SummerSlam Rate WWE SummerSlam 2016

[Prince Bálor]

Totally expected some of those results. lol

This show does seem like a clusterfuck, but I'll reserve judgment until I've actually watched it.

Also, THIS is the Universal belt? Deplorable.


They put no effort in it, it's like someone had an old pair of Nakamura's pants and said it was a great idea to be put on a belt. Just... Eww.

 

[Solid Snake]

Totally expected some of those results. lol

This show does seem like a clusterfuck, but I'll reserve judgment until I've actually watched it.

Also, THIS is the Universal belt? Deplorable.


They put no effort in it, it's like someone had an old pair of Nakamura's pants and said it was a great idea to be put on a belt. Just... Eww.

Well, when he comes to the main roster, it'll match him at least :dawg:

 

[Zany Clowny]

Nakamura can't speak English for fuck sake what's the difference between him and Finn they both are great wrestlers and have cool entrances. I say make him a Paul Heyman guy bill him as this international talent Heyman acquired.

 

[DK JAMES]

Nakamura can't speak English for fuck sake what's the difference between him and Finn they both are great wrestlers and have cool entrances. I say make him a Paul Heyman guy bill him as this international talent Heyman acquired.

Like the avatar lol that's dope.

 

[Marshall1]

It was ok, just went far too long (Thanks Colonel Ziggler). The Universial title is respectable. I don't mind the idea of having the titles look similar, try and blend a little boxing and UFC by doing that. Looks a little like a fruit roll-up though. AJ Vs Cena was worth the whole show, it was absolutely fantastic.

Props to Orton for taking that elbow, I hope he got a huge ass payday for it.

 

[Messiah1]

9/10, best show of the year so far... 4 hours is too long or a show, but it was still very good.

 

[MrEdzhuks]

So lackluster... No Dolph heel turn(plus a terrible WWE title match), no Goldberg, no Balor Club and a terrible looking Universal title. The only thing good about this was AJ beating Cena, which is making this PPV a 5/10.

 

[Krendall]

What the hell was the point of putting Orton/Lesnar on last with that finish? They should've stuck Rollins/Balor in the last match slot so the fans could go home happy. Instead, they sat around for six hours just for things to end like that?

-The six-team match was okay, but nothing too special, especially since the same match was on last Tuesday. The possible Uso heel turn is a bit intriguing, though.

-Zayn/Neville vs. Dudleyz was passable. It's about all you can expect from the Dudz at this point.

-Who thought a best of seven series between Sheamus and Cesaro was a good idea? I like that Cesaro's in a storyline, but I don't know if they can keep this matchup interesting for a potential seven matches. And don't forget they've already had two matches on RAW leading up to tonight. Anyway, usual good match between these two, though I always hate to see Cesaro lose.

-Enzo & Cass vs. JeriKO was a good opener, but I question having JeriKO win. Yes, Enzo & Cass get such a huge pop that you can argue they can afford to lose, but those cheers are going to cool off pretty quickly if Enzo & Cass don't start picking up some big wins.

-Why have Charlotte regain the belt? Why have Sasha get it in the first place? Anyway, the match was okay despite some scary botches.

-IC title match was decent, though I would've went with Crews winning. Of course, I wouldn't have put the belt on Miz in the first place, but that's a whole other issue.

-Styles/Cena was an excellent match. The two really took each other to their limits and the right person won. Cena's symbolic farewell was rather interesting, but I could see it being a big tease, as well.

-Ambrose/Ziggler was rather pedestrian. More odd booking as all of Ziggler's ranting over the past few weeks ended in another clean loss.

-SmackDown women was meh. Nikki returned, so of course her team won. I noticed Nikki changed the Rack Attack to avoid pressure on her neck. Anyway, I assume this means Nikki will be on SmackDown so at least she can't get involved with the women's title.

-The universal title is garbage. Fortunately, the match for it was good, though not quite as good as I was hoping for those two. I had a sneaking suspicion that Balor was going to win. With all the buildup for the Demon King character, it would've been stupid to have him lose right off the bat. The WWE needs to be careful, though. Balor's at risk of having too much too soon.

-They did a fucking bait and switch with the US title at SummerSlam? Why?! Is this just so Roman can win the belt at Clash of Champions? I will say they got the crowd cheering for Roman, so good job on that.

