SummerSlam (1998)

SummerSlam
Promotional poster featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	August 30, 1998
City	New York City, New York
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	21,588[1]
Buy rate	700,000+ [2]
Tagline(s)	Highway to Hell
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The 1998 SummerSlam (marketed as SummerSlam: Highway to Hell) was the 11th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 30, 1998, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including three on the Sunday Night Heat pre-show.

The main event was a Singles match for the WWF Championship between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker. Austin won the match via pinfall after a Low Blow and Stunner to retain the WWF Championship. The main match on the undercard featured a ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between Triple H and The Rock, which Triple H went on to win the Intercontinental Championship. This SummerSlam was the notable for the pay-per-view in-ring debut of Edge.