10 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE SummerSlam 2016

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8. Chinlock City

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When you have a 12-man tag match, you should never resort to using a chinlock. If you’re confused about what to do next to wear down an opponent, just hand it off to one of your five tag partners.

But during the pre-show’s match between SmackDown’s six tag teams, Simon Gotch, Viktor and Tyler Breeze all in succession slapped a chinlock or headlock on Zack Ryder. (Breeze thankfully started mixing it up almost immediately.) The result was a crowd that was half-asleep before a frenzied breakdown brought the match to life.

Not all matches can be action-packed, five-star affairs. But when you’re talking about creating a new tag division and tag titles for your program, you probably should make sure the teams don’t actively bore the crowd during a showcase match.

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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.