WWE Summerslam 1996 | WORST Wrestling Shows Ever

[@Jasonvoorhees57469]

They ribbed Jake by having Jerry pour actual alcohol on him? Wow, that's fucked up.

[@towserfm]

There are also people who claim that it was tea. Like Lawler himself. I'm a huge Jake fan. But he's also often telling straight up BS which he SWEARS is true. I guess that comes with the territory of being a wrestler, no pun intended.

[@brianstone3722]

Jake claims it was real alcohol and was upset about it in some interview I seen can't recall which interview it was though.

[@frankwinkler3928]

He talked about it on the snake pit pod cast . N it was actually liquor he was upset about it.

[@kingbrahma5005]

On dark side of the ring he was upset cause it made him relapse

[@stryker5949]

The best possible and likely scenario is that it was Tea and someone mixed alcohol in it as a rib. Kinda like when Piper wore half blackface when he fought Bad news Brown and Andre poured the solution out an put water in the bottle. Remember this is 1996 WWF so people didn't take others recovery or recovery in general all that seriously.

[@japstoryeditor]

I’m from a Cleveland and I was 11 years old during this Summerslam. It was a big deal locally. We were all so excited and it was so much fun. I’m biased and I can’t see this as a bad pay per view because I’ll associate it with a good time from my childhood.

[@tinotica]

Yeah it wasn’t good but it was hardly a bad show. 1996 had quite a few stinkers that year

[@siddharthsen7035]

Sure you were a kid, got to see a wrestling show and it's not necessary to analyse it when you're a kid just looking to have a good time

[@siddharthsen7035]

Sure you were a kid, got to see a wrestling show and it's not necessary to analyse it when you're a kid just looking to have a good time

[@Mattcruzedc]

When you’re there live, even the “worst” show can still be great. Especially when you’re a kid.

[@MrPie]

I was in third grade and had a blast at the show. I might be biased as well, but the card was pretty solid. I had fun.

[@heisensaul5538]

the fact 1995 isn't even mentioned in this is just mind boggling to me.

[@philm2217]

Agreed

[@sg-zd8eb]

I didn’t mind 1995, tho the undercard was overshadowed by the last 4 matches.

[@heisensaul5538]

@@sg-zd8eb I dont hate it either. I just don't think it was a good event, but 1996 SummerSlam was way better. At least Vader and Shawn Michaels belonged in the main event, even if the match was crap.

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

@@sg-zd8ebhonestly outside of Diesel/Mabel, the rest of SS 95 wasn’t THAT bad

[@noobyguyplays1776]

honestly slam 95 is one of the worst pay per views ever. Basically everything about it is bad. To waste Bret Hart on a freaking dentist and have Diesel vs. King Mabel be the main event are both mind boggling decisions. Plus, the undercard was also trash. Aside from Hakushi vs. 123 Kid, nothing is good. Having the likes of The Blu Brothers, Bob Holly, and BARRY HOROWITZ on a Summerslam is insane when you have people like Yokozuna, Davey Boy Smith, Owen Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, and even King Kong Bundy not on the card. And I haven’t even mentioned Alondra Blayze losing the world title to Bertha Faye in three minutes. Absolutely atrocious. The only great thing is the ladder match, but even that’s sad to think that the only good match is one they already did. I’d rather just watch their Mania match. Well, as you can see from how much I’ve wrote, I do not particularly like Slam 95. I think it’s with December to Dismember and Great American Bash 2004 in terms of worst pay per views ever. And lastly, Slam 96 is actually decent. Boring PPV up until the last two matches, but both of them deliver and carry it to an alright event.

[@RingsideRebel-g5t]

I remember when my friends and I started getting back into wrestling around this time after losing interest following WM 7. We started to realize that WCW was now the top promotion, and we all decided that whichever company Mean Gene was working for must be the better company.🎤

[@jasonking3182]

I think even if WCW “won” the war AOL Time Warner would have still shut it down. WCW lost its biggest defender in Ted Turner because of the merger and the new leaders didn’t want wrestling

[@TheRealAhoy]

Well, that's dependant on things. Wrestling might not have been preferable but if it was doing mega numbers wiggle room would have been made. WCW just happened to be at its most worthless when it all went down so it was fighting a losing battle being enticing in the boardroom.

