Rhodes-DiBiase Cement their Legacy; The Viper Quits

A match that could be determined anywhere, and I mean anywhere… was determined in the ring? D-Generation X and Legacy had a SummerSlam rematch – except, this time, it was a Submission’s Count Anywhere match.

In a previous article, I noted that Triple H has the Sharpshooter, while Shawn Michaels has the Sharpshooter, Cross-face, and The Figure-Four; but what do Rhodes and DiBiase have? And I was right, they would have to pull a page from their fathers’ handbooks – The figure four leg lock. Of course the submission was made famous by Ric Flair, but The Million Dollar Man and The American Dream have utilized the deadly move in their days – and last night it was used again.

The battle ensued from the ring, reaching the audience, to backstage. DX tried taking out Rhodes earlier: HBK applied the Camel Clutch and Triple H the Boston Crab Leg on a steel chair! How Rhodes didn’t submit is beyond me.

However, Legacy played a smart game and destroyed Triple H backstage – leaving Shawn Michaels helpless.

Now, Shawn Michaels has done this maneuver before, but I don’t think he would have thought that it would happen to him – Rhodes locked in the figure four around the ring post as DiBiase latched the Million Dollar Dream. Michaels did the only thing he could – seeing as Triple H was out of reach to be of any help – and that was the tap out.

This is by far the greatest victory in Legacy’s young career, defeating one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history.

However, not all of Legacy had such a triumphant night…

Randy Orton defended his WWE Title against John Cena. Now, John Cena didn’t earn another title shot, it was pretty much granted to him because just about everything is handed to him. The match had two stipulations: 1) You beat your opponent so badly that they are forced to say “I Quit.” (The last time this match occurred was between Jeff and Matt Hardy, where Jeff forced Matt to utter those words); 2) If Randy Orton receives any outside interference in his favor, than the title would be automatically be awarded to John Cena.

What is that all about? Is McMahon still reeling over the fact that Orton punted him in the head? Because even at SummerSlam, the match was restarted about 3-4 times by order of McMahon. All the odds were against Orton, and it was pretty much set for Orton to lose.

Orton methodically attacked John Cena by throwing him into the announce table, crushing his skull with a Rope Hung DDT, and then stomping his spine on the cold steel steps.

This was Orton taking it easy as he gradually became more innovative as the match wore on.

The Viper handcuffed the lifeless Cena to the ropes. Much like Legacy did to HHH as Orton Rope Hung DDT’ed his wife and then kissed her (forget about that already?).

But it wasn’t enough for Orton… he wanted more. So he double handcuffed Cena to the ring post and started striking at Cena’s ribcage. He attacked Cena with a Steel Chair repeatedly – and when Cena couldn’t bare it anymore – Orton threw water in his face so he can be conscious to feel the Singapore cane that came next. Then with malicious eyes, Orton started to choke out Cena with the cane, forcing the two words out of him.

Somehow, no one knows, Cena managed to slip out of one of the cuffs and locked Orton so they could be connected. It really looked like something straight out of a Superman comic book, as The Hustle n’ Flow of Thuganomics stood as a pinnacle of strength, while his foe scarred out of his mind begged for mercy.

The two returned to the ring and Cena used the cuffs to strap in the STF, with Orton’s own arm applying the submission that finally forced Orton to say… I Quit.

The WWE Title, the title that has eluded John Cena since No Mercy 2007, has finally been regained. John Cena actually endured a lot in this match – Orton gave it everything he had, but you just cannot defeat WWE’s Superman. It’s impossible. Just like Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior – Cena draws his strength from his fans.

The words that will resonate tonight’s Monday Night RAW, hosted by 7-Time Women’s Champion Trish Stratus, will be – THE CHAMP IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Khali Reaches Breaking Point; Dolph Ziggler Breaks Down Paterson

The Giants did battle once again, this time with Singapore canes. This is actually a submission type match, but WWE did not carry it out as one.

In a Singapore cane match, one much severely beat their opponent that he cannot get up. That’s a true Singapore match, but, instead, WWE used it as their focal foreign object allowed in the match – with Kane pinning the Great Khali.

On WWE Superstars, Kane destroyed Jimmy Wang Yang and attacked him with a cane – to show what pain he can cause. While Khali was set to fight DH Smith, Kane crashed the match and attacked Khali – until Khali delivered the Punjabi Plunge and stood tall.

