WWE Extreme Rules 2011 PPV    1st May 2011

World Title, Ladder Match
Christian Vs Alberto Del Rio

WWE Title, Cage Match
The Miz Vs John Cena Vs John Morrison

Falls Count Anywhere
Cody Rhodes Vs Rey Mysterio

US Title, Table Match
Sheamus Vs Kofi Kingston

Strap Match
Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler Vs Michael Cole & Jack Swagger

Last Man Standing
CM Punk Vs Randy Orton

Loser Leaves
Michelle McCool Vs Layla
Tag Team Title, Lumberjack Match
Big Show & Kane Vs Barrett & Jackson


Quick Live Thoughts:


Last Man Standing
CM Punk Vs Randy Orton

I thought this was an unusual choice to open the show, but they had a really good match.
CM Punk continues to be the MVP in WWE but Orton looked good as well.
This match was a lot more hard-hitting than I've seen in WWE for some time.
Randy Orton won after Punk couldn't return to his feet after receiving an RKO from the top rope.


US Title, Table Match
Sheamus Vs Kofi Kingston

They both worked hard and had a good tables match.
Kofi won the United States Title from Sheamus after he splashed Sheamus through a table outside the ring from the top turnbuckle.
It's good to see that the rumours about WWE possibly releasing Kofi seem to be untrue.


Falls Count Anywhere
Cody Rhodes Vs Rey Mysterio

I liked their match at Wrestlemania and I liked their match here too.
Rey won after spraying mist into Cody's eyes, so they are now officially 1 - 1 on PPV.


Strap Match
Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler Vs Michael Cole & Jack Swagger

This was mostly bad, but Jim Ross finally got to get a little revenge on Michael Cole before he was pinned by Cole with a roll up.


Loser Leaves
Michelle McCool Vs Layla

I can't stand either of these two and I don't think they have any talent, but they somehow had an acceptable match where they did more than punch and kick and didn't look completely out of place in the ring either. Layla won the match and returned to the back. Michelle is gone from WWE. While Michelle is still in the ring, Awesome Kong / Kharma debuts... She's still dressed like Kong was in TNA and she looks mean. She gets in the ring and destroys Michelle. This was all great... then she laughs like a crazy women before becoming serious... then she laughs like a crazy woman and then turns dead serious.... she keeps doing this and I just think that the WWE booking team have found a way to over-gimmick her so she looks stupid.
Hopefully they will allow her to drop or adjust that gimmick because she doesn't need it at all.


Tag Team Titles Lumberjack Match
Kane & Big Show Vs Wade Barrett & Ezekiel

This match wasn't too long but was fine for what it was from what I could tell. I wasn't paying too much attention. Big Show & Kane won the match and retained the Tag Team Titles.


World Title, Ladder Match
Christian Vs Alberto Del Rio

Christian and Alberto had a really good match. Edge came down at the end to distract Alberto on the way to Christian becoming World Champion for the first time! What a great move by WWE. Christian really deserves it. I'm so pleased to see Christian become Champ, I really thought that Alberto was going to take the Title.


WWE Title, Steel Cage Match
The Miz Vs John Cena Vs John Morrison
The action between Cena and Miz was complete rubbish. Morrison and Cena accidentally hit a brainbuster from the top rope on the Miz.
John Morrison looked great in the match and created some great moments including Starship Pain from the top of the cage onto Miz & Cena.
R-Truth came to the ring and stopped John Morrison from leaving the cage. R-Truth entered the ring and beat on Morrison to take him out of the match.
Cena won the WWE Title again after doing his Attitude Adjustment on Miz from the top rope.
Damn, I hate Cena.

Overall I thought this was a better PPV from WWE than usual.
I hated that Cena won the WWE Title again, but on the other hand, I loved that Christian finally won WWE's World Title.
The match quality was a lot better than most of what you see in WWE in recent times and I wasn't insulted by too much bad comedy apart from another Title win for Cena. Miz and Cena are both amateurish at very best, but at their normal-to-worst, they can stink up the ring like no other I've personally ever seen. They are that bad. Featuring them in a match against each other is always asking for trouble, so thankfully they booked John Morrison into the match so that he could do some cool things around those two limp dicks to make it bearable.

Other than Cena & Miz, almost everything else was worth watching and the PPV gets what seems like a rare "Thumbs Up" overall from me.