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I actually watched the free pre-show and it got me pretty pumped up for the PPV despite only focusing on 3 matches. Anyway, we then begin this event!
Extreme Rules
United States Championship Fatal 4 Way: Kofi Kingston (c) v MVP v William Regal v Matt Hardy
Well this was only really a match to get the guys on PPV and was not promoted at all, so I wasn't surprised about the lack of time it got. The action was fun while it lasted although there were a few botches such as a Tower of Doom spot and the ending, where Kofi didn't spin for the Trouble in Paradise. This was a solid opening match where all 4 men had some time to shine and there was actually some pretty funny action to start off. However, the lack of time and botches of major spots really took away the potential this had.
Rating: **1/4
Intercontinental Championship No Holds Barred: Rey Mysterio (c) v Chris Jericho
This started with a great promo by Jericho at the merchandise stand and he questioned why Mysterio's masks are marketed, before walking down to the ring and threatening to knock one fan out. Funny stuff. The match begins with some great fast paced action and there are some nice spots but nothing too memorable. However, Jericho almost rips Mysterio's mask off in a submission hold and his face is exposed. The end comes where Jericho dodges a 619 and ripes Rey's entire amsk off before pinning him. Mysterio runs off holding his face as Jericho holds the title and the mask in his hands. Great end that played off the storyline these two have, and great match as well.
Rating: ***3/4
Samoan Strap Match: CM Punk v Umaga
Well you could tell that there were going to be limtations with the stipulation at hand, but these two men worked around it well. There was a thing in the corner of the screen showing who had tapped which corners and the guy controlling it was asleep, as there was a 10 second delay, lol. Anyway, they used the strap well in this match and it was something you don't see every day. Both men had their moments and there were some alright spots. The finish was good as Punk had tapped 3 corners but then Umaga pulled him and and went for the Spike, but Punk reversed into the GTS and then tapped the turnbuckle for the win! Alright match, though the rules got confusing at times.
Rating: ***
ECW Championship Triple Threat: Christian (c) v Tommy Dreamer v Jack Swagger
Well I was partially distracted for this match so I didn't get to watch absolutely all of it. What I saw was the first major weapon action of the night but I would have liked to see more Hardcore stuff, maybe Dreamer bringing out a table. The triple threat rules play well as no guy is left out, and Tommy captures the ECW title after a DDT on Dreamer. He celebreates emotionally with the crowd, who were more into him than Christian. Decent match, with the hardcore aspect being the main focus and providing some good spots.
Rating: **3/4
Miss Wrestlemania Crown Hog Pen Match: Santina Marella v Vickie Guerrero (c)
I didn't have high hopes going into this match, but it exceeded all my expectations. Vickie puts Chavo on her side and he reluctantly brawls with Santian with both getting pushed in mud and Chavo beign thrown into the hay among the pigs, who i presume shat in there. Vickie is tagged in and goes to pin Santina who kicks out. Chavo goes to throw slop at Marella but he/she preditably ducks and it goes all over Vickie. Vickie is pissed but Snatina throws her into the mud and pins her for the win and the crown. This was kept relatively short and was actually quite funny. Surprisingly, it was better than the two matches to come following.
Rating: **1/4
Backstage, Chavo and Vickie walk to meet Edge, and the married couple get into a heated argument. Vickie says Edge will be doing it alone tonight and Edge says she better get a good divorce attorney. Interesting.
WWE Championship Steel Cage Match: Batista v Randy Orton (c)
Orton takes 8 minutes to make his entrance and then we start this match, which is sure to be boring. The match begins with Orton immediately trying to escape and he almsot does, and I would have been happier if the match ended there. What we got was an incredibly boring squash in Batista's favor with a few mediocre spots thrown in there. I'm tempted to give this a lower rating but the cage was utilized well and the finishing seqence was pretty good. The WWE should realise that after 3 bad to average matches that these 2 guys just don't have chemistry.
