All 27 WWE SummerSlam Opening Matches - Ranked

23. Kane Vs. Bray Wyatt - 2013

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This might seem a little low on the list, but those in doubt should watch it back. The match is terrible. Inferno match, Ring of Fire match, call it what you want, but confining two big-man wrestlers to the ring and expecting something interesting is ambitious at best. Wyatt was new to the roster at this point and something of a special attraction, which makes sense with the type of match, but it would take something incredible for an inferno match not to be awful.

The only thing of value in the match is the visual of the flames leaping up whenever a big bump is taken in the ring, but the crowd audibly bores of this as the match drags on. Wyatt wins with Sister Abigail after Luke Harper and Eric Rowan drape a fire blanket over the flames and get involved. Cool visuals? Oh yes. Good match? Oh no.

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