Retro Ups & Downs: WWE SummerSlam 2005

Our retro review of WWE SummerSlam 2005 including Shawn Michaels over selling for Hulk Hogan, Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero in a custody of Dominik Ladder Match,
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[@reeper1399]

Royal Rumble 2007. Taker's Rumble win

[@kevintyson9059]

Yes please do this one

[@tinotica]

Ahh 2007. One of only a few times were the Royal Rumble was better than a great Wrestlemania that followed after

[@krystynfunk4201]

Starrcade 1997. Hogan vs sting, with all the shenanigans at the end.

[@kedryckjames2021]

Ah yes. The beginning of the end for WCW

[@krystynfunk4201]

@@kedryckjames2021 pretty much. Fitting for an Ups and down I believe.

[@nicholasiannaccone6423]

@@kedryckjames2021 they could’ve turned it around here Starrcade 99 when they recreated the Montreal screw job for the 3rd time in WCW but still got no major reaction lmao

[@paulweston8408]

Also, why was Sting speaking in Spanish at the end of the night? What did he say?

[@timnovak698]

Wasn’t this the match where Vickie missed her cue and Eddie screams

[@mongomongo7664]

Yes

[@jamesmorant1406]

Shawn Michaels vs Hulk Hogan was 2 Master Politicians going at it 😂

[@youngche8226]

I actually loved this match

[@bdot187um]

Actually it was the master against the student, we all saw who came out on top.

[@kevinhousen2791]

@@bdot187um because "that's not going to work for me brother"

[@bdot187um]

@@kevinhousen2791 He had the final say...BROTHER

[@roryjones6040]

Survivor Series 96. Sid beating Shawn with the MSG crowd shitting all over Michaels, Bret Hart v Stone Cold 1 and Undertaker v Mankind and of course the debut of some fella called Dwayne Johnson 👍

[@Daleboy2011]

Let’s get ecw guilty as charged 1999 for next week Simon 👌🏼

[@EMTheatrical]

TNA Hardcore Justice: March 16, 2015 Angle vs Young stretcher match Drew pole match Hardys Street Fight

[@SeparatedMiles]

Surprised you diodn't mention Vikki missing her cue and Eddie yelling in the ring a bout it

[@Cullled]

Yeah

[@ryananderson5202]

Its the new soy boy. Everybody is great except Chris Benoit.

[@myhandlewastaken]

@@ryananderson5202 I'm with you 100% Go murderer go!

[@MelodicQuest]

"WHERE THE HELL IS VIKKI!?"

[@nick4leader]

@@MelodicQuest it wasn't hell

[@theexplainer2235]

Please do Starcade 1983 next week for retro ups and downs since I want to see how Simon feels about old school wrestling since he likes a lot of modern wrestling

[@kareemkhederoo4092]

Clash of the Champions 1988. Mike Rotunda vs. Jimmy Garvin College Rules Match Midnight Express (C) vs. The Fantastics US Tag Team Championship Match Road Warriors vs. Powers of Pain Barbed Wire Match Lex Luger and Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (C) NWA World Tag Team Championship Ric Flair (C) vs. Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

[@martynpitt6107]

No way out 2000, foleys first retirement match

[@ohbillproductions1096]

one of my favorite ppvs

[@RedHoodFH]

The clothesline from hell is the perfect example that delivery is more important than flashiness

[@DJDoubleCee]

It surprises me how Edge and Matt Hardy were able to have a match without actually trying to kill each other. I know this was shortly after the Lita cheating on Matt with Edge scandal.

[@zackknowles3841]

Matt’s the ultimate professional, cause you’re right there’s no way I wouldn’t shoot on the dude across from me in that situation

[@dawson6196]

@@zackknowles3841 He's also the ultimate jobber.

[@nicholasokeefe3632]

@@dawson6196 because he was professional about it. Which to me seems like a personality trait that doesnt sit well with McMahon

[@ifandafydd7432]

We all know that, Simon literally said it at the start of the video...............

