Thursday, May 6, 2010

4/25/2010 Extreme Rules

-EXTREME RULES
Theme Song: "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen

-The show started with a recap of the events leading to War Games, including a montage of Team Flair attacking Bret Hart after bursting out of janitor's closets.

-ECW TITLE, EXTREME RULES: Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero
Before anyone could ask "Where's Tyson Kid, the ECW champion?" Hornswoggle destroyed Chavo and pinned him with a DDT. DUD.

-EXTREME RULES: CM Punk vs Triple H
Early MOTY canidate as Triple H was in rare form and CM Punk was also on his A game. Match ended when Serena broke up a Pedigree attempt. Triple H was about to Pedigree Serena, but Punk superkicked him and hit him with the Shiranui for the three count. ****

-EXTREME RULES: Randy Orton vs Ted DiBiase
Surprisingly good follow-up, the hot crowd helping as this back and forth battle used everything but the kitchen sink (did use the bathroom one though). Orton won after putting Ted on his shoulders and throwing him off into a cutter, which Matt Striker called the "ROTFL", and got the three count. ***3/4

-IC TITLE, TABLES MATCH: The Undertaker vs Drew McIntyre (c)
Not as good as the last two matches as it was pretty much "Im going to put you through this table" "NO! I'm putting YOU through this table". The end came when Undertaker did the rope walk, and mistimed his jump so that he crashed feet first through a table, allowing Drew McIntyre to get the win. **1/4

TAG TEAM TITLES, EXTREME RULES: ShoMiz vs Brian Daniel-san and Kung Fu Naki (c)
Pretty much a repeat of their last match, with Miz and Show occasionally grabbing weapons only to get them crane kicked in the face... they actually fell for this about five or six times. Daniel-san would eventually beat Show with a Russian Leg Sweep to retain the titles. *3/4

-WAR GAMES: Team Hart (Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Duggan, Jerry Lawler, and Bob Backlund) vs Team Flair ( Ric Flair, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Hart, Randy Savage, and Tony Atlas)
Ever wanted to see ten over-the-hill wrestlers trade weak chops for twenty minuites? Then you would LOVE this match, as that's what essentially happened until everyone hit everyone with their trademark spots, until Flair got a Figure Four on Bret Hart, and Vince McMahon would ring the fucking bell to mercifully end this match. 1/4*

-WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, EXTREME RULES: Edge vs Vickie Guerrrero vs Chris Jericho(c)
This would have been somewhat tolerable if Vickie just sat in the corner while Edge and Jericho did their thing, but not only did Vickie get involved, Edge actually had to bump for her! Eventually Edge managed to get her out of the way long enough to spear Jericho, but then Vickie threatened to hit him with her shoe so he speared her too, while at the same time getting hit by the shoe. Vickie landed on top of Jericho, one, two, three. Our new World Heavyweight champion: Vickie Guerrero. 1/2*

-WWE TITLE + CONTRACT VS BANISHMENT LADDER MATCH: Shawn Micheals vs Glen Jacobs(c)
Instead of the dramatic showdown this should have been, Jacobs essentially steamrolled Micheals. Jacobs would go to the ladder and Micheals would barely get up as well, prompting Jacobs to chokeslam (well, chokeshove) Micheals off... and HBK landed awkwardly on his arm in the process. Jacobs would grab the breifcase as the referee threw up the X and carted Shawn off. **3/4

Overall Show: 71%
Best Segment: Hype Intro 93%
Best Match: Punk/Triple H 90%
Worst Match: Hornswoggle/Chavo 46%
We got a 1.68 buy rate for 'Extreme Rules'!
The attendance was 17610 people.
We made $4200000 from pay-per-view revenue.
We made $1056600 from ticket sales.
(Shawn Micheals injured his tricep due to the finish of the ladder match.)