Wwe Summerslam

WWE SummerSlam 2005
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This was a very good summerslam. Lots of standout matches including cena/Y2J, guerrero/rey, and hogan/michaels. Thanks for reading!

U.S. Championship
Orlando Jordan vs. Chris Benoit
Don't take a bathroom brake during this one because you will miss it. This match is only like 25 seconds, with benoit quickly making jordan submit to the crossface and winning the u.s. title. Match Rating:Can't rate, to short of a match.

Matt Hardy vs. Edge
Nothing really special here. The rivalry was really just over lita at this point. Some physical shots in this one, with hardy getting busted open early. The ref had to stop this match because of that. If you want to see a better hardy/edge match, check out thier cage match from unforgiven '05. Match Rating:3/5

Ladder Match for custody of Dominick (Rey's son)
Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero
The storyline for this was stupid, but the match was executed pretty well. Lots of sick ladder shots took by both men. Lots of highlight real moments including eddie powerbombing rey off the ladder, which was kind of bothced, rey backdropping eddie onto a ladder, while also falling off a ladder himself. At that point I thought they had to be broken in half! In the end, vickie guerrero helps rey get the briefcase so he can keep his son. Ok? Like i said, a wierd stipulation, but a great ladder match. Match Rating:4.5/5

Match for the Gold Medals
Eugene vs. Kurt Angle
Not anything special. Angle pretty much dominated the whole match. Eugene takes lots of punishment. Kurt angle makes eugene tap out to the ankle lock to win back his gold medals. The best thing about this was christie hemme in the chearleaders outfit. Match Rating:2.5/5

Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
This was a wrestlemania 21 rematch. Some good moves in this match, but randy worked on taker's leg to much. This match had a cool back and forth tombstone reversal, in the end orton's dad distracts taker for orton to pick up the win, which carries on the rivalry. This match was good, but they have had better. Match Rating:3.5/5

WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho
This is my personal favorite cena/jericho match. This started off pretty physical as Y2J delivered a spinning heel kick to cena, then these two brawled on the outside. The match maintained a nice, solid pace with jericho giving cena a huge superplex of the top rope. As the match went on, the crowd got more into it and were pretty split between the two men, with numerous cena/jericho chants. Later in the match jericho reversed cena's 5 knuckle shuffle into the walls of jericho, but cena eventually got to the ropes. After that, cena reversed jericho's bulldog into a fu (now attitude ajustment) to get the pin and retain the wwe title. Match Rating:5/5

No Holds Barred Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. JBL
This was a rematch from the great american bash '05 and this was alot better. Jbl and batista started this match off by brawling through the crowd, which led to jbl getting speared through the barricade. The match then had a slower pace, so it got boring at times and the only weapon used was a leather belt. A few moments later batista kicked out of a huge clothesline from jbl. The steel steps came into play, with batista giving jbl a huge batista bomb on them to win. A average no holds barred match, but at least it was better than gab '05. Match Rating:3.5/5

First time ever-Legend vs. Icon
Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels
This dosen't live up to the hogan/rock match, but this is still something to see. Seeing these two wrestle was something special. The match started out slow, but eventually built that main event feel and the crowd was pretty electric. Hogan was bleeding pretty badly in this match, with hbk really focusing on that. Some pretty good false finishes in this one. In the end, hogan hulked up as usual and dilivered a leg drop to hbk for the win. The two men shook hands after the match. This legend vs. icon battle didn't dissapoint and mostly lived up to the hype. Match Rating:5/5

Overall, this was a pretty good summer epic. I recommend this to your collection.

WWE Summerslam: The Complete Anthology, Volume Four
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This has to be the most weakest group of Summerslams events ever put together. The only reason I gave this set a three star rating is because some of the matches from this set are worth seeing and needs to be seen if already haven't.

Now I'll be honest, I did not purchase or will not purchase this set because I have all of these events taped on VHS and on DVD already. So therefore, I do not know what has been edited or blurred out or what music has been altered.

2003 - SummerSlam hosted from Phoenix this year and is probably the best SummerSlam of this set. The Elimination Chamber returned after it's debut a year earlier as the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H (who was injured) defended the World Title against Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, & Kevin Nash in the demonic structure. This Elimination Chamber Match is also referred to as the worst ECM in history mainly because Triple H was limited at best in the match and simply because Goldberg wasn't getting over with the fans since his debut at Backlash earlier in the year. The match was however topped by Smackdown's WWE Championship Match in a Wrestlemania XIX rematch as WWE Champion Kurt Angle went against Brock Lesnar. Other highlights of the event are the Fatal Four Way Match for the United States Championship with Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri and the No Holds Barred Match between Kane and his former tag team partner RVD. Other matches include The Dudley Boyz vs. World Tag Team Champions La Resistance, Undertaker vs. A-Train with the return of Stephanie McMahon, and the match between Shane McMahon and Eric Bischoff with so many twists throughout the match and Stone Cold Steve Austin returning.

2004 - "Bizzar-O-World" was SummerSlam's home this year as it hosted from Toronto, Canada; during the same time as the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. This event was centered around Randy Orton becoming the youngest World's Champion in history after defeating the World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit in a classic wrestling match. Other bouts includes The Undertaker challenging WWE Champion J.B.L. for the WWE Championship, Edge being booed in his home town as he defends the Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho and Batista, Kurt Angle returning to the ring to face Eddie Guerrero in a Wrestlemania XX rematch (the second best match of the night), Triple H vs. Eugene, Match No. 1 for the United States Championship as John Cena battles Booker T, Rey Mysterio, Paul London, & Billy Kidman vs. Bubbah Ray, D-Von, & Spike Dudley, and also Diva Dodgeball involving the WWE Divas vs. the WWE Diva-Search contestants. And finally Matt Hardy vs. Kane where the winner would Marry Lita on Raw.

