WWE crown 2 champions
at SummerSlam
By Phil Allely
WWE's mid-year
highlight PPV SummerSlam delivered not one, but two WWE title holders
in one night. First up Daniel Bryan worked the socks off then champ
John Cena in a superbly paced and well worked main event. Here Cena
and Bryan embarked on a wonderful story of highs, lows, near falls,
high spots and much more. Special guest referee Triple H played his
role perfectly too. Bryan's win was an inspired one as well, however
the swerve turn that followed was even more so. As Bryan relished in
his title win and celebrations Money in the Bank case holder Randy
Orton interupted proceedings. The big story here though was Triple H
turning on new champ Bryan and his subsequent 'pedigree' that allowed
Orton to snag himself yet another world title.
The card itself in a
slightly slow manner with Rob Van Dam challenging Dean Ambrose for
his United States Championship. The match was OK, but never really
reached the peaks an on from RVD could do. The inclusion of Ambrose's
fellow Shield members, Mark Henry and Big Show all did help here, but
not as much as the WWE expected. Van Dam lost out on the title via
DQ, when Rollins nailed a spear on him under the ref's watchful eye.
The Wyatt family then
took Kane to school in a 'ring of fire' encounter. The concept here
was that flames around the ring would contain the action and enhance
events between Bray and the mighty Kane. The biggest thing here was
that the Wyatt crew were able to get involved in some way and bypass
the fire. The once unstoppable Kane was put down for the count with
ease it seems and was also carried off to a fate we may yet hear
about.
Cody Rhodes and Damien
Sandow were the future of the WWE's tag team division in many peoples
opinion. But now not too far down the line, here we had them going
toe-to-toe in a nice scrap. Rhodes did redeem himself well but and
pulled of a nice win over the 'money in the bank winner'.
Many fans hope that in
this latest run with the company Christian gets his best shot at a
title and here yet again he came so close. This time around the world
Heavyweight Title Holder used his skills to work Christian's arm and
evoke a submission victory, to retain his cherished belt.
Natalya versus Brie
Bella quickly evolved in to a cat fight and that worked well here. A
shrpshooter from the Hart family affiliate rounded this match off
nicely.
Brock Lesnar and CM
Punk then went on to have one amazing battle in the ring. The guys
here weaved such an in-ring tale here that you simply had to watch
it. Hard moves came thick and fast and the set-pieces were top notch
as well. Paul Heyman and a steel chair were instrumental in the
finish, but what will Brock's win lead too we wonder.
The Dolph
Ziggler/Kaitlyn & Big E Langston/AJ Lee bout was OK, but did not
really impress we have to say. This was merely a filler scrap and it
felt like it, Ziggler and Kaitlyn won by the way.
SumerSlam was an
ambitious event in many ways. It did falter a few times, but the
pacing did pick up. We must also feel for Daniel Bryan, after all he
has now seen his title dreams stolen away by an opportunistic young
man called Randy Orton. This means the main event scene sill be
shaken up again and we need that don't we?
By Phil Allely
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