Ranking every main roster PPV of 2017

#2 SummerSlam (August 20)

A very hot and cold show.

SummerSlam was the ultimate show of high highs and low lows. There were a ton of stinkers in Brooklyn this year. Big Cass vs. Big Show was truly awful. Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura is a sad chapter in the history of WWE Championship matches at SummerSlam. John Cena's victory over Baron Corbin was trite and Randy Orton's burial of Rusev in nine seconds was yet another insult to a good talent that deserves much better. Naomi vs. Natalya for the SmackDown Women's Championship was incredible only in how flat it was, a moniker that accurately describes many other matches on the card.

Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss was a decent match, but it was surrounded by a lot of bad elsewhere on the card.

SummerSlam ranks so high, however, because it also boasted three genuine match of the year candidates that pulled the event up from the gutter and got it airborne, even with all the bad. That's how good they were.

The Usos vs. The New Day was a spectacular tag team title match that was criminally relegated to the pre-show. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins' long-awaited reunion ended in a title victory over The Bar in a match that was almost as good.

Finally, there was the main event featuring Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, and Samoa Joe, and it was every bit the total war that we were pining for. The 20-minute adrenaline rush had everyone leaving satisfied, which is more than can be said for many WWE shows.