June 7, 2009 - New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Arena
| The Advertisement | Wallpaper |
| Non-Televised Match (RAW) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mickie James & Kelly Kelly | def. | Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendes | via Pinfall |
| Notes: | |||
| Match #1 - WWE United States Championship - Fatal Four-Way Match (RAW) | |||
| Kofi Kingston Champion |
def. | Montel Vontavious Porter William Regal Matt Hardy Challengers |
via Pinfall (6:43) |
| Notes: Kingston pinned Regal after Regal cleaned house on everyone else. Good, physical match to start things off. | |||
| Match #2 - WWE Intercontinental Championship - No Holds Barred Match (SMDN) | |||
| Chris Jericho Challenger |
def. | Rey Myterio Champion |
via Pinfall (14:41) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- F'ing awesome. Too bad that History of the IC Championship DVD already came out, because this could've been included. Jericho made his entrance from a merchandise stand and used the Mysterio masks that WWE pushes to trigger a promo in which Chris guaranteed that he would 1) unmask Rey Rey and 2) win the IC title. He whispered something into the ear of the referee before the match. I wonder what that was about. Anyway, the replay booth was busy in this one. Many spots but the ending was the best. Rey went for the 619 but Jericho ripped his mask off instead. Rey Rey went down covering his face and Jericho rolled him up for the pin and his 9th IC championship. He delivered on both guarantees. | |||
| Match #3 - Samoan Strap Match (SMDN) | |||
| CM Punk | def. | Umaga | (8:58) |
| Notes: I don't think there has ever been a strap match that I've liked. Check that. The one where JBL won the title was nice. Most of this match I was just looking for this blonde in the 2nd or 3rd row. She looked like she was enjoying it a lot more than I was. Punk touched three corners, Umaga charged him, Punk hit the GTS, and made it to the fourth. Umaga was better when he had Armando with him. | |||
| Match #4 - ECW World Heavyweight Championship - Triple Threat Match (ECW) | |||
| Tommy Dreamer Challenger |
def. | Christian Champion Jack Swagger Challenger |
via Pinfall (9:37) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Dreamer pinned Swagger. What the hell. I guess a few people there were happy for him. Commentary wasn't that great the whole night, but the commentary here was bad. | |||
| Match #5 - Handicap Hog Pen Match (RAW) | |||
| Santina Marella | def. | Vickie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero | via Pinfall (2:44) |
| Notes: Santina pinned Vickie. Painful to watch. Usual hog pen spots. One of the cleanest pens you'll ever see. And the hogs were more like piglets. Vickie made it a handicap match just before. | |||
| Match #6 - WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Steel Cage Match (RAW) | |||
| Dave Batista Challenger |
def. | Randy Orton Champion |
via Pinfall (7:04) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- With this match time, do you think it would be any good? That's right, it wasn't. Just short and nothing real memorable. | |||
| Match #7 - Submission Match (RAW) | |||
| John Cena | def. | The Big Show | via Submission (19:05) |
| Notes: DVD edit alert! Watching live I remember that you could clearly see Big Show's foot come off the rope in the STF at the end. But they fixed that on the DVD release. It was more like a crossface in the end. But again, Big Show was dominant, and Cena pulls something out of his ass. At the start, Cena went for the STF early, and of course, didn't get it on. Cole said something very relevant when he asked King why Cena even bothered to try it. Good question. King fumbled around and just gave a lame explanation. | |||
| Match #8 - World Heavyweight Championship - Ladder Match (SMDN) | |||
| Jeff Hardy Challenger |
def. | Edge Champion |
(20:06) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Pretty good ladder match. Both men fell off a ladder through another ladder placed horizontally on the apron and security wall. Some other high spots as well, as both men gave it their all. Jeff won by pulling Edge's feet down through the steps of the ladder so his feet were dangling in the middle and Edge was up to his armpits. Jeff's victory was short-lived. | |||
| Match #9 - World Heavyweight Championship (SMDN) | |||
| CM Punk Challenger |
def. | Jeff Hardy Champion |
via Pinfall (1:02) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Punk cashed in the Money in the Bank contract right after Jeff won the title. Jeff tried to fight, and I actually thought he might pull it off, but he was too spent after his match. Punk hit the GTS twice in the match and finished him off. | |||