[@jasonking3182]

@@TheRealAhoy The way WCW was nested in the larger AOL Time Warner company really made it hard for them to turn a lasting profit. They had to do Thunder for free, it was nothing but an extra cost to them. If WCW was like AEW a separate company with possibly an ownership stake for Time Warner than I think it could have lasted in the long term

[@jayb-clay2724]

I don't care how much I hated a company. If it makes me money it's staying that's just good business. Losing 60 million dollars in i think 2000 with only more to be lost plus the ridiculous contracts that would need restructuring. There was literally nobody over in early 2001 besides maybe Steiner and Booker. They failed because they thought the 97' 98' money would continue to come while slapping all their fans and driving them to watch Raw.

[@tafua_a]

Here's the thing: when the thing you don't like makes money, the thing you don't like stays on until you find a good excuse. SmackDown! in my country was picked up by a station that also didn't like wrestling. However, it was a smash hit and it stayed on for years, only getting canceled when the Benoit tragedy happened. WCW was a niche product watched by a demographic that AOL didn't target and that was losing the network a boatload of money.

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

Vine was tight (at least in secret society way) with time Warner brass

[@thenintendork665]

I disagree. Summerslam '93 and '95 were way worse.

[@philm2217]

For real

[@garymaidman625]

As far as 93 goes, objectively it may be, but it holds a special place in my heart because it was the first show I watched when I got back into wrestling after the Rock'n'Wrestling era.

[@shizzmastuhbake]

I actually like 93.. yea the championship match is what it is but ramon/dibiase, steiners/heavenlybodies, bret vs doink/lawler and even the six man with tatanka and the smoking gunns vs headshrinkers and bam bam was hard hitting and really good. Id say 95 for sure, even 92 was based around just one match. 92 sucked

[@therealDJG]

At least 95 had the Ladder match. 96 other than Paul Barrer turning on Taker is largely forgettable.

[@HisVirusness]

The Free For All was always great; they'd play it at the top of The Prevue Channel before the event went live in lieu of the, well, looped previews of TV shows and movies available on your cable package.

[@thanksgivingmcdaniels3335]

This is a huge stretch to call it one of the worst shows ever. Lawler vs Jake is the only actually bad thing. I wouldn’t even say it’s among the worst handful of SummerSlams. It’s just mid and nothing crucial at all.

[@tezzalenko]

"Collective heat of a snow man's taint." The single greatest quote that I will hear this year

[@DJDoubleCee]

I didn’t think SummerSlam 1996 was too bad. At least The Boiler Room Brawl was pretty cool to see.

[@92Raider-art]

Yeah I just wish we had gotten some more commentary from the commentators. They were so quiet

[@MrBeardsley]

To borrow a line from Ben and Peter at TripleJump, it’s not the worst show. It’s just worst than most.

[@davidwenzel717]

This ppv got me back into wrestling I heard kids in middle school talking about the boiler room brawl.

[@nick_knows_stuff]

I met and worked with Lawler and The Kat, and the funny thing about him wearing a Raven's Jersey is Lawler is a huge Browns fan. Gotta love "cheap heat" and kayfabe.

[@southbeachtalent]

I always thought Mankind and Goldust saved 1996 WWF before Stone Cold hit his stride

[@PuntersKonexion]

Love that you make a call about seeking new hosts. While everyone is slagging you in the comments. This is the summerfest 96 of videos!

[@UnleashtheFiore]

How on earth is this not about 1995?

[@coreychristian2312]

Like he said.... he wasn't even born yet lol, trash video tbh

[@BDESal]

Ikr?

[@darrenenglish899]

One huge positive, jake Roberts looks so much better than he did almost 30 years ago!!

[@michaelmcguigan5278]

This show isn’t as bad as this video is making it to be it just didn’t live up to the hype & honestly outside of one blown spot everyone talks about because of HBK’s reaction Vader vs Michaels was a very good title match.

