Squared Circle Gazette Radio #51 - Ranking the Best Summerslam Matches Ever

[JaymeFuture]

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Squared Circle Gazette Radio returns on Summerslam weekend to rank the greatest matches in the history of the show! Join the panel as we countdown the Top 20 matches in Summerslam history, as determined by a cumulative vote:

 

1. Shawn Michaels Vs. Triple H (2002)
2. Bret Hart Vs. Mr. Perfect (1991)
3. Bret Hart Vs. Davey Boy Smith (1992)
4. Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart (1994)
5. Edge & Christian Vs. Hardy Boyz Vs. Dudley Boyz (2000)
6. The Rock Vs. Triple H (1998)
7. Shawn Michaels Vs. Razor Ramon (1995)
8. Kurt Angle Vs. Rey Mysterio (2002)
9. Steve Austin Vs. Kurt Angle (2001)
10. Brock Lesnar Vs. CM Punk (2013)
11a. Bret Hart Vs. Doink/Jerry Lawler (1993)
11b. Brock Lesnar Vs. John Cena (2014)
13. Hart Foundation Vs. Brain Busters (1989)
14. The Rock Vs. Brock Lesnar (2002)
15. Hart Foundation Vs. Demolition (1990)
16a. Daniel Bryan Vs. John Cena (2013)
16b. The Ultimate Warrior Vs. Rick Rude (1989)
18. Steiner Brothers Vs. Heavenly Bodies (1993)
19. Shane McMahon Vs. Test (1999)
20. Christian Vs. Randy Orton (2011)

 

On the show, we debate which matches should be higher or lower, as well as get to your thoughts on the list and any matches you felt belong amongst the all time greats that didn't make the cut. A huge show this week, check it out and let us know what you think!

 

 

[AndyLFC]

I will never quite get the gushing praise for Michaels/Triple H. Instead of a hate filled brawl I thought this came off as more of a bloated garbage style main-event that Trips was so fond of back in the day. The contest meandered quite a bit around the middle with Trips working over Michaels and then when Michaels decided to forget about the back injury and jump around the ring like nothing was wrong they totally lost me. I'd go with this being one of the more overrated matches of the last 20 years.

[JaymeFuture]

It's an easy match to be polarising on, and I specifically mentioned that nip up spot as something I knew people would hold against It, but to me it's the perfect example of a match being done for the day it took place. 4 years of believing the back was so bad Shawn was a bump away from a wheelchair, them playing to it so much and getting great heat, the story of Shawn just barely hanging on and getting the lucky kick that busts HHH open and brings him down a bit to allow Shawn to grow into the match, and then with the nip up, it's the old Shawn Michaels, the guy who had the kayfabe character as "the most resilient guy in the WWF", proving he still was after all this time, and did his thing like he used to. It was the perfect story to tell that crowd, the response live is testament to it all the way through, and the great final up and down at the finish was excellent.

 

If it lost you, then that's the way it goes. Overrated is in the eye of the beholder, and certainly the feedback we got to on the show perfectly illustrated that nobody's list is the same...but the debate is fun.