WWE Extreme Rules 2009 (2009)

Extreme Rules 2009 was a PPV which took place on June 7 2009 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans Louisiana and was presented by ATampT It was the first event promoted under the Extreme Rules name and initially noted by WWE to be a direct continuation of the One Night Stand chronology It featured talent from the Raw SmackDown and ECW brands The main event was a Ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship which saw Jeff Hardy challenge reigning champion Edge There were also two other highlypublicized matches the first was a steel cage match for the WWE Championship between the champion Randy Orton and Batista as well as a submission match between The Big Show and John Cena Featured matches on the undercard included a No Holds Barred match between Rey Mysterio and Chris Jericho for the WWE Intercontinental Championship CM Punk versus Umaga in a Samoan Strap match and a Triple Threat Hardcore match for the ECW Championship