Wwe: Summerslam 2010 [Import]

Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler Vs. Kofi Kingston - If you remember last year's opener between Rey Mysterio and Dolph Ziggler, then it would be safe to say this year's event was going to start off strong but that wasn't the case here. Dolph was accompanied by Vickie Guerrero as he entered this return match for the Intercontinental title againt Kofi. Kofi started out aggressive and strong hitting various moves until Dolph gained the upperhand with numerous counters and reversals. As the match went on, it began to develop into a very good back and forth encounter until the Nexus showed up out of nowhere just to make their presence known and to preach about their 7 on 7 match scheduled to take place later on. The ending was certainly disappointing and the reason behind it, it should have never happened to begin with. 2.5/5

Divas Champion Alicia Fox Vs. Melina - Melina returned to her hometown of L.A. as she entered the match in some unusual entrance attire. We saw Melina using some interesting wrestling moves that we don't normally get from her before it looked like Melina reinjured herself which gave Alicia the opportunity to take control. From there, Alicia worked on the arm before Melina suddenly regained the momentum as it led her regaining the Divas championship. The aftermath involved LayCool (Layla & Michelle McCool) coming out and ruining Melina's emotional celebration. But overall, this match was more of a one-woman show that showcased Melina winning back her Divas title a part from LayCool making their appearence. 2/5

Big Show Vs. Straight Edge Society: CM Punk, Joseph Mercury, & Luke Gallows - This was a 3 on 1 handicap match that was held under tornado rules which allowed all three members of the S.E.S. to be in the ring at once. Though, that didn't make a difference as the Big Show nearly dominated all of the S.E.S. after revealing his hand was healed from the attack CM Punk had on it. Big Show dominated the early portions of the match before missing a huge chop and hitting the ring steps before the S.E.S. was able to work over Big Show for a brief period until Big Show came back and was able to prevail over Punk, Gallows, & Mercury. 2.25/5

WWE Champion Sheamus Vs. Randy Orton - This was a rematch from their title match they had back at the Royal Rumble with the added on stimpulations being if anyone interferes, they would be suspended and the other, if Orton loses, he will never recieve another WWE title shot as long Sheamus is champion. This match started out very physical with Orton being very aggressive to the point he was able to gain the momentum on the outside before the match spilling out into the crowd for a brief amount of time. From there, Orton continued to dish out his methodical and calculating pace onto Sheamus until Sheamus turned the tables and threw Orton into the ring steps that injured his shoulder. After that, the match was able to pick up with both men able to reverse the momentum various times and coming out with numerous counters to their signature moves with the crowd getting more and more into it. As the match was great, the ending was disappointing with Sheamus using his championship advantage to retain his title which caused Orton to go in an intense mode that saw a huge post match brawl before Orton delivering a RKO to Sheamus on the announce table. This match was definitely better then their Royal Rumble match with the aftermath giving more life to the feud. 4/5

World Champion Kane Vs. Rey Mysterio - The big story here was the debate over who was the one who attacked and took out the Undertaker. Kane entered the match bringing a casket to ringside promising he will put Rey in it. With all of that aside, this was a "David vs. Goliath" match that resembled their feud back in 2008 which Rey used his speed and agility at his advantage. Rey used that same strategy here with Kane heavily working on Rey's back using various moves such as bearhugs and ramming Rey into the steel ring post to inflect more damage on Mysterio's back. The closing moments of the match includes a very good series of counters until Kane one armed chokeslammed Rey to keep his World title. The aftermath showcased Kane inflecting more punishment onto Rey until the Undertaker made his return and declared the man who was guilty of attacking him. 3.5/5

