10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 1995 Facts

10. It Was The First SummerSlam To Take Place On A Sunday

The WWE pay-per-view calendar used to demonstrate flexibility in regards to what days of the week the shows would take place on, as compared to the eventual rigidness with always putting them on Sundays. WrestleMania, other than the second incarnation, was always a Sunday. Most Royal Rumbles were Sundays, save for Saturday editions in 1991 and 1994. Survivor Series started out on Thanksgiving night, a Thursday, before being moved to Thanksgiving Eve in 1991.

From 1988 through 1994, SummerSlam was held on Monday nights (save for 1992 being on a Saturday from London, then airing on tape-delay Monday in the US). That changed in 1995 when the event was moved to Sunday nights.

In those days, Monday Night Raw (and before it, Prime Time Wrestling) would be pre-empted for two weeks in late-August/early September by US Open tennis coverage, meaning that SummerSlam could fill the void of one missing episode, leaving the other week empty for the Labor Day holiday. It's not entirely clear why the change took place, though it may have something to do with changes in the TV taping schedule.