Top 10 SummerSlams : Number 4 – SummerSlam 2011

Kofi Kingston, John Morrison and Rey Mysterio

We’re less than 24 hours away from the biggest party of the summer – SummerSlam. Before heading to the second biggest PPV of the year, we set out on a journey to find the top 10 SummerSlams of all time.

This year’s edition has all the tools to be amongst, if not top the previous SummerSlams, with the challengers for the WWE title and the World title being two of the biggest fan favourites.

Also, let us not forget the much anticipated CM Punk-Brock Lesnar match which will likely blow the roof off of Staples Center.

But before we get to that, we go back to 2011, a time during which the WWE was going through a transition – the CM Punk transition. The main event was between Punk and John Cena for the WWE championship, followed by Christian and Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight championship.

Without further ado, let us jump right into the mix.

Under card:

Kofi Kingston, John Morrison and Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz, R-Truth, and Alberto Del Rio (With Ricardo Rodriguez) in a Six man tag team match

It was a decent opener, as Miz and Kofi started things off. Morrison came in and played the “face in peril”, as Truth and Miz took turns and laid into JoMo. He would have been a great upper mid-carder, but sadly his personal preferences took over his professional prospects.

Anyway, Kofi got the hot tag, but ADR stopped him in his way. The hot tag sequence followed as Kofi tagged in Rey Mysterio, who took out the heels, and ended things with a 619 followed by a big splash on Truth for the pinfall victory. That was a good encounter, and had the crowd interested and invested in the bout.

Rating: ** ¼

Mark Henry defeated Sheamus via countout

I nearly dozed off while watching this bout. Mark Henry has improved immensely over the years, but this bout was anything but a classic, and was more of a slugfest.

Sheamus and Henry exchanged blows to start things off, but Henry proceeded to dominate the bout for the major part. Sheamus tried to make a comeback by overpowering Henry, but that didn’t happen.

The end came when Henry ran Sheamus through the barricade and made it back into the ring before the ten count to pick up the countout victory. It was okay, considering Sheamus was pretty bland, and Henry was too big for Sheamus to work with.

Rating: *

Kelly Kelly (With Eve Torres) defeated Beth Phoenix (With Natalya) to retain the WWE Divas championship

Do you miss Kelly Kelly “hulking up” by yelling during her matches? I don’t either.

Beth Phoenix was grossly underused while she was in the WWE. Anyway, Kelly played the underdog champion, countering Beth’s moves while Beth was on the offensive for the major part of the match.

The end came when Kelly countered a Glam Slam and rolled Beth up to pick up the victory. I miss Beth; she along with Natalya were the only reason to watch the Divas division.

Rating: * ½