We get the results to a poll that could be text voted on next. The question is “Will Edge and Vickie Guerrero get a divorce?” This was a landslide one way with “Yes” receiving 78 percent of the votes. We return to the arena as “Satan’s Structure”, JR’s words not mine, is lowered down onto the ring. We get a great package that shows Vickie setting this match after Edge cheated on her. We see all the highlights from Hell in the Cell matches in the past and Edge asking Mick Foley for advice. Foley tells him the only person that can help him is Edge. Again they packages on this show are very well produced and was a fan of almost all them. The Rated R Superstar, Edge, is first out as this Main Event is finally upon us. He receives nothing but heat from the fans as he eyes the cage and enters it for the first Hell in a Cell in SummerSlam history. The bells toll and the lights go dim as The Undertaker makes his way into the arena through the smoke clouds and plumes of flame. Edge does a great job selling his look of terror here as the Deadman makes his way into the cage. Taker raises his arms before enter the cage door and the lights rise with them. Great entrance as usual for The Undertaker here.

The bell sounds and Taker backs Edge into the corner. Edge dodges Taker’s strike and this leaves Undertaker now in the corner. Edge unloads a flurry of punches, but this barely phases The Undertaker and he shoves Edge away. He then tosses Edge into the corner and tries to strike with a clothesline. Edge ducks this and Taker is back in the corner taking punches from Edge. Taker again shoves him away and this time he flattens Edge with a big boot. After Taker unloads on Edge in the corner he easily tosses the Rated R superstar over the top rope and to the outside. Taker then joins him on the outside and drives the back of Edge into the cell. After about ten head-butts from Taker he drives the face of Edge into the cell and grinds it against it. After this, Taker whips Edge into the ring  stairs and the match is off to a good start. The Undertaker returns Edge to the apron and hits his patented leg drop onto the chest of Edge, who is half hanging over the apron. This is when we cut to the Guerrero Family who are watching the match in the back.

The Undertaker slides the ring stairs into the ring and enters behind them. He then sets them up in the corner and snake-eyes Edge onto the top of them. Edge no-sells it and after a back elbow, Edge whips Taker into the steps. He then dropkicks the seated Deadman into them and the crowd is really coming to life at this point. Taker is still seated against the steps, so Edge drives him into them again, this time with The Spear. Edge leaves the ring and finds a table under it. He leans the table against the cage and returns to the ring to hit Taker with the ring stairs. After doing this Edge again leaves the ring to search under it. He finds another table and sets it up outside the ring. He then takes the other table ad sets it up on top of the other one. Edge returns to the apron and tries to suplex Taker out of the ring and through the tables. Taker breaks free and grabs Edge by the throat. It looks like Edge is about to get chokeslamed through the table when he escapes and hotshots the throat of Taker onto the top rope. Edge then goes to the other side of the ring and finds a chair under it. This leads to Edge driving the chair into the throat of Undertaker and returning to the ring with it. Edge once again leaves the ring and finds yet another table that he then puts into the ring. Once Edge is back in the ring he wastes no time slamming the chair into the back of the Deadman. Edge sets the new table up in the center of the ring as the dazed Undertaker is slow to rise to his feet. Once again Edge leaves the ring and crowd lets out a nice pop when he comes back with a ladder this time. Edge returns to the ring and takes Taker down with a chairshot to the head. Edge delivers a second one and places Taker onto the table. Edge then climbs the ladder, chair in hand, and jumps off using the chair to drive Taker through the table. Edge is slow to make the first cover but Taker is able to het the shoulder up.

Edge is again back outside the ring and searching under it. He throws a pair of chairs into the ring and follows them in. When Edge attempts the one man Con-Chair-To, The Undertaker sits up in his traditional fashion and grabs Edge by the throat. Edge escapes the chokeslam but is laid out by a big right hand from The Undertaker. Both men are slow to return to their feet and Edge goes to the apron to do so. This may not have been the best idea because Taker hits him with a big boot that sends him flying into the cage. Taker then joins him on the outside and rams the ring steps into the head of Edge. Edge is then put onto the shoulder of Taker and when Undertaker attempts to drive Edge into the ring post, he escapes with the backslide. This leads to Edge shoving Undertaker, face first, into the ring pole. For not wanting to have any color here these two are taking a lot of chances with the moves. Edge then runs, leaps off the ring stairs and tackles The Undertaker through the side of the cell. It takes a moment but the Deadman is first to his feet and slams Edge onto the leaning cell wall. After bouncing the head of Edge off the announce table, Taker whips him into the security wall and starts to dismantle the table. He tries to hit Edge with a TV monitor but Edge ducks it and lands a few punches to the midsection. This allows Edge to grab the other monitor and drive it into the forehead of The Undertaker. Edge hit him with it one more time before dropping it and putting Taker onto the middle table. Edge then runs from table to table and nails The Spear which sends both men crashing through the previously dismantled table. Both men are slow to return to their feet and begin trading punches when they do so. Taker comes out on top and returns Edge to the ring through the hole in the cage wall. Edge is first in the ring and uses the ladder to gain the advantage. He drives it into the face of Taker before he leaves the ring and grabs a TV camera. He plants it upside the head of Taker and tries for a cover. The Deadman isn’t out of it yet and kicks out at two.

