SummerSlam 2011

- August 14th, LA, California.

- Attendance: 17,404

- Buyrate: 301,000 (127,000 domestic and 174,000 international)

- WWEs last great angle at time of writing (6th March 2013), though not business wise, the way Summer Of Punk (2, if you're a ROH follower), was handled but the concept was good, I may rant on the way it was handled later on a positive note SummerSlam is my favorite PPV.

Adam Jones from Tool, yeah me neither, plays the US national anthem, reminds me of when Macho Man had that rockier Pomp & Circumstance in WCW.

Miz/R-Truth/Del Rio Vs. Kofi Kingston/John Morrison/Rey Mysterio
 This was during R-Truths no music phase and conspiracy angle. The heel team features one of the most boring wrestlers, one of the worst WWE Champions and K-Kwik. ADR has Money In The Bank, wait where's Hugo Savinovich? Miz goes for a hiptoss but Kofi monkey flips him. Does Booker know what he's on about half of the time. JoMo has been isolated from his team. Kofi in with chops and dropkicks, Boom Drop hits but Trouble In Paradise and Mizs Skull Crushing Finale are both avoided. SOS by Kofi. A type of stunner gets Miz 2. Del Rio in for the first time, he taunts Kofi who is playing face in peril. Double chest stomp by Kofi, in comes Rey a kick to Truths bonce gets 2. Del Rio stops 619, JoMo and Kofi jump onto Del Rio and Miz respectivly as Rey splashes Truth for 3 at 9:34. **1/2 - Good little opener, made sense in a way for Rey to get the W as he had a WWE Championship match on RAW the next day.

Sheamus Vs. Mark Henry
 Clubbing blows by Sheamus, but he is soon dumped ringside. 'Sexual Chocolate' chant. Henry has taken control, Henry jumps on Sheamus as he's draped over the middle rope, it left a skid mark according to Booker. Sheamus breaks out of a type of Torture Rack but Henry's soon on top again. Hammer shots by Sheamus get Henry down, diving shoulderblock gets Sheamus 2, he tries to follow with a Brogue Kick but it misses, another one about a minute later does connect though sending henry ringside but whilst they're there Henry slams Sheamus through the barricade, he crawls to the ring but is counted out at 9:21 *1/2 - I dont like power matches or countouts, Henry should've gone over via pinfall as he won the WHC a month later, at least he won though.

Josh Matthews talks with Christian

Cee Lo Green sings a song or two, I fast fowarded, whilst wearing a bin bag, he was not me I wear shopping bags.

WWE Diva Title - Kelly Kelly (c) Vs. Beth Phoenix

 This'll pick things up, actually I liked Beth so i'll roll back the sarcasm. Kelly takes it to Beth early with punches then knocks her ringside. Press Slam by Beth goes wrong as Kelly didn't share her weight by placing herself right. Beth rubs Kellys face in her buttocks. Neckbreaker by kelly after Beth had her on her shoulder. Booker says someone has been working with Kelly on her technical skills, then they should be fired. Sideslam by Beth but a Glam Slam is countered to a roll up at 6:31 for 3. * 1/2 - I was always hoping Beth would just squash Beth, even in a shoot, but it wasn't to be.

R-Truth accuses Jimmy Hart of being Little Jimmy then we see Ron Artest, if this was WCW he'd be there to wrestle in the main event and given Arquette he may of been booked to win and Kobe would possibly go to TNA and become their champion which would lead to a unification match, probably be better than Jericho/Austin and TNA would be the remaining company.

Wade Barrett Vs. Daniel Bryan
 Bryan is SMACKDOWN! MITB, which he won by kicking Wade off the ladder. Wristlock by Wade which Bryan dropkicks out of. Booker 'check this out I dont know what he's doing'. Leg whip then a dropkick in the corner gets Bryan 2. D-Bry flips over Wade but runs into a Bossman Slam, slingshot backreaker by Wade, not sure i've ever seen that. Uppercuts by Bryan but he gets elbowed down. D-Bry is now sat in the ropes then is booted to the outside, back up and now they trade punches on the apron whcih leads to Wade attempting Wasteland to the outside. Bryan dropkicks Wade off the apron and hits a flying knee. Bryan avoids a pumphandle slam and targets Wades leg with kicks then kicks him in the head which sends Wade back to SummerSlam 2010 I think. Bryan counters Wasteland to a Yes Lock. Bryan is crotched on the top rope so Wade clotheslines him down and finishes at 11:45 with Wasteland. ***1/2 - I enjoyed this match, it was even which I liked. Nice little midcard match, cant ask for mucch more than that.

