WWE SummerSlam 2012 is this Sunday and all the matches have been set in place, aside from the World Heavyweight Championship match. Usually I would purchase the event, but I have decided to keep my money this time around simply because I can think of more reasons why I shouldn’t buy it. WWE hype SummerSlam as the “biggest event of the summer”, and it just doesn’t seem “big” at all. I love wrestling and I’m a big follower of WWE, but nothing in my mind is persuading me to purchase this Pay-Per-View.
Every single person who buys a WWE Pay-Per-View buys it for solely one reason and one reason only; to watch wrestling. I love watching wrestling, but when it comes to WWE, I watch wrestling because of the stories that evolve on Raw and Smackdown. It hypes me up to see the two wrestlers that were feuding with each other to finally get in the ring and settle their differences with one another.
The only match I’m looking forward to in terms of wrestling is Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler.
Kane is facing Daniel Bryan and I can’t remember if WWE even mentioned this last Monday on Raw. On a three hour show with a lot of filler matches, Kane didn’t even appear. The least WWE should have done was cut a backstage promo or vignette to at least grasp some interest for this match. Why should we care for this if WWE doesn’t? That’s just the way I see it.
As of now, there is no match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Alberto Del Rio will probably be granted back his match on Smackdown, but aside from that, his feud with Sheamus is bland, and to be quite honest with you, I have little to no interest in it. When Alberto Del Rio first came to WWE, he was pushed way too quickly, which hurts his whole character. Sheamus is interesting, but his opponent I think otherwise. I know we’ll have to tune into Smackdown to see how the story evolves, but as I said above, the whole world title scene is just bland.
CM Punk will defend his WWE Championship facing Big Show and John Cena in a triple-threat match. This feud seems to be out of focus and I’m not eager to watch this at all, let alone pay for it. The triple threat match would seem like a good main event match on Raw or Smackdown, but for the silver anniversary of SummerSlam, it just doesn’t seem like a big deal. The title doesn’t seem to be prestigious to me.
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar. The story is okay, but it’s missing something. It will take more than Brock Lesnar appearing for me to buy the Pay-Per-View. I love Brock and followed his MMA career, but I will not buy the event just because he’s a part of it. The match isn’t going to be that great, none of the matches on the card are in my opinion with the exception of Ziggler and Jericho.
That’s another thing. It will be SummerSlam’s 25th year. Should this not be more of a big deal? I would be a lot more interested in the event if WWE promoted it like they did with Raw 1000. WWE showed us why 1000 episodes was a big deal. They needed to do the same with SummerSlam and showcase why SummerSlam, in the eyes of WWE, is the biggest blockbuster of the Summer. Look at all the great moments that happened in the previous 24 SummerSlams. Moments like Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth’s wedding, Hulk Hogan returning to face Shawn Michaels, and British Bulldog beating Bret Hart for the ICtitle. WWE should be promoting that something epic will happen at SummerSlam, history will be made… something like that. Something to encourage me to buy the event.
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I will be looking forward to seeing Y2J/Dolph.
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Same here! Id love to see a follow up match but it looks like that won’t happen.
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It doesn’t look like a bad card at all, I would buy it, but I have no money to buy any PPV’s.
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WWE PPV’s are ridiculously expensive over there, here they are nearly a third the price less. The last PPV I bought was WM.
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I’m not buying it, but I do plan on seeing it. I’m gonna try to do what I did for WrestleMania. I’ll drive 30 minutes to the sports bar that shows WWE PPVs, pay a $7 cover charge, and pay another $13 for food/drinks. That’s a lot cheaper than paying the full price to watch it at home.
Not a bad card. Out of all the matches, I would say about at least six of them have the potential to be ***+ matches. Could be an enjoyable night overall.
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That is not a bad idea. That’s just around 13 euros for me, the PPV’s cost 21 euros; all of them. The card isn’t bad, I’m just not excited about it at all.
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I don’t blame you for not ordering this PPV. I don’t care how good the build or card might be, no PPV is worth this asking price. The pricing tag on these PPVS are ridiculous. No show should be more than 20 dollars, especially when movies that are just as long are 10 dollars to see. I’ve never ordered a PPV and never will. I will do what Tony is doing: pay a small cover charge and watch it at a bar.
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You never paid for a PPV? I don’t blame you, the price is down right ridiculous. I’ve never came across a bar over here that does that, probably because it’d be over at 4 AM.
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Legit. I used to have a black box and after that I started watching streams, going to bars to watch them, or going to people’s houses who ordered it.
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I never ordered a PPV either. I have attended four PPVs, but that’s different.
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I’m not buying the PPV. I’m going on holidays so I can’t afford it. Ziggler/Jericho for match of the night.
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At the moment I’m okay for cash but still gotta be careful and this PPV just isn’t worth the money IMO.
