7 Early Signs From WWE That No Mercy Will Top SummerSlam 2017

So much for the 'Biggest Party Of The Summer'...

by Jamie Kennedy
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Watch SummerSlam 2017 a second time and the show doesn't get any better. Aside from that blistering Fatal-4-Way main event (and a couple of decent tag matches), what did SummerSlam really have to boast about other than an epic run time? On a card crammed with too many lame-duck matches, the so-called 'Biggest Party Of The Summer' failed to live up to that billing.

By design, No Mercy has always been a 'B' pay-per-view on WWE's calendar. That's not the case this year though, because the 24 September show actually looks like it might top SummerSlam. You only have yourselves to blame for that one, creative team. Those top two matches scheduled for No Mercy? SummerSlam could have done with them.

In a mere two weeks, Raw has achieved more with the build to No Mercy than those overworked writers managed in a full month month prior to the summer spectacular. It's almost like the pressure is off WWE's creative minds.

This could be the pay-per-view that SummerSlam should have been...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.