However, Khali fell once again because of his weakest link – Runjin Singh, who interfered with the match and attacked Kane with a cane. It serves Singh right, he cost Khali the match. Kane is now 2-0 against Khali.

The WWE Universe were treated to the presence of a Montreal-native and WWE’s first-ever Intercontinental Champion, Pat Paterson. He spoke to the fans until he was interrupted by #1 Contender, Dolph Ziggler.

Ziggler started criticizing Paterson’s involvement with anything relevant with the WWE, and first Bob Barker and now Paterson – what is WWE running a senior citizen’s convention?

The audience started chanting ugly words to Ziggler, but it only fueled the Platinum haired superstar to kick Paterson down to his knees.

It wasn’t long that the current Intercontinental Champion came to the aid of the inaugural champion. John Morrison showing respect to the linage of the IC title sees to it that Paterson is ok – while giving a disgusted look to the actions of his new found opponent.

Unified Tag Team, ECW, and US Champions Retain at Breaking Point

Last Night at Breaking Point – a new concept where the main events are submission type matches – witnessed the official formation of MVP and Mark Henry; Titles Retained, Points Made; a New Champion; and a Screw Job.

The first match was for the Unified Tag Team Titles, now reckon, this was not fought under submission rules. This was a clean cut match, well as clean cut as you can get when dealing with Chris Jericho and The Big Show.

Now, Mark Henry and MVP may not have won the belts, but they looked like Champions last night. They entered the ring with matching uniforms. As of last Mark Henry has been sporting red and, last night, Montel Vontavious Porter did the same. The two superstars had their monograms styled on their backs: MVP and WSM (World’s Strongest Man).

The match started up strong with the challengers isolating Jericho in the corner. They acted quickly, with quick tags. However, when Big Show got into the ring, Henry tried power slamming The World’s Largest Athlete again, but to no avail.

Despite the great effort by these two, and the fluid motion and agility – a K.O. Punch to the side of Mark Henry leaves Jericho to pin The World’s Strongest Man.

Mind you, the referee had his back turned, but that’s just smart tag team action. You do what ever you can to get the win, no matter what. To some that’s more of a way of life than just a motivation.

The ECW Championship match was longer than 8-seconds, but it came at a price. The match clearly stated that William Regal would have both Kozlov and Jackson at ringside. Seeing as this is Breaking Point – over coming the odds would be Christian’s breaking point. However, Tiffany notified the referee prior to the match that both Kozlov and Jackson would be banned from the arena, leaving Regal to fly solo.

William Regal had all the momentum going into this match – with great promos and a legion of followers – it was wrong of Tiffany to ban them from ringside. Most of the great heels of our generation have a legion or lackeys that help them out. Just like Orton has Legacy and Edge had La Familia – Regal has his United Front.

Christian retained his title with a Killswitch that left William Regal down for the 1-2-3.

The Breaking Point pay-per-view featured a United States Title match, that was added to the card just over the weekend – as WWE found it wiser to build the feud with John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler – seeing as Rey Mysterio is suspended so the initial Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler could not take place.

WWE ruined the build up for the US Title during The American Dream’s day of hosting – putting on a Fatal Four Way with all the possible contenders. The build up was rushed and left for a descent title match.

It wasn’t until WWE Superstars 9/10/09 that The Miz made his re-statement. In a tag team match with The Miz teaming with Jack Swagger against Kofi Kingston and Primo, The Miz pinned the Jamaican Superstar with The Skull Crushing Finale.

However, The Miz failed, once again, to capture the United States Title. Maybe John Morrison is right – out of their success: John Morrison, by winning the Intercontinental Title, is the Shawn Michaels, and The Miz is the Marty Jannety.

Predictions: WWE Presents Breaking Point!

United States Title Match

Prediction: Kofi Kingston Retains

ECW Title Match

Prediction: William Regal becomes new ECW Champion

Kane vs. The Great Khali

Prediction: Kane Wins.

Submission Counts Anywhere Match

Prediction: D-Generation X Wins.

Unified Tag Team Title Match

Prediction: Chris Jericho and Big Show Retains

"I Quit" Match for WWE Title

Prediction: John Cena becomes new WWE Champion

Submission Match for World Heavyweight Title

Prediction: The Undertaker becomes the New World Heavyweight Champion