SummerSlam (2004)

SummerSlam (2004)
Promotional poster
Tagline(s)	Let the Games Begin
Theme song(s)	"Summertime Blues" by Rush
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown!
Sponsor(s)	Stacker 2's YJ Stinger
Date	August 15, 2004
Attendance	17,640
Venue	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pay-per-view chronology
Vengeance (2004) SummerSlam (2004) Unforgiven (2004)
SummerSlam chronology
SummerSlam (2003) SummerSlam (2004) SummerSlam (2005)

SummerSlam (2004) was the seventeenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Stacker 2's YJ Stinger and took place on August 15, 2004, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

The main match on the Raw brand was Chris Benoit versus Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Orton won by pinfall after performing an RKO. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) versus The Undertaker for the WWE Championship, which JBL won after Undertaker was disqualified. The featured matches on the undercard included Kurt Angle versus Eddie Guerrero and Triple H versus Eugene.

At Vengeance, Chris Benoit defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. On the July 26 episode of Raw, Randy Orton won a 20-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Chris Jericho, to face Benoit at SummerSlam for the title. Also that night, Benoit defeated Triple H in a 60-minute Iron Man match to retain the title with the help of Eugene. The next week on Raw, Evolution (Orton, Batista, and Ric Flair) defeated Benoit, Edge, and Chris Jericho after Orton pinned Benoit following an RKO. On the August 9 episode of Raw, Benoit defeated Orton and Triple H in a Handicap match by disqualification.