WWE Summerslam 2017: Rating all the matches on the card

WWE Summerslam 2017 is done and dusted. A fairly decent show was pushed into the realms of great on the back of a massive Fatal 4-way main event featuring Brock Lesnar, who was defending his WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, and Samoa Joe.

The pay-per-view had a lot of ups and downs and we're here to look at how well each individual match performed at "The Biggest Party of the Summer".

So, without any further ado, here are our ratings for all the matches from WWE Summerslam 2017:

#1) The Miztourage def Jason Jordan and The Hardy Boyz (Six Man Tag Team match) (Kickoff Show)

The Miztourage and the team of Jason Jordan and The Hardy Boyz had a fairly uneventful kickoff match where The Miz pinned Kurt Angle's son to pick up the victory for his team. Unspectacular all the way through.

Rating - 4/10

#2 Neville def Akira Tozawa (c) (Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship)

Neville regained his WWE Cruiserweight Championship less than a week after dropping it to Akira Tozawa on the go-home WWE Summerslam 2017 episode of Monday Night Raw.

It was a fast-paced match that ticked all the right boxes with "The King of the Cruiserweights" regaining his crown in well-deserved fashion.

Rating - 6/10

#3 The Usos def The New Day (c) (Tag team match for the WWE Smackdown Live Tag Team Championship)

Best kickoff show match ever? Quite possible

One of the best kickoff show matches of all-time saw The Usos and The New Day put on a tag team wrestling clinic. Jimmy and Jey have fast become one of the most promising tag teams in the WWE and this win only further improves their reputation.

It was a fabulous match filled with nonstop action.

Rating - 8/10

#4 John Cena def Baron Corbin (Singles match)

The burial of Baron Corbin is now complete

Onto the main card now, and we start off with a match booked solely to further bury Baron Corbin. After The Lone Wolf's failed Money in the Bank cash in on the go-home episode of Smackdown Live, he needed a big win at WWE Summerslam 2017.

Instead, we got Cena joking around before pinning Corbin following an Attitude Adjustment. Poor match all the way through.

Rating - 4/10

#5 Natalya def Naomi (c) (Singles match for the WWE Smackdown Live Women's Championship)

A long overdue championship win for Natalya

This was one of those 'decent but nothing great' matches. Naomi has a few great athletic moves but just doesn't match up to the technical prowess of Natalya. In my book, it was the right call to put the belt on the Neidhart heiress.

Hopefully, her feuds going forward will mean more than this one has.

Rating - 5/10

#6 Big Cass def Big Show (Singles match with Enzo Amore suspended above the ring in a shark cage)

Glad Enzo was finally made to shut the hell up

This was an atrocious match. The only two bright spots were the humiliation of Enzo Amore as he stripped down to his boxers and then had his head kicked off by Big Cass, and the subsequent victory of the New York native.

This was a waste of everyone's time.

Rating - 2/10

#7 Randy Orton def Rusev (Singles match)

Randy Orton and Rusev's unexpected feud had potential and it looked like something good could be on the cards when "The Bulgarian Brute" attacked "The Viper" before the match began. Unfortunately, all that went down the drain when Orton felled his opponent within a minute of the official start of the match with an RKO Outta Nowhere.

What was even the point of this other than burying yet another promising Smackdown Live Superstar at WWE Summerslam 2017?

Rating - 3/10

#8 Sasha Banks def Alexa Bliss (c) (Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship)

This match could have been great instead of just good

Most fans would feel that WWE could have done more with this match with how talented Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss are. It was a really good match all the way till the end when it ended abruptly with a couple of Bank Statements which Little Miss Bliss tapped out to way too early.

Fans would feel that this is a match with unfulfilled potential.

Rating - 6/10

#9 Finn Balor def Bray Wyatt (Singles match)

Finn Balor brought out his demon avatar for the first time since last year's Summerslam to combat the creepiness of Bray Wyatt and it paid off here in a solid match.

The duo went back and forth with mind games and fast-paced action. The only issue I have with this match was the finish where Wyatt was so surprised by the Demon King getting up in the midst of a Spiderwalk that he just... lost. It was a bit weird.

Good match, though.

Rating - 7/10

#10 Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins def Sheamus and Cesaro (Tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship)

Oh, it's good to see these two back together

The Shield Reunion was everything we were hoping for as Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins banded together to defeat Sheamus and Cesaro for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships in a scintillating encounter.

It was perfect tag team wrestling culminating in an erratically beautiful finishing sequence that saw the two former best-friends win the gold to give one of the best recent WWE storylines a happy ending.

Rating - 8.5/10

#11 AJ Styles (c) Kevin Owens (Singles match for the WWE United States Championship with Shane McMahon as Special Guest Referee)

A little less Shane and a little more action would have been perfect

Now, this is the match that AJ Styles and Kevin Owens have been looking for during their months-long feud. It was finally about the wrestling and not some shenanigans although there were plenty of shenanigans involved due to Shane McMahon's presence as Special Guest Referee.

I feel that a little bit less of Shane would have elevated this match to greatness but it was a superb encounter, nevertheless with "The Phenomenal One" proving just why he's considered the best wrestler on the entire roster.

Rating - 8/10

#12 Jinder Mahal (c) def Shinsuke Nakamura (Singles match for the WWE Championship)

This was a horrendous match. In fact, the only thing worse about WWE Summerslam 2017 was the Big Cass vs Big Show match. Shinsuke Nakamura losing to Jinder Mahal via the exact same method that Randy Orton lost to the Maharaja was the nail in this coffin.

Even before the ending, it was a sluggish match with no chemistry between the two men. The fact that the "Khallas" Jinder hit to put away "The King of Strong Style" was the cherry on this garbage cake.

Rating - 2.5/10

#13 Brock Lesnar (c) def Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe (Fatal Fourway match for the WWE Universal Championship)

And, the main event of the evening. Quite possibly the best Fatal 4-way match in the history of the WWE. It was a thing of sheer beauty to behold from start to finish.

Braun Strowman looked a true "Monster Among Men" as he decimated Brock Lesnar on the outside only for "The Beast Incarnate" to make an incredible return and actually work as hard as his opponents during a match.

The victory felt earned with Samoa Joe and Roman Reigns doing their fair share of work. The clean pin on Roman also potentially sets up their long-rumoured feud for Wrestlemania 34.

Rating - 9/10