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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.
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Neville sang "The Star Spangled Banner" before American hero Lex Luger took on WWE Champion Yokozuna.
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Pro 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.2 \2 J9 O4 p4 q- U/ b. ^
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6 J( u8 Q M- p% `Payton counteracted Diesel's cornerman, Shawn Michaels, helping Razor Ramon to win the championship.6 e6 H7 W6 n) ]* l5 F# T) _/ `
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Luna Vachon playfully slapped an illegal chokehold on the Chicago Bears legend." t$ _3 F- I2 M% i. i2 {
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"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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" g' t" J8 K7 j) @Before he stepped in the ring with WCW, pro football player Kevin Greene hung out with Superstars Like Jerry Lawler at SummerSlam 1995.
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7 J4 w1 Z! U3 I5 H5 n+ a- S4 G) SControversial rappers Insane Clown Posse performed The Oddities' entrance music live at SummerSlam 1998.2 B0 }7 G* s% D& x0 L
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/ [ X: y9 i3 y9 l2 v$ |The DX Band played Triple H to the ring at SummerSlam 1998 for his Ladder Match against The Rock.7 A& _5 z6 K; M+ t5 @: a8 C
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WWE Hall of Famer Jesse "The Body" Ventura was the special guest referee for the main event at SummerSlam 1999.: |( R- e5 Z- t& m, c, s
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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.
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He was also the governor of Minnesota at the time.
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Arsenio Hall was enthralled by the action at SummerSlam 2009.: `4 m, P4 b2 S6 [ j3 h9 i" r
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0 q ?$ r9 N" }; y% q4 f! {Luke Perry, a huge fan of WWE, took in the sights at WWE's summer spectacular.. }' d2 m2 ~. p7 m. `5 F( X
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8 B) }/ N0 i+ @" S$ L3 y0 KFreddie Prinze, Jr. shared his SummerSlam excitement with Nancy O'Dell.
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Maria Menounos smiled for the cameras.
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1 F, y7 f; ~" h8 jLegendary record producer Rick Rubin joined the WWE Universe at SummerSlam 2009.+ Z% g1 a. M j' U7 R, L
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CNN's Piers Morgan and his family watched SummerSlam in Los Angeles' STAPLES Center.
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Tito Ortiz had a great time with the WWE Universe.! |- ~- ~, j$ c3 e; ?0 A
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Robert Patrick of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "The Marine" loved seeing the Superstars in action.$ w' |4 f7 |) N$ l, }7 X* y0 |
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& D: P' m* J6 q% e3 m7 ?Slash took a break from shredding on his guitar to take in the sights and sounds of SummerSlam.
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$ y8 s: I9 x: d2 b8 bLemmy from Motorhead joined the crowd at SummerSlam 2009.
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! ~. o2 T/ k F2 C% [Marlon Wayans couldn't believe what he was seeing in the ring at SummerSlam 2010.
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) ~: a5 {/ Q/ v5 W/ }7 cGabrielle Union watches on.# X5 R" {/ R n/ D% }" e
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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.: P6 Q1 ~- { [0 G0 A
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Devon Gray checks out the action.6 z$ \3 [* M |5 ?8 t$ A
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% h4 E7 H: M1 q- x, mCee-Lo Green performed at SummerSlam 2011.
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" z# u' ^; T) w' oHe was joined by a bevvy of beautiful Divas.3 y* A" k5 X* ~/ `! ?8 a$ r9 l9 \/ m
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After his performance, Cee-Lo watched the show with the WWE Universe.( p1 |) m/ W# G% x! |
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7 b* ]& D# J* ?$ vBefore changing his name to Metta World Peace, Ron Artest hung out at SummerSlam.0 Q! A0 p7 ]8 i d! Z
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The Miz faces off with Kellan Lutz from the "Twilight" movies. ]4 ^- p6 i% x2 s' {6 U
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Kevin Rudolf performs the SummerSlam 2012 theme song.: v0 @) b1 r' T i( P9 l& @ O
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Former WCW Champion David Arquette showed off his title.
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! o5 v* S# b& v" eAmerican Idol's James Durbin is loving the in-ring action.7 x& H* h6 _% ^& A9 t2 C
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After her match at WrestleMania XXVIII, Maria Menounos returned to the crowd at SummerSlam 2012.
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The beauty was sporting a Bob Backlund t-shirt.# ] }7 Z/ m' l$ Y; ^' f! U
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Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst appreciated the SummerSlam action.
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5 J2 p/ m7 O/ R, D1 S) [& x! vThe cast of WWE Studios' "The Day" gets a birds' eye view of SummerSlam. |
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