STOP LIVING IN THE PAST Vol.2: Favorite SummerSlams 2000-2010

[The Naitch]

Don't know why I'm thinking about SummerSlams AT THE MOMENT, but fuck it, XL you faggot bitch, I'm just gonna list the main events or what you could consider a co-main event (thinking of 2002)

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2000: The Rock (c) defeated Kurt Angle and Triple H Triple threat match for the WWF Championship

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2001: The Rock defeated Booker T (c) (with Shane McMahon) for the WCW Championship

Kurt Angle defeated Steve Austin (c) by disqualification for the WWF Championship

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2002: Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock(c) for the WWE Undisputed Championship

Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H- Unsanctioned Street Fight

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2003: Triple H (c) defeated Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Kurt Angle (c) defeated Brock Lesnar Singles match for the WWE Championship

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2004: Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit (c) for the World Heavyweight Championship

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2005: Hulk Hogan defeated Shawn Michaels

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2006: Edge (c) (with Lita) defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship

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2007: John Cena (c) defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship

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2008: The Undertaker defeated Edge Hell in a Cell match

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2009: CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy (c)[56] Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Randy Orton (c) defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship

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2010: Team WWE (John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, John Morrison and R-Truth) defeated The Nexus (Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, David Otunga, Skip Sheffield, Michael Tarver and Darren Young) Seven-on-seven elimination tag team match

[The Naitch]

looks nice eh, how I chart the 10 year evolution of WWE with those posters!

I'm the fucking man.

[Jeritron]

Summerslam from 2000-2002 were incredibly strong shows. In fact, I feel Summerslam was vastly superior to Wrestlemania in both 2000 and 2002.
Just awesome shows.
Summerslam 2002 is one of the best shows ever, I think.

2001 was incredible as well, but it doesn't top that years Wrestlemania because that was the year of X-Seven, which is probably my favorite show of alltime.

[Lara Emily]

I have a soft spot for Summerslam 04 because I was there and the crowd was amazing, plus two great matches in Angle vs Guerrero and Benoit vs Orton

[Jeritron]

-Kurt Angle vs Rey Mysterio
-Ric Flair vs Chris Jericho
-Edge vs Eddie Guerrero
-The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) (c) vs Booker T and Goldust Tag Team Championship
- Rob Van Dam vs Chris Benoit (c) Intercontinental Championship
-The Undertaker vs Test
-Shawn Michaels vs Triple Unsanctioned Street Fight
-Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) vs The Rock(c) for the WWE Undisputed Championship


What an unreal card. And the builds and actual matches for most of those matches were huge.
This was like a Wrestlemania. Better than 90% of Wrestlemanias actually, including that year's.

Just the talent involved is incredibly impressive. Everyone on the card is a legend in the industry for their abilities, aside from Test. That's a pretty good ratio. And when Test is the worst wrestler on your show, you're in pretty damn good shape.

[The Naitch]

Yeah, it's weird, I consider the summer the high point of my year and I always remember what I was doing that particular year in the summer.

Like Lara said, I got soft spots for PPVs not based on the card, but what I was feeling a particular year and how involved I was into pro wrestling.

From 2000 to 2002 my interest in wrestling was at it's highest and the times were memorable in those summers, so I tend to like those SummerSlams.

Maybe it was the heavy use of marijuana in 2002 that makes me like SummerSlam 2002 the best. I was marking out huge for The Rock vs. Brock. My favorite wrestler of all-time going up against this rookie monster heel dude. I remember my pops calling him the Swedish Assasin lol. Brock was a fucking monster that spring/summer. I really felt like he was a real threat to anyone he faced. The mark in me was dissapointed when Rock lost, but I knew it was gonna happen like that. Then he did that heel promo on the Long Island crowd turning on them after the cameras went off the air.

Also, I thought the man that attacked Shawn Michaels in the parking lot was gonna be revealed as Goldberg. LOL. Also I remember people speculating that Goldberg was the "shadow figure" in the King of The Ring 2002 poster.

[The Naitch]

-Kurt Angle vs Rey Mysterio
-Ric Flair vs Chris Jericho
-Edge vs Eddie Guerrero
-The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) (c) vs Booker T and Goldust Tag Team Championship
- Rob Van Dam vs Chris Benoit (c) Intercontinental Championship
-The Undertaker vs Test
-Shawn Michaels vs Triple Unsanctioned Street Fight
-Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) vs The Rock(c) for the WWE Undisputed Championship


What an unreal card. And the builds and actual matches for most of those matches were huge.
This was like a Wrestlemania. Better than 90% of Wrestlemanias actually, including that year's.

