411’s WWE Summerslam Report 8.17.08
Posted by Larry Csonka on 08.17.2008
HHH, Mark Henry and CM Punk retain their titles, Santino Marella wins the IC Title, Beth Phoenix wins the Women’s Title and as promised the Undertaker sends Edge straight to hell…
Remember to send your thoughts on the show: a score from 1-10, match of the night and trash of the night!
~WWE SUMMERSLAM 2008~
-The announce team welcomes us to the show, run down the main matches and here we go!
Jeff Hardy vs. MVP
MVP misses the big kick right away and things pour to the floor. Jeff slams him to the barricade, and they brawl around the ring. Jeff rolls MVP back in and covers for 1. A slam by Jeff, gets a slingshot leg drop and a cover for 2. Arm bar by Jeff, MVP gets to his feet and gets an arm bar, but Jeff holds on and rolls through. Wristlock by Jeff, MVP to the ropes and Jeff has to break. A boot by Jeff, another and then to the corner they go. A right by Jeff, Irish whip and MVP gets an overhead toss to Jeff, who hits hard in the corner. MVP covers for 2. MVP works the butterfly lock and rolls it into a cover for 2. Back to the butterfly lock goes MVP as commentary plays up Jeff landing badly on his neck. Elbows by MVP, and into the camel clutch. Cross face shots by MVP, Jeff gets an arm out and works for the ropes. MVP pulls him back in center, and MVP then rolls sloppily into a single leg crab. He transitions to a knee bar as he tries to keep Jeff grounded, but Jeff gets the ropes to break the hold. MVP with kicks to Jeff, who rolls to the apron. Jeff with rights, goes for a slingshot and eats a right by MVP. He then cannonballs down onto the back of Jeff, and then covers for 2. MVP places Jeff into the tree of woe and then slams him down on top of his head. MVP releases Jeff and covers for 2. Powerbomb try by MVP is countered into a neck breaker by Jeff. Reverse kick by Jeff, goes for the corner dropkick and is kicked away by MVP who covers again for 2. To the corner goes Jeff, dropkick by MVP and then charges in for the Kawada kick but Jeff counters with the wrap up clothesline. Both men are down and working to their feet, Russian Leg Sweep by Jeff and then the leg drop into a pinning combo for 2. To the corner they go, boots by Jeff and MVP catches the corner dropkick, but Jeff with a sunset flip for 2! Whisper in the wind by Jeff! He goes up top…Shelton is out and Jeff DIVES onto him on the floor. Jeff back up top…SWAWTON misses! Drive By kick by MVP finishes it.
Winner: MVP @ 10:10 via pin
- MVP gets a much needed PPV win here, which is a good thing. The finish was clean because Jeff proved that he was reckless as MVP declared. A fine opener, but slightly disappointing considering the roll Jeff has been on.
Rating: **¼
-Maria is backstage to interview Santino and Beth. Santino says she let herself go since they broke up and he is doing great as he is with his love in Beth. Maria mocks his uni-brow, but he says it drives Beth nuts. Beth and Maria stare down. Awkward.
-The text vote tonight is "Will Edge and Vickie Divorce?"
Santino is now wearing a singlet. Beth and Mickie to begin. Lock up and a side headlock by Mickie. Beth picks her up and tosses her away. Go behind by Mickie, but Beth shoves her off. Off the ropes and a basement dropkick by Mickie. Dropkick to the face and a cover for 1. Beth slams Mickie down, tags in Santino and Mickie kicks him in the head. Monkey flip by Mickie, tag to Kofi who flies in with a big Cross body. Dropkicks to Santino, an Irish whip and mounted shots by Kofi. Upper cuts by Kofi drop Santino and Mickie then dropkicks Beth to the floor. Kofi fakes a suicide dive (Santino jumped into Beth's arms) and then drags Santino to the apron, but this allows Santino to get a neck breaker on the ropes for a cover of 2. Beth tags in and lays the boots to Kofi, tag back to Santino and he gets a snap suplex and a cover for 2. A chinlock by Santino now, Kofi to his feet, snap mares Santino and then they collide. Tags to the ladies and Mickie with forearm shots to Beth. A clothesline follows, off the ropes and another clothesline by Mickie. A dropkick to Santino follows, head scissors try by Mickie connects. Mickie up top and a Thesz press connects but Santino breaks it up. Kofi misses a cross body and flies to the floor. Primal DDT to Santino! But Beth attacks Mickie from behind, and gets the implant buster for the win.
Winners: Santino and Beth @ 5:25 via pin
- It was fine for what it was.
Rating: *½
-Santino has no idea where he is after the match, but when he does he celebrates like he won the world title. Beth then carries Santino out on her shoulders. Santino didn't take the women's title for those wondering.
-Cole and King speculate on the condition of Shawn Michaels, and that is followed by a video package.
