10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 2007 Facts

10. The Cast Of Jackass Was Supposed To Wrestle Umaga

In June 2007, SummerSlam teasers ran on WWE programming, soundtracked by the upbeat theme music of the MTV series Jackass. That's because Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and the rest of the up-for-anything masochists were supposed to take part in SummerSlam.

Posters for the event depicted an angry Umaga alongside the Jackass cast, who were buried up to their necks in sand. Umaga was supposed to take on several of the cast members in some sort of handicap melee, while Hornswoggle claims that he was supposed to have had a boxing match with Jackass' Jason "Wee Man" Acuna.

However, the negativity of all Benoit-related media continued its malevolent swirl around all things WWE, and according to Figure Four Weekly, Knoxville reportedly got cold feet about associating with the company at that point. Reportedly, once Knoxville backed out in late July, WWE scrapped the whole idea, despite the availability of the rest of the cast.