SummerSlam 2007

1. Kane defeated Finlay by pinfall

This was a strange choice for the opener, but they gave us a better match that I expected. Finlay was actually a great heel around this time and it's too bad they never really did much with it.

Rating: 2 (out of 5)

2. Umaga defeated Mr. Kennedy and Carlito by pinfall

It's kind of strange that none of these guys are around anymore. Umaga looked strong, but the other two looked like they were trying to keep up. This was pretty sloppy and was just an odd match.

Rating: 2

3. Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero by pinfall

This was a fun match, but it's nothing we haven't seen 100 times before. Rey was shaking off the ring rust and Chavo was Chavo. Still, I'll take this over most of the stuff on the show.

Rating: 2.5

4. Beth Phoenix won a Divas Battle Royal

This was your typical Diva garbage.

Rating: .25

5. John Morrison defeated CM Punk by pinfall

This was an entertaining match, but the botched finish hurt it a bit. Still, you could tell these two were two guys that would be around for awhile.

Rating: 2.5

6. Triple H defeated King Booker by pinfall

This was actually not as one-sided as I remembered it to be. Still, it was less competitive than it should have been. This felt like a Raw main event.

Rating: 2

7. Batista defeated Great Khali by disqualification

This was pretty God awful and the ending was an embarassment. Even JBL asks "Why would Khali do that?"

Rating: .25

8. John Cena defeated Randy Orton by pinfall

***Match Of The Night***

This is nowhere near as great as many people have said it is, but it is definitely a worthy main event. I think people overrated it due to the fact that there was nothing else close to this level on the rest of the show and the fact that the crowd was crazy for it. Orton's chinlocks just took up too much of the match.

Rating: 3.5

Well, this was a huge disappointment. SummerSlam is the second biggest show of the year, yet WWE seems to forget that at times. 2007 was a good year from a pay-per-view standpoint, but this one was definitely one of the blemishes on the calendar. Orton and Cena tried to save the show, but it would have had to have been an all-time classic to save this show. This definitely goes down as one of the worst SummerSlams and thankfully 2008 was a good show.

Overall Rating: 59%