~HBK SPEAKS~
HBK is accompanied by his wife to the ring. They hold hands as HBK grabs a mic and the crowd chants for him. He thanks everyone for their support, and says he recently went to the doctor and had a re-evaluation of his eye. Due to complications with the eye and the knee and back surgeries he has had through out his career, it has been recommended that he retire from wrestling. Ultimately it was his decision, and after talking with Rebecca and his family, he has decided that it is time for him to listen to the doctor and walk away. He has had a wonderful career and regrets nothing. He came here in 1988 and he remembers his first Summerslam. The fans have given him the chance to be the Heart Break Kid, the ICON, The Main Event and the Showstopper. Even Mr. WrestleMania. He also was the guy that screwed Bret Hart, that formed DX, the man that innovated the ladder match and the guy that lost his smile and forever be known for retiring Ric Flair. But now he can be known as something else. A full time husband and father. This will not be popular, but it is the right decision. He starts to thank the crowd and…
Suit wearing Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring because he does NOT APPROVE! He won't let HBK go out this way, he will not let him go out on his own terms. He is leaving because of Jericho and he wants him to admit that. HBK says if he has any decency he will leave the ring right now. Jericho refuses and says HBK has to admit that he is leaving because of what Jericho did to him. Admit that to your wife, your children and to himself. Jericho deserves to hear it because he earned the right to hear that he put him out of wrestling. Jericho demands HBK say that Jericho put him out for good. It doesn't matter what HBK accomplished, because as of now he will be remembered for having to leave because of Chris Jericho. HBK says ok, he admits it, he'll go home and sit his wife and kids down and tell them that the reason he can't wrestle anymore is because of a vile selfish, worthless human being. He wants Jericho to go home and do the same, and tell his family that daddy will never, ever be Shawn Michaels. They stare down, and Rebecca wants Shawn to leave. Jericho then goes to punch Shawn, but misses and hits his wife! Shawn checks on her as Jericho watches on. EMT's are out now to help as she slowly comes around. Shawn cuddles her as they leave the ring. Her lip is swollen already, damn.
Rights by Matt to begin, Henry shoves him off and misses a corner charge. TWIST OF FATE by Matt! 1…2…Atlas pulls out Matt and we get a DQ finish.
Winner: Matt Hardy @ 0:35 via DQ
- DQ finish in a title match on PPV? BULLSHIT!
Rating: BULLSHIT
-Atlas tosses Matt into the steps and beats him down. Jeff is out and saves Matt, swanton off of the apron onto Atlas. Henry attacks Jeff, but Matt is back and they suplex Henry onto the floor.
Lock up, to the corner and the ref has to pull JBL off of Punk. Lock up again, clubbing shots by JBL and into a headlock. Rights by Punk, off the ropes and a shoulder block by JBL levels Punk. Leg kicks by Punk, off the ropes with a flying elbow and then knocks JBL to the floor. Punk charges and gets a SUICIDE DIVE onto JBL! Punk tosses JBL back in, goes up top and gets a cross body press for 2. JBL comes back with another shoulder block, rights to Punk and then grabs Punk and whips him to the corner, charges into a boot and Punk up to again and JBL nails him. Follow shim up and gets the 2nd rope sack of shit slam! JBL covers for 2. Forearm shots to the back by JBL, off the ropes and Punk hits the corner had and falls to the mat. Bear hug by JBL, Punk fights and escapes. Forearms by Punk, knees and then eats a big boot. Another boot to the face by JBL and a cover for 2. Suplex into a float over by JBL and a cover for 2. Belly to back suplex by JBL and that gets a cover for 2. JBL back to the seated bear hug on Punk. Punk gets to his feet, elbows out and then eats a shot by JBL. Abdominal stretch by JBL, Punk works to escape this and gets a hip toss to do so. Corner knee of doom by Punk, the bulldog follows and then goes for the GTS, but JBL escapes and gets a short-armed clothesline. Repeated elbow drops by JBL land and then a cover for 2. Forearm shots by JBL, they trade rights and then JBL pokes the eyes of Punk. Punk back with the spinning back fist, kicks and slaps and gets a cover for 2. JBL catches the springboard and gets a powerslam on Punk, covering for 2. JBL calls for the clothesline from hell, but Punk gets a leg lariat to counter that. Punk picks up JBL, to the corner they go and another knee of doom by Punk. JBL counters the bulldog, sets Punk up top, nails him in the back with rights and the ref backs him off but JBL up top with Punk…super belly to back suplex by JBL. Punk is bleeding from the top of his head, JBL fell on him after the leg lariat and they hit heads. JBL covers for 2 after that suplex. Both men up, Punk avoids a shot by JBL and the GTS for Punk connects, and that is all.
Winner: CM Punk @ 12:05 via pin
- This was an average match here but a bit better than I expected. Punk takes the clean win, which is exactly what he needed here and that's the good thing.
Rating: **½
Khali and HHH stand off, Khali shoves him and HH starts throwing rights. He avoids Khali, lands more rights and looks for the pedigree, no dice. Khali grabs HHH by the throat, TREE SLAM~! Khali stalks HHH, and locks in the vise grip! HHH escapes, chop blocks the left leg of Khali and he rolls to the floor. HHH follows but gets killed by the JUDO CHOP! Khali whips him to the barrier and then tosses him back in the ring. Boots by Khali in the corner, and then just beats HHH down. Short-armed clothesline by Khali, and a cover with one foot gets 2. Vulcan neck pinch now by Khali as the crowd chants "You can't wrestle." He releases the hold and then slams HHH down. Leg drop follows and a cover for 2. Back to the neck pinch goes Khali, HHH tries to fight to his feet and does. Elbows to Khali, rights, off the ropes and HHH kind of gets the knee buster. Khali trapped in the ropes and HHH charges in, but eats a boot. The ref helps Khali escape the ropes, but HHH gets a boot, looks for the pedigree and is back-dropped to the floor. Khali breaks the count, grabs HHH but HHH pulls him down and slams his leg off of the steel post. Khali to the floor and as HHH charges him from the apron he gets swatted down. Both men back in now, and Khali has the vise grip again. HHH with body shots, but he starts to fall. HHH now battles back to his feet, breaks the hold but Khali gets it again. Boots by HHH, Khali tosses him to the corner, HHH avoids a charge, kick wham pedigree. That's all.
