After Monday night hit-and-miss match between Melina and Divas champion, Alicia Fox, fans and critics alike were curious about how these two would fare at SummerSlam with the title on the line. While it wasn’t as sketchy as Monday’s match, these two hardly put on a mat classic. Check out the match below:
Out first is the champ, sporting some new attire. I’m not crazy about it, but it’s probably my favorite out of her new pinata gear. Melina is out next and… wow. Going all out for her hometown return, Melina has donned an over the top and blindingly bright Vegas showgirl outfit, complete with headdress and feathered boots. While it may not be my cup of tea, I have to give Melina points for originality and creativity. Rarely do we see a Diva put so much effort into her ring gear, so kudos to her.
After a few awkward moments of Melina removing her boot covers, the referee rings the bell and our way is underway. The two fierce competitors square off in the center of the ring, each trying to assert their dominance and show their opponent that they’re not intimidated. At long last, the Divas lock up with Melina getting the upper hand and muscling Alicia into the corner. The challenger breaks clean and they tie up again, but this time Fox get the advantage with a headlock followed by a takeover. Melina manages to get to her feet and to the rope, forcing the champ to break the hold.
After breaking the hold, Alicia decides to shove Melina, who is not having any of it. The challenger hits a few forearms before trying to whip Alicia across the ring. Alicia tries to reverse it, but Melina slides past and hooks the ankle, taking Alicia down to the mat face-first. Not giving the champion any time to breathe, Melina applies a modified Indian Deathlock and from that position stomps Alicia’s face into the mat. Alicia retreats to the corner to collect herself, but Melina lets loose with a shoulder block and double knees to the midsection.
Before Melina can continue her assault, Alicia starts grabbing at her own jaw, still feeling the effects of that curbstomp earlier. The ref goes to check on her, and as soon as Alicia sees that Melina has let her guard down, she goes on the attack. Unfortunately for Alicia, Melina has her scouted and countering with a Flapjack for a two count.
Melina goes for another Irish Whip into the corner, but Alicia reverses, sending Melina toward the turnbuckle. Melina manages to leap over Alicia, but upon landing she immediately starts favoring her knee. Uh oh…
Sensing her opponent’s weakness Alicia goes for a clothesline, but Melina execute an awkward matrix, before hitting an elbow and a kick to the jaw. Alicia rolls out to the apron and Melina pursues her, but the champ pulls her into the turnbuckle shoulder first. Alicia continues her attack on the arm with a stiff kick. Alicia drags the ‘Paparazzi Princess’ back into the ring and grounds her with an elbow to the head before driving her knee into the injured shoulder of Melina.
Melina scrambles away from the champion, but Alicia catches her and applies an armbar. Melina manages to get back to a vertical base but is met by a knee to the gut. Alicia throws Melina into the corner, but fights back with a kick to the gut followed by… well, nothing. The match comes to a standstill as both Divas seem to be at a loss as to what’s next. Thankfully, the moment quickly passes and Melina rolls Alicia up for a near fall.
Melina lashes out with a few weak looking forearms, followed by a dropkick. While Alicia is laid out on the ropes Melina drives both her knees into Alicia’s back and follows up with a Snapmere Driver (SHIMMER down now!) for the win becoming the new Divas Champion.
As Melina celebrates, Josh Mathews makes his way to the ring to interview the new champion, but before he can even finish his first question, he is interrupted by Lay-Cool. The BFF champs make their way to the ring to ‘share’ Melina’s special moment since they don’t have a match at SummerSlam. Not too happy about having her special moment ruined, Melina goes on the attack, taking both of the ‘Flawless Ones’ out. Unfortunately, the numbers games comes into play quickly, as Layla holds Melina in place by the feet, leaving her wide open for a vicious super kick. Alicia tries to get in on the action, but Lay-Cool attacks her as well. Lay-Cool toss Melina to the floor and McCool levels Melina with a vicious knee to the head, ending our SummerSlam Divas segment.
I made no bones about my feelings on the Alicia vs Melina match on Raw last week and my feelings about this match are very similar, but for different reasons:
With the exception of a few odd moments of confusion/miscommunication, the match was pretty much botch-free, but it seemed to be going at a snail’s pace. I notice a lot of the longer Diva matches have this problem. It seems the girls have been given two minute matches for so long, they don’t know what to do when given over five minutes. I found that many times during the match the girls looked lost and had to throw a few forearms to fill the lull.