[@Joker_JAK]

Matt Hardy has said that, on the one hand, it was a difficult situation, but he also got to get out some of his aggression/anger towards Edge.

[@dmooney99]

ECW’s Barely Legal (‘97). It was their first PPV.

[@theexplainer2235]

Starcade 1983:Ric Flair vs Harley Race, Ricky steamboat and Jay Youngblood vs Briscoe brother's, and Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper (in famous dog collar match

[@irishbear660]

Can we FINALLY do a retro ups and downs from the early 90's? Wrestlemania 8. Flair vs Savage, Hart vs Piper, and Shawn Michaels break out match. Let's stop doing all these ruthless aggression era , attitude era and modern events.

[@The_Baron_of_Bootlegging]

An old school Mania sounds like a plan indeed.

[@nicholasokeefe3632]

If anything he should probably do 92 Royal Rumble, 93 KotR, or Wrestlemania 7 just because it had a few good storylines with phenomenal workers.

[@lenninreyes9552]

How about SummerSlam 1991 or 1992 or even WrestleMania X.

[@nicholasokeefe3632]

@@lenninreyes9552 is WMX the toga one?

[@lenninreyes9552]

@@nicholasokeefe3632 No, the toga one is WM 9. 10 is the one with Bret vs. Owen.

[@TheReignofHorror]

My suggestion will be No Mercy 2007, featuring 3 WWE title matches on the same show.

[@MelodicQuest]

Shoutout to Dominik for selling his reactions at such a young age

[@BigRay215803]

July 6, 1998 episode of WCW Nitro when Goldberg beat Hollywood Hogan for the World Heavyweight Championship.

[@hunterwilliams1801]

SummerSlam 2006 which was the final WWE match of Hulk Hogan, also had a brutal hardcore match with flair vs Foley on the card

[@johnmarkes2038]

To be fair, I did lose my child in a tables match.

[@Tha_Trigga]

To be faiiiirrrrr!

[@Bigd2k]

Wow. This is when I was starting to stop watch wrestling sos while I’ve heard of all three of these stories but never realized they all happened in one night. That is one insane night of wrestling.

[@KennethBridges_1336]

I was at this show. It was in Washington DC formerly known as MCI Center

[@flamethrowerflufsalisbury]

I got custody of my 2 sons by winning a Hell in a Cell match against my exwife's lawyer

[@wstine79]

The Hulk Hogan vs Shawn Michaels is one the best worst matches I've ever seen. So much bouncing around.

[@jamesmorant1406]

There were supposed to have a 3 match series each guy Trading wins but Hogan has creative control his idea was to win all 3 Shawn didn't like so that's why he did what he did

[@splash8429]

Seems like at least fun. HBK trolling around? Wonder how could that go bad?

[@geleneceline2310]

Wasn't hbk trolling hulk Hogan

[@jamesmorant1406]

@@geleneceline2310 yup cause they were supposed to have 3 matches each man Trading wins but Hogan said no

[@geleneceline2310]

@@jamesmorant1406 ok thanks

[@Bonesaw_McGraw]

Let's change it up for once guys come one. You really want somw laughs Halloween havoc 95. The gaint gets thrown off a building "dies" then comes back ans wins the title hahaha

[@Trippette]

WrestleWar 1982 - Sting's Squadron vs The Dangerous Alliance - WarGames

[@sanjaymanjarejar8176]

1992

[@jackiebartolo235]

That EG Rey ladder Match is one of the best all time

[@zanepotter3659]

I'm convinced that Simon has never worked out a day in his life and his arms are only that big because he is always waving them around.

[@Tochallengethesun2003]

The January 19th 2009 edition of Raw Where Randy Orton “Kills” Vince McMahon

[@thelittlelebowski66]

That Hogan v HBK match was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Also do Judgement Day 2004 Eddie Guerrero v JBL for the title. I was there. So much blood.