-Randy Orton got the shit kicked out of him. Why they thought this would make a good main event, I have no idea. Frankly, I didn't have high hopes for this match since it was announced because Orton and Lesnar don't really have compatible styles IMO. That beatdown at the end was just plain brutal, and Shane took an F5. Where this leads, I have no idea.

Overall, I give it 4/10. For SummerSlam, I expect a lot more.

 

[Jacob Fox]

This honestly makes me wonder how they are going to go forward with Lesnar. I am putting aside the idea that what happened was improvised or real in any way because I find it hard to believe. I'll admit by looking back at the pictures that I may have been wrong about the blading, but I can't for the life of me believe this wasn't what was supposed to happen for several reasons:

1. Paul Heyman standing outside the ring and just watching for the majority of the beat down. Heyman and Lesnar are close enough that I honestly think if Lesnar had really gone off script and beaten Orton down that he would probably do something to try to calm Lesnar down. And he didn't look concerned in any way.

2. The medical staff just completely backing off. While the cut may have not been planned like that, if Orton was in any real danger I am sure they wouldn't have backed off so easily.

3. Each wrestling event has local police officers at the event. If Lesnar was legitimately beating the life out of Orton, there is ample security to have stopped him. A beat down like that, if it was real, could have left Orton with serious injuries, concussions among other things.

4. Shane McMahon's intervention. Shane's involvement seems to be completely as an on air character, so it really doesn't make sense that he would be there if what was happening was real. They have people whose job it is to do that.

5. I HIGHLY doubt they would continue to show something like that on television if it were real.

6. It's WWE. The point of this was simply for people to have the conversation about whether it was unscripted or not... and they succeeded.

So what is this going to lead to? Obviously it got people talking about it because the discussion about the reality is going on everywhere. Having the show end on such a negative note to the point that fans have been claiming to have been disturbed by it, it has to be leading towards something.

In 2014, we had Lesnar basically going on a rampage breaking the Undertaker's streak, destroying John Cena etc etc in what seemed to be a way to eventually push Roman Reigns as the new face of the company. Of course that didn't happen.

The Goldberg idea seems sort of weird and unlikely to me, not only because of the surgery but also because Goldberg hasn't had a fight in 12 years. It would be hard to suspend disbelief and believe he could come in out of the blue and beat Lesnar.

John Cena also unlikely. There's no reason for it at this point and we've been down that path already. Plus Cena has other things on his plate.

Revisiting the Roman Reigns scenario sort of makes sense in a way. He completely brutalized Rusev in the match right before Lesnar's match. However, it would seem awkward to just go into that with Reigns involved in a feud with Rusev.

Randy Orton disappears for a while (because we know Lesnar will likely disappear) and comes back after a few months and tries to get revenge? I'm not sure if that would be a great idea, especially with how bad Orton got beat down. Plus they have a lot of heat for this right now and they really should do something with it sooner than later.

So I guess that's the most interesting thing about the entire scenario, not being exactly sure where it's going.

 

[¡Tranquilo!]

Wasn't able to watch the show but I read the results...

WTF was this show? Like I'm glad Styles got the clean win over Cena and Rusev ain't lose his belt but what the shit was this show? The Universal Championship looks pretty dope IMO, it's just a red WWE WHC and I think that's pretty cool. Could've used a different design though, maybe the WCW big gold belt with a red strap...that would've been sexy. I can't really judge the PPV until I watch it but after them results I don't know if I want to.

 

[Zany Clowny]

The belt is awful.Worst championship belt in WWE history..

 

[RedDwarfTechy]

hate the universal belt, that red strap was fine, the plate shouldnt have had red though.

Rest of the PPV was alright, nothing great actually.

Loved the universal match, Enzo Cass and JeriKO match and Cena vs Styles.

Brock dominating was interesting, with all that build up with viperville and all that XD I've never been a randy orton fan so i am very happy Brock won. Brock vs Balor? XD

The way it ended was just crappy tbh.

Ziggler vs Ambrose was boring imo, felt like it dragged on forever!

Also lol @ US title match coming after WWE Championship Pretty telling where we're headed.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Well, that wasn't so bad. It wasn't good either. The show had a good card and there were some good things on it, but most of it felt underwhelming and just average... Ugh!

