Thursday, July 30, 2009

SummerSlam 2002

1. Kurt Angle defeated Rey Mysterio by submission

Wow, was this a great match. These two had great chemistry and nearly stole the show. They crammed as much action and suspense as they could into a 10 minute match and the crowd was the winner here.

Rating: 4.25

2. Ric Flair defeated Chris Jericho by submission

Not as good as many expected, but defintely a fun match. 2002 was not Jericho's best year as he was kind of lost in the shuffle.

Rating: 2.75

3. Edge defeated Eddie Guerrero by pinfall

It was definitely great to have Eddie back and Edge was really coming into his own at this point. On many cards, this would have been one of the better matches for the night.

Rating: 3.25

4. Christian + Lance Storm defeated Booker T + Goldust by pinfall

This was a good tag match featuring 4 guys they had nothing better to do with. Booker was very over at this point.

Rating: 2.5

5. Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Benoit by pinfall to win the Intercontinental Championship

This was a very intense and hard hitting match between two of the best from this time period. Why they wouldn't push RVD to main event status at this point is beyond me?

Rating: 3.75

6. Undertaker defeated Test by pinfall

You know when these two have an entertaining match, something is up. Even if the booking of this match was stupid, they still delivered a match that was much better than expected.

Rating: 2

7. Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H by pinfall

***Match Of The Night***

Well, I think everyone knows that this match rocked the house. This featured the first match by Michaels in over 4 years and he looked better than ever. No one can manipulate the crowd quite as well as he can. Awesome match.

Rating: 4.75

8. Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock by pinfall to win the Undisputed Championship

This was Brock's first big matchup and he definitely delivered. Props to The Rock for working his tail off to make Lesnar look as good as possible. Not quite 4+ material, but pretty darn close.

Rating: 3.75

This show is unbelievable. If WrestleMania X-Seven didn't exist, this may be my favorite show. From top to bottom, there are no bad matches. If you haven't seen this, do what you can to make sure you do.

Overall Rating: 99%

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