we had a great opening match pitting three of my favorite guys in Miz, Truth and Del Rio going at it against the baby faces they were semi feuding against prior to this. The match was faced paced with every one getting some shots in. The "face" team hit some high spots towards the … more