Edge charges for The Spear next but The Undertaker is there in waiting, and grabs him by the throat. Taker then delivers the chokeslam but this takes all he has and he hits the mat with Edge. The Undertaker is slow to make the cover and this allows Edge to have enough strength to kick-out. Taker appears to be setting up for a Last Ride, but Edge drops to his knees and nails him with a low blow. Both men are slow to rise to their  feet and Edge strikes first hitting the Impaler DDT. Edge returns to his feet and is shocked when The Undertaker sits up. Edge grabs the ladder but Taker buries the right hand into the midsection of Taker and climbs to his feet. The Undertaker picks Edge up for a Last Ride and it looks like he is going to send him through the tables stacked on the outside. Edge escapes with a backslide and drives The Spear into the midsection of Taker. Edge hooks the leg and the crowd is shocked when Taker kicks out. Both men again slowly rise to their feet and Edge lands the first punch. This knocks Undertaker into the corner and Edge climbs up to deliver the ten count. He gets four punches in before The Undertaker lifts him up and deliver the Last Ride successfully. The leg is hooked but Edge is still kicking out. Taker now positions the steel steps and climbs atop them. He places Edge onto his shoulder but he again escapes with a backslide. Edge then uses the momentum from the escape to whip Taker onto the steps by his hair. It takes sometime But Edge eventually makes the cover only to have Taker kick-out.

Edge starts to deliver some strikes to the head of the kneeling Deadman and eventually leads Taker to the corner by his hands. Edge climbs to the top and it looks as though he is going to give The Undertaker his own signature Old School move. Taker escapes Edge’s grasp and pulls the top rope causing Edge to land spread eagle on the top rope. The Undertaker then grabs him by the throat and chokeslams him through the double decker tables on the outside. The Undertaker returns Edge to the ring and joins him inside. When Edge makes it back to his feet Taker gives Edge some of his own medicine by hitting him with The Spear. They both slowly return to their feet and Taker plants the TV camera upside the head of Edge. He then places a chair under the face of Edge and grabs a second chair. He then gives Edge his own Con-Chair-To and follows this with the Tombstone Piledriver. The Undertaker crosses Edge’s hands over his own chest and makes the cover. This time there is no kicking out and The Undertaker gets the pinfall. Taker leaves the ring and is on the top of the entrance ramp when he notices Edge still stirring in the ring. The Undertaker then returns to the ring and sets the ladder up. He places Edge on top of one ladder and leaves the ring to get a second one. He sets this one up next to Edge, climbs it, and the screen cuts back and forth from in-ring to Undertaker symbols. The Undertaker then chokeslams Edge off the top of the ladders and through the ring. Presumably to hell as the hole lights on fire soon after Edge goes through it. This is a great Hell in the Cell for being the first one of the blood-free PG Era. Edge has said in interviews later that he originally was disappointed that there wouldn’t be color or any spots off the top of the cell. Edge wanted to be Tombstoned through the cell, and on the way, go through a table. Even though this wasn’t done, the match was still phenomenal. This is also the first time that the same two Superstars who headlined WrestleMania went on to headline SummerSlam. Even without the bumps off the top of the cell this is still a must watch match. Match Time-26:43

This edition of SummerSlam definitely wasn’t the best and probably doesn’t even break the top half of SummerSlams overall. Most of the show can just be avoided but there are a few gems here. My top three matches from this event are as follows; Hell in a Cell between Taker/Edge, Batista/Cena and probably the Jericho/HBK segment. The CM Punk/JBL match wasn’t terrible either and could be watched as well. As for the rest, you might as well skip it. If you have read my work before you should know I like to see what Dave Meltzer thought of the matches. These ratings as always are acquired through www.profightdb.com The Hell in a Cell match was well received getting 4.5 stars. Cena and Batista almost broke a 4 with a 3.75. JBL and Punk were next in line with 3.25 and Hardy/MVP isn’t to far behind that with a 3. The rest of the card received a 1 star rating. I guess Dave agrees here that the matches that were great carried the card through the matches that sucked. I hope you enjoyed this Edition of The Chairshot Classic and hope you join me next time for SummerSlam 2009.

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