Another thing that peeved me was how Alicia was absolutely buried in the match. Had the match been a back and forth affair, I might not be too fussed about Melina beating Alicia, but this was not the case. Alicia spent most of this match as a punching bag for Melina. I’m assuming that this feud will continue between Alicia and Melina for at least a few more weeks, but how can you expect the fans to believe Alicia can beat Melina when she’s been completely dominated two matches in a row. I really think this match destroyed any credibility that Alicia had built up in the last few months as the top heel Diva.
Last, but not least, Lay-Cool has wiggled themselves into another Raw match. While their segment was the silver lining for the Divas at SummerSlam, I’m not too keen on mixing storylines across brands outside of events like Survivor Series. But to be fair, with the Smackdown Divas division being as shallow as a shower, I guess Lay-Cool has to feud with someone, right?
All in all, while the match was decent, I don’t think it was PPV match material. I would have preferred if Alicia and Melina skipped SummerSlam and had a few matches on Raw before having this title match. Also, I think that WWE has destroyed any possibility for a continuing feud between these two by putting Melina over so quickly. The Lay-Cool/Melina segment was entertaining however and it planted a lot of seeds for potential fueds. Will it be Melina vs Lay-Cool at Night Of Champions? Will we see Melina and Alicia join forces to take out the flawless Divas on tonight’s Raw? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…
Match Rating: 2.5/5
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i really didn’t like the match. alicia barely did a move on melina, and melina seems too focussed on showing off “look what move i can do!” rather than putting on something great.
the after match segment was okay but even though we got some form of new feud (depending on if they continue it, of course) all wwe did last night was let melina totally bury alicia and then michelle buried the both of them. i don’t like thinking about favouritism backstage, but last night reeked of it.
I agree, the worst part was Alicia losing cleanly to a Melina that is “clearly not 100%” (announcers words). It made Alicia look very weak and Melina almost Cena strong.
The was was just ok for me, I thought there was too many periods where nothing was actually happening and ones standing around waiting for the other to finish selling the move they just took. Melina still comes across rusty in the ring for me.
I knew Melina was over with the crowd, but i never knew she was so over, where every move she does, no matter how small, the crowd cheer and get involved.
Where as Alica recieved nothing. When she hits melina, the crowd are dead silent, it was a little weird.
I actually love laycool and if they didn’t get involved i think divas action at summerslam would have been a huge fail.
The match was so-so, But still nice to see the Divas have a 1 on 1 match on an Event like SummerSlam. But yea I agree with you Steven, maybe the 2 minute matches have taken its toll on the Divas that they are starting to look lost in these PPV matches so its getting pretty scary.
Its just so sad seeing Alicia get so buried in this match when she had all this moment back In June, She definitely was the most exciting Diva to hold the Title. Hope she at least gets to look a little strong against Melina, Because if not its going t looks like the Jillian-Melina Feud last year…
Also, why didn’t Melina get a bigger pop?
I mean she was In her Hometown after all, and the California crowds are getting hotter. :/
The more I think about this match the more pissed off I get. Its wasn’t fair not only to Alicia but to the rest of the raw divas, who have been their working their asses off just to take a backseat to Melina? That is ridiculous. I mean she hasn’t worked not one damn house show! I thought that was a big part of working your way up for a title run. They made Maryse, Eve and Alicia etc..do it. Why not Melina? I know people are saying it wasn’t fair how she got injured and had to lose the title. But you know it really wasn’t all that fair how she won it from Jillian (in a 2 sec match) in the first place.
I don’t know who’s worse Super Man Cena
or Super Woman Melina.
2-3 months of “E” building up Alicia(including
the Zack and Alicia thing) for Melina to bury her
like that. Alicia were nothing but a filler for Melina
to get back. Melina isn’t even ready to have a match
looks at her last night.
Than you got Lay-Cool out of no where.
McCool, 6-8 years now NOONE(in
the wrestling world) would respects you.
All the “history” you done want mean anything.
