1.    Dolph Ziggler vs. Daniel Bryan

The PPV began with this non-title challenge match, pitting the United States Champion Daniel Bryan against Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler. Both guys did an outstanding job here and put on by far the best match on the card. They do some chain wrestling early on, with Ziggler catching Bryan with a headlock takeover only to be caught in a leg grapevine. Ziggler fights out and rolls to the outside, then catches Bryan with a leg sweep back in the ring for a near fall. Ziggler rolls to the outside to escape another submission attempt, but Bryan hits him with a diving knee off the apron to the floor. Bryan hits a dropkick back in the ring but Ziggler once again rolls to the outside for a cheap shot then takes the advantage back inside the ring. Ziggler lands a ton of kicks and punches, and then chokes Bryan against the middle rope. Bryan fights out of a submission hold but Ziggler transitions into a rear chin lock. Ziggler tries for a neckbreaker but Bryan counters and gets a couple near falls before Ziggler catches him with an inverted exploder suplex. Ziggler puts on a rear chin lock which Bryan eventually fights out of, only for Ziggler to score with a flipping neckbreaker. Ziggler hits a snapmare and an elbow drop, then applies a submission with a body scissors. Bryan fights out and hits a big boot but misses a kick in the corner. Ziggler does a fireman’s carry throw and applies another submission with a body scissors, which he transitions into a chin lock, but Bryan breaks it with a big jawbreaker.

Bryan makes a comeback with stiff kicks to Ziggler’s chest and leg, and a kick to the face. Bryan back flips out of the corner to avoid a charging Ziggler, then hits a clothesline and a running knee. Bryan eats a kick but responds with one of his own before hitting a springboard dropkick. Ziggler tries for a roll up and then hits a kick to the head. He tries for the Zig Zag but Bryan holds onto the before hitting a buzzsaw kick for a near fall. They fight up top where Bryan crotches Ziggler and goes for a super back suplex, but Ziggler counters in mid air and gets a two count out of it. Ziggler goes for the sleeper but Bryan counters out of it, and the two double clothesline each other. They battle on their knees before Ziggler hits a headbutt followed by a kick to the chest from Bryan. An exciting sequence ensues with both men trading roll up attempts before Ziggler connects with a rocker dropper. Ziggler applies the sleeper hold but Bryan makes it to the ropes. Ziggler argues with the referee and picks up Bryan to yell at him, but Bryan quickly takes Ziggler down into the LeBell Lock, eventually forcing a submission for the victory. This was a very good Indy-style match between these two and a hell of a way to kick off the show. Easily the match of the night and the best match of Ziggler’s career as Bryan continues to impress. Match Time: 16:16     Star Rating: ***3/4

After this, Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre cut a brief promo, running down their accomplishments and bragging about how everyone in the back is afraid of them. Michael Cole then receives an e-mail from the “anonymous General Manager” who states that the pair will defend their WWE Tag Team Championship right now against David Otunga and John Cena of Nexus. Having Cena wrestle an impromptu, unadvertised match was just GENIUS on the WWE’s part of course.

2.    WWE Tag Team Championship match: Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre(c) vs. David Otunga and John Cena

Otunga starts the match with Rhodes and lands a kick to the gut, but quickly gets taken down and Rhodes tags out to McIntyre. The champions tag in and out to beat down Otunga before hitting a double suplex. Otunga is eventually able to tag out to Cena, who is able to send Rhodes into the corner and hit a suplex. Cena hits a delayed vertical suplex and argues with Otunga, which allows the champions to regain the advantage by working over Cena in the corner, hitting some right hands. McIntyre plants Cena with an STO before tagging out to Rhodes, who applies a single arm camel clutch. Cena fights out of it and makes a comeback, hitting a couple flying shoulder blocks and trying for a back suplex, but Rhodes back flips out of it and tags in McIntyre. Cena hits McIntyre with the back suplex and hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle. McIntyre tries for his finisher after a Rhodes distraction, but Cena dumps him over the ropes, which allows Rhodes to make a blind tag. Rhodes tries for Cross Rhodes but Cena reverses into the STF, forcing Rhodes to tap out. Cena and Otunga are the new tag team champions after a very bland, short, TV quality match. Not too much to hate but there just wasn’t much there. Match Time: 6:28     Star Rating: **

