The Great American Bash (2008) was the fifth annual Great American Bash PPV. It was presented by AT&T and took place on July 20, 2008 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The main match on the SmackDown brand was between Triple H and Edge for the WWE Championship. The primary match on the Raw brand was between CM Punk and Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. The predominant match on the ECW brand was between Mark Henry and Tommy Dreamer for the ECW Championship. The featured matches on the undercard included John Cena versus John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) in a New York City Parking Lot Brawl and Shawn Michaels versus Chris Jericho. The event also crowned the first ever WWE Divas Champion, and it was the last pay-per-view event by WWE before transitioning to PG rating.
Paul Lévesque
Adam Copeland
John Cena
John Layfield
Phil Brooks
Dave Bautista
Chris Irvine
Michael Hickenbottom
Mark Henry
Tom Laughlin
Matthew Hardy
Shelton Benjamin
Mike Mizanin
John Hennigan
Brian Myers
Matthew Cardona
Drew Hankinson
Ray Gordy
Dave Finlay
Dylan Postl
Nattie Neidhart-Wilson
Michelle Calaway
Anthony White
Colin Matthew Delaney
Lance McNaught
Kara Drew
Eve Torres
Glenn Jacobs
Victoria Crawford
Vickie Guerrero