I am not going to do a complete review of Extreme Rules because I didn't get a chance to watch the whole thing because my illegal stream kept cutting out. I will review the matches I did watch.

US Championship Fatal Four-Way Match

Kofi Kingston(c) vs. MVP vs. Matt Hardy vs. William Regal

Winner: Kofi Kingston to retain the US Championship

Rating: 3.0

This was a really good match I thought. I was satisfied with the finish. I wish it could of went a little longer but that really doesn't matter. This match solitified how good Kofi Kingston is and that Kofi should be in the main event by the end of the year.

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Samoan Strap Match

CM Punk vs. Umaga

Winner: CM Punk

Rating: 3.0

This was a soild match, not as good as the match they had on Smackdown or at Judment Day but it was still very good. Thats really all I have to say about that. Also, I think the WWE extremely stupid for releasing Umaga, I have said many times before that the WWE doesn't know what talent is and that they proved it by releasing Umaga. I hope that Jamal ends up in TNA.

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Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship

Randy Orton(c) vs. Batista

Winner: Batista to win the WWE Championship

Rating: 2.0

This match was really disapointing, slow, and boring. The finish was extremely stupid. Batista should not be the WWE Champion. I hope that Batista drops the belt at the Next PPV. I think thats the only reason he won the title is so that the WWE could continue the feud between Batista and Randy Orton.

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Triple Threat Hardcore Match for the ECW Championship

Christian(c) vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger

Winner: Tommy Dreamer

Rating: 4.0

This was a really good triple threat match. I am only of the few that liked the finish because I wanted Tommy Dreamer to win the ECW title. Christian is my favorite wrestler, but Tommy Dreamer has been working extremely hard this year putting on really good match and I thought that it would be reall cool to see him ECW Champion after these past few months of working hard.

Also, my other favorite part of the match was when Matt Striker made the call when Christian put the Killswitch on Jack Swagger, Striker said some to the exstent of "Christian has the Killswitch Engaged". I thought that was cool because Killswitch Engage is my favorit band.

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Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Edge(c) vs. Jeff Hardy

Winner:Jeff Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Rating: 3.5

I was surprised by how good the ladder match was. Jeff Hardy was in his element. When you get Jeff Hardy and Edge around ladders it will be a very good match. I really didn't like the finish of the match because Jeff Hardy has no reason to hold the World Heavyweight Championship. But CM Punk came and saved the day.

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World Heavyweight Championship Match

Jeff Hardy(c) vs. CM Punk

Winner: CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Rating: 3.0, I will explain why I have a 2 minute match a 3.o rating.

After I seen JR come in the ring I knew that CM Punk was going to come out. The only thing I would of changed was that JR should of started interviewing Jeff Hardy before CM Punk came out. Jeff should of been half way through his interview, then Punk's music kicks in and you get to see the dissapointment in Jeff Hardy's face. Thats the only thing I would have happen last night too. Would have been a Jeff Hardy interview before CM Punk came and saved the day.

The reason I gave it 3.0 is because of the moment. I was upset about Punk title reign last year because the WWE made him look weak, and made him lose the title without even wrestling in the match. I was extremely happy that Punk won the title and thats why it gets a 3.0. The other reason I gave a 3.0 is because I like to see all the Jeff Hardy marks sad and crying that that evil CM Punk just won the title from their favorite spot monkey. Like I said to my brother last night, "CM Punk is World Champion again, all is good in Smarkville."

(Note: Jeff Hardy has the shortest World Heavyweight Championship reign in history, clocking in at just under two minutes. LOL)

One More thing to all the Jeff Hardy marks:

CM Punk is drug free, alcohol free, and he is better than you. Eat that Jeff Hardy marks. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WWE Extreme Rules Predictions

Ladder match for World heavyweight championship:
Edge VS Jeff Hardy

Winner: Edge

Triple Threat match for ECW championship:
Christian VS Jack Swagger VS Tommy Dreamer:

Winner: Christian

Fatal Four Way Match for US Championship:
Kofi Kingston vs MVP vs William Regal vs Matt Hardy

Winner: Kofi Kingston

Samoan Strap Match
CM Punk vs. Umaga

Winner: CM Punk


No Holds Bared match for intercontinental championship:
Rey Mysterio VS Chris Jericho

Winner: Rey Mysterio

Steal Cage match for WWE Championship:
Randy Orton VS Batista:

Winner: Randy Orton

Submission Match:
John Cena VS Big Show

Winner: John Cena

Hog-pen match for Miss Wrestlemania:
Vickie Guerrero VS Santino Marella

Winner: Vickie Guerrero, I don't give a **** about this match.

Also, after the PPV I will post my review of Extreme Rules.

