THE OFFICIAL: SummerSlam 2017 Thread

so - i just kinda 'woke up' - 2 days later - missed RAW - yes i know i can google.

did they put everybody's Indy Darling Stinkamura over and hand him the strap?

i can tell by all the traffic and volume this thead is getting that - 'yes' - Summer Slam is still an epic PPV 

The show was pretty decent but yet again I think NXT's Takeover was better than SummerSlam and that surprised the hell outta me because I saw NXT's card and felt under whelmed by it but those matches sure as hell provided for some great entertainment. The NXT Tag title match was my match of the weekend.

In regards to SummerSlam itself, it was a decent show.

Cena vs Corbin was garbage and there is not much worse than Cena just acting like an idiot and making his opponent look like crap. It seems the reports that Corbin has some heat backstage is true because that match hurt him an awful lot.

Big Show vs Big Cass was as anyone could expect. Enzo strips down and lubes himself up in order to escape the shark cage and get knocked out right away was just...yeah another who apparently has heat backstage. Makes me laugh that Cass is now out for most of the year because I don't think he's anything more than a 7 foot tall rat looking dude. He can't cut a promo or wrestle a good match. I won't miss him being gone.

Naomi vs Natalya for the SD Womans title was okay, nothing special. Surprised that Natalya got the win there. I was expecting a Noami win and a Carmella cash in.

Randy Orton vs Rusev was absolute garbage. WWE's booking is just ruining Rusev who should be a prominent main event by now. Instead he attacks Orton before the match and once the bell rings eats an RKO after 5 seconds and the match is over. The string of uneventful Randy Orton matches continues.

Finn Balor vs Bray Wyatt was okay. Finn Balor's Demon entrance was the best part of it. I liked how Bray was a bit hesitant about it and a bit more back offish in regards to him. The ending of it was a bit odd but Balor got the win as he should of clean.

Kevin Owens vs AJ Styles with Shane as the special referee for the US title was a really good match. Seems the right guy won and it seems a Shane/Owens feud is coming. I'm interested in a Team Owens vs Team Shane match at Survivor Series more so than I am the idea of a one on one match.

Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks for the RAW Womans title was a good match. The booking leading up to it was awful as it was originally Bayley winning the #1 contender spot after beating Sasha. This came after a PPV match between Bliss and Sasha where Bliss let herself get counted out so the logical booking was for Sasha to get her rematch in some sort of stipulation. I think this match should of been a ladder match or something. Instead Bayley gets injured so they put Sasha right back into the #1 contender spot where she never should of left and she makes Bliss tap out. I do think Bliss tapped a little too quickly but it was a good match.

Dean/Seth vs Cesaro/Sheamus for the RAW Tag titles was a good match. The highlight for me was Cesaro going into the crowd and ripping up a beach ball. New Champions in Seth and Dean which is fine.

Jinder Mahal vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE title wasn't very good but honestly I wasn't expecting it to be. Mahal has yet to put on a performance that's anything better than mediocre. Mahal wins on a botched finish after the Sighn Bros get involved. Just rinse and repeat with Jinder matches. If they were to do a 10 second match instead of Rusev vs Orton I'd of done it here and have had Nakamura beat Jinder is 10 seconds. Oh well, I don't really think Nakamura is ready for the WWE title atm but Jinder shouldn't be having it either.

Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman vs Samoa Joe vs Roman Reigns for the Universal title was my match of the night. It gave me everything I wanted from it. It was basically a train wreck. Strowman really came out of it looking great basically dominating Brock. I don't recall Brock really getting 1 real move in on Strowman the entire match. Strowman slams Brock through 2 announce tables and throws the 3rd one on top of him. Brock gets taken out on a stretcher only to come back and win by pinning Reigns. I think it was Reigns, was either Reigns or Joe but pretty sure it was Reigns.

All in all it was an average show with a great main event so you at least leave with a good feeling about it instead of a good show with a shit main event that leaves you kinda soured on the rest of the show. I didn't watch the pre show because screw the pre show matches.