WWE EXTREME RULES

Sunday, May 1st, 2011 from Tampa Bay, Florida

CM PUNK vs. RANDY ORTON "Last Man Standing": Great match. CM Punk is one of the WWE's best wrestlers. Why hasn't he had the title lately? They used a Singapore Cane on each other and Orton RKO'd Punk on top of the announce table. It was long, brutal, and the crowd loved it. I think it was the best match of the night. *** (out of ****)

SEAMUS vs. KOFI KINGSTON "Tables Match": Why wasn't Mistico...I mean Sin Cara on this show? This was typical and mediocre. *1/2

JIM ROSS & JERRY 'THE KING' LAWLER vs. MICHAEL COLE & JACK SWAGGER "Country Whipping Match": Cole is hilarious on the mic but this was another disastrous match for Cole and Lawler. It was sloppy, silly, lame, and boring. I did laugh when Cole came out wrapped up in bubble wrap, though. *

REY MYSTERIO VS. CODY RHODES "Falls Count Anywhere": They brawled around the arena and then finally went back to the ring where Mysterio won after delivering the 619. Semi-entertaining. **

MICHELLE McCOOL vs. LAYLA "Loser Leaves Town": Kind of a wild, hot mess. The best part? Kharma, aka Awesome Kong from TNA, came out post-match and destroyed McCool. Gail Kim is still in the WWE, right? Those Kong/Kim matches from TNA a few years back were epic. I want to see another one ASAP. *1/2

CHRISTIAN vs. ALBERTO Del RIO "Ladder Match": Good match, not great. Del Rio seemed awkward around the ladders, though he did leap off the top rope and onto a ladder at ringside which was sick (Christian moved off the ladder just in time). Edge came out in a jeep to distract Del Rio and Christian pushed him off the ladder and then climbed it to win. Will Del Rio ever be champ? Christian is aging but it was nice to see him finally win the WWE title. **1/2

BIG SHOW & KANE vs. WADE BARRETT & EZEKIEL JACKSON "Lumberjack Match": Awful, awful stuff. Wade Barrett is still around? -No Stars-

THE MIZ vs. JOHN CENA vs. JOHN MORRISON "Steel Cage Match": Cena won the title for the 10th time. Yawn. Morrison did won flip/spin backwards dive off the cage which was cool. R. Truth came out and beat up Morrison which led to Cena delivering his finisher on The Miz off the top rope to get the pin. The Miz took a superplex off the top of the cage and landed bad but he got up and finished. He's tough, dude. I thought there would be a little more high-flying theatrics with Morrison in this match. Would this have been better if R. Truth was in it? **