10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 2007 Facts

WWE's main event scene in 2007 was repeatedly compromised by injuries to the point where it feels like Randy Orton was the only top guy that made it through the year unscathed. Even WWE's Grim Reaper was not immune to this plague, tearing his biceps tendon in early-May, necessitating dropping the World Heavyweight Title to Edge.

If Undertaker had his way, he would have returned at SummerSlam, but it was Vince McMahon that put the kibosh on that. In the fallout of Benoit's double murder-suicide, after which copious amounts of steroids and other drugs were found in his home, WWE was painted as a callous promotion that ran its performers into the ground (which isn't an unfair assessment).

To reportedly send the message to other wrestlers that they didn't need to rush back early from injury, Vince held off on bringing Undertaker back at SummerSlam (though he did return to the ring at Unforgiven three weeks later). Additionally, since Helmsley and Mysterio were returning at SummerSlam, it made sense to prevent return-overkill with three monumental comebacks.