Winner: HHH @ 10:00 via pin
- They worked the basic monster formula, and it was a bit better than I expected, but I never bought Khali winning here due to the poor booking leading in. It wasn't atrocious, but it was very repetitive and just not that good. They got a big pop for the pedigree though.
Rating: *¾
-We get a video package for Batista vs. John Cena.
Batista vs. John Cena
They circle to begin, lock up and a side headlock by Batista. Off the rope and a shoulder block by Batista. Leapfrog by Cena and a hip toss. Slam by Cena, and Batista backs off. Side headlock by Cena, off the ropes and a shoulder block to Batista. Batista back with a boot, bomb try, countered but he gets a clothesline. Jackhammer by Batista and a cover for 2. An Irish whip by Cena, a fisherman's suplex follows and a cover for 2. Batista comes back with a side slam and a cover for 2. FU try by Cena, Batista counters and chop blocks the knee of Cena. Clubbing shots to the back by Batista, Flair shin buster follows and now Big Dave is taking Cena to school with the figure four! Cena battles, tries to escape the hold and just can't power out. Cena looks for the ropes, and gets them. FU try by Cena, Batista grabs the ropes and Cena tosses him to the floor! Batista rolls back in, shoulder block by Cena. Another and the PROTO BOMB follows. He limps a bit, 5-knuckle shuffle try connects. FU try, Batista escapes and gets a big boot to Cena. Both men are down, the ref counts and they get to their feet and Batista spears Cena to the corner. Shoulder blocks follow and then a whip and a back elbow by Cena. Charges in and Batista with the spinebuster! Rope shake by Batista, thumbs down and Batista bomb try, countered and Cena DDT's the leg of Batista. STFU locked in! Batista is dead center in the middle of the ring, Batista fights and crawls for the ropes but Cena pulls him back and locks the hold in again. Batista again tries for the ropes, and he gets them. Cena stalks Batista, FU try again but Batista escapes and gets a rear naked choke? Yes, yes he kind of does. The choke is a bit sloppy, but a cool counter nonetheless. Cena now must fight to escape, elbows out and escapes. SPEAR by Batista! 1…2…NO! Batista is limping from the STFU, scoops up Cena, but Cena counters into the FU! Both men are down, and Cena finally covers for a close 2. Cena up top now, Batista over to stop him and goes up top with him…they trade rights and Cena knocks Batista to the mat. Up top and goes for the fameasser but Batista gets the POWERBOMB! 1…2…NO! Kick to the face by Batista, Batista bomb! 1…2…3!
Winner: Batista @ 14:10 via pin
- This match had a really big time feel to it with the hot crowd through out. They both worked and sold the knees well, and the counters at the end were very good. After months of sub-par performances with JBL, Cena looked like he did last year and Batista also carried his end of things very well. It was a good match and performance from both men and should create good buzz for a rematch. And you have to love a nice squeaky clean finish in what was billed as a big time match.
Rating: ***¾
-The text voting says 78% that Vickie and Edge will divorce.
-The cell lowers and we get a video package for Edge vs. The Undertaker.
-Edge walks to the cage with a crazed/euphoric look on his face.
-Taker entrance time.
Hell in a Cell: Edge vs. The Undertaker
Taker slams the door shut, and it is now ass whooping time. Edge has this awesome crazed look as Taker stalks him. Rights by Edge, but Taker tosses him to the corner and unloads on him. Big boot by Taker and Edge is down. Back to the corner and Taker works the ribs with big rights. Taker now tosses Edge to the floor, follows and picks Edge up and slams him back first into the cell. Vicious head butts from Taker, drags Edge around and slams his face into the cell. He grinds it across the cage, and then whips him into the steps. Taker lays Edge on the apron and gets a boot. Vickie and La Famila watch the match from backstage. Taker now takes the steps apart and slides part into the ring. This isn't good. Taker sets them up in the corner, grabs Edge and whips him to a corner, picks him up and gets snake eyes on the steps, but Edge blocks it and he slams Taker into the steps! SPEAR by Edge sends Taker to the steps! Edge now gets a table, lays it down and slams the steps into the face of Taker. Edge has another table now, lays it down and comes into clothesline Taker. Edge stacks two table son the floor, to the apron and tries to suplex Taker, he counters and GOOZLES Edge, but he stun guns the arm off of the ropes. Edge gets a chair and nails Taker with it. Back in the ring and gets another shot to Taker. Edge now gets a third table and slides that one in the ring. Another chair shot by Edge, he sets up the table and now gets…A LADDER! TWO Ladders! He slides on in the ring, delivers rights to Taker and then gets ANOTHER chair shot to the head of Taker. Damn. Edge sets up a ladder, waffles Taker in the face with another chair shot and then lays him on the table. Taker tries to fight back, rights by Edge, grabs a chair and climbs the ladder. He says, "I Understand" and delivers the elbow drop with the chair, putting Taker through the table. Edge covers for 2.
