10 Things WWE Got Right At SummerSlam 2016

1. Booking A Main Event Finish That Left The Fans Guessing

Brock Lesnar Randy Orton SummerSlam 2016
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Last year's SummerSlam main event had a finish that left many fans guessing, but for all the wrong reasons.

The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2015 was a heavily anticipated match, if only for the finish, which saw poor execution result in many fans leaving the Barclays Center confused and disappointed with how the match (and event) came to a close.

For 2016, fans definitely left Barclays with their share of questions but this time, they were the right kind of questions that often cause wrestling fans to come back for more.

Was that main event finish a shoot? Did Brock go too hard on Randy? Was that the original planned ending? Did they change it on the fly? Was Orton legitimately hurt?

All these questions and then some were the talk of the town coming out of Brooklyn and SummerSlam, and when WWE has their audience unsure of whether or not what they just saw was a work or a shoot (real or scripted), they're doing something right.

With Orton, it's clear that his blood was hardway as a result of Lesnar's elbows, but the way the match abruptly ended via referee stoppage and Brock continuing to ground & pound Orton (albeit much lighter on the repeat occurrences), it was executed very well and left many fans wondering what they just saw.

And that is a good way to finish any WWE pay-per-view.

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