Summer Slam

After Night of Champions, I was talking to my best friend Chris. I told him that if the WWE had fresh match ups at Summer Slam, I would be willing to pay to watch it on PPV, or go to my local sports bar to watch it. All day Monday I was holding on to hope that the WWE would freshen up the main event scene on RAW, and just like many times before the WWE disapointed me. I started watching RAW, and they announced that they were having a beat the clock challenge to determin the new number one contender for the WWE championship. I was intrigued by that. I was thinking that the WWE could have Jack Swagger or MVP or Mark Henry win the beat the clock challenge. My hopes for Mark Henry were dashed after he was announced as the first match. I was still holding on to hope for MVP or Jack Swagger. Then MVP had his match after Henry's, he ended up wrestling the returning Chris Masters, so I knew his chances of winning were slim to none. So after that double count out, Triple H has his match, and I was surprised because he wasn't able to beat the clock. My hope rised a little bit. I was thinking that if the didnt have Triple H beat the clock, they might have John Cena lose his match. So after Swagger loses to Evan Bourne is was time for Cena's match. Once I found out who Cena was fighting it became obvious who was going to win the Beat the Clock. Why have him fight the Miz? I don't know. They gave it away when they had Orton come out to watch the main event. John Cena ended up making the Miz tap out with 2 minutes left on the clock. They should of had Cena win with a few seconds left on the clock, not with 2 minutes left on the clock. It make Mark Henry look extremely weak, stupid Decison by the WWE. I would of been more intrugued by a Mark Henry/Randy Orton match at Summer Slam. Just for the sole reason that John Cena will be fighting Randy Orton I will not be paying to watch Summer Slam. 

Also, aint it obvious that DX will be taking on Legacy at Summer Slam. Just what we need, two middle aged men crushing to young stars in the WWE. Smart move WWE, you are doing a good job of NOT building a future for the WWE. 

On the Smackdown side they will be having Punk fighting Jeff Hardy for the World title. On this weeks Smackdown they have John Morrison lose cleanly to Jeff Hardy for the World title, so that crushes John Morrison's hope of having a World title match at Summer Slam.

I'm sick of seeing the same matches over and over again, I don't want to watch John Cena vs. Randy Orton for the thousandth time. It's boring!!! Until I get some fresh main event matches, I will not be ordering any WWE PPV's.

One more thing, what does Christian have to do to get moved to RAW or Smackdown, and get put in the main event there? The WWE(& Vince) is ****ing retarted if they don't see how good Christian is.

Unified Tag Team Championship

Chris Jericho & Big Show(c) vs. Legacy

Winner: Chris Jericho & Big Show to retain the tag titles

Rating: 2.5/5

I was dissapointed that Big Show was Jericho's tag team partner. I was hoping they would elevate a younger wrestler, but I guess the WWE thought that was a bad idea.

This match actually surprised me. When they announced the Big Show as the Tag team partner, my expectations dropped hard for this match. But they ended up having a really good match.

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CM Punk Promo

Rating: 5/5

This was a awesome heel Punk promo. This was like an CM Punk ROH promo, it was that good. If you can find it, I recomend you watch it.

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ECW Championship

Tommy Dreamer(c) vs. Christian

Winner: Christian to win the ECW Championship

Rating: 4/5

This was a really good match. This match showed why Christian should be in the main event scene on Raw or Smackdown. This also showed that Christian is the best worker in the WWE. The match really never slowed down, which was great. They got a solid 12-13 minutes, which was awesome. I think Christian deserves more than what he is getting, but atleast they put him over in this match.

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United States Championship

Kofi Kingston(c) vs. MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. The Miz vs. Carlito vs. The Big Show

Winner: Kofi Kingston to retain the US Championship

Rating: 3/5

This was reall fun match. The match really never slowed down at any point, they kept developing the Primo/Carlito fued, and really just had a really good match. I'm glad they kept the title on Kofi, I think he should keep the title until summerslam. Awesome match.

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Woman's Championship

Michelle McCool(c) vs. Melina

Winner: Michelle McCool to retain the Woman's Championship

Rating: 2/5

This was an OK match. It's a little bit more than I expected, but a decent womans match. It was a little sloppy, but most WWE womans matches are. Other than that it was an OK match.

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WWE Championship

Randy Orton(c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H

Winner: Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship

Rating: 2.5/5

I didn't really care for this match. It was on par with they're wrestlemania 24 match like I expected. The ending was extremely stupid. Other than that this was an OK match. My question is, Who feuds with Orton now? He has beaten both Cena and Triple H, where does he go from here. Maybe the WWE will elevate a younger guy to the main event of Summerslam. I don't think that will happen but I don't know, I'm just sick of seeing Orton as WWE Champion.

