WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders And Chairs 2009 (2009) DVD

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Ladder Match: ECW Champion Christian vs. Shelton Benjamin - With the ECW brand being lost in the shuffle for the past couple of PPV's (which Christian openily admitted weeks earlier), they came back with a bang here with the two men who have their own highlight reels when it comes to ladder matches. Michael Cole described this match just right in the end when he called it a "thriller" because you just had so many moments such as various moves done off the ladder (flying clothesline, powerslam, scorpion deathdrop) and done onto the ladder (frog splash) and one moment where Shelton showed heavy strength by catching Christian off the ladder into a powerbomb onto another one. The only thing I can really say that was negative here was when Christian got busted open at one point & the match was stopped so the EMT can attend to it leading the crowd to chant "WE WANT BLOOD." Despite that one negative, they did what they acomplished to do & that's steal the show.

Intercontinental Champion John Morrison vs. Drew McIntyre - This was a different type of match than the previous match as this was more of a normal wrestling match with Drew using a more matbased offense as opposed to how Morrison uses a more diverse combination style. It was hard to follow up the previous match as the crowd was mostly dead for this match as it started off real show but picked up the pase overtime as these two young guys put together a good above average contest.

Womens Champion Michelle McCool vs. Mickie James - Before I get started, someone tell Michelle to leave "boxer" attire with the rest of Marc Mero's leftovers? Just based off the buildup they had for weeks with all the "Piggy James" comments, this match played out exactly how it should have in the beginning as it was real intense to the point where the opening moments had a tieup the went all the way out of the ring with both heavily starting each other down. However from there, they didn't keep it going throughout the match as it was just a good average divas contest with Layla coming into play on the outside. Instead of this coming off as a relevant match on the card with all the buildup it had, it just came off mostly as a filler but it was one of Mickie's better matches this year compared to the others where she just seemed to keep having an offnight.

Tables Match: WWE Champion John Cena vs. Sheamus - Unless you've been heavily paying attention to ECW & RAW for the past few months, your going to say "Who The Hell Is Sheamus?" Well, he's a new face in the heavyweight division known as the "Celtic Warrior" (complete with his own press in Irish newspapers) & was put in the right position for his first major PPV match against Cena in a tables match as it's been proven that Cena's best performances are in these types of "No Rules" matches. They had a good brawl that had the usual moments you would expect but one key thing to pay attention to in this match is the commentary because eventhough people didn't like the ending, it was referenced early in the match and it was a good way to keep both men strong afterwards.

Chairs Match: World Champion Undertaker vs. Batista - Please someone correct me if I wrong but this is the first time I've ever heard of a "chairs match" but this is just a normal match with the stipulation that chairs were legal to use & that point was hammered home in the opening moments as Batista went for the chairs right away. Eventhough chairs were legal, they didn't heavily base the match around that but I'll say that this match was a step down from their previous series of matches back in 2007-2008 as it just seemed like they didn't pick up the pase at all during the match and the ending was really just out of left field. Good match but it didn't match the standards set by their previous matches as this was missing that "it" factor for me.

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton - After months of having the "rinse, wash, repeat" formula of having Kofi defend his title in multiman matches before finally dropping the Jamacian character & getting more serious, this was Kofi's "breakout" match here as he was more aggressive than we've seen before with using high impact moves at various times before Orton hit a dropkick on Kofi's ribs in midair after Kofi jumped off the top rope onto the outside. Orton continued his "Viper" character by heavily focusing on his ribs while Kofi kept fighting back. Very competitve match between both men in a type of match that had both men leaving strong with great selling by Kofi throughout the match on both his ribs & his arm after blocking Orton's punt.

TLC Match: Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. D-Generation X - DX was out to gain their first set of tag team championship (eventhough technically the New Age Outlaws were tag team champions as members of DX a decade ago). This started out as you would expect with an all-out brawl on the from the ring to the floor all the way to the arm with dueling chair being used. This match had it's various moments with Big Show actually being the M.V.P. of the match like how Triple H was sprawled across a ladder in the corner only for HBK to the thrown against him & be squished by Show, Big Show punched through a chair into Triple H's face, the power of Show destroying more than one ladder with his bare hands, and the comedic ending with Jericho & Show working together to grab the belts only for that to backfire in a nasty way for Jericho as he took the worst fall than anyone else the entire night. If your expecting the heavy "spotfest" that you've gotten from TLC/Ladder matches in the past that you won't get it here but this was still a good contest with plenty of moments to not leave you disappointed.

Overall I have to say out of the three new "themed" PPV's WWE has done this year (submissions at Breaking Point, Hell In A Cell) that this was my favorite one as it wasn't a classic but come off like everyone stepped their game up & had a good mix of inring action (wrestling & hardcore) along with establishing new stars in the process so this is one PPV I would recommend checking.