3.    Ted DiBiase vs. Goldust

This match was just announced the day of the PPV on WWE.com, so I wasn’t expecting that much from it. This was actually a decent little match, as Goldust actually is in pretty good shape for his age and can move very well. DiBiase beats on Goldust in the corner at the start, but Goldust comes back with some slaps, a butt bump, and sends DiBiase to the outside. Goldust sends DiBiase into the barricade but when he climbs to the top rope, DiBiase hits a big kick sending Goldust to the mat. DiBiase hits a back elbow and a dropkick for a near fall before applying a rear chin lock. DiBiase hits a couple knee drops and a neckbreaker for another near fall, then kicks Goldust in the head and applies another rear chin lock. Goldust fights out with a back suplex before making a comeback, hitting a clothesline, inverted atomic drop, and a bulldog. Goldust goes for a dive but crashes to the floor. Goldust hot shots DiBiase on the ropes and again goes up top, but DiBiase catches him with a mid-air dropkick. Goldust hits a quick powerslam and counters Dream Street, but DiBiase hits a sitout spinebuster. Goldust hits a diving shoulder block but Maryse beats up Aksana on the outside before throwing her into the ring. Goldust is distracted and DiBiase hits a DDT for the win. After the match DiBiase tries to take back the Million Dollar Championship but Goldust surprises him with the Final Cut. This was fine for what it was and both men did a good job. Match Time: 7:28     Star Rating: **1/2

4.    WWE Unified Divas Championship match: Layla(c) vs. Natalya

I really wish that Michelle McCool was in this match instead of Layla, but I guess they figured Layla hadn’t been the one to defend the title in months so they slotted her in here. They do some mat wrestling early on before Natalya hits a big suplex. Layla dropkicks Natalya to the floor but Natalya drags her out by her feet. Natalya slams McCool into the barricade but McCool slams her onto the floor behind the ref’s back. Layla applies a submission in the ring and puts on a body scissors, and Natalya is eventually able to fight back with a clothesline and a body slam. Natalya hits some more clotheslines and eats a big boot, but comes right back with a dropkick. Natalya goes for the Sharpshooter but Layla rolls out and tries to leave with McCool with the belts. Natalya goes after both of them and puts Layla back in the ring. McCool hits a kick from the outside while the ref is distracted and Layla gets the pin. Typical crappy women’s match and the second match with a non-clean finish. Just bad and the crowd didn’t care. Match Time: 4:49     Star Rating: *

5.    Buried Alive match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Kane(c) vs. The Undertaker

Another PPV, another disappointing Kane/Undertaker gimmick match. This match was almost a direct copy of their lackluster No Holds Barred match from Night of Champions, except this time there was a gravesite next to the stage. Taker ambushes Kane during his entrance and the brawl begins. They fight down the entrance way until Taker sends Kane into the steel steps, slamming Kane into the bottom half before putting him into the ring. Taker lands some splashes before Kane bails from the ring to run into the crowd. Taker chases him through the stands until he catches him at a staircase. Taker lays into Kane with some punches and headbutts before they brawl further into the stands. They trade blows until Kane slams Taker head first into a production table. They eventually make their way back to ringside, where Taker throws tons of chairs into the ring. Taker hits his signature leg drop before dismantling the announce table and throwing the cover onto Kane in the ring. They then return to the crowd to brawl up another staircase but return to the ring, where Kane takes advantage of the chairs by hitting Taker in the stomach with one and landing some more shots across the back. Kane hits a final chair shot before connecting with back to back chokeslams.

Kane picks up Taker to carry him to the gravesite but Taker gets to his feet and they trade punches up the entrance way. Taker beats on Kane with some punches, causing Kane to fall backwards before he crawls up the mound of dirt toward the grave. Kane hits a big boot and tries to drag Taker into the grave, but Taker suddenly locks in the Hell’s Gate. Kane taps before eventually feigning and falling over on his side. Taker rolls Kane into the grave but sees Paul Bearer hiding behind the headstone. Taker grabs Bearer and rubs his face in the dirt before teasing a chokeslam, but suddenly Nexus (minus John Cena) charge at Taker, with Taker at first fending them all off. They eventually get the upper hand and beat him down, allowing Kane to hit him with the urn and put him in the grave. Nexus then grab shovels and start burying Taker before Kane tells them to leave. Kane does his signature motion, causing a backhoe scoop to dump tons of dirt over the grave as Kane’s music plays, giving him the win. After the match they did a cheesy segment with lightning hitting the grave and Taker’s symbol appearing in a blue light on the headstone. This was a very lackluster, plodding brawl between these two which led to an unnecessary finish. I keep wishing that this feud will just end already because the matches haven’t been good at all and just drag on forever. Not the worst Buried Alive match ever but this was certainly nothing to charge people $44.95 to see. Match Time: 16:57     Star Rating: **

