I must say that if you remove the Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels match from Wrestlemania, then Summerslam was the best PPV of the year. Some of its non-title matches were better than the title-matches/ so-called main-events at this year's Wrestlemania. For me, the Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels match "saved" Wrestlemania - for God's sake, it was the 25th anniversary of wrestling's biggest event and this match had to occur here. If it had not happened, the Silver Jubilee of this sports-entertainment spectacular would've been a waste. In my estimation, this was the greatest WWE match of all time, and better than Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at Hell in a Cell or Undertaker vs Mankind at Hell in a Cell or Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels or Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle. Why? Well, for example - have you ever seen Bret Hart flying over the top rope? When Undertaker did that and almost landed on his head, I was dead scared that this monumental match might be over. Luckily, it wasn't so. The other wrestlers can't do half the things that Undertaker does (like walking the top rope or flying over it or tombstone piledriving the heaviest guys like Mark Henry) - forget about doing it at an age of 44? Take 2 of the longest lasting tough-guys in the industry who will arguably go down as the 2 greatest ever, the guys who have been through every rivalry and every super-star that you can think of in any era, with two of the most contrasting characters/ personas - and they have always done magic when they were in the ring together, be it in the first Hell in a Cell match or the Royal Rumble 2007 finish, or this. The creative build-up to the match which had Michaels doing Undertaker-like promos (coming out with angels dressed in white and similar attire as Undertaker's, then the graveyard promo, and their word-duels in the ring), followed by the match which had every possible skill of wrestling at display from submission-moves to athletic-moves to power-moves to the Oh My God moments like when Undertaker flew over the rope and almost broke his neck to the Wow moments like when the Undertaker converted Michaels' moon-sault to a tombstone piledriver in an incredibly creative finish - I think this match was WWE's greatest achievement until date. Jim Ross called it the greatest match ever, and I know why.

Coming to Summerslam - I am surprised that the Undertaker returned on that PPV! I didn't expect him to return on the same PPV as Shawn Michaels, although technically Shawn had made appearances and had "returned" before the PPV on Raw (but not in a billed fight). You would ideally save the return of your 2 greatest super-stars for 2 different PPV's to be able to maximize the viewership of each. However, since the next few PPV's after Summerslam are not really A-grade ones, I think it made sense to make Undertaker return on it. It became the exclamation point to the PPV after the CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy match, and true to Undertaker's character, it proved that he can come to attack you anywhere/ anytime. One of the reasons why I was not expecting him to return at Summerslam earlier was that he was not completely healed from his injuries and had to expedite his return for the company (since Hardy was taking time-off, so somebody else was required on the main-event - this does not mean by any means that Undertaker is a replacement for  Hardy because he is far greater than Hardy and Punk put together). As last year, he chose to return at being 90% fit rather than a full 100% to do good for the business. It was also obvious that he is not completely healed from the fact that he didn't fight in any matches before Breaking Point, but he was making only short appearances to choke-slam Punk (because just a sight of the Undertaker keeps the crowd happy, due to the Wow factor it carries with itself). This might be the reason why he was also not tombstone piledriving Punk, or not using the last-ride - because the choke-slam takes lesser effort than those 2. That might also be the reason why the match between Punk and Undertaker at Breaking Point was kept as a submission match, so that Undertaker does not have to use the tombstone or the last-ride in the match. The short duration of the match and the fact that he did not connect his old school top-rope walk confirmed it for me that he is not completely fit yet.