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Match of the Year Candidates(No Particular Order)

Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels(Wrestlemania XXV)

Christian vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(Backlash)

Christian vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(ECW 02/24/2009)

Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship(Royal Rumble)

John Cena vs. Jack Swagger(RAW 04/13/09)

Edge vs. Kofi Kingston(WWE Superstars 04/23/09)

Matt Hardy vs. Undertaker(WWE Superstars 04/16/09)

Kofi Kingston vs. MVP For the United States Championship(WWE Raw 06/01/09)

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I know its the middle of the year so I thought I would post my Wrestler of the Year candidates so far(Top Five). This is just for the WWE, I haven't really been watching ROH or TNA this year because I don't have HDNet and I'm really not entertained by TNA so I don't watch TNA.

1. Jack Swagger

2. Christian

3. MVP

4. Kofi Kingston

5. Matt Hardy

Thats how the list goes so far, but we have about 6 months to go, so anything could happen.

source: PWInsider.com

-- World Wrestling Entertainment is well aware of websites such as Justin.TV streaming pay-per-view broadcasts for free in real time and have been much more adamant in recent months in shutting down the feeds.

During any one pay-per-view event, a multitude of live streams can be found on Justin.TV, some of which attracting upwards of 500,000 visitors. In response, WWE now has their legal team scouring the website during live shows for feeds in hopes of squashing as many as they can.

According to one source, they are taking the same approach to these sites that feature WWE copyrighted material being posted on YouTube.

 

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I'm all for a business making as much money as possible. And for the WWE, the PPV buys are a big source of income. But, I think its pretty stupid that they would crack down on the illegal PPV streams. Thats not going to get people to order their PPV's. The WWE's problem is that it the PPV costs are way too high. Nobody wants to pay $40.00 to watch a PPV. I'm not going to pay $40.00 to watch a WWE PPV unless the PPV has really good matches or something I want to see. If the WWE wanted to raise they're PPV buys the best idea would be to lower the cost of the PPV. Why don't they lower it to $25.00 or $30.00?

I am not going to ordering Judgment Day, I will be looking for an illegal stream or I might go down to my local sports bar and pay $5.00 to watch the PPV. I refuse to pay $40.00 to watch a PPV that has maybe 2 good matches, especially in this economy.

After a great Backlash PPV, the WWE had the chance on having a great RAW, but fell short... way short. I believe the WWE could of did a better job with RAW. It seemed like they didn't try. The show really didn't have any direction. But I will try to look at the positives.

The promo at the begining of RAW was alright. The promo seemed really slow until MVP came out. Once MVP came out he saved the segement. I really hope that they start pushing MVP to Main Event Status. He proved last night that not only is he a better wrestler than Orton, but he is a way better talker than Orton. I hope him and Orton feud have a feud this year. It gets a 3/5. MVP by himself got a 4.5/5

Then Brian Kendrick vs. Kofi Kingston was next. Sadly the WWE gave my hopes up. It was a good match for it only being a 2 minute match. Really good action. I like both wrestlers in the match so I was looking forward to watching the match. I hope these guys can wrestle on WWE Superstars and really show what they could do to the WWE crowd. Kofi Kingston ended up getting the win after a buzzsaw kick.

Big Show-Vickie segment = Boring.

Divas Match(Including Santina) = Broing. I tried to sit through this but I couldn't stand it. So I turned the channel. I don't even know what happend at the end.

Matt Hardy Segment(with a cast on his arm. Because he broke his hand at Backlash). I loved his promo. I loved the whiny heel that Matt is playing it was extremely entertaing to watch. After the promo is when it went down hill. Matt fought Goldust, with Matt winning after he hit Goldust in the head with a cast. Besides the Cast on the head Matt didn't get any offence in. Promo got 4/5. Match got 1/5 just because Matt did have a broken hand.

MVP vs. Randy Orton Match. This was a good match until Shane came out and ruined the match. I was hoping that the match would have a finish. Again MVP showed how much better he is than Orton. Hopefully this is a preview of either the Extreme Rules PPV or the Great American Bash. It got a 3/5.

The Miz promo. Wow, this promo showed how good of a talked the Miz is. He ended up calling Cena out but Cena didn't come out. The Miz also spoke some truth during the Promo. He first made fun of Cena and his movies, then he spoke some truth about the same people in the main event year after year.  The Miz's promo scored a 4.5/5.

The Colons vs. Chavo and Jamie Noble was next. This was a good match. I wish they would start pushing Jamie Noble. The entire crowd was dead during the match. The Colons got no reaction when they came out. The Colons ended up winning the match. The match got a 2.5/5.

Main Event: Big Show vs. Batista for the #1 contender spot to fight Orton at Judgement Day. One word can describe this match: BORING! Batista won after Cena came out distracted the Big Show. The only thing this match proved is that Cena is scared of the Miz. The WWE did a horrible job with that. Cena gets called out by Miz and he doesn't show, but Cena was there the entire time. Thats One for the Miz. 

 

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Overal the show scored a 6/10. The WWE could of did a better job capitalizing on Backlash.

My MVP of the Show would be MVP. With the Miz coming in close in 2nd.

It would go:

1. MVP

2. The Miz

3. Kofi Kingston

4. The Brian Kendrick

5. Randy Orton

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)