WWE SummerSlam 1995 (1995)

Live from Pitsburgh, PAYour hosts are Vince McMahon & Jerry LawlerThe 123 Kid Vs HakushiHakushi pins The Kid by dropping him on his head. This was a glorified spot fest, but a pretty good one at that. They crammed in a lot of fun spots, since both are high flyers. The only thing that confused me was Hakushi getting the win. He was rather directionless at this point.**3/4Hunter Hearst Helmsley Vs Bob Holly"Hunter wins with the Pedigree. It had a nice pace to it, but it was really nothing special. Holly was only here to put Triple H over and he did a good job of that. Holly got in a good amount of offense to make this a competitive match. ** Jacob & Eli Blu (W/Uncle Zebekiah) Vs The Smoking GunnsThe Gunns get the win. This was pretty mediocre, as I expected. The match lacked genuine excitement and neither team had any real chemistry with each other. The Blu Brothers would later become the D.O.A. *1/2Skip (W/Sunny) Vs Barry HorrowitzThe story here is Barry was a jobber for his entire career without ever winning a match. Barry shocked the world by pinning Skip on the Action Zone to get the first win of his career. Horrowitz gets another upset win when he pins Skip with an inside cradle, thanks to interference from Hakushi. It went on a bit longer than it should have, but it was mostly a decent match. They told a good story of Skip playing the overly cocky heel and Barry taking advantage of Skip's arrogance. **1/2Women's ChampionshipAlundra Blayze (C) Vs Bertha Faye (W/Harvey Wippleman)Faye drills Blayze with a sit-down powerbomb to win the women's title. Blayze could carry the great wall of china on her back, but not even she could carry Faye to a good match. Faye's laziness really bothered me and I hated the title change. *1/2Casket MatchThe Undertaker (W/Paul Bearer) Vs Kama (W/Ted Dibiase)The Undertaker wins. This was an excruciatingly boring match. Kama's offense is mostly kicks and punches. As much as I love Taker, his run from 91/96 consisted of him playing the zombie, making him wrestle a lot of crappy matches. It didn't help that he had many horrible wrestlers he feuded with either.DUDIssac Yankem (W/Jerry Lawler) Vs Bret HartBret Hart wins by DQ after interference from Jerry Lawler. This match was barely above average. Bret is a godsend when it comes to wrestling and he could really make anything look good. Vince chose the perfect guy to try to get Yankem's awful gimmick over. Better things would be ahead for the future Kane.**1/4Intercontinental Championship (Ladder Match)Shawn Michaels (C) Vs Razor RamonShawn Michaels retains the Intercontinental Title. The crowd was split 50/50 for this match and both played faces. They were trying really hard to equal/or top the original, but they just couldn't do it. That being said, it's still a fantastic ladder match and a very worthy sequel. I also enjoyed the psychology, especially Razor working over Shawn's knee and acting like a heel. It's definitely a must-see and it certainly stole the show. ****1/4Dean Douglas criticizes Razor in his classroom so Razor comes in and drills him for it, setting up a feud between the two. WWF Championship Diesel (C) Vs King Mabel (W/Sir Mo)Diesel wins by nailing Mabel with a flying forearm from the second turnbuckle. How the f**** does this main event over the ladder match? I swear to god I wanna slap the hell out of Vince at times. One of the worst main-events in history. This was a train wreck of a match that had no business main-eventing this PPV. I'm surprised the crowd was as lively as they were. This match is only notable for being Luger's last appearance for the WWF. He'd bolt for WCW and shock the world by appearing on Nitro a few days later. 1/2* (half a star)Final Thoughts: The Diesel push is similar to how Roman Reigns is being pushed these days. Vince wanted it so badly, but the fans were completely indifferent towards Diesel. Vince's mindset was terrible in 95. Mabel was being pushed as a top heel and won King of The Ring. When you put on an abhorrent main-event just after an exhilarating ladder match, something is seriously wrong. The scary thing is that the main event isn't even the worst match on the card! That dubious honor goes to Kama Vs The Undertaker. See it for the ladder match, everything else isn't worth seeking out.4.5/10

1. 1-2-3 Kid Vs. Hakushi - One high-risk match. Hakushi clearly won. 8/10 2. Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Bob Holly - Yeah, first HHH's PPV appearance. First PPV Pedigree :) 7/10 3. Jacob & Eli Blu Vs. Smoking Guns 7/10 4. Skip Vs. Barry Horrowitz 6.5/10 5. WWF Women's Title Match:Bertha Faye Vs. Champ-Alundra Blayze - Great booking to let overweight Bertha won.5/10 6. Casket Match: Kama Vs. The Undertaker - That was far Better match than at In Your House 2. 6.5/10 7. Isaac Yankem D.D.S. Vs. Bret Hart - DQ match. I never like this feud. 5.5/108. Intercontinental Title Match: Razor Ramon Vs. Champ-Shawn Michaels - Incredible match with sad ending, where Shawn couldn't get the hard-tight belt. 10/10 9. WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: King Mabel Vs. Champ-Diesel - Diesel with his deadly 3-combination of Punches/Elbows/Kneehits made this match along with Mabel worst of entire event. 4/10

Match 1: Hakushi vs 1-2-3 KidGood match, which was highlighted by an amazing dive of hakushi. (which is called a "Space Flying Tiger Drop" if i'm not mistaken) 7/10Match 2: Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs Bob HollyThe 2 Royal Rumble 2004 main eventers square off! Well, not that it was something special back in 1995. Boring match with an HHH that looks quite different from today's HHH. 5/10Match 3: Smoking Gunns vs Blu BrothersThese 2 teams could not interest me for 1 minute. 3/10Match 4: Barry Horowitz vs SkipPretty good wrestling, with some decent heat of the fans in the arena. 6/10Match 5: Alundra Blayze vs Bertha Faye (Women's Title)FAST FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!! 1/10Match 6: Undertaker vs Kama (Casket Match)Some slow offence by both and a couple of nice casket spots. Runs a bit too long, but still is decent. 6/10Match 7: Bret Hart vs Isaac Yankem DDSIsaac today is more known as Kane. This match did nothing for me, even though Bret Hart is in it. (My fav wrestler of all-time) It's slow and sloppy. 4/10match 8: Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (IC Title/Ladder Match)Off Course the rematch of their WM 10 classic, and again they don't dissapoint. Some sick spots during the match, and a good pace makes it one hell of a ladder match. Not as good as the WM match though, but still rockin. 9.5/10match 9: Diesel vs Mabel (WWF Title)Worst title match ever on PPV, nuff said! 2/10Overall: Good ladder match, some decent wrestling (although never really interesting), and the rest is crap. Ladder match saves it for the most part, but not in a big way so it's 5.5/10

This was the best SummerSlam ever in my opinion. It had something for everyone.The main event was the only match that was below average (Diesel faced King Mabel in a WWF Title match). The rest of the matches were fantastic.The Undertaker put on a good show against Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine. It was one of the more memorable Undertaker matches. The 1-2-3 Kid faced the high flying Japanese superstar Hakushi in a match where the competitors moved faster than light. Bob Holly and Hunter Hearst Helmsley also put on a good match as did Skip and Barry Horowitz.The highlight of SummerSlam '95 was the ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon. Ramon and Michaels had already fought in a ladder match before at WrestleMania X (and several ladder matches prior to WrestleMania X)and it was a dazzling match. This match however was just amazing. These guys really put their bodies on the line to entertain us. When I watched this in 1995 I though to myself how far the WWF superstars go to entertain us.Worth buying for the ladder match alone!