WWE SUMMERSLAM

Sunday, August 19th, 2012 from Los Angeles

DOLPH ZIGGLER vs. CHRIS JERICHO (13:05): TNA must be really good this year, right? Because this show was perhaps 2012's worst ppv of the year. First off, this opener was for nothing. But on RAW they fought with big stipulations; Jericho loses and he's fired, Ziggler loses and he forfeits his MITB contract. I understand you want to get ratings for a 3 hour RAW (they're 3 hours now for no good reason...perhaps they want to slowly die off like WCW) but Summerslam is supposed to be the 2nd biggest show of the year. And this match was the best on the show and not all that good. ** (out of ****)

KANE vs. DANIEL BRYAN (8:02): At least Bryan won. Why is Kane still wrestling? 1/2*

THE MIZ vs. REY MYSTERIO (9:09): Really? Really? Still pushing The Miz? *

SHEAMUS vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (11:22): Del Rio will never be in a good match. Just realize that already and get rid of him. 1/2*

R. TRUTH & KOFI KINGSTON vs. PRIME TIME PLAYERS (7:07): I just love the tag title division. There's, like, one team in it now. *

CM PUNK vs. BIG SHOW vs. JOHN CENA (12:34): Funny...but they did the same thing in this match that TNA did last week. Punk and Cena both put on submission holds on Show and two refs rang the bell but AJ came out to restart it. Punk has been the champ since last November. Wow. This match was dull. First off; Kane and The Big Show suck and have always sucked. I think Shane O'Mac was the only one ever to get a good match out of them. & he quit the company. *1/2

BROCK LESNAR vs. HHH (18:45): So...Cena had a great, messy, bizarre match against Lesnar in April. You'd think HHH would put on a better one, right? You would be wrong. This was 19 boring minutes. & it was obvious Lesnar wouldn't lose both of his WWE matches this year, right? So HHH taps out and loses. What a downbeat way to end a show. I'm falling asleep. 1/2*

TNA HARDCORE JUSTICE

Sunday, August 12th, 2012 from Orlando

CHAVO GUERRERO JR. & HERNANDEZ vs. KID KASH & GUNNER: Mediocre opener, although it's funny how Chavo is doing all these entertaining moves like a moonsault. Where was that Chavo in WWE? *1/2

ROB VAN DAM VS. POPE D'ANGELO DINERO vs. MR. ANDERSON vs. MAGNUS "FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE": The Pope got ambushed by Aces and Eights, the new, masked group of thugs...so The Pope wasn't in this match. The funny part was when Magnus couldn't find a chair and yelled, "Where's a fucking chair?" for everyone to hear. This probably should have been called a Chairs Match. **

DEVON vs. KAZARIAN: Not bad. These guys were doing some vicious moves. **1/2

 MISS TESSMACHER vs. MADISON RAYNE: Rayne is "in love" with ref Earl Hebner so he let her win the title. Eh. *

BULLY RAY vs. JAMES STORM vs. JEFF HARDY vs. ROBBIE E "TABLES MATCH": Aces and Eights showed up but didn't do anything. Bully put Hardy through a table to win. Robbie E went through a table by himself. **

ZEMA ION vs. KENNY KING: This show had a good card but didn't turn out that good. This match, obviously, wasn't going to be good no matter what. 1/2*


A.J. STYLES vs. KURT ANGLE vs. SAMOA JOE vs. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS "LADDER MATCH": I guess because these guys are veterans and not stupid...but nobody did any death defying leaps off the ladder. It was good but nothing special. **1/2

AUSTIN ARIES vs. BOBBY ROODE: The worst thing about TNA this year was the fact that Roode has been in every ppv main event. He lost this match and thus has no re-match. Good. They did a neat bit where both guys pinned each other and the match had to re-start...but Roode is a bore and this was dull. *