[WWE] [PPV] Hack Thoughts: 2008/08/17 SummerSlam
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1. MVP over Jeff Hardy in 10:00
This was the first of three matches that turned out better than I
expected. I wasn't sure that Jeff was up to the task of being able
to carry someone like MVP, but he was able to carry him to a
respectable ** match. Decent opener with some fast-paced action.
Guess Jeff's "broken neck" was just smoke. I would have preferred
if Jeff had won, but I guess Jeff will be over with the crowd
whether he has a belt or not, whereas MVP needs the prop for anyone
to notice him at this point in his career. MVP won when Shelton
Benjamin distracted Jeff as Jeff was going for his finisher,
allowing MVP to hit his kick for the pin.
MATCH RATING: $0.80
2. Santino and Beth over Mickie James and Kofi Kingston in 4:00
I liked that Kofi and Mickie had titles, and would have preferred if
their reigns could have lasted longer than they did, but I'll try to
look on the positive side, since we'll be getting some five-star
promos from Santino with the women's title (and Cole doing his best
1980s Vince McMahon "confused/oblivious" look when Santino first
announces that he's the new women's champ. Any Kaufman would be
proud. Match was pretty short for having four people involved.
MATCH RATING: $0.80
Shawn Michaels came out to the ring with his wife (who successfully
teared up on cue) and gave a promo that went on just a little too
long. Jerry Lawler was the only person in the building who was
surprised when Jericho interrupted. Jericho takes a swing at HBK,
but Shawn deliberately ducks so that his wife took the full force of
the blow. Best bump I've seen someone take who has been out of the
wrestling business for 9 years. Becky/Whisper doesn't look too bad
for 35.
RATING: $0.65
3. Mark Henry over Matt Hardy in 0:30 to retain the ECW title
Atlas interfered for the DQ before anything could happen. Ugh.
MATCH RATING: $0.00
4. CM Punk over JBL in 11:00
I was pleasantly surprised to see JBL put Punk over clean. That was
definitely the Right Thing to do (which is why it surprised me).
Punk got busted open on the top/back of his head when JBL'd head
fell on him.
MATCH RATING: $0.75
5. HHH over Khali in 10:00
Khali was blown up less than 30 seconds into this match. I would
have rather seen MH vs MH go 10 minutes and this match go 30
seconds, but we all know HHH wanted to prove he could have a longish
match with Khali.
MATCH RATING: $0.20
6. Batista over John Cena in 14:00
I wonder how Punk feels having his Raw world title match lower on
the card than this Raw match. This was the second of three matches
tonight that was better than it had any right to be. Batista did
his usual lumbering about the ring (plus a couple of wrestling
moves) and to my surprise, Cena was able to carry him to a watchable
PPV match without having to resort to too much out-of-the-ring
brawling.
MATCH RATING: $0.95
7. Undertaker over Edge in 26:00
Isn't this the 20th or 30th time we've seen a spear, suplex, etc
through the wall of a cage? There were some nice table spots inside
the cage, and the really nice spear of Taker that collapsed the
gimmicked announce table. This was the third match that turned out
better than I ever expected.
MATCH RATING: $1.50
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TOTAL MATCH RATING: $5.00
TOTAL SKIT RATING: $0.65
TOTAL PPV RATING: $5.65
WWE price of the PPV: $49.95?
I spent $0.00 in gas and $0.00 on food, so by that token I got my
money's worth.
I guess I really expect more out of the "big four" PPVs. I guess
it's time to just accept that (1) WWE isn't going to put on anything
special except for WrestleMania, and (2) there aren't going to be
any matches that come close to what we were spoiled getting in the
mid- to late-1990s (with the exception of some Eddie and Benoit
matches from a couple years back.
There were a few people in #rspwtalk, but no one other than The Mott
seemed all that thrilled with the PPV.
