Jeff Hardy New Heavyweight Champion at Extreme Rules Until...

Jeff Hardy New Heavyweight Champion at Extreme Rules Until...


WWE Extreme Rules PPV Results - 6/7/09
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Commentators: Michael Cole & Jerry "The King" Lawler, Jim Ross & Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews & Matt Striker
Report by: Adam Martin of WrestleView.com

WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Ladder Match
Edge (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

We get ring introductions for the challenger Jeff Hardy and champion Edge.

The bell rings and Jeff Hardy takes Edge from corner to corner and puts the boots to him. Hardy drops a leg over Edge. Edge comes back with a knee to the gut and elbow to the back on Hardy. Edge with a quick spear to Hardy in the corner. Hardy with a face front suplex. Hardy with a baseball slide to Edge on the outside. The action spills back inside the ring. Hardy sends Edge over the top rope and Edge falls over a ladder that was setup against the ring! Hardy pulls that ladder in and sets it up under the World Title. Hardy starts climbing up the ladder when Edge gets in, pulls Hardy down and sends him face first into the ladder. Edge sends Hardy into the side of the ladder pushing it over and crotching Hardy. Edge then grabs another ladder and brings it inside the ring. Edge puts puts the ladder up against the corner and grabs Hardy. Edge then irish whips Hardy into the corner into the ladder. Edge puts the ladder in a different corner and sends Hardy up against it. Edge backs up, runs, attempts a Spear and Hardy moves causing Edge to crash into the ladder. Hardy with a dropkick into the chest of Edge in the corner. Hardy picks up Edge and tosses him back first into the ladder in the corner.

Hardy attempts a baseball slide into the face, but Edge moves and Hardy crashes into the ladder. The ladder also falls over and hits Hardy in the head. Edge then pulls Hardy out, puts one of his legs inside a ladder and drops the ladder over Hardy's leg. Edge puts Hardy inside the ladder, pulls his legs out and Edge gets a Sharpshooter applied. Hardy starts tapping out, but that will not finish the match due to the stipulation. The crowd in New Orleans is getting behind Hardy as Edge tosses Hardy out of the ring. Edge sets the ladder back up under the title and starts climbing up. Hardy then climbs up the top rope and dropkicks the ladder over with both Hardy and Edge crashing to the ring. Hardy then positions a ladder upside down near the ropes. Hardy lifts Edge up and drops him chest first over the middle of the ladder! Hardy then grabs another ladder that is much taller and sets it up near the corner. Edge is down below him. Hardy gets to the top and Edge starts crawling away to the corner. The ladder falls over and Hardy is only holding on to the cable holding the World Heavyweight Championship. Edge then runs up and pulls Hardy down by his legs. Hardy falls off the cable and hits the ladder on his jaw on the way down. Hardy is favoring his knee in pain.

Hardy fights back irish whipping Edge into the tall ladder. Hardy starts climbing up that ladder and jumps off connecting with a Whisper in the Wind. Hardy leaves the ring and grabs another ladder setting it up under the title. Hardy then runs at Edge and clotheslines himself over the top rope along with Edge. Edge with a big boot that levels Hardy on the outside. Edge then grabs a ladder and sets it up sitting over the ring apron and ring barricade. Edge grabs Hardy, attempts a suplex, but Hardy counters out. Hardy grabs a ladder and throws it at Edge. Edge then sends Hardy with force into the steel steps sending them over. Edge picks up the top part of the steel steps and walks towards Hardy, but Hardy hits him and Edge drops the steel steps. Hardy jumps off the steel steps and drops Edge's jaw off the ring barricade. Hardy then puts Edge on top of the ladder sitting across the ring apron and ring barricade. Hardy sets a ladder up next to Edge, climbs up top, but Edge rolls off his ladder and climbs up the other side of the ladder that Hardy is on. Both are at the top and the ladder tips over sending both crashing into the ladder over the ring apron and ring barricade! Both Edge and Hardy are down as we take another look at the impact of the two going through the ladder.

Both crawl back inside the ring. Edge and Hardy exchange right hands and kicks. Hardy kicks Edge who gets sent into the referee. Hardy climbs up the ladder under the title. Edge climbs the ladder near that one. Hardy reaches up, turns, Edge jumps off his ladder and Hardy counters a Spear attempt into a Twist of Fate in mid air off the two ladders! Hardy is up first and starts climbing again. Edge starts climbing up the other side. Hardy has his hands on the title when Edge hits him with a right that sends Hardy down. Edge now has his hands on the title. Hardy starts pulling the leg of Edge. Hardy pulls Edge's legs through the ladder and Edge is caught in the ladder. Hardy climbs up the ladder and pulls the World Heavyweight Championship down.

Winner & NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Jeff Hardy


After the match, we see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, Hardy is celebrating his title win as Jim Ross gets in to speak with him. CM Punk's music hits and he is cashing in the "Money in the Bank" briefcase right now!

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Jeff Hardy (c) vs. CM Punk

The bell rings and here we go. Punk gets Hardy up and hits the GTS on Hardy! Punk covers Hardy...1...2...Hardy kicks out and Punk can't believe it. Punk picks up Hardy again and Hardy gets an inside cradle on Punk for a close two count. Punk kicks Hardy in the head and hits another GTS! Punk hooks the leg...1...2...3.

Winner & NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion: CM Punk

After the match, Punk is handed the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and celebrates in the ring. Jim Ross and Todd Grisham talk about how Punk spoiled Jeff Hardy's party tonight. We then see highlights of the Ladder match and Punk walking out to cash in his "Money in the Bank" briefcase. Back live, Punk is up on the corner holding up the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as the PPV goes off the air.

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