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SummerSlam this year definitely didn't disappoint, with The Fiend's in-ring WWE debut becoming one of the highlights of the night. There were also four women's matches for the first time as part of a SummerSlam pay-per-view and only one title change which shows that WWE was obviously thinking more about the storylines as part of the show last night.
SummerSlam was an interesting night of entertainment but whilst the company delivered on so many levels, there were a few interesting moments throughout the night where WWE should have thought more about the actual storyline.
Of the 12 matches that took place last night at SummerSlam, there were a number of booking mistakes that WWE made that were the only low points of what was otherwise seen as an interesting night in Canada.
#5 Dolph Ziggler/Goldberg
It's quite obvious that the only reason Goldberg was part of this year's SummerSlam was that he didn't want to walk away from the company with his last match being against The Undertaker at Super ShowDown earlier this year.
Goldberg was horrendous as part of that match in the Middle East and he obviously wanted to find a way to move forward, since in wrestling you are always judged based on your last match.
Ziggler hit two superkicks before he was then given a spear and a Jackhammer and pinned by the former Universal Champion, but this seemingly wasn't enough. Two spears later Goldberg finally walked away and Matt Riddle, despite being in Toronto, wasn't on hand to give him a beating of his own.
Goldberg moved very slowly throughout his match and it was obvious that he was terrified of botching one of his own moves once again, which is why this segment was so hard to watch. WWE could have allowed him to have an actual match like Trish Stratus later in the night, but instead, Ziggler was the man chosen to be fed to Goldberg to once again inflate his ego.
#4 The Fiend
The WWE Universe waited so long to see The Fiend in action that it was quite impressive that WWE gave him and Finn Balor the spot between main events last night that is usually handed to the women of WWE.
The Fiend's entrance set the scene, and his lantern which was presumably supposed to be Bray Wyatt's head gave an eerie atmosphere that the WWE Universe was prepared for, but the one thing that ruined everything was when the lights came back up.
It would have been great if WWE found a way to have The Fiend wrestle with the lights dropped so that he's even more sinister. It's hard to be afraid of him when the lights are up and Bray Wyatt is in the ring wearing a mask, but as soon as the match was over and the lights once again began to flicker, it became a little more intense.
It would be hard for the crowd to see him wrestle in low lighting, but surely there's a way that WWE could change it so that The Fiend stands out moving forward.
#3 No Roman Reigns?
Was Roman Reigns double-booked last night? There is no real reason why The Big Dog shouldn't have been part of SummerSlam last night since there is a huge storyline on-going that was forced to continue without him since he obviously wasn't booked for this year's show.
It was made obvious in recent weeks that Reigns wouldn't be competing at SummerSlam, but since he attacked Buddy Murphy on SmackDown on Tuesday night, it would have made sense for him to find Erick Rowan and give him a piece of his mind at the first available opportunity.
Instead, Rowan found Murphy during his match against Apollo Crews and decided to send him a message. This would have been the perfect time for Reigns to make his way to the ring and make the save before attacking Rowan himself.
Instead, the storyline ended with the attack on the pre-show and Reigns then failed to appear all the way through the show. There wasn't even a backstage segment where he was attacked again by a mystery person, which feels like WWE wasted a night that could have been quite useful.
#2 Edge's appearance was essentially wasted
There were a number of WWE Hall of Famers who were part of last night's show in Toronto, including Trish Stratus and Goldberg, as well as Bret Hart and Ric Flair who appeared in backstage segments and Booker T and Jerry Lawler who were on the kick-off panel.
One of the biggest shocks came as part of the pre-show though, when Elias decided to insult the Canadian crowd and Edge was the man who was sent out to stop it. Elias was then speared by Edge, who was able to perform a physical move in the ring for the first time since his retirement back in 2011.
The worst part about this whole situation is that WWE then went on to ruin it because Elias came out as a special guest enforcer for Kevin Owens vs Shane McMahon later in the night and didn't even sell the fact that he had been speared.
Drew McIntyre would have been a better pick, but WWE reportedly didn't want to make him look weak, since Owens was able to take out both Elias and McMahon to win the match and retain his job.
#1 Randy Orton/Kofi Kingston
A match that had been building for more than a decade ended in a double count-out last night, but many of the WWE Universe have questioned as to whether or not this was supposed to happen.
Randy Orton was seemingly enjoying beating Kofi Kingston in front of his family so he forgot that the referee was counting and a future match could now be one that means the count-out rule is switched off.
Looking at the end of the match, it appears that the idea could have been for Kingston to actually be disqualified when he snapped and attacked Orton with the kendo stick, this would be a win for Orton and would then lead to a match between the two men again at Clash of Champions.
This double count-out has left quite a few questions for the WWE Universe since it's now not clear what the company are going to do with this storyline or if it was a botched ending that they will now have to try to creatively cover-up before the next pay-per-view.
Either way, Kingston has retained his title for the time being, it's just sad that his match ended in this way.
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