Rating: **1/4
Submission Match: John Cena v Big Show
Wow, this went even longer than the previous match and man was it awful. It was what seemed like half an hour of Big Show dominating Cena with boring submissions (though a few cool moves) and then John making 10 second comebacks only to be thwarted again. The main story was Cena not being able to apply the STF and instead of debuting a new submission hold that is actually true to it's name, there is a cop out ending with Cena tying up (hardly) Show's foot in the ropes. My dog fell asleep during this match, and it was hard not to do the same.
Rating: *1/2
World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match: Jeff Hardy v Edge (c)
Wow, but not the wow that I meant in the last match. This is what I thought it would be and what Jeff Hardy said it would be- and epic match that will be talked about to years to come. I'm not overrating this either as I was tempted to give it 5 stars, but this is a definite MOTY candidate, possibly the best match so far. We saw some alright wrestling between these two to start off before the ladders were brought in. And boy, do these two know how to work with ladder. There were about 20 scattered around the ring and it almost seemed like they used each one. There were heaps of awesome spots, such as both men crashing through a ladder parallel to the floor, a mid air spear countered into a mid air Twist of Fate and a face first suplex through an upside down ladder which snapped shut, just to name a few. The ending sequence was nice with Edge being stuck in the ladder and having to watch Hardy claim the prize. Truly a trstament to how great these two men are in the ring.
Rating: ****1/2
However, the night is not over as when Hardy celebrates, CM PUNK comes out and yes, he is CASHING IN THE BRIEFCASE! Punk nails a GTS but Hardy kicks out and gets an inside cradle for a huge near fall. However, Punk nails a second Go to Hell and Hardy is out after a 1 minute title reign. CM Punk celebrated to close the show, and must be glad the crowd aren't booing him.
Well this show was sort of up and down. There was a potions of the crowd at ringside who were cheering for all the heels which was pretty funny, as only 1 heel won in the entire show. That isn't really a good thing to tell the truth, as Orton could have done well to win. Hardy, Batista, Dreamer, Jericho, Punk and sort of Santina won titles tonight which is a shocking amount. There was an epic match to close the show, but the rest was only average, and included two shockingly bad matches that were promoted very heavily in Batista/Orton and Cena/Show.
Rating: ***1/4 (because I still haven't gotten over that ending)
Extreme Rules
United States Championship Fatal 4 Way: Kofi Kingston (c) v MVP v William Regal v Matt Hardy
Well this was only really a match to get the guys on PPV and was not promoted at all, so I wasn't surprised about the lack of time it got. The action was fun while it lasted although there were a few botches such as a Tower of Doom spot and the ending, where Kofi didn't spin for the Trouble in Paradise. This was a solid opening match where all 4 men had some time to shine and there was actually some pretty funny action to start off. However, the lack of time and botches of major spots really took away the potential this had.
Rating: **1/4
Intercontinental Championship No Holds Barred: Rey Mysterio (c) v Chris Jericho
This started with a great promo by Jericho at the merchandise stand and he questioned why Mysterio's masks are marketed, before walking down to the ring and threatening to knock one fan out. Funny stuff. The match begins with some great fast paced action and there are some nice spots but nothing too memorable. However, Jericho almost rips Mysterio's mask off in a submission hold and his face is exposed. The end comes where Jericho dodges a 619 and ripes Rey's entire amsk off before pinning him. Mysterio runs off holding his face as Jericho holds the title and the mask in his hands. Great end that played off the storyline these two have, and great match as well.
Rating: ***3/4
Samoan Strap Match: CM Punk v Umaga
Well you could tell that there were going to be limtations with the stipulation at hand, but these two men worked around it well. There was a thing in the corner of the screen showing who had tapped which corners and the guy controlling it was asleep, as there was a 10 second delay, lol. Anyway, they used the strap well in this match and it was something you don't see every day. Both men had their moments and there were some alright spots. The finish was good as Punk had tapped 3 corners but then Umaga pulled him and and went for the Spike, but Punk reversed into the GTS and then tapped the turnbuckle for the win! Alright match, though the rules got confusing at times.
