The biggest storm of the summer.....
In 1988 WWE began a PPV known as Summerslam, throughout the years its become known as "The Biggest Party of the Summer". Now at the 25th annual event we see if CM Punk can once again shine in the spotlight as he faces 2 challengers for his WWE Title, will Sheamus be able to overcome his injury and conquer Alberto Del Rio? Plus will The Game Triple H be able to gain revenge for all the pain and suffering Brock Lesnar has caused his family and friends and Trips himself?
-Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler: These two had some confrontations leading up to this contest, which it was expected since it could set the table for Ziggler to possibly cash in his briefcase later in the show. The crowd was hot with the "Y2J" chants, Chris did well playing to the fans but he missed his patented springboard dropkick to the outside. Dolph starts to work over the injured ribs, even locking on a sleeper hold, but Jericho comes back hitting a nice hurricarana off the top but only for two. Great...
A Perfect Storm Comes To SummerSlam
Just a couple of notes here in that with Booker T recently becoming the General Manager of SmackDown, he was removed from the commentary team so it's only the RAW announcers of Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler calling the action while later in the show Kevin Rudolf performed the SummerSlam theme.
Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler - Jericho came into this match with his ribs taped from an attack by Dolph on SmackDown days earlier but remained in control in the beginning with impactful elbows & chops that kept knocking Dolph down. Ziggler would gain control working over Jericho's ribs with moves like a grounded abdominal stretch to the point where Jericho would hurt himself on offense including a top rope frankensteiner while Dolph was able to keep breaking any momentum being built by Jericho by going to the ribs. This was the athletic contest you would expect from both men as they had a very fast paced back & forth match telling a good story in regards to the injury in the...
WWE SummerSlam 2012
Youtube pre-show match for the United States Championship: Santino Marella(c) vs. Antonio Cesaro 3/5
Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler 4/5
Daniel Bryan vs. Kane 3/5
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: The Miz (c) vs. Rey Mysterio 3/5
World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio 4/5
WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c) vs. The Primetime Players 3/5
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena 3/5
Main Event: Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar 5/5
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