- Jume 7th, 2009 from New Orleans, Louisiana.
US Championship - Kofi Kingston (c) Vs. William Regal Vs. MVP Vs. Matt Hardy
- What's so Extreme about a 4 way, also Kofi won the title 6 days before on RAW so that may give the ending away here.
Kingston planchas onto MVP and Hardy. Kingston leapfrogs MVP twice and whilst they dont botch it, it reminded me off Rick Steiner Vs. Barry Windham botch which is my all time fav. Regakl with a top rope double underhook suplex to Kofi but it looked botched as MVP was meant to suplex Regal aswell but mistimed it. Matt tries a pin on all 3 guys one after the other. Kofi boom drops Regal who's lay on top of Matt. MVP hits a nice belly to belly release on Kofi, then Regal hits a nice suplex on Matt but gets hit by Kofis Trouble In Paradise and Kofi retains the title. ** Was rushed but that's the booking fault not the wrestlers, could've been better with more time to space out the big moves.
Intercontinental Title - No DQ- Rey Mysterio (c) Vs. Chris Jericho
- In WWE Universe Kevin Nash unmasking Rey in WCW 1999 didnt exist.
Jericho starts up at the merchandise stand and walks to ring cutting a promo on Rey, stopping on occasion to tell fans to not touch him. Nice spot where Rey handsprings over the steps and kicks them back into Jericho. Rey also gets a hurricanrana on the outside. Jericho is in control of the match for a bit and counters a victory roll by Rey into his own for 2. Rey counters the Walls Of Jericho into an inside cradle. jericho goes to unmask Rey but he gets away. Nice move where Jericho counters a 619 into what i can only describe as an aeroplane spin backbreaker, another nice spot where Jericho hits Codebreaker when Rey attempts a springboard splash. Jericho brings a chair into the ring but it gets dropkicked into his face. Jericho again attempts Walls Of Jericho by countering a hurricanrana but Rey hits him with the chair, he tries to follow up with 619 but Jericho umasks him when he comes through the ropes which allows Jericho to get a roll up and become NEW Intercontinental Champion for the 9th time. ***1/2 Enjoyed the match and I would maybe of give it more stars had they used the No DQ rule but they only did once or twice, they should've utilised it more.
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| Jericho with IC title and Reys mask. |
- May be wrong but I think this was Umagas'last WWE match, CM Punk has Money In The Bank.
They have to touch all 4 corners in a row to win. Umaga gets to two corners but Punk hits his high knee/ corner bulldog combo. Umaga gets Punk down with a samoan drop then starts whipping him. Punk hits a springboard clothesline and tries to follow up with a GTS but Umaga gets off and nails a spinning heel kick. Punk hits the knee/ bulldog combo again then gets to three corners but Umaga pulls him with the chain and hits a Boss Man Slm type move. Punk again hits three corners but when Umaga tries to stop him hitting the fourth and final one Punk GTSs him and touches the last corner. ** Didn't really like it, was okay for a strap match but that's like saying you're okay for the Cleveland Cavs, it dont mean anything. If anyone can name a good strap match bar Big Van Vader Vs. Sting you win 10 Pat points.
ECW Title - Hardcore Rules - Christian (c) Vs. Jack Swagger Vs. Tommy Dreamer
- Can't stand Tommy Dreamer.
Tommy has a singapore cane and Christian has a trashcan lid and they take turns hitting Swagger. Christian keeps hitting Tommy until he gets suplexed. Dreamer comes off the apron with a swanton onto both opponents whilst holding a trashcan. Jack gets tied up in the tree of woe and Christian dropkicks a trashcan into his face, like RVD used to do with the chair. Jack recovers and works over Christian with a kendo stick then hits a belly-to-belly for 2. Jack counters a Crossbody attempt by Christian by holding a trashcan up. The Tower Of Doom spot, a move that is seemingly required in a triple threat, is Jack superplexing Tommy onto trashcans as Christian powerbombs him. The finish comes when Jack puts Christian up in the electric chir and drops him onto an exposed turnbuckle, goes to finish him with a gut wrench powerbomb but Dreamer DDTs him for the 3. ** Was ok nothing special. If Dreamer had lost he would've "retired" *sniggers* but unfortunatly he won. Also I may call this match 'TrashCanMania' as it was nearly involved in every move. If dustbin men want the rights to 'TrashCanMania' then I want 1 million pounds or dollars.
Hogpen Match Santina Marella Vs. Vickie Guerrero (w/ Chavo)
- The only other hogpen match I can think of is HHH Vs. a Godwinn in about 1996, the attitude era equivalent was Syrup, Mud match etc.
