The Greatest Match From Every WWE SummerSlam Ever

A hard hitting brawl of a ladder match, this semi-main event served to cement Triple H and The Rock as the company’s megastars of the future, and with good cause. The two would go on to fight one another time and again across the next five years, and never failed to bring the best out of each other.

HHH was yet to become the corporate uber-heel, but shades of the cerebral assassin are starting to creep in, utilising his environment and working the numbers game with Chyna to grab any advantage he can.

For his part, Rocky was about to go stratospheric, and even before becoming the main man it’s clear just how well he can play an audience. He has them eating out of the palm of his hand, MSG exploding when he nails the People’s Elbow onto HHH, who lays prone on a ladder.

Helmsley gets the win and takes Rock’s Intercontinental strap from him, leaving the vanquished ex-champ ready for an even greater push, but anyone watching could tell that the two men in the ring were the future of the business.