In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
Seemed appropriate that a rather lukewarm, underwhelming SummerSlam would be soundtracked by the title song from one of the most maligned Metallica album in their catalogue (St. Anger, not Lulu). St....
On paper, SummerSlam 2004 looked like a kick-ass show. You had Chris Benoit defending the World Heavyweight Title against rising star Randy Orton, a Kurt Angle/Eddie Guerrero WrestleMania rematch,...
You know how some dream matches exceed expectations, and others are wild disappointments? The Hulk Hogan/Shawn Michaels battle of the icons at SummerSlam 2005 registered somehow, but it's not exactly...
The year 2006 took place more than a decade ago, and with hindsight, we come to realize just how truly bizarre WWE was in that year. While the likes of John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, and Edge...
It's fair to say that 2007 SummerSlam wasn't a particularly memorable event, just a trumped-up B-show with some notable returns for major stars, but little else to write home about. It'd be more...
What's the most underappreciated SummerSlam of all time? The 1995 show was a thumbs-up event in trying times, while 1989 ranks among WWE's best pay-per-views of the Hulkamania era. You could just as...
WWE as we know it today wouldn't have been the same without its many expeditions into the galaxy of stars, be they film stars, music stars, sports stars, or flavour of the month celebrities. Things...
Only eight years have passed since the 2010 SummerSlam, and it feels downright palaeolithic. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate events and rosters on a year to year basis, in part due to minimum...
So much for the vaunted "Summer of Punk". After turning the wrestling world on its ear with CM Punk's caustic Pipe Bomb promo, followed by a red-hot Money in the Bank pay-per-view, WWE put the cart...
There was just something about SummerSlam 2012 that didn't click. Granted, it was hardly a bad show by any means, but it wasn't a particularly good show, either. And no, Roman, that doesn't make it...
Alright, here we go: one of the greatest SummerSlams of all time, and hell, one of the greatest WWE pay-per-views of all time. Dave Meltzer may not have awarded a full five snowflakes to CM Punk vs....
If you're like me and you find formulaic, everybody-gets-their-spots-in, epic matches to be cliche and overdone, then you loved the main event of the 2014 SummerSlam. It was there that Brock Lesnar...
SummerSlam was born in the New York metro area in 1988, and would begin a residency period with the 2015 edition back in its Big Apple birthplace. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn is only five miles...
SummerSlam 2016 was just a scant two years ago, and reading over the match listing, it feels like it may well have happened two *hundred* years ago. I mean, Becky and Carmella as partners? Alexa and...
Based solely on its 10-match main card, SummerSlam 2017 was a damn good show, boosted by the treasured triumvirate of the four-way Universal title match, Sheamus and Cesaro's Tag Team Title defense...
