Welcome to WrestlingInc.com's live coverage of WWE SummerSlam.
The show is opening with Fit Finlay vs. Kane. The match had some comedy with Hornswoggle interfering and almost getting chokeslammed by Kane. The finish saw Kane pin Finlay after a chokeslam.
The triple threat Intercontinental title match with Umaga defending against Carlito and Mr. Kennedy is up next. Umaga retained the title after pinning Mr. Kennedy after using the samoan spike.
Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero is up next. Mysterio came out to an elaborate entrance. Mysterio was wearing silver body paint. Chavo spent most of the match working on Mysterio's knee. Mysterio won the match after hitting Chavo with the 619 and then a splash.
Todd Grisham interviewed King Booker backstage hyping up his match with Triple H later.
The WWE Divas Battle Royal is up next. Candice Michelle came out to a remixed version of her theme song and sat at ringside. Beth Phoenix won the battle royal after eliminating Torrie Wilson and Michelle McCool.
MVP came to the ring and challenged Matt Hardy to a beer drinking contest. Hardy said that since MVP had Holyfield sub for him in the boxing fight, he was going to have someone sub for him tonight which brought out Steve Austin. Austin started with doing push ups and jumping jacks to get ready. Crowd was hot for this segment. Before the contest could start, Austin hit MVP with a stunner.
John Morrison vs. CM Punk for the ECW title is up next. Morrison defeated CM Punk, but used his feet on the ropes for leverage.
King Booker vs. Triple H is up next. King Booker came to the ring first. Triple H came out to a huge response. Like the Mysterio match earlier, Booker spent most of the time working over Triple H's knee. Triple H hit the pedigree on Booker to win the match.
Batista vs. The Great Khali is up next. Loud chants of 'Boring' while Khali had Batista in a nerve hold. Khali dominated the match, however Batista got the upper hand at the end. Because of that, Khali grabbed a chair and used it on Batista to get DQd. After the match, Batista beat Khali down with the chair.
John Cena vs. Randy Orton is up next. Cena was heavily booed by the crowd and Orton was cheered whenever he got any offense in. Orton dominated most of the match and hit an RKO at the end. Cena kicked out and hit the FU on Orton to score the pin and retain the title.
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