World Heavyweight Championship: Rating Every PPV Match (2002-2013)

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog. No matter how old you are, if you’re at least 14/15 years old deep down inside you love the ‘Big Gold Belt’ and you miss it!

In this article, I give my rating on each and every PPV title match of the belt in its 11 years in WWE, known simply as the “World Heavyweight Championship”. With that said, let’s jump right into it. Enjoy

2002

• Triple H(c) vs. Rob Van Dam (Unforgiven) ***

• Triple H(c) vs. Kane (No Mercy) *3/4

• Elimination Chamber: Triple H(c) vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Kane vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Booker T (Survivor Series) ****

• Three Stages Of Hell: Shawn Michaels(c) vs. Triple H (Armageddon) **1/4

2003

• Triple H(c) vs. Scott Steiner* (Royal Rumble) DUD

• Triple H(c) vs. Scott Steiner (No Way Out) 1/4*

• Triple H(c) vs. Booker T (WrestleMania XIX) **1/2

• Triple H(c) vs. Kevin Nash* (Judgment Day) *1/2

• Hell in a Cell: Triple H(c) vs. Kevin Nash (Bad Blood) **3/4

• Elimination Chamber: Triple H(c) vs. Kevin Nash vs. Randy Orton vs. Goldberg vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho (SummerSlam) ***1/4

• Title vs. Career: Triple H(c) vs. Goldberg (Unforgiven) **3/4

• Goldberg(c) vs. Triple H (Survivor Series) ***

• Goldberg(c) vs. Triple H vs. Kane (Armageddon) **

2004

• Last Man Standing: Triple H(c) vs. Shawn Michaels (Royal Rumble) ***1/2

• Triple H(c) vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XX) *****

• Chris Benoit(c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels (Backlash) ****3/4

• Chris Benoit(c) vs. Kane (Bad Blood) ****

• Chris Benoit(c) vs. Triple H (Vengeance) ***1/2

• Chris Benoit(c) vs. Randy Orton (SummerSlam) ****1/2

• Randy Orton(c) vs. Triple H (Unforgiven) ***

• Triple H(c) vs. Shawn Michaels (Taboo Tuesday) ***1/4

2005

• Elimination Chamber: Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho (New Year’s Revolution) ***1/2

• Triple H(c) vs. Randy Orton (Royal Rumble) **3/4

• Triple H(c) vs. Batista (WrestleMania 21) **1/2

• Batista(c) vs. Triple H (Backlash) **1/4

• Hell in a Cell: Batista(c) vs. Triple H (Vengeance) ****1/2

• Batista(c) vs. JBL* (The Great American Bash) **

• No Holds Barred: Batista(c) vs. JBL (SummerSlam) **3/4

• Batista(c) vs. Eddie Guerrero (No Mercy) ***1/2

2006

• Kurt Angle(c) vs. Mark Henry (Royal Rumble) 1/2*

• Kurt Angle(c) vs. The Undertaker (No Way Out) ****3/4

• Kurt Angle(c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania 22) ***1/2

• Rey Mysterio(c) vs. JBL (Judgment Day) ***1/4

• Extreme Rules: Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Sabu (One Night Stand) ***

• Rey Mysterio(c) vs. King Booker (The Great American Bash) ***

• King Booker(c) vs. Batista* (SummerSlam) 1/4*

• King Booker(c) vs. Batista vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay (No Mercy) ****

• King Booker(c) vs. John Cena vs. Big Show (Cyber Sunday) ***

• King Booker(c) vs. Batista (Survivor Series) **1/2

2007

• Batista(c) vs. Mr. Kennedy (Royal Rumble) **3/4

• Batista(c) vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4

• Last Man Standing: The Undertaker(c) vs. Batista (Backlash) ****

• Edge(c) vs. Batista (Judgment Day) ***

• Steel Cage: Edge(c) vs. Batista (One Night Stand) **1/2

• Last Chance: Edge(c) vs. Batista (Vengeance: