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SummerSlam (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE that took place on August 18, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the twenty-sixth annual SummerSlam, and the fifth consecutive one held at the Staples Center. The event received 296,909 buys, down from last year's event of 358,000.〔.〕 == Background == On the July 15 episode of ''Raw'', new Raw General Manager Brad Maddox announced that WWE Champion John Cena could choose his own opponent for SummerSlam. Later in the night, after taking an informal poll of the live audience, he chose Daniel Bryan. In the weeks leading up to SummerSlam, Vince McMahon would berate Daniel Bryan by trying to make him shave his beard, putting him into a gauntlet match, and putting him against his former friend Kane. On the August 12 episode of ''Raw'', Maddox served as special guest referee in a match with Bryan facing Wade Barrett. After making a quick count to allow Barrett to win the match, Maddox offered his services as the guest referee for the Cena vs. Bryan match at the PPV when Triple H interceded, and announced he would serve as referee instead (punctuated by a Pedigree to Maddox). At Payback, CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho in his return match in his hometown. The next night on Raw, he turned face when he challenged World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio to a match. He won the match by countout, but was attacked by the returning Brock Lesnar. Over the next few weeks, tension rose between Punk and Paul Heyman. At Money in the Bank, Heyman cost Punk the WWE Championship Money in the Bank ladder match. The next night on ''Raw'', Lesnar again attacked Punk. The next week, Heyman accepted Punk's challenge for a match at SummerSlam on behalf of Lesnar. On the July 19 episode of ''SmackDown'', Randy Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match. However, on the July 29 ''Raw'', Christian also defeated Del Rio in a non-title match. To determine the next challenger for Del Rio's championship, new SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero decided to make a triple threat match between Christian, Orton, and the returning Rob Van Dam. The match ended with Christian reversing Orton's attempt of an RKO into a backslide pin, winning the match and becoming the new #1 contender for the title before being attacked by Del Rio. On the August 9 episode of ''SmackDown'', Christian defeated Del Rio in another non-title match. At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view on July 14, Damien Sandow won the Money in the Bank briefcase for a future World Heavyweight Championship shot, betraying his former tag team partner Cody Rhodes in the process. Rhodes attacked Sandow after the latter's loss to Christian the following night on ''Raw''. On the July 26 ''SmackDown'', while Sandow was facing Randy Orton in a singles match, Rhodes took his briefcase, causing Sandow to lose the match and search for it. Rhodes threw it into the Gulf of Mexico, and Sandow was unable to retrieve it because he couldn't swim. It was announced on the August 5 ''Raw'' that Rhodes would face Sandow at SummerSlam. Four days later on ''SmackDown'', Sandow debuted his new, brown Money in the Bank briefcase with a new World Heavyweight Championship contract. Later on, after Christian defeated Del Rio in a non-title match, Sandow attempted to cash in his contract, but his effort was thwarted by Rhodes. On the July 8 episode of ''Raw'', after Kane defeated Christian in a singles match, The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) attacked Kane, removing him from competing at the Money in the Bank match for the WWE Championship contract. The Wyatt Family attacked Kane again three weeks later on ''Raw'', after Daniel Bryan defeated him in a singles match. A week later on ''Raw'', after Harper and Rowan defeated Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai) in a tag team match, Kane announced that he would face Bray Wyatt in a Ring of Fire match at SummerSlam. After AJ Lee retained her Divas Championship against Kaitlyn at Money in the Bank and later cost Dolph Ziggler his attempt at winning the World Heavyweight Championship, Ziggler broke up with AJ the next night on ''Raw'', causing her to distract Ziggler in his non-title rematch against Del Rio and leaving Big E Langston to attack him. On the July 29 episode of ''Raw'', Kaitlyn defeated AJ in a non-title match to stay in contention for the Divas Championship, but four days later on ''SmackDown'', AJ defeated Kaitlyn to retain the championship after Layla interfered and protected AJ. A week later on ''SmackDown'', The Miz (the host of SummerSlam) announced that Kaitlyn and Ziggler would face AJ and Langston in a mixed tag team match at the PPV. On the August 12 episode of ''Raw'', as a result of their feud stemming from starring on ''Total Divas'', Natalya challenged Brie Bella to a match at the pay-per-view, which she accepted by slapping Natalya's face. Natalya also announced that The Funkadactyls (Naomi and Cameron) will be in her corner due the fact that Eva Marie has aligned herself with The Bella Twins. Also on the August 12 episode of ''Raw'', Rob Van Dam won a 20-man battle royal (lastly eliminating Mark Henry) to win the right to challenge United States Champion Dean Ambrose for the title at the SummerSlam Kickoff Show, one hour prior to the pay-per-view broadcast. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SummerSlam (2013)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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