Judgment Day (2009)
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Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment | | ||
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown ECW | ||
Date | May 17, 2009 | ||
City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
Attendance | 14,822[1] | ||
Buy rate | 228,000[2] | ||
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The 2009 Judgment Day was the 11th and final
The event's
The event had 228,000 buys, down from the Judgment Day 2008 figure of 252,000 buys.
Production
Background
Storylines
The card included eight matches resulting from scripted storylines with results predetermined by
The main
ECW's primary contribution to Judgment Day was announced on the April 28 episode of ECW on Sci Fi by the
On the May 1 episode of SmackDown, a match took place to determine who would face
At Backlash, during the World Heavyweight Championship match, Big Show interfered and threw the former champion, John Cena through a spotlight, resulting in Cena being incapacitated enough to lose the World Heavyweight Championship to Edge, as well as receiving storyline internal injuries.[11] During the match to determine the number one contender for the WWE title on the April 27 episode of Raw, Cena entered the arena and distracted Big Show, leading to him losing the match against Batista.[12] The following week on Raw, Big Show demanded a match against Cena, only to have the general manager, Vickie Guerrero, set up a match between the two for Judgment Day, when Cena would be medically cleared.[15]
At
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators
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Michael Cole (Raw) |
Jerry Lawler (Raw) | |
Jim Ross (SmackDown) | |
Todd Grisham (SmackDown) | |
Josh Mathews (ECW) | |
Matt Striker (ECW) | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Interviewers
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Josh Mathews |
Ring announcers | Lilian Garcia (Raw) |
Justin Roberts (SmackDown) | |
Tony Chimel (ECW) | |
Referees | Charles Robinson |
Mike Chioda | |
Scott Armstrong | |
Jack Doan | |
Marty Elias | |
Chad Patton |
Dark match
Before the show started, an untelevised match occurred between Mickie James and Beth Phoenix with her associate in her corner, Rosa Mendes; James won the match by pinning Phoenix after performing a DDT.
Preliminary matches
The opening match was between
Next up was the
In the third match, John Morrison faced Shelton Benjamin (with Charlie Haas). Haas unsuccessfully attempted to interfere before Morrison halted the effort, and he ended the match by pinning Benjamin after a Starship Pain.[18]
After this match,
In the next match,
Main event matches
The fifth match saw
The main event saw
Reception
The show received generally mixed reviews. Brian Elliot, writing for the
Aftermath
The 2009 Judgment Day was the final Judgment Day event. It was discontinued and replaced by Over the Limit in 2010.[21]
Raw
Following Randy Orton's retention of the WWE Championship against Batista at Judgment Day by getting himself intentionally disqualified, Ric Flair, an associate of Batista's, announced on the May 18 episode of Raw that, as ordered by the Raw General Manager, Vickie Guerrero, Orton would face Batista in a steel-cage match at Extreme Rules. This match stipulation would prevent both interference from outside parties and deliberate disqualifications.[22]
Also, on the May 18 episode of Raw, it was announced that The Big Show would have a rematch with his Judgment Day opponent, John Cena at Extreme Rules as well; this time, however, the match was to be a submission match, which a wrestler can only win by forcing an opponent to submit.[22]
ECW
After Christian retained the ECW Championship against Jack Swagger at Judgment Day, Swagger attacked Christian on the following episode of ECW and pushed him off the entrance ramp.[23] Two days later, on Superstars, Swagger interfered in a title match between Christian and Tommy Dreamer, resulting in the match being ruled a no contest.[24] On the May 26 episode of ECW, Swagger announced that he would have a rematch against Christian at Extreme Rules, but the ECW general manager, Tiffany, stated that Dreamer had been added to the match, making it a triple threat hardcore match, a match with no disqualifications or countouts, and the first man to score a pinfall or submission would win. As Dreamer's contract with the company was set to expire one day before the show, it was announced that he had signed a one-day extension to give him a chance at winning the title; if Dreamer were to fail to win the title, he would no longer wrestle for ECW.[25]
SmackDown
On the SmackDown immediately following Judgment Day, SmackDown general manager, Theodore Long, felt that Edge's retention of the World Heavyweight Championship was questionable due to Matt Hardy's interference, so he declared that Jeff Hardy would have a rematch for the championship at Extreme Rules. Hardy and Edge had a match that night, with the stipulation that whoever won would be allowed to choose the stipulation for the match at Extreme Rules. Hardy won the match and chose a ladder match, which requires the competitors in the match to climb a ladder to obtain the title belt suspended over the ring in order to win.[26]
After defeating CM Punk at Judgment Day, Umaga continued to attack Punk. He interfered in Punk's match with Chris Jericho on the May 22 episode of SmackDown, assaulting Punk with a leather strap and issuing a challenge to Punk for a Samoan strap match at Extreme Rules.[26]
Following Mysterio's victory over Jericho at the event, Jericho went to SmackDown general manager, Theodore Long, and demanded a rematch for the title the next month at Extreme Rules. Long then announced that would happen in a No Holds Barred match at the event.
Results
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