10 fun facts about the first three SummerSlams in the Barclays Center

#2 The WWE Championship match at SummerSlam 2017 was the first one between two wrestlers of Asian descent

Jinder vs Nakamura was truly unique.

The WWE Championship has a rich history, dating back to the early 1960s. We have seen fifty different champions holding the fine and prestigious belt, the 50th one being Jinder Mahal. The belt has been held by a diverse group of performers, from the muscular likes of Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino to a more athletic crop including the likes of Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles. However, it is extremely rare to see two wrestlers, not from North America, face each other for the richest prize in the industry.

This makes the WWE Championship match at last year's SummerSlam so weirdly fascinating. Jinder Mahal, of Indian origin, defended the title against Japan's Shinsuke Nakamura in the first-ever WWE Title match between two wrestlers of Asian descent. The match may have left a lot to be desired but it truly was unique, brilliantly showcasing the international diversity in the ranks of the WWE's talent pool. This feat is extremely unlikely to be repeated in the near future, at least.

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#1 Chris Jericho confronted Brock Lesnar backstage at the end of the 2016 edition

A fight almost ensued backstage after Summerslam 2016 ended.

Few people in WWE knew how the match between Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton was supposed to end, a bloodshed TKO finish. Joining Mike Chioda, the referee for the match and virtually everyone else outside that loop was Chris Jericho, who was alarmed by the amount of blood that Orton had lost. According to Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer, Jericho had asked Michael Hayes if that was the planned finish, and Hayes, who continued to keep the secret of the match after it was over, wouldn't answer.

Just as Jericho began to lose his cool, Lesnar returned to the Gorilla Position and thought Jericho was badmouthing him. By Jericho's account, the two quickly came nose-to-nose. Meltzer's report indicates that both men got physical. The two reportedly tangled in a scrap which nearly got very ugly until Triple H and Vince McMahon intervened. McMahon then made it clear to Jericho that the bloody ending to the event was indeed planned. Things cooled down more when Orton corroborated the story, that Lesnar was not taking any liberties with him.