10 things you didn't know about WWE SummerSlam

SummerSlam without a doubt is one of those pay-per-views that determine how successful Vince McMahon’s promotion has been over the year. Over the past 27 years, that tradition hasn’t changed and as each year passed, the company only tried to make the show better and better. In its rich history, SummerSlam has given rise to many legend and some memorable matches. When one regular fans looks at the history of the pay-per-view they might only see these two factors but there are certain interesting facts that always miss the eye. So now that we looked at the facts and stats from the pay-per-view, here is a look at some of the lesser detailed ones that is sure to raise one eyebrow or another.

#10 A \'Dark Knight\' star headlined SummerSlam

Almost everyone would be aware of the Dark Knight trilogy that Christopher Nolan directed.

It was a revolutionary piece of series which redefined the way we saw Batman and one thing that most of the wrestling fans arent aware of is that one of the actors in the second movie in the series actually main evented SummerSlam.

Tom Lister, who played a short yet integral part in the movie, was a professional wrestler alongside being in the films. In order to promote his movie No Holds Barred (which was financed by WWE), Lister joined WWE and was named Zeus.

He was pushed as a monster heel and went on to main event SummerSlam in a tag team match in which he had Randy Savage as his partner, and their opponents, none other than Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake. Speaking of Brutus Beefcake