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.

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.WWE.com: CM Punk vs. Batista In other bouts, Shawn Michaels aims to take revenge on Chris Jericho for injuring his eye,WWE.com: Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho while JBL and John Cena settle their differences in a parking lot brawl.WWE.com: John Cena vs. JBL

• 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)

• WWE.com: The Great American Bash | History

• Wikipedia: WWE The Great American Bash | 2008

• iN DEMAND: WWE Great American Bash

• About.com: The History of the Great American Bash

• ProWrestlingHistory: The Great American Bash 1985-2000

• DailyMotion: Great American Bash 2008 Promo (Time: 0:31)

• Great American Bash 2008 First Official Promo

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• Triple H vs. Edge

• CM Punk vs. Batista

• Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer

• Fatal Four Way