Ranking every WWE SummerSlam PPV in history

10. WWE SummerSlam 2015

• Sheamus def. Randy Orton
• The New Day def. The Prime Time Players, Los Matadores and The Lucha Dragons to win the WWE Tag Team Championship
• Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev ended in a double count-out
• Neville & Stephen Amell def. King Barrett & Stardust
• Ryback def. Big Show and The Miz to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship (Triple Threat Match)
• Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns def. The Wyatt Family
• WWE Champion Seth Rollins def. WWE United States Champion John Cena (both titles were on the line)
• Team PCB def. Team B.A.D. and Team Bella (3-Team Women’s Division Elimination Match)
• Kevin Owens def. Cesaro
• The Undertaker def. Brock Lesnar by technical submission

Welcome to the top 10 SummerSlams of all time. We’ll start with SummerSlam 2015, which began with a Money in the Bank winner actually getting a clean win. Sheamus was holding the briefcase at the time and he beat Randy Orton in the opener, which was solid. These two had been working each other for a while so it didn’t seem very fresh, but it got the job done.

It’s strange to back and see The New Day as heels but that was the case in 2015 as they battled The Prime Time Players, who were holding the WWE Tag Team Championship, Los Matadores and The Lucha Dragons. Matches like this can be kind of a mess at times, and there were those moments here, but it was an entertaining match and historic in the sense that this was the night that The New Day began their 483-day reign.

It’s not often that I don’t like a Dolph Ziggler match but this bout with Rusev wasn’t very good at all. This was part of that silly saga where Lana had left Rusev for Ziggler and none of it ever worked, including this double count-out finish. Moving on.

The celebrity portion of the show was up next as Stephen Amell made his in-ring debut, partnering with Neville to take on Cody, who was using the Stardust gimmick here, and Wade Barrett, who was King Barrett at this point. Geez, there’s a lot happening here. I’m not a big fan of matches like this but Amell actually looked pretty good in the ring. I thought Cody would take the loss but I think they were hoping more would happen down the line.

It’s hard to get excited about a Ryback win, especially in a Triple Threat Match that only went about five minutes. But I always did get excited when any members of The Shield took on any members of The Wyatt Family. This time around, with Rollins having left the group, it was Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose taking on Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. These teams always had great chemistry and that was no different here. It wasn’t the best match of the rivalry, overall, but that’s to be expected without Rollins in the mix. This was still a good time with Roman and Ambrose getting the win.

Speaking of Rollins, he was looking to make history on this night in a champion vs. champion match. Rollins was holding the WWE Championship and John Cena was holding the United States Championship. This was the summer that Rollins had broken Cena’s nose with the high knee, something he’d hit in this match as well, one of many great spots throughout this battle.

There were some great near-falls here and I just love matches where you don’t actually know who’s going to win. The finish was a bit strange, with Jon Stewart getting involved to cost Cena his title but that still didn’t take away from what the match was. With the win, Rollins became the first in history to hold the WWE Championship and the U.S. Title simultaneously.

The Women’s Tag Team Elimination Match was up next and it was great to see this get some real time. This is when change had been promised in the division, and the nine women involved in the match all gave a really good effort. Charlotte was the star here and would win the Divas Championship the next month, as well. Another fun match followed as Kevin Owens got a win over Cesaro in a very physical matchup.

The main event wasn’t the match of the night but The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar was still pretty good. This was The Deadman’s attempt at revenge after losing to Lesnar the year before at WrestleMania, which obviously ended the streak, and he actually got it, even if he really didn’t. Some people didn’t like the finish and it was a little off, but I go back and forth with my opinion on it.

After kicking out of a second F5, ‘Taker slapped on the Hell’s Gate submission but Lesnar fought out it and countered with the Kimura Lock, at which point The Undertaker was tapping out. Lesnar’s shoulders were down but he got one up and the bell still rang. The ref wondered what was happening as he hadn’t called for it, which gave ‘Taker a chance to hit a low blow, slap Hell’s Gate back on and get the win after Lesnar passed out, but not before giving the finger. This was better than I thought it would be and an entertaining finish to an entertaining night.