6.    Smackdown vs. Raw Bragging Rights Elimination match: Team Raw (The Miz, CM Punk, John Morrison, Ezekiel Jackson, Santino Marella, R-Truth, and Sheamus) vs. Team Smackdown (Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, Tyler Reks, Kofi Kingston, Alberto Del Rio, and Edge)

Although last year’s Bragging Rights match was just a standard 7 man tag, they changed it up this year to make it elimination style, which is a stupid idea because Survivor Series is the next PPV and is supposed to be based around the multi-man elimination tag matches. This match wasn’t really that good but it was still mildly enjoyable and better than any other match besides the opener at this point. Reks starts the match with Morrison, sending him into the corner and hitting a back elbow. Morrison comes back with some punches but eats a shoulder block. Morrison dropkicks Reks into the corner and tags in Santino, who hits a headbutt before teasing the cobra. Reks hits him with a back elbow and then a modified Burning Hammer to eliminate Santino. Jackson then enters to square off with Reks, who quickly tags to Big Show. Show hits a kick to the ribs and a chop to the chest, before tagging out to Mysterio. Rey hits some quick offense and tags in Kingston, but Jackson hits both with a double shoulder block. Sheamus gets a tag and works over Kofi with a submission, but Kofi fights out and hits a kick and a cross body for a near fall. Kofi hits a lariat and a turning Boom Drop, then ducks a clothesline to hit the SOS for a near fall. Kofi  jumps on Sheamus in the corner for the mounted punches but ends up crotched. Sheamus hits the High Cross out of the corner and Kofi is eliminated. Sheamus quickly takes down Mysterio and tags out to Punk, who hits a powerslam before tagging back out to Sheamus.

Mysterio starts to come back but Del Rio blind tags himself in and the two argue as Sheamus tags back to Punk. Punk sends Del Rio into Mysterio before fighting with him on the outside. Del Rio sends Punk back inside but throws Mysterio arm first into the barricade. Mysterio heads to the back selling an injury as Del Rio hits a German suplex to Punk. Del Rio tags out to Swagger who comes in with a big suplex to Punk. Swagger works Punk’s arms but Punk is able to fight out and tag in Morrison. Morrison beats on Swagger in the corner before hitting the Flash Kick, but Swagger retakes the advantage, hitting a belly to belly slam. Swagger goes for the Vader Bomb and Morrison gets the legs up, but Swagger catches the ankle and tries for the Ankle Lock. Morrison fights out and hits a kick to head, then hits a slingshot Starship Pain from the apron to eliminate Swagger. Reks then enters to beat down Morrison, applying a couple submissions before Morrison is able to tag out to Sheamus. Reks hits a kick and a clothesline before knocking Morrison off the apron, but he’s distracted and Sheamus instantly hits the bicycle kick to eliminate Reks. Big Show is out next and sends Sheamus to the outside, but Sheamus shoves Hornswoggle. Big Show then beats down Sheamus around ringside and up the entrance way but this ends up resulting in a double count out and both guys are eliminated. Edge and R-Truth enter next, with Edge hitting some clotheslines before R-Truth comes back with some of his own. R-Truth goes for the Axe Kick but Edge avoids it and hits a spear to eliminate him. Morrison is out next and is able to put down Edge, but misses Starship Pain. Edge quickly hits a spear and Morrison is eliminated.

