WWE Summerslam 2017 Results and Review The Marathon Show Continues

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If you had plans for Sunday night, I hope you erased them when you heard that the WWE Summerslam PPV was going to be 9 hours long. Ok, it wasn’t that long, but it certainly was long enough to garner a lot of tired faces by the time the main event came through. I have heard a lot of people talk about this show, and I’ve seen a lot of videos about what the thoughts were from a variety of people. But these are my thoughts on the night, as you know I was going to say something, because I sat through a lot of wrestling after writing an essay for school.

WWE Summerslam 2017 Results and Review

The Miz and The Miztourage defeated The Hardy Boyz and Jason Jordan

The arena was empty for this match. It was bad. These guys fought to a decent match, but I don’t know why they chose to do the same match again from Raw. This wasn’t half bad, but of course, The Miz and his crew got the big win on the ppv. This was fast paced, and not necessarily bad, but I’m not sure why Miz wasn’t defending his title here. I guess maybe it won’t happen until the next PPV. Jason Jordan and his team loses, in front of 12 people, and I’m not kidding.

Neville defeated Akira Tozawa for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship

This was fascinating, as it was another match between these two guys. Tozawa beat Neville on Raw, and it was a good match. However, this was another match where the two put on some good back and forth. However, the leaping senton bomb was thwarted by Neville, and the Red Arrow came through and Tozawa was done. I do not know what Titus O’Neil doesn’t help out, or cause a distraction. This was an ok match, but again, only like 20 people in the audience made this ok, at best.

The Usos defeated The New Day for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship

I do not think there is a better duo than The Usos. They are on the same exact page, and they keep pushing through a lot of moves, and reversals, with expert timing. These two guys are just incredible. The New Day is boring to me, but they keep trying to put on good matches. They did just that, and they were able to gain the upper hand for a good portion of the match, but it was the Usos and their fast-paced wrestling that ended up getting the big win. I loved the ending, dual super kicks, and their finish, which was stellar. The Usos are in their prime.

John Cena defeated Baron Corbin

This was a burial. Do not even argue with me. This was a burial that was akin to many other burials that you’ve seen in the past. John Cena defeated Baron Corbin clean. I kid you not. Clean. Cena wins in the opening match, and goes home to sleep because tomorrow he’s probably doing something grand. Well, tomorrow is Tuesday, but maybe he’s on Raw tonight? Oh boy!

Natalya defeated Naomi for the Smackdown Women’s Championship

This was a sloppy match, and I had a stomach issue. I went to the bathroom at one point, and came back, and it was still going. Natalya can be good, and Naomi has gotten better, but there was something missing between these two. It was fun, no doubt, and the winner was Natalya. She made Naomi tap out to the sharpshooter, which I thought was great, so good for her.

Big Cass defeated Big Show w/ Enzo Amore in a Shark Cage

The best part of this match was Enzo Amore stripping, lubing himself up and escaping the cage. That was thwarted by Cass, with a huge kick. Show got pinned after the empire elbow, and that was that. Not a great match, but Enzo was funny to me.

Randy Orton defeated Rusev

And another burial. Rusev has been downhill for a while, and here we go, Orton shows up and with a RKO out of nowhere, and the end. Less than 5 minutes. Rusev loses, and that’s that.

Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship

This wasn’t half bad. This was interesting, with Alexa impressing me a lot. Sasha put on a show as usual, but I didn’t like the end. I thought for sure Alexa Bliss should’ve pinned banks with her finisher, or at least threw a tantrum and walked out, for a DQ finish. But no, this time we get Sasha Banks winning after a lot of back and forth. However, Banks looked to have messed up her shoulder, legit, so we’ll see how that goes on. Banks got beat up in this match, Bliss was great, but she pulled a rabbit out of the hat and won the title yet again. Good for her.

The Demon Finn Balor defeated Bray Wyatt

I’m not a fan of boring ass Finn Balor. He beat the Eater of Pins, and that was that. It was about 8 minutes long, and Wyatt loses fast, after a ton of offense from Balor. This match was just Balor throwing himself around at Wyatt, that’s about it.

Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Championship

This wasn’t half bad. This was kind of cool, a good amount of action, and both teams throwing down a lot of punishment against each other. I loved the dynamic, and at the end, it was Ambrose and Rollins won a huge solution overall. This was a classic tag team battle, with two members of the Shield. I wanted to Roman Reigns to join them, but nope. I didn’t dislike Dean in this one, which was grand. Ambrose and Rollins make a great team, and this match was a great one, including the beach ball getting torn apart by Cesaro. The commentary team sucks, though.

AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens with Special Guest Referee Shane McMahon

Not a bad match. The best of their series, but it wasn’t that great. Owens will most likely fight McMahon, I guess. Styles is great, I love his work, but he needs a new opponent, I’m tired of him fighting Owens. Although, I wouldn’t mind seeing Shane McMahon versus Kevin Owens with Aj Styles as a guest referee! This was ok, I have no complaints, but we need something new.

WWE Champion Jinder Mahal defeated Shinsuke Nakamura

Well, the burial of Nakamura is complete. Jinder Mahal defeated Shinsuke, and wow, that was the end. Nakamura did ok with Mahal, and the Singh brothers helped him get the win. Jinder isn’t half bad, but he’s juicing. I liked the dynamic, but watching Nakamura lose, with a botched finish? I guess that’s the best that can happen with Jinder. Jinder’s mainstream push hit a high note this morning as the New York Times talked about Jinder, and well, that’s good. Good for him.

WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defeated Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe, and Braun Strowmana

This fatal 4 way title match was about as good as you’re going to get from WWE’s mainstream offering. I was surprised by how good the match was, because Brock was getting taken out early by Braun. Braun really got to Lesnar, and he even through him through two tables, before the paramedics came out. They wheeled out Brock, and he left for a while. But he came back, and then it was time to go to Suplex City! This was a good match, with lots of action. All guys hit their moves, submissions, and so much more. I was impressed with even Roman Reigns! Holy crap the dude threw down. This was fun, and a great showing. Oh, and of course, I had to mention Braun throwing the damn padded chair made another appearance. Lame.

Summerslam was good, no doubt. But was it great? Not as good as NXT if you ask me. The wrestling was good, but this was really long, and that’s my only big critique for this show. After sitting through so many hours, I don’t know if I even want to review Raw, but probably will. This was a lot of wrestling, and a lot of burials, and random notes. Oh, and Elias is great, more Elias and the Drifter!

WWF Summerslam 1988 Results and Review The Most Beautiful Woman Ever

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On August 29, 1988 the annual summer event for the WWF was held at Madison Square Garden. In front of 20,000 fans, a legit sell out, the show of shows featured some of the best of the WWF for the year of 1988. I saw this one on PPV and was absolutely enthralled. I went back to see this on the WWE Network for the purpose of review, and it holds up at times, and while it took me a while to watch it all, I’m glad I saw it again.

WWF Summerslam 1988 Results

The British Bulldogs defeated The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
Bad News Brown defeated Ken Patera
Rick Rude defeated the Junkyard Dog
The Powers of Pain defeated The Bolsheviks
The Ultimate Warrior defeated The Honky Tonk Man (Intercontinental Championship)
Dino Bravo defeated Don Muraco
Demolition defeated The Hart Foundation (Tag Team Championship)
Big Boss Man defeated Koko B. Ware
Jake Roberts defeated Hercules
The Mega Powers defeated The Mega Bucks

WWF Summerslam 1988 Review

What you’re going to find to be true about this event is that you’ll find the crowd to be wild. The crowd here was far more wild than anything you’re seeing in WWE right now. Oh and no, that doesn’t include the night after Wrestlemania, mind you.

When you go back to watch this, you’re going to hear Superstar Billy Graham and Gorilla Monsoon on commentary. They are great together and they have chemistry overall. Despite what some people say, this was a fun night of wrestling, with 10 matches and tons of fun

The British Bulldogs vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Time Limit Draw)

The opening match was great, with the British Bulldogs in their prime. Lots of suplexes, lots of fighting, and lots of chain wrestling. The Rougeau Brothers went to town with the Bulldogs, and the match went a time limit draw, but it was still fun and showcased the greatness of both of these teams.

Bad News Brown defeated Ken Patera

I love Bad News Brown. He put the boots to Ken Patera in this match, and then dropped him with the Ghetto Blaster. I loved it.

Rick Rude defeated the Junkyard Dog

This was a throwaway match, with JYD winning with a DQ finish. Rude was ok, but he wasn’t as good as when he would be in WCW in the coming years.

The Powers of Pain defeated The Bolsheviks

A squash match that had the crowd going, so perhaps that’s all that matters.

