The BEST episodes of WWE Pay-Per-View season 25
Every episode of WWE Pay-Per-View season 25, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of WWE Pay-Per-View season 25!
WWE typically holds a pay-per-view event each month. In 2011, in the months May and October, WWE holds two. WrestleMania is shared with the months of March/April, if held in April, then no pay-per-view is produced in March. With the exception of WrestleMania, each event is scheduled for three hours, although they sometimes run short of that time. Pay-per-view events are a big part of the revenue stream for WWE
#1 - Wrestlemania 25
Season 25 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/5/2009
World Heavyweight Championship Edge(c) vs. Big Show vs John Cena WWE Championship Match Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton Money in the Bank Ladder Match CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Finlay The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 25 Diva Battle Royal(Divas from Raw, Smackdown, ECW, and Past Divas)the winner will become the 1st ever Miss.Wrestlemania Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy(Extreme Rules Match) Intercontinental Championship: JBL(c) vs. Rey Mysterio Chris Jericho vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat & Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka w/ Ric Flair in their Corner "Money in the Bank" Ladder Match CM Punk vs. Mark Henry vs. WWE U.S. Champion MVP vs. Finlay vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Kane Winner: CM Punk 25 Diva Battle Royal Winner: Santina (Santino Marella's twin sister from Italy)(Santino in Drag) Elimination Match Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka & Ricky Steamboat w/ Ric Flair Winner: Chris Jericho After the match, Mickey Rourke punched Jericho in the face "Extreme Rules" Match Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy Winner: Matt Hardy WWE Intercontinental Championship Match JBL (c) vs. Rey Mysterio Winner and new champion: Rey Mysterio The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels Winner: Undertaker World Heavyweight Championship Match Edge (c) vs. John Cena vs. Big Show Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena WWE Championship Match The title can change hands on a DQ finish Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton Winner: Triple H
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#2 - No Way Out 2009
Season 25 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/2009
The Elimination Chamber for World Championship Match: John Cena (c) vs Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Chris Jericho vs Mike Knox vs Kane WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match: Edge (c) vs The Undertaker vs Triple H vs The Big Show vs Jeff Hardy vs Vladimir Kozlov Shane McMahon vs Randy Orton (no holds barred match) Shawn Michaels vs. JBL ECW Championship: Jack Swagger(c) vs Finlay The main event of the show and the main match on the Raw brand was an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Edge won the match after pinning Rey Mysterio last following a Spear. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship, which Triple H won after pinning The Undertaker last following a Pedigree. The primary match on the ECW brand was for the ECW Championship between Jack Swagger and Finlay, which Swagger won by pinfall after performing a Gutwrench powerbomb. The undercard also featured two more matches from the Raw brand. The first was a No Holds Barred match between Randy Orton and Shane McMahon, which Orton won. The second match saw Shawn Michaels defeat John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
#3 - Backlash 2009
Season 25 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2009
ECW championship: Jack Swagger (c) vs. Christian Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship: John Cena (c) vs. Edge Triple H (c), Batista and Shane McMahon vs. The Legacy (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) - Six-Man Tag Team match for the WWE Championship; If Triple H's team wins, Triple H will retain the WWE championship, but if Orton's team wins, Orton will win the WWE championship. Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy in a 'I Quit' match Chris Jericho vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat Kane vs C.M Punk Santina on Khali Kiss Cam
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#4 - Judgment Day 2009
Season 25 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/2009
WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) vs. Jeff Hardy John Cena vs. Big Show ECW Championship: Christian (c) vs. Jack Swagger Intercontinental Championship: Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Chris Jericho CM Punk vs. Umaga John Morrison vs. Shelton Benjamin CM Punk vs Umaga Winner: Umaga with the Samoan Spike Chavo tells Vickie, the doctor has just cleared Cena to wrestle. Big Show tells Vickie its not good business seance putting John Cena in a match because he could be injured. Vickie says if if Cena got injured someone would step up and take his spot. Edge comes in and says he need to talk to Vickie. Christian(c) vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship Winner:Christian with hand full of tights Edge is shown leaving Vickie Guerreros office. Chavo and Edge argue. Edge talks about Santino calling Vickie a pig and Chavo not doing anything about it. Edge leaves. Shelton Benjamin w/Charlie Haas vs John Morrison Winner:John Morrison The Miz is coming to the ring. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole are now calling the action. The Miz is going to cut a promo. Miz said this won't be the first time he follows Morrison, who he called Marty Jannetty at first when he acknowledged his victory. Miz said he can't face John Cena tonight, so he is going to challenge someone else. He said Cena is a loser like the Chicago Cubs. He cuts a promo on Cubs outfield Alfonso Soriano, who is sitting ringside. He told Soriano he can't see a world series ring playing for the Chicago Cubs. The Miz told Soriano he can either win a World Series title or take Cena's place tonight. Miz pretends the Cubs manager called. He said he would prefer Soriano getting his early injury on the field, and not in the ring. Miz said he is now 4-0 against Cena. Out comes Santino Marella. Marella said he can't let The Miz continue to talk. Marella said Soriano is a fellow Italian. Miz asks Santiano what he wants. Marella calls The Miz the Fiz. He said The M
#5 - Extreme Rules 2009
Season 25 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/7/2009
Randy Orton (c) vs Batista in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship Big Show vs John Cena in a Submission Match World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) vs. Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match Intercontinental Championship: Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Chris Jericho in a No Holds Barred Match CM Punk vs. Umaga in a Samoan Strap Match Miss WrestleMania Vickie Guerrero and Chavo vs. Santina Marella to win the title of Miss WrestleMania. (Hog Pen Match) ECW Championship: Christian (c) vs Jack Swagger vs Tommy Dreamer in a Hardcore Match U.S. Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs William Regal vs Matt Hardy vs MVP in a Fatal Four-way US Title match, Kofi Kingston vs. William Regal vs. Matt Hardy vs. MVP. Winner and Still Champ: Kofi when he pinned Regal following the Trouble in Paradise IC title match: Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio Winner and New IC champ: Jericho when Mysterio missed the 619 and Y2J ripped Reys masks off and Jericho was able to pin him because Rey was hiding his face. CM Punk vs. Umaga in a Samoan Strap Match Winner: Punk when he hit the GTS and then touched the final corner Helms interviews Christian ECW title match: Christian vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger Winner and New ECW Champion: Tommy Dreamer when he pinned Swagger following a DDT Hog Pen Match for the Miss Wrestlemania crown: Santina Marella vs. Vickie and Chavo Guerrero. Winner: Santina when He/She pinned Vickie Edge and Vickie argue backstage and Edge talks about Divorce. Randy Orton (c) vs Batista in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship Winner and New WWE Champion: Batista when he pinned Randy following a Batista Bomb Big Show vs John Cena in a Submission Match Winner:John Cena World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) vs. Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Jeff Hardy C.M Punk runs down and cashes in MITB World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Hardy(c) vs CM Punk Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: CM P
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#6 - The Bash 2009
Season 25 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/28/2009
WWE Championship 3 Stages of Hell Match: Randy Orton (c) vs Triple H World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk (c) vs Jeff Hardy Unified Tag Team Championship Match: The Colons (c) vs Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase vs Edge and Chris Jericho ECW Championship Scramble Match Tommy Dreamer (c) vs Jack Swagger vs Christian vs Mark Henry vs Finlay WWE Woman's Championship Match: Melina (c) vs Michelle McCool Mask vs Title Match: Rey Mysterio vs Chris Jericho (c) John Cena vs The Miz Nodq match: The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler Tommy Dreamer defeated Christian, Finlay, Jack Swagger, and Mark Henry (w/Tony Atlas) in a Championship Scramble to retain the ECW Title Backstage, Edge lobbied Teddy Long to add him to the World Hvt. Championship match. Teddy said he should have thought of that before he decided to divorce his wife. Rey Mysterio beat Chris Jericho in a mask vs. Intercontinental Title match to win the IC Title In another part of the backstage area, Jericho insisted that Teddy Long give him his rematch immediately. Long said he's a month away from celebrating his fifth anniversary as a general manager. He said he didn't last this long by giving in. Long told Jericho to get out of his office. Jericho said he'd know where to find him when he changed his mind. Dolph Ziggler defeated The Great Khali (w/Runjin Singh) in a No DQ match when Kane came out and nailed Khali with some chair shots and left and Ziggler got the pin. Backstage, Vince McMahon entered Teddy Long's dressing room and said he was going to apologize for putting him on probation on Friday, but then he heard him say he's on the verge of celebrating five years. Vince said he realized that Long has accomplished nothing during that time. He mentioned that Eric Bischoff, Paul Heyman, William Regal, and Mike Adamle all contributed something. Vince said the only thing Long does is the dance move, and he said Teddy doesn't have rhythm. Vince said Teddy is still on probation
#7 - Night of Champions 2009
Season 25 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2009
