WWE SummerSlam 2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005
| 21 August 2005 (USA)
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SummerSlam (2005) was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling PPV event. It was presented by THQ's WWE Day of Reckoning 2 and took place on August 21, 2005 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main match on the Raw brand was Hulk Hogan versus Shawn Michaels. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was a No Holds Barred match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Batista and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). Another primary match on the Raw brand was for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Chris Jericho. The main match on the undercard featured a Ladder match for the custody of Dominick between Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero.

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bellinamarie summerslam 20061) mysterio vs chavo:this match was okay 6/102)ecw championship match: was a very good match with some hardcore action 7/103)shitty legend vs legend killer randy orton vs hulk hogan: this match is a total waste of time hogan never could wrestle so i knew this match would suck. 1/104)i quit match Mick Foley vs Ric flair: this is a very good brutal match with a bad ending. 8/105)world heavyweight title match king booker vs Batista: this match is just horrible. 1/106)dx vs the McMahon's: this is a good tag match with one stupid idiot in the which is Vince.7)wwe championship edge vs john cena: cena suck just as bad as hulk thats why edge has to carry his useless in this match cause cena cant wrestle to save his life. 4/10
therock04 SPOILERSJust another average pay per view. when the wold champs are not in the main event you know that the things go wrong.next up the recap of the matches:Chris Benoit vs Orlando Jordan(c) -US Title match Benoit wins in 30 seconds with the Crippler Cross Face, yep the second WWE most important ppv have a 30 seconds squash match, anyway a Huge pop for Benoit rating 2/5, crowd reaction:5/5 Edge vs Matt Hardy -Single Match Disappointing match. This match had a lot of expectation due the return of Matt Hardy, the match begun and they just throw punchs and later edge wins via TKO. I Felt very disappointed rating 1/5Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Misterio -Ladder Match Very good match, finally a very good match. This is undoubtedly the match of the night but the storyline is so pathetic and the ending is so bad. Rey wins with the help of Eddie's wife. rating 4.5/5Kurt Angle vs Eugene -Single Match Wow two squash in one night, Angle wins with the Angle Lock and a very impressive pop for Angle rating 2/5, crowd reaction 5/5. Randy Orton vs Undertaker -Single Match Another good match between Orton and Mr.Callaway ,Orton wins with a RKO after some distraction. After the match, the guy who distracted Taker revealed himself as Bob Orton Jr. Does anyone Care???? rating 3.5/5John Cena(c) vs Chris Jericho -wwe Championship Like every Cena's match the opponent take the offensive side the 80% of the time and Cena wins with the FU, anyway the crowd was very involved in the match rating 3.5/5JBL vs Batista(c) -WHC Championship Another very short match, like the Edge-Matt Match they brawl the 100% of the time, but the ending is impressive ,Batista Connects the mighty Batista Bomb and connects another one in the ring steps, sweet!! 3.5/5Hogan vs HBK -Single match Unsurprisely HBK carries the 90% of the match in the end HBK connects the Diving Elbow and the sweet Chin Music and go for the pin butt he Hulkster kicks out and begin to hulk up and like always he is unbeatable and wins with the "devastating" leg drop, after the match another huge pop rating 4/5 crowd reaction 6/5
Stuart Wilson Icon vs Legend. Shawn Michaels vs Hulk Hogan. One of the matches that I, along with so many other long time wrestling fans, thought we would never see. And considering it was a Hogan match, it didn't disappoint. Michaels proved tonight why he will go down as one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time as he carried Hulk Hogan to his best match in many, many years. Sure, then ending was rubbish (HKB should have kicked Hogan's dentures clean out his mouth) but the sheer history making feel about the contest made up for it.The rest of the card was good as well. The ladder match between Mysterio and Guerrero was excellent. I hope this ends their feud now as it will have gone out on a high note. Jericho battling Cena for the WWE Championship was enjoyable also. Looks now that this will be Jericho's final WWE pay-per-view for a while so it was good he ended on a Championship match. Orton and The Undertaker had an good match but it couldn't hold a candle to their barn burner at WrestleMania 21. JBL and Batista also had a fairly good No Holds Barred match. This is another feud I hope ended at SummerSlam 2005. These two have zero chemistry together and it shows in the ring.The only flaws where the United States Championship match which made Orlando Jordan out to be the useless jobber that we WWE fans feel he is anyway and why the hell did one of the hottest matches of the night get stopped in about five minutes. Very, very bad booking in my eyes. Matt Hardy and Edge should have been allowed to tear each other apart all over Washington.SummerSlam has always been one of the hottest (no pun intended) events of the year and 2005 was no different. It was hyped as a mayor event and it felt like a major event. Just a pity WWE couldn't put on a show like this every month for it's fans.
Astorrefb2 Folks i got to say the WWE finally gave us a show that was just wonderful. SInce Ecw One NIght Stand. SUmmerslam the Show was good Like the First match I say 30 Seconds Long Benoit wins the US Belt Finally someone good has it. And Even though it was 30 seconds it was still fun to watch because Benoit won. Next Edge and Hardy now with all the hype this match had it was a slight Disappointment how Edge won and so quickly . But the Spear through the ring ropes on to Hardy and straight to the floor was a keeper spot to say the least. Now the Match of the Night EDDIE VS> Rey Ladder. OOO MY lord this match was off the hook. And best the Feud should be over now as Rey won. Then a Match that was great because EUGENE got him Self BOOOED OUT OF THE Stadium. Angle vs. Eugene. I say it was a good match but the best part was the fact ANgle was loved in the DC and Eugene was Booed right out there. Orton vs. Taker NOw this proves one thing Taker is better with the quicker agile Atheletes more then the big slow guys. These two made each other look good on the match. Orton sadly won . but still have to say great generic match. Y2J and Cena's WWE title Match. I will say it finally Cena can perform a good match. If IF he has someone like Y2J or HBK or Angle with him. He needs someone really superior to his wrestling skill to work with to make it a good match. But this was a great wwe title match sadly Y2J lost.. Batista vs. JBL. To short But had a great powerbomb and I got some money from JBL. Last HBK vs. HOgan the Icon vs. Legend. Well No Bret hart thank god. But this match had all you needed. SHarpshooter Sweet Chin Music. Hulk up and Leg Drop and finally the Hand Shake. THis match was probably a great for Hogan as Hogan matches go.So all in all this Show Live was GREAT