Ranking every WWE SummerSlam PPV in history

31. WWE SummerSlam 1993

• Razor Ramon def. Ted Dibiase
• The Steiner Brothers def. The Heavenly Bodies to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
• Shawn Michaels def. Mr. Perfect by count-out to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• Irwin R. Schyster def. The 1-2-3 Kid
• Bret Hart def. Doink the Clown by DQ
• Jerry Lawler def. Bret Hart by DQ
• Ludvig Borga def. Marty Jannetty by submission
• The Undertaker def. The Giant Gonzalez (Rest in Peace Match)
• The Smoking Gunns & Tatanka def. Bam Bam Bigelow & The Headshrinkers
• Lex Luger def. WWE Champion Yokozuna by count-out

With 1993 probably being the worst year WWE has ever had (let’s never pretend that WrestleMania IX was any good), it’s no surprise that the 1993 edition of SummerSlam kicks off this list as the worst SummerSlam in history. The Steiner Brothers vs. The Heavenly Bodies and the six-man tag are the two saving graces of this event, which is unfortunate on a card that featured Shawn Michaels vs. Curt Hennig, which wasn’t terrible but should have been much better given the participants. The chemistry just wasn’t there and the count-out finish was just one of many poor booking decisions that evening in Detroit.

The Bret Hart vs. Jerry Lawler saga continued with The King faking an injury and using Doink as a replacement, which is exactly what you’d expect it to be. Lawler interfered, setting up a new match which Bret originally won with the Sharpshooter. However, he kept the hold on for about five minutes after the match, which was hilarious, and the referee reversed the decision.

In a WrestleMania rematch, The Undertaker took on Giant Gonzalez in what may be the worst match in SummerSlam history. If you’ve never seen a Giant Gonzalez match, do yourself a favor and just watch this one for a good laugh — or a good cry as the case may be.

The main event saw Lex Luger take on Yokozuna for the WWE Championship. You all remember the summer of The Lex Express, right? You know: Luger riding around on a bus and waving flags and kissing babies and what not, essentially just Vince McMahon trying to make him the new Hulk Hogan.

After slamming (more like a hip toss) the Samoan … err … Japanese champ on the USS Intrepid on July 4, Lex was ready for his big moment at SummerSlam and did get the victory in the match — by count-out. However, nobody seemed to have noticed that Luger didn’t win the title with the celebration that ensued.

Lex waved the flag and the boys from the back came out to celebrate and it’s so funny to watch all these years later. It was another case of Vince changing his mind at the last minute, and Luger never did win the WWE Championship. Just a horrible finish to an overall horrible event.