The Nation is joined by Lordsofpain.net writers David Fenichel & Chad Matthews to determine the greatest Summerslam Main Event ever…TOURNAMENT STYLE. We took the rankings from Dave’s list and voted on them. Warning. This is a long show! Do not be scared off by the run time. Listen to some, come back..you will not want to miss this discussion. Here are the brackets below. Which high ranked match fell early? What was the cinderella? How does Dave explain some of his rankings? It’s all answered here.
1 Cena vs. Bryan ’13 (4.5)
32 N/A
16 Punk vs Cena ’11 (3.5)
17 Austin vs Undertaker ’98 (3.5)
9 Yokozuna vs Luger ’93 (2.75)
24 Benoit vs Orton ’04 (4.25)
8 Rock vs HHH vs Angle ’00 (3.75)
25 Undertaker vs Bret ’97 (3.0)
5 Undertaker vs Edge ’08 (4.5)
28 Warrior vs Rude ’90 (2.5)
12 Cena vs Orton ’07 (4.0)
21 Hogan & Warrior vs The Triangle of Terror ’91 (1.25)
13 Cena vs Lesnar ’14 (4.25)
20 Diesel vs Mabel ’95 (0.5)
4 Hogan vs Michaels ’05 (3.5)
29 HHH vs Lesnar ’12 (3.5)
3 Rock vs Lesnar ’02 (3.25)
30 N/A
14 Hogan & Brutus vs Savage & Zeus ’89 (2.5)
19 The Mega Powers vs The Mega Bucks ’88 (2.75)
11 Lesnar vs Undertaker ’15 (4.0)
22 Orton vs Lesnar ’16 (3.0)
6 Bret vs Bulldog ’92 (4.25)
27 HHH vs Goldberg vs Michaels vs Jericho vs Orton vs Nash ’03 (3.25)
7 Michaels vs Vader ’96 (4.0)
26 Austin vs Mankind vs HHH ’99 (2.75)
10 Edge vs Cena ’06 (3.75)
23 Undertaker v Underfaker ’94 (-1.0)
15 Jeff Hardy vs Punk ’09 (4.25)
18 Booker vs Rock ’01 (3.0)
2 WWE vs Nexus ’10 (3.5)
31 N/A