Brandon Kosal usually writes these wrestling wrap ups but I thought since I watched this PPV I would take my crack at it.

MATCH 1: Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. MVP & Mark Henry

The first thing about this match is that I was surprised when the ring announcer said that the match can be won by pin fall or submission. Wasn’t the idea of “Breaking Point” to have all submission matches? Anyways, the match itself was nothing special. Jericho picked up the pin fall on MVP when Big Show punched MVP from outside the ring. This is something we have seen from this championship tandem many times before.

Match 2: United State Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz

This was a surprise match, because it wasn’t announced until Saturday that it would be on the card. For seemingly being thrown together quickly I thought the match was really good. The two showed good pace and Kofi showed off a lot of his high-flying ability. There were a lot of near falls as well. In the end Kofi retained his title by hitting his Trouble in Paradise kick. I was glad to see Kofi retain in this match.

Match 3: Kane vs. The Great Khali (Singapore Cane match)

Going into this match I saw no point to having it and afterward I felt the same way. Two big guys in the ring hitting each other with Singapore Canes was just not that exciting. Ranjin Singh entered the match near the end and hit Kane in the back with a cane. This somehow seemed to distract Singh’s brother Khali who was then chokeslammed Khali for the win. The only surprising thing to me in this one was the fact that Kane picked up the victory. Hopefully this feud ends like this but I doubt it.

Match 4: D-Generation X vs. The Legacy (Submissions Count Anywhere match)

Finally we get to out first submission match of “Breaking Point.” In my opinion this was the best match of the night. Before the match DX did their in ring antics and the best part was when the crowd was chanting “you two suck.” Triple H responded by saying it was all Michaels idea and fault for the Brett Hart incident in the Montreal screw job. This was pretty funny.

Going in I was hoping that Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, The Legacy, would get the win in this one and get put over by Shawn Michaels and Triple H, DX. The match immediately spilled into the stands and up the steps of the arena in Montreal. The brutality continued on the concourse where fans started an “olay chant” that was pretty classic. It made me fell like I was watching an international soccer game. After briefly returning to the ring, the four made their way up near the entrance stage. Michaels ended up falling 20 or so feet into a pit from the crowd to add some more excitement.

Then the fight spilled to the back with Rhodes, DiBiase and Triple H. After throwing Rhodes through a food table, Legacy got the upper hand on Triple H when DiBiase hit him in the head with a cooler. This was pretty amusing. Rhodes then put a chair to Triple H’s head and Legacy went back out to the stage to get Michaels, who was still trying to recover from his fall. The end came soon when Rhodes and DiBiase both locked on submission holds to Michaels on the ring post. Michaels would tap as Triple H was crawling down the entrance way for the save.

I was so glad to see The Legacy get put over in this match. Now maybe I can actually believe these two are main event status wrestlers.

Match 5: ECW Champion Christian vs. William Regal

With the title on the line ECW GM Tiffany wanted to make sure this match did not have any outside interference. So she made Jackson and Kozlov, who accompanied Regal to the ring, leave. This took an aspect of the match away and made me think Christian was going to win, which he did after hitting the Killswitch. The match however was one of the better ones ECW has had at a recent PPV. The match wasn’t squeezed in as the two had time for many near falls. Overall it was a solid effort.

Match 6: WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena (I Quit match)

Basically this one consisted of Orton beating up Cena for 90 percent of the match. He handcuffed Cena multiple times to different things around the ringside and beat him with many different objects. Every time the ref would ask Cena if he wanted to quit he would say no. Finally Cena turned the tables and a few minutes later he picked up the win by locking in the STF with the same handcuffs Orton brought into the match. Cena is the champ once again, but this match could have been a lot better that it was. Orton never said no to quitting throughout the whole match and then just gave up at the first sight of adversity. I didn’t like that.

Match 7: World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Undertaker (Submission match)

This one seemed a little rushed to me. After battling for a 10 minutes or so Undertaker locked in the Hell’s Gate submission and made Punk tap. Undertaker is the new champ. But wait, Teddy Long comes out and announces that the Hell’s gate is still banned on Smackdown from when Vicki Guerrero was GM. So the match was ordered to continue. Almost immediately Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice on Undertaker and the ref calls for the bell. Punk retains his title. But wait, Undertaker never did tap. Can you say Montreal Screw job part two?

For those who don’t know about that it was when Brett Hart lost to Shawn Michaels in Montreal in a match that hart did not know Michaels was going to put him in the move and Hart never did tap to it but the ref said he did. Basically it was a Mr. McMahan power trip.

Overall Thoughts:

Overall it was not one of the stronger PPV’s of the year.

What I Liked: Legacy winning and the play on the Montreal Screw job.

What I didn’t like: The fact that Breaking Point had only three submission matches of the seven. They all should be submission.