5 WWE Superstars who are cursed at SummerSlam

With WWE SummerSlam 2018 on the horizon, we have been taking a look at numerous facts and figures about the August pay-per-view ahead of this year’s show in Brooklyn.

Earlier this week, we counted down the top 10 WWE Superstars who have picked up the most victories at the event, while we also took a trip down memory lane to recap how well Roman Reigns has performed at the annual extravaganza during his career.

Reigns’ SummerSlam record wasn’t as impressive as you might think, winning just twice in five appearances at the show, but he’s still done a lot better than many of his fellow WWE Superstars, including one Hall of Famer and three guaranteed future Hall of Famers.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at five performers who seem to be cursed every time they step foot in a WWE ring at one of the most anticipated ‘Big Four’ PPVs of the year.

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#5 John Cena (5 wins, 9 losses)

John Cena lost six SummerSlam matches in a row between 2011 and 2016

John Cena boasts one of the most impressive records in WrestleMania history, winning 10 of his 14 matches at the event. SummerSlam, however, is a totally different story.

The 16-time world champion won three of his first four matches at the PPV, defeating Booker T, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton in the mid-00s and losing just once against Edge in 2006.

Since then, he has been defeated in SummerSlam matches against Orton, Batista, CM Punk x2, Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins and AJ Styles, meaning he has lost eight of his last 10 encounters at “The Biggest Party of The Summer”.

The veteran’s only wins at the show in the last decade came when he led Team WWE to victory against The Nexus in 2010 and when he defeated Baron Corbin in the opening match of the night in 2017.

#4 Naomi (0 wins, 3 losses)

Naomi lost her SmackDown Women's title at SummerSlam 2017

Of all the current women on the main roster, nobody has a worse win/loss record at SummerSlam than former SmackDown Women’s champion Naomi.

In 2015, the former Funkadactyl was part of the nine-woman tag match at the event, teaming with Sasha Banks & Tamina against Team Bella (Alicia Fox, Nikki Bella & Brie Bella) and Team PCB (Paige, Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch), but it was Team PCB who picked up the win.

A year later, she was in tag-team action again, this time on the kickoff show, but her alliance with Becky and Carmella wasn’t strong enough to defeat Nikki, Natalya and Alexa Bliss.

Naomi’s most recent SummerSlam match came in 2017 when, despite being many people’s favourite to walk out as the champion, she lost her SmackDown Women’s title in a one-on-one match against Natalya.

#3 Matt Hardy (1 win, 5 losses)

Will Matt Hardy fare any better in 2018?

Despite winning just one of his six matches at SummerSlam, Matt Hardy has certainly made a big impression at the PPV in previous years.

In 2008, he recorded his one and only win at the event when he defeated ECW champion Mark Henry via disqualification after Tony Atlas interfered to cause a disqualification just 33 seconds into their match.

However, it’s his losses at the show that really stand out, most notably when he took part in the first-ever TLC Triple Threat tag match against Edge & Christian and The Dudley Boyz at SummerSlam 2000.

His other tag team defeats came in 1999 against Edge & Christian and in 2017 against The Miz & The Miztourage, while he suffered one-on-one losses in memorable storylines against Kane in 2004 and Edge in 2005.

#2 Booker T (0 wins, 5 losses)

Booker T made his first SummerSlam appearance in 2001

In fairness to Booker T, he has been involved in some very high-profile SummerSlam matches throughout his WWE career – but that doesn’t change the fact that he lost every single one of them.

His most famous encounter at the PPV came when he lost his WCW World Heavyweight Championship in the main event against The Rock in 2001.

Then, between 2002 and 2007, the WWE Hall of Famer competed at four more SummerSlam events, losing a tag match with Goldust against Christian & Lance Storm in 2002 before failing to win in singles matches against John Cena, Batista and Triple H.

#1 Jeff Hardy (0 wins, 6 losses)

Jeff Hardy has never won a match at SummerSlam

Jeff Hardy is one of the most entertaining WWE Superstars of his generation, but it’s fair to say that his win/loss record at major PPVs could definitely be a little better.

“The Charismatic Enigma” finally won his first match at WrestleMania when he returned to WWE in 2017, but he is still awaiting his first victory on the SummerSlam stage.

During his early days teaming with Matt Hardy, Jeff lost tag matches against Edge & Christian in back-to-back years at SummerSlam in 1999 and 2000, and then he lost his Hardcore Championship at the 2001 event against RVD.

The veteran went on to lost two more singles match at the event later in the 00s – against MVP in 2008 and against CM Punk in 2009 – before he teamed with Matt and Jason Jordan in a losing effort against The Miz and The Miztourage in 2017.

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