Guide Note

The Great American Bash is an annual professional wrestling event held by World Wrestling Entertainment. 2008 will the mark the fifth "Bash" event under the WWE banner. The event originally began in 1985 under the National Wrestling Alliance promotion. The event was then held by World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 2000.

Fast Facts

1. Date: Live on Pay-Per-View Sunday, July 20, 2008
2. Time: 8:00 PM Eastern Time
3. City: Uniondale, New York
4. Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5. Theme song: "Move to the Music" by American Bang

The main event of the 2008 Great American Bash features Edge challenging Triple H for the WWE Championship. On the Raw side, Batista will be challenging recently crowned World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk for his title.¹ In other bouts, Shawn Michaels aims to take revenge on Chris Jericho for injuring his eye,² while JBL and John Cena settle their differences in a parking lot brawl.³

• WWE Championship
  • Triple H vs. Edge
• World Heavyweight Championship
  • CM Punk vs. Batista
• ECW Championship
  • Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer
• WWE Tag Team Championship
  • Fatal Four Way
• Other matches
  • John Cena vs. JBL (NYC Parking Lot Brawl)
  • Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
  • Natalya Neidhart vs. Michelle McCool (WWE Divas Championship)