[2010-04-25-WWE-Extreme Rules] John Cena vs Batista (Last Man Standing)

[Superstar Sleeze]

WWE Champion John Cena vs Batista - Extreme Rules 2010 Last Man Standing

 

I feel like I saw a unicorn but was that a John Cena babyface shine!!! It was one! Batista got frustrated by the shouldertackles. Then he got a chair and John thwarted him and hit a bulldog. This is great. The babyface is a better wrestler than the heel. Yes! Yes! Yes! Reverse elbow and clothesline. *Heavy Sigh* It was fun while it lasted.

 

The chop block, shades of Summerslam 2008, opens up the heat segment proper. Batista did a great job zeroing in on the knee like Summerslam. Also like Summerlsam, Cena was great at selling. There was one point outside the ring where Cena just totally had me. The figure-4 was great. The leg stuff was ultimately filler, but it was good focused filler. The people that complain about this being filler, I get your point and in a perfect world yes they wouldn't do this. At the same point, I will take this over the methodical stomping that passes for heat segments normally in this era.

 

We get the whole Cena shouldertackle deal. He looks like he is on roll until Batista ends up on the outside and jabs a turnbuckle into Cena. I thought from this point on that the match became a great bomb-throwing match with real momentum being built and the momentum shifts being meaningful. Cena's FU on the chair was great. Batista jostles the ropes causing Cena to crotch then hits a big spear. Another spear! Batista gets the table and in the process Cena has enough time to recover, STFU no kick off and Cena goes through the table. Great sequence. It is a good hope spot-cutoff. Batista kicking ass on the outside climaxing with Cena exploding through the ringside barricade was sick! Batista is starting to get a real heel monster air to him. His heelishness was coming through in his promos but finally here he is really getting it. Batista wants to powerbomb him though the table but instead Cena FUs Him through the table. There something about Batista that makes those FUs look extra good! Now Cena wants the table in the ring. See him taking that time allows Batista to gather himself enough for a SPINEBUSTER through the table. These are great spots. Crowd is into the match too. BATISTABOMB~! At this point, you know the end is near just don't know which way it is going to go. Batista wants to poerbomb Cena on the steps. Instead Cena drop toehold and STFU. Batista immediately and emphatically to a big pop but it does not matter this is Last Man Standing Baby! Cena lets go. He posts him and then duct tapes his feet together around the post to win the match. BOOOOOOOOOO!

 

I remember this finish but thought it was Batista who did to Cena. Really lame way for a babyface to win. Shitty finish aside. Fun match that while the first half does not matter is at least interesting. Then they kick into overdrive with some big spots but they have strong transitions. Thumbs up! ****1/4

[Makai Club #1]

I think that the match suffered from missing its peak and falling victim to the usual annoying tropes that most LMS matches have in the end. The AA through the table got the biggest pop of the match and should've ended the match but it didn't. Batista got up from that which annoyed me a ton. The finish that the match had was good though, so it wasn't a total let down. I dug the rest of the match as it had some great Cena selling, not too much damage that it'll cause them to not sell them properly, great work on the leg by Batista too. Great use of the STF by Cena to try and causing Batista to pass out. There was tons of goodness in this, stuff that far outweighs the bad. Great match. ****