2005 - SummerSlam this year was main evented by the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan taking on the "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels in a special "Legend vs. Icon" dream match. Other matches from this night includes The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton in a Wrestlemania 21 rematch, WWE Champion John Cena vs. Chris Jericho (Jericho's last inring Summerslam performance), & Eddie Guerrero's last Summerslam appearence as he faced Rey Mysterio in a Ladder Match. But most of the matches here were just squash matches including Chris Benoit winning the United States Championship from Orlando Jordan in under 30 seconds that led to a series of matches of Benoit making Orlando tapping out in faster time, Matt Hardy returning to the WWE to seek revenge against Edge & Lita but only to lose after a 5 minute fight due to a lost of blood, Batista returning home to defend his World Heavyweight Championship against J.B.L in a No Holds Barred Match, and lastly Kurt Angle in his last SummerSlam appearence only to beat the mess out of Eugene.

2006 - The slogan to this year's SummerSlam was "The Biggest Party Of The Summer" but the bottom line is that this year's SummerSlam was just plain BAD! WWE Champion Edge took on John Cena in Cena's home town of Boston, MA where the stipulation was if Edge got DQed then he was lose the WWE Title to John Cena while we see Edge getting more cheers then Cena all throughout the match. The rest of the card just came off stale as the recently reunited D-Generation X (Triple H & Shawn Michaels) faced Mr. McMahon and his son Shane McMahon in a Tag Team Match but was overkilled thanks to a lot of interferences and the McMahons trying to mock legendary teams such as the Hart Foundation and the Road Warriors all throughout the match, World Heavyweight Champion King Booker vs. Batista in a "bad" match that ended in a Disqualification, Hulk Hogan returning to take on Randy Orton in a typical "Hulkamania" match, Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero feuding in the "Eddie Guerrero" storyline where we see the heel turn of Vickie Guerrero, the ECW Champion Big Show vs. Sabu in an Extreme Rules Match that just came off so sloppy and botchful, and lastly an "I Quit" Match between Ric Flair and Mick Foley that started off so good but the ending is what killed the whole match.

2007 - This year's SummerSlam is probably the weakest out of this bunch which only held one good match in WWE Champion John Cena vs. Randy Orton. This year's SummerSlam was also centered around two big returns in Triple H and Rey Mysterio. Triple H however returned only to squash King Booker in his match while Rey Mysterio went out to face Chavo Guerrero again but only to be remembered for his outfit rather then his return match itself. Batista taking on the World Heavyweight Champion Great Khali in probably the WORST match in SummerSlam history. The rest of the card is only average at best as the Intercontinental Champion Umaga went against Carlito and Mr. Kennedy in a Triple Threat Match, John Morrison defending his ECW Championship against C.M. Punk in probably their weakest match out of all their matches throughout the year of 2007, Kane vs. Finlay, a WWE Diva Battle Royal, and Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to challenge M.V.P. in a Beer Drinking Contest that ended in your typical Stone Cold beer bash.

This SummerSlam set is the weakest one out of the four SummerSlam volume sets. I recommend holding off this set for awhile and I recommend the other three SummerSlam volume sets before this one.

WWE: Summerslam - The Complete Anthology, Vol. 2 1993-1997
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This was for my grandson who is a wrestling "nut". I don't know anything about wrestling but I am sure he is enjoying is.

WWE: Summerslam 2008
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Jeff Hardy vs. MVP: This was a good match, to me back and forth, this was in the midst of Jeff Hardys comeback. It woulda been nice to see a long winning streak, leading up to winning the title at Armageddon 2008.....Wrong person won this encounter.....
Rating on a scale of 1-10....8.0/10
Kofi Kingston & Mickie James vs. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix...Intercontinental and Womens title on the line......This was a good match, back and forth....I think the wrong group won...Kofi Kingston deserved to be in the midst of a big time push and not lose.
On a scale of 1-10.............7.0/10
Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy for the ECW Championship.....What in the world!!!!???
On a scale of 1-10.....being generous and giving it a 2.0/10 just cause Jeff Hardy appeared.
World Heavy Weight Championship CM Punk vs. JBL..Not a bad match, yes the ending was similar to Wrestlemania 21, and JBL carried ALOT of the match, but CM Punk is a lot stronger than I thought.
On a scale of 1-10.....7.5/10
Triple H vs. Great Khali WWE Champion.....As much as I detest Great Khali this was not bad match....Triple H kicks out of Khali best moves, breaks the Vice Grip, however Im glad for who won.
On a scale of 1-10..........7.0/10
John Cena vs. Batista...Great Match, FU's, STFU, Batista Bomb, Spine Buster,and a leg drop off the top rope counter into a Batista Bomb that was kicked out of , but led to a neck injury...Great Match Great Ending..
On a scale of 1-10..............9/10
Edge vs. Undertaker..Hell in the Cell...Almost 35 plus minutes of action and which I thought was the match of 2008. Spears, Last rides, Tables Ladders and Chairs used, spears through the cell and announce table,Match of the Year, great Edge Psycho Personality at the beginning...Lot of kickouts and holds broken...It was pretty much known who was gonna win...But very suspensful awesome match, with someone sent straight to hell.
On a scale of 1-10.........10/10