[@elizabeth3280]

HBK vs Vader, Undertaker vs Mankind, Austin vs Yoko, Bulldog vs Sid, Lawler vs Jake the snake, goldust vs anyone, owen hart vs savio...sorry I was a kid so all this phasing out guys, internet gossip sis not exist that I was aware of so dudes like Vader, Sid, Mankind, Undertaker and Yoko felt dangerous for anyone to fight. Back then I did not know that wrestling is fake so the PPV was to me as I watched free by moving the antenna just right so It only had clear pictures with the negative colr like 60-70 percent of the time 😅 The entire thing felt like a big deal.

[@charthistorian1690]

I wouldn’t say Summerslam 96 was particularly bad, just very average with a banging main event

[@GeordieGunner96]

92 wasn't a great summer slam was only saved by a great main event.& the novelty of being in England.

[@seabassmcgee3367]

I watched it again the other day, nothing special except the last couple of matches

[@MrBeardsley]

I love it when this series brings up WWE shows from my youth that I thought were bad when I originally watched them.

[@geeshep4836]

THE BOILER ROOM BRAWL WAS THE ONLY GOOD THING COMING OUT OF THE ENTIRE PAY-PER-VIEW.

[@tommybards3489]

I remember being 8 years old back then seeing it live on ppv at my neighbors house. Pretty sure 96 was year NWO started at bash at the beach with the other wrestling promotion at the time.

[@willcee29]

Today jake could sue Vince for enabling his addictions off this match alone . He honestly could have used in court that the wwe environment made his addictions even worst after he was trying to better his self and was the major reason for his downfall when they fired him ..

[@tinotica]

This was bad but I dont think it’s even in the 5 worst Summerslams ever. Still better than 1993, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2010

[@scottmccurdy6493]

What even happened at the 2007 event again? I honestly don't remember lol.

[@arthurmoussa2079]

@@scottmccurdy6493 all I remember was triple h returning to take on booker T 😅

[@ryanprior1294]

​@@scottmccurdy6493 Triple h returned to beat Booker t Rey Mysterio also returned and defeated chavo Guerrero John Morrison defeated cm punk for the ecw championship Kane defeated Finlay Umaga defeated mr.kennedy & carlito Batista won via dq against Khali for the world heavyweight championship John Cena and Randy Orton 1st memorable high profile match for the Wwe championship Also I think Candice Michelle defeated Beth Phoenix unless that was unforgiven 07

[@ryanprior1294]

Also I personally don't think 03, 04, 06, 07 were all that bad tbh but I'm surprised that SummerSlam 95 wasn't the video

[@Nflux]

@@ryanprior1294 They already did King of the Ring 95. 1995 is low-hanging fruit, at this point.

[@mrkipling2201]

I went to the 1992 Summerslam. Having a WWF PPV, and one of the big 4 at the time, half an hour from my house was huge as a 13 year old WWF fan. Plus the main event turned out to be one of the best matches ever. Great day!!

[@sciencefirst5363]

Sorry still think SS ‘95 is worse. Main event Mabel v Diesel. C’mon. Plus the Michaels Ramon ladder match is a pale imitation of the WM10 one due to the fact they were forbidden to use the ladder.

[@viajaycay]

The boiler room brawl freaked me out as a kid n made me a fan of taker. And i love goldust! Wildman didn't connect with me. Enjoyed this summerslam alot as a kid

[@mrkipling2201]

Even though the title doesn't call it the WWF, I'm glad you call it that. I hate it when people call the 1990's stuff, the WWE. As it wasn't. A nitpick I know but it really annoys me.

[@RingsideRebel-g5t]

I wish Vince would have just brought in Dirty White Boy instead of saddling him with the TL Hopper plumber gimmick. At least DWB would have had a chance of getting over.

[@Musubi-Azeyma]

How'd ya'll sail right over Summerslam 1995? The ONLY redeeming thing on that card was the Razor vs Shawn Ladder match. It was a major 4 PPV that featured a main event with King Mable!

