It took place on August 29, 1994, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, which had opened eleven days earlier.

The other major angle going into SummerSlam was a feud in which Tatanka accused Lex Luger of joining the Million Dollar Corporation, a stable of heel wrestlers.

SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view (PPV) produced every August by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988.

Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer",[3] it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series,[4] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring.

Kwang accidentally spat green mist in Bomb's face, allowing the Kid to get the victory.

The pair split after an argument cost them the match when they faced the team of the 1–2–3 Kid and "Sparky" Thurman Plugg.

[11] One of the WWF's main storylines in 1994 was Ted DiBiase's creation of a stable known as the Million Dollar Corporation.

[11] The storyline then saw Vachon bring in Bull Nakano, a Japanese female wrestler, to gain revenge and challenge Blayze.

[16] Razor Ramon had been feuding with Shawn Michaels since being pushed to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship in late 1993.

Ramon brought in NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton to be his cornerman and help prevent Michaels from interfering.

[20] On the July 11, 1994 edition of Monday Night Raw, a major worked storyline began when Ted DiBiase announced that he had convinced Lex Luger to join the Million Dollar Corporation.

[21] Leading up to the pay-per-view, Tatanka confronted Lex Luger on several occasions, criticizing him for "selling out" to DiBiase.

Jarrett played the role of an aspiring country music singer, and Mabel portrayed a rapper.

[24] There was little buildup for the match until Mabel was booked to confront Jarrett on Monday Night Raw the week before SummerSlam.

[26] The brothers reunited over the Christmas holidays and focused on challenging The Quebecers for the World Tag Team Championship at Royal Rumble 1994.

[30] Bret jobbed to Owen in the opening match at WrestleMania X but defeated Yokozuna later in the pay-per-view to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

After losing a Casket match to Yokozuna at the 1994 Royal Rumble, The Undertaker did not appear in the WWF for several months.

[36] In the buildup to the match, Leslie Nielsen performed short segments trying to solve the mystery of how two Undertakers could exist in a spinoff of his roles on Police Squad!

[37] As the broadcast opened, the commentators, Vince McMahon (fresh off his federal trial acquittal, one month earlier) and Jerry Lawler, announced that The Headshrinkers had dropped the tag team title to Diesel and Shawn Michaels, and that the belts would not be on the line at SummerSlam.

[38] Throughout the broadcast, Nielsen and his co-star from The Naked Gun, George Kennedy, appeared backstage in skits trying to solve the mystery of the two Undertakers.

[39] In the first televised match, The Headshrinkers were accompanied by managers Afa and Captain Lou Albano, and Bigelow and I.R.S.

[39] The match ended when Nakano missed a diving leg drop, allowing Blayze to pin her for the win.

[39] Early in the next match, Diesel threw Razor Ramon out of the ring, allowing Shawn Michaels to remove the turnbuckle padding.

[38] When he tried to throw Ramon into the unprotected turnbuckle, Payton pointed out the missing padding to the referee, who stood in the way to prevent the move.

[38] While the referee was distracted, Michaels entered the ring and tried to perform a superkick while Diesel held Ramon.

Jarrett gained momentum when he tripped Mabel and performed a fist drop and two double axe handles from the ropes.

The match consisted mainly of brawling, including a couple of occasions when the two exchanged punches while standing on the top rope.

[13] Tatanka and Luger continued to feud until they faced each other as part of an elimination match at the 1994 Survivor Series.

[45] After Blayze won it back the following spring,[46] Nakano disappeared from the WWF without mention and joined World Championship Wrestling.

[14] Three days later, Bob Backlund put Diesel over by dropping his WWF World Heavyweight Championship in a match that lasted eight seconds.