Sports - Wrestling Thread#8 - WWE Superstars & that Summerslam time of year... - Page 5

XChris76X · 08-22-2009, 04:00 PM

As long as Mark Henry is being used with Hornswoggle he is a joke.

An Undertaker/Dolf feud would be nice but I expect Dolf to win the US title tomorrow night and Taker is above the US title so that is unlikely. I think Taker will feud with Punk, Matt or Kane once he returns.

T-Bag'sGirl · 08-23-2009, 08:47 AM

They said The Undertaker will feud with CM Punk.

**canflam** · 08-23-2009, 03:38 PM

Do you mean ''internet reporters'' as ''they''? I might miss Summerslam today after all, unless I catch a replay. Are you watching it?

XChris76X · 08-23-2009, 04:11 PM

Yeah reports have said Taker is gonna feud with Punk which seems likely.

I'm getting Summerslam tonight hopefully it delivers. Summerslam use to be my favorite PPV but it has been weak the last few years despite having good cards hopefully this one is as good as it looks. I'm pumped for Punk/Hardy TLC.

**canflam** · 08-23-2009, 05:29 PM

I agree that they will feud with each other, but I expect C.M. Punk to be feuding with someone else during the Undertaker's next return to Friday Night SmackDown. Matt Hardy would be my pick. Dolph lost to Rey today, so I expect that feud to continue.

**Matt Logan** · 08-23-2009, 05:31 PM

Summerslam started of with Ray Mysterio vrs Dolph Ziggler excellent bout

Summerslam opened with DX putting shadow puppets over the opening video package, making fun of Legacy's image, then "breaking" the film, followed by a DX highlight reel, which also "broke" after a few moments. DX reminded is that they were back, and we went live to the Staples Center.

Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler.

Mysterio was wearing an outfit and mask in Los Angeles Lakers colors. Ziggler was not accompanied by Maria for the match

dave@wrestlingobserver.com

Really strong opener. There were a lot of fans for Ziggler here including relatively loud "Let's Go Ziggler" chants. Mysterio won by reversing an attempt to do a super gut buster while standing on the middle rope into a huracanrana. Maria wasn't even there with Ziggler at the entrance.
Jack Swagger and MVP did a promo together. They are pushing is as the spoiled jock vs. hardened ex-con culture clash. MVP did well on his promo.

Jack Swagger vs. MVP

Quick match MVp wins with the play maker

Credit wrestlingobserver.com

Nancy Odell of Access hollywood interviewed freddy prinze Jr in the audience "he basiclly said he will get back at Orton in the future sadly not one mention he is going to co star on 24 this season

JTG and Shad Gaspar where beaten buy Jericho and Big Show ,not a bad match Cryme time looked good but basically most of the offence was with Show and Jericho !

CM punk doing a anti everybody reading and watching gossip stuff etc

kane Vrs Kahli is up time for snack break ha

XChris76X · 08-23-2009, 08:23 PM

Very good Summerslam. Money well spent. Rey/Dolf was a great opener, DX/Legacy was a great back and forth traditional tag match, Cena/Orton was good but would have liked it better without all the restart stuff, Punk/Hardy was a brutal TLC match to end a fantastic feud and the end of the PPV was just PHENOMenal

**Matt Logan** · 08-23-2009, 10:20 PM

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PROWRESTLING.NET | 8/23 Powell's WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view report: Jeff Hardy vs. C.M. Punk in a TLC match for the World Hvt. Championship, Randy Orton vs. John Cena for the WWE Title, DX vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase
4. Kane beat The Great Khali in 6:00. Ross said the match would be physical, but it wouldn't be pretty. The live crowd didn't react much to either wrestler during their entrances. Grisham acknowledged that this was a WrestleMania 23 rematch, and he noted that Khali beat Kane in that match.

Kane locked Khali in a long headlock. Khali eventually broke free and chopped Kane for a near fall. He followed up with the Khali vice grip. Kane reached the ropes and then pulled Runjin inside the ring and threatened to attack him. With Khali distracted, Kane kicked his knee and then DDT'd him for the win... zzzzzzz - 2 stars

A DX video aired and chronicled the attack by Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase...

