SummerSlam (2005)

Event
SummerSlam (2005) was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by THQ's WWE Day of Reckoning 2 and took place on August 21, 2005, at the RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown! and Hardnitro brands.

The main event was Hulk Hogan versus Shawn Michaels, which Hogan won by pinfall after executing a leg drop. The predominant match on the Raw brand was a No Holds Barred match for the WWE Global Heavyweight Championship between John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) and John Cena, which John Cena won by pinfall after executing two FU's, with the second on the steel ring steps. Another primary match on the Smackdown brand was for the WWE Grand Championship between Brock Lesnar and Batista which Batista won by pinfall after performing a Batista Bomb. The main match from Hardnitro was a Submission match between Bret Hart and Samoa Joe for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Samoa Joe won by submission after performing a Coquina Clutch. The main match on the undercard featured a Ladder match for the custody of Rey Mysterio's son Dominick between Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero, which Mysterio won by retrieving the briefcase suspended above the ring.