Just the talent involved is incredibly impressive. Everyone on the card is a legend in the industry for their abilities, aside from Test. That's a pretty good ratio. And when Test is the worst wrestler on your show, you're in pretty damn good shape.

I agree 100%

There was something special that summer. Rey made his debut. The Rock vs. Brock build was perfect. I wonder why the writers today can't come up with something like that these days. HBK vs. HHH was legendary. The whole Ric Flair vs. Jericho build up was perfect too. I always liked that feud. Totally forgot that they did that in 2002. I loved Jericho's Rockstar gimmick at the time. Great stuff. Didn't realize how solid that card was until you mentioned it

[The Naitch]

Summerslam from 2000-2002 were incredibly strong shows. In fact, I feel Summerslam was vastly superior to Wrestlemania in both 2000 and 2002.
Just awesome shows.
Summerslam 2002 is one of the best shows ever, I think.

2001 was incredible as well, but it doesn't top that years Wrestlemania because that was the year of X-Seven, which is probably my favorite show of alltime.

funny you mention that, the only shows I would watch over and over and over again on VHS at the time was my X7 tape and my SummerSlam 2002 tape. I couldn't put those down at the time. I still keep them stashed away in good condition in case I wanna relive those shows 10 years from now.

SORRY TO QUOTE YOU AGAIN BRO

[Shisen Kopf]

1988 Mega Powers vs Mega Bucks was the best. Fuck you and your 2000-2010 horse shat

[The Naitch]

Shisen Kopf keeping it old school

[Seth82]

gotta go with 2001 as my personal favorite

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'll always have a soft spot for last year's SummerSlam main event just because of the chaos that ensued when I noticed that WWE had spoiled Daniel Bryan's return on their own site and added him to the Raw roster page. Just the anticipation of "will he actually show up or are they trolling us?" was great</font>

[Rock Bottom]

I have to go with Orton over Benoit. That finish was nice. And it had impact on the climate a bit.

[The Naitch]

also some dude here had that RKO avatar which had the apperance of a giant cock slapping Benoit

[The Naitch]

i hope someone can find it. What was his username again?

[RiX1024]

Favourite Summerslam: 2002 and 2004

Favourite Summerslam POSTER: 2003 (dang you logo) hheheheheheh

[Rammsteinmad]

STOP STEALING MY QUOTES!!!

:kiss:

[St. Jimmy]

2002.

[screech]

I am now watching Summerslam 2002 because of this thread.

[Jordan]

My favorite is 98

[Nicky Fives]

2002.... although the "Thong Stinkyface" Match makes a strong case for 2000.....

[Fox]

2002, easily. One of the best WWE PPV's of the new millenium.

Mysterio vs Angle was as solid of an opener as I think I've ever seen. Benoit/RVD was a dream match I'd been waiting years to see. After the amazing HBK/Triple H match, which proved that even after all those years away from the ring that HBK still had "it", I was a bit worried that Rock/Brock would be overshadowed by their contest. I was very very wrong. Brock gave Rocky one of his best matches of all time, and even though I fully expected Rock to walk out of Summerslam as the WWE Champion (at the time, very few men had won the big one without first holding the IC Title, especially in their first year in the company), and I was incredibly surprised when Brock hit the F5 and pinned Rock clean in the middle of the ring.

It really started a new era for wrestling (with the World Heavyweight Title being assigned to RAW a couple of weeks later) and marked the beginning of the end of Rocky's career in the WWE, and what was supposed to be the beginning of the era of Lesnar in the WWE.

[SonOfAnarchy26]

I am now watching Summerslam 2002 because of this thread.
I may do the same, it is also my favorite from that time period...

[Rammsteinmad]

And when Test is the worst wrestler on your show, you're in pretty damn good shape.

I really like the way you said that.

I miss Test. :(

[MoFo]

2001 & 2003, for RVD/Jeff Hardy ladder match, & "RAHHH GOLDBERG SMASH" in the chamber.

[XL]

Love you too Naitch.

I've no problem with this thread, this is looking back fondly on a decade of SummerSlams. That's what the thread is for. It's not "Man this era sucks compared to the Attitude Era" in the middle of a thread talking about today. It's also not a singular outdated question.

To answer the thread, 2000 - 2002 were standout for me.

2000 had the first TLC, the Kane v Taker "match" was pretty good, Rock/HHH/Angle, Benoit v Jericho. Must have watched this about 10 times over the years.

2001 gave us Angle/Austin, Rock/Booker T, Jeff Hardy/RVD, Jericho/Rhyno.

And 2002 which has been covered enough here. Sadly I don't have that one to re-watch :(.