WWF Summerslam 1998 - August 1998

WWF Summerslam 1998 - August 30th 1998 - Madison Square Garden, New York

Matches

D-lo Brown defeated Val Venis {WWF European Title} (6/10)

The Oddities defeated Kainetai {Handicap Match} (4/10)

X-Pac defeated Jeff Jarrett {Hair vs Hair Match} (7/10)

Edge and Sable defeated Marc Mero and Jacqueline (6/10)

Ken Shamrock defeated Owen Hart {Lions Den Match} (8/10)

New Age Outlaws defeated Mankind {WWF Tag Team Titles Handicap Match} (8/10)

Triple H defeated The Rock {WWF Intercontinental Title Ladder Match} (9/10)

Steve Austin defeated Undertaker {WWF World Heavyweight Title} (8/10)

Moments - Positives

A terrific Lion's Den Match between Hart and Shamrock, A great tag-team titles handicap match which turns hardcore and has a great story between Kane and Mankind as Kane does not turn up for the match but then attacks Mankind after! Also the odd storyline between Mankind and McMahon happened here as Mankind began turning face. The IC title Ladder match was excellent and was worthy of a main event. The Rock and HHH once again showed they were top players in the WWF. Finally a great World title match with a terrific table leg drop from the Undertaker. Undertaker's tweener character as he aligned himself with Kane was getting really interesting.

Moments - Negatives

The only major negative of the whole PPV was the performance from the Insane Clown Possee followed by the Oddities/Kaientai match which was truly poor. Those two items (both one after the other) really bring the show down otherwise it could have received top marks.

Overall

Its a shame that the PPV had those few negatives above otherwise it would have been worthy of being a Wrestlemania card. It was just a great show, with great storylines, excellent wrestling and a build up worthy of the top PPV of the year! Most certainly one of the best Summerslams of all time!

SCORE = 9.0