TheOneBigWills take on W.W.E. No Way Out 2009:
1. W.W.E. Championship: Elimination Chamber Match: Edge © v. Vladimir Kozlov v. Triple H. v. The Undertaker v. The Big Show v. Jeff Hardy:
The match opened the show, much to my surprise, but definitely not because it wasnt worth being in the Main Event. If anything, after witnessing it go for 10 minutes short of an hour, I would say it explained itself on why it opened.
Edge and Jeff Hardy opened the Chamber, while the other massive Heavyweights awaited being brought in. Before even the first Superstar was released, Edge was eliminated via an attempted Spear that was countered into a quick roll-up for a 3 count.
Kozlov entered next, as he quickly dominated Jeff Hardy for the next 5 minutes, until the Big Show came in and continued the domination of Jeff Hardy. Kozlov and Big Show took turns trying to one up the other at Hardys expense, until Kozlov finally turned on Big Show. Kozlov and Big Show traded powerful punches, until Triple H. entered.
At this point, Jeff Hardy seemed like a top dark horse to shadow the entire match until picking up the victory, but that didnt happen. H.H.H. paired off with Big Show, while Hardy took on the Undefeated Russian. The Undertaker was the last to enter, at which point the action and the crowd picked up.
In the end, it was Kozlov being pinned for the first time, by mistaking where he was in the ring and taking a Last Ride by the Undertaker. After this, it was Big Show taking a Superplex off the top ropes, followed by a Pedigree then a Swanton, only to be eliminated by Triple H. Jeff Hardy followed via receiving a Tombstone by the Undertaker and it was down to the two seemingly top favorites. Triple H. v. The Undertaker.
In a great ending, perhaps one of the best, it was Taker gaining the momentum of tumbling over the ropes, connecting with a Tombstone, only for Triple H. to place his foot on the ropes in the nick of time. This was followed by Taker kicking out at 2, after receiving a Pedigree. Finally, Triple H. capitalized on what Kozlov couldnt, when he countered out of an attempted Last Ride, connecting with a Pedigree and picking up his 13th World Heavyweight Championship.
Winner & New W.W.E. Heavyweight Champion: Triple H.
2. No Holds Barred: Randy Orton v. Shane McMahon:
In one of the more awkward Street Fights Ive witnessed Shane McMahon to take part in, it seemed like Shane didnt know what to do half the time he was in control of this match. In the end, there was no swerve outcome by any outside McMahon, and Legacy still had to get involved.
In my opinion, Randy Ortons value as any type of worthy Main Event (WrestleMania worthy) heel, was ruined by having to rely on Legacy to run in half way through. Shane McMahon is NOT a professional Wrestler. Furthermore, a Street Fight being note-worthy to allowing him to use weapons, is still no excuse for Orton needing help, in any way.
The match itself was very awkward, with McMahon hitting all of his signature moves, but not much else. Meanwhile, Orton did his best to sell McMahon as being a worthy opponent, when in fact he really shouldnt have. Like I said, I firmly believe with no solid swerve in the end, and Orton only just barely finding a way to win.. It didnt do anything for anyone, other than damage Randy Orton going into his WrestleMania Main Event Championship match.
Winner: Randy Orton
3. E.C.W. Championship: Jack Swagger © v. Finlay:
Before the match even started, I questioned two total things. First, why the fuck is Swagger still chest pumping himself like a ******? Second, why is Finlay still forcing his son, to hideout under the ring? Just some food for thought.
The chants of we want tables and we want Christian echoed throughout this rather uneventful match-up. Meanwhile, both men tried doing their best to make the match entertaining, but following an Elimination Chamber match, then a No Holds Barred match.. A regular singles match, that has a ton of chain wrestling and rest holds.. Just isnt going to cut it.
In the end, it was a combination of Hornswoggles misadventures, that lead to Jack Swagger picking up his second Major Pay per view victory, retaining his Championship and arguably heading to WrestleMania to face Christian.
Winner: Jack Swagger
4. All or Nothing: John Bradshaw Layfield v. Shawn Michaels:
Before the match even starts, Shawn stares his Wife down as if he didnt even know who she was. Alzheimers must be kicking in early on poor ol H.B.K. Whats even greater is, she just stood up looking like a complete smiling fool.
The match started out pretty fast and furious, with Shawn taking it to J.B.L., while J.B.L. was more than happy to attempt giving Shawn every illegal object he could find to intentionally get DQd. As the match continued, it pretty much went back and forth, with J.B.L. controlling the middle portion of the match. Toward the end of the match, J.B.L. hit two huge Clotheslines from Hell, but couldnt get a 3 count out of the first, and couldnt get a 10 count out of the second.
My only question regarding that is, why on earth wouldnt you merely pull your opponent to the middle of the ring and then take another 3 count option? At this point, J.B.L. completely fell apart, and only intended on showing up Shawn, in front of his Wife.