[@Kalel2.0]

You know the match is gonna be bad if Kevin Nash is the agile one

[@shaynekemp6512]

Love the content but this is a classic pay per view and a staple of my childhood... Boiler room brawl and the main event are all you need ... so classic

[@thelive6103]

Honestly I think 94 or 95 was worse…I actually have good nostalgia when thinking of this show. To each their own though.

[@ChrisSuswal-de9tj]

94 Summerslam was fantastic

[@wadepreston5781]

Might not be the worst, but 1990 was a major letdown. The tag title match was good, but the Warrior showing he wasn’t a reliable champion, Hogan winning by countout. Beefcake being replaced last minute, Michaels working an injury, Sapphire no showing and undercard matches with bad storylines or not making sense.

[@Dan97LHS]

Not having Bret on this card more than likely wrecked any chance that this PPV would have to being good. Bret hadn't had a great SummerSlam since '94 when he beat Owen in a cage match. In '95, he faced the future Kane, however Bret being on the card would have helped the undercard or he could have been the referee in HBK/Vader and it could have built heat for the feud with HBK later on. Yes, Bret was a free agent but he didn't want to end up in WCW. He would have resigned with the WWF to help them in the fight against WCW. Who would Bret had faced, had he wrestled? Maybe that feud with Stone Cold could have started then.

[@kinnbenet]

17:57 God, I'm feeling old. Now I'm being referred as a 'person of the certain age' 😢

[@raj5024]

I keep clicking on these videos thinking it's part of yourWEIRDEST series

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

I remember the backstage party by the pool lol...I remember for a split second you could see Marty Janetty sitting down eating a bag of chips LOL

[@BigA316]

I hope these guys didn’t hurt themselves reaching to call this one of the worst SummerSlams ever… because this was a hell of a stretch.

[@KidCthulhu82]

Tantrum and overbooking (Which I actually liked because it kept Vader looking strong) aside- Vader v HBK was a great match! And the boiler room brawl was something I had never seen before at the time. So the last two matches saved this for me.

[@Norma-uc8dy]

cans of sponsored beverages, with the logo facing out... hahaha.. Oh, and Lawler's poop segment was about the same length as the Steve Austin match ! Johnny B Badd versus Dustin Rhodes packaged as Marc Mero versus GoldDust. Bret was filming Lonesome Dove during the King of the Ring 1996 and Summerslam 1996. Vader versus Shawn was a solid main event, and Vader won the match TWICE ! If the Ultimate Warrior had stayed, he would have probably faced Owen Hart at this Summerslam.

[@terrencenewman5580]

That’s Jungle Boy Jack Perry as a kid at the :14 second mark! You show a photo of his dad Luke Perry while talking about the celebrity appearances. That’s a 12 year old Jungle Boy Jack Perry on his shoulder next to him.

[@jimmanycricket3756]

C'mon Summerslam 96 was not that bad

[@philm2217]

Seriously

[@owlhater270]

Summer Slam 95 was worse, aside from the HBK v Razor ladder match. Summer Slam 94 had it's bad stuff, too

[@bobbydelacroix1515]

Worse than ‘95?

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

My non wrestling fan friend don’t understand what some of wrestling stuff is!

[@azapro911]

Was initially baffled that this got chosen over its predecessor but then of course, '95's got the Michaels-Ramon ladder match.

[@RobClooney]

I don't know what's more unfortunate. The Rockers never winning the tag titles in a crowded division or The New Rockers never winning the belts when the tag division wasn't as crowded.

[@Norma-uc8dy]

isn't it strange how jake's lifetime drinking problem and recovery led to Austin 3:16, and Austin celebrating matches with beer bashes. strangely ironic there. If it wasn't for Jake's young life and first beer drinking, would there really be a Stone Cold era ?

[@MCWAY1]

The story with Mero and Goldust originally was that Marlena wanted Sable as her "pet". So, she sent Goldust to take out Mero. When Mero and Goldust first fought on Raw, Marlene kept looking over Sable, licking her lips, and motioning her hands over how curvy Sable was. But the story goes that Bret Hart didn't dig the lesbian thing, so it got switched to Goldust having a fetish for Sable instead. And it went downhill from there

[@attiepollard7847]

OMG when he had that longbrake he was still interfering and storyline of other wrestlers?