Now, why did they do a screw-job here? Of course it was a mimicry of the 1997 Survivor series Montreal screw-job with Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels - with the difference being that this time the Undertaker would've known (in reality) that this was the scripted finish (though that is not what will be shown in the story-line, to emotionally boost the rivalry and make it look personal) - Bret Hart didn't know (in reality) as to what was planned until it happened. To me, it looked very lame that the WWE said that the reason for the match being re-started is the ban on the Hell's Gate/ Devil's Gate/ Devil's Triangle/ Gogoplata/ Death Valley Vice (as I prefer to call it, since the WWE calls it with a 100 names). Give me a freaking break - when Undertaker was re-instated last year at Summerslam, it was practically assumed that the ban from Hell's Gate is over because he has used it many times after returning in both, regular one-fall matches as well as in no-disqualification matches. For example, he used it against Big SLow in the steel-cage match, he used it against Shelton Benjamin on Smackdown, and he also used it against Shawn Michaels in Wrestlemania (when Michaels broke the hold by reaching the ropes) - now if the move was banned, then Undertaker should've been disqualified then and there for using it. However, they couldn't have done that because the match was supposed to be big.

You can't have such selective memory, WWE - that you choose the move to be legal in some matches when you want and then you choose to remember its banishment in other matches. For the Undertaker', its not a problem if a move is banned because he has such a large arsenal of them. Even if its about submission-moves, he can use the Triangle choke or the Dragon Sleeper hold which he used to apply earlier. For the same reason, the fact that "Undertaker will not be allowed to use Hell's Gate in a match" seems like a stupid stipulation to me because it makes it sound like he doesn't have any other moves, when in reality he has more moves than any super-star and the Hell's Gate is a pretty new one and not really his signature move. What I'm trying to say is - if they had to find a way to screw Undertaker out of the match, there could've been many better ways to do it - and this was one of the worst ways to do it because its technically a contradiction as they've allowed the Hell's Gate to be used in matches after Undertaker's return last year. If you're expecting to please those sorry kiddie-fans who wouldn't remember that it was used after he returned last year, you're keeping the wrong audience happy. You ought to be doing something to keep your veteran and long-lasting fans happy. Since Undertaker won the Royal Rumble in 2007, I am waiting to see a long title reign. Then he gets screwed out of it by Edge due to injury. After his return, I see Edge stealing the title and making a fool out of him like a 100 times, until he finally wins the Elimination chamber and then the title at Wrestlemania. But then I see him being stripped off the belt, I see him getting slapped by Vickie, I even see him being banished! When he returns, I see Big SLow claiming to have knocked him out although it was done after the use of the exposed steel of the turn-buckle. And this year, after his long-awaited return, this is what I get to see. I mean it - WWE, many loyal fans like me are soon going to stop watching wrestling if you think our memory is as bad as yours, and if you think we are fools and if you don't give us what we want.

Looking at Undertaker's state now, I don't think he will ever get the long title reign that he was promised before retirement because he gets into more number of gimmick matches (like Hell in a Cell, TLC, casket, steel cage, last man standing, elimination chamber) than anyone else because he is the only one who can create such intense rivalries by promoting his opponents and do such good story-telling - which results in him getting injured and unable to hold the title for a long time. This is why I don't like the fact that Undertaker is fighting Punk at a Hell in a Cell match. First of all, the rivalry has not yet become so long or so intense that it be culminated in a Hell in a Cell. Secondly, this dilutes the importance of Hell in a Cell because now there are so many matches of that type in the PPV (earlier, we had only one Hell in a Cell match each year and it was of the most intense rivalry). Moreover, what's up with WWE renaming their PPV's? It makes it so difficult for people like us (who have been watching the earlier PPV's since years) to remember them. But oh, I am sorry I forgot - the WWE is not about keeping us loyal fans happy because they don't like our loyalty, but they only want to keep the new kiddie fans happy (as though Hell in a Cell is a rated PG-13 name, if the earlier one was not?) Moreover, isn't Hell in a Cell supposed to be No Mercy, which is where Undertaker has a losing streak? So, I have given up hope on Undertaker winning the title at Hell in a Cell either (because he is not 100% fit for a title-reign and because his rivalries are usually long, hence his feud with Teddy Long won't be over). I doubt it that Vince was (story-line-wise) involved in what Teddy Long did, because I don't think that Vince wants to repeat the earlier stories (the Bret Hart real screw-job or his rivalry with Stone Cold). This year, finally, Vince is not really like a heel (he was greeted very well by the fans upon his return before Wrestlemania and he was generally on the face-side when Orton attacked him) - there is no reason to turn him into a complete heel now and get into a rivalry with the Undertaker. Because then we will see Vince hiring some fat Tom, Dick or Harry to defend himself (just like Vickie Guerrero hired Big SLow) and then a couple of lazy, boring matches (because guys like Big SLow are just slow and can't wrestle or create good matches).

