10 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE SummerSlam 2016

9. Empire State Of Mind

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If you’re a New Yorker or just are up on your NYC pop culture references, then Enzo Amore & Big Cass’ promo was a fun trip through time.

Enzo started by quoting Notorious BIG’s “Juicy,” followed by Cass singing Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” and then the duo transitioned into a couple Jay-Z references to fire up the partisan crowd. It was obvious that the two were playing up that they were the hometown heroes, which they did perfectly.

And then, Corey Graves rained on their parade by dryly noting that after running down every NYC cliché, the fact remained that Enzo was born across the river in New Jersey.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.