John Cena, Bret Hart, John Morrison, Edge, R Truth, Chris Jericho, & Daniel Bryan Vs. Nexus [7 on 7 Elimination Match] - Earlier in the night, the Miz came out and announced he accepted the offer to be the 7th member of Team WWE. Though to the surprise of many, John Cena announced the Miz was not the 7th member. The Miz was out picked by his NXT rookie, Daniel Bryan. This was the best match of the night that saw Daniel Bryan showcasing his extraodinary wrestling skills by taking it to Nexus memeber, Darren Young, and making him tap out for the early elimination. From there, eliminations did not come all at once. The powerhouse player of Nexus, Skip Sheffield, has a good showing eliminating two members of Team WWE while Bret Hart made his first SummerSlam appearence in 13 years as he was on fire the short time he was in the match. The problems among Cena, Jericho, and Edge was there that caused the eliminations of Jericho and Edge. Once it came down to the final four, the Miz reappeared and helped Wade Barrett and Justin Gabriel to eliminate Bryan. At that point, Cena was pinned against the wall to over come the odds that featured Barrett and Gabriel taking it to Cena that showed Cena taking a hard DDT on the concrete floor before Cena fought back strong to gain the win for his team. This was definitely the best match on the card and it did wonders for the younger guys like Bryan, Barrett, Gabriel, & Heath Slater to elevate them into superstardom. 5/5

Overall, this year's SummerSlam had a lot of flops to it and if it wasn't for two matches in the line up (Orton/Sheamus and the 7 on 7 match), I would have given this up and maybe I should've. So if you're a big fan of the Orton/Sheamus feud, the Nexus angle, or just want to see the return of the Undertaker, I give this a recommendation. But if not, I do not recommend this event at all.

I can admit this...i liked this event. It really had me entertained through 3 of the best matches of this ppv. So lets start with the wwe title match. This match had everything you could ask for in a title match between sheamus and orton but wwe drop the ball on this one by making sheamus get dq. I think they did a good job with sheamus as a heel but they kept having him get dq in his title defenses. Overall this match was good but dont expect a conclusive ending to this match. The next match was the world title match between kane and rey mysterio. These put on a better performance than orton and sheamus match. The main reason is bc they had an ending lol. The downside to this match is the ridiculous storyline that developed between these 2 men lol. Anyway moving on to the main event, this was the best match on the card. It was wwe vs nexus which reminded me alot of wwe vs wcw survivor series match. Almost a perfect match to rate this ppv it was a 6.5/10 but not a bad ppv though.

Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston - What a difference a year makes as last year, Dolph walked into the opening match at SummerSlam as the challenger for the Intercontinental Championship & this year he walks in as the champion along with Vickie Guerrero on his shoulder. Kofi started out strong & aggressive before Dolph had the upper hand early on in the match that went back & forth between both men...before Nexus came & took out both men before addressing the crowd about their match later on that night. This wasn't necessary at all & they reduced this match to nothing more than a backdrop to plug their main event match...the same main event match that people had currently payed to see later in the night so this could have just been a backstage interview & killed the match before it had a chance to pick up.

Divas Champion Alicia Fox vs. Melina - Before the match got started, Melina returned to her hometown of Los Angeles with quite an interesting outfit. Melina showcased some unique offense during this match than we usually don't get from divas action like a sliding ankle takedown & a double knee drop on Fox's stomach...who was drapped on the corner of the middle ropes. There was a point where Melina looked like she reinjured her knee only for Fox to attempt to work over the arm but to no avail as Melina regained the championship...only for the final image being the same as the previous match, the last people standing where those who weren't involved in the match. Overall, I saw this as a "Melina" showcase more than anything else.

Big Show vs. Straight Edge Society (C.M. Punk, Luke Gallous, Joseph Mercury) - Before I get started, old school wrestling fans will get a chuckle out of the Greg Valentine reference Matt Striker pointed out in regards to Punk's t-shirt. This was a 3 on 1 handicap match with the twist on the rules being that it was tornado tag rules so all the members of the S.E.S. were allowed in the ring at the same time. In a nutshell, this was a dominate performance by Big Show as he showed that his injured hand was healed and easily took care of Gallous & Mercury in the beginning before he rehurt his hand missing a chop on Punk & hitting the ringside steps. S.E.S. was able to work over Show for a small time but Show was able to still recover & dominate his way to a victory with possibly the biggest story being where Punk was with Serena when Gallous & Mercury were at the mercy of Show.

