Tuesday August 9 10:00 AM (crews to arrive by 9:15am)
(WWE Superstars to participate in 1-on-1 interviews following press conference)

WHO:              WWE Chairman Vince McMahon Hulk Hogan™ WWE Champion John Cena® Shawn Michaels™ Kurt Angle® and RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff™ along with World Heavyweight Champion Batista™ Randy Orton™ John Bradshaw Layfield™ Candice Michelle™ and Smackdown! General Manager Teddy Long™

WHAT:            Press Conference to announce “SummerSlam” coming to Washington Sunday August 21

WHERE:         MCI Center – The Concourse

WHEN:            Tuesday August 9 10:00 AM

For the first time ever this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view will feature a match-up between the Immortal Hulk Hogan and wrestling Icon Shawn Michaels.   This will add to the historical matches of previous SummerSlam line-ups.  Also WWE Champion John Cena is in a match defending his title against bitter rival Chris Jericho®.

Historical SummerSlam Highlights

• After WrestleMania® SummerSlam is the second biggest WWE PPV event of the year. 
• The first-ever SummerSlam event took place on August 29 1988 at Madison Square Garden where fans saw Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage™ beat Ted DiBiase™ and Andre the Giant™. 
• In 1992 SummerSlam went oversees where fans at Wembley Stadium in London England saw The Ultimate Warrior™ defeat World champion Randy Savage™ and hometown favorite Davey Boy Smith™ pinned Intercontinental champion Bret Hart to win the title. 
• In 1996 Mankind™ defeated Undertaker® in a boiler room brawl at Gund Arena in Cleveland. 
• In 1997 “Stone-Cold” Steve Austin™ pinned Owen Hart™ for the Intercontinental title and Bret Hart defeated Undertaker for the World title
• In 1999 from the Target Center in Minneapolis fans saw Mankind defeat Triple H® and World champion Steve Austin™ in a triple threat match to win the title with Jesse Ventura as a special guest referee. 
• In 2002 Brock Lesnar™ pinned World Champion The Rock® to win the title at Nassau Coliseum. 
• In 2004 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto Randy Orton defeated RAW Champion Chris Benoit® to become the youngest Superstar ever to win the World Heavyweight Championship.    

This year it will be a RAW and SmackDown! exclusive pay-per-view and this historic event will take place at the MCI Center on Sunday August 21.  Ticket Information: Box Office All Ticketmaster Outlets www.ticketmaster.com or Charge-by-Phone: (800) 551-SEAT.

For more information please contact Michael Smith 203.352.8657 or Michael.Smith@wwecorp.com