THE SHOW DID NOT NEED TO BE 4 HOURS LONG, LET ALONE SIX, DAMMIT. 5/10

- American Alpha, The Usos & The Hype Bros vs The Ascension, Breezango & The Vaudevillains was decent. **

- Sami Zayn & Neville vs The Dudley Boyz was decent. **
Perfectly fine, but forgettable effort. Zayn deserves better. Oh, and turning Bubba into Bully Ray would be great.

- Sheamus vs Cesaro was pretty good. ***½
This was easily the best thing on the pre-show. It's a shame it wasn't on the main card. These two always deliver a fun, hard-hitting bout. No complaints.

- Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho vs Enzo & Big Cass was solid. **½
I couldn't quite get into it, even though I'm a fan of both teams. The match was solid, but lacked something to kick it into next gear. By the way, Enzo & Cass losing in their backyard wasn't the right call, but it wasn't surprising to me.

- Charlotte vs Sasha Banks was good for what it was. ***
The match was a mess for a bit, it had some scary botches, including Charlotte almost breaking Sasha's neck. But, you gotta give props to both gals for trying hard and having the ambition to do something really good. Anyways, they got their act together in the second half and the match didn't end up being a disaster after all. That Razor's Edge reversal into a Frankensteiner from Sasha was dope. I'm really not a fan of Charlotte regaining the Women's title, but oh well.

- The Miz vs Apollo Crews was a fun little match. **½
Holy shit, The Miz won clean. Color me surprised.

- AJ Styles vs John Cena was fantastic and MOTN. ****½
I loved this match. It was much better than their first bout. And Cena was much better than he was at MITB, he was a lot more smoother and crisper, and Styles... Well, he was AJ MOTHERFUCKIN' STYLES. Arguably the best worker on the planet. Styles winning clean was the right call. Cena leaving his Never Give Up armband post-match was interesting. All in all, tremendous stuff. Highlight of the show.

- Gallows & Anderson vs The New Day was okay. *½
Okay match, but not a fan of the outcome.

- Dean Ambrose vs Dolph Ziggler was good. ***¼
I thought it was a well-worked match with a good story. It's a shame the crowd didn't care and that hurt it. Ambrose played the heel role effectively, even though it was just a one-off. But, he was good here and retained the title clean, as he should.

- Nikki Bella, Natalya & Alexa Bliss vs Carmella, Naomi & Becky Lynch was a decent filler. **
Nice to see Nikki back. All I can say.

- Finn Bálor vs Seth Rollins was very good. ***¾
First off, that Universal title design is deplorable. I do not like it at all. Now, the match was really good, not great, but good. The crowd sucked throughout the show, so I wasn't surprised for the lack of interest they'd showed here. It's like they were expecting a double turn, so why care, right? Anyways, they got right back into it after a really good homestretch. THE DEMON KING IS THE INAUGURAL WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION!?!?! UNREAL. Bálor won clean as a whistle and that surprised the hell out of me. I marked. Had Rollins won, that would've been cool in my book, too. Giving Finn the clean win is the right call if they're actually going to put in effort to make him a top guy.

- Rusev vs Roman Reigns never happened because "We gave it away for free on TV, so why bother here?". I was at least expecting a DQ finish, given what happened on RAW. There's also a better scenario: Rusev defeating Reigns. Maybe not clean as a whistle, but having Reigns chase the title isn't going to hurt him. This was simply meh, boring and didn't belong in the co-ME spot.

- Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton. **½
Outside of the finish, which was brutal and wild, I was disappointed that this was just a glorified squash. It definitely didn't deserve the ME spot. And man, I was expecting Orton to put up a fight, and counter an F5 into RKO (there's another letdown), but instead we simply got shades of SummerSlam 2014. Oh, well.

 

[alexb]

Finally got over watching this 6 hour extravaganza (as good old J.R. would use to say) and as most have already noted, it was anything but spectacular so it’s a 5/10 from me and that’s probably more than generous. Not to take anything away from all the guys and gals that for the most part gave it their all but when we are talking about the biggest party of the summer and one of the four most important PPV’s of the year, you simply expect a lot more and certainly a lot better in terms of quality and storytelling.