All i'll say is I hope a pig wasn't hurt when Chavo was thrown into the pen. Santina pins Vickie for the win.
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| Vickie gets slobby stuff thrown on her. |
WWE Championship - Steel Cage - Randy Orton (c) Vs. Batista
- Orton bores me to tears, at least he's heel here which suits him better than fac for me.
Orton tries to escape straight away. Suplex gets Batista 2, and he's been dominant from the start. Orton tries to get out the door after he hit his backbreaker variation. Orton gets back into the match but Batista stops that via a Spinebuster. Orton goes for the punt but misses and gets Batista Bombed, match over. * Hm, I expected a kickout. That was short, only about 7 mins. I'd guess Batista or Orton, probably Batista was injured. Not that good possibly due to it's shortness.
Submission Match - John Cena Vs. Big Show
- The last review I did, Over The Limit 2011(http://wwe-jan-may.blogspot.com/2012/10/over-limit-2011.html) also had Cena in an I Quit match, and I believe this will suffer the same problems that one did, in that Cena quitting is not believable. Though let's see if Show is buried like Miz was.
The selling point is that Cena can't look in the STFU, though if you look at most of his STFUs he doesn't lock it in on anyone. Cena gets some kicks in but Show catches one and clotheslines him down. Show throws Cena off a bulldog, already Cena acts like he's out of it, then gets a few punches on Show but bounces off him when he tries a shoulderblock. Cena gets a sleeper, which is almost working on me, but Show snapmares out of it. Show now hits Cena with a flapjack/powerbomb style move. The match has been punck, punch, kick which is fine if you're playing Mortal Kombat but not wrestling a Submissions match. Show misses a Vader Bomb but Cena fails to body slam him and Show falls on top. Show puts Cena in an abdominal stretch, which I dont think anyones tapped from since 1965. Cena DDTs Show, my god an actual move. Show locks in a bear hug to continue his one man attempt to showcase the most boring submissions. AA to Show. KO Punck to Cena. Cena hits a top rope legdrop, how he's never injured himself badly on that is beyond me. Cena puts Shows leg in the ropes then does a crossface for the win. * I tap out from ever watching that again. Slow, boring, punch, punck, match yet it got given nearly 20 minutes. Ending never in doubt, was a question of not IF Cena would win but with what move would Cena win.
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| Shows main submission was this hug thing. |
World Heavyweight Championship - Ladder - Edge (c) Vs. Jeff Hardy
- 2 of the 6 men who took part in 4 great, possibly classic Ladder/TLC matches in an 18 month span, meet one-on-one.
About 100 ladders scattered around. Jeff gets a ladder but it backfires as Edge baseball slides it into him. A spot looks like it gets botched as Jeff lands awkwardly on a ladder. Edge does a sensible move by hitting Jeffs legs between a ladder which will restrict his climbing ability. Nasty looking move where Jeff places a ladder upside down and front suplexes Edge into it, that looked like it hurt. Jeff climbs a ridiculous sized ladder to swanton Edge but he moves so in a well timedd spot Jeff lets the ladder tip over then clings to the title on the way down, but Edge manages to pull him down. Whisper In The Wind connects from i'd say 3/4 up a ladder. Sick spot where they fight on a ladder outside the ring and both fall through a ladder that is placed between the apron and the barricade, that must've killed their ribs, back etc. Back in the ring. Jeff climbs a ladder whilst edge climbs one in the corner and in a well timed and executed move, Edge leaps to spear Jeff but he counters into a Twist Of Fate in mid air. Edge climbs the ladder and is close to winning when Jeff pulls him through a rung and his lower body goes right through, which enables jeff to win the World Heavyweight Championship. **** Some new spots which is hard to do in a ladder match in 2009. The fall through the ladder was sick. Some people may bemoan the lack of selling e.g when both went through the aformentioned ladder but were soon back in the ring, but as it was one-on-one they had to do that to keep the match moving, as in tag matches others could wrestle while they rest.
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| Jeff ends PPV as WHC .... Swerve, CM Punk soon appears |
World Heavyweight Championship - Jeff Hardy (c) Vs. CM Punk
CM Punk cashes in his MITB contract and two GTSs later,CM Punk is the new World Heavyweight Champion.
15.5 / 40 - Ouch! that's bad but the PPV was bookended by two good/great matches in Y2J/Rey and Edge/Jeff but god the middle sucked. Orton/Batista was to short to be good, but probably wouldn't of been much better anyway, Cena/Show was doomed from the start and Hog Pen got 0/5. IC and WHC were good the rest ranged from terrible to poor. Dont buy the DVD instead YouTube the two good matches.
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