10-minutes in now and Edge goes to the floor and grabs another chair, lays Taker on it and grabs the other one. CONCHAIRTO is stopped by Taker, GOOZLE and then a big right to Edge. Edge to the apron and a big boot by Taker sends Edge to the cell. Edge has a huge bruise on his ribs from the earlier table spot. Taker gets part of the other set of steps and crushes Edge's skull with them! Edge is able to come back and slam Taker into the steel post. Edge charges, leaps off of the stairs and SPEARS Taker into the cell, which breaks the cell wall down! It falls on the SD announce table and they brawl as Taker slams Edge into the cell wall. Edge is slammed off of the announce table, and he is then whipped to the barrier. Taker starts to dismantle an announce table, but Edge fights back and KILLS Taker with a TV monitor! They battle on top of the announce tables and Edge runs across and SPEARS TAKER OFF OF THE RAW TALBE AND THROUGH THE ECW TABLE~! Both men make it to their feet, rights by Taker , then by Edge, they trade and Taker gets the advantage. Cole and King look horrified watching this. They go back into the cell, which the crowd doesn't like at all. Back in the ring, and Edge levels Taker with the ladder. Edge rolls to the floor and grabs a camera and sweet Jesus, just levels Taker. Edge covers for 2. Edge sets, calls Taker on and as he charges in, Taker gets a CHOKESLAM! 1…2…NO! Taker picks him up, but as he looks for the last ride Edge gets a LOW BLOW! Implant DDT by Edge gets a cover for 2.
We're 20-minutes in, Taker stops Edge and the ladder shot, goes for the last ride and Edge escapes and SPEAR again! 1…2…NO! Rights by Edge, corner mounted punches now but Taker snatches him up and the LAST RIDE connects! 1…2…NO! Taker now grabs the steps and lays them by the ropes. He grabs Edge and pulls him over to the steps for a tombstone, Edge escapes and gets the EDGE-A-CUTION on the steps! 1…2…NO! Both men work to their feet, rights by Edge and Taker is on his knees. Edge pulls him up and HE goes for old school! He gets crotched by Taker, uppercuts by Taker follows and a GOOZLE! Taker climbs the ropes and CHOKESLAMS EDGE THROUGH THE STACKED TABLES ON THE FLOOR! Taker grabs Edge and rolls him back into the ring, he follows and Taker SPEARS EDGE! Taker grabs the camera now and he lays out Edge! Payback is a bitch. Taker now lays Edges head on a chair, grabs another and a CONCHAIRTO by Taker! Edge has a small cut on his back from the table bump. TOMBSTONE by Taker! 1…2…3.
Winner: The Undertaker @ 27:00 via pin
- Edge was an awesome crazed heel here, using the entire bag of tricks to try and defeat the Undertaker. In return Taker used many of the things that Edge has used to screw him over the last 10-months or so to get the final revenge. In the end we got a awesome match that deserved the main event spot and lived up to the hype they put into it.
Rating: ****½
-We see La Familia celebrate in the back.
-Taker takes the slow walk to the back as Edge starts to move in the cell. Take does NOT approve and returns to the ring. He sets up a ladder and sets Edge up on it. Taker goes and grabs another ladder, sets it up beside it and then tosses the ref away. He climbs up and grabs Edge, and says now you go to hell! Cutthroat sign by Taker, and he chokeslams Edge off of the ladder, and he falls THROUGH the ring TO HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! The hole is on fire now, yeah, that resembles hell.
Posted By: Guest#6107 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:05 AM
EPIC FAIL.. No not really, but someone was gonna say it.
Reading this the whole thing had it's highs and lows but it looked like it was a decent PPV, moves stories forward and shows alot of energy from some good people, but this is another sad day for the ECW title.
Posted By: timberwulff (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Edge & Taker HIAC = MOTY Big Edge fan but I had to enjoy the way the match played and ended. The rest of the PPV was pretty average, subtract Hell in a Cell and I'd call it a stinker.
Posted By: c-bizzle (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Very nice PPV. Edge owned a lot of that match. Henry looked like a chump; thats my only real complaint.
Posted By: Jordan (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:10 AM
come on haters lets here it now. cena and batista put on a fantastic match with excellent selling and cena jobbed 100% clean and made batista look like the better man, eventhough anyone with abrain knows cena is the man. batista also deserves credit because it takes two to make a great match.
Posted By: JOE (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Great review, I thought you overrated the Cena/Batista match but apart from that I agree with everything, the HIAC was AWESOME.
Posted By: Guest#4070 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:11 AM
I bow to the EDGE!! and The Unertaker! I can't believe what this two are willing to do to entertain!! Edge is incridible awsome!!
Posted By: yincia (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Funeral services for Edge will next Friday at 8 pm. Hopefully this will be the end of Edge forever.
Posted By: Tugman (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Hardys both get fails for the night.
Good PPV though not great not amazing but good and decent and Hell in a Cell was well worth it if over booked.
