Ranking and grading every WWE PPV in 2020 (WrestleMania onwards)

#5 WWE SummerSlam

You never saw THE BIG DOG comin'.#SummerSlam @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/8lbMxugwuh

— WWE SummerSlam (@SummerSlam) August 24, 2020

The first pay-per-view inside the WWE ThunderDome, SummerSlam was a pretty entertaining show. It had a consistent string of solid matches, with a huge moment at the end. Roman Reigns shocked fans as he returned to WWE and invaded The Fiend's celebrations, following his Universal title victory over Braun Strowman in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

Drew McIntyre retained his WWE Championship over Randy Orton - the first of many good matches in their extremely long feud. Asuka, like at Clash of Champions, performed double duty. Only this time, both matches felt big and were a substantial part of the card.

The Empress of Tomorrow lost to Bayley but defeated Sasha Banks to leave with the RAW Women's Championship. Sonya Deville lost a Loser Leaves WWE Match to Mandy Rose and hasn't returned since, while Dominik Mysterio impressed the fans during his in-ring debut against Seth Rollins. While it could have been bigger and better, SummerSlam was a perfectly solid pay-per-view.

Grade: B+

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#4 WWE Hell in a Cell

LEGIT CHAMP.#HIAC @SashaBanksWWE pic.twitter.com/V1bNN4hCKa

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) October 26, 2020

While it was as good as, if not better than SummerSlam, the format of Hell in a Cell was completely different. Instead of a consistent card, the show offered three huge Hell in a Cell matches and added a couple of undercard bouts to fill time between them. And while three is a bit too much, every Cell match did deliver brilliantly.

WWE told an even better story for Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso here than they did for their Universal title match the previous month, with the 'I Quit' stipulation inside the Cell cranking up the intensity. The next Cell match saw Sasha Banks and Bayley finally face each other on a WWE pay-per-view. The Legit Boss won the SmackDown Women's Championship after an epic show-stealer.

Meanwhile, in the main event, Randy Orton defeated Drew McIntyre in a match that featured a fall from the side of the Cell wall. A weak undercard - highlighted by Tucker costing Otis his Money in the Bank contract against The Miz - was vastly outweighed by the brilliance of the three Hell in a Cell matches. They are alone in pushing the show high on this list.

Grade: B+