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Not a bad card at all. As usual I do t think they pushed it enough, but all in all I reckon it will be a good one. Trips and Lesnar will be a bit special I hope!
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I’m just not sold on it at all.
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You’ve hit the nail on the head in that it doesn’t feel such a big deal for what should be a big occasion with the 25th Anniversary of this event. It feels to me that they’re pushing everything behind Triple H/Brock Lesnar, and the rest is just thrown together in a case of “we don’t know what else to do, so have matches you’ve seen a lot of” (apart from Jericho/Ziggler of course). I’m quite bored of Del Rio/Sheamus, and don’t see the point of Big Show/Cena/Punk. Also can tell we’re gonna get a few fillers thrown in, most likely Jinder/Ryback and Sin Cara/Cody. Certainly doesn’t feel like the “biggest event of the summer” to me!
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That’s exactly how I feel!
However, I think the Premier League returning has done a lot to influence my decision not to buy it!
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I think they should have just did John Cena vs. CM Punk again instead of adding the Big Show. I don’t know why the WWE is trying to push someone who is 40. It’s like 8 years too late.
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I think WWE did right in waiting for another 1 on 1 match between Cena and Punk, the match at MITB was special and glad they’re waiting. Id rather WWE finish off the Punk-DB storyline at SS tbh. Didn’t happen though.
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It’s completely a one match card this year. It’s interesting that HHH’s match is the only one that’s had any kind of build that you would call intense or cool. The rest has been very by the numbers WWE booking and made a lot of the matches feel like afterthoughts or ones thrown together for a B Show. I mean Miz/Mysterio? Come on guys. Rey wasn’t even on the last two Raw shows!
The Punk/Cena dynamic is quite interesting in that I’m keen to see where Punk is going and get the feeling this might be the match where he turns the intensity up on his heel turn. I couldn’t give a flying fuck about Big Show and can’t fathom why Daniel Bryan isn’t in that match instead of the Drool Machine.
Jericho vs. Zig will be the work rate match of the night. Technically I expect it to be an absolute stunner.
The rest just feels like filler. For the price people have to pay I don’t think WWE have justified it. Unless you’re a massive Brock fan. With so many PPVs per year as well fans have to be much more selective in what they buy. Especially if you’re a fan of UFC too!
Personally I’ll be buying it because I am a huge Brock fan and after his match with Cena at Extreme Rules I’m dying to see him smash a few forearms on HHH’s beak and see how he reacts! I actually expect the match to be very dramatic and intense because HHH will not want his match to be one people are let down by.
But I can totally appreciate people not wanting to shell out so much money for what is effectively a one match show…maybe 2 at a push.
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WWE are trying too hard with Raw ratings I think the one match SS build is all they could too. The rest kind of are fillers, which is a big problem. The only PPV I ever bought because a particular wrestler was there was, The Rock. Brock doesn’t cut it for me.
Not enough value or entertainment to me to buy it sadly. But I know a really good streaming site that upload the PPV’s the next day, there’s no lagging or nothing and it’s free. But I’d rather watch it on TV, only if I’m getting value for money.
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I don’t think it’s a one match card because I think three matches are capable of reaching ****+. Just because the CM Punk/John Cena feud isn’t as good as last year doesn’t mean it’s not a really good feud. Remember…they had a five star match last year so don’t count that match out.
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Doesn’t sound like you’re giving many of the matches much of a chance.
Plus, you’re not going to see the new angle involving Steph and Paul E. having an affair!
Ummm, did I say that?
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Got an email from WWE today about SummerSlam. Their top four featured matches were Brock/Lesnar, WWE Championship Triple Threat, Rey/Miz, and Daniel Bryan/Kane. No Sheamus/Del Rio and no Y2J/Ziggler….interesting. I may be in the minority, but I think Rey/Miz and Bryan/Kane could be good matches. Daniel Bryan can have a good match with anyone. Rey’s match could be good too but what worries me is that his best matches are with good workers like Ziggler, Punk, and Jericho.
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Don’t get me wrong, they’ll be good matches. They’ve just been promoted as after thoughts. Huge difference between a good match and a good build. That’s why I’m saying it’s a one match card. It’s been promoted as Brock vs HHH and the rest just haven’t been pushed to that same level. No doubt it’ll be a good show from an in-ring point of view but when it comes to promotion, only one match has had any kind of real push and heat put on it. At least that’s how it looks to me.
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Guys, I’m off for the night. Whoever is watching the PPV; enjoy it. I’ll watch it tomorrow sometime.
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Saw the PPV. Good PPV, but I wouldn’t have paid full price for it. My favorite match was the WWE Championship match. The match that surprised me the most was Miz vs. Rey…really good match.
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Since the price is cheaper here, I wouldn’t of been disappointed if I paid for it. Then again, I’m not disappointed I didn’t buy it, I watched it on a good quality stream earlier so all good.
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