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Figured I'd start one of these. I won't be doing shows really, just mainly matches so if you have a suggestion, let me know.

Summerslam 2000 - WWF Championship - The Rock (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Triple H

The first thing I thought of when I watched this match was Triple H should have used the "My time" theme forever. That theme was freakin' sick.

Anyway, I liked how the start of the match featured Trips and Angle fighting due to the whole core of the angle being "Angle was messin' round with Steph." The whole table spot was great, and I really thought Angle was legit hurt. (Looked like he smashed his face pretty hard.)

When The Rock's theme hit and he came out, I realized that there will never be anything close to The Rock, so the E can stop trying with Cena. The Rock trash talking on his way to the ring = great stuff. Liked how it continued to be a brawl on the outside, and then Angle got carted off as Trips stared at Angle.

Mid match, not really much to say.. Just your average match. Rock then hit a superplex on Trips, which caused them to go to a cut scene in the back where Steph told Angle "Help Hunter for me" or something along those lines, which was a nice way to progress the Trips/Angle feud.

Angle came back out evantually and I swear to God, I thought he was gonna win after he hit Trips with the sledge hammer, but the Rock came back and ended up winning.

That wasn't all though. In the end, after the Rock walked to the back, Angle picked up a laid out Steph McMahon (Trips accidently punched her, forgot to mention that.) and carried her out. He then got half way up the ramp, looked at Trips and basically rubbed it in his face that he was walking out with his wife. One of the big pros in this match were J.R. and the King. They sold the whole love triangle very well, and the commentating alone helped progess the feud.

Overall, on the infamous star rating scale, I'd say the match was around ***. It could've been longer, and I was scratching my head at why the Rock was involved in the whole love triangle, but the match was fun and entertaining.

KenTheKiller

Funny.. I watched this on 24-7 too. Was good but not great. Agree with most of your thoughts.

Do Cena/Edge.

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I'll check that out after work.

Tommy Platinum

Rock/Angle/Trips was a good match, but I didn't really like the way the Champion was an afterthought, and the title was overshadowed by the Triple H/Stephanie/Angle love triangle. It was especially annoying when they cut to that backstage segment with Steph getting Kurt to help Triple H, while the match was going on. Lot of overbooking, but I liked it when Angle turned on Trips to try to win the gold for himself. I thought that was good and put over the importance of the title. Fun triple threat, but nothing great.

As for the Pedigree table spot, that DID legit hurt angle I assume. It was a bad botch and it's been featured on the "Don't try this at home" videos.

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Summerslam 2006 - WWE Championship - Edge (c) vs. John Cena

This match was ok at best. The beginning was really slow for me, although I liked how Edge used classic heal tactics throughout the whole thing. I saw Cena do a move that I can't remember him doing, and I honestly completely forgot what it was but I was like "CENA JUST DID THAT?!"

The nearfalls at the end of the match were good, although I think Cena needs to improve on how close he kicks out before the three. (He usually kicks out right after 2 but that's just me being Anti-Cena.)

The chemistry between Edge and Lita was great though. From the time she slid the title to Edge to the part where Lita slipped Edge the brass knucks.. These two just had a certain chemistry to them.

Overall, it was a fun match, but nothing special.

Star rating - **3/4