Posted By: The Rev (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Good lord, Edge V Taker never fails to deliver
now hopefully Taker strips HHH of his backstage politics title
then TAKER VS HARDY
LADDER MATCH
BUT THIS TIME HARDY WINS IT
BOOK IT
Posted By: Guest#6443 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:16 AM
hey good job czonka on the review, but in the last line of the hell in the cell match you put that "whole" instead of hole. Just letting you know in case you want to change it...you do not need to post this comment. Great recap!
Posted By: blah (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:17 AM
No real disagreements here with anything except the main event. To me, the HiaC never felt like it got going, and instead just plodded through some weapons spots before wrapping up, then having "the big spot" after the match.
No color in a HiaC? That's almost as offensive to me as the ECW title match was. This match wasn't bad, but 4.5 stars puts it in MotY candidacy, and puts it ahead of the Angle vs. AJ Last Man Standing match. I can't buy that one. I'd give it 3.5, but not four.
But again, that's the only slight disagreement I have on the ratings. Everything else seems spot on.
The ppv as a whole felt flat to me, and just seemed out of rhythm the entire time. No real surprises, nothing awful, nothing exceptional. Just a "meh" ppv from where I was sitting.
Posted By: DaFranchise (Registered) on August 18, 2008 at 12:17 AM
And, for what it's worth, congratulations to HBK, Chris Jericho, and WWE "Creative" for doing nearly a shot-for-shot recreation of the Booker T-Sharmell-Robert Roode incident from TNA. Good job, guys.
Posted By: DaFranchise (Registered) on August 18, 2008 at 12:18 AM
"After watching that, I have one word:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Posted By: Kris Kloss (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Lol cenas the man? get off the bandwagon at watch some wrestlers with real skill like aj styles, shelton benjamin, and bourne
Posted By: no (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Damn it, HBK ain't gonna be happy having sex.
Posted By: Hank (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Hell in a Cell was awesome and the Jericho/HBK and Ms HBK segment was great. Man can she take a punch!
Posted By: Guest (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Let me be the first to say, I thought this would be SummerSham version 3.0. And then lo and behold throughout the PPV i was being proven right, with Khali and the AWESOMELY epic 35-second ECW title match. And then thank God Batista and Cena brought it. And to top it all off, a maniacally AWESOME Hell in a Cell. Seriously live, that match fucking RULED. The only thing that was better this year that I have watched was the Dark Knight in IMAX. And the HIAC was hella close. In closing, not one of the greatest Summerslams of all time, but certainly beats the shit out of every Summerslam since 2002 IMO.
Posted By: TheEndofAllThings (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Great PPV. Hell in a Cell really made the PPV awesome.
Posted By: Mark Salmela (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I have to say it was definitely a better show than the previous Summerslam's of '06 and '07. The HIAC was fantastic, and Cena/Batista was also damn good. The Michaels/Jericho segment was also a high point in the show as the two of them had the crowd in the palm of their hands, and Jericho really clocked that poor woman! Crowd ate it up! Good show, not great, but good.
Posted By: Se7en17 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Loved HIAC.
MVP/Hardy should have gotten more time. It's crazy that Smackdown and occasionally ECW are the only places for 15 minute under and mid-card matches. More wrestling on the ppv's, less entrance time and less video packages.
I wanted to like Khali/HHH and give it a chance but it was BRUTAL.
Posted By: Patrick (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:27 AM
Edge-Undertaker... Feud o the year... We saw the culmination today and it's one fo the very few times as a WWE fan that I feel happy about a feud culmination match. Just awesome in and out of the ring...
Posted By: Julio Moreno (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:31 AM
give it a rest already the guy has been in or carried great main event after great main event for years now. he has great charisma andmic skills and boo him or cheer him his matches are the most exciting of the night on most occassions. the guy maynot be AJ styles or whatever other fantastic in ring performer who wouldnt be able to carry a company or drawer a dime like cena has been doing for years now. maybe you should get off the hate cena bandwagon because women and children like him andsee him for the tremendouscommodity he has proven to be. ohwait once he turns heel you will allbe sucking his cock and calling him the best in the business justlike the rock, whopeople used to say sucked as well because hewas good looking and popular.
Posted By: joe (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Props to your best non-TNA review.
Posted By: Scott NM (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:34 AM
overall this was a lackluster ppv.......edge/taker didn't dissapoint at all, batista and cena had some nice spots and that was all.....nothing else special at all what so ever..
Posted By: cj (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Edge really has shown in the last couple of years that he'll do anything, put his body thru any kind of insane torture, in order to make the match a classic. He's worked his ass off to become the top heel in the WWE, and I congratulate him on it!
Posted By: Spaz Monkey (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Looks like the last two matches really saved this from being another SummerSlam stinker. It seems like the last great SummerSlam card was 2002. Are we ever going to get another memoable summer classic?
Posted By: A King (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:47 AM
I'm happy UT needed to resort to cheap tactics for a win as a FACE whch is the first time I can remember to finish off what is the best performer in the business right now. Also hopefully Batista beating Cena clean may lead to an eventual heel turn for
Posted By: mj (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:53 AM
i knew it. no way in hell they would let edge win. the undertaker is the undertaker....he gained nothing from this win. can you imagine what a win would have done for edge?? fuck you wwe.
Posted By: jd (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:56 AM
That ECW title match was a pathetic piece of shit.
Overall, a crap PPV, saved by a great, but masterpiece, Hell in a Cell.
Batista, Cena should have happened at Mania, feud rushed, and the match was blah.
