My Summerslam Review

Summerslam Critique:

Rated out of five stars

Finlay vs Kane
I knew with the styles of wrestling these two have, and the fact that Kane is in the worst shape of his wrestling career, that this match wouldn't be anything special. Although it was quite sloppy, I found it was more entertaining than I expected, but the end killed it. Finlay should have won this one, and in the end, we were treated to a really badly botched chokeslam. Not the best way to start of the show.
Rating: *3/4

Umaga vs Carlito vs Kennedy
I had high hopes for this one, but they were shattered. The length in this one wouldn't have been as big an issue, but the quality was just terrible. Umaga is a decent performer, but he has no chemistry with either of these guys, and it was really slow paced with them trying to team up on Umaga. Not a good combination, and two disappointments in a row for the show.
Ratings: *1/2

Divas Battle Royal
What can I say, a complete dud. no more needed here.
Rating: DUD

Chavo Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
This one was second best match of the night, which is sad, considering Rey Mysterio put on a ****ty performance. No ring rust excuses either, because Mysterio has put on dark matches for over a month on Smackdown. Chavo however, was absolutely fantastic, great psychology on Rey's knee, and a couple very nice submission moves on it. I was actually hoping he would win when he nailed the gory bomb, but it was not to be. Mysterio finally hit the 619, but killed the end when, instead of dropping the dime, did a bad belly flop. He didn't even jump, just stood on the top rope, and fell forward onto Chavo. Length didn't matter as much in this one to me, cause what we got was fairly good. Although Mysterio needs to drop the body paint.
Rating: ***

CM Punk vs john Morrison
Disappointment of the night. Despite all of their PPV matches havign ****ty endings, at least the matches were pretty good. Thiso ne was way too short, and to make matters worse, Morrison actually botched putting his feet on the ropes to get leverage in the pin. I'm not a particular big Punk fan, but he needed the title here. even if he would have lost it in a month, Punk needed this particular win.
Rating: *1/4

Triple H vs King Booker
Average match at best. Not too long, but it seemed a lot better considering four of the previous five matches we had. and the moment of HHH coming back made it better. I will say, HHH is looking fantastic, he is in amazing shape. The match was decent, I really wished Booker would have hit that Harlem Hangover, that would have been awesome. The end was good, with the pedigree counter, duck under Booker's kick ,and finally nailing the pedigree combination.
Rating: **1/2

Batista vs The Great Khali
Batista tried here. But at least Cena could pull out a watchable match with Khali. Batista's powerhouse style just can't do that. This was painful to watch. The only reason it gets one star is because of the beating Batista gave Khali post match.
Rating: *

John Cena vs Randy Orton
I wanted Orton to win, but the match itself was actually quite good, IMO. It was back and forth, and even though Cena kicked out of an RKO, at least Orton escaped the STFU, so they didn't give one man an advantage on who had a better finisher, its just that Cena got in an FU, Orton couldn't get another RKO. A fair share of restholds, but I can tolerate them with Orton now, especially because of his finisher, it is psychology. This was MOTN, and I wouldn't mind a rematch.
Rating: ***1/2