I got myself the steelbook edition and it's one of the best SummerSlams in recent years!!!
I got this as a gift for a friend of mine and he went crazy with the main event: Edge vs. Undertaker Hell in a Cell !!!!!
A match worth buying this dvd for !!!!!

Hell in a Cell Match
Edge vs. Undertaker9/10

John Cena vs. Batista8/10

WWE Championship Match
Triple H vs. The Great Khali6/10

World Heavyweight Championship Match
CM Punk vs. JBL7.5/10

ECW Championship Match
Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy5/10

Winners Take All Tag Team Match
Kofi Kingston & Mickie James vs. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix5.5/10

Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Jeff Hardy6.5/10

overall 7.5/10

Quite possibly the second best PPV of 2008, after a very positive edition of Wrestlemania:
it featured a great HIAC that, although lacking blood, featured an array of extreme spots, and the ending was just priceless;
it also featured a classic match between Cena and Batista, that someone called the match of the year;
i bet no one expected much from the two world heavyweight title bouts, mostly because both Khali and JBL are often criticized due to the fact that they are often involved in main events although they are untalented, but the two matches were enjoyable and in my opinion two of the best performances ever by either Khali and JBL.

So cool !!!!!!!!!

CM Punk vs JBL is the best match of this DVD

im going to reveiw this as i see fit.
disappointing and a waste of ?15
only one match stood out for me and that was the fantastic cena vs batista
the hell in a cell was just disappointing as most of them are becoming, there was plenty of weapons including ladders, tables, chairs and steps but the biggest let down being there was no blood, i mean what the hell when you hear hell in a cell mentioned i always think blood, barbed wire an plenty of chairs shots.

mvp vs jeff hardy
an okay match not the best of the night but far from the worst 3/5

winner take all match intercontental and womens championship
kofi kingston & mickie james vs beth phoenix & santino marella
once again ok match could have done better but a average match 3/5

shawn michaels announcement shocking moment which keeps shawn in it

ecw championship
mark henry vs matt hardy
it was over befor it started not good anothe for a ppv like summer slam 1.5/5

world heavyweight championship
cm punk vs jbl
punk second good ppv in a row great incounter for both superstars one of the best of the night 4/5

wwe championship
triple h vs the great khali
slow match not much action not the best from triple h but what do you get when you have to drag khali through a match 2.5/5

john cena vs batista
this was the worst of the night both superstars need someone to drag them through for a good match but with these to just ruined the ppv 1/5

hell in a cell
the undertaker vs edge
great to see undertaker make his return after his 2 month ban but probaly worst hell in a cell match for a while great edge getting what he derseves after the match for what he has done to undertaker 3/5

overall ppv rating 3/5

In my eyes Summerslam 2008 was brilliant!
All of the matches were great in the biggest blockbuster of the summer.
The hell in the cell return of the undertaker match, that was so fun to watch,
The HBK retirement speech was really quite shocking, stupid Y2J punching rebecca in the face :o
the rest of the matches were excellent.
if you are not sure wether to but it or not DO!!
i did and i love it :) x

Very nice Summerslam. Cena vs Batista is really a good match and Undertaker vs Edge is an interesting main event. The mid-card is also funny when Triple H which wrestles Great Khali in a surprisingly good match.

A PPV that gets better and better...

It starts of with Jeff Hardy vs MVP. I think that both the wrestlers could have done better. But since they're both good the match is OK. 3/5

Kofi Kingston & Mickie James vs Santino Marello & Beth Phoenix. A mixed match for both the belts. (Women's champion & Intercontinental champion). It's a shame that we don't get to see more of Kofi. Marella is just in the match for the fun. 3/5

Then Shawn Michaels has a statement. Way too long, both before and after the incident. 1/5

Mark Henry vs Matt Hardy for the ECW title. Way too short. At first I thought Hardy was injured because he moves at the same speed as Henry. In the Special Features there is a rematch the day after that is much better. 1/5

CM Punk vs JBL for the World title. I can't see why JBL should be in big matches like this. He is boring. 2/5

Triple H vs Great Khali for the WWE championship. Khali is not good (as always), but HHH is doing good so the match is OK to watch. 3/5

Cena vs Batista. Yes, I like this one. Two great wrestlers which both are proving how strong they really are. Fascinated. The match could have been a little longer though. 4/5

Undertaker vs Edge in a Hell in a Cell-match. I really didn't expact too much out of this match, but this one is a keeper. Edge brings TLC's to the match. Some nice stunts. And I love the fact that they actually gets to wrestle and don't gets interrupted by others (The Family). They could have skipped the bit of what's happening after the match. That's overkill. 5/5

Extra plus for the Special Features that includes the rematch between Henry and Hardy. 11+ minutes.

Indeed one of the best ppv's in wwe 2008,
mvp vs jeff hardy- 7/10
glamarella vs. kofi and mickie- 6/10
matt hardy vs mark henry- 1/10
jbl vs. cm punk- 6/10
triple h vs. khali- 7/10
cena vs. batista- 9/10
undertaker vs edge- 15000/10

August 17, 2008 Summerslam took place at Indianapolis, Indiana and this event was good better then last years. The thing is though they advertise Rey Mysterio at the start of the show but yet he was not on the show at all. (This review may contain spoilers)

So anyway lets get into the event

Montel Vontavious Porter VS Jeff Hardy

This was a good match by both men and the ending just shocked me the match really did show how good MVP is but the ending I never wished happen with Shelton helping MVP to pick up the win. This match was better quality then the match that MVP and Jeff had at Judgment Day 2008. 7/10

Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix VS Kofi Kingston and Mickie James - Intercontinental Championship and Womens Championship on the line.