I liked the SS match but hate the ending. I hope
Alicia’s push isn’t over because she were
good as champion.
Now let see what
“Super Woman” Melina, “History Maker” McCool,
and “I’m Just Here To Help McCool” Layla
would do tonight.
I was definetly not liking this match . Melina got the belt wayyy to quickly . Alicia looked like she couldn’t defend herself against Melina . It sucks that Alicia looked weak against Melina . I would be upset if Alicia’s push is over because her reign as champ was getting interesting .
the only reason why the match stalled at points was because alicia clearly cudnt see when she took the facebuster cuz her fake eyelashes got in the way and the other part was because melina tweaked her knee bad after doing the over the top jump over if none of those things wudnt have happend the match would of been fine. but i liked the match for what it was it cud have been better tho.alicia still should have retained her title and shouldnt have been completeley buried in this match.Alicia was a awesome champ so im kinda upset,by the way i Love Laycool and for those saying they didnt get a reaction are clearly blind and deaf cause they clearly did get a reaction
oh and im hoping they atleast continue the feud between alicia and melina and melina definetly needs to work off her ring rust she clearly wasnt ready for a full time return to the ring i hate when WWE rushes returns. but i hope the feud continues and alicia atleast looks strong in it cause i love Alicia Fox
I can honestly say Melina is the worst wrestler in the WWE right now… You know, I thought I was going hard on her before, but I’m absolutley right. Right when Melina came onto Raw, look at the matches had with Jillian. TERRIBLE! AWFUL! And then she makes Alicia Fox look pathetic… it pisses me off. I honestly don’t like Melina at all. She SUCKS and her character SUCKS even more. Her “oh you fans are so awesome” shit is too much. I don’t know what they can do with her, I really don’t. And I don’t get it, I feel like she used to be good. What happened? It’s like Mickie James. Both started off very good, then just got shittier as each year passes.
I’m pissed if you couldn’t already noticed.
Know why I’m so mad? I just figured it out. Because you can actually tell that deep down, Melina thinks she is the shit. But she’s just a piece of shit in the ring. Like why does she have to always stumble around awkwardly.
“i Love Laycool and for those saying they didnt get a reaction are clearly blind and deaf cause they clearly did get a reaction”
No, they didn’t. And I just watched the the after-match angle twice before posting this. The only reaction to that whole post-match angle was some cheers for Melina when she attacked them.
pourquoi-bitch you can say you hate someone without needing to curse.
Melina is a great wrestler and accomplished a lot, she did deserve to get the title back so soon since she actually had to vacate it when she got injured.
I’m assuming that now there will emerge a lot of Melina haters, since I’ve already read over than 10 people calling her the female cena. You people go with trends, and that sucks.
Maybe it’s unfair Alicia lost the title, but Alicia is still green… And seriously? If she happened to be released today everyone would forget her in one month tops.
At least Melina can get the fans to react even when she was heel. And at least Melina really gives a shit to women’s wrestling, and cares to rise to the top! Like Michelle! Why hate them when they only want to establish themselves as the top divas? That’s only the most reasonable thing to do.
And I LOVED how Michelle kicked Alicia out. Just like that, finally they are getting back to the old times when there’s not about the friendships but the actual wrestling for the titles.
I think everyone is being a little harsh on Melina. @ pourquoi-bitch dont hate on Melina, just because in the past few years shes gotten sloppy. 1. shes not heel anymore and 2.she has been injured, so she gotta go easy so she dont re-injure her leg. Ligaments etc take a long, long time to heal..shes not 100% as it is. Give her time!
Now with that outta the way…
Melinas attire….what the hell… i dont think it looked nice, Alicias however i did like!!
I was gutted that Alicia had no good offence but yeah :/ thats WWE for ya.
Lay-Cool I LOVE YOU!!!!!
They are so good at being bad!! its unreal, Michelle and Layla know how to impress!
Layla for Divas Champ
Michelle Womens Champion!
oh and another thing people were slamming Melina as the “Female Cena” like dunk20 said Melina had to vacate…so she didnt have a proper title reign, so it is righfully hers and also Melina is only a few of the current divas who shows her passion for the company, and for that is why she is reward the championship!
