Extreme Rules 2009

1. Kofi Kingston defeated Matt Hardy, MVP, and William Regal by pinfall

This should have been much better, but the booking crew treated it like a Raw match, rather than a pay-per-view one. That seems to happen way too often and it is a shame, because this could have been fun.

Rating: 2 (out of 5)

2. Chris Jericho defeated Rey Mysterio by pinfall to win the Intercontinental Championship

This was a great feud and the match was a blast. They went on to have better matches, but this was good stuff. The ending was just great heel stuff. Jericho is the best thing going in the WWE.

Rating: 3.75

3. CM Punk defeated Umaga by touching all four corners

This was really slow and Umaga was very unmotivated, which makes sense because he probably knew he was going to be released.

Rating: 1.75

4. Tommy Dreamer defeated Christian and Jack Swagger to win the ECW Championship

This was a solid garbage match that had the right ending. Dreamer isn't necessarily a great performer, but he is definitely a hard worker that was deserving of this moment.

Rating: 3.25

5. Santina Marella defeated Vickie Guerrero + Chavo Guerrero by pinfall

This was probably the worst pay-per-view match of the year. There is no way people should have had to pay for this.

Rating: 0

6. Batista defeated Randy Orton by pinfall to win the WWE Championship

This was another stupid title change when it made no sense to do so. The match was kept short due to Batista's injury, which actually helped this, but there is no way Batista should have won.

Rating: 2.25

7. John Cena defeated Big Show by submission

Good God, was this long. Why would they give these two so much time? The reason Cena was able to have acceptable matches with Khali was because they were short. Show is much better than Khali, but that doesn't mean he should be getting a 20+ minute match with Cena.

Rating: .75

8. Jeff Hardy defeated Edge in a TLC Match for the World Heavyweight Championship

***Match Of The Night***

This was good stuff, as you would expect from these two in this environment. Some of the spots were a little too forced, but you can't ask for much more out of a main event. Especially with what came next...

Rating: 4

9. CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy by pinfall to win the World Heavyweight Championship

CM Punk cashes in his Money In The Bank briefcase to win the belt. Another great moment.

Rating: .25

I'm pretty torn on this one. Jericho/Mysterio and TLC were awesome. There were two great moments with Dreamer and Punk. The rest was just really bad. I would say this is on the low end of a good show.

Rating: 70%