The other two main matches on the card were Steve Austin versus Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship, which Angle won, after Austin was disqualified for attacking referees, and Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for the WWF Hardcore Championship.

The other main match on the undercard was the Winners Take All Steel cage match between WCW Tag Team Champions Undertaker and Kane and WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon, which Undertaker and Kane won, after Undertaker executed the Last Ride and pinned Page to win both titles.

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

[7] The main rivalry heading into SummerSlam was between The Rock and Booker T, battling over the WCW Championship.

After losing the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania X-Seven, The Rock took a hiatus from professional wrestling to film the movie The Scorpion King.

[21][22] The other main match on the card was Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship.

The previous month at Invasion, Team WCW/ECW (Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Rhyno and Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) defeated Team WWF (Austin, Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and Kane).

Later that evening, Austin interfered during a six man Elimination Tables match by assaulting Angle.

On the July 30, 2001 edition of Raw Is War, Angle lost the WCW Championship back to Booker with the help of Austin and Shane McMahon.

Lita performed the Twist of Fate on Ivory, allowing Jacqueline to pin her for the win.

[23] The event opened with Lance Storm defending the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Edge.

After that, Jeff Hardy defended the WWF Hardcore Championship against Rob Van Dam in a Ladder match.

In the sixth match, WCW Tag Team Champions The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) faced WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon in a Steel Cage match for both titles.

In the seventh match, Stone Cold Steve Austin defended the WWF Championship against Kurt Angle.

Austin attacked Angle with a low blow and performed a Stone Cold Stunner on another referee.

The Rock performed a Spinebuster and a People's Elbow on Booker T but McMahon pulled the referee out of the ring, voiding the pinfall.

[This] show is well worth a watch, especially for Angle's memorable performance and another classic ladder match.

"[24] This was the last SummerSlam to occur before the introduction of the first brand extension in March 2002, which split the roster between the Raw and SmackDown!

[25] It was also the last SummerSlam event to occur under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002.