Off topic but I still wish Eve was Divas Champ, her reign was short but good.
I am a huge Melina fan, but this match seriously pissed me off. Melina clearly doesnt show the same confidence and fire she had before she was injured, which is understandable since she may be wary of re-injuring herself. The fact that Alicia had her ass kicked two weeks in a row by Melina just made Alicia, who had thus far been dominant over the entire womens division, look pathetic. It didnt make Melina look good either. And dont get me started on Lay-Cool…..
Melina is the most overrated diva in the wwe right now. The only divas she can work well with are Beth and Michelle. She can’t even pull off a decent match with Fox who looked like shit out there because of Melina.
I don’t think WWE rushed her I think she was the one who made that decision to come back so fast, because she can’t stand
other chicks getting the spotlight over her overrated ass.
I think people are overreacting. I’ve said it before and ill say it again, since when did Melina have 100% creative control over what happens on RAW? I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say, she probably didn’t book her own storyline in this case…and I’m sure she would have preffered a real build up and to have worked off the ring rust. But again, if McMahon wants you to hurry your ass, then you’ve got to do it. People are taking out their anger on the wrong people ..
And yeah, she’s not the worst wrestler..I think that title still belongs to the beautiful, yet talentless mess known as Maryse. And you know it.
TRiSHA wrote: “I hope Alicia’s push isn’t over because she were good as champion.”
She lost cleanly to Melina, in what basicly was kind of a squash match. WWE made it very clear that she is no match for Melina. So I don’t see her push continue. She was just a token champion so the title could be passed from Eve to Melina.
well obviously ur not watching it with ur ears just ur eyes cause i heard a reaction not a strong ass one but a reaction none the less but anyway
There is always going to be a difference in opinions, some people like Melina some don’t. It doesn’t really matter how you feel about her because she’s back now. Melina is the definition of a diva, she’s got the ability, the look & the skills. I’m just still really sour about how her moment was ruined by a spotlight hog.
Also @Steven – I don’t believe that Melina killed off any credibility that Alicia had, not just yet atleast. I would say they’ve got about two weeks to give Alicia a chance to redeem herself. Have a good match and a victory to get her back on track. Let her heel it up tonight by assaulting Melina or let her take out her frustration on a Bella. Something that will establish that she’s pissed off and that we haven’t seen anything yet. Something that will make an impact. All it takes is one good match/segment to steer this right again. I’m hoping they do something similiar. Or how about a tag match where Alicia gets the pinfall and some offense, that’s the least their brains could comeup with..for the divas anyway.
alright match, Melina’s attire kinda made her look a little like a chicken but whatever floats her boat.. good thing she won & i am actually liking the fact LayCool attacked Melina.. maybe another Melina/McCool match to keep us all pleased, how bout that WWE? hopefully other RAW Divas get involved, Natalya, Jillian or even Tamina? fingers crossed.
surprised the colour commentators mentioned Alundra Blayze & Bull Nakano, considering they didn’t leave the WWE in a very ‘nice’ fashion but i liked how they still talk about the good ‘ol days :)
btw after watching this match i wanna see the Alundra/Nakano match from SummerSlam 1994 right now :L
“well obviously ur not watching it with ur ears just ur eyes cause i heard a reaction not a strong ass one but a reaction none the less but anyway”
I did listen. What I heard was some cheers for Melina when she went after them, and that’s it. Nothing for Laycool. both when taking and when attacking.
But if you hear what you want to hear, that’s fine. No big deal.
I really wish Alicia retained the title. Melina is my top favorite diva but I luv alicia as champion nd I think sHe deserved and still deserves a long successful regIn….I hope she gets it bak within the months….I just hope they dnt give Michelle the. Title or unify the belts jeez smack down is really lacking that much for them to include lay cool in the raw divas segments…..
Melina stole my future finisher!
