August 27, 2007 Observer Newsletter: SummerSlam & UFC previews, WWE responds to Congress
We are at a couple of interesting crossroads this coming weekend as both WWE and UFC each have one of their biggest events of the year, one day apart.
WWE’s SummerSlam, on 8/26, at a sold out Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ, has seven matches announced at press time, and will feature the returns of HHH and Rey Mysterio, along with John Cena vs. Randy Orton, as the biggest draws. It will be the first time in three years that SummerSlam didn’t feature Hulk Hogan, and last year’s show was loaded, with Cena vs Edge, plus a Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley match backed up with some of the best interviews of that year. This year, the TV by and large has not done a good job of hyping the show itself. Cena vs. Orton has been promoted okay. The angles have been by-the-book. The promos have been average.
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