10 Worst WWE SummerSlams Ever - According To Dave Meltzer
5. SummerSlam 2007 (2.19)
The first 'Big Four' pay-per-view following the death of Chris Benoit had all the unfortunate hallmarks of a company still struggling to cope with the terms of the crisis.
Tucking away longstanding main eventers to lead with two comebacks highlighted a sense of panic that existed in the promotion at the time, and it was a nervousness not extinguished by rushed and inferior displays from the returnees.
Drawn into the Signature Pharmacy steroid distribution scandal whilst out injured, Rey Mysterio made his re-entrance under a cloud, and it looked to be the case literally with an ill-advised spray job on his chest stealing headlines away from his moribund match with Chavo Guerrero.
Getting in and out quick enough to almost be forgotten by the end, Mysterio was merely the evening's subplot. The night was unapologetically centred around Triple H's latest heroic rehabilitation from a quadricep injury. Sound familiar? As is usually the case in wrestling, the second verse was the same as the first but a little bit louder and little bit worse.
There was no Madison Square Garden mega-pop for 'The Game' this time around, and his lousy in-ring efforts in 2002 were passable in comparison to his disparate burial of a soon-to-depart King Booker. The 'King Of Kings' took back his throne for sure, but yet again it sat atop crumbling foundations.