WWE Champion Sheamus vs. Randy Orton - The rematch from the Rumble earlier this year with the stipulations being that anyone who interfered would be suspended while this would be Orton's only title match. This started out with Orton being very physical & dominate in the early stages before he hurt his shoulder going into the ringside steps (nobody is having luck with those steps this night) which allowed Sheamus to regain control. This was a match that picked up the pace overtime with momentum alternating between both men including both men being able to either counter their signature moves like Sheamus finding a counter for the RKO. Unfortunally, Sheamus used his championship advantage to retain his title which errupted into a huge brawl after the match that had Sheamus take an RKO on the announcetable...that didn't break or give at all unlike how they normally do. This was definately better than their previous Rumble match and did enough to make me want to see another encounter.

World Champion Kane vs. Rey Mysterio - Aside from this being a World Championship match, both men accused each other of being the person who attacked Undertaker months earlier & Kane came out to the ring with the casket that he has been with for several weeks with the promise that he would stuff Rey in that casket. As you would expect whenever Mysterio goes against someone who his heavily larger than him or for anyone who remembers their series back in 2008, they used the "David vs. Goliath" formula where Rey used his speed & smaller height to his advantage which helped him at times be able to counter Kane's moves such as an attempted slam into a tilt-a-wirl DDT but this was mostly a dominate performance by Kane who heavily worked over Rey's back by using the ringpost to ram his back into either on the outside or the ringside of the ring via a baseball slide along with various bearhugs & even a jumping sidewalk slam on his way to victory. The crowd was really quiet throughout the entire encounter with the only heavy reaction happened after the match where Kane kept punishing Rey so he could get him in the casket before everyone saw it was already occupied & finding out just who was guilty of doing the crime that both men were accusing each other to doing going into this match.

Elimination Match: John Cena, Bret Hart, John Morrison, R-Truth, Edge, Chris Jericho, ? vs. Nexus - The whole mystery throughout the night was who would replace Great Khali as the 7th member of Team WWE with the heavy tease of it being The Miz throughout the week before he finally said that he would join the team earlier in the night...however to everyone's suprise, Miz wasn't picked as the 7th guy because he took too long to give an answer which opened the door to the return of former Nexus member Daniel Bryan. This was the longest match of the night & had various moments such as Bryan's performance including eliminating the first member of Nexus in under a minute with the crossface, the impressive dominate performance of Nexus' Skip Sheffield that including eliminating out two members, Bret Hart giving the best performance he has done since returning in the time (or lack of) he was in the match, the interaction between Edge & Cena & Jericho, The Miz appearing once again, and when the match got down to the final four competitors. This was the best match of the night as it did it's job in heavily elevating the younger rookies & giving them the spotlight with some of them (Barrett, Skip, Bryan) making the best out of it.
As a side note for those who don't remember, Bryan had his issues with announcer Michael Cole back during the first season of NXT because Cole constantly buried Bryan & degraded his acomplishments outside of WWE whenever he could in favor of his then-NXT pro The Miz (who Cole has constantly been heavily biased towards in the past few weeks) & that didn't stop here as Michael Cole constantly kept getting on the case of Bryan to the point where the regular "heel" announcer in Matt Striker had to tell Cole to stop so if you don't like Michael Cole then I would suggest you watch this match on mute because it went from being "heelish" to just plain annoying.

In the end, SummerSlam was a 2 match show for me as Orton & Sheamus delievered a better match than I expected from just remembering their match at the Rumble earlier this year along with the main event elimination tag with the only other highlight being what happened after the Kane/Mysterio match but the other matches on the card were just watchable but not the quality that should be expected with this being one of the biggest PPV's of the year while the one other match that looked like it was about to be a quality encounter (Kofi/Dolph) was nothing more than a backdrop to plug the main event. As I said before, this was strictly a two match show for me so those two matches online someplace along with the finish to the World Title match & skip this show.