WWE's annual summertime extravaganza SummerSlam has been home to some of the greatest rivalries in WWE history. The Mega Powers and the Mega Bucks clashed at the inaugural event in 1988, bringing an end to a rivalry that started months earlier at WrestleMania IV. Hogan returned from a career-threatening rib injury caused by newcomer Earthquake two years later to clash with the behemoth at the 1990 event. The love triangle between Triple H, Kurt Angle and Stephanie McMahon took center stage during the WWE Championship defense by The Rock in 2000 and Undertaker and Edge's year-long battle for SmackDown supremacy resulted in a vicious and brutal Hell in a Cell main event in 2008. For every great feud that unfolded on the grand stage presented by SummerSlam, there was a feud that failed to live up to expectations. Some failed so miserably that the only way to properly describe them is to use the term "flop." They entered the event with tremendous hype and benefited exponentially from Vince McMahon's marketing machine but by the end of the evening's broadcast, simply did not leave an impression. Others left such an impression that those involved never quite recovered. Whether it was the participants or the story, they are feuds that are better left unspoken of. Here now are 10 major SummerSlam rivalries floppier than the late Mae Young's breasts during a bikini contest.
Erik Beaston is a freelance pro wrestling writer who likes long walks in the park, dandelions and has not quite figured out that this introduction is not for Match.com. He resides in Parts Unknown, where he hosts weekly cookouts with Kane, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango and The Boogeyman. Be jealous.
