Sunday night was the WWE’s “Summerlsam” PPV. This is one of the tent pole WWE pay-per-view spectaculars, so anticipation is always high for the event.

Unfortunately, this year the card was pretty lack luster (and that’s coming from a guy who’s seen every Summerslam, every Wrestlemania, and is the proud owner of the complete Royal Rumble Anthology). Almost every match on the card was predictable, and the few that weren’t were not unpredictable in an interesting or…you know…good..way.

Here are the results – match by match.

Jeff Hardy vs. MVP

Jeff Hardy and MVP have a decent opening match that ultimately ends with Shelton Benjamin appearing on the outside. Jeff jumps on him, then tries to swanton a down MVP. He misses and MVP hits the “drive by kick” for the win.

After the match Maria interviewed Santino and Beth Phoenix. They spent the interview getting “Glamarella” over as their celebrity tabloid name.

Glamarella vs. Mickie James and Kofi Kingston “Winner Take All Tag Team Match”

The match starts off with the ladies going at it, they do a great job in the ring, but when Santino gets in and starts pulling his shtick the match goes in a totally different direction. This guy is seriously one of the funniest “comedy wrestlers” of all time.

Santion ultimately gets DDTed by Mickie James. Beth comes from behind and strikes Mickie in the head and gets the pin, making Glamarella both the Women’s and Intercontential Champions.

Shawn Michaels Announcement

This went on forever, but I’m going to sum it up quickly. Shawn said the doctor’s told him to walk away and he was going to do that with no regrets. He went through a retrospective of his career, and his wife, who was with him, was in tears.

Jericho then came out and started talking trash. They went back and forth and Jericho went to punch Shawn but accidentally hit Shawn’s wife – knocking her out cold. (Yes, that’s right, WWE is reusing the Booker T/Robert Rude angle from TNA from just a few months ago).

BTW – it looks like Shawn’s wife was actually struck. Her lip on the left side of her face was swollen after she “recovered” from being knocked out.

Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry

The match starts, Hardy puts a twist of fate on Henry almost immediately, and Tony Atlas pulls Hardy off before the 3 count. So Jeff Hardy comes out and attacks Atlas, then both Hardies double suplex Henry.

Hardy wins by DQ. You have to wonder if the Shawn Michaels segment just ran too long and they had to bump this match. It went by WAY too quickly.

JBL vs. CM Punk

This was a pretty average match. The only notable thing that really happened was that the two opponents butted heads, and Punk was bleeding profusely from the back of his head. Punk wins clean after hitting the GTS.

Great Khali vs. Triple H

This was a very old school wrestler/giant match. It should come as a surprise to no one that Triple H ultimately got the 3 count and the clean win.

John Cena vs. Batista

Decent match. Batista ultimately gets a clean pin after 2 Batista Bombs. This match was ok, but there are hints here and there that it could lead to a much needed Cena heal turn. We’ll know for sure on Raw tomorrow night. I doubt Vince will do it since Cena plays so well to the kids, but who knows?

Edge vs. The Undertaker

This match had me interested and engaged all the way to the end…then it completely lost me. This ended up being a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Hell in a Cell, which had some really great spots in it. The spear from the Smackdown table to the ECW table was clearly the “Foley” moment of the night.

The match completely lost me right at the end though, when Taker came back into the ring, set up two ladders, then Taker choke slammed Edge into the ring. Edge went through the ring into a crater, then said crater burst into flames.

So The Undertaker sent Edge to Hell…or killed him…or something. I don’t know. Whatever.

I love the WWE – but the creative slum that I was hoping would be fixed after the Draft still seems to be going on – and its driving me crazy. I really want all the shows to be top notch, but shows like this just aren’t worth paying $49.95 for.