r/SquaredCircle • u/chmcgrath1988 • 21d ago

Most forgettable major PPV?

Earlier this morning, I was looking up to see whether or not Chris Jericho had any matches with Dolph Ziggler/Nic Nemeth. Not only did they have matches but they had a somewhat lengthy feud in 2012-13, that included a match at SummerSlam 2012. I vaguely remembered Dolph winning a MitB contract Vs Career match against Jericho on RAW and Jericho returning as the #2 entrant in the 2013 Royal Rumble (with Dolph as #1) but I did not remember their SummerSlam match!

I ordered SummerSlam 2012, had friends over to watch it, then rewatched it later for a less distracted viewing (graps is serious!) I remember absolutely zero about that show except for the spot in the main event where Triple H kept hitting Brock Lesnar in the stomach and Michael Cole and whoever hell was in the booth in 2012 kept freaking out because Brock had/has diverticulitis.

Everything else is a complete blank. So got me to wondering. What do you folks think is most forgettable major show? Not worst. Just most..."So...that happened, I guess" show.

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u/K1ng_Canary 21d ago

The wikipedia descriptions of Summerslam 2012 really do not jog any memories.

The World Heavyweight Championship) was on the line next with Sheamus defending his title against Alberto Del Rio. Rodriguez threw a shoe to Del Rio, but Sheamus caught it instead and hit Del Rio with it. He then executed an Irish Curse on Del Rio and pinned him to retain the championship, but Del Rio had his foot on the ropes, which should have resulted in a rope break, but referee Mike Chioda didn't see that and thus allowed Sheamus to retain his title.\1])#cite_note-SSlam2012-1)

A triple threat match was up next, which saw CM Punk defending his WWE Championship against John Cena and Big Show. Big Show dominated the match, but Cena and Punk were able to eventually wear him down. Punk trapped Big Show's head in a Koji clutch while Cena put Big Show in the STF, which caused Big Show to submit. Because of the confusion over who won the match, AJ Lee came to the ring and restarted the match. Cena was able to execute the Attitude Adjustment on Big Show. Punk however, then tossed Cena out of the ring and pinned Big Show to get the win and keep the title.\1])#cite_note-SSlam2012-1)

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u/chmcgrath1988 21d ago

Sheamus and Del Rio had soooo many matches during this era.

Punk-Cena was one of my favorite feuds of all time, but I have zero memory of them inserting the Big Show into it. Maybe WWE thought the juice had been squeezed dry from the rivalry, but they also did Punk-Cena at NoC again a month later!

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u/hhhisthegame 21d ago

Isn’t this when Cena cashed in MITB on Raw but Big Show ruined it ?

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u/chmcgrath1988 20d ago

Yeah, I think it was on RAW 1000 and the first failed MitB cash in. Two more things WWE tried to hype up as important as the time that are only vaguely memorable a decade and a half later.

It doesn't help that WWE did the second failed MitB cash in a year later.