I just hope that somehow, the partnership between Chris Jericho and Big SLow breaks (considering that they are both heels and ego-maniacs, it is bound to break soon) and Jericho somehow rises to the title scene and wins it from Punk. Undertaker can then win the Rumble next year once again to challenge Jericho for the belt and win it one last time at Wrestlemania. Undertaker and Jericho will make a great match because Jericho is a good wrestler, and even if Undertaker has to hold it for a short while (for example, till Summerslam), it would do justice to a long career. I would prefer that he retires as champion because if Trish could do that, why can't he do it too when is actually the greatest ever (assuming that he is retiring next year, although his retirement rumours have been there since a decade and he always proves them wrong), and preferably at Survivor series because that is where he started his career. It would do good story-telling that way. He could win his last match as champion, then Paul Bearer could make an appearance and invite him to join his long-time friend in Death Valley - then Undertaker could leave the belt in the ring and walk out with Bearer, ending the greatest career we'd ever get to see. The belt can later be given to somebody else based on a Battle Royale or something of that sort.

Time for some non-Undertaker talk now. I think DX vs Legacy was a great match at Breaking Point and no matter how much we dislike it, Legacy had to win it by submission. Why? Because DX is the greatest tag-team/ factum ever. They have accomplished everything that they ever had to do and they can't stay in the WWE forever because they are getting old. So they can't dominate the newer factums forever and they have to promote them. I think Legacy might lose at Hell in a Cell, to keep DX's respect in-tact, however they will still be able to claim forever that they were the first ones to make DX tap out or submit. Now, what I would prefer is that if somehow Legacy wins the match because it will cement their future, do no damage to DX's reputation and most importantly, it could somehow start off a feud between HHH and Shawn Michaels if they have a dispute and break up. That would be classic because it might somehow lead to Shawn Michaels' retirement match against HHH at Wrestlemania next year, which would be another Match of the Year contender. I can't wait for it to happen - I don't mind if DX loses the matches and breaks off, as long as that match is there to see :-)

Predictions for No Mercy, sorry, Hell in a Cell (bah, who cares now):

Undertaker vs CM Punk  - CM Punk wins through some interference or screw-job or cheating. Although there is a very bleak chance that Undertaker might win because he appears on the poster - but I don't think it would make sense to hurry his title reign when he is not fit and that too to make him win on a B-grade PPV. Moreover, Punk has recently won the belt so I expect him to hold it for some time.

John Cena vs Randy Orton - John Cena (sadly). He has just won the belt and will perhaps retain it for a while to increase the merchandize sales and to keep the kiddie fans happy. I think the only match which should've been held inside the demonic structure this year was HHH vs Randy Orton as that was the most intense rivalry.

DX vs Legacy - DX.

Big SLow and Chris Jericho vs Batista and Rey Mysterio - SLow and Jericho.

Dolph Ziggler (who?) vs John Morrison - John Morrison.

The Miz vs Jack Swagger vs Kofi Kingston - Jack Swagger (perhaps after pinning Miz). Somebody please tell him to change his looks a bit (maybe keep a Frenchie or go bald) to look more dangerous and get a character like Orton's to become a hit because he has wrestling-skill.

Alicia Fox vs Mickie James - Mickie James. Sigh, I want Beth Phoenix as champion.