The Biggest Blockbuster of the Summer (WWE - Summerslam 2008 (DVD))

Member Name: johnpaullucky7

Product:	WWE - Summerslam 2008 (DVD)
Date:	01/12/08 (65 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Hell in a Cell - Edge vs Undertaker, some good quality matches

Disadvantages: WWE edited the hell in a cell match at the end, the DVD extras terrible, some matches not so good

August 17, 2008 Summerslam took place at Indianapolis, Indiana and this event was good better then last years. The thing is though they advertise Rey Mysterio at the start of the show but yet he was not on the show at all. (This review may contain spoilers)

So anyway lets get into the event

Montel Vontavious Porter VS Jeff Hardy

This was a good match by both men and the ending just shocked me the match really did show how good MVP is but the ending I never wished happen with Shelton helping MVP to pick up the win. This match was better quality then the match that MVP and Jeff had at Judgment Day 2008. 7/10

Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix VS Kofi Kingston and Mickie James - Intercontinental Championship and Womens Championship on the line.

I can hardly call this a good match Santino hardly does nothing he acts like a girl he was pathetic because Beth did most of the work during the match. Now the match with Beth doing The Glam Slam I think it is to Mickie James. Now I wanted Mickie and Kofi to win but Beth is a good wrestler and she did some pretty good moves in the match so I was sort of happy for Beth to win. Now Santino is a joke and should not of got the Intercontinental championship Beth should have got the title while Santino should have got the womens championship. 5/10

Shawn Michaels & Chris Jericho segment - The segment starts of boring then when Jericho comes out it's more enjoyable then when he hits Shawn's wife it's quite funny when you hear some women in the crowd say something. This scene was great though Jericho lightened it up the rivalry was just awesome between these 2 and I have not seen a bad match from them and they even cut a great segment.

Mark Henry (with Tony Atlas) VS Matt Hardy - ECW Championship

This match was bad only lasting 32 seconds all because Tony Atlas gets Mark Henry disqualified in order for Mark Henry to keep the ECW Championship. This was just awful and really why advertise this and why let it happen at a PPV its just pathetic. Though at the end the Jeff helps Matt so that was good. The match gets 1/10 while the part with the Hardys gets 4/10 I would of liked to have seen more of the Hardys. (The DVD features a rematch but it''s awful Mark Henry in my opinion he is quite boring he was better with the Nation of Domination back in the 90's.)

CM Punk VS John "Bradshaw" Layfield - World Heavyweight Championship

The match was quite slow as for JBL he should go back to commentary or bring back APA Ron Simmons and JBL as a team. To be honest I thought Batista vs CM Punk from the Great American Bash 2008 was a way better match. 2/10

Triple H VS The Great Khali - WWE Championship

I knew this match was going to be horrible and it was Triple H who was getting beat up most of the way threw the match all of a sudden Triple H does a pedigree and Khali was going it looked pathetic and even the people were shouting to Khali you can't wrestle. Good that Triple H kept the title cause Khali is not so great in the ring but it's not his fault. 3/10

John Cena VS Batista

This match was made more of a fuss of then The Hell in A Cell who cares if it was the first match these 2 were VS each other. This match was quite good John Cena looked a bit pathetic with the STFU on Batista looked fake as hell. Though the highlight of that match was Cena jumping of the top rope and getting the Batista bomb. I don't generally like these 2 wrestlers but this match was quite good it is exciting and enjoyable 7/10

The Undertaker VS Edge - Hell in a Cell

Now this was the match I was waiting to see Undertaker and Edge and to the feud was the best leading up to this match was brilliant. The whole match was enjoyable and really best match of the year so far. The cage smashed at the side Edge done a spear to Undertaker through the Spanish announcers table. Edge gets chokeslammed through a table. I am going to skip to the end everything Edge done to Undertaker he did to Edge hitting him with a camera Edge getting a spear (watching Undertaker doing a spear is funny it just was for some reason) Edge been hit a One man conchairto. The end was just good Edge getting chokeslammed off the ladders and through the ring where fire came out at the end. Both men gave a great match it was enjoyable and it was well worth staying up till 4am to watch it live when I did. Edge he has proved how great he really is and this is a milestone for him and without of a doubt it's a classic for undertaker. 9.5/10 it is the best Hell in Cell match I have seen in a long time and believe me I have seen all the Hell in a Cell matches which I found this one fantastic.

Now watching the DVD WWE have made editing to the crowd by trying to cut out the swearing. Another Edit takes place in the hell in a cell match the part where Edge gets thrown of the ladder it goes into a Undertaker monage thing with little girls laughing a bit hard to explain but it wrecks the whole thing but it's not that bad but it is different from when it was live on TV.

The DVD extras are bad you get a boring ECW match the rematch with Mark Henry and Matt Hardy its a waste of time but at least we see a rematch which I believe we deserve because of the no effort match on SummerSlam. A 45 second segment of WWE Summerfest why didn't they just show the whole thing. Then an awful segment with Shawn Michaels which is just lifeless couldn't they just interview Chris Jericho he was a legend for what he did I respect Shawn Michaels though. I don't understand why WWE didn't add something worth watching like where Edge's fantastic segments leading up to SummerSlam those needed to be added but anyway they should be on Edge's WWE DVD hopefully.

Now the cover I don't see why Maria was added to the front cover all she did was an interview she didn't wrestle it would of been better adding Edge and Undertaker as they were clearly the best of the night or even put Beth and Mickie James on the cover.

As for Summerslam it's a great event without of a doubt way better then last years and it is a must have on DVD and for me it was one of the strongest events of 2008 and believe it or not it's a good year for WWE it's been better then PPV's in 2007.

(This review may been seen on the silvervision website as I submitted it a while ago there under my other user name rkolegends)

Summary: If you are going to buy this then buy it mostly for the Hell in a Cell match