SummerSlam (1995)

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The 1995 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the eighth annual SummerSlam and took place on Sunday, August 27, 1995, at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the first SummerSlam to broadcast live on a Sunday as all prior events were held on a Monday, except the 1992 event, which took place on a Saturday but aired on tape delay the following Monday. SummerSlam remained on Sunday until 2021 when it moved to Saturday before the event expanded to a two-night broadcast on Saturday and Sunday beginning in 2025. A total of nine matches were contested at the event. The main event was for the WWF Championship, and was between Diesel and King Mabel. Diesel retained the championship, pinning Mabel after performing a clothesline off the second rope. There were three matches on the undercard that had more build-up than other matches: The Undertaker defeated Kama in a Casket match; Bret Hart...

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