WWE Summerslam Thread - August 23rd 2009

[Izzy]

I'll add my thoughts on the PPV:

Rey vs Ziggler--much better than last month as they picked up the pace.  Solid opener

MVP vs Jack Swagger--slow and plodding and lifeless.  This seemed more like a RAW tv match.  If you ever wondered why people complain about "WWE style"  of wrestling, watch this match.

Jericho + Big Show vs Cryme Tyme--ok match.  During the match I wondered which member of Cryme Tyme would be a more successful singles wrestler in WWE, JTG or Shad.  JTG seems like he can move better, but Shad has the look that Vince prefers.

Kane vs Khali--**** break match.  I ended up tuning this out as I was getting bored with the PPV.  At least it was kept relatively short.

DX vs Legacy--Ugh.  DX intro took like 10 minutes.  I'm with Izzy here as I don't think Legacy was ever close in defeating DX during the match and I think most of the stuff in trying to make Legacy look good hurt the match.  Wrestling matches are essentially visual stories, HBK vs Taker and Morrison vs Edge told compelling stories, this did not have that.  It was a 10 minute match padded with extra stuff that didn't work.  Sometimes less is more.  I didn't really like the flow in this match either.

Regal vs Christian--with the amount of time they ended wasting on DX and Cena vs Orton, they wasted this match.  I like both guys too and wanted to see this.

Cena vs Orton--an epic clusterfuck.  Why are they trying to make Orton look this weak?  It doesn't make any sense.  After the first restart, it would have made more sense for the match to be a no dq, no countout streetfight.  The match would at least play to both wrestlers strengths and eliminated those darn chinlocks.  They could have done a Legacy run in to help Orton  win if they wanted to continue the feud.  Only entertainment for me was watching the crowd turn on Cena and cheer Orton.

CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy--solid match.  Helps make up for the POS that was the previous match.

In short, I can't remember the last time I got fully entertained by a WWE ppv.  Some matches entertain me but on the whole these PPV are getting to be a chore to sit though.  I think I enjoyed maybe 50 minutes out of this PPV.  You know its bad when one of your most entertaining moments of the night is seeing Maria Menounous and Slash sitting in the audience.

Thumbs WAAAY down for me.

with you all the way

..with one exception

i though the orton v cena match made Cena look very weak

Orton effectively beat him about 4 times - no matter the stipulation Orton won again and again

No false finishes, nothing - Orton won in style

Could have been an intresting match but WWE (and Lillian - bye!) **** it up

[Hammy]

Orton won 4 times?

He got himself DQ'd and counted out.

He won once with a cheap roll up, when the match was restarted he was trapped in the middle, about to tap when the "fan" did a run in to stop it.

Then he did the RKO and won.

Cena weak?  Come on, normally people complain he is booked as Superman.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

IMO, that match made Orton look weak more than Cena - he had to resort to getting himself DQed and counted out to end the match. Maybe that was the point of the match. Orton feared he couldn't beat Cena and it was only after all the confusion/clusterfuckness that he managed to hit the RKO and walk out with the belt.

[Izzy]

The orton match should have made him look weak and desperate but it was so badly handled it just seemed to give cena one chance after another he couldn't capitalise on.

Why didn't they just book it as a dutchess of queensbury rules match? (they crack me up!) atleast that way the sheer absurdity is deliberate and doesn't leave the audience baffled and feeling cheated