[@MCWAY1]

Austin had faced mid-carders for most of his Ringmaster/Early Stone Cold run. So, his reverse squash win against Yoko was so he could say he beat a 2-time WWF champion. What's even more ridiculous? Yoko actually got a title shot on Raw the next night against Michaels. They even had ol' James E. Cornette cut a promo claiming Yoko had come back to the fold. So, the 1996 KOR gets no title shot and gets a hokey win on the Free-For-All. Yet, the beached-whale that just lost gets a crack at the gold?

[@johnepants]

I’m glad to see most people here defending 1996. Honestly the only thing that was objectively bad was the Lawler vs Robert’s Match. Otherwise, it could have used one more face going over, maybe Mero over Goldust, as the show was very heel heavy in the victories.

[@sh-spectrum409]

Jake’s claims that Vince didn’t think Austin was a main event guy does have some credibility here considering after winning King of the Ring he’s next wrestling the SummerSlam pre-show!🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tommybards3489]

Vince had other prime staple guys he needed to get showcase time for them as well.

[@attiepollard7847]

​@@tommybards3489plus looking back on it. We all know that so-called hype after his King of the Ring speech was a figment of the imagination and was never there. Austin only became popular in the fall of 1996 when he faced against Bret Hart and did it skyrocketed after WrestleMania 13 that's the real story of Austin 3:16.

[@ChrisSuswal-de9tj]

@attiepollard you are correct. Today they make it seem like after the speech he was over like rover and on his way to stardom. Not necessarily true. He was certainly paid attention to more but certainly was nothing more than. Mid card until Pillmans gotta gun and the Survivor Series 96 build up.

[@maceomillions2192]

​@@attiepollard7847We'll said!

[@maceomillions2192]

​@@ChrisSuswal-de9tj💯

[@AndreNDP]

1995 is easily worse. There's precisely two good matches on the card and the other stuff isn't so much meh as a dumpster fire.

[@deanduke4462]

Mero didn't get the pin with the Wild Thing because of Marlena distracting the ref from the apron, so at least the move was protected.

[@edwardellis3038]

Summerslam 1996 was decent

[@adriangonzalez5021]

It's sad to think how they did Austin dirty after king of the ring

[@joemckim1183]

Stone Cold Steve Austin wins the King of Ring in June with the great Austin 3:16 speech and 2 months later they have him wrestling Yokozuna on the pre-show.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

When previous Kings got title shots at SummerSlam.

[@ChrisSuswal-de9tj]

Not Bret in 93

[@joemckim1183]

@@ChrisSuswal-de9tj Bret in '93 was the first time the King of the Ring was a PPV event. And Hogan did his power play at WM9 to beat Yoko right after Yoko beat Bret. So they had to give Bret the KOTR so it didn't look like he was getting pushed down the card too much.

[@jamesmcdonald9588]

Nearly gave up on wrestling around this time... boiler room brawl kept me interested though love that match ha

[@NateTheGnat]

1996 was a black hole of the WWF. Unlike '95, it wasn't so bad it was memorable. Unlike 97 or 98, it wasn't Attitude-adjacent. And nobody was watching the product back then. Except for me...

[@stickfigureguy6873]

Fraser: SummerSlam 1996 is the worst SummerSlam ever! *SummerSlam 1995: sitting back knowing they paid Fraser to never mention them…*

[@wittvonwitt4403]

I wouldn't yell at vader...he's legit bad ass

[@shawn9753]

I always thought that myself. Shawn was always my favorite but when he did that, I remember being like “ holy shit he is a bad ass for having the balls to do that” protection or not Vader could have snapped on him and he wasn’t scared at all. Really was impressive

[@shawnadmire5309]

Tell me you know nothing at all about Summerslam without telling me you know nothing at all about summer slam

[@KMB2476]

I popped for the Connie Chung Christmas reference

[@jtm-inc2912]

They wanted to do an alcoholic angle with Jake Roberts, ok, fine, it could work if you knew how to do it right.... But pouring ACTUAL ALCOHOL on a struggling alcoholic is just disgusting. No wonder he had such a hard time getting clean!

