Top 5 Summerslam Matches

Intro

Agh, yes the biggest party of the summer. Summerslam. This, is my favourite WWE PLE next to Wrestlemania, because, when I was a young fan. I would go round to my friends house, who had Sky TV, here in the UK, and watch this show, and it would act as the highlight to my Summer, next to the Reading Festival, and it never let me down, so here are some of my favourite matches.

5 Cm Punk vs Jeff Hardy TLC Match WWE World Heavyweight Championship 2009

This. Was, a match steaped in controversial reality. Jeff's struggles were put out there for the world to see, thanks to the leader of the Straight Edge Society. Cm Punk. Don't get me wrong. I don't like putting performers under microscopes like this, because the results can vary in a negative light, however, this match, was awesome, as an the underground wrestling darling, meshed well with an enigma, and the result, was an absolute classic.

4 Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns WWE Universal Championship 2022

Ok. Given everything that has gone on this year. I can understand why placing Brock on this list, would be looked at as controversial, but. I do think Brock, has had some great moments at this event, and I have to say, this is my favourite, because it's bat s*** crazy, to the point that, you could rewrite the theme to Clifford The Big Red Dog, around this match, but instead of the word, dog, replace it with the word tractor, and you catch my drift. I love this match, simply for the moment when, Paul Heyman, and. Roman Reigns went flying. Brock loves his Big Red Tractor, so he moved to Nashville City. PATRICK STOP SINGING THAT THEME. AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH.

3 HHH vs The Rock Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match 1998

By the time 1998 had rolled around, the concept of the Ladder Match had fallen stale, since its inception at Wrestlemania 10, but what these two individuals managed to do on this night, was redefine what it means to steal the show, this became the blueprint going forward, for how to craft the art of a Ladder Match, and make it a masterpiece. I loved it at the age of 11, and my opinion hasn't changed, 26 years later.

2 TLC The Hardy Boyz vs Edge and Christian vs The Dudley Boyz 2000

This, came just two years after The Rock and HHH, stole the show, at the same event. the then WWF, over the past year leading into this match had regained its focus, when it came to Tag Team Wrestling, their triple threat Ladder Match, at Wrestlemania 16, was a match of the year contender, but this shattered those illusions, and is an underrated classic, that doesn't get spoken much these days.

1 Bret The Hitman Hart vs The British Bulldog Intercontinental Champion 1992

Ok. I don't know were to begin with this match, other than it's a technical masterpiece, and even though I think these two did have better matches, afterwards in their careers, this remains, until this day a stonewall reminder, of how perserverance, can create magic, also i'm British, so i'm a tab biased.