SummerSlam (2002)

The 2002 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 15th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 25, 2002, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The event was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! divisions in the first SummerSlam following the introduction of the brand extension, as well as the first SummerSlam held under the WWE name and the first of the Ruthless Aggression Era.

The main match on the SmackDown! brand was for the WWE Undisputed Championship between The Rock and Brock Lesnar. Lesnar won the match and the championship after pinning Rock following an F-5, and would go on to become a major WWE star hereafter whereas The Rock would enter a hiatus. The main match on the Raw brand featured an Unsanctioned Street Fight between Shawn Michaels, returning for his first SummerSlam since 1997, and Triple H, which Michaels won after pinning Triple H by reversing Triple H's Pedigree attempt into a jackknife roll-up. There was also an interpromotional match for the Intercontinental Championship between Rob Van Dam from Raw and Chris Benoit from SmackDown!, which Van Dam won by pinfall after performing a Five-Star Frog Splash. The other matches on the undercard included The Undertaker versus Test and Kurt Angle versus Rey Mysterio.

SummerSlam 2002 is widely regarded among fans and critics as the greatest SummerSlam of all time as well as one of the greatest professional wrestling pay-per-views of all time, often receiving comparisons to the WWF WrestleMania X-Seven from the previous year in 2001.