Let's Say Good Things About WWE 2009

[WinOwensWin]

Rey Mysterio had some of the best matches of his career from May 2009 to September 2009 with Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler, and John Morrison.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

John Morrison was on a major roll in his match quality as well. He had great matches with Bourne, Jericho, Edge, Mysterio, and Jeff Hardy.

[The Ichi]

This should be just restricted to Raw. Smackdown that year was pretty good.

[comahan]

Randy Orton was flat out amazing. His opponents sucked, but Randy himself was the man. Great, GREAT character work in 09 from Randy.

[unoriginalalex]

Sept 6, 2012 21:39:01 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

This should be just restricted to Raw. Smackdown that year was pretty good.

agreed, there are a lot of great things that could be said about SD09, I loved it.

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

Jerishow, Jesse Ventura episode, and Bob Barker.
Also, since you said WWE and not just Aw, HBK vs. Undertaker goes without saying and Smackdown was really good during that period.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Kofi Kingston near the end of the year was just awesome.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Sept 6, 2012 21:40:33 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Kofi Kingston near the end of the year was just awesome.

The Nascar promo. Enough said.

[saintpat]

Jericho telling Stephanie: "I'm the best in the world at what I do, and sometimes that makes me seem arrogant." When in fact, of course, it was only the truth.

Also, Ricky Steamboat lacing 'em up one last time and putting on a terrific match with Jericho.

[Krimzon]

It's history.

[baronmlucafont]

"Summerfest"

[Error]

The Orton/McMahon feud was great
Taker/HBK 1
Tommy Dreamer with a great final run
Edge/Jericho team becoming JeriShow and their feud with DX
CM Punk heel turn on Jeff Hardy
DX/Legacy feud and especially their Tag Team Submission Match and the Hell in a Cell match were awesome.
Sheamus making his stunning rise to the WWE Title.

2009 had a lot of great stuff.

Hell, I forgot the JBL/Shawn stuff which was fun as well.

[Deleted]

"it's....Christian"

Matt Striker's great commentary on ECW

Breakthrough Battle Royal

CM Punk dresses up as Jeff Hardy

Rey Mysterio loses the IC title to John Morrison in a great match

Zack Ryder: Heart and Soul Superhero of ECW

Goldust vs. Sheamus, a really great little rivalry

[thegame415]

Christian's Return
Undertaker vs HBK
Punk's heel turn
Randy Orton from punting Vince through WM was one of the best heels ever, IMO.
No Way Out
The Price is Raw
Raw from MSG in late November

[Todd's crazy , Man.]

Bryan and Vinny liked it but they seem to like most things WWE. It's annoying but still a good show.

[Deleted]

ECW making the most of it's roster and making everyone look like they mattered.

Raw wasn't as bad as some people say it was. Sure, there were some episodes that were just horrid(Jeremy Piven, I'm looking at you), there was a lot of good. JBL/HBK, Kofi's push, Legacy looking credible against DX, JeriShow, as others have mentioned. Also Miz taking his first steps towards the main event, Mark Henry's first couple weeks as a face(why didn't they push him to the main event then?!), and MVP's brief foray into the main event, and his fun little feud with Swagger all stand out.

[Some Guy]

-Christian was incredible on ECW and show he had what it takes to be a terrific face champion, and perhaps a main eventer (AHEM)
-CM Punk/Jeff Hardy feud
-Jerishow (the best work Show has ever done, and it's been down hill ever since)
-Randy Orton's character work
-ECW in general
-Smackdown in general before Taker came back and ruined Punk and the rest of the show

[dreidemy]

Sept 6, 2012 22:06:42 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

"it's....Christian"

Matt Striker's great commentary on ECW

I think that line was said by Todd Grisham

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Smackdown as ECW were both on fire, especially Smackdown. John Morrison was having the MOTW nearly every single week. You can look in the archives of this board and find polls giving him props constantly. Lots of good matches and talent on those two shows. Christian returned and had some good programs with Dreamer, Swagger and William Regal. Matt Striker provided some fresh insight on ECW, and he was referencing some of my favorite bands and games that'd never get on tv otherwise. Rey/Ziggler's feud was the thing that made me realize how special Ziggler was as a talent. The Punk/Hardy feud was long and entertaining the entire way through, and it slotted Punk in his first big main event at SummerSlam. Jericho and Rey had a long-awaited feud that delivered everything perfectly. And Jeri-show, let's not forget that unexpectedly good team. When the internet was whining about PG ruining wrestling, they seemed to be neglecting the two wrestling shows that were kicking ass week to week while Raw was at its lowest of low. Superstars also had good wrestling - we got to see Undertaker on that show, even. And I remember the first match between Jericho & Morrison (which could've easily been on PPV), the time Goldust beat some dude named Sheamus, Trent Baretta became a guy to look out for (and we still are), etc. Some of this bled into 2010, too. Jericho and Goldust had an awesome match, as well.

Non-Raw 2009 was my favorite wrestling year since sometime in the atittude era.

[BorneAgain]

While the consistent jobbing to Cena was unnecessary, Miz had a great transition to a singles run and a very solid start to his push.