WHC - No Holds Barred - Christian (c) Vs. Randy Orton

 This was my feud of 2011 and possibly the last great feud WWE had. Christian won the gold at Extreme Rules but dropped, to most peoples dismay, to Orton 2 days later, well 5 in WWE canon, he won it back via DQ in a special stip match at MITB and voila here we are. Christian has an insurance policy which is his brother .... best friend .... uncle.... whatever WWE say now .... Edge but he leaves christian hangin' as the kids say, calling him boring in the process which I disagree with. Orton stomps various parts of Christian but a Draping DDT is avoided as Christian backdrops him over the top. 3 mins in and already they're at the announce table but Christian avoids an RKO and they fight in the crowd. Back in Orton gets a 16 corner punch but misses a follow up charge, Christian gets a kendo stick and targets the midsection and back of Orton. Double A spinebuster gets Orton 2, he goes for a kendo shot off the top but Orton dropkicks him, the comeback is on, a jacknife cover gets 2. Christian attempts Kill Switch out of a Draping DDT but Orton hits his backbreaker variation. Randy gets a table or two, he places one into the ring, unset up, and superplexes Christian onto it., Orton sets it up in the corner now but Christian hits a reverse DDT, he tries for a Spear but Orton leapfrogs it. TV monitor to Ortons bonce, they're on the spanish announce table as Orton plays possum, RKO through the table, maybe the first table that's broke for Orton. 'This Is Awesome' chant. Killswitch connects for 2, good nearfall. Conchairto misses after he spits on Orton who has now snapped, he knocks Christian off the apron through a table, snap powerslam through the corner table is followed by kendo shots, Draping DDT on a garbage can, I think Orton's cut his hand, Christian springboards into an RKO on the ringsteps for 3 at 23:40. ****1/2 - That is how you end a feud! Fantastic match, Orton hurt his head on the match winning RKO I think. I gave their match at Over The Limit 4 *s, this is Ortons best rivalry for me and probably Christians.

HHH looks like Tony Sopranos mother.

WWE Title - Special Ref/ HHH - CM Punk (real c) Vs. John Cena (phony c)

 Punk won the WWE Title then left ..... for 8 days. The build at MITB was Vince didn't want Punk to leave with the belt yet when he did he simply created a new one, the one Cena has here, so why was he bothered in the first place? Punk should of stayed away for longer, also due to his Cena was meant to be fired yet he won the belt, you keeping up with me? So now we have an Undisputed Title match even though Punks WWE Title is the real one also HHH is now Chief Operating Officer (COO) of WWE, he fired Vince and he's special ref tonight. 'Lets Go Cena' ' Cena Sucks' chants. Headlock takedown by Cena, 3 mins in and they've stalled about 10 times not sure if it's to give it a big match feel or piss me off but either way it's the latter. Heel kick then a chinlock with body scissors by Punk. Now Cena has a chinlock applied, elbow drop then another chinlock. Multiple midsection knees by Punk, then some headbutts, a second rope dropkick ala Jericho sends Cena ringside. Type of Bossman Slam now by Cena, 10 minutes in and it's been poor so far. Punk misses a corner knee so Cena hits multiple shoulderblocks but Punk counters the slam part and hits his corner knee but Cena avoids the bulldog, I like that as it stands out when the usual spots miss. Anaconda Vice is countered to a kind of STF, the leg isn't hooked, I wish Cena would make the STF look real but he always leaves a massive gap between his hand and their face. Punk hits a sicide dive now as Cena's ringside but instead of counting to 10 HHH throws them both back in. We get the 'yay' 'boo' punch sequence, 5 Knuckle Shuffle but Punk rolls through the AA for 2. GTS is avoided and Cena gets 2 off a powerslam. Cena heads up top but Punk flies at him with a knee but Punk soon springboards into an STFU but he does manage a ropebreak. AA, GTS are avoided but then AA is hit for 2. Cena misses his legdrop allowing Punk to hit GTS but that only gets 2 as does his Macho Man Elbow leading to a 'Randy Savage' chant. High knee then GTS gets Punk 3 at 24:15ish but Cenas foot was on the rope, remember he only losses clean to part timers also the GTS looked bad as it clearly hit his elbow if anything. Punk celebrates then kevin nash, who I hate, comes through the crowd and Jacknifes Punk which leads to Del Rio cashing in his MITB and becoming the new WWE Champion. *** - Meh, to be fair it did pick up in the second half but the first 10 mins were poor for me. The Undisputed Champion angle ends with neither as champion.

16.5 / 30 - The 6 man was filler but good, Punk/Cena was okay but slightly disappointing comapred to expectations, Orton/Christian was very, very good and Wade/Bryan was good aswell. This PPV is recommended as 4 of the 6 matches were good. If you want to keep both strong simply dont book it on PPV and the Divas was the usual. Thumbs up though for SummerSlam 2011.