Hell in a Cell, wa great, though its real sad to know NO MORE FIGHTING WILL EVER HAPPEN ON THE TOP. Nice crazy bumps though, spear through anouncer table was great.
Loved the angle where Edge got sent down to hell.
Michaels-Jericho feud could go through out the year, and it would rock.
Put em, in a japanse death match, Ms HBK on the pole matc
Posted By: Marc (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Great PPV finally! worth the 40 dollars. Only complaint was the ECW match, but other then that 4 star PPV! Hell in the Cell and Batista/Cena was awesome. Actually looking forward to seeing where WWE goes from here
Posted By: D-Mac (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:59 AM
I know that this comment will probably never see the light of day because this site is run by a bunch of Taker marks...but thats ok.
HIAC was a decent match. The ending really soured the entirety of the match. You have a tremendous amount of buildup...all done by Edge. You have a pretty decent match with Edge inflicting tons of damage, and then Taker goes all Hogan and crushes Edge. For the person that said they hope Taker takes HHH back stage politics title....you must be crazy. Taker loses to less people than Shawn Michales.
Onto the HBK/Y2J deal. My only hope is that on Raw Jericho says something to the effect of, "come on Shawn, you're from Texas. isn't your wife used to getting slapped around?" Don't puss away from the heel heat.
Finally, Dave/Cena. I detest Cena with the fire of a thousand suns, but the match was tolerable. One thing I wonder about is if Cena was supposed to kick out of the first powerbomb. There was clearly a moment where EVERYONE involved froze and tried to figure what happened. Then it seemed as if Dave added a little extra to the next bomb. On a side note, the next time Cena is in an I quit match, can we please have a true heel take the mike from the ref during the STFU and explain how weak he makes that move look?? Better PPV that recently, but still a bunch of crap in there also
Posted By: Tyler Storm (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:59 AM
Further proof that Edge rules the world.
Posted By: Scott (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:00 AM
EPIC VICTORY!
Posted By: Sean (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:02 AM
EDGE looked like a FREAK out there. great match to end a lackluster show
Posted By: guest (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:03 AM
ECW Title, HHH/Khali, and the ending to a good (not great, theres only been one great HIAC and that was HBK/Taker) HIAC were all fairly worthless and horrid. The thing that bothers me when I watch WWE PPV now is it feels like I am watching RAW. I don't have any problem flipping to see if I had seen the simpsons that was coming on at eight, even though I shelled out money to watch SS. I thought the Jericho/HBK thing was going to be by the numbers until Whisper caught it in the mouth that was pretty nice and added a new level of hate.
Posted By: Kip (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:04 AM
Csonka you are such a WWE mark - the PPV sucked. Are you serious about Cena/Batista? - had a big match feel? The crowd was dead the entire night. It was a regular lame match. Cena and Big Dave sold their knees well? If they actually did sell they wouldn't of been able to even pick each other up let along Dave win with the Batista bomb. The match was *3/4 at most. It told no story, and was a waste.
Posted By: dan (guest) (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:08 AM
"Lol cenas the man? get off the bandwagon at watch some wrestlers with real skill like aj styles, shelton benjamin, and bourne "
Spot monkeys are overrated
Posted By: hound78 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:11 AM
I've not been a big WWE fan since a bit after the shenanigans after Eddie went, but let me just say that I enjoyed the hell out of that Hell In a Cell match tonight. Maybe it was just because I hate Edge so much that I just like to see him get his ass beat, even if it is a work.
Posted By: Sombra (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:19 AM
This PPV sucked. If it wasn't for the last two matches, not only would've been the worst summerslam PPV but maybe worse than December to Dismember
Posted By: carlos (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:37 AM
"I know that this comment will probably never see the light of day because this site is run by a bunch of Taker marks...but thats ok."
HA HA HA!! I don't know what ur talking about! Many writers on this site $hit on Taker every chance they get with a few exceptions!
"Csonka you are such a WWE mark - the PPV sucked. Are you serious about Cena/Batista? - had a big match feel? The crowd was dead the entire night. It was a regular lame match. Cena and Big Dave sold their knees well? If they actually did sell they wouldn't of been able to even pick each other up let along Dave win with the Batista bomb. The match was *3/4 at most. It told no story, and was a waste."
Stop whinning folks! No one cares that u hate Taker, Cena, or Batista! The fact is Cena & Batista had a good match (Whether u like it or not) & Taker is unquestionably GREAT (whether u like it or not)! It's not Csonka's fault ur only goal in life is 2 hate on anything Cena does. GET A LIFE! Can't anyone form an opinion of a match without crapping on it just because a guy they didn't like was in it?!?! I can't stand HHH but I praise the things he does right. Is it possible 2 hate Cena & give credit where credit is due?!?! Oh & for the Cena fans... Is it possible 2 admit Cena isn't the greatest wrestler & not just say it was the greatest match ever because he participated?!?! Fact is Cena is NOT the best WWE has 2 offer (Like it or not) but he DOESN'T suck & is FAR from being the worst! (Like it or not) NOW STFU! I'm beginning 2 hate the name Cena with how much it's used by the IWC!
PEACE!
Posted By: THE BOMB! (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:52 AM
"Spot monkeys are overrated"
AJ Styles has more wrestling ability in one of his little toes than Cena & Batista have combined.
