The Great American Bash (2004)

Event
The Great American Bash (2004) was the 15th Great American Bash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, and the first produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event, presented by Subway, took place on June 13, 2004, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and starred wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown! and Hardnitro brand.

The main event from Raw was Chris Benoit versus Edge for the WWE Global Championship. The main match from Smackdown! was Sting versus Kurt Angle for the WWE World Championship. The predominant match from Hardnitro was Rhino and Raven versus Triple H and Randy Orton. The co-main event from Raw had Bret Hart versus Jeff Jarrett in a Street fight. The undercard had Abyss versus John Cena for the WWE TV Championship. Brock Lesnar faces Ric Flair, Brock Lesnar was attacked by Hulk Hogan. Booker T faces Goldust. Samoan Dynasty (The Rock and Samoa Joe) defends his WWE World Tag Team Championship against The Steiner Brothers (Scott and Rick Steiner). The APA (Bradshaw and Farooq) faces Chris Masters and Mark Jindrak. Gail Kim faces the champion Chyna for the WWE Women's Championship. Batista make his first title defense against Bryan Clark in a rematch. Christopher Daniels defends his X-Division title against Jimmy Michaels.