Hey everyone,
I wanted to say that I watched Summerslam ( I have never misse one) and I think that it was a roller coaster of a show. Here's what I thought:
MVP vs. Jeff Hardy: Jeff always looks like he is sore coming to the ring. MVP looked overweight. The match had a lot of rest holds. When everything got moving, Jeff pulled the usual stuff in his matches. He needs new stuff in his matches if he wants to be considered main event. MVP needs his entrance back with the tunnel. That was cool. Shelton interfering? What's going on there? Are we possibly seeing Nation of Domination 2.0? Who knows. I have began the drum beating for Evan Bourne and Shelton to have a feud. Hope someone is listening.
Intergender title match: I would have rather seen these be two matches rather than one and have a tag team or US title defended. Santino, funny, does not deserve the IC belt again BUT my girl Beth did deserve the Woman's title. Marella-zon may be funny but Beth needs to stay intense. Oh and why would Maria be even close to a threat to Beth Phoenix? Maria is a ditz and can not even come close the ring talent. Out of everyone who got screwed here, it's Kofi. I don't have cable so I can't see him all the time, but the guy is a high flyer and can definately be tops in the league. I hope he doesnt get lost in the shuffle.
Shawn's announcement: Shawn, Rocky Balboa called he wants his storyline back. I hope Jericho takes you out for good. I was a HUGE Michaels fan back in the day but now...he looks old and broken.
CM PUNK vs JBL: I was rooting for Punk the whole time. He is my favorite WWE Star and I love the fact they are making him a champion that is "holding on" to the title rather than having him "defend it." Makes me root even louder. I think he should stay champion because he is the new image of WWE, TVPG with a champion who doesn't drink, smoke and do drugs. Great for the kids. Good message. I loved the "I will bleed for this!" after the match. Being Straightedge myself, keep CM PUNK "The Man." I will be at Unforgiven in Cleveland with my "I came for CM PUNK" sign.
HHH vs. Khali: Why is Khali still in the main event for title shots. His "You can't wrestle" chants won't stop so why won't he get better training. He was in there with a ring veteran in HHH and he made Khali look better than he was. Khali needs to do a better job with the "vice grip" because if he is sqeezing "that hard" his hands don't need to be moving as much. I'm glad HHH won. BTW if you ask the kids what the H's mean in HHH's name, I bet they won't know.
Cena vs. Batista: Again, I didn't know who would win. Normally with WWE I can predic winners really well. This time, I had no idea. Nice to see Batista win. I hope all of the 13 year olds aren't crying too much. BTW my wife watched with me and said, "Batista's hot!"
Undertaker vs. Edge: No Blood? I wonder if this was because of the new rating. I was expecting some, but it was a brutal match regardless. No interfering, just carnage. I so predicted the dropping through the ring at the end and loved the "fire" coming out of the ring. Very cool. Hope 'Taker comes back full time.
Oh and was there an ECW title match? I blinked and it was over...why aren't the writers high on this? Matt Hardy deserves better than this. His matches with MVP and his apparent US title run cut short due to his Appendexomy and then him winning it only to lose to Shelton Benjamin and go to the Minor League ECW? Now he is a...um...main eventer? Bad idea.
Unforgiven is a Raw show so I think...
Kane vs. Rey
CM Punk vs. Batista vs. Cena (or a combo of these)
Jericho vs. Michaels
Dibiase/Rhodes vs. Cryme Tyme
Kofi Kingston vs. Santino Marella
Beth vs. Mickie
I don't know...we'll see.
Later.
Parker