I can hardly call this a good match Santino hardly does nothing he acts like a girl he was pathetic because Beth did most of the work during the match. Now the match with Beth doing The Glam Slam I think it is to Mickie James. Now I wanted Mickie and Kofi to win but Beth is a good wrestler and she did some pretty good moves in the match so I was sort of happy for Beth to win. Now Santino is a joke and should not of got the Intercontinental championship Beth should have got the title while Santino should have got the womens championship. 5/10

Shawn Michaels & Chris Jericho segment - The segment starts of boring then when Jericho comes out it's more enjoyable then when he hits Shawn's wife it's quite funny when you hear some women in the crowd say something. This scene was great though Jericho lightened it up the rivalry was just awesome between these 2 and I have not seen a bad match from them and they even cut a great segment.

Mark Henry (with Tony Atlas) VS Matt Hardy - ECW Championship

This match was bad only lasting 32 seconds all because Tony Atlas gets Mark Henry disqualified in order for Mark Henry to keep the ECW Championship. This was just awful and really why advertise this and why let it happen at a PPV its just pathetic. Though at the end the Jeff helps Matt so that was good. The match gets 1/10 while the part with the Hardys gets 4/10 I would of liked to have seen more of the Hardys. (The DVD features a rematch but it''s awful Mark Henry in my opinion he is quite boring he was better with the Nation of Domination back in the 90's.)

CM Punk VS John "Bradshaw" Layfield - World Heavyweight Championship

The match was quite slow as for JBL he should go back to commentary or bring back APA Ron Simmons and JBL as a team. To be honest I thought Batista vs CM Punk from the Great American Bash 2008 was a way better match. 2/10

Triple H VS The Great Khali - WWE Championship

I knew this match was going to be horrible and it was Triple H who was getting beat up most of the way threw the match all of a sudden Triple H does a pedigree and Khali was going it looked pathetic and even the people were shouting to Khali you can't wrestle. Good that Triple H kept the title cause Khali is not so great in the ring but it's not his fault. 3/10

John Cena VS Batista

This match was made more of a fuss of then The Hell in A Cell who cares if it was the first match these 2 were VS each other. This match was quite good John Cena looked a bit pathetic with the STFU on Batista looked fake as hell. Though the highlight of that match was Cena jumping of the top rope and getting the Batista bomb. I don't generally like these 2 wrestlers but this match was quite good it is exciting and enjoyable 7/10

The Undertaker VS Edge - Hell in a Cell

Now this was the match I was waiting to see Undertaker and Edge and to the feud was the best leading up to this match was brilliant. The whole match was enjoyable and really best match of the year so far. The cage smashed at the side Edge done a spear to Undertaker through the Spanish announcers table. Edge gets chokeslammed through a table. I am going to skip to the end everything Edge done to Undertaker he did to Edge hitting him with a camera Edge getting a spear (watching Undertaker doing a spear is funny it just was for some reason) Edge been hit a One man con%u2013chair%u2013to. The end was just good Edge getting chokeslammed off the ladders and through the ring where fire came out at the end. Both men gave a great match it was enjoyable and it was well worth staying up till 4am to watch it live when I did. Edge he has proved how great he really is and this is a milestone for him and without of a doubt it's a classic for undertaker. 9.5/10 it is the best Hell in Cell match I have seen in a long time.

Now watching the DVD WWE have made editing to the crowd by trying to cut out the swearing. Another Edit takes place in the hell in a cell match the part where Edge gets thrown of the ladder it goes into a Undertaker monage thing with little girls laughing a bit hard to explain but it wrecks the whole thing but it's not that bad but it is different from when it was live on TV. The DVD extras are bad you get a boring ECW match the rematch with Mark Henry and Matt Hardy its a waste of time but at least we see a rematch which I believe we deserve because of the no effort match on SummerSlam. A 45 second segment of WWE Summerfest why didn't they just show the whole thing. Then an awful segment with Shawn Michaels which is just lifeless couldn't they just interview Chris Jericho he was a legend for what he did I respect Shawn Michaels though. I don't understand why WWE didn't add something worth watching like where Edge's fantastic segments leading up to SummerSlam those needed to be added but anyway they should be on Edge's WWE DVD which I believe is currently been made

Now the cover I don't see why Maria was added to the front cover all she did was an interview she didn't wrestle it would of been better adding Edge and Undertaker as they were clearly the best of the night or even put Beth and Mickie James on the cover. .

As for Summerslam it's a great event without of a doubt way better then last years and it is a must have on DVD and for me it was one of the strongest events of 2008 and believe it or not it's a good year for WWE it's been better then PPV's in 2007.

i think this is one off the best ppvs of 2008 the hell in the cell match was exalant when the undertaker did every back to edge was he dun to the undertaker the batista vs john cena was a goof match like when cena jumped of the top rope and batista caught him in mid air and batista bombed him OMG the thriple h vs the great khail match was ok cm punk vs jbl was ok too. it was good to c the undertaker back if you havent pre order this dvd you should GREAT PPV BUY IT .

Wow, the cover art for this DVD is amazing! I didn't intend to buy this but now I just want it for the awesome cover. They should have covers like this for every pay-per-view, it's true when they say sex sells.

Onto the event, like most WWE pay-per-views these days, I wasn't majorly impressed with it but it did have some good matches. Cena/Batista did not dissapoint and CM Punk/JBL was also entertaining. I thought the angle between HBK and Jericho was very good too, it was quite emotional and dark.

Unfortunately I was unable to watch the main event of this show at the time, but I heard that it was a great match and featured a chokeslam off a Ladder and through the ring! That definately sounds like a cool moment that would be worth getting the DVD for!