[@killingragethrowback]

My theory for why Summerslam is usually better than Wrestlemania? Wrestlemania overdoes it and drains the life out of the crowd because JESUS CHRIST 8 hours of wrestling in one night is just too much! Vince Mcmahon gives too much attention to Wrestlemania. He overstuffs it with celebrities, gimmick matches, and nostalgia acts. His personal favorites go high on the card. He doesn't care as much to do this to Summerslam and it ends up being in the Goldilocks zone of wrestling as a result. Vince Mcmahon is truly his own worst enemy.

[@jasonleman1396]

I remembering renting it on vhs. I like it at the time, but was glad I didn't pay for the full priced ppv!

[@steven5232]

Does anyone even care what Meltzer's ratings are? So one man gives out some nonsensical star ratings that are his opinion only. Boring.

[@oddishhonor]

It is irksome that they look at his ratings as an end all be all. It’s all subjective after all and his ratings are his opinions. Never thought Angle had a match worthy of five stars? He’s a joke.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

11:00 You'd think that would still be the warmest part of a snowman's body, right? 🤔

[@TheThird1977]

So glad Fraser pointed out the spectacularly ridiculous ringside TVs.

[@goldhawk81]

Heroes of Wrestling was much worse than this.

[@kingrama2727]

The presenter is worse than SummerSlam 1996

[@rizon72]

To be fair, I can't recall in recent PPV which were actually worth buying. Today's wrestlers are worse than what this is.

[@thebohorevolution315]

Is this series a replacement of Jack's weirdest shows ever because that would be a shame

[@_Tato]

It's ok. It's not a replacement. On the most recent podcast he said he currently has a wierdest episode in the works coming out relatively soon

[@MrBeardsley]

No, it’s just like how Cultaholic’s sister channel TripleJump has two separate shows called “Worst Games Ever” and “Weirdest Games Ever.”

[@danhom1623]

Mero vs Goldust had a story.

[@libertychip526]

Take the ladder match out of Summerslam 95 and it’s a total dumpster fire. 1996 was much better, even with Shawn throwing a tantrum toward the end of the main event, and the alcohol angle with Jake.

[@jamesaditya5254]

5 minutes lifehacks and how to operate a scientific calculator to shutdown math nerds

[@nicholasrope6067]

Wasn't Owen going to challenge Ahmed Johnson for the IC Championship but Ahmed was injured hence Savio replacing Ahmed

[@MCWAY1]

No. Faarooq was supposed to challenge Ahmed Johnson. Instead, they just had Faarooq and Sunny cut a promo at SummerSlam with Tod Pettingill. Faarooq was angry that Gorilla Monsoon didn't award him the IC belt, since he injured Johnson. And Pettingill announced there would be a tournament to crown a new IC champion. Plus, the last 4 men of the Battle Royal to determine #1 contender for the WWF title (After Vader) would fight it out to see who would replace Ahmed Johnson for that spot. Needless to say, Vince McMahon was high on Ahmed Johnson. Might he have been the first black WWF champion, instead of Rock, had he not been such an injury-prone botch machine?

[@rdesi78]

'93(except the All-American Lex Luger vs Yokozuna build-up) and '95(except Shawn-Razor Ladder Rematch) were not great.

[@deathmauler181]

Why does dave meltzer get so much people ask 12:32 is why, because they arent treated as just opinions

[@jadams019]

Right everyone treats his word as gospel

[@attiepollard7847]

​@@jadams019do you have other than wrestling name writers who cover it like Dave meltzer does? Nope. If you did then pro wrestling illustrated would have said their names by now and would have made a good PR for them

[@deathmauler181]

@@attiepollard7847 that's not the point,its that they treat his opinion as fact and to disagree with him is like disagreeing with a science

[@attiepollard7847]

@@deathmauler181 we don't treat them as fact but they are insights into the business than any other wrestler writer can name. Once again if you have any other wrestling writers in the business who are more highlighted in Dave meltzer we will love to hear it.