Punk enters and tries to hit the Go to Sleep on Edge but Edge counters and hits an Impaler DDT. Del Rio tags in but Punk catches him with a backslide for yet another elimination. As Del Rio heads to the back, he’s attacked by the returning Mysterio, who rejoins the match. Edge struggles for the hot tag even though he just re-entered the match 30 seconds ago. Edge hits an enzuigiri but Punk tags out to Miz, who pounds away at Edge. Jackson hits a kick to the face and gets a tag, slamming Edge down to the mat and hitting an elbow drop. Miz applies a rear chin lock and Edge fights out, only for Miz to hit a backbreaker/neckbreaker combo. Punk gets a tag and hits a series of kicks, but Edge sends him into the corner and hits an electric chair drop. Rey gets a tag and hits a big kick to the head and a springboard cross body, but Punk rolls through for a near fall. They trade near falls for a bit until Rey hits the 619 and a slingshot splash to eliminate Punk. Jackson is in and hits a bunch of punches and stomps before launching Mysterio across the ring with a shoulder block. Jackson avoids the 619 once, but Rey hits a big DDT and sends him into the ropes again. Rey hits the 619 and completely botches the splash, but still scores the pin in a weird cover where Jackson almost kicked out when he wasn’t supposed to. Sloppy sequence there. Miz is in and almost gets hit with the 619 but Alex Riley distracts Mysterio. Mysterio hits the 619 on both Miz and Riley (who was shielding Miz), but Miz blocks the splash. Miz tries for the Skull-Crushing Finale but Rey rolls through and tags in Edge, who instantly spears Miz for the victory. Very long, poorly paced tag match that had some questionable booking. It had some fun moments and sequences but Jackson’s botched elimination was really bad and the match as a whole didn’t flow very well. It built off of flash eliminations with no substance to any of them. Still, this was the second best match of the night, which speaks volumes about this PPV. Match Time: 27:45     Star Rating: **3/4

7.    WWE Championship match: Randy Orton(c) vs. Wade Barrett

The main event was Orton defending the WWE title against Wade Barrett, who had John Cena in his corner. Barrett tells Cena, who was at ringside, that if he didn’t win the match then he would fire him. This wasn’t a horrible match but it most certainly wasn’t good nor was it main event quality. Orton beats on Barrett in the corner at the start and hits a big boot and an uppercut. Barrett kicks Orton and throws him to the outside, where he stares down Cena. Barrett catches Orton with a kick to the gut back in the ring and a headbutt, but Orton comes back with a clothesline. Barrett hits a big boot and stomps at Orton, then chokes him against the middle rope. Barrett argues with Cena outside the ring, allowing Orton to attack him from behind and throw him into the steps. Orton wears down Barrett with a rear chin lock back in the ring and Barrett starts to fight out, but Orton puts him back down with a back suplex. They fight on the outside, with Barrett sending Orton into the steps and getting a near fall back in the ring. Barrett beats on Orton with punches, hits a diving elbow drop, and stomps away at him. Orton fights out of a rear chin lock but Barrett puts him down with a pumphandle slam. They go to the outside yet again, with Barrett slamming Orton head first onto the barricade and the apron. Barrett applies another rear chin lock but Orton fights out and counters a pumphandle slam before hitting a dropkick. Orton goes for the spike DDT but Barrett fights out and hits a clothesline. The ref gets knocked down and Barrett orders Cena onto the apron, but Orton sends Barrett into Cena, knocking Cena into the barricade. Nexus come down to beat down Orton but Cena clears the ring, explaining to Barrett that he could get disqualified. Barrett tries for the Wasteland but Orton counters and hits some clotheslines and a powerslam. Orton hits the spike DDT but Cena enters and gives Barrett the Attitude Adjustment, causing a DQ. Orton gave both Cena and Barrett the RKO after the match. The idea here was Barrett won so he couldn’t fire Cena, but he won by DQ and didn’t win the title. Story was fine here but the match was lacking. It was plodding along and then ended in a DQ, so this was a very lackluster main event and not worth paying for. Bad ending to a really bad show. Match Time: 14:34     Star Rating: **1/4

Overall PPV Rating: 5/10

My name is Jared Silberkleit. I am from Orange, CT and am a huge fan of pro wrestling. I mostly follow WWE and TNA but I also watch the smaller promotions such as ROH and DGUSA. I have been a lifelong WWE fan and have become a TNA fan over the past few years. Aside from wrestling, I also really love baseball and football and follow many other sports such as hockey and MMA. I have written for www.sportsgrumblings.com for over two years.

1.    John Morrison vs. The Miz

The show kicked off with these two former tag team partners going at it. This match started off slowly in the beginning with both men applying a variety of headlocks but it got better as it went along. Morrison hits a nice flapjack followed up by a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Miz later comes back by hitting a clothesline in the corner followed by a running knee lift. The two exchange punches and kicks before Morrison misses a shining wizard and Miz goes for a roll-up. Morrison afterward connects with a springboard enzuigiri, but Miz gets his foot on the ropes when Morrison tries for the pin. Morrison then goes for a superplex, but Miz knocks him off the top ropes and jumps off to hit him with a double ax handle. Eventually near the end Miz goes for the Skull-Crushing Finale, but Morrison counters with a side Russian leg sweep. He goes up top to hit Starship Pain, but Miz knocks him off the top ropes before pinning him to win the match. Raw is now up 1-0 in the best 2 out of 3 mini-tournament going on within the PPV during the interbrand matches. Overall this was a decent opener hurt by a very weak ending. Match Rating: 5.5/10

