10 Times WWE SummerSlam Was Better Than WrestleMania
3. SummerSlam 2011
SummerSlam 2011 probably should have been about CM Punk more than John Cena, Triple H, Kevin Nash, Alberto Del Rio and their involvement with CM Punk, but that rather dispiriting main event picture wasn't anywhere near as awful as the one painted at the 'Show Of Shows' earlier that year.
Cena and The Miz' main event was a total stinker in spite of (and slightly because of) the return of The Rock, but that wasn't even the worst thing on a total turkey of a WrestleMania.
In contrast, 'The Biggest Party Of The Summer' offered a surprisingly good Kelly Kelly/Beth Phoenix Divas Title match, Wade Barrett and Daniel Bryan making something out of almost nothing in the undercard, and a blinding Randy Orton/Chrisitian encounter for the World Championship.
The latter was the pick of the bunch, and it spoke to how much the company had cycled through with the 'Voice Of The Voiceless' in such a short space of time. Orton and Christian had lit up the Money In The Bank semi-main spot when Punk was the biggest f*cking thing in wrestling. It had only taken a month or so to butcher that buzz, but the SmackDown title challengers had almost never been better.