Sunday 25 April 2010

WWF SummerSlam 1999



Date: 22nd August, 1999
Venue: Target Center
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 17,730
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Intercontinental Championship / European Championship
- D'Lo Brown (c) vs Jeff Jarrett
Winner and NEW Intercontinental and European Champion, Jeff Jarrett (7:28)
Via Pinfall (Guitar shot by Mark Henry)
**1/4


Tag Team Turmoil match
- The Acolytes vs The Hollys vs Edge & Christian vs Droz & Prince Albert vs Mideon & Viscera vs The New Brood

Winners: The Acolytes (16:13)
Acolytes last eliminated The Hollys, Faarooq pinned Crash (Spinebuster)
**1/2


Hardcore Championship
- Big Boss Man (c) vs Al Snow
Winner and NEW Hardcore Champion, Al Snow (7:25)
Via Pinfall (Night Stick shot by Road Dogg)
**3/4


Women's Championship
- Ivory (c) vs Tori
Winner and STILL Women's Champion, Ivory (4:10)
Via Pinfall (Sunset Flip Reversal)
1/4*


Lion's Den Weapons match
- Ken Shamrock vs Steve Blackman

Winner: Ken Shamrock (8:56)
Via KO (Kendo Stick shots)
***1/4


"Love Her or Leave Her" Greenwich Street Fight
- Shane McMahon vs Test

Winner: Test (12:13)
Via Pinfall (Diving Elbow Drop)
***1/2


World Tag Team Championship
- X-Pac & Kane (c) vs The Big Show & The Undertaker
Winners and NEW Tag Team Champions, Big Show & Undertaker (11:59)
Undertaker pinned X-Pac (Tombstone Piledriver)
**1/2


Kiss My Ass match
- Billy Gunn vs The Rock

Winner: The Rock (10:11)
Via Pinfall (People's Elbow)
**1/4


WWF Championship - Triple Threat match
- Steve Austin (c) vs Mankind vs Triple H

Winner and NEW WWF Champion, Mankind (16:32)
Mankind pinned Austin (Double Arm DDT)
***1/2




Overall Thoughts:
A very enjoyable show where pretty much everything came together. The only standout filler match was for the women's championship and that was short enough that it really didn't matter. One of the better shows of 1999.


7.5 / 10.0


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