2.    Smackdown Divas (Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya) vs. Raw Divas (Melina, Kelly Kelly, and Gail Kim)

This was a surprisingly very good for a WWE women’s match. Kim starts the match by doing some good back and forth work with all of team Smackdown including hitting a nice hurricanrana to McCool. After taking some big power moves from Natalya, Kim makes the tag to Kelly, who hits a big headscissors initially, but the heels quickly regain control and begin to work her over while making quick tags. Phoenix hits a snapmare and puts Kelly in a chin lock while McCool hit a nice powerslam and a knee lift. Eventually Kelly is able to fight back into it by hitting a hurricanrana to Phoenix before making the tag to Melina. Melina does some good back and forth work with Phoenix and hits a big dropkick before getting a near fall with a roll-up. Phoenix eventually overpowers her and gets the win after hitting the Glam Slam. Smackdown has now evened the score at 1-1. A good women’s match that was only hurt by the lack of time. Match Rating: 5.5/10 (Keep in mind this is very good for a women’s match)

3.    World Heavyweight Championship: Undertaker(c) vs. CM Punk vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio

Despite not really getting a ton of time, this world title match was pretty entertaining due to the non-stop action, big moves, and near falls. Right out of the gate Punk goes after Mysterio and Batista and Taker go at it. Mysterio hits a seated senton to Punk and Taker connects with Old School on Batista. Batista eventually rebounds by powerslamming Punk before getting hit with a big boot from Taker. Taker then goes for a Last Ride on Mysterio, but Batista hits him with a huge spear. Mysterio and Batista then hit a 619/spinebuster combo but Punk breaks up Batista’s attempt at a pin. Taker is able to fight back into it by putting Hell’s Gate on Batista, but Punk breaks up the hold just when it appeared Batista was going to tap. Taker and Punk then go at it once again, culminating in Taker hitting the Last Ride and having a pinfall attempt broken up by Batista, who then takes on the Deadman. Taker and Batista exchange punches before Taker hits a chokeslam. After tossing Punk to the outside, Taker is hit with a Batista Bomb, but the pinfall is broken up by Mysterio. Mysterio and Batista then argue, allowing Taker to recuperate and hit Batista with a second chokeslam. Eventually this match comes to an end when Batista throws Mysterio out of the ring onto Punk before turning around right into a Tombstone and Taker retains his title. After the match, Batista blames Mysterio for his loss and attacks him during an interview segment, thus turning heel for the first time in almost five years. This segment was done very well and this match, although brief (clocking in at just under 10 minutes) was enjoyable. Match Rating: 6.5/10

4.    Team Smackdown (Chris Jericho, Kane, The Hart Dynasty, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and R-Truth) vs. Team Raw (D-Generation X, The Big Show, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, and Mark Henry)

With the score now tied between Raw and Smackdown, this huge brand warfare tag team match would decide who would take the Bragging Rights trophy. The match started off with R-Truth facing Cody Rhodes, stemming from their earlier backstage confrontation. The two do some decent back and forth action before Kane and Big Show get tagged in and the big men go to work. Show this a big shoulder block and leg drop before tagging in Swagger. Swagger starts to work over Kane but Kane hits a big right hand before tagging in Hardy. Hardy starts to get the upper hand on Swagger and hits a nice second rope leg drop. Swagger is eventually able to get the tag on Henry, who beats down on Hardy for a bit before tagging in Shawn Michaels. HBK hits a few chops but Hardy retaliates with a side effect before making the tag to Finlay. Those two go back and forth for a bit, ending with HBK hitting Sweet Chin Music. Almost right after hitting his patented move, he is caught with a Hart Attack from the Hart Dynasty. David Hart Smith is legal and goes to work on Michaels. I definitely would like to see a future DX vs. Hart Dynasty match after what these two teams did in this match. Jericho is eventually tagged in, which brought back memories of his great feud with Michaels from last year. Smith is eventually tagged back in and hits a big suplex to Michaels before tagging in Tyson Kidd, who misses a springboard elbow, allowing Michaels to tag in Triple H, who then cleans house. He does some good back and forth work with Jericho and the Hart Dynasty before Jericho misses a Lionsault, allowing Kingston to get a tag and enter the match. After hitting the Trouble in Paradise, Kofi’s pin attempt is broken up by the Hart Dynasty and the match instantly turns into an all out brawl outside the ring. Kofi goes to the top rope, but Big Show turns on Team Raw by hitting Kofi with a chokeslam and then hitting Triple H with a Knockout Punch. Jericho then sneaks in and gets the pin on Kofi and Team Smackdown is victorious. It was great to see WWE recognize Smackdown as their superior brand by giving them the win here. This was a pretty entertaining tag match but nothing we haven’t seen before. Match Rating: 6.5/10

