The Bash 2009 Review

The Bash 2009 Review : Almost Match of the Year




Tommy Dreamer vs Christian vs Finlay vs Jack Swagger vs Mark Henry
These scramble matches are usually pretty fun. ECW Title is on the line. Christian and Swagger are starting the match off. Finlay out next after a couple of minutes of good action. Dreamer out next. Bad botch as it looked like Christian moved out of the way when he wasn't supposed to. Henry out last. Henry came in very motivated. Fun match to open the show, but the finish was all over the place. Dreamer retains. ***



Rey Mysterio vs Chris Jericho
This is Mask vs Title. I've heard so much about this match, so I'm really looking forward to it. Two minutes into the match and Rey goes head first into the barricade. Ouch. I can't believe that Rey kicked out of that huge codebreaker. Amazing action with some awesome counter-wrestling. Easily match of the night, and if Taker/HBK hadn't happened, it would likely be match of the year as well. Mysterio's second mask was a great idea. Mysterio hits the 619 to win the title. ****1/2



Dolph Ziggler vs The Great Khali : No DQ
I suppose if anyone could get anything good out of Khali, it would be Ziggler. For some reason they show a video package before the match. Obviously not a good match, but it was short and Ziggler sold like a champ as usual. Kane interferes to help Dolph get the pinfall win. Meh. 3/4*



The Colons vs Legacy vs Chris Jericho & Edge
This was originally meant to be the Colons vs Legacy, but Teddy Long decided to add Jericho & Edge to be controversial. The teaming of Edge and Jericho was a good idea, but it never went anywhere thanks to Edge's Achilles tendon injury. At least we got JeriShow out of that. Match wasn't bad, but it needed more Edge and Jericho. Edge hits the spear to win the titles. **1/4



Michelle McCool vs Melina
These two had a pretty solid match at Night of Champions the next month, would this live up to that standard? Quite sad that the best we could have hoped for from divas matches was 'pretty solid'. Anyway the match wasn't bad and certainly had it's moments, but it suffered from lack of crowd heat and some sloppiness. Michelle hits the faithbreaker to win. *1/2



CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy
The start of a fantastic feud and probably the best feud of the year. The great thing is that their matches would get better and better as they went on. The fans were definitely behind Hardy in this one. This wasn't their best match, but it was still pretty good. The false win for Hardy stopping the momentum of the match and the DQ finish brought things down. I'll go with  **3/4. Pretty disappointing considering how good their other matches are.



John Cena vs The Miz
This was Miz's first proper storyline I think, in which each week he would claim a victory against Cena. It was pretty entertaining up to this point until Miz was buried. At least it didn't really affect him, and he even became WWE Champion. A match you would see on Raw from Cena. *




Triple H vs Randy Orton : Three Stages of Hell Match
I can only remember one excellent TSOH match and that was the one from No Way Out 2001 between Austin and HHH. HHH loses the first fall by hitting Orton with a steel chair to cause a DQ. Quickly after that, HHH hits a pedigree on the outside to win the second fall. Stretcher match for the final fall. Pretty solid match, but not PPV worthy as Orton retains with Legacy's help . **3/4



5.5/10. Man, the Jericho/Mysterio match was certainly a show saver. The opener was good too, but everything else just felt completely lackluster. Only get this one if you haven't seen the awesome IC Title match.