Ranking All 29 WWE SummerSlam Main Events Ever

26. Hogan & Warrior Vs. Slaughter & Adnan & Mustafa (1991)

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If we counted the “wedding” of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth as the main event, 1991 SummerSlam’s entry would rank much higher. But alas, this was the wrestling main event, pitting WWF champ Hulk Hogan and former champ Ultimate Warrior against former champ Sgt. Slaughter and his two managers, General Adnan and Col. Mustafa (better known as the Iron Sheik).

Considering the heel side consisted of 52-year-old Adnan, 49-year-old Mustafa and a “spry” 42-year-old Slaughter, was anyone giving them a chance? Who thought this was going to be a good match? Hogan had already dispatched of Slaughter and his Iraqi flag-waving buddies at WrestleMania VII. Needless to say, this one goes on the scrap heap.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.