The arena went black and the DX music started. It was drawn out with special pyro on the stage as the main riff played. A group of men in soldier gear drove a jeep into the arena and shot off blanks into the air. They ran off and then Triple H and Shawn Michaels rode to the ring on a tank. Shawn Michaels was wearing camouflage chaps. They did the DX chop as the tank fired a shot...

Powell's POV: Tough crowd or poorly mic'd? Cool entrance, but the live crowd didn't seem very loud on television.

Hunter did the "for the thousands in attendance and the millions (he wishes) watching at home" routine. The crowd was lively for this and there were plenty of DX signs in the crowd. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase came out next and didn't get any reaction from the live crowd. Michael Cole said it's a huge match for Cody and Ted...

5. DX (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in 20:00. Hunter and Ted started the match. Hunter got the better of the exchange and performed a DX chop before dropping a knee on DiBiase. Cody tagged in and slapped an Shawn, who then tagged into the match for the first time. Shawn got the better of Rhodes, who bailed to ringside.

Later, Cody worked over Hunter while Shawn waited for the hot tag. Although the action was very slow for a few minutes, the crowd clapped along with Shawn when he fired them up. Hunter went for the hot tag, but Ted tagged in and punched HBK off the ring apron. Hunter got the better of DiBiase and made the hot tag to Shawn just as Cody tagged in at 14:45.

Shawn worked over Cody and then kipped up, but Ted ran in and clotheslined Shawn from behind. Cody went to the top rope and went for a high below drop, but Shawn moved. Cody was bleeding from the mouth. Shawn went up top and Cody cut him off and crotched him on the rope. Cody went for a superplex, but Shawn fought him off and knocked him down with a punch.

HBK looked to the crowd and hit his own top rope elbow drop, but Cody lifted his knees and scored a near fall. "This is unbelievable," Lawler yelled. Cole said Cody and Ted were delivering a performance for the ages. Shawn locked Cody in the figure four, but Ted ran in and broke it up.

At 18:25, Cody caught Shawn with the CrossRhodes for a really good near fall that Hunter had to break up. Hunter hit the Pedigree on Cody. Hunter and Ted fought their way to ringside while Shawn and Cody struggled to get to their feet. They stood up and leaned on each other to beat the referee's 10 count. Suddenly, Shawn hit Sweet Chin Music from out of nowhere and got the pin...

Powell's POV: The first five minutes were slow. Fortunately, the match built nicely. It was hard to take Cody and Ted's pin attempts seriously, but the match was designed to make them strong despite losing the match. The announcers did a solid job of getting that across during and after the match. Fun tag match.

A commercial plugged the WrestleMania special that will air Saturday night on NBC at 8:00 p.m. CT...

6. Christian pinned William Regal (w/Ezekiel Jackson, Vladimir Kozlov) to retain the ECW Championship in 0:07. Josh Matthews and Matt "Beer Can" Striker on commentary. Striker pointed out that this was the first of three championship matches on SummerSlam. Mediocre reaction for Christian. Scattered boos for Regal and his sidekicks.

The bell rang and Regal went to take his robe off. Christian quickly hit the Killswitch and scored the clean pin. Kozlov and Jackson hit the ring and beat up Christian. They took turns hitting their versions of the Rock Bottom, and then Regal locked Christian in the Regal Stretch...

Powell's POV: The referee should be fired! A man should have the right to take off his ring attire before the bell rings. Seriously, though, that was disappointing. I was looking forward to that match. The consolation prize is that Regal's promo on Tuesday should be a gem.

Highlights aired of WWE performers appearing at various charity events in L.A. Roddy Piper was shown with MVP. Kofi was shown talking about a charity event. He lost his accent quickly... The announcers thanked Aerosmith for the theme song, and then narrated highlights of the Orton vs. Cena feud...

Powell's POV: Wow, they're saving Jeff vs. Punk for last. I love it!

7. Randy Orton pinned John Cena to retain the WWE Championship in 20:45. A fan along the rail held up an RKO sign that read "Really Kreepy (and) Oily." Cute. A shot aired of Freddie Prinze Jr. looking pissed in the crowd during Orton's entrance. Twilling checked in to say he saw Tito Ortiz in the crowd, but I missed it.