5.    1 Hour Anything Goes Iron Man match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton(c) vs. John Cena

Our main event was the 60 minute Iron Man match between Cena and Orton for the WWE title. I was worried that these two wouldn’t be able to entertain me for the whole hour and that the match should have been a 30 minute Iron Man match. Well, I did not enjoy the first 10 minutes of the match, and there was a 20 minute gap in the middle of the match that I did not enjoy, so a 30 minute match would have been much better. Still, they did enough right in this match to make it very enjoyable and possibly the best match they have ever had together. The match starts off with a ton of headlocks before Cena gets a quick fall a few minutes in by making Orton tap out to the STF. Just minutes later, Orton hits the RKO to tie the score at 1-1. The two then brawl outside the ring, which is when the match started to get pretty good. Orton smashes Cena’s head on the steel steps before hitting him with a TV monitor and a mic, resulting in Cena getting busted open the hard way on the top of his forehead. Cena fights back into it and hits his combination of moves and goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but while taking the move Orton hits the RKO and both men are down. With both guys having an arm across the other, the ref counts a double pinfall and the score remains tied, but now at 2-2. They did 30 second clock stoppages in between falls, and the one following this fall allowed medics to enter and clean up Cena’s bloody head (stupid PG rating). Cena then scores another pinfall after a top rope Attitude Adjustment to go up 3-2. Legacy then runs down to the ring and attacks Cena, and DiBiase hits Dream Street before dragging Orton on top of Cena. Kofi Kingston chases Legacy to the back with a chair (stemming from a backstage brawl with Rhodes earlier), but the ref counts to three and we are now tied again at 3-3. Orton and Cena then brawl up the entrance ramp and up to the stage. Orton slams Cena onto a control panel, resulting in an explosion. Orton then whips Cena through part of the set, causing another explosion and followed up by another pinfall from Orton, who goes up 4-3. We then ahd an odd sequence where Orton started playing with the pyro controls and hit many buttons trying to set off explosions near Cena. The fight returns to the ring where Orton beats down Cena very slowly for many minutes, which is what hurt the match as a whole in my opinion. In the middle of this long beatdown, Cena gets a small package to tie the score at 4-4, but Orton goes back up 5-4 after hitting an elevated DDT to the floor. Orton continues to wear down Cena until Cena eventually starts to make his comeback. The two go back and forth up and down the entrance ramp before taking the fight into the crowd. Cena chases Orton up to the top of a section and hits him with a garbage can before slamming him into a wall. Cena hip tosses Orton over the guardrail to take the fight back to ringside before smashing him into the barricades and the ring steps. A great spot follows where Cena launches Orton through the barricade before Cena sets up the ring steps next to the announce table. He then picks up Orton’s lifeless body and hits an Attitude Adjustment off the steps through the announce table followed by a pinfall to tie the score at 5-5.  Cena then grabs a wooden table and puts Orton on it in the ring, but when he goes for a top rope leg drop Orton moves and Cena crashes through the table. The two men exchange punches before Orton hits an RKO for a near fall. With the clock ticking away, Orton goes for a punt but Cena gets out of the way and puts on an STF. Orton tries to hang on but taps out as time expires and Cena wins the match 6-5 as well as the WWE Championship and the right to remain on Raw. A very good title match, the best these two have had all year. Match Rating: 7.5/10

Overall PPV Rating: 6.75/10

My name is Jared Silberkleit. I am from Orange, CT and am a huge fan of pro wrestling. I mostly follow WWE and TNA but I also watch the smaller promotions such as ROH and DGUSA. I have been a lifelong WWE fan and have become a TNA fan over the past few years. Aside from wrestling, I also really love baseball and football and follow many other sports such as hockey and MMA. I have written forwww.sportsgrumblings.com for roughly a year now as well.