The Ultimate Warrior defeated The Honky Tonk Man (Intercontinental Championship)

The famous squash match, the Ultimate Warrior won the Intercontinental Championship in a squash. Honky would never recover after this.

Dino Bravo defeated Don Muraco

Random throw away match. Dino Bravo won a fast match, and Muraco would eventually leave.

Demolition defeated The Hart Foundation (Tag Team Championship)

This was a great overall match with the Hart Foundation losing after several near falls. Even here Bret Hart was a better wrestler than his partner. Demolition was no joke here, and the crowd was all over this match and the finish.

Big Boss Man defeated Koko B. Ware

Koko B. Ware is a hall of famer, and he put on a show. The crowd loved him, and the offense he threw in was great. Big Boss Man is a heel here, and he’s deceptively fast. Koko put on a show, but eventually fell to the former corrections officer. Boss Man is no joke here.

Jake Roberts defeated Hercules

Jake Roberts was so over here, and Hercules play a good heel. He would thwart Roberts at nearly every step until Roberts hit a great DDT. The DDT finish was so protected, it got the crowd going nuts when the 3 count happened. Great overall match for 1988, and Roberts was incredible. Hercules would eventually go to WCW and put on a mask.

The Mega Powers defeated The Mega Bucks

The Mega Powers were a team that consisted of Macho Man Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan. They were managed by Miss Elizabeth and looking back at this ppv, I recall how beautiful she was to me and many fans. My dad was even stricken. She was just a lovely, lovely lady, and as an adult I still have feelings for her. RIP Miss Elizabeth. The Mega Bucks was Andre The Giant and The Million Dollar Man. Ted Dibiase was a great foil and bumped like crazy in this match. Andre and Dibiase was great together, and when it seemed like the Mega Powers lost, out came Miss Elizabeth and took her skirt off. That got the crowd to go nuts, and boners to rise for young men like myself at the time. Even now, I marked out huge.

The special guest referee was Jesse The Body Ventura and he played a good down the middle ref, until the end which had Macho forcing his hand for the 3 count. This was a fun event with lots of action, and some great overall moments. The crowd was going nuts throughout the night, and it was great.

Overall, Summerslam 1988 gives me a lot of great memories, and it holds up today. If you watch the WWE Network option, they didn’t edit too much, except some of the music, and some of the commentary. Other than that, this is a great showcase for old school wrestling.

WWE Summerslam 2016 Results and Review Lesnar Goes Off Script

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WWE Summerslam 2016 has come and gone. I recall someone saying that Brock Lesnar was just playing grab ass in the WWE, and perhaps they are eating their words this morning. This was perhaps the worst evetn that I’ve seen since I paid to see WCW’s 2000 pay per views. Heck, I can openly admit that this nearly bored me to tears, had it not been for Good Island IPA, so thank you for that beer big BEER.

I did not see NXT Takeover. I heard it was good. But I didn’t care. The matches didn’t get me excited, so I didn’t watch it. Summerslam kind of had my attention. So let’s do this, let’s talk about Summerslam, match by match. It should be noted that I did not watch the pre-show.

WWE Summerslam 2016 Results RIP Harambe Edition

THE PRE SHOW Matches Below

The Usos, American Alpha & The Hype Bros def. Breezango, The Ascension & The Vaudevillains
Sami Zayn & Neville def. The Dudley Boyz
Sheamus def. Cesaro (Best of Seven Series Match No. 1)

The Summerslam PPV Show

Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens def. Enzo Amore & Big Cass
Charlotte def. WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks
Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Apollo Crews
AJ Styles def. John Cena
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson def. WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day via disqualification
WWE World Champion Dean Ambrose def. Dolph Ziggler
Nikki Bella, Natalya & Alexa Bliss def. Becky Lynch, Naomi, & Carmella
Finn Bálor def. Seth Rollins to become the first WWE Universal Champion
The United States Championship Match did not take place after Roman Reigns rendered Rusev unable to compete
Brock Lesnar def. Randy Orton via TKO

WWE Summerslam 2016 Review RIP Harambe Edition

Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens def. Enzo Amore &Big Cass

The first match of the night got the crowd really going. Wait. This wasn’t the first match of the night. This was the first one for the PPV broadcast. That being said, this was a great way to open things up, however, I knew from the first point forward that Enzo Amore and Big Cass was going to get buried, and boy did they ever. Enzo is great on the mic, but as a wrestler, he’s got a long way to go to match the prowess of the veterans. Cass is good, but he too looked laughable against Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho. This team is unstoppable, and perhaps the best thing of the night. The end spot had Owens launching Enzo up and Jericho giving him a code breaker for the pin. New team buried, great to see the new guys getting over, oh wait.

