King Of The Ring 1997

1. Triple H defeated Ahmed Johnson by pinfall

This was actually a pretty good match, as Triple H was starting to improve his in-ring skills. Not a bad way to open the show.

Rating: 1.75

2. Mankind defeated Jerry Lawler by pinfall

This was not a very good match. Somehow, they kept sticking Lawler in against upper mid-card guys.

Rating: .5

3. Goldust defeated Crush by pinfall

Not sure how this match came about, but I would hope that whoever suggested it was relieved of their duties.

Rating: .5

4. Owen Hart, British Bulldog, and Jim Neidhart defeated Sid and Legion Of Doom by pinfall

I actually had some hope that this was going to be good. Unfortunately, I was wrong.

Rating: .75

5. Triple H defeated Mankind by pinfall

This was nowhere near as good as some of the matches they would have later on in the year, let alone the ones they had later in their career. Foley was always good at making people look good.

Rating: 2

6. Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels fought to a double disqualification

***Match Of The Night***

This was the first meeting between these two and it was darn good. They did a little bit more wrestling in this one, which made this matchup quite a bit different from their WrestleMania match.

Rating: 4

7. Undertaker defeated Faarooq by pinfall

This is probably one of the most forgotten WWE main events in history. You pretty much never hear this match even mentioned. It was actually a little bit better than I would have ever expected, even if everyone knew Faarooq had no chance.

Rating: 1.25

Well, this show is forgotten for good reason. There is one classic on here, but the rest is pretty forgettable. Even the King of the Ring match is just pretty good. Not a very good show.

Rating: 49%

SummerSlam 1999

1. Jeff Jarrett defeated D-Lo Brown by pinfall to win the Intercontinental Championship and European Championship

This was a real good opener, even if it was much too short. D-Lo was always a favorite of mine during this time period.

Rating: 3.25 (out of 5)

2. The Acolytes defeated Edge + Christian, Hardy Boyz, Mideon + Viscera, Droz + Prince Albert, and The Hollys by pinfall

This started off hot, thanks to Edge and Christian, but fell apart once they lost. These matches usually end up feeling repetitive.

Rating: 1.75

3. Al Snow defeated Big Boss Man to win the Hardcore Championship

This was actually pretty entertaining, even if we have seen this type of match 100 times before.

Rating: 2

4. Ivory defeated Torrie by pinfall

This was pretty awful. I think the fans forget how far the females have come along in the past decade.

Rating: .25

5. Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman by decision

I really liked the Shamrock/Owen Hart match at the previous SummerSlam, but this one just was kind of there.

Rating: 1

6. Test defeated Shane McMahon by pinfall

Shane was pretty much money at this point of time. Test, at this point, was probably one of the better big men.

Rating: 3

7. Big Show + Undertaker defeated X-Pac + Kane to win the Tag Team Championships

This had some moments, but there were just too many big men involved.

Rating: .75

8. Rock defeated Billy Gunn by pinfall

I never really got what they saw in Billy Gunn. He was a decent performer, but just lacked that extra something to be fighting The Rock at a major show.

Rating: 2.25

9. Mankind defeated Triple H and Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship

This was a good WWE 90s style main event, but I felt that the ending should have been a little bit more special. I remember watching this live, assuming Foley had no shot.

Rating: 3.5

This show is definitely better than a lot of shows, but there is something about the storylines in this era that do not hold up as well. Still, this is solid, but unspectacular.

Overall Rating: 71%