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For comparison, here's what I thought of the PPVs I saw in the last
couple of years:
WWF Wrestlemania 1998 1998/03/ unrated
WCW Spring Stampede 1998 1998/04/19 $24.10
WWF IYH: Unforgiven 1998 1998/04/26 $ 9.95
WCW Slamboree 1998 1998/05/17 $27.95
WCW Great American Bash 1998 1998/06/14 $28.05
WWF King of the Ring 1998 1998/06/28 $22.50
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998 1998/07/12 $17.35
ECW Heatwave 1998 1998/08/02 $24.90
WCW Road Wild 1998 1998/08/08 $29.80
WWF IYH: Fully Loaded 1998 1998/07/26 $ 6.95
WWF SummerSlam 1998 1998/08/30 $10.20
WCW Fall Brawl 1998 1998/09/13 $23.60
WWF Judgement Day 1998 1998/10/18 $25.10
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 1998/10/25 $49.50
ECW November to Remember 1998 1998/11/01 $25.75
WWF Survivor Series 1998 1998/11/15 $21.40
WWF IYH: Rock Bottom 1999 1998/12/13 $ 8.40
ECW Guilty as Charged 1999 1999/01/10 $26.10
WCW Souled Out 1999 1999/01/17 $29.10
WWF Royal Rumble 1999 1999/01/24 $23.00
WWF St Val Day Massacre 1999 1999/02/14 $20.90
WCW SuperBrawl 1999 1999/02/21 $21.35
WCW Uncensored 1999 1999/03/14 $32.00
ECW Living Dangerously 1999 1999/03/21 $25.90
WCW Spring Stampede 1999 1999/04/11 $38.00
WCW Slamboree 1999 1999/05/09 $21.10
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999 1999/05/09 $15.30
WWF King of the Ring 1999 1999/06/27 $13.40
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999 1999/07/11 $20.70
WWF Fully Loaded 1999 1999/07/25 $10.80
WCW Road Wild 1999 1999/08/14 $13.90
WWF SummerSlam 1999 1999/08/22 $19.05
WCW Fall Brawl 1999 1999/09/12 $12.85
ECW Ararchy Rulz 1999 1999/09/19 $32.25
WWF No Mercy 1999 1999/10/17 $13.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 1999/10/24 $ 3.35
ECW November to Remember 1999 1999/11/07 $28.45
WWF Survivor Series 1999 1999/11/14 $10.95
WCW Meyhem 1999 1999/11/21 $17.75
WWF Armageddon 1999 1999/12/12 $22.05
WCW Starrcade 1999 1999/12/19 $23.65
ECW Guilty as Charged 2000/01/09 $25.70
WCW Souled Out 2000/01/16 $13.20
WWF Royal Rumble 2000/01/23 $20.00
WWF No Way Out 2000/02/27 $16.95
ECW Living Dangerously 2000/03/12 $21.80
WCW Uncensored 2000/03/19 $21.65
WWF WrestleMania 2000/04/02 $22.05
WCW Spring Stampede 2000/04/16 $23.70
WWF Backlash 2000/04/30 $25.65
WCW Slamboree 2000/05/07 $23.55
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000/05/14 $23.05
WWF Judgment Day 2000/05/21 $11.25
WCW Great American Bash 2000/06/11 $16.55
WWF King of the Ring 2000/06/25 $ 1.40
WCW Bash at the Beach 2000/07/09 missed
ECW Heat Wave 2000/07/16 $15.50
WWF Fully Loaded 2000/07/23 $24.40
WCW New Blood Rising 2000/08/13 $31.00
WWF SummerSlam 2000/08/27 $24.90
WCW 2000/09/17 missed
WWF Unforgiven 2000/09/24 $16.65
ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000/10/01 $21.30
ECW 2000/11/ missed
WWF Survivor Series 2000/11/ missed
ECW Massacre on 34th Street 2000/12/03 $ 9.65
WWF 2000/12/ missed
ECW Guilty As Charged 2001/01/07 $15.70
WWF 2001/01/ missed
WCW Superbrawl Revenge 2001/02/18 $37.60
WCW Greed 2001/03/ missed
WWF WrestleMania 2001/04/01 $29.50
WWF 2001/05/ missed
WWF King of the Ring 2001/06/24 $16.55
WWF Invasion 2001/07/22 $15.25
WWF SummerSlam 2001/08/ missed
WWF 2001/09/ missed
WWF 2001/10/ missed
WWF Survivor Series 2001/11/18 $11.25
WWF Royal Rumble 2002/01/20 $14.15
WWF No Way Out 2002/02/17 $ 3.40
WWF WrestleMania 2002/03/17 $25.30/$36.40
WWF King of the Ring 2002/06/23 $ 6.55/$10.15
NWA TNA 2002/08/14 $11.60/$12.20
WWF SummerSlam 2002/08/25 $21.10/$21.10
WWF Unforgiven 2002/09/22 $17.50/$21.15
WWF No Mercy 2002/10/20 $16.85/$20.00
WWF Survivor Series 2002/11/17 $ 7.50/$ 9.20
WWF Royal Rumble 2003/01/19 $19.55/$19.55
WWF WrestleMania XIX 2003/03/30 $22.55/$23.45
WWE SummerSlam 2003/08/24 $16.25/$16.55
NWA TNA 2003/09/10 $12.50/$14.00
WWE Survivor Series 2003/11/16 $ 8.10/$ 8.60
WWE No Way Out 2004/02/15 $21.85/$22.95
WWE WrestleMania 20 2004/03/14 $36.90/$43.05
WWE Backlash 2004/04/18 $14.40/$14.70
WWE Vengeance 2004/07/11 $23.20/$23.90
WWE SummerSlam 2004/08/15 $17.00/$20.15
WWE Survivor Series 2004/11/14 $10.50/$13.10
TNA Final Resolution 2005/01/16 $39.00/$39.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2005/01/30 $15.25/$17.15
WWE WrestleMania 2005/04/03 $35.10/$36.90
WWE Judgment Day 2005/05/22 $17.45/$17.65
WWE/ECW One Night Stand 2005/06/12 $32.00/$34.35
WWE WrestleMania 2006/04/02 $25.85/$27.85
WWE/ECW One Night Stand 2006/06/11 $18.65/$20.05
WWE WrestleMania 2007/04/01 $20.60/$22.35
WWE Night of Champions 2008/06/29 $ 6.55/$ 6.60
WWE SummerSlam 2008/08/17 $ 5.00/$ 5.65
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