WWE SummerSlam 2012 airs live on pay-per-view this Sunday night, August 19, from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show begins with a YouTube pre-show match at 7:30 EST, and as always With Leather and the funniest community of wrestling fans online will be chatting about the show all night, so reading this post is a rewarding experience (whether you’re a wrestling fan or not).

The full card is below, highlighted by a Daniel Bryan versus Kane match pitting Brandon’s favorite wrestler against his girlfriend’s as well as THE PERFECT STORM, a weird subtitle given to a match between Triple H and Brock Lesnar.

1. Pre-show Match for the United States Championship: Santino Marella (c) vs. Antonio Cesaro

2. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar, with Paul Heyman

3. Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Big Show vs. John Cena

4. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane

5. Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler

6. Intercontinental Championship Match: The Miz (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

7. WWE Tag Team Championship Match: R-Truth and Kofi Kingston (c) vs. The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil)

8. World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio

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As always the 10 best comments from tonight’s discussion will be included in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE SummerSlam 2012 Live column. To nominate a comment for top 10 status, please reply to it with a +1.

Pre-show notes:

- Be a pal! If you read and enjoy the column, be sure to click the “like” button, share it with your friends on Twitter and drop me a comment below. I’m like [ ] this close to doing Best And Worst Of Impact reports, so if you want to see those, nudge me in the right direction.

- I was at this show live, so this week’s report will be a little different. More on that inside. All of the pictures contained inside (and that one of Ziggler’s LIVE ASS ROLL) were taken by me, so if you want to use them or share them somewhere else, go for it, just don’t be a dick about it. Toss me a link somewhere.

- We’re organizing our first With Leather/Best And Worst Of WWE Raw Column Appreciators Club live meet-up! If you’re going to be anywhere in the area of Easton, PA in September, consider stopping by CHIKARA’s King Of Trios to watch Meng wrestle Ebessan and hang out with me, Destiny, THESTINGER, prestigious wrestling blogger Tom Holzerman and the rest of the crew at a still technically unapproved UPROXX network event. RSVP on that page and be our friend. I’ll make you a sandwich.

- Casey made a few GIFs for the report but I dug the live DIY approach as I was writing it, so I didn’t use any. A big thanks goes out to him anyway, because he’s awesome and works too hard for the amount of credit I give him.

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Pre-show notes:

- Before you read the Raw report, make sure to check out UFC vet and UFC.com writer Danny Boy Downes’ spectacular Best And Worst Of Money In The Bank 2012 report. Writing alongside you is the best, so thanks for letting me do it.

- Comments have been great lately, so do me a solid and click the “like” button to share this post. It really helps me out, and getting a lot of people reading these reports is the only way to make sure they’ll continue. Also, hey, leave me a comment.

- Thanks to Casey of Hammerlock Dialectic for gifs, because he is a true friend.

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Without further ado, please enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for July 16, 2012.

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Pre show notes:

- For those of you that may not know me, my name is Danny Boy Downes (not actual legal name). I’m a college graduate turned UFC fighter turned UFC writer turned back up blogger for pro wrestling. While it’s been a hell of an adventure, it does mean that my parents fail to acknowledge anything I’ve done since I won the 8th grade spelling bee.

For the record, I want everyone to know my commitment to deliver you fine people the Best and Worst of Money in the Bank. This weekend was my bachelor party trip down to Kansas City and despite a massive hangover, I still decided to get things done. Some of highlights include: explaining to someone that you’re not really supposed to call the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum the “Negro Museum.” and my drunken best man decided to yelling at 4:30am that, “Bob Backlund would chicken wing the shit out of Verne Gagne.”

- Be sure to leave a comment on the report and click the “like” button. Not only does it help the people at With Leather, but it will make up for the lack of love I get from my family

- Thanks to Casey for the pics and gifs.

- Follow me on Twitter @dannyboydownes, check out my articles on ufc.com and UFC Magazine and read some of my other reviews here.

On to the wrestling!

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