I could easily go on a big ass rant and type over 3000 words going over this PPV but given it was a long ass show to begin with, I’ll try and make this short and sweet:

First off, and while on the subject, as many pointed out, indeed 6 hours is a lot of fucking hours. It’s tiresome, it’s overexposing the product and it’s it can seriously come to a point where people can get really bored of it because let’s not forget the 3 hours of RAW that follow as well as 2 hours of Smackdown plus NXT; that’s a lot of fucking wrestling even for the most hardcore fans…

Aside from a nice promo from Y2J and KO, the preshow had nothing else to offer worth noting. The 12 man tag we’d already seen on Smackdown, the tag match between Zayn and Neville against the Dudleys was ok but did nothing to further the story as far as the Dudleys are concerned (if, in fact, there is a story) and Cesaro vs. Sheamus was just round one so…meh. Don’t get me wrong, it was a pretty good match for a kick off but kind of knowing the outcome already (Sheamus winning was simply a banker) made it just less interesting. All in all, Preshow....delete !!! delete !!! delete !!!

Should of known better by predicting Enzo & Cass winning since WWE always goes with the good old recipe when it comes to homecomings. Well, this probably tells us that KO isn’t going anywhere for the time being (referring to the trade rumors) and, well, can’t deny that him and Jericho are doing a fine job overall…

Sasha dropping the belt was probably the shocker of the night, however I personally kind of saw it coming early Sunday morning and shortly before I filled out my form in the predictions contest, when I noticed the weird shifting of the odds, placing Charlotte as a clean favorite when she was a clear underdog until a day prior. Now, word has it that this was a pretty much last minute decision for WWE, however no explanation has come out just yet. There’s been talk about a possibly injury and there’s all talk about a wellness violation, either of which led to Sasha eventually dropping the belt to Charlotte. Whatever the case, I’m sure they’ll give us that explanation soon enough but I don’t think we’ll be seeing any of Sasha Banks for the next month. As for the match itself, it turned out to be quite the botch feast and thank God no one got hurt. We seriously need to find a cure because the Dana Brook disease is spreading and it’s spreading rapidly…

The WWE World Championship belt has been and always will be considered the top prize and the most prestigious belt in the company so why on fucking earth is it being defended in the midst of the show? I understand Ambrose vs. Ziggler is not exactly a main event match but it’s the most important fucking belt isn’t it? Speaking of the WWE championship, it was quite a dull match though I did enjoy those heel like teases of Ambrose, mocking Ziggler etc.

The US title not being defended I call bullshit but I guess it was WWE’s way of prolonging this feud till Clash of Champions. Hopefully, now that we had Mr. Superman look all strong and mighty again, he better fucking pass out to the Accolade the next time…

IC Championship: total waste of time and though I hate to say it, send Apollo Crews back to NXT cause…what’s the point of him being on the main roster anyway?

Universal Championship: that’s an ugly ass looking belt. As for the match itself, still feel they may be pushing Balor just a bit too fast and I also don’t like the fact that they have Rollins on a losing streak but on the other hand, I understand why Demon King could not lose on his debut. Oh, nice little tease backstage with the Balor Club…

Main event I too agree was kind of a letdown and more so the finish. Just to reply to all the comments I read above, this was definitely scripted and before anyone jumps into any silly conclusions, there’s no chance of Shane vs. Brock so let’s get that out of the way. In my view, this is just another RAW vs. Smackdown thing and will most likely simply set up a future inter promotional match with someone of Shane’s choosing, someone not currently on the roster, someone to be added in the near future...

Last but not least, it sucked not even getting a glimpse of Bray Wyatt...

 

[Stopspot]

The fuck?

I almost got nothing right with predictions

Why the fuck did Sasha lose the belt?! Don't tell me it's because they want it on Dana Brooke instead.... Sasha better win it back and if she doesn't and that's it then Surrender Me Now.

Injured people tend to be unable to be champion. Sasha has been working injured for a while and word is she will be gone for a while.

Oh, and WHAT THE FUCK was with that ending? TKO? That even possible? Or is WWE throwing middle fingers at UFC now or something, I don't even know if Orton was supposed to bleed.


Fuck Knows/10

That match did not go as intended. Brock did as Brock pleased. Aka he did not work with Randy, he worked over Randy, at least to an extent