The Great American Bash (2005)

The Great American Bash (2005)
Promotional poster featuring Torrie Wilson
Theme song(s)	"Pay the Price" by Eric & The Hostiles
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	SmackDown!
Date	July 24, 2005
Attendance	8,000
Venue	HSBC Arena
City	Buffalo, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
Vengeance (2005) The Great American Bash (2005) SummerSlam (2005)
The Great American Bash chronology
The Great American Bash (2004) The Great American Bash (2005) The Great American Bash (2006)

The Great American Bash (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the second annual event and took place on July 24, 2005, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the SmackDown! program.

The main event was Batista defending the World Heavyweight Championship against John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). JBL won the match after Batista was disqualified, but did not win the title because a championship can only be won via pinfall or submission. One of the featured matches on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero, which Mysterio won by pinfall. The other was Orlando Jordan versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship, which Jordan won, also by pinfall.

The event grossed over US$375,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,000, and received about 233,000 pay-per-view buys, the same amount as the following year's event. This enabled WWE's pay-per-view revenue to increase by $4.7 million from the previous year. When the 2005 event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of second on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart. The event was also available free of charge for Armed Forces members and their families.