SummerSlam Official Summerslam 2012 Live Discussion Thread

[Snowman1]

:haha: This is WWE we're talking about

^It could happen, they used to have 5 of the 6 belts on the line on every PPV (to protect the Night of Champions gimmick). Why not put both on the line and have the Divas have a bikini battle royal or something?

But that would take too much time away from Ryback.

 

[Dat Girl]

Ryback and Sin Cara need some time man :haha:

 

[GrammarNazi82]

:haha: This is WWE we're talking about

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^It could happen, they used to have 5 of the 6 belts on the line on every PPV (to protect the Night of Champions gimmick). Why not put both on the line and have the Divas have a bikini battle royal or something?

But that would take too much time away from Ryback.

Thank you! That's what I'm saying. Why not include more title matches to really boost it and make the PPV worthwhile? If they want to boost sales, that's one way to do it. As little push as the Divas have gotten lately, will they even include a Divas match? Or do they make it a point to include the Divas in every PPV? (You have to remember, I have a crummy PPV history / background to go by.)

 

[Snowman1]

Thank you! That's what I'm saying. Why not include more title matches to really boost it and make the PPV worthwhile? If they want to boost sales, that's one way to do it. As little push as the Divas have gotten lately, will they even include a Divas match? Or do they make it a point to include the Divas in every PPV? (You have to remember, I have a crummy PPV history / background to go by.)

Haha, you're actually spot-on.

Going through Wikipedia, the last PPV with no Divas' match was Capitol Punishment. There's no reason to throw them out there to waste PPV time if they won't put them on TV, but guess it's inevitable at this point. Guess they don't want to be called "sexist" or something... Hey, maybe CHNFY can do a skit on someone getting bumped from the card for them?

The mid-card belts really don't mean anything anymore, but there's really no reason to leave Christian vs Miz and Cesaro vs Santino (or preferably Sandow vs Santino) off the card. They could draw some buys, and Christian vs Miz could be a nice asset to the card... Why not?

 

[GrammarNazi82]

Haha, you're actually spot-on.

Going through Wikipedia, the last PPV with no Divas' match was Capitol Punishment. There's no reason to throw them out there to waste PPV time if they won't put them on TV, but guess it's inevitable at this point. Guess they don't want to be called "sexist" or something... Hey, maybe CHNFY can do a skit on someone getting bumped from the card for them?

The mid-card belts really don't mean anything anymore, but there's really no reason to leave Christian vs Miz and Cesaro vs Santino (or preferably Sandow vs Santino) off the card. They could draw some buys, and Christian vs Miz could be a nice asset to the card... Why not?

:win: for me

I agree though. I figure they feel the need to have Divas in PPVs along with the guys, but I honestly don't see the point in having them on PPV events if they aren't on the weekly shows. There's no buildup for a PPV match when they aren't on the show, and it just seems utterly pointless. Would LOVE to see CHNFY do a skit like that! They could actually pull it off well, with their tongue-in-cheek skits.

That's what I thought. I know they may not seem like as big of a deal, but what's the harm in including them? The only downside I could see is it taking time away from other matches, which with WWE they tend to have some short matches anyway. They should want to include as much as they can to bring in more sales and increase their profits, and I could see Christian / Miz being a good draw. Sandow vs. Santino also would be a big plus for them, or at least a decent enough addition.

 

[Cloud]

My point is if they have dropped them off weekly shows which they have atm fuck having them on PPV's.

Hopefully they are doing a rehaul of the division and they will all come back strong and good!

 

[GrammarNazi82]

My point is if they have dropped them off weekly shows which they have atm F*** having them on PPV's.

This. To me it's pointless to have them in PPV matches if they aren't on the regular program. What a joke.

 

[Matt]

I wonder how many unannounced matches there will be at summerslam

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

Waiting for them to add Ziggler/Jericho..

 

[Leo C]

I believe Ziggler/Jericho will be announced tomorrow.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

The mid-card belts really don't mean anything anymore, but there's really no reason to leave Christian vs Miz and Cesaro vs Santino (or preferably Sandow vs Santino) off the card. They could draw some buys, and Christian vs Miz could be a nice asset to the card... Why not?

Miz Christian no thanks. miz has beaten him twice and would beat him a 3rd time.. Neither match was all that great either. No thanks, but I'm sure it will be there

Santino/Cesaro whats the point? Santino loses every fucking match he is in, the piece of tin around his waste doesn't mean shit. Cesaro shouldn't waste his time squashing Santino or winning that shitty belt

Now Sandow getting on the card should happen. I thought he and Ryder could have had a nice feud before they decided to end that with a 60 second beatdown on SD in a pointless segment

 

[Asskicker]

Sandow should face Brodus at Summerslam.

 

[Crayo]

Miz/Christian matches have been great so far :S.

 

[Asskicker]

Miz/Christian matches have been great so far :S.

:True: they can put up a good match at SS with Miz getting better now.

 

[Snowman1]

Miz Christian no thanks. miz has beaten him twice and would beat him a 3rd time.. Neither match was all that great either. No thanks, but I'm sure it will be there

Santino/Cesaro whats the point? Santino loses every F**cking match he is in, the piece of tin around his waste doesn't mean s***. Cesaro shouldn't waste his time squashing Santino or winning that shitty belt

Now Sandow getting on the card should happen. I thought he and Ryder could have had a nice feud before they decided to end that with a 60 second beatdown on SD in a pointless segment

Okay, we have six matches (I believe they announced the tag match on Smackdown, Ziggler/Jericho's on it's way, and the Kane/Bryan thing) plus the inevitable Divas' match, so adding these won't happen anyway. This card looks like total shit outside of Ziggler/Jericho.

To your point, Miz/Christian they've already blown on free TV so there's no reason to put it on the show. The mid-card belts are fundamentally flawed and there's no reason to care about them, but considering how badly they've already botched Cesaro they may as well try to use one for something productive... but Sandow vs Santino may be the biggest mid-card draw that WWE has had in a while and they'd be Blue to let that slip away. Hope you enjoy your title shot, Claudio.

I'm expecting the same thing as last year, adding a pointless 6-man tag and a concert nobody gives a fuck about, with countless adverts to fill time and let the summer storyline sell tickets by itself... but they have 2 weeks to prove why Brock Lesnar is the badass he is for that to work.