Orton grabbed the early advantage and a loud "RKO" chant broke out briefly. Cena must have caught Orton with an early punch because Orton keeps checking his mouth for blood and licking the inside of his lower lip. Orton locked in the dreaded chinlock of doom for a minute. An audible "Let's Go Orton" chant broke out.

Powell's POV: Just checked and it was definitely Tito Ortiz with Prinze.

Cena made a comeback and hit the Five Knuckle Shuffle, which was met with more boos than cheers. Orton cut off his Attitude Adjustment attempt and went back on the offensive. Orton missed a knee drop. At 9:20, Cena dove at him, missed, and tumbled to ringside.

Once Cena got back in the ring, he took control of the offense and received a lot of boos with some cheers. Cena started stomping and raising his arms in the air, presumably to get the crowd ready for his finisher. His wannabe "tune up the band" moment looked so bad that one of the guys watching the pay-per-view just said he saw an gorilla do that at the zoo right before he through feces.

Orton avoided the Attitude Adjustment. They traded punches and Orton got the "yeahs" and Cena got the "boos." At 13:00, Orton shoved the referee to get himself intentionally disqualified. Lilian Garcia said she's just been informed that the winner and "new champion" was Orton. Seconds later, she said she had just been informed that Mr. McMahon was restarting the match and Orton would lose the belt via another disqualification.

Powell's POV: Wow, Lilian has totally checked out. I think she started to say her second line first, and there's no explanation for the "new champion" line regarding Orton.

The match continued and Orton took charge of the offense. Orton headed to ringside and ordered a ringside attendant to hand him the title. The attendant dropped the belt, picked it up, and handed it to Randy. Orton headed up the ramp and was counted out at 17:05.

Lilian announced that per Vince's first announcement, the match would be restarted again and Orton would lose the belt if he were counted out again. What? Orton came back in and pinned Cena a minute later while putting his feet on the top rope for leverage. A second referee ran out and restarted the match because Orton was using the ropes. Ugh.

Later, Cena had the STF locked on Orton when a man wearing jeans and a white t-shirt ran in from the crowd ran in and attacked the referee. Security entered the ring and pulled off the "fan." After the fan was escorted from the arena, Orton hit the RKO on Cena and scored the pin...

Powell's POV: They didn't include footage of the fan in the replay, but it had to be a plant given that he ran in just in time to break up the STF. Too much chaos. It felt like some of the overbooked TNA pay-per-view main events.

A video hyped the Jeff Hardy vs. C.M. Punk feud... Punk made his entrance. Ross said something on commentary, but his mic was turned off. Grisham spoke until Ross was ready. J.R. said he'd like to know what Grisham said and he assumes it was really good. Funny.

Hardy came out next wearing full face paint. He climbed one of the many ladders and looked to the crowd, which gave him a mediocre reaction. Ouch. Tough crowd. Ross explained the pinfalls don't matter and it's all about hanging the belt. Justin Roberts handled the in-ring introductions. Boos for Punk, cheers, but hardly a big pop for Hardy...

8. C.M. Punk defeated Jeff Hardy in a TLC match to win the World Hvt. Championship in 21:35. A small Hardy chant broke out right before the bell. Punk mockingly joined in with the chant. Funny. Hardy grabbed the early advantage and made the first ladder climb less than three minutes in, but Punk kicked it a couple times until Hardy fell off.

At 4:00, Jeff springboarded off a chair and was caught by Punk, who dropped him back first on the edge of the chair. Ouch! Not sure if that one was intentional. Punk controlled the next couple minutes of the match. They fought to ringside and Hardy got the upper hand.

At 8:15, Hardy set up Punk on a table on the floor. Hardy climbed to the top rope and then went for a splash. Punk moved and Hardy crashed through the table. Damn. Punk smirked on the floor as he was getting up. Punk grabbed a giant ladder at ringside slid it in, and set it up. Punk slowly climbed the ladder and Hardy recovered in time to meet him halfway up.

Hardy actually passed Punk on the ladder, but Punk got him into position for the GTS. Hardy slipped out and powerbombed Punk off the lower part of the ladder and onto the mat. Hardy climbed the big ladder, but Punk shoved it over and Hardy crashed with one leg on the turnbuckle.

