WWE: Royal Rumble 2009

Randy Orton's Legacy Reigns Supreme
This Royal Rumble will most likely be remembered for Randy Orton and his Legacy helping him winning the Royal Rumble Match. The past week on RAW, Orton has just taken out Mr. McMahon with a violent assault right after Vince was about to fire Orton. So with Randy Orton not being excluded from the Rumble Match, the winner of the Rumble became pretty predictable.

ECW World Championship
Jack Swagger (C) vs. Matt Hardy
Very good opening contest. Hardy scored with some hard right fists to Swagger early going in the match. The match went at a good pace with Swagger targeting the shoulder of Hardy every second he got. A good match and a strong way to open up the show. 4/5

Women's Championship
Beth Phoenix (C) w/ Santino Marella vs. Melina
I felt this was a very good women's title match. During the match Beth seemed dominant and showing a great deal of strength. Even hitting Melina with her own boot. A little bit of a back and forth contest with a...

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ROYAL RUMBLE 2009

1.[ECW TITLE] JACK SWAGGER VS MATT HARDY-we start out with a really good opener that was for the now gone ECW title. Swagger of course wanted to make this a mat based contest working on Matt's arm. Hardy however tried turning this into more of a fight with more high impact blows and fists. Matt controlled most of the first half of the match but his arm was too worked over in the process. Swagger would retain the tile and defeat Hardy again.

2.[WOMEN'S TITLE] BETH PHOENIX VS MELINA-this match right straight up upset me and it still bothers me. I am a big fan of Beth. I think Beth along with Natie is the best female wrestlers in the WWE. This match showed off what both are really good at, with Beth showing off her strength. Melina showed off her agility but the best part was Beth beating her with her own foot. Still Beth ended up getting reversed and pinned loosing her title and many months long streak.

3.[WORLD TITLE] JOHN...

Randy Orton's Legacy Begins...
ECW Champion Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy - For Jack Swagger's PPV debut, he delievered a a solid wrestling match here with Matt Hardy and continued to showcase his inring potential with his storytelling on Hardy's arm throughout the match. Solid opening match.

Womens Champion Beth Phoenix vs. Melina - It just seemed like they weren't clicking here as you openily saw some botched moves, off timing, along with the crowd at one point more focused on cheering Santino at ringside than the match itself. One memorable moment though was when Beth stretched Melina's leg to the point where she had Melina kicking herself in the head with her own foot. In the end, this was their weakest match together as they were just off here but what's ironic is that their worst day is still a more watchable & better performance than you would get from some of the other divas on their best day.

World Champion John Cena vs. J.B.L. - If anyone remembers their matches from WrestleMania 21...

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