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The Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament was a professional wrestling tag team, a single-elimination tournament held by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion in 2005. It was held to honor the TNA wrestler Chris Candido, who died in April 2005 as a result of acute pneumonia. [1] It is the only edition held as of 2024 despite ...
The 2009 SummerSlam was the 22nd annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on August 23, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and was the first of six ...
Extreme Rules (2012) The 2012 Extreme Rules was the fourth annual Extreme Rules professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on April 29, 2012, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It included Brock Lesnar 's first WWE in-ring match since WrestleMania XX in 2004.
James Caldwell of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reviewed the same and stated he felt the main event involved the "usual shortcuts," the "usual outside interference," the "usual illogical finish," and the "usual compromise of rules." [22] Though Caldwell commented that he could not say the "match wasn't exciting, because it was."
James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch rated the Royal Rumble main event as 3.5 stars out of 5, commenting that it was a "pretty good Rumble" until "the crowd turned on the match when they saw the writing on the wall for how it would end". Caldwell praised Bray Wyatt's involvement in the match and noted that Bubba Ray Dudley was a "good surprise ...
James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch said that it was "unfortunate there were so many finisher kick-outs on this show, but that seems to be the trend these days". Caldwell rated the four-way match the best of the show at 4.5 stars out of 5, commenting that "strong build-up" resulted in a "strong title match", with further positives including ...
James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch reviewed the event's matches out of 5 stars: the tag title opener received 4.25 stars with "a lot of chaos and crash & burn'ing", and "Kalisto's Salida del Sol off the ladder was the highlight of the match." The U.S. title match and the Intercontinental title match also received the same rating, the former ...
Extreme Rules (2009) The 2009 Extreme Rules was the inaugural Extreme Rules professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on June 7, 2009, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.