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Celebrities take in the action at SummerSlam: photos
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Aaron Neville poses with Bret "Hit Man" Hart backstage at SummerSlam 1993.6 [. I8 _. n3 O2 T
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S3 k5 i7 K/ I4 ANeville sang "The Star Spangled Banner" before American hero Lex Luger took on WWE Champion Yokozuna.! N* F2 l+ Y0 @0 X+ C
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$ }* E1 Q* G( `: x! k3 tPro Football Hall of Famer Walter Payton was in Razor Ramon's corner at SummerSlam 1994 as The Bad Guy challenged Diesel for the Intercontinental Title.; s5 x" B5 p2 G- s
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6 X; V4 @: X; z8 {3 qPayton counteracted Diesel's cornerman, Shawn Michaels, helping Razor Ramon to win the championship.8 n! D3 E' V% G) A, h
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Luna Vachon playfully slapped an illegal chokehold on the Chicago Bears legend.8 h7 y; m2 e6 {& |4 q- K6 S& j
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8 g& ]6 J5 M$ F5 [- t) Z. f"Naked Gun" stars Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy were hired to find the missing Undertaker in the weeks leading to SummerSlam 1994.
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Before he stepped in the ring with WCW, pro football player Kevin Greene hung out with Superstars Like Jerry Lawler at SummerSlam 1995.3 [, [1 O# c' d' T* c" _! n5 E
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; V1 K+ W; W% d* B: d: a1 t( DControversial rappers Insane Clown Posse performed The Oddities' entrance music live at SummerSlam 1998.
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, L2 X4 ^4 E+ V- iThe DX Band played Triple H to the ring at SummerSlam 1998 for his Ladder Match against The Rock.( Y; k+ X3 M. x% u5 `4 a
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WWE Hall of Famer Jesse "The Body" Ventura was the special guest referee for the main event at SummerSlam 1999., l+ A$ T& _# k2 R% }1 ^5 H3 |& F
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Ventura had to keep Mankind, Triple H and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in line during their Triple Threat WWE Championship Match.5 t, |# N' a. H: B5 H
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) t6 j- [ c% G6 n/ GHe was also the governor of Minnesota at the time.
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$ P2 p' ]; T" q; N, IArsenio Hall was enthralled by the action at SummerSlam 2009.
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/ ]8 G5 H/ k" P! {0 ILuke Perry, a huge fan of WWE, took in the sights at WWE's summer spectacular., f% [& U. `; O# ^
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Freddie Prinze, Jr. shared his SummerSlam excitement with Nancy O'Dell.2 n# U1 @; l1 c1 i" ~0 p
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1 o" _- i! @% C9 [. ?; y& `' XLegendary record producer Rick Rubin joined the WWE Universe at SummerSlam 2009.
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9 h* Z' x6 m+ C6 rCNN's Piers Morgan and his family watched SummerSlam in Los Angeles' STAPLES Center.
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7 |+ N) E* d5 x/ C7 oTito Ortiz had a great time with the WWE Universe.
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Robert Patrick of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "The Marine" loved seeing the Superstars in action.
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Slash took a break from shredding on his guitar to take in the sights and sounds of SummerSlam.
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Lemmy from Motorhead joined the crowd at SummerSlam 2009.
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7 `4 N! r& }3 b4 O: d7 L, {! BMarlon Wayans couldn't believe what he was seeing in the ring at SummerSlam 2010.
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Gabrielle Union watches on.% c" K/ p5 @5 U9 f) @5 A+ i
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Michael Clarke Duncan, a lifelong member of the WWE Universe, loved SummerSlam.
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Country music star Trace Adkins had a great seat at SummerSlam 2010.
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* _* {! f+ B) R; N- S5 R/ c4 ?Devon Gray checks out the action.
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" n0 P4 ]* F8 j; ?- L, TCee-Lo Green performed at SummerSlam 2011.
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He was joined by a bevvy of beautiful Divas.
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Adam Jones of Tool played the national anthem at SummerSlam 2011.( m+ c' O7 @" ~
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Jenny McCarthy watched the show.7 k3 L1 {6 [: o5 H+ T
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After his performance, Cee-Lo watched the show with the WWE Universe.
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2 Z7 r( g+ j" `6 F% q3 ^Before changing his name to Metta World Peace, Ron Artest hung out at SummerSlam.. \# ^7 W, [4 \' R8 l8 ?1 X: P& w) c5 ~
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The Miz faces off with Kellan Lutz from the "Twilight" movies.
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8 ?2 ~5 R1 W z7 i u$ AKevin Rudolf performs the SummerSlam 2012 theme song.
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Former WCW Champion David Arquette showed off his title.* j* c3 y% {! `6 o4 d; @
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! E% J& N+ C5 M: O8 y$ eAmerican Idol's James Durbin is loving the in-ring action.$ d, Y2 u4 m, H& |
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. \7 R+ X2 N+ d- E# X$ tAfter her match at WrestleMania XXVIII, Maria Menounos returned to the crowd at SummerSlam 2012.
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Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst appreciated the SummerSlam action., U/ D. v% A* D
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7 S& ~9 T% _* j0 z' I# `9 `The cast of WWE Studios' "The Day" gets a birds' eye view of SummerSlam. |
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