WWF: SummerSlam 1998 - Highway To Hell VHS

The PPV may be called "Highway to Hell" but it was Hardcore heaven for wrestling fans. The Undertaker-Steve Austin match is one of the greatest Summerslam matches of all-time with their high-brawling,smash-mouth action. The IC Ladder match between HHH & The Rock was the showstealer of SS. The rest are ok. I give this PPV a 10 out of 10.

I enjoyed watching this old WWF wrestling pay per view tape

This event had bad blood written all over it.We all know what happened at this event,but I'll tell ya anyway.It started with Max Mini and Spike Dudley taking on King Kong Bundy and Yokozuna. Spike and Max got flattened from the start of the match.Spike was renamed,Mr.pancake and Max was killed and reincarnated as Mikey Whipwreck.The U.S title was next.Chris Beniot defended it against Kamala in a 2 out of 3 falls match.Benoit got fall 1 and Kamala got fall 2, but in the end,Benoit won by DQ because Kamala was really Spider-man in disguise.Also,because Benoit went blind in the match,he was stripped of the U.S belt and it was rewarded to Brother Love.Then, Giant Gonzalez took on Road Dogg in a"lozer eats his shoes" match.After the pumphandle,Road Dogg seemed to had the victory,but then was tackled by a yak,and then out of nowhere,RVD came and pinned Gonzales for the win and won ownership of Venus, where Van Dam was named,"king of the pirates".After that was the handicap tag title match.L.O.D took on the Steiners and The Grand Wizard,and the whole match took place on Mt. Everist.The Wizard won the belts by himself when he pushed both teams off Everist(which was the stipulation).However,he lost the belts 24 hours later when Wizard quit the buisness to be a candle maker with a empire that spread throughout america.Then,there was a dance contest between Nathan Jones,Carlito,and Eugene for the Intercontinental belt.Eugene won after he brokedance his opponents into submission.In fact,Carlito is now recouperating at Atlantis.The next match was a 6-pac challenge for the Cruiserweight championship.It was Ultimo Dragon v. Matt Hardy v. Billy Kidman v. Zach Gowan v. Paul London v. Rey Mysterio. In a strange turn of events that will never be explained,PaRappa the Rapper became the new cruiserweight champion when he pinned Spongebob Squarepants,which made his fellow nWo Wolfpac members proud.PaRappa would then be shocked to discover that Zach Gowan was his long lost brother.Up next was the long awaited Double trouble match.Kevin Nash,Scott Hall, and Owen Hart took on Diesil,Razor Ramon,and the Blue Blazer inside the Hell in a cell.People were flying off the cell,dropped through the cell,and even electricuted.Nash would eventually pin Diesil but since Diesil was also known as Kevin Nash,they both lost and the match was a No Contest.Now,for the main event.A tag match for the WWE title.Stone Cold, The Rock,AJ Styles,and Sean O'Haire, v. Goldberg, Randy Orton, Derek Jeter,and Doink the Clown v. The n.W.o.(Hollywood Hogan,Shawn Michaels,Abyss,and Tajiri)along with their manager,Bananaman!,and Earthquake and The Undertaker were special guest referes.Team Stone Cold would win the tag match and then the team battled each other for the title.In the end,for some strange reason,Batista was declared the new WWE champion even though he was not in the match.Then we found out it was because he beat Lex Luger on Velocity last night,and that was another stipulation to win the title.Well,that does it for me.Smell ya later.Update: This was a joke review obviously. I'm keeping this up just for LOLs

Summerslam 1998 was the Highway to Hell for Stone Cold and the Undertaker for the WWE title. This rivalry was building up for months and this match finally took place right here in the Garden. Another big time match that took place here was the epic ladder match between Triple h and The Rock. This Summerslam was probably the most hyped one up to this point in time.1. European TitleVal Venis vs. D'Lo BrownThis match was a very good opener. These two had a pretty good match up. D'Lo at this time was wearing his phony chest protector which came into play many times. A good match which ended in a dq but it did had some good reversals and moves used. 3.5/52. Kaientai vs. The OdditiesNothing really great or exciting at all but some good quality entertainment. It was fun to watch the little guys from Kaientai fight the bigger and taller guys from the Oddities. Nothing great by any means but very entertaining and fun. 2/53. Hair Match- Jeff Jarrett vs. X-PacA pretty refreshing match, least from a wrestling stand point. These two was pretty much on point in this match and pulling off good counters and getting in some shots on each other. They have had better but this is a match that belongs here. Good match up. 3.75/54. Edge & Sable vs. Marc Mero & JacquelineI believe this was edges's ppv debut. Edge was very on key here and showing everyone what he is made of. He pulled off an impressive dive over the top rope onto mero. Sable and Edge was working very well together and doing double teamed moves. A good ppv debut for Edge. 3.5/55. Lion's Den Match- Owen Hart vs. Ken ShamrockA very unique match here. They were placed in this circle ring with no ropes surrounded by like a 12 ft high cage. Hart and Shamrock were going for submissions all through the match. Hart took a few hard shots from Shamrock here. I felt this match could have been better with what both of these guys are capable of but they still gave us something good to watch. 3.5/56. Tag Team TitlesNo Holds Barred & Pin Falls Count AnywhereMankind vs. New Age OutlawsIt was supposed to be Mankind & Kane but Kane didn't show up. Mankind was at his usual routine here taking his hard chair shots to the head and the hard slams onto the floor. Mankind really takes a beating, getting in very little offense here and there. Nothing we haven't already seen from Foley before. Kane does make an appearence after the match anyhow. 4/56. Intercontinental TitleLadder Match- The Rock vs. Triple HThis is another match that had a lot of build up to. After their match at  WWE In Your House 23 - Fully Loaded  solved nothing, Rock and Triple H upped their game here in this tremendous ladder match to end their feud. Both Hunter and Rock took a lot of hard punishment from the ladder and from each other. A lot of the action takes place on the outside where both took some viscious bumps on the ladder. Rock trys to work on Hunter's knee here and there. The fans was very electric in this one. The action in the ring was also very good. This was great match which stole the show. Outstanding match. This match is also available on  WWE - The Ladder Match . A showstopping match. 5/57. WWE TitleUndertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve AustinA perfect main event to close out the show. This match had a lot of hype behind it and Austin & Taker left it all on the line in this one. Taker was really out brawling Austin here and giving strikes after strikes and just using his strength to wear down Stone Cold. Austin was able to produce and pull out moveneuvers Austin rarely uses to counter and try to beat down Taker. The action would get taken to the outside where Taker would drop a massive leg drop to Austin while on the announce table. A pretty good counter from Austin into the stunner for the finish. A great main event. 5/5This is one I recommend basically for the last two matches. But don't spend too much on it though.

Summerslam '98; not the first clash for Taker & Austin for the belt, but maybe the best I've seen. No spoilers on a show this old, so no need to go into great details. Just a great match between 2 of the all-time greats. Kane destroying Mankind in a dumpster, and a pretty good undercard without many lulls or parts to fast forward, through.Great ladder match for the IC title between Rock & Hunter. In short, a show that lived up to the "Attitude Era" hype...