20 Best Matches In SummerSlam History

13. The Undertaker vs. Edge – 2008

Hey, you guys wanna see someone eat just a whole bunch of shit? Let me introduce you to this Hell in a Cell match which sees Edge loudly proclaim to not be afraid of Scary Sinclair, Frightner Extraordinaire, which is up there with his worst ever decisions including the spinner belt design and the sex thing.

Edge gets a few licks in but otherwise dies a thousand deaths in the most entertaining way possible, up to and including getting sent to Christian Hell after the match is over.

Silly bollocks, but wonderfully inventive violence, and speaking of…

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12. CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy – 2009

The blow-off to the sleeper feud of 2009, Punk vs. Hardy in a tale as old as time, someone who’s wrong but cool vs. someone right but being a dick about it.

WWE may not have always done right by CM Punk World Heavyweight Champion, but they dedicate the main event of SummerSlam to his and hardy’s excellent work and they EARN IT.

The Swanton through the announce table is an all-time great TLC spot, and other spots like the superplex onto the ladder are equally brutal.

Hardy’s has an amazing legacy of Summerslam ladder matches, his bout against RVD in 2001 also rules, plus one more…that we’ll get to in a little bit.

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11. Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect – 1991 

The Intercontinental Title has an illustrious partnership with Summerslam.

The first-ever SummerSlam saw the shocking dethroning of the Honky Tonk Man by Ultimate Warrior, Rollins vs. Ziggler in 2018 was great, Triple H vs. The Rock, Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon, and then there’s this, only the second-best match for the summertime strap.

Hitman and Perfect put on a damn clinic, hugely athletic, much quicker than you remember old wrestling being, in front of a rabid crowd, with the final beautiful sharpshooter sequence cement Hart as the best technician of his generation

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