[@JungleBunkRootsMusic2022]

IMO, this ppv was when the fans started to turn on cena. After SS 2005, his crowd reactions became more mixed and by wrestlemania 22 the older fans were sick of him.

[@Naruto0s44]

Yeah because he beat a legend Chris Jericho who deserved way better

[@myhandlewastaken]

Must be tough being the first undisputed champ and beating Rock and Stone Cold on the same night. You're right, that guy wasn't treated well enough.

[@RaghavanN]

I never really understood the Cena hate back then.From loud cheers at Mania 21 to suddenly turning on him at SummerSlam 2005.But definitely have to say it was not as worse as the go away heat Roman got between 2015 to 2018.

[@Naruto0s44]

At this time jericho was treated like dirt he barely touched the main event scene plus he was getting burnt out completely i mean he lost major high profile matches like eliminaton chamber, 1st mitb, shelton benjamin for the ic belt, lance storm at ecw one night stand like come on

[@Naruto0s44]

That was 2001 and look what they did to him in 2002 he was the Undisputed champion but he was fed to hhh in one of his worse matches of all time

[@wstine79]

It's easy to forget how small of a Domonic Mysertio was in 2005 to the Beefy Giant adult he is now.

[@standardofexcellence]

Reys his son

[@northerncowboy8409]

I started watching wrasslin' in the 1980's. I was, am, will always be a Hulkamaniac. Every time Hulk starts to hulk up, I get goosebumps. Every. Damn. Time.

[@Tha_Trigga]

I got off that train cause Hulk doesn't like my kind. Cause I'm not 7 ft tall.

[@bishopmarley7165]

Shawn Michaels is such a massive troll! He hit the Sharpshooter after the "You screwed Bret" chants?! That is immaculate. That makes Michaels the best wrestler in the world in my book

[@morningstar577]

💪😎💔

[@sportsdebatearena]

I just watched that ladder match a few days ago. One of their best matches ever idc.

[@corychampagnecrush8742]

Hbk had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OkieAllDay]

I will go back to watch very few wrestling matches - HBK at SummerSlam 2005 is one of those. Pure gold

[@sepiarain]

WrestleWar 1992: WarGames. (Greatest ever WarGames match).

[@MiseEnZheng]

Up👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻💪🏻

[@stevenwillie7667]

Summerslam won last week's poll and finally you're doing it

[@TheAceswilde]

I just realized that I really need to go talk to someone. My first thought when Simon talked about Eddie vs Ray. "I wish that anyone would have fought for me as child."

[@Notintheknow]

16 years I got back into wrestling 2 weeks after this show Kind of weird to think about

[@oliverthomas-couch]

TNA Destination X 2008 so Simon can watch Shark boy and Curry man vs 3D as well as Samoa Joe, Christian and Nash vs Angle, Styles and Tomko

[@JonathanThomasEMP]

I don't think Eugene "stole" Kurt's Olympic medal. If I remember correctly he won it in a 3 minute challenge.

[@irishbear660]

So much for letting us vote on a retro ups and downs we actually want

[@pteezy07]

Awww did the poor baby not get what he wanted 🥺😂

[@norfsidedre3333]

Make your own list

[@chunkyboyjames]

I’m gonna keep suggesting it: TNA Victory Road 2011, the Sting v Jeff Hardy incident.

[@jaylink1791]

need to do the brawl for all tournament ups and downs

[@paulolopez4571]

Simon breaking character and chuckling away makes this video even more wholesome

[@DiamondOz]

WCW Spring Stampede 1999, where DDP won his first world title. Not to mention that for some reason, it was the only wrestling video Toys R Us sold in the UK.

[@MirkoBalda]

WCW STARRCADE 1997. A bonkers PPV from start to finish

[@kyletucker3811]

I very much enjoyed Shawn Michaels method acting as he portrayed an octopus in a washing machine that night.

