10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 2005 Facts

10. Chris Jericho Was Once Set To Face Carlito For The Intercontinental Title

Jericho had made his mind up at some point in 2004 that he was going to take a sabbatical from WWE, beginning in the summer of 2005. With this in mind, Jericho was almost certainly going to be putting somebody over on the way out. In the spring of 2005, as the preliminary SummerSlam card came together, Jericho (still a babyface) was matched up with Carlito, who would be taking the Intercontinental belt from Shelton Benjamin in June of that year.

Jericho, however, wanted to put WWE Champion John Cena over on the way out, and made his pitch directly to Vince McMahon, who agreed to the idea. Jericho was turned heel officially that summer, and gave Cena a pretty good match on SummerSlam night. Carlito, meanwhile, was never issued a replacement opponent, and the Intercontinental belt went undefended at SummerSlam.