Featuring the main event of John Cena Vs. Randy Orton… I believe this was their 2,486th match in a long-running series of 286,839,129 matches… I could be off in my count by a couple hundred, but I digress.
Also, the return of McSon-In-Law… let’s get to it quickly.
So we’re resuming our Summerslam rundowns, which means I got the NEW WWE Network to work… which mostly comprised the shows playing before a spinning ball appeared. I swear, the ball lasted longer than Wrestlemania 35, but I digress.
So a year later, Hulk Hogan had another match, this time against the son of Cowboy Bob. And to the best of my knowledge, this was Hogan’s last WWE match… though he would wrestle spots in TNA and other places down the line, but the less said, the better.
So might as well get on with it.
This show featured Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan in a dream match of sorts… where Michaels played bad guy for a short while because Hollywood Huckster wanted an old school Hulk Hogan match (well, he wanted several, but HBK wasn’t having it). We got some entertaining skits like the fake Larry King parody and the one promo in Montreal, but the rest of it… well, let’s find out, shall we?
Welp, this show took place fifteen years ago on this very day… on my birthday, no less. Coincidentally enough, I did not watch this show back in the day, which was a surprise because I did keep up with the WWE shows back in the day until the mid-2000s… but I guess my birthday took presidence or something.
Before anyone asks, yes, this is the show where Randy Orton became the youngest World champ in WWE history and he beat a certain someone for that belt which means…
Bit of a sour note, here. Anyway, let’s move on.
So this is Summerslam… the first show after July’s invasion PPV that the two big rivals of the Monday Night Wars go head to head at last… except in reality, it was a bunch of WWF guys against more WWF guys, along with WCW and ECW refugees tossed in for good measure. Not a ve
A quick note: even though this whole “Invasion” storyline is ongoing, I’m not going to bother with the identifiers denoting which guy is fighting for which side. It really doesn’t matter in the long run and also I don’t feel like typing out ALLIANCE for every random jabroni out there.
It’s the year 2000; the year some would argue was WWF’s best year in terms of creative and wrestling. And so we have Summerslam 2000, home of the “first” Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match as well as another edition of Shane McMahon: STUNTMAN! on display and a triple-threat WWF Championship title bout!
The show’s major hook was then-governor of Minnesota and former personality Jesse “The Body” “The Mind” Ventura refereeing the WWF championship match, which is a three-way match between defending champion Stone Cole Steve Austin, HHH, and Mankind. I remember being rather intrigued by this match based on the fact that a current head of state was going to partake in shenanigans with ol’ Vinnie Mac.
Also, some other stuff happened.
The Match Made In Heaven is a wedding that… didn’t quite turn out so well.
The Match Made In Hell is a match… well, it certainly was Hell to watch.
But on the bright side, we got plenty of skits featuring the Mountie being awesome.
Sorry, that’s all I’ve got. Moving right along…
The first major PPV event in Warrior’s only WWF title reign has him in a cage match against one of his former opponents, now sporting a new look… and also, we’ve got a Hulk Hogan match.
1989… the year Hulk Hogan starred in the cinematic masterpiece known as NO HOLDS BARRED… the inspiration for today’s main event; as the Hulkster and Brother Bruti teams up against Macho King Randy Savage and ZEUS… played by Tiny Lister.
Joy.
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