We are just a week and a half away from the biggest event of the summer.

That event is SummerSlam, which takes place on August 20th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown rosters will be featured on the card. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe in a Universal Championship Fatal 4-Way Match will headline this event.

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With the event coming up soon, we thought we would take a look back at what could be the best WWE PPV (pay-per-view) event in the history of the sports entertainment company.

That event is the 2002 SummerSlam PPV, which took place on August 25, 2002, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. This event marked the first SummerSlam pay-per-view to have events in the three major indoor venues in the New York metropolitan area.

There were some of the biggest names featured on this card and wow did it pull off a great night of matches. The main match on the SmackDown brand was for the WWE Undisputed Championship between The Rock and Brock Lesnar. The finish of the match saw Lesnar winning the WWE Title after pinning Rock following an F-5.

The main match on the Red brand saw an Unsanctioned Street Fight between the returning Shawn Michaels and Triple H. This marked Michaels’ first match in four years as he had to retire from pro wrestling in 1998 due to a back injury. The finish of the match saw Michaels pin Triple H by reversing Triple H's Pedigree attempt into a jackknife roll-up.

The undercard was stacked as well. An interpromotional match for the Intercontinental Championship between Rob Van Dam from Raw and Chris Benoit from SmackDown took place. The finish of the match saw Van Dam win by pinfall after performing a Five-Star Frog Splash.

The other matches on the undercard included The Undertaker vs. Test, Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio, Ric Flair vs. Chris Jericho, Edge vs. Eddie Guerrero and The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) vs. Booker T and Goldust for the WWE Tag Team Titles.

This year’s SummerSlam will have a hard time beating the 2002 event.

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