Friday, May 24, 2013

SUMMERSLAM, Year 4


Match 1. Mark Henry vs. Eddie Guerrero   WWE United States Championship
Henry had Eddie in a single-leg Boston crab. Eddie broke out and landed a jumping hurricanrana. Henry placed Eddie on the top. Eddie elbowed Henry and jumped for a crossbody. Henry caught him and hit the World's Strongest Slam to retain the title. Henry is on a tear as US champ.

Match 2. Christian vs. Chris Benoit   WWE Intercontinental Championship
Christian and Benoit, two technical wrestlers, reversed a lot in the early part of the match. After a jaw breaker, Benoit landed the triple German suplexes. He then locked in the crossface. Christian landed a sunset flip from the second rope. Benoit kicked out, but Christian connected with the Unprettier to win. Two title matches, two title retains.

Match 3. Kane and RVD vs. Batista and Ric Flair   World Tag Team Championship
This will decide the new Raw tag champs. Batista and Kane kicked off the match. After dealing with Flair for a little, Kane hit Batista with a sidewalk slam. He then chased Flair around the ring and went for a chokeslam, but Flair countered. Flair and Batista then beat down Kane on the outside. RVD hit Flair with a delayed suplex and got the three count.

Match 4. Edge vs. Randy Orton
Edge landed a back breaker and the Edge-O-Matic. Orton came back with a Lou Thesz Press. He busted him open with some right hands a minute later. Edge planted Orton with a DDT and then connected with a spear. He hit another spear about a minute later. Orton wouldn't quit. Edge hit a spike DDT to get the win.

Match 5. Stone Cold vs. Chris Jericho
Austin busted Jericho open with snake eyes. Austin then hit some right hands and a powerbomb. Jericho came back with a Codebreaker. Austin went for another powerbomb, but Jericho countered it. Austin got up and hit the Stunner to win.

Match 6. Scramble - Angle vs. Lesnar vs. Undertaker vs. Hogan vs. Rock   WWE Championship
Well, this is technically Lesnar's King of the Ring title shot. He just has to share it with three other contenders. The first two were Angle and Hogan. They spent a lot of time on the outside. Angle hit Hogan with the steel steps. Brock Lesnar was the next man out. Hogan elbow dropped Angle through the announce table. Hogan and Lesnar traded blows while Angle watched. Lesnar picked up a three count on Hogan. Undertaker walked out next. Brock hit Taker with an F5 while Hogan landed the leg drop on Angle.

Angle regained hit title when he pinned Hogan after an Angle Slam. Rock finally made his way down and went for a pin on Lesnar. Hogan hit Taker with a hip toss from the second rope and then the leg drop. Lesnar won the title after an F5 to Hogan. Lesnar, Hogan and Angle were all bleeding. Rock hit Lesnar with a Rock Bottom, but Angle broke up the pin. Taker hit Angle with a Tombstone on the outside and got the three count as Hogan watched. The clock stuck 0:00 and Undertaker walked out as champion.

Main Event. Triple H vs. Kevin Nash   World Heavyweight Championship
Nash hit Triple H with snake eyes and then took him down with a Russian leg sweep. Triple H came back and dominated the next few minutes. He connected with a spine buster. He ended it in less than eight minutes with the Pedigree.

Recap: This was the final cross-branded pay-per-view until Survivor Series. The next PPV, Unforgiven, is a Raw-only event. That was an awesome scramble match. The Raw tag match was very good as well.

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