Extreme Rules 2010 Review

Extreme Rules 2010 Review : Duct Tape Ends the Night


Time for a review of one of the better PPVs of 2010 .



The Sheamus/HHH match was supposed to open the show , but a fight broke out between the two and Sheamus supposedly injured HHH with a lead pipe .


The Miz and Big Show come out to demand a match . Teddy Long come out to make it a Gauntlet match .




Tag Team Gauntlet Match
MizShow vs John Morrison and R-Truth starts the match off . Morrison has his team taken out after getting disqualified . Mark Henry and MVP come out next . MVP is pinned after a Big Show right hand . Hart Dynasty is out next with Bret Hart . Hart Dynasty quickly win with a hart attack . Entertaining match . *3/4



CM Punk vs Rey Mysterio
If Punk loses this match , his head will be shaved bald . Needless to say , these two went out there and had their usual awesome match . I'd love to see another match on PPV between these two . Punk gets the win and saves his hair with a GTS . **** . Match of the Night



JTG vs Shad Gaspard : Strap Match
Never really liked these kinds of matches ( Steve Austin vs Savio Vega exempt ) . I feel bad for both guys since it was barely built up , apart from Shad's heel turn . JTG hits his finisher and touches all the corners . *



Jack Swagger vs Randy Orton : No Holds Barred
World title on the line . This was Swagger's chance to prove that he deserved to be the World Heavyweight Champion . This was a very good match and Swagger proved he was a capable champion . But it was all downhill from there . Swagger wins with a gut-wrench bomb . ***1/4



Sheamus vs Triple H : Street Fight
HHH is hurt but still wants to fight . The story of HHH's injured arm helped the match . Really good match as Sheamus gets the win after a fourth brogue kick . ***1/4 . After the match , Sheamus comes out to give HHH another kick and becomes the biggest dick in the WWE .



Beth Phoenix vs Michelle McCool : Extreme Makeover
Wow , how obviously sexist . At least Beth's here to make that little bit better . Beth wins the title with a glam slam . *



Edge vs Chris Jericho : Steel Cage
This feud continues after their great World title match at Wrestlemania . It's also notable that these two also had a steel cage match against each other eight years previously to this one . I love how Jericho teased the escape and then decided to punish Edge some more . I think the end of the match dragged a little bit , as Jericho begged for mercy . Other than that , a great match . Edge wins with a spear . ***3/4



John Cena vs Batista : Last Man Standing
Ok , this was a great match and all , but what the hell is with the finish ? I don't think it would be a good finish for a PPV ever . I don't even think they would get away with it in the cartoon era or the attitude era of wrestling . Anyway before that , this was still a great match for the WWE Title . ***1/2


7.5/10 . Easily on of the better events of 2010 . Three great matches and two really good ones . Sounds like a great show to me .