Match Rating: 4 out of 5

Charlotte def. WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks

The feminazis on Twitter probably hated this fact. So much for the Divas Revolution right? The women’s championship match was SECOND on the PPV show! This match was stellar at times, and there were some insane botches at others. There were so many spots blown, and random elements in which Sasha seemed very hurt. The match ended in the classic Survivor Series 1996 finale. As soon as Sasha lost, the internet went insane with Sasha’s possible wellness violation! That’s right, she may have been on drugs! Oh well. Ok match, not a diva’s revolution, more of the same old BS if you ask me. Sorry Feminazis, your precious women’s division IS NOT GOING TO MAIN EVENT MANIA, GTFO.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Apollo Crews

I had to go to the bathroom. When I came back The Miz had won. The best part about this was Maryse looking amazing. Man, what a hot woman. Sigh. I’m jealous Miz, I’m jealous.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

AJ Styles def. John Cena

This was an instant classic. Cena and Styles threw everything possible at each other, and right when I finally thought that Cena was going to lose, he didn’t kick out. He lost. He straight up lost clean to Aj Styles. I kid you not. CENA lost clean. He lost out big time.

Match Rating: 5 out of 5

Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson def. WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day via disqualification

Boring match. John Stewart was there, I didn’t care. Big E shows up, and guess what? The Club Sandwich boys get buried again.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

WWE World Champion Dean Ambrose def. Dolph Ziggler

Dean Ambrose is resting on his laurels. Steve Austin was right. He’s putting in the same match every single time, and not even Ziggler can save him. This was a train wreck of boredom. Ziggler loses again, despite a good build over time. Ziggler needs to take his money and go home. Dean Ambrose needs to stop resting on his laurels and quit putting in boring matches. He has the charisma of a wet paper bag right now, and he isn’t going to stand out if he’s not insane. Where was the guy that drove a damn Ambulance into the ring? Now? He’s just a bland, piece of unleavened bread.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5


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Nikki Bella, Natalya & Alexa Bliss def. Becky Lynch, Naomi, & Carmella

Nikki Bella got a HUGE pop here. This just shows you that the WWE women’s championship is not as important as Nikki Bella’s return. So much for that diva’s revolution. Naomi is rad though, congrats for that. She’s great, I’d love to hang out with her, and discuss GLOW TIME.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

Finn Bálor def. Seth Rollins to become the first WWE Universal Champion

The Universal Championship belt design is the worst. It looks like the Women’s title mixed with a fruit roll up. NO joke. The Demon Kane, I mean king, wrestled well enough against Rollins. However, at no time did I want to cheer for any of these guys. Balor sounds like he has marbles in his mouth. Rollins is unsafe, and was throwing Finn around like he was Sting and he wanted to injure him again. He’s unsafe, and it showed. Go back and look at some of the spots and you’ll see this. Just look at the power bomb through into the guard rail, and you will see Finn nearly shatter his shoulder.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5

The United States Championship Match did not take place after Roman Reigns rendered Rusev unable to compete

This never happened. Reigns beat up Rusev, made him look like a chump. The match didn’t start, who cares.

Match Rating: 0 out of 5

Brock Lesnar def. Randy Orton via TKO

This was insane. Brock Lesnar not only showed up to wrestle, he showed up to STIFF Orton. The match was worked Stiff, and Lesnar was taking liberties on Orton. It absolutely showed. When Lesnar threw Orton into the announce table the first time, look closely and you’ll see how much Lesnar was sand bagging him. Don’t believe me? Look how Orton gave him a spike DDT in the ropes. Lesnar’s head hit the mat like a sack of potatoes.

This was all fine and dandy, until Brock’s suplexes got more and more stiff, and eventually he took his gloves off and shattered Orton’s face. I’m not sure if this was hard style or not, but Lesnar was raining closed fists at Orton’s face and you could see that he wasn’t playing. This was a travesty to me. It looked real, Lesnar wins.