Posted By: Guest#9017 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 02:01 AM
swear to god, only in pro wrestling can a man sock another man's wife in the mouth and have him just sit there and have a stare down instead of just beating the fuck out of him right there LOL! i enjoyed the show fuck the world, but the ecw match was complete garbage
Posted By: marty (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 02:22 AM
did anyone else notice edge was wearing a thong?
Posted By: sooooo... (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 02:27 AM
Damn it, HBK ain't gonna be happy having sex.
Posted By: Hank (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Yes he will be. Hunter didnt take any serious bumps tonight.
Posted By: Darren (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 03:10 AM
Don't forget that awesome Randy Orton run-in everyone and their mother called... oh wait
Posted By: Guest#7639 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 04:01 AM
Is it 2003? Because John Cena can't seem to win the big match. I think Vince is making him eat shit until the time comes to be champ again. And poor Big Dave gets the nice meaningless win as a way of making up for the fact that the title will be nowhere near him for a long time. Just like his non-title murder of Edge after his Last Chance Match. Now, he's probably next on the JBL 2005 reunion tour. Ahh, upper mid-card.
Posted By: Jay-Rodd (Registered) on August 18, 2008 at 05:37 AM
And, for what it's worth, congratulations to HBK, Chris Jericho, and WWE "Creative" for doing nearly a shot-for-shot recreation of the Booker T-Sharmell-Robert Roode incident from TNA. Good job, guys.
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Roode hit her during a match!!
Shot for Shot?Think you need to check the facts before posting crap on here!
Posted By: steve0 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 05:43 AM
punk vs. jbl you didnt mention them splitting the backs of there heads on that nasty fall after the leg lariat. That is why the match ended so blan, they probabally were loopy after that.
Posted By: chris (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 05:47 AM
If the ECW title match had been any longer, people wopuld be on here bitching "Why the hell would we want to watch Mark Henry for more than 30 seconds?"
If there had been a clean pin in the ECW match, they would also be bitching "That kills Matt Hardy as a serious contender," or "That kills Mark Henry as a legitimate champion," or "That kills the feud dead after one match!"
Fucking hypocrites.
Posted By: David Burcham (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 06:24 AM
I didnt like SUmmer Slam 02, but for everyone saying there hasnt been a good one since then, I am guessing none of you have seen 2004? Sure Benoit was in it, but it was still amazing.
Posted By: A.G. Awesome (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 06:33 AM
Cena lost and you guys still bitch??Crazy bat shit Edge cranks out good performances and you still bitch??????forget everything you heard The Boss is Marshall Law in professional wrestling today because if it wasn't for him......we will be waitng for the results in the middle of the week......
Posted By: $wag Perez (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 06:34 AM
I wonder if Chicago will lay off a little with the Cena hate now. Oh wait, no they won't because they're the biggest Cena haters on the planet.
Posted By: William (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 07:16 AM
Hey I said the same thing when I saw the result of the match with Henry Vs Hardy then I later realized that the card is weak and Henry will only drag it down and Summerslam is probably a better ppv for it. If only Triple H and Khali was that short.
Posted By: Mr1700 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 07:28 AM
Hey don't be using my name when you're going to go on that sportz technico crap. Rasslin's about entertainment not sportz
Posted By: THE REAL "No" (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 07:33 AM
It was a good show i thought, decent opener, i thought Punk/JBL was solid, HHH/Khali was ok & Batista-Cena was good, HITC was awesome, just wish someone bladed.
Overall the show gets a 7.5/10 from me.
Posted By: jbardo (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 07:54 AM
For the Taker vs. Edge feud that started at Survivor Series last year, to SummerSlam the build was awesome and I'm proud of WWE for booking such a long term feud with 2 guys who put on FOUR ****+ matches against each other from WrestleMania, Backlash, ONS and SummerSlam. Great job WWE and SmackDown writers for that one
Posted By: Dab (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 07:59 AM
"And, for what it's worth, congratulations to HBK, Chris Jericho, and WWE "Creative" for doing nearly a shot-for-shot recreation of the Booker T-Sharmell-Robert Roode incident from TNA. Good job, guys."
Sweet Jesus tell me this was a joke.
Posted By: Ian (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 08:03 AM
I hope the powers that be at TNA, or at least West & Tenay, were paying attention during the HBK segment. Sometimes announcers don't need to say anything. Let the events speak for themselves.
Posted By: Mr. America (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 08:05 AM
Ummm...nope. Let's see.
Heel goes to punch face.
Face ducks.
Heel punches face's wife in the mouth.
Heel backs off with a look of "Maybe I've gone too far."
Face covers his wife while shooting threatening looks at heel, who slowly walks away.
Which did I just describe, Booker T and Robert Roode...or Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels?
Oh wait, it was both of them.
Posted By: DaFranchise (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 08:33 AM
You know what was so fantastic about the hbk/y2j segment (besides everything)?
The reaction from the crowd after the punch. You could hear some woman shout "Are you proud of yourself? Do you feel like a big man?". Reactions like that are the authenticity icing on my sports entertainment cake.
Posted By: Max Doig (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Damn I went to the show, but I left after taker won thinking that was it and missed the chokeslam to hell!!!!fuck!
Posted By: Guest#8848 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Last two matches totally made up for an average show overall. Glad Punk got the win. Hardy's vs Atlas-Henry on Tuesday night?
