Summerslam (1998) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Release Date:

30 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sport

Tagline:

The Highway to Hell

Plot:

WWF Championship: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker, WWF Intercontinental Championship (ladder match): The Rock vs...

Plot Keywords:

Oddity | Ladder | Undertaker | Southerner | Japanese

Cast

Steve Austin	...	Himself
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
Dwayne Johnson	...	The Rock
Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Mick Foley	...	Mankind
Glenn Jacobs	...	Kane
Brian James	...	The Road Dogg
Monty Sopp	...	Bad Ass Billy Gunn
A.C. Connor	...	D'Lo Brown
Sean Morley	...	Val Venis
Sean Waltman	...	X-Pac
Jeff Jarrett	...	Himself
Ken Shamrock	...	Himself
Owen Hart	...	Himself
Adam Copeland	...	Edge
Rena Mero	...	Sable
Marc Mero	...	Himself
Jacqueline Moore	...	Jacqueline
Paulo Silva	...	Giant Silva
John Tenta	...	Golga
Robert Maillet	...	Kurrgan
Takao Yoshida	...	Taka Michinoku
Sho Funaki	...	Himself
Mens Teioh	...	Himself
Dick Togo	...	Himself
Jim Ross	...	Himself
Jerry Lawler	...	Himself
Vince McMahon	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shaggy 2 Dope	...	Himself
Mark Canterbury	...	Himself
Mike Chioda	...	Himself
Chyna	...	Herself
Michael Coulthard	...	Himself
Jack Doan	...	Himself
Darren Drozdov	...	Himself
Howard Finkel	...	Himself
Robert Fuller	...	Tennesse Lee
Mark Henry	...	Himself
Violent J	...	Himself
Dennis Knight	...	Himself
Jimmy Korderas	...	Himself - Referee
Robert Remus	...	Himself
Glenn Ruth	...	Thrasher
Michael Seitz	...	Dok Hendrix
Dan Severn	...	Himself
Angelle Vachon	...	Luna
Chris Warren	...	Himself (DX Band Lead Singer)
Chaz Warrington	...	Mosh
Tim White	...	Referee
Wally Yamaguchi	...	Mr. Yamaguchi-San
Mark Yeaton	...	Himself
Tom Goodwin	...	Picture Taking Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Dunn

Produced by
Vince McMahon	....	producer

Also Known As:

WWF Summerslam: Highway to Hell (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Trivia:

This was Owen Hart's Last Summerslam Appearance.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the beginning of the event, Jim Ross states this is the 10th annual Summerslam, when in fact it is the 11th.

Movie Connections:

Followed by WWF Mayhem in Manchester (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Highway To Hell

One of the best Summerslam events ever done

Match 1: D'Lo Brown (c) vs Val Venis for the European Championship - Pretty decent opener. Back in the late 90's D'Lo could really work a decent match, but as of his recent performances on Raw in 2008 I'm not impressed anymore. So basically these two go at it for with WWE's now defunct European title on the line. Venis looked pretty good in the ring, his character was still relatively fresh at this time. But anyway towards the end of the match Val gets himself disqualified, which means D'Lo retains the title.

Match 2: The Oddities (Kurrgan, Golga and Giant Silva) (with Luna Vachon and The Insane Clown Posse) vs Kaientai (Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo, Mens Teioh and Sho Funaki) (with Yamaguchi-san) in a Handicap Match - Extremely weak match. I did like the Oddities as comic relief, but guys like Kurrgan and Golga did better as singles wrestlers. This, as J.R. says in the commentary, is not a classic. Anyway the Oddities squash their way to a victory over Kaientai.

Match 3: Jeff Jarrett vs X-Pac in a Hair vs Hair Match - The first good match of the night. These two put out a very crowd pleasing match at this particular Summerslam. X-Pac is able to score the win, but Jarrett retreats from getting his hair cut. He is brought back to the ring shortly and they cut his formerly long hair into the look he had all through WCW and in TNA.

Match 4: Marc Mero & Jacqueline vs Edge & Sable - A great way to get the young Edge over. Edge has always been tremendous in the ring, and even though he faces off with the talentless Marc Mero, he still manages to put on a decent match. In the end Edge and Sable get the win.

Match 5: Ken Shamrock vs Owen Hart in a Lion's Den match - This match was off the hook. Owen Hart completely ruled the ring, if it wasn't for his death he would have been WWE Champion at some point. This match was absolutely awesome. Shamrock is able to defeat Owen in the end, but I still applaud Owen because he was such a great wrestler. He's a guy that needs to be in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Match 6: Mankind (c) vs The New Age Outlaws for the WWF/E Tag Team Championship - This was just a low and lame match. Kane is the tag team partner of Mankind, but he doesn't show. So Mankind is left to fend alone against Road Dogg and Billy Gunn. In the end they get the win over Mankind and claim the Tag Titles again.

Match 7: The Rock (c) vs Triple H in a Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship - The match of the night. These two incredible veterans put out a great match. At this point both the Rock and the Game were on the verge of becoming main eventers, and I think this match made it for them. Honestly a fantastic, must watch, match. In the end Triple H grabs the title to win.

Match 8: Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs Undertaker for the WWF/E Championship - Great main event. Really one of Summerslam's best matches of all time. Madison Square Garden completely was behind Austin as he went into battle with the Undertaker for his championship. After a vicious battle, Austin hits the Stunner to retain the title. Crowd was completely ecstatic.