A part timer not only embarrasses Orton, he cheated UFC took steroids, and now he’s here burying a top guy? Is Orton retiring? If not, he should. This was a joke of a match. Shane McMahon came out, and got an F5 for his troubles. They blurred the lines here. I didn’t like it. I thought this match was stupid.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5

Last Notes on Summerslam 2016

My last take on this night? A terrible booked event. I still cannot believe how miserable this whole event was. I also cannot believe how both world championships were booked as non-important. If they are so important why didn’t they main event? Seriously. Why? They must not care about the world title, and when they don’t care, guess what? I don’t care at all either.

This was the worst Summerslam since 1993 or 1995, I can’t remember, they both sucked. I can’t believe I wasted 4 hours of my life on this piece of garbage. WWE is really out of touch if they thought this was a good event. If you did too, you’re wrong.

I’m done. I don’t even care about Raw, but I’ll have a review for it coming up. This was a stupid show. Stupid, Stupid show.

Overall Summerslam 2016 Rating: 2 out of 5 for Harambe.

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WWE Summerslam 2013 Review

 I have been walking around for 2 years with a shirt from Summerslam 2013. I bought it at Hot Topic. It was advertising The Beast vs. The Best from Summerslam 2013. I didn’t see the show, and only knew minimal about it. That is until yesterday. I finally sat down and watched the event, and wanted to review it for this site. I was impressed with certain aspects, but others were boring as usual. Knowing only a few things about the show, I entered in with a fresh mind, and really was amazed at some of the moments. Here is my take on the event. (Note I didn’t get the preshow)

Bray Wyatt defeated Kane in a Ring of Fire Match

This wasn’t as exciting as I would have hoped. When the first ever Ring of Fire match was put together for the Undertaker and Kane, we all thought it was a fresh idea. However, it’s actually a boring concept. This match was ok and Wyatt’s win must have been nice at the time, I didn’t care for it though.

Cody Rhodes defeated Damien Sandow

Sandow lost this one, and it was an ok battle for a few minutes. It only lasted about 6 minutes, and it had a predictable finish. I didn’t like these two when they were together and didn’t like this blow off match either.

Alberto Del Rio defeated Christian in a World Heavyweight Championship Match

This match was ok at best. I loved Del Rio’s persona when he first came in. However, I don’t like his in ring work with Christian. Christian was on his way out here, and while he’s a stellar talent, I relegate him to tag team work with Edge not a solo act. That’s just my opinion though.

Natalya defeated Brie Bella

A five minute throw away match. I got bored fast, and while I think these two can throw something better together, the crowd seemed dead, and I was not a fan. Still not a fan.

Brock Lesnar defeated CM Punk

Now this is the match that stole the show. I was absolutely impressed with the delivery of this match. Punk threw everything but the kitchen sink at Lesnar, and it was believable that he could beat the giant. Lesnar on the other hand is an absolute beast. I truly believe that Punk took a serious beating here. You can see lacerations on his back, you can see swelling on his face, as well as Lesnars. This was by far one of the hardest matches I’ve seen from Lesnar thus far. Punk is one tough kid and you can hear Lesnar on screen say it to Heyman. Even though Punk loses this epic, he is made strong in how he is laid out. You can see that Punk is pissed with WWE creative here, especially when they play his music after he’s lost a match. The crowd was all over this match and I am saying that this was match of the year 2013. I think this is an example of how great Punk is. He made Lesnar nearly tap at one point, I loved it.

Dolph Ziggler and Kaitlyn defeated Big E and AJ Lee

Another boring match. AJ Lee is over rated.

Daniel Bryan defeated John Cena in a WWE Title Match w/ Triple H as Referee

Now this was another great match. However, it didn’t top CM Punk and Lesnar. This match had very good in ring psychology. Cena is on point here, and Bryan throws everything he has against the champion. The fact that Cena blocks a great deal of Bryan’s moves shows that there’s a lot of thought given to this match. Bryan’s win is great, but it’s what happens next that truly got the crowd in a mood.

Randy Orton cashes in money in the bank.

Orton beats Bryan, and that was the end of Bryan’s world title run.

Summerslam 2013 is well worth watching for 2 big matches. CM Punk should have been given a billion dollars here. Lesnar does a great deal of work too, but wow, Punk showcases the absolutely brilliance of his on screen character and real life toughness. John Cena and Bryan tore the house down as well, but is edged out by Punk’s absolutely brilliant performance. I can’t wait to see him in UFC.

If you want to check this mess out, you should BUY THE SUMMERSLAM 2013 BLU RAY HERE. You can pick it up cheap and dissect the Punk vs. Lesnar match. There should’ve been a sequel, that’s for sure.