Posted By: Angry Bear (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 10:11 AM
the violence against women thing was the only good thing on this show. I roared in my living room when jericho clocked mrs HBK. that was great stuff!!
Posted By: jon caplan (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 10:35 AM
after the ending, I said to myself, I am too old for this Bullshit. No blood in the Cell made it unbeliavable IMO. And there were several shots that we have seen draw tons of blood before. Instead you get the hookey fire, Edge is dead crap at the end. Sorry but the cell was good, but not great.
Posted By: Guest#4019 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
The HIAC is being highly overrated, these spots have been seen before and as far as match quality its just repetition, nothing special. They did good for a match that didnt involve them climbing the cell but that's it. It wasnt mindblowing or nothing.
Posted By: nemz08 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 11:16 AM
After watching this I can safely say - fuck Mick Foley, Edge is officially the craziest toughest motherfucker active today.
Posted By: Guest#8824 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
The IWC wonders why mainstream ppl make fun of them? They wonder why wrestling is considered kid stuff. BECAUSE KIDS DONT BITCH!!!!! My God what is wrong with you people do you like anything is nothin good to you.
I know people blame the Scott kieths of the world but wow just wow SummerSlam was decent had four great matches. one nice comedy match. and one shitty match. It was decent. Grow up wash your ass get a job and quit mooching off your mom and stop sneering at lil kids for likeing Cena when your 35 and perpetually unemployed. LOSERS!!! Oh yea speakin of Randy Orton proves the IWC knows nuthin
Posted By: appl_jacks (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM
DaFranchise, in the minds of the WWE sheep, err, fans, everything they do is original and fresh, so in their warped minds TNA doesn't exist.
One fool even had the nerve to say that it's different because it happened during a match lol. How pathetic can WWE fans be? Newsflash: no one cares when it happened, just that this very same angle occurred a few months ago!
This feud is stale, and they need to move on so that Jericho can get his shot at the WWE belt.
Posted By: jj (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:11 PM
This feud is stale, and they need to move on so that Jericho can get his shot at the WWE belt.
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Jericho/HBK is anything BUT stale, its been a fantastics fued with went up another level with that punch, roll on there i quit match at the next ppv!
Posted By: jbardo (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Whoever is booking the Jericho/Michaels program is obviously paying a lot of attention to Booker T's TNA action. Two months ago, Joe beats Booker senseless and has to be pulled off him. The very next E PPV, Jericho beats Michaels senseless and has to be pulled off him. Now, they recreate the Roode hits Sharmell angle. Next month, Jericho hits Michaels with a black baseball bat, the month after that Michaels kabongs Jericho with a guitar! Book it, Vince! If you can smell .... what truthie .... is cooking!
Posted By: truthsayer (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 12:50 PM
2004 sucked. JBL/Taker ended gayly, Eugene had a match, the opener was fun, and the main event is hard to watch now.
Posted By: Foolio (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:02 PM
The last hour of this PPV was great. Cena vs Batista delivered (even if it didn't totally eclipse expectations) and was a good back-and-forth match, with less of the dreadful overselling and pumped comeback nonsense that blight their TV matches.
HIAC was great, and was a solidly told story in the match, not just a shonky collection of weapons spots. Sure the end was high-camp/dumb but what the hell, this is the WWE. I'm not bitching the ending, I'm excited to see what they're going to o with Edge after this?
HHH vs Khali was not as awful as some have made out. It wasn't as good as Cena's work, but Khali did vary his offense somewhat and looked comfortable using his power (so he looked less sloppy than he sometimes does, when he barely taps people and they sell like crazy). Not Khali's worst effort, and not HHH's worst match ever.
Posted By: evil_dave83 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:23 PM
MVP vs Jeff Hardy *3/4
Mickie/Kofi vs Beth/Santino **1/4
Mark Henry vs Matt Hardy DUD
CM Punk vs JBL ***
HHH vs Khali *1/2
John Cena vs Batista ***1/2
Edge vs Undertaker ****
Posted By: Adam (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:29 PM
Excellent main event. Rest of the card didn't impress me other than the good hype for Cena and Batista. Raw should be interesting tonight.
Posted By: Guest#07 (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:43 PM
The difference between Roode punching Sharmell and Jericho punching Shawn's wife is that TNA did it to attempt to create a compelling feud out of nothing (and failed miserably at it), while WWE did it to *add* more gravitas to an already compelling feud (and did so spectacularly). That's something Russo doesn't seem to get: Things can't just exist for the sake of being, the value is in the context in which they occur.
Needless to say, Jericho v. Shawn beats Edge v. Undertaker right now for Feud of the Year, and it really isn't even close. The next step from here is to put the World title on Jericho and have that truth drive Shawn crazy to the point where he *has* to come back, doctors be damned.
Posted By: Texas Kelly (Guest) on August 18, 2008 at 01:46 PM
I don't want the Jericho-HBK feud to ever end! They managed to top themselves with Y2J absolutely NAILING Mrs. HBK. she took one heckuva shot. the Cena-Batista match was very good too. Take notice TNA you can have a fun,entertaining match without a gazillion gimmicks or bizarre stipulations. HIAC provided the payoff to the Edge-Taker feud the fans wanted. and as far as this goes:
