WWE took fans on an interesting journey Sunday night. We went to Suplex City, where New Day rocks, Brock Lesnar bleeds, Mick Foley is a joke of a man, the Divas Revolution is a cramped mess and comic books come to life. We saw the Deadman cheat to win, the Green Arrow take flight and John Cena felled by a comedian. We also saw the 83rd match between Sheamus and Randy Orton. SummerSlam was a four-hour affair that on its own put on a perfectly good PPV. But measured against NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, SummerSlam wasnt even the best wrestling PPV of the weekend, much less the month or year. Still, either some wrestlers were motivated by NXTs show the night before, or they saw Vince McMahons brass ring and reached for it. Either way, WWE put on an above-average PPV with some good matches Sunday night, but it didnt exactly blow people away. Having a really popular host turn around and cost a mega-star a world title also didnt necessarily hurt or help the overall event. But it happened nonetheless, and well have to wait to see what the motivation or fallout is. With that said, lets find out what made the main event and what go relegated to the pre-show. Lets get to it
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.