Anyways match was decent and botch free but I hated the way Alicia was buried. Shes my favorite diva and they just destroyed her push. I hate when that happens.
poor big bird had to die so wwe could make melina’s outfit
omg whatever im talkn about wen laycool came out they got a reaction but alright
The Cena comparison is deserved because that is how they booked Melina thus far. They made it perfectly clear last night that even when she’s not at her 100% , Alicia is no match for her. She steam rolled Alicia and kill all her momentum. Poor girl didn’t even stand a chance. Please enough with the excused that she deserve the title back because she didn’t get a proper reign, the belt was practically handed to her in 2 seconds flat. How about Jillians proper reign then?
guys melina has no cotrol over what wwe does and she would have perfered a real biuld up and they could have had a better longer match without laycools involvment and melina shold not have won she should have won it at noc but the melina haters would have said it was way to early then 2 soooo stop complaning its over alicia lost face it shes not even that good of a wrestler
and on raw 2nite their going 2 combine the titles at noc or continue the melina vs alicia feud
This match was bad to average for me. Alicia was completely buried, and got nowhere near as much offence as she did on Monday night. The match wasn’t even as good as Monday night. Hardly any of Alicia’s featured moves were seen and the match comprised of just plain kicks, punches, elbows and other strikes.
The aftermath was interesting but I wouldn’t be suprised if nothing came from it. Remember when Gail and Maryse were first set to meet in the finals of the Divas Championship tournament? Vickie inserted LayCool into the RAW Divas’ business and made it a tag match that they didn’t follow through on. LayCool, for all we know, could have just been there to be shoved down our throats.
@dunk20 I don’t know who you people is suppose to be but I don’t go with trends. if I went with trends I would be on the” Everything Maryse does is awesome train”.I have been an Alicia fan since I also her in FCW and didn’t become one just because the WWE decided to make her champ. Some people actually think for themselves and not go with what the WWE wants you to like. Also please don’t everyone would forget about Alicia in a month if she were released. Try not to put everyone in a nice little box. We all don’t think the same. Anyway I didn’t hate the match but I didn’t love it either. The only iffy part for me was the corner bit other than that the rest of the match was okay but forgettable. as i’ve been saying it’s a ashame that Melina comes back rusty as hell and gets not only a title shot but the title. Gail and Natalya should’ve had their hands on that belt before Melina even got to sniff it again. The LayCool beatdown was great. I just hope this isn’t leading to a Michelle title win
So, out of a 20 minute clip, we get a 5 minute match… may-be 6. About 75-80% Melina… ugh. Congratz on the belt girl, but no feel like you had to work that awful hard for it.
I like how people want to bash Melina when she never lost her title, and the only was Alicia won it was from flukes.
Hey, lets date back to who deserves to be in wwe in the first place, then ask ourself’s how did Alicia ever get in a title picture?
Alicia needs to turn face anyway! Heel Alicia doesn’t do it for me.
The match was very slow… Alicia pretending to be injured then Melina felt something n her knee….
at first I was suprised cause the match was like 8 mins long… but most of the time.. they were just standing there…
Loved Melina’s outfit…. Fur Boots…. I love it…
i HATE THE fact that wwe might be unifyng the Womens and Divas titles… I dont want them to…. or maybe theyre gonna make either title a tag team title… which is still stupid….
I hope Laycool attacking Melina doesnt mean them wining the Divas Title… please dont
How was her win a fluke? Because she pulled Eve off of Maryse and got the pin? People are reaching deep to throw shade Alicia’s way. Alicia has done what every heel has done to win matches but yet when she does it it’s wrong? I don’t get it.
Just because Melian vacacted her title it doesn’t mean she should be able to line jump. Lita vacated her title as well and she didn’t get it right away when she got better.
I really would have prefered they put off the title change until Night of Champions. It would have been much more effective if they had Alicia either cheat to win or intentionally disqualify herself so she could keep the title. Congrats to Melina, though. She’s still my favorite Diva <3
The only reason I really hated the Laycool segment is I have the feeling WWE won't do anything with it. I know people think this will lead to some kind of inter-brand feud, but I have my doubts. I'm willing to bet it was just done to get them on the PPV and will be played off as Laycool being Laycool.
I hope I'm wrong though.
Oh, and why is everyone bashing Melina?! She didn’t write the storyline, people! I’m sure she would have prefered more time to make a good feud and work off the ring-rust too. Oh, and to call her “overrated” or the “female Cena” is just ignorant. You don’t have to like her, but she can wrestle, and she can wrestle well. I don’t like the fact that Alicia got buried either, but to blame it all on Melina is ridiculous.