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Diva's Championship

Maryse(c) vs. Mickie James

Winner: Mickie James to win the Diva's Championship

Rating: 1.5/5

 This match was not good at all and it wasn't Mickie James's fault. I'm blaming Maryse for the match sucking as bad as it did. I'm done talking about it.

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IC Championship

Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Winner: Rey Mysterio to retain the IC Championship

Rating: 2.5/5

Solid match. Nothing special. I was hoping that they would put Dolph Ziggler over Rey but that didn't happen. It was a solid match.

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World Heavyweight Championship

CM Punk(c) vs. Jeff Hardy

Winner: Jeff Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Rating: 4/5

This was a really good match. Good action, it told a great story, the false finishes at the end were well done. My only gripe about the match was that Jeff Hardy won the title. I predicted that Jeff would win, but the WWE gave it away by making this match the main event. Once I saw that the Triple threat match was not the main event I knew the WWE was going to have Jeff win the title. I'm hoping that if Jeff stays Champion, he drops it to Matt when he come back from his injury. That would be awesome. If Jeff didn't win the title this match would be a 4.5-4.75, but since Jeff won it gets a 4/5.

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Overall, this was a solid PPV. It was about what I expected.

The shows Overall rating is : 7/10

Night of Champions MVP: Christian, in his match he proved that he is the best worker in the WWE.

Diva's Championship

Maryse(c) vs. Mickie James

Winner: Mickie James

I don't expect much from this match. It will be a typical Diva's match.

 

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Unified Tag Team Championship

Chris Jericho & Mystery Partner(c) vs. Legacy

Winner: Legacy

I think Jericho's tag team partner is going to be Chris Masters or Kane. I would love for Chris Jericho's tag team partner to be somebody like HBK, or Matt Hardy(if his injury is as bad as they say it is). I think this could be a really good match. It'll all depend on who Jericho's partner is.

 

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Woman's Championship

Michelle McCool(c) vs. Melina

Winner: Michelle McCool

I think this match is going to suck. I don't reall care for it.

 

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United States Championship

Kofi Kingston(c) vs. MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. The Miz vs. Carlito vs. The Big Show

Winner: Jack Swagger

I think if Big Show could stay out of the ring long enough I think this match could be the best match of the night. I want Kofi to retain, but I see Jack Swagger winning the match.

 

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IC Championship

Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Winner: Dolph Ziggler

I think Dolph would really benefit if he won the IC title. It would also be a smart move so they could push Rey into the main event scene.I think this is going to be a really good match.

 

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WWE Championship

Randy Orton(c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H

Winner: John Cena

I don't really care for this match. I think it will be a snooze fest, just like they're last triple threat match they had, or like any other match they had against each other. I say they have John Cena win, since the WWE doesn't want to push anybody else to the main event on RAW, I think John Cena winning could start a fued with him and Orton.

 

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ECW Championship

Tommy Dreamer(c) vs. Christian

Winner: Christian

I think this match will be decent but nothing spactacular. I think they have Christian win, so they could start a program with him and Kozlov. I think at Summer Slam they are going to have a triple threat match between Christian, Dreamer, and Kozlov. They only reason I could see Christian losing is if they have him lose, then they move him over to RAW or Smackdown, but I think that has a slim chance of happening.

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World Heavyweight Championship

CM Punk(c) vs. Jeff Hardy

Winner: Jeff Hardy

This match will be a really good match. It will be the best match of the night. I don't really read in to internet rumors so I think this whole thing with Jeff Hardy's contract running out is stupid. If his contract was ending at the end of July why would they have him main eventing PPV's. It doesn't make any sense. The other reason I think Jeff Hardy wins is by the way Smackdown ended. They had Punk get the advantage before the PPV, so that would make Jeff Hardy the underdog to win.

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Overall, I think this is going to be a pretty solid show. Not the greatest PPV ever, but good enough to build momentum to Summer Slam.

I am not going to do a complete review of Extreme Rules because I didn't get a chance to watch the whole thing because my illegal stream kept cutting out. I will review the matches I did watch.

US Championship Fatal Four-Way Match

Kofi Kingston(c) vs. MVP vs. Matt Hardy vs. William Regal

Winner: Kofi Kingston to retain the US Championship

Rating: 3.0

This was a really good match I thought. I was satisfied with the finish. I wish it could of went a little longer but that really doesn't matter. This match solitified how good Kofi Kingston is and that Kofi should be in the main event by the end of the year.

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Samoan Strap Match

CM Punk vs. Umaga

Winner: CM Punk

Rating: 3.0

This was a soild match, not as good as the match they had on Smackdown or at Judment Day but it was still very good. Thats really all I have to say about that. Also, I think the WWE extremely stupid for releasing Umaga, I have said many times before that the WWE doesn't know what talent is and that they proved it by releasing Umaga. I hope that Jamal ends up in TNA.

