WWE Money In The Bank 2011

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: July 17 2011
Location: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 14,815

For this week's retro event review, the focus turns to a more recent classic: Money In The Bank 2011. On this night, there were two great MITB Ladder matches, a very good World Title bout and a tremendous main event which had a brilliant build-up, a red-hot crowd and positioned CM Punk as a permanent main eventer.

The card kicked off with the SmackDown Money In The Bank match which involved Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Kane, Sin Cara and Cody Rhodes. There was no real favourite but plenty of viable contenders and, with a good blend of talent and styles, there were plenty of big moments, the most notable being a Sheamus powerbomb through a horizontal ladder to Cara, who left the match afterwards (this was the cover story for a suspension), and a very risky 450 Splash by Gabriel off a horizontal ladder. In the end, Daniel Bryan emerged as something of an unexpected winner, which went down a treat with the hardcore Chicago fans. The show had kicked off with a bang.

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WWF WrestleMania X-Seven

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWF
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: April 1 2001
Location: Reliant Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 67,925

With WrestleMania 31 just days away, the focus for this week's retro event review is on the greatest WrestleMania of them all, and arguably the greatest show in WWWF/WWF/WWE history: WrestleMania X-Seven.

It is lauded as such because it saw the top stars of the entire Attitude Era converging on the grandest stage of them all, in the most legendary contests of their careers in some cases, all in front of a huge stadium crowd. Add to that the historical significance of this being the first PPV since the buy-out of WCW, and WrestleMania X-Seven stands out as a truly unforgettable night of action.

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ECW December To Dismember 2006

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: December 3 2006
Location: James Brown Arena, Augusta, Georgia, USA
Attendance: 4,800

ECW December To Dismember 2006 was a classic show, one that will always be fondly remembered for ... okay, I'm lying.

Normally, I review a vintage show with historic redeeming features. This week, though, I turn it the other way, and look at an event that was memorable for all the wrong reasons.

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WWF Royal Rumble 1992

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWF
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: January 19 1992
Location: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York, USA
Attendance: 17,000

For this week's retro show review, the spotlight shines on the 1992 Royal Rumble, an event largely remembered for one match - but what a bout it was.

Of course, the feature bout was the Royal Rumble match, but what made this one special is that, for the only time in history, the winner of the Rumble would become WWF Champion (the title had been declared vacant in December 1991). As this was the early days of the Rumble, and the match had a star-studded field, there were plenty of potential winners, and the vast majority of entrants were Hall Of Famers or similarly memorable stars. And if all that wasn't enticing enough beforehand, the performances of two people - one of whom wasn't even a participant - elevated the match, and the event, to all-time great status. The card began with a promo video that featured a classic Vince McMahon voiceover: "It's time to RUMMBBLLE! It's time for a ROYYYALLL RUMMMMMBBLLLE!"

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WWF SummerSlam 1998

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWF
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: August 30 1998
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
Attendance: 21,588

In the first of a series, I will look back at previous WWF/WWE Pay-Per-View events, beginning with one of the most memorable shows of the Attitude Era, SummerSlam 1998.

The build-up to this event was phenomenal. The feud between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker slowly gathered pace over the summer, and even in the weeks leading up to the card, physical contact between the two was limited. Meanwhile, it had just been recessed that The Undertaker and Kane were together; how would this affect Austin's chances of retaining his crown? Add to that the ongoing Austin-McMahon rivalry and the fact that this was the apex of The Monday Night Wars which meant all kinds of crazy booking situations (e.g. a Kane-Mankind Hell In A Cell match on Raw the previous Monday), plus Austin's surging popularity, and this event felt massive; it could have been a WrestleMania given the hype and the action it promised.

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