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(More customer reviews)This has to be the most weakest group of Summerslams events ever put together. The only reason I gave this set a three star rating is because some of the matches from this set are worth seeing and needs to be seen if already haven't.
Now I'll be honest, I did not purchase or will not purchase this set because I have all of these events taped on VHS and on DVD already. So therefore, I do not know what has been edited or blurred out or what music has been altered.
2003 - SummerSlam hosted from Phoenix this year and is probably the best SummerSlam of this set. The Elimination Chamber returned after it's debut a year earlier as the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H (who was injured) defended the World Title against Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, & Kevin Nash in the demonic structure. This Elimination Chamber Match is also referred to as the worst ECM in history mainly because Triple H was limited at best in the match and simply because Goldberg wasn't getting over with the fans since his debut at Backlash earlier in the year. The match was however topped by Smackdown's WWE Championship Match in a Wrestlemania XIX rematch as WWE Champion Kurt Angle went against Brock Lesnar. Other highlights of the event are the Fatal Four Way Match for the United States Championship with Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri and the No Holds Barred Match between Kane and his former tag team partner RVD. Other matches include The Dudley Boyz vs. World Tag Team Champions La Resistance, Undertaker vs. A-Train with the return of Stephanie McMahon, and the match between Shane McMahon and Eric Bischoff with so many twists throughout the match and Stone Cold Steve Austin returning.
2004 - "Bizzar-O-World" was SummerSlam's home this year as it hosted from Toronto, Canada; during the same time as the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. This event was centered around Randy Orton becoming the youngest World's Champion in history after defeating the World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit in a classic wrestling match. Other bouts includes The Undertaker challenging WWE Champion J.B.L. for the WWE Championship, Edge being booed in his home town as he defends the Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho and Batista, Kurt Angle returning to the ring to face Eddie Guerrero in a Wrestlemania XX rematch (the second best match of the night), Triple H vs. Eugene, Match No. 1 for the United States Championship as John Cena battles Booker T, Rey Mysterio, Paul London, & Billy Kidman vs. Bubbah Ray, D-Von, & Spike Dudley, and also Diva Dodgeball involving the WWE Divas vs. the WWE Diva-Search contestants. And finally Matt Hardy vs. Kane where the winner would Marry Lita on Raw.
2005 - SummerSlam this year was main evented by the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan taking on the "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels in a special "Legend vs. Icon" dream match. Other matches from this night includes The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton in a Wrestlemania 21 rematch, WWE Champion John Cena vs. Chris Jericho (Jericho's last inring Summerslam performance until Summerslam '09), & Eddie Guerrero's last Summerslam appearence as he faced Rey Mysterio in a Ladder Match. But most of the matches here were just squash matches including Chris Benoit winning the United States Championship from Orlando Jordan in under 30 seconds that led to a series of matches of Benoit making Orlando tapping out in faster time, Matt Hardy returning to the WWE to seek revenge against Edge & Lita but only to lose after a 5 minute fight due to a lost of blood, Batista returning home to defend his World Heavyweight Championship against J.B.L in a No Holds Barred Match, and lastly Kurt Angle in his last SummerSlam appearence only to beat the mess out of Eugene.
2006 - The slogan to this year's SummerSlam was "The Biggest Party Of The Summer" but the bottom line is that this year's SummerSlam was just plain BAD! WWE Champion Edge took on John Cena in Cena's home town of Boston, MA where the stipulation was if Edge got DQed then he was lose the WWE Title to John Cena while we see Edge getting more cheers then Cena all throughout the match. The rest of the card just came off stale as the recently reunited D-Generation X (Triple H & Shawn Michaels) faced Mr. McMahon and his son Shane McMahon in a Tag Team Match but was overkilled thanks to a lot of interferences and the McMahons trying to mock legendary teams such as the Hart Foundation and the Road Warriors all throughout the match, World Heavyweight Champion King Booker vs. Batista in a "bad" match that ended in a Disqualification, Hulk Hogan returning to take on Randy Orton in a typical "Hulkamania" match, Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero feuding in the "Eddie Guerrero" storyline where we see the heel turn of Vickie Guerrero, the ECW Champion Big Show vs. Sabu in an Extreme Rules Match that just came off so sloppy and botchful, and lastly an "I Quit" Match between Ric Flair and Mick Foley that started off so good but the ending is what killed the whole match.
2007 - This year's SummerSlam is probably the weakest out of this bunch which only held one good match in WWE Champion John Cena vs. Randy Orton. This year's SummerSlam was also centered around two big returns in Triple H and Rey Mysterio. Triple H however returned only to squash King Booker in his match while Rey Mysterio went out to face Chavo Guerrero again but only to be remembered for his outfit rather then his return match itself. Batista taking on the World Heavyweight Champion Great Khali in probably the WORST match in SummerSlam history. The rest of the card is only average at best as the Intercontinental Champion Umaga went against Carlito and Mr. Kennedy in a Triple Threat Match, John Morrison defending his ECW Championship against C.M. Punk in probably their weakest match out of all their matches throughout the year of 2007, Kane vs. Finlay, a WWE Diva Battle Royal, and Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to challenge M.V.P. in a Beer Drinking Contest that ended in your typical Stone Cold beer bash.
This SummerSlam set is the weakest one out of the four SummerSlam volume sets. I recommend holding off this set for awhile and I recommend the other three SummerSlam volume sets before this one.
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