[@deathmauler181]

@@attiepollard7847 not the individual people but specifically the media of wrestling. Look at how everyone reacts if you disagree with him. People say that's his job. Its not he's a journalist and a wrestling historian some would say. But they treat his stuff like it's the Michelin stars of wrestling

[@theovereditedarena5672]

Not the best ppv, not the worst. Terrible by modern standards, warranted for this series

[@Greenbeans0987]

Gotta show some love to the 05 summer slam to

[@manchuriancandybar864]

14:56 Sweet Chocolate. That's quite a sweet time for the WWE.

[@DJDoubleCee]

If I was in Vader’s shoes, I would have punched Shawn Michaels in the face for legitimately kicking him in the head. Man, Shawn was such a jerk back then 😡

[@choke9270]

Vader has lost a lot of his confidence by that point. He needed his job and punching Shawn is a quick way to get fired. Shawns face would have disintegrated from one punch from Vader though. 😂😂

[@savage751]

The guy is one tough MF'er....I mean his eyeball LITERALLY popped out during a match and he just popped it back in and finished the match....like wtf i stubbed my toe the other day and missed 2 days of work lol

[@towserfm]

I agree about Shawn being a jerk. I can't watch much of his stuff (primarily the '95-'98 stuff; i love the Rockers) because of his personality back in the day. But Vader came into the WWF thinking he could stiff his way through, like he usually did. Only this time it would have been smarter to just play along.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Vader in real life was a very gentle person. Hurting someone on purpose, whether they deserved it or not, is about the last thing he would do.

[@towserfm]

@@Rob_Thorsman I guess all the wrestlers who complained about him being kind of a stiff jerk are liars then? Look, I respect all of them tremendously, but people like Vader, Hansen, Brody and all those guys were bullies. And they hurt plenty of people intentionally. Or were reckless in the ring, which is kinda willingy accepting the possibility of injury. Where is the art when you just hit each other in the face for real? I would think that if you were a wrestler this would be the most unprofessional thing to do. There's a difference between being snug and throwing potatoes.

[@bobmarshall8527]

How Meltzer gave HBK Vs Vader 4 stars is beyond me, that match sucked

[@deathmauler181]

Keep in mind that match is now on par with undertaker vs shawn at mania

[@scrapcrumbs]

A lot of you are saying this isn't bad, I get it, nostalgia makes everything seem great. But this was an absolutely terrible PPV, hands down one of the worst.

[@thechosenones4375]

Yeah the era when Shawn and Bret were on top was the worst even though they can wrestle well.

[@jackawatkins87]

I really wish y'all would have just talked about this in the order of the matches. This was disorientingly disjointed

[@marvelsProtege]

Smfh how is drinking at work even legal? And would he had done that to any other addiction? Smfh

[@savage751]

Hmm yeah how bout someone with a gambling problem and they shove lottery scratchers in their face lol

[@dominiccarranza2184]

11:05 OMG THE BROWNS CAN'T CATCH A BREAK 😂.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank For the Video 🙊🤯🥰😍😁💗💐🌟🥇🏆

[@deadlegs187]

You mean you didn't like the Godwin's showing off a monorail???

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

1995 SummerSlam was pretty lousy

[@wavvy87oww]

Stop with the Meltzer ratings. Nobody cares

[@jadams019]

Right like why is his opinion so much more valuable than anyone else’s .

[@junkscorpion7011]

I thought SummerSlam 95 sucked I just now realised how bad SummerSlam 96 was too wtf🤷🏿‍♂️

[@greenbirds91]

95 100% worse than 96. 96 has 2 memoravle macthes compared to 1 from 95 frfr

[@QuietM4n]

I kinda want Uncle Punch to show up in AEW

[@wolvie667]

Have to say I feel this years Summerslam also is a contender for worst ever

[@bmst8236]

This review was worse then summerslam 96, this guy is not it, he's trying to mimic his coworkers tone and presentation, made it a bad watch

[@TheRaven361]

most of these worst show reviews i have liked but picking this as the worse was a dumb and stupid idea

[@xxbobsetsfirexx4269]

"It's no big deal..."

[@jadams019]

95 is far worse only one good match

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

1995