This year's SummerSlam show was good, not great, but good. Couple of stinkers in there, some good matches, some solid matches. Not as bad as some people make it out to be but it's hard to please a million people all at the same time, hahaha.
I missed Almas/Vega v Rusev/Lana. I may go back and watch it just because of Rusev and Almas. I think we all knew that Almas/Vega was going to win too, so no shocker here.
I also missed Cedric and Gulak, will have to go back and watch it but it sounds like it ended up with a roll up victory, which is kind of lame. Oh well.
I did see the B Team beat the Revival. Those thinking or hoping the Revival was going to win, delusional fans. They aren't going to end this title run for at least a few more months, as crappy as that sounds. Unless eventually we start to really see the intensity of Bo Dallas that I guess he showed in NXT. Trust the process I guess? I dunno, lol. There's a reason they're keeping the B Team away from the AOP...it'll be them that take the tag titles off of them I think.
Seth v Zigg was good. Seeing Dean square up to Drew was cool. Dean just looks so much better now then with that shaggy crap haircut he had. He looks believable as a lunatic. I thought we were going to get the heel turn here because there was an angle they were doing, where Seth was standing with the title looking at Dolph and Drew going back and Dean was behind Seth and it was the perfect opportunity but it didn't happen. Dean looked a little distant in the ring with him though. So it's coming soon. Good match to open up the show.
The New Day v the Bludgeon Bros was good, I was okay with the ending. Though I thought it was an odd spot for it. Because Rowan was down for quite a bit where it looked like New Day was going to steal the win but at the time when you'd expect Rowan to be back up getting his second wind, that's where he does the DQ? At the point where he started using his mallet, is usually the point where the they are getting their second wind and then finish the match. Push Woods off the top, taking a fall like that to the outside usually renders the victim down for 3-5 minutes. With Woods being out, this gives them the opportunity to double team Big E for the win...but okay. They're the heels, they needed a screwy finish I suppose. I just hope the New Day aren't the ones to take the titles off them. Like someone mentioned, they need to have a triple threat in order to keep these two looking strong.
I was okay with Braun destroying Owens to keep the briefcase. Why? Well, with a finish like this, hopefully it means the end of this feud, which will mean that KO can move on to someone else to get a more meaningful feud going. Unless the plan is to have Braun cash in tonight on Raw and have Owens screw him over...that might be interesting. I kind of hope not though because I don't want to see any more of Braun v KO for awhile. KO deserves better. But like I said, I was okay with this squash match, because it usually means the end of a feud when it's done like this. It just felt like this was the conclusion. Let's all pray together, haha.
Charlotte v Becky v Carmella was good. I enjoyed the match. I know someone asked earlier about Charlotte's boobs being bigger, yes they are. Part of the reason she was off TV for a bit, was because she was getting both of her implants fixed. Anyways, back to the match. I like the story they were telling, you could tell a Becky heel turn was coming. Although I wanted Becky to win, I'm okay with Charlotte winning because it's better than having Carmella keep the title. The Becky heel turn was such a nice pop though. She needed the heel turn too in my opinion. I'll take a Becky/Charlotte feud. It means that Becky is going to become champ at some point. With the way they went back and forth between her and Sasha, it'll make for a decent to good feud. This is what the Raw feud should be too for the title....Sasha v Bayley. Then you'd had all four of the horsewomen in feuds with each other. Anyways, great match, great finish, great heel turn. I'll take it.
Now, I didn't like that Joe v AJ was in the middle of the show. AJ has NEVER main evented a PPV since becoming WWE champion. It's crazy! I wasn't expecting him to main event SS with Brock v Roman but at least put it closer to the end....blah, whatever. The match was good. Joe makes such a great heel. I'll take the screwy DQ finish if it means having these two feud for a bit longer. That Styles Clash Joe took looked scary too but these two are so good that I wasn't even worried about it. Joe picking up the mic to say "I"ll be your daddy" was freaking awesome. Great match, great storytelling. It was a little awkward with AJ bleeding and going to his wife and daughter, you can clearly hear her say "Daddy you're bleeding" and he takes her and she's like, nah not when you looking like this! She was probably scared with AJ bleeding. It's understandable. I do like that Joe teased the Muscle Buster though too! If anyone knows how to take that bump, it's AJ, but I don't think Vince will ever let Joe do it on the main roster.
