SummerSlam happened in the arena.
SummerSlam . The inaugural SummerSlam took place on August 29 , 1988 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was broadcast via pay-per-view . SummerSlam (1988) . It was produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and took place on August 29 , 1988 , in Madison Square Garden , located in New York City , New York . SummerSlam (2007) . It took place on August 26 , 2007 , at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford , New Jersey and featured talent from each of WWE 's three brands : Raw , SmackDown ! SummerSlam ( 2009 ) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , which took place on August 23 , 2009 , at Staples Center in Los Angeles , California and was the first of six consecutive annual SummerSlam events to take place at the arena . SummerSlam (2016) . It took place on August 21 , 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn , New York .