9 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE SummerSlam 2015

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7. How The Mighty Have Fallen

Remember when Dolph Ziggler cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase in nearby East Rutherford, N.J. in 2013? Remember when Rusev put his undefeated streak and United States Championship up against John Cena at WrestleMania XXXI? Remember when Lana was viewed as a future mega-star because of her looks, promos and acting ability? Remember when Summer Rae inoffensively danced with Fandango? OK, three out of four isn€™t bad. But the point is that Ziggler, Rusev and Lana all have fallen quite far into a stalled, emotionless feud that came to a head at one of WWE€™s biggest PPVs of the year Sunday and ended in a double count-out. A double count-out. WWE couldn€™t even book a simple count-out win for Ziggler or a DQ finish with Rusev using a chair or something other than both men failing to get back into the ring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMcB0cNNWw The match itself wasn€™t bad at all €“ Ziggler and Rusev are both great athletes and rarely have bad matches, so that isn€™t the issue. But look at the emotions surrounding Sasha Banks versus Bayley at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn and compare that to the forced emotions from this slow-moving feud. The saving grace here is that the three mentioned above all are really talented and can salvage this and make it entertaining and captivating, but right now, a DCOR was not what this feud needed.