[@paulweston8408]

IMO one of the most star studded Summerslams I can remember! It actually felt like Wrestlemania version 2 for 2005, which a lot of Summerslams fall far short of achieving.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Uncensored 1995; WCW had no idea what "unsanctioned" really meant.

[@bdot187um]

Noooooo!!! 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@EvilDiva1978]

Attended this event live. We had so much fun.

[@Z0mbi3.Junk1e]

Suggestion: Bragging rights 2010

[@rk6kingofrad739]

ECW HEATWAVE 1998 ( TAZ VS BIGELOW). (Dudleyville street fight) ( Lance Storm vs Chris Candido) Justin Credible vs Jerry Lynn) 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯

[@lanceturley7745]

HBK gave Hogan the most entertaining match Hogan ever had, and that's why Shawn is the GOAT.

[@schmittyhummwell7772]

Ups and Downs the best part of WhatCulture!! U.a.P. army is strong.

[@michaelvought4433]

I was at this PPV and it was amazing! Wondeful trip down memory lane

[@Jac_Supernova23]

TNA Slammiversary VIII: RVD vs Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship(June 13, 2010)

[@slimj1017]

The entire Katie Vick storyline (only to watch Simon have a slight meltdown)

[@midsectionmark8956]

This ppv is top 5 summer slams. I’ll say straight 3 banger main events all accomplishing their own thing. Also with two undercard matches that was very enjoyable with. Taker vs Orton and Rey Vs Eddie. The two squash’s by Angle and Benoit was fun too.

[@Bonesaw_McGraw]

Bash at the beach 2000

[@PaulG98448]

I used to have this vision where the hurt business had all the titles on Raw with Rhea Ripley and The Usos,Roman Reigns,Samoa Joe and Niomi holding all of the titles on Smackdown. At Survivor Series the whole card would be (Excluding the 5 man tag team match) The Hurt Business Vs The Tribal family That was all before WWE Fucked with my dreams

[@DJones1812]

This Eddie Rey story is even better now with Prison Dom. Rey and Eddie must be proud of that business savey that he's shown.

[@dannyniland2927]

My favourite Summer Slam, think I've watched this PPV the most.

[@thedoctor3528]

Hogan deserved what hbk did to him but vice veras is true as well. it was karma for hbk too as he used to be a pos politician.

[@bdot187um]

@Jay Harv28 not mentioning the giving up of the tag and ic straps (I already mentioned the world championship) cause you know he won't put anyone over, he literally came out on Live TV and said it, "the heartbreak kid lays down for absolutely nobody" so yeah that's a piece of shit right there, and I'm here not defending hogan but all and all we can see that shawn was more notorious with backstage politics, and didn't master it like hogan did.

[@iamblayzenferno]

Why simon say it like that " whoever won the ladder match wins a child " 🤣😂

[@DGrosser]

Let's do Wrestlemania IV. As a kid that tournament was the coolest thing, it was the first time I'd watched wrestlers compete twice in a night.

[@frankhoward6645]

Edge vs Hardy was good the rivalry between the two was crazy after Summerslam HBK vs Hogan was cool too suggest One Night Stand 2008 next

[@anthonyperkins1668]

Backlash 2002. Kansas City, Missouri. Triple H vs. Hogan

[@BigShow59]

The McMahon limo thing kinda sorta made sense, because this took place in Washington, DC. I was there. It was bananas.

[@sethkaplan]

Raw 15th aniversary with repo man

[@cjwhite6846]

I subscribed to Peacock JUST to watch this PPV. The next WWE ppv better b good

[@theexplainer2235]

Retro ups and downs from starcade 1983

[@deacanbarnard8985]

Shame poor Simon 😅😅3rd video in 2days thanks for all the effort simon

[@deacanbarnard8985]

Can we do the shields debut

[@velvetthunder1993]

Vengeance 2003

[@ceasarsanchez9086]

Frankie Kazarian refuses to cut his hair in order to work for the biggest wrestling company in the world and gets fired. Goes out on his own and ends up cutting his hair anyway. Respect.

