Post by Ace Diamond on Aug 27, 2007 8:25:15 GMT -5
Ok I had some time to think about what I watched last night and if it's really as terrible as I was making it out to be at the time. Summerslam '07 is the 4th WWE PPV I've watched live, mostly because I don't make a lot of money as a college student and I often worry I'll be disappointed and not getting my money's worth. I have to say that I did get my money's worth, but not all of it.
I really can't remember the order of matches and segments so I'm just going to talk about them as they come to me.
Finlay vs. Kane
Great opening match, was exactly what I was expecting out of two power wrestlers, and hey, even had the prerequisite leprechaun shenanigans. I'm really glad they stopped making the Shillelagh the most powerful weapon ever concieved so that when he hits somebody it doesn't mean an insta-pin (though if it was in the head I'd understand)
IC Championship Triple Threat
I...don't really know why Umaga won, to be honest. It feels to me like Umaga has that belt merely as some sort of placeholder, even when he wins. That said I enjoyed the match anyway, it was a very good effort out of all of them even though it was a bit short. I think the WHC match got more time than this...and I wonder why.
Rey vs. Chavo
I don't have any idea why Rey was painted silver anymore than I have any idea why people dislike him on this board, but anyway. This was an excellent return match with both men attempting to kick the other's leg out of their leg and ended in the way we figured it would, with Rey emerging triumphant.
Diva Battle Royal
Not much to say except THANK GOD BETH PHOENIX WON.
MVP vs. SCSA
STUNNER STUNNER STUNNER!!!! What else can be said?
ECW Title Match
You know for all the crap some have given CM Punk about going through the motions on his spots, I haven't seen that out of him in his last two matches at all. In fact, this match he went all out, even doing a wicked low-angle snap Moonsault onto Morrison.. And this match was good. Both of the competitors were wrestling very well...and then we got the finish, such as it was, with Morrision once again realizing he's a few inches shorter than he thinks and not really getting his foot on the ropes. The crowd, as per usual whenever Morrision wins...didn't care, but them's the breaks when an obvious short-reign champ is given a longer one in what i percieve to be some sort of experiment on the part of the WWE. Frankly I don't know what happens on ECW next. What I do know (well, believe strongly anyway) is next time CM Punk gets a title shot, whenever that may be, he will leave the champion. Hopefully it won't be too late by then.
HHH vs. King Booker
Nothing too extravagant in the match itself apart from our second kick out from a finisher of the night. But it was a good return match, and it's not like it needed to be much more than that.
WHC Title Match
For 2 months I successfully managed to avoid watching anything having to do with the Great Khali, in my self-imposed ban on champions who cannot move faster than a snail. I am glad to see how right i was to do so. I know this site takes pride in the crap of wrestling but COME ON. I almost legit passed out from abject boredom in this match. And you know it's a bad thing when Batista hitting his one of 4 successful offensive attacks in the match was able to wake me up.
Then Khali hit Batista with a chair for some reason and I wondered who came up with that idea. I'm certainly guessing it WASN'T Michael Hayes.
WWE Championship Match
So yeah, after months of making Randy Orton look like a threat by poorly kicking people twice his age in the head and smashing his own arm into a chair, we get this match. A match that had so many restholds even the restholds had restholds. Nevermind the fact that Orton immediately copied Cena's first offensive chain of the night, never mind the fact that Orton went from Resthold into a sleeper into a resthold into a rear naked choke into a RESTHOLD, Never mind the fact that Cena kicked out of the RKO (seriously did Sapolsky ghost-book this show?), this was...an all right match. The crowd was hot for it at least, and both men were over to the right degrees or whatever, despite what some people here would like to say. And Cena won. And you know what? I'm glad. Nothing has convinced me Randy Orton has had "it", will ever have "it" or even something close to "it". Here's hoping HHH Pedigrees him all the way back down to OVW.
Also the segment with Cryme Tyme and the GMs was hilarious, especially seeing Regal through caution to the wind and dance anyway.
I really can't remember the order of matches and segments so I'm just going to talk about them as they come to me.
Finlay vs. Kane
Great opening match, was exactly what I was expecting out of two power wrestlers, and hey, even had the prerequisite leprechaun shenanigans. I'm really glad they stopped making the Shillelagh the most powerful weapon ever concieved so that when he hits somebody it doesn't mean an insta-pin (though if it was in the head I'd understand)
IC Championship Triple Threat
I...don't really know why Umaga won, to be honest. It feels to me like Umaga has that belt merely as some sort of placeholder, even when he wins. That said I enjoyed the match anyway, it was a very good effort out of all of them even though it was a bit short. I think the WHC match got more time than this...and I wonder why.
Rey vs. Chavo
I don't have any idea why Rey was painted silver anymore than I have any idea why people dislike him on this board, but anyway. This was an excellent return match with both men attempting to kick the other's leg out of their leg and ended in the way we figured it would, with Rey emerging triumphant.
Diva Battle Royal
Not much to say except THANK GOD BETH PHOENIX WON.
MVP vs. SCSA
STUNNER STUNNER STUNNER!!!! What else can be said?
ECW Title Match
You know for all the crap some have given CM Punk about going through the motions on his spots, I haven't seen that out of him in his last two matches at all. In fact, this match he went all out, even doing a wicked low-angle snap Moonsault onto Morrison.. And this match was good. Both of the competitors were wrestling very well...and then we got the finish, such as it was, with Morrision once again realizing he's a few inches shorter than he thinks and not really getting his foot on the ropes. The crowd, as per usual whenever Morrision wins...didn't care, but them's the breaks when an obvious short-reign champ is given a longer one in what i percieve to be some sort of experiment on the part of the WWE. Frankly I don't know what happens on ECW next. What I do know (well, believe strongly anyway) is next time CM Punk gets a title shot, whenever that may be, he will leave the champion. Hopefully it won't be too late by then.
HHH vs. King Booker
Nothing too extravagant in the match itself apart from our second kick out from a finisher of the night. But it was a good return match, and it's not like it needed to be much more than that.
WHC Title Match
For 2 months I successfully managed to avoid watching anything having to do with the Great Khali, in my self-imposed ban on champions who cannot move faster than a snail. I am glad to see how right i was to do so. I know this site takes pride in the crap of wrestling but COME ON. I almost legit passed out from abject boredom in this match. And you know it's a bad thing when Batista hitting his one of 4 successful offensive attacks in the match was able to wake me up.
Then Khali hit Batista with a chair for some reason and I wondered who came up with that idea. I'm certainly guessing it WASN'T Michael Hayes.
WWE Championship Match
So yeah, after months of making Randy Orton look like a threat by poorly kicking people twice his age in the head and smashing his own arm into a chair, we get this match. A match that had so many restholds even the restholds had restholds. Nevermind the fact that Orton immediately copied Cena's first offensive chain of the night, never mind the fact that Orton went from Resthold into a sleeper into a resthold into a rear naked choke into a RESTHOLD, Never mind the fact that Cena kicked out of the RKO (seriously did Sapolsky ghost-book this show?), this was...an all right match. The crowd was hot for it at least, and both men were over to the right degrees or whatever, despite what some people here would like to say. And Cena won. And you know what? I'm glad. Nothing has convinced me Randy Orton has had "it", will ever have "it" or even something close to "it". Here's hoping HHH Pedigrees him all the way back down to OVW.
Also the segment with Cryme Tyme and the GMs was hilarious, especially seeing Regal through caution to the wind and dance anyway.