WWE Championship Match Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H World Heavyweight Championship Match CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy ECW Championship Match Tommy Dreamer (c) vs. Christian WWE Intercontinental Championship Match Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Unified Tag Team Championship Match Chris Jericho (c) Big Show & vs. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes Divas Championship Match Maryse (c) vs. Mickie James United States Championship: Kofi Kingston(c) vs. Primo vs. MVP vs. Carlito vs. Jack Swagger vs. The Miz Women's Championship: Michelle McCool(c) vs Melina Chris Jericho and Big Show vs Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase for the Unified Tag Titles Winner: Chris Jericho and Big Show when Big Show made Ted DiBiase tap out Punk comes out and makes fun of Jeff Hardy's fans and his lifestyle. ECW Championship Match Tommy Dreamer (c) vs. Christian Winner: Christian with the Killswitch Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. Carlito vs. Primo vs. The Miz vs. MVP for the U.S. Title. Winner: Kofi Kingston when he pinned Carlito Women's Championship: Michelle McCool(c) vs Melina Winner:Michelle McCool WWE Championship Match Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H Winner:Randy Orton when he pinned Cena Backstage, The Miz tried to kiss Maryse, but she didn't oblige because he's a loser for not capturing the U.S. Title. Miz got pissed and said he can get any woman he wants. Miz called her a tease and said there would come a day when she would come crawling back to him. He said it was too late because she butchered her chance, just as she butchers the English language. Divas Championship Match Maryse (c) vs. Mickie James Winner:Mickie James WWE Intercontinental Championship Match Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Winner:Rey Mysterio World Heavyweight Championship Match CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy Winner:Jeff Hardy when he hit the swanton
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#8 - TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2009
Season 25 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/2009
WWE Championship John Cena (c) vs Sheamus (Tables Match) Unified Tag Team Championship match Chris Jericho & Big (c) Show vs. D-Generation X (Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match) ECW Championship Christian (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin (Ladder Match) World Heavyweight Championship Undertaker (c) vs Batista (Chair Match Intercontinental Championship John Morrison (c) vs Drew McIntyre Kofi Kingston vs Randy Orton WWE Women's Championship Match Michelle McCool (c) vs. Mickie James Full Recap Christian (C) vs Shelton Benjamin for the ECW title Winner:Christian Retained the title when he put Benjamin on a ladder that was set up partly on the ring, and partly on the announce table and then jumped off the top rope and on to Shelton breaking the ladder in half. He then climbed the ladder and grabbed the belt. John Morrison (c) vs Drew McIntyre for the Intercontinental Championship Winner: Drew McIntyre with the Scotdrop to become the new IC champion Vince McMahon is shown talking to McIntyre, Josh Matthews comes up and interviews McIntyre. Sheamus walks up and tells Drew his win was impressive but tells him to remember he won't be the only new comer leaving tonight a champion. Mickie James vs Michelle McCool (c) w/ Layla for the womens title Winner:Michelle McCool retains with a big boot. Sheamus vs John Cena (c) for the WWE Championship in a table match Winner: Sheamus becomes the new champion when Sheamus pushed Cena off the top rope threw a table. The Undertaker (c) vs Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship Batista won the match originally with a low blow and a chair shot but Teddy Long says due to Batista giving Taker a low blow he was re-starting the match. Winner:The Undertaker with the Tombstone Kofi Kingston is shown in the back Rhodes and Diabiase come up confront Kofi. Kofi call Orton a coward for not coming to him himself. Kofi then walks into Ortons locker room and calls him a coward for sending his two lackeys and lea
#9 - Royal Rumble 2009
Season 25 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2009
30-Man Royal Rumble match Participants: Triple H Big Show Vladimir Kozlov Shelton Benjamin Undertaker Randy Orton Kofi Kingston Rey Mysterio The Miz John Morrison Cody Rhodes Ted DiBiase Jr. Santino Marella Kane The Brian Kendrick Carlito R-Truth CM Punk Chris Jericho Finlay Mark Henry The Great Khali MVP JTG Mike Knox Goldust William Regal RVD Dolph Ziggler Hacksaw Jim Duggan World Championship Match: John Cena (c) vs JBL w/ HBK Woman's Championship Match: Beth Phoenix (c) vs Melina WWE Championship: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Edge ECW Championship ECW Champion Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy
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#10 - Summerslam 2009
Season 25 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/24/2009
WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) vs John Cena Unified Tag Team Championship Match Chris Jericho (c) Big Show vs Cryme Tyme TLC for the World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Hardy (c) vs CM Punk Intercontinental Championship: Rey Mysterio (c) vs Dolph Ziggler ECW Championship Match: Christian (C) vs William Regal DX(HBK and Triple H) vs Legacy (Rhodes and DiBiase) The Great Khali vs Kane MVP vs Jack Swagger Rey Mysterio pinned Dolph Ziggler to retain the Intercontinental Title Backstage, Josh Matthews interviewed Jack Swagger and MVP. Matthews said it's a culture clash between the two. Swagger called MVP a stepping stone. MVP fired back by talking about how he didn't get the privileges that Swagger had growing up such as a rich grandfather. MVP defeated Jack Swagger Nancy O'Dell of "Access Hollywood" spoke at ringside and plugged the Betty's Battle charity for ALS. She received some boos from the live crowd. She introduced Freddie Prinze Jr. He said Randy Orton is in for a fight in the main event. Big Show and Chris Jericho Defeated Cryme Tyme to retain Unified Tag Titles Backstage, Josh Matthews interviewed C.M. Punk, who went on a great rant about a Jeff Hardy screenplay, house wives who are more concerned with Kate Gosselin than their own kids, kids who idolize the dorky "Twilight" vampire. Kane beat The Great Khali DX (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Christian pinned William Regal (w/Ezekiel Jackson, Vladimir Kozlov) Randy Orton pinned John Cena to retain the WWE Championship C.M. Punk defeated Jeff Hardy in a TLC match to win the World Hvt. Championship Afterward, the lights flickered a couple times while Punk stood over the fallen Hardy and smirked as he raised the title belt above his own head. Taker's bell came over the P.A. system and the lights went out. The fans cheered. When the lights came back on, Punk laughed as he looked at the stage and no one was there. H
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#11 - Breaking Point 2009
Season 25 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2009
WWE title match: Randy Orton vs John Cena (I Quit) CM Punk vs The Undertaker - submission match for the World Heavyweight championship Chris Jericho and The Big Show vs MVP and Mark Henry for the Unified Tag Team titles DX vs Legacy The Great Khali vs Kane (Singapore Cane Match) ECW Championship Christian(c) vs William Regal (with Ezekiel Jackson & Vladimir Kozlov) United States Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs The Miz Chris Jericho and The Big Show vs MVP and Mark Henry for the Unified Tag Team titles MVP debuted a new sleeveless attire. The crowd was really behind MVP and Mark Henry. Winner: Chris Jericho and The Big Show when Henry countered the Code Breaker and and was knocked out by Big Shows punch while MVP was on the outside hurt. Josh Matthews interviews The Legacy about their match with DX. United States Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs The Miz Miz cuts a promo in French. Winner: Kofi Kingston in a great match with Trouble in Paradise DX vs Legacy(Submission's count anywhere) The crowd starts to chant "You screwed Bret" and DX joke about it and Triple H says it was all Shawn Michaels and he had nothing to do with it. The match went all over. It went in to the crowd and into the lobby, back into the crowd, and then back to the ringside. They fought in the ring for a bit until they took it back into the crowd. Michaels was knocked off the stands on to something and was hurt. Triple H was forced to fight 2 0n 1 while HBK was hurt. They go back to the lobby again. Legacy beats down HHH in a 2 on 1 beating. Triple H fights back, but the 2on1 was too much. They hit Triple H with a chair knocking him out and then leave to go back to ringside to finish off HBK. Legacy beat down HBK in the ring for a while. HBK comes back and dumps Ted to the outside and hits Cody with the Sweet Chic Music. Triple H was shown getting checked on. Legacy gets the upper hand and HBK can't come back from it and is forced to tap out. Winner: Lega
#13 - Bragging Rights 2009
Season 25 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/25/2009
WWE Championship: Randy Orton vs John Cena in a Anything Goes Iron Man Match SmackDown vs Raw WWE Bragging Rights Tag Match Team Raw(DX, Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, and Mark Henry) vs Team Smackdown(Chris Jericho, Kane, R-Truth, Hart Dynasty, Matt Hardy,Finlay) World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker(c) vs CM Punk vs Batista vs Rey Mysterio in a Fatal-4-Way Match John Morrison vs The Miz SmackDown vs Raw WWE Bragging Rights Diva Tag Team Match: Divas Champion Melina, Kelly Kelly & Gail Kim vs Woman's Champion Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix & Natalya Full Recap The Miz vs John Morrison Winner:The Miz when Morrison went for a move off the top rope, but Miz knocked him off the ropes and pinned him for the win. Backstage, Cody Rhodes bragged to the trainer that Raw was going to sweep. R-Truth entered the picture and took exception. Big Show came in and told Truth to tell his teammates that Team Raw let's their actions speak for themselves. Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya vs Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, and Melina Winner:Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya when Beth hit her finisher on Melina and scored the pin for her team Backstage, Shawn and Hunter shook their heads in disappointment while watching the monitor. They addressed the other members of their team. They mocked Mark Henry over the Mae Young skits. They mocked Big Show over the time they shoved his head up Vince McMahon's ass. They recalled beating Cody so bad he had to be stretchered out.They mocked Kofi Kingston by saying they outed him as a phony Jamaican. He said he did it out of respect for his Jamaican heritage. Shawn said no one liked him or Hunter on the team. Hornswoggle entered the picture in DX gear after Shawn said he'd use the next guy he saw if Jack Swagger didn't want to be on the team. Finally, they all put their hands together and said, "Raw." Undertaker vs Rey Mysterio vs C.M. Punk, vs Batista in a four-way for the Worl