Miz v DB was good. It does look like the feud will be going on a little bit longer, or it could mean that DB didn't resign and he's gonna be leaving. Either way, it was a good match, I was okay with the heel finish. Maybe we see Brie v Maryse at Evolution? Seeing the welts on Miz's chest was cool too. But I felt like this match should have given us more. I do agree with what other people were saying as far as, these two hate each other, it shouldn't be a wrestling match but more of a fight, but I think it's because there were no stipulations, like a street fight or no DQ or last man standing, etc. But I think there might be a bigger plan for the feud, hopefully we get something along those lines. Corey Graves acting like Miz's knock out punch was like Show doing it, hahaha. He's too funny.
Demon Finn v Corbin was awesome. I loved this matched to be honest. We got to see the Demon and it was a freaking squash match! It was the perfect way to use Demon Balor too because this is like an unlocked Finn, a Finn that comes out on rare occasions to destroy his opponent. This does mean that, they are implying that Seth Rollins is light years stronger and better than Corbin (which yes it's very very true) but like, Rollins almost beat the Demon, Styles almost beat the Demon...Corbin couldn't last two minutes with the Demon. I know WWE doesn't think about stuff like that and I am well aware that Corbin doesn't compare to Seth or AJ at all, so don't even try to twist my words into something like that, but it was just a thought, haha. I was wondering why they were having this match go on so late.
Shin v Jeff was fine. I think this match was heavily planned due to the injuries of Jeff. I was reading an article on Jeff saying that his hand has finally woken up (no pun intended) as it had been asleep for the last 2 months, like wtf dude been wrestling like that the last two months? And then he said his back is pretty banged up and that he doesn't do the swanton bomb anymore at house shows because it kills him so much as he's been using the twist of fate as a finishing move and only pulls out the swanton during TV shows or PPVs and I'm thinking, okay yeah that makes sense. Dude is 40, he needs to start taking it easy....and then he swantons the hardest part of the ring and completely misses Shin...f*ck me man, what are you doing Jeff? Hopefully this means he gets put on the shelf for some much needed time off. Keep the title on Shin and away from Orton please.
Ronda v Alexa...I just didn't really care for. I know a lot of people wanted her to have a dominating victory and a quick squash match, but it did nothing for me. I don't buy her as a champion right now. To me, this match was very flat, tried to give her her feel good moment but all I could think about was her poorly done makeup (Becky's too!) and just how boring it was. She's not ready to be champion yet in my opinion. I think they needed to have Sasha or Bayley turn heel, have one of them as champion because they are legit, have Ronda feud with one of them to win the title, that would of given her a much more meaningful title win. This was a stinker for me.
Roman v Brock was interesting. I thought Braun was going to cash in at the start of the match to make it a triple threat, but I was okay with him standing outside of the ring. Now, the match itself was meh but the storytelling with it was fine. I liked that Brock was focused on Braun and f***ing tossed his briefcase all the way up the ramp and just beat the piss out of him...I didn't like that it took one spear to end one of the longest title reigns. We all needed more, Roman literally did two moves. Super man punch times 5, and spear times 2? 3? That's supposed to end Brock? Who was so dominate for the past year and a half? After he kicked out of like, 90 of those in one match? Meh, whatever. Maybe we get a cash in tonight, maybe Braun holds out until HIAC.
All in all, the show was good like I mentioned but it could have been better. Of course it could have been. But that's what happens when the roster is so stacked. Long show too, jeez.
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