Jack Swagger(c) vs. Christian for ECW Championship
Winner: Christian to become the new ECW Champion
Rating: 4.5/5
This was easily the best match of the night. The action was fast paced, great ring psychology, just a great match altogether. This was a match of the year candidate(Swagger and Christians 2nd MOTY candidate). My only minor problem with this match was that they should of let the match go about 25 minutes.
(Note: After the match I loved the confrontation between Edge and Christian I thought it was extremely entertaining)
(Intresting Note: Mostly all my match of the Year Candidates have included Jack Swagger in the match. I will list my MOTY candidates at the end of the review)
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Chris Jericho vs. Ricky Steamboat
Winner: Chris Jericho
Rating: 3/5
Coming in I expected this match to be good, and it delivered. I still cant get over the fact that Steamboat still wrestles like he did 20 years ago. The booking of the match was perfect. It made Steamboat look like a million bucks. And Jericho was gold. I hope that during the summer Chris Jericho and CM Punk feud for the World title.
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CM Punk vs. Kane
Winner: Kane
Rating: 3.5/5
I didn't think this match was going to be that good but I was surprised. I forgot that these guys have had a couple great matches against each other before. But this match was a great match. Both guys came out looking like a million bucks. And thats what a good wrestling match is supposed to do.
(Note: I would also like to wish Kane a happy birthday. He turned 42 years young today.)
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Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy in a "I Quit" match
Winner: Jeff Hardy
Rating: N/A
I didn't get to watch this match because my feed cut out during the match. But from what I heard it was a good match, but not as good as it could of been. I did get to catch the ending and I thought the ending was extremely stupid. Also, I am upset that they didn't put Matt over Jeff. I think Matt would of benifited more from winning.
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Santina, Great Khali and Beth Phoenix confrontation that turned into a match between Santina and Beth.
Winner: Santina(I know for sure the winner wasn't the fans)
Rating: 0/5
Why do they give Santino and Khali PPV time? They could of just did this segment on RAW, and gave the extra PPV time to Christian and Jack Swagger.
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The Legacy vs. Triple H(c), Batista, and Shane McMahon for the WWE Championship
Winner: The Legacy, making Randy Orton the new WWE Champion.
Rating: 2.5/5
This match had it moments but it was still pretty bad. I thought the ending where Triple H got carried out on a stretcher was to over done. For one thing Orton completely missed the kick, and the other thing was that Triple H got kicked in the head and had to get carried out. Thats a very stupid. Austin broke his neck in the ring and finished the match and walk out on his legs. A kick to the head wouldn't do that. To unrealistic. Also I wished they would of turned Batista heel. Raw is dominated by top faces, RAW needs heels.
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John Cena(c) vs. Edge in a "Last Man Standing" match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner: Edge to become the World Heavyweight Champion for the 9th time.
Rating: 3/5
This match was a good match but I thought it could of been a lot better. It started out really slow but it picked up mid way through the match. I liked the ending, it may have been a little corny but it was still pretty entertaining. I'm glad they put the title back on Edge, I think him and Punk will have a summer long feud begining next month at Judgement Day. Which I think is going to be very entertaining.
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Overall Rating: 8/10
This was a lot better than I expected. Very solid action from the begining of the PPV to the end of the PPV. I hope the WWE can continue doing extremely solid shows. I think I will pay to watch Judgement Day if it has a strong card.
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Like I noted before, he is my list of Match of the Year Candidates(Just from the WWE). There has been a lot of great matches in the WWE this year.
1. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels(Wrestlemania)
2. Christian vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(Backlash)
3. Christian vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(ECW 02/24/2009)
4. Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(Royal Rumble)
5. John Cena vs. Jack Swagger(RAW 04/13/09)
6. Edge vs. Kofi Kingston(WWE Superstars 04/23/09)
7. Matt Hardy vs. Undertaker(WWE Superstars 04/16/09)