Rating: ***
ECW Championship Triple Threat: Christian (c) v Tommy Dreamer v Jack Swagger
Well I was partially distracted for this match so I didn't get to watch absolutely all of it. What I saw was the first major weapon action of the night but I would have liked to see more Hardcore stuff, maybe Dreamer bringing out a table. The triple threat rules play well as no guy is left out, and Tommy captures the ECW title after a DDT on Dreamer. He celebreates emotionally with the crowd, who were more into him than Christian. Decent match, with the hardcore aspect being the main focus and providing some good spots.
Rating: **3/4
Miss Wrestlemania Crown Hog Pen Match: Santina Marella v Vickie Guerrero (c)
I didn't have high hopes going into this match, but it exceeded all my expectations. Vickie puts Chavo on her side and he reluctantly brawls with Santian with both getting pushed in mud and Chavo beign thrown into the hay among the pigs, who i presume shat in there. Vickie is tagged in and goes to pin Santina who kicks out. Chavo goes to throw slop at Marella but he/she preditably ducks and it goes all over Vickie. Vickie is pissed but Snatina throws her into the mud and pins her for the win and the crown. This was kept relatively short and was actually quite funny. Surprisingly, it was better than the two matches to come following.
Rating: **1/4
Backstage, Chavo and Vickie walk to meet Edge, and the married couple get into a heated argument. Vickie says Edge will be doing it alone tonight and Edge says she better get a good divorce attorney. Interesting.
WWE Championship Steel Cage Match: Batista v Randy Orton (c)
Orton takes 8 minutes to make his entrance and then we start this match, which is sure to be boring. The match begins with Orton immediately trying to escape and he almsot does, and I would have been happier if the match ended there. What we got was an incredibly boring squash in Batista's favor with a few mediocre spots thrown in there. I'm tempted to give this a lower rating but the cage was utilized well and the finishing seqence was pretty good. The WWE should realise that after 3 bad to average matches that these 2 guys just don't have chemistry.
Rating: **1/4
Submission Match: John Cena v Big Show
Wow, this went even longer than the previous match and man was it awful. It was what seemed like half an hour of Big Show dominating Cena with boring submissions (though a few cool moves) and then John making 10 second comebacks only to be thwarted again. The main story was Cena not being able to apply the STF and instead of debuting a new submission hold that is actually true to it's name, there is a cop out ending with Cena tying up (hardly) Show's foot in the ropes. My dog fell asleep during this match, and it was hard not to do the same.
Rating: *1/2
World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match: Jeff Hardy v Edge (c)
Wow, but not the wow that I meant in the last match. This is what I thought it would be and what Jeff Hardy said it would be- and epic match that will be talked about to years to come. I'm not overrating this either as I was tempted to give it 5 stars, but this is a definite MOTY candidate, possibly the best match so far. We saw some alright wrestling between these two to start off before the ladders were brought in. And boy, do these two know how to work with ladder. There were about 20 scattered around the ring and it almost seemed like they used each one. There were heaps of awesome spots, such as both men crashing through a ladder parallel to the floor, a mid air spear countered into a mid air Twist of Fate and a face first suplex through an upside down ladder which snapped shut, just to name a few. The ending sequence was nice with Edge being stuck in the ladder and having to watch Hardy claim the prize. Truly a trstament to how great these two men are in the ring.
Rating: ****1/2
However, the night is not over as when Hardy celebrates, CM PUNK comes out and yes, he is CASHING IN THE BRIEFCASE! Punk nails a GTS but Hardy kicks out and gets an inside cradle for a huge near fall. However, Punk nails a second Go to Hell and Hardy is out after a 1 minute title reign. CM Punk celebrated to close the show, and must be glad the crowd aren't booing him.
Well this show was sort of up and down. There was a potions of the crowd at ringside who were cheering for all the heels which was pretty funny, as only 1 heel won in the entire show. That isn't really a good thing to tell the truth, as Orton could have done well to win. Hardy, Batista, Dreamer, Jericho, Punk and sort of Santina won titles tonight which is a shocking amount. There was an epic match to close the show, but the rest was only average, and included two shockingly bad matches that were promoted very heavily in Batista/Orton and Cena/Show.
Rating: ***1/4 (because I still haven't gotten over that ending)
