SummerSlam (2005) was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling PPV event. It was presented by THQ's WWE Day of Reckoning 2 and took place on August 21, 2005 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main match on the Raw brand was Hulk Hogan versus Shawn Michaels. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was a No Holds Barred match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Batista and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). Another primary match on the Raw brand was for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Chris Jericho. The main match on the undercard featured a Ladder match for the custody of Dominick between Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero.

Hulk Hogan

Shawn Michaels

JBL

Batista

John Cena

Chris Jericho

Randy Orton

The Undertaker

"Cowboy" Bob Orton

Kurt Angle

Christy Hemme

Eddie Guerrero

Edge

Lita

Matt Hardy

Chris Benoit
August 21, 2005

Hulk Hogan

Shawn Michaels

JBL

Batista

John Cena

Chris Jericho

Randy Orton

The Undertaker

"Cowboy" Bob Orton

Kurt Angle

Christy Hemme

Eddie Guerrero

Edge

Lita

Matt Hardy

Chris Benoit