[@Bman32x]

I was there. The second batista’s music hit you couldn’t hear his music over the crowd cheers it was so loud. DC loves their hometown hero

[@Bman32x]

And yes, DC booed Eugene mercilessly.

[@damienhouse7706]

Hell in a Cell 2009. It had by far the best pay-per-view song ever, "Monster" by Skillet.

[@Michael1Nightmare]

Loved watching Kazarian in TNA and beyond. I am glad he left.

[@BrndnNZT48]

Ups and downs for simons favorite episode of raw, smackdown, and favorite ppv

[@ThatguyMatt12]

This is how good WWE was back then. Literally if you think about what they were doing with the stipulations and the types of matches and the story lines, you would think this is absurd and nobody is going to watch... Well how wrong you'd be lol.

[@DillyDilly13]

I’m rewatching 2006 because of the whole McMahons vs DX storyline and damn it was crazy back then.

[@RaghavanN]

The stipulations made sense back then as they were used to resolve fueds. Now we have stipulation matches just because a PPV is named after a stipulation.

[@asmshafin6200]

@@RaghavanN stipulation ppvs are the absolute worst.

[@asmshafin6200]

they can be a good show. but they drain all life out of said stipulation.

[@derrickscott1630]

It's still crazy to think this kid "Dominic" is in the WWE with his dad 💥 05 Batista is probably one of MY top 5 favorite superstars ever

[@lyndsey1919]

Monday Night RAW from February 11th, 2002...Stephanie McMahon and HHH Wedding (or vow renewal ceremony). HHHs words to his wife had the crowd popping. 😂👍

[@Monaayy29]

Next retro ups and downs the first episode of the short lived XWF.

[@wweforever4100]

You need to do ups and downs for SummerSlam 2006

[@reesebecker4838]

I remember this. I had just gotten into wrestling like three months before and neither me or my friend could tell if the Hardy thing was storyline or real

[@lozz2173]

Let’s go herb Abrams, universal wrestling federation(see dark side of the ring) their PPV beach brawl 1991, let’s see something a bit different from the past

[@KCIRProjaM1]

6 ups, 3 downs. Perfect for my birthiversary 6/3...& I WAS THERE!

[@mickreed6787]

Won custody of “a child!” Can’t help but think of that vine

[@coltonwinters5168]

I would like to see Survivor Series 2014, and hear Simon’s opinions about the WWE debut of Sting

[@angelow2562]

This era man......good times.....good times 🤧

[@DJBananaFox]

HBK vs Hulk should be golden down...

[@MarkSmith-ub4hq]

You mean a brown down?

[@DJBananaFox]

@@MarkSmith-ub4hq nope it was down but awesome to watch.... Like brown up can be also said

[@kingloust9232]

Wrestlemania 21- Triple H Vs Batista, And The First Ever Money in the bank match

[@mawile2468]

I think he already did Mania 21. There was also Cena winning his first World Championship, and HBK vs Kurt Angle which was the best match of the night

[@ignaciomendoza1]

Second week one night stand 2008 you got edge/taker tlc, triple h/orton in a last man standing, women's i quit match, a stretcher match,a first blood match, a falls count anywhere match

[@richardclark9815]

Ooo how about superclash 3 and the Lawler-Von Erich blood bath

[@MrJfrox101]

Where the F was Vicki 🤣

[@andyguadalupe9438]

WWF Invasion 2001

[@rhysvandermerwe8205]

Armageddon 2008 the next retro ups and downs

[@krombopulousmichael5251]

theres a way we do this process

[@rhysvandermerwe8205]

@@krombopulousmichael5251 sorry I don’t understand what you mean

[@krombopulousmichael5251]

@@rhysvandermerwe8205 they have a list of shows that we vote on every week..