10 Worst SummerSlam Main Events Ever - According To Dave Meltzer
2. SummerSlam 1995 - Diesel Vs Mabel (1/2*)
Diesel's much-maligned 1995 WWE Title run is considered disastrous both creatively and commercially, but 'Big Daddy Cool' worked out of his skin to drag a semblance of credibility kicking and screaming out of his woefully under-prepared challenger in their cumbersome and ultimately unrewarding SummerSlam main event.
The Champion had been able to show realistic weakness against Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels in outstanding matches earlier in the year, and his big man battles with Sid hadn't been complete crime scenes either. The same couldn't be said for this effort.
Exhausted after his early flurry, Mabel took a plancha (!) from the Champion as he rested on the floor, before retaking control with the match's only heat sequence, managing to legitimately injure Diesel when he dropped every pound of his bulky frame directly onto his back.
A poorly-organised closing sequence didn't help, with Lex Luger returning to television one last time to save the champion from a Men On A Mission beatdown, only for 'Big D' to attack him anyway out of mistrust for his former 'Allied Powers' partner Davey Boy Smith.
Luger ran off Mo eventually, freeing up Diesel to defeat Mabel with a underwhelming second rope clothesline, so completely impossible was a Jackknife on the ungainly challenger.