Eh. The match was what it was. Melina is only good when she is playing her contortionist role.. She has never been good at execution. And Alicia is.. Yeah. That horse turned to dust a long time ago for me. I think Melina had to win or her momentum would’ve been crushed. I personally don’t agree with the idea of Melina or Alicia having the belt, but the booking makes sense if they want to let Melina come back with a bang.
Now, for the after segment. LayCool are f’n horrible. HORRIBLE. Furthermore, storyline wise, why is that the those two chicks can do whatever they want to the Raw Divas, but the Raw divas have to go “Whatever. Who am I jobbing to again and how long do I have to do the match?” Why is that the Raw Divas never get a chance to go to SD and make Michelle look like a tool? If Michelle REALLY cared for the Divas like she claim she does, she could at least sell like the other divas are hurting her and she doesn’t even try to do that.
There’s more to being a pro wrestling than doing stiff moves. She is the worst Diva ever. Period.
Hey chrisp what’s that I hear at 9:48? 11:52? That’s a reaction I hear.
Hey, lets date back to who deserves to be in wwe in the first place, then ask ourself’s how did Alicia ever get in a title picture?
Seriously? You think just because Melina trained outside of the WWE system she deserves to be in the E more than Alicia or any other models that gone through the WWE farm league. Well you obviously have no idea how the WWE operates. Melina got her training at 21 while Alicia got hers at 20, the only difference is Alicia learned the WWE style much much earlier than SOHK trained Melina. Alicia proved to be one of the best graduates of FCW and thats why she was used as contender and was then awarded the title. You can like Melina all you want but don’t short change Alicia just because you feel like Melina is not getting the love she so deserves.
ebmich michelle aint the worst diva, she can wrestle get that? u wanna know what worst divas are maryse, bellas rosa kelly!!!
u need to realise that if laycool are involved it is a storyline and u need to realise since sd got nothing going on laycool need to do something,
@ebmich You know that’s my only problem with Michelle. She’s worst than SDR when it comes to no selling.
Didn’t really like the match, I definitely was not happy with the result. I thought Alicia was doing a fine job as champion and I feel it got taken away too fast. As for the LayCool segment, I dont know what some people are talking about but LayCool got a reaction off the crowd, when they came out they got a lot of heat. The beatdown was great and I’m happy WWE are choosing to do something a little different for once.
“u need to realise that if laycool are involved it is a storyline and u need to realise since sd got nothing going on laycool need to do something,”
Ok. I am tired of that “Well, at least they are doing storyline/segments argument”. Like, what is the point of saying you got a car if the damn thing doesn’t drive and you are still stuck catching the bus to work? That is how I feel about the argument.
If Michelle and Layla are the only divas getting promo time and the promos suck and don’t get a reaction.. Why would anyone want to see ANOTHER promo from these two? If the storyline is all about how fat someone is and you don’t like it, why would want to see the storyline CONTINUE?
So Melina trained outside of the WWE and that gives her the right to be in the WWE more than Fox and other divas? so her and the Bellas, Nattie, Maryse, and Eve all trained at FCW doesn’t means shit? plus Eve still trains outside of the WWE at Gracie Academy but I guess that means shit too huh.
@Suggarush – I don’t recall Lita vacating a Title? I could be wrong but I think she lost all her titles fair and square, minus her first one where Edge and Christian slammed her for Ivory to win.
People are just going crazy over Summerslam, and not in a good way. Let’s just relax everyone. Tonight should be telling of what they’re gonna do for Night of Champions. Maybe they’re going to build a slow rivalry between Melina and Michelle for Survivor Series? Or is that a stretch? I really don’t want them to combine the Titles. These writers are such idiots for them to consider that..that is, if they are considering it. Shows how “Creative” they really are. And for the last time, had the divas planned out their own title wins, I doubt Melina would have booked herself to win the title two weeks after her return. It just takes away from the Title win. It makes it meaningless almost. But alas, she’s got it now, so let’s see where this goes.
Ditto on ozzyv’s comments. We’re overanalyzing already. Let’s wait for Raw and take it from there. And then for Smackdown (if applicable) and take it from there…and then the next Raw and take it from there…