In the end, everything turned around when Shawns Wife delivered a huge shot to J.B.L., (where was the DQ on that?) and allowed Shawn to regain complete control of the entire match, ultimately finding a Superkick and the victory. I think one of the greatest dreams finally came true, when Becca finally got to kiss Shawn Michaels. By Becca, of course I mean his Wife, not his stalker.
Winner: Shawn Michaels
5. World Heavyweight Championship: Elimination Chamber Match: John Cena © v. Kofi Kingston v. Mike Knox v. Kane v. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho:
Before the Chamber match began, Chris Jericho was interviewed in the back about guaranteeing a Championship victory, then trying to court Ric Flair out of retirement in an effort to offer him a shot at a 17th time Championship run.. He laughed then said he didnt mean any of that, but he did guarantee victory in the Chamber.
The Chamber match itself started off with Chris Jericho against Rey Mysterio, but the bigger story of the night was Edge replacing Kofi Kingston in the Chamber. One half of my dream came true. The only unfortunate part was it wasnt Knox that was replaced. Meanwhile, Edge was fucking funny as hell with safe-guarding himself in a pod, and refusing to leave. Dispite NOONE coming out at the beginning to explain Edge is actually ELIGIBLE, they go ahead and allow it.
During the opening portion of Jericho/Mysterio, Jericho moved out of the way allowing Mysterio to lawn dart himself directly into a pod. Then during another part, Mysterio Spidermand himself onto Jericho, only to hit a hurricanrana. After this, theyd wrestle a bit longer until Kane was released.
Kane instantly goes to work on Mysterio, then Jericho, before finally reminding Edge what hes gotten himself into. Kane controls the opening portion of the time hes in the match, easily handling Jericho & Mysterio. As the latter portion went on, both Jericho and Mysterio regained control over Kane, then everything went back and forth between all of them, until Mysterio ultimately hit a 619 on Kane, followed by a Codebreaker by Jericho, on Kane as well. Mysterio hits a very hit seated senton, from the top of a pod, to eliminate Kane from the match.
The next man to enter was Mike Knox, who instantly goes for the destruction of Rey Mysterio, then decided to take out punishment on both men. The crowd went absolutely dead during this portion of the match. As did I, quite honestly. Knox showed off power by using the Chamber, but outside of that nothing else. At one point in the match, he did hook Mysterio upside down in the Chamber, but the crowd still didnt seem like the could even try to get involved for any amount of power Knox showed off.
Chants of Edge echoed throughout the arena, as Knox continued his destruction until Jericho ended all of our misery, by hitting a Codebreaker, eliminating Knox from the match.
The next entry into the Chamber would be Edge, who is quickly met by a very pissed off munchkin, in Rey Mysterio. Jericho quickly reminded Mysterio that Edge wasnt the only individual in the match. This then turned into a brawl between the three of them.
Jericho & Mysterio were accidentally helping each other, to set-up eliminations. Until Mysterio went for a 619, and Jericho intercepted Mysterio before he could connect on Edge. This followed a nice three way interaction with a power bomb/suplex off the top rope. As Cena is released, he is staring down the one guy who wasnt meant to be in the match to begin with, Edge.
The fans light up as Cena hits the ring on fire. Cena takes on Jericho & Edge, while Mysterio wisely rests in the corner. In the end, it was a Codebreaker, followed by a 619, then a spear as John Cena is eliminated!!!!!
This is followed by Mysterio reversing a Walls of Jericho to eliminate Jericho, then an almost repeat roll-up, only for Edge to kickout as the match continued. In a great ending between Edge and Mysterio, it was Mysterio hitting a reverse 619, followed by Edge tossing Mysterio into a pod, finishing him off with a spear and becoming the NEW World Heavyweight Champion!!!
Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: EDGE!!!!!!!
Overall Thoughts:
What a fucking great Pay per view! Edge started off as the W.W.E. Champion on Smackdown, and looks to have ended the show by becoming the World Heavyweight Champion on Raw!
Triple H. is a 13 time Heavyweight Champion, while Edge becomes an 8 time Champion. In a night that will certainly go down in history, and definitely piss everyone off who isnt either a Triple H. or Edge fan, the W.W.E. truly shocked the world with at least one ending, that NOONE couldve seen coming until the night began.
The Road to WrestleMania is officially off from its last stop, and with this new list of events unfolding, it looks like we could see any number of matches ranging from Orton/Edge, Cena/Edge, Orton/HHH, HHH/Taker, or dare I even say.. Triple H. v. Edge, to bring together the two Heavyweight Championships? While I doubt that last one would happen, the W.W.E. certainly turned a not so great card into a sure-fire clusterfuck of emotion. Wow, simply put. I rate tonights show a
9 outta 10. Only because the matches in between the Chamber, left the crowd dead and restless. But certainly not without their own excitement as well. Again, what a night and what a Pay per view.