Punk and Hardy ended up fighting on the ropes. Punk superplexed Hardy and both men landed hard on a ladder that had been laid out for the move. Big ouch! They understandably slowed things down a tad after that big spot. They ended up fighting at ringside and Punk wrapped a chair around Jeff's neck and tried to run him into the ring post. Jeff blocked it and wailed on Punk with repeated chairshots to the back.

At 16:40, Hardy set up a table on the floor and then tore the ECW broadcast table apart. He struck Punk with a monitor, placed him on the broadcast table, and smacked him with a chair again.

At 17:30, Hardy grabbed the biggest ladder and set it up in front of the table. He took his shirt off and threw it into the crowd. Jeff stood near the top of the ladder and soaked up the crowd's cheers. Jeff stood at the very top of the ladder and performed a Swanton that drove Punk through the table. A major holy **** moment! Two referees checked on both wrestlers and they replayed the move a couple times.

Trainers came out and put Jeff in a neck brace and onto of a stretcher. Punk rolled back inside the ring. Jeff blew off the trainers and struggled to climb inside the ring. Punk was climbing the ladder and Jeff ended up meeting him at the top of the ladder. Punk won the battle and Jeff took one more big bump off the ladder. Punk grabbed the belt and won the match.

Afterward, the lights flickered a couple times while Punk stood over the fallen Hardy and smirked as he raised the title belt above his own head. Taker's bell came over the P.A. system and the lights went out. The fans cheered. When the lights came back on, Punk laughed as he looked at the stage and no one was there.

However, Punk looked down and noticed that Undertaker was lying where Hardy had been lying. With Hardy out of the picture, Taker reached up and grabbed a surprised Punk by the throat. Taker chokeslammed Punk and then mugged for the live crowd and then headed backstage. The announcers narrated a replay of Taker's chokeslam...

Powell's POV: Great TLC match. If Hardy is taking a break, he went out in style. Wow. The post-match angle was also a blast. Most of the fans didn't picking up on the fact that Taker was lying under Punk until he reached up and grabbed him by the throat. Very well done. The last match made this a memorable show and made up for the disappointing WWE Championship match.

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FredstarFan · 08-24-2009, 09:42 AM

rey mysterio is the best wrestler IMO

**canflam** · 08-24-2009, 01:41 PM

I'd bet Kurt Angle would disagree with that. There were some bizarre bookings for Summerslam yesterday. A 7 second title match on a PPV? Whoever paid to see that match, I hope gets their money back. Lillian Garcia's goof was also strange, along with that fan interference during John Cena & Randy Orton's match. Outragous event.

XChris76X · 08-24-2009, 03:17 PM

If anyone paid for Regal and Christian then they deserve to lose their money. ECW matches never get alot time on PPV's. They were limited on time so the match needed to be cut short. I just would have preferred Kane/Kahli get cut short instead but whatever the main events delivered and I pay for PPVs for the main events.

The fan interference was a work it was Brett Dibiase, Teds brother. Just another way to restart the match to bring more controversy. IMO it was overbooked they did too much but it still was a pretty entertaining match and atleast gives some life to this feud now.

**canflam** · 08-24-2009, 03:47 PM

Next month I expect William Regal & Christian to battle each other again & get at least 15 minutes to put on a good match, which I plan to see. Hope it doesn't disappoint. Will be interesting event in Montreal.

XChris76X · 08-24-2009, 04:15 PM

Yeah Christian/Regal is only just beginning they well get there time either on ECW or at Breaking Point.

Calgaryfan2006 · 08-25-2009, 09:53 AM

Raw was very good last night. The DX/Vince stuff was so funny.
Loved Cena coming at the end, very good.

**canflam** · 08-25-2009, 01:55 PM

If you thought Monday Night RAW was a very good episode yesterday, what would you consider a below average show to be? Our champ on that show losing a match to Vince McMahon yesterday is insane. I want to know if that was McMahon's idea or not. Cena VS. Orton again on Pay-Per-view? WWE has a huge roster, but apparently only 2 people for Randy Orton to feud with.