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Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship

Randy Orton(c) vs. Batista

Winner: Batista to win the WWE Championship

Rating: 2.0

This match was really disapointing, slow, and boring. The finish was extremely stupid. Batista should not be the WWE Champion. I hope that Batista drops the belt at the Next PPV. I think thats the only reason he won the title is so that the WWE could continue the feud between Batista and Randy Orton.

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Triple Threat Hardcore Match for the ECW Championship

Christian(c) vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger

Winner: Tommy Dreamer

Rating: 4.0

This was a really good triple threat match. I am only of the few that liked the finish because I wanted Tommy Dreamer to win the ECW title. Christian is my favorite wrestler, but Tommy Dreamer has been working extremely hard this year putting on really good match and I thought that it would be reall cool to see him ECW Champion after these past few months of working hard.

Also, my other favorite part of the match was when Matt Striker made the call when Christian put the Killswitch on Jack Swagger, Striker said some to the exstent of "Christian has the Killswitch Engaged". I thought that was cool because Killswitch Engage is my favorit band.

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Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Edge(c) vs. Jeff Hardy

Winner:Jeff Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Rating: 3.5

I was surprised by how good the ladder match was. Jeff Hardy was in his element. When you get Jeff Hardy and Edge around ladders it will be a very good match. I really didn't like the finish of the match because Jeff Hardy has no reason to hold the World Heavyweight Championship. But CM Punk came and saved the day.

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World Heavyweight Championship Match

Jeff Hardy(c) vs. CM Punk

Winner: CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Rating: 3.0, I will explain why I have a 2 minute match a 3.o rating.

After I seen JR come in the ring I knew that CM Punk was going to come out. The only thing I would of changed was that JR should of started interviewing Jeff Hardy before CM Punk came out. Jeff should of been half way through his interview, then Punk's music kicks in and you get to see the dissapointment in Jeff Hardy's face. Thats the only thing I would have happen last night too. Would have been a Jeff Hardy interview before CM Punk came and saved the day.

The reason I gave it 3.0 is because of the moment. I was upset about Punk title reign last year because the WWE made him look weak, and made him lose the title without even wrestling in the match. I was extremely happy that Punk won the title and thats why it gets a 3.0. The other reason I gave a 3.0 is because I like to see all the Jeff Hardy marks sad and crying that that evil CM Punk just won the title from their favorite spot monkey. Like I said to my brother last night, "CM Punk is World Champion again, all is good in Smarkville."

(Note: Jeff Hardy has the shortest World Heavyweight Championship reign in history, clocking in at just under two minutes. LOL)

One More thing to all the Jeff Hardy marks:

CM Punk is drug free, alcohol free, and he is better than you. Eat that Jeff Hardy marks. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WWE Extreme Rules Predictions

Ladder match for World heavyweight championship:
Edge VS Jeff Hardy

Winner: Edge

Triple Threat match for ECW championship:
Christian VS Jack Swagger VS Tommy Dreamer:

Winner: Christian

Fatal Four Way Match for US Championship:
Kofi Kingston vs MVP vs William Regal vs Matt Hardy

Winner: Kofi Kingston

Samoan Strap Match
CM Punk vs. Umaga

Winner: CM Punk


No Holds Bared match for intercontinental championship:
Rey Mysterio VS Chris Jericho

Winner: Rey Mysterio

Steal Cage match for WWE Championship:
Randy Orton VS Batista:

Winner: Randy Orton

Submission Match:
John Cena VS Big Show

Winner: John Cena

Hog-pen match for Miss Wrestlemania:
Vickie Guerrero VS Santino Marella

Winner: Vickie Guerrero, I don't give a **** about this match.

Also, after the PPV I will post my review of Extreme Rules.

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Match of the Year Candidates(No Particular Order)

Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels(Wrestlemania XXV)

Christian vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(Backlash)

Christian vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(ECW 02/24/2009)

Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(Royal Rumble)

John Cena vs. Jack Swagger(RAW 04/13/09)

Edge vs. Kofi Kingston(WWE Superstars 04/23/09)

Matt Hardy vs. Undertaker(WWE Superstars 04/16/09)

Kofi Kingston vs. MVP For the United States Championship(WWE Raw 06/01/09)

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I know its the middle of the year so I thought I would post my Wrestler of the Year candidates so far(Top Five). This is just for the WWE, I haven't really been watching ROH or TNA this year because I don't have HDNet and I'm really not entertained by TNA so I don't watch TNA.

1. Jack Swagger

2. Christian

3. MVP

4. Kofi Kingston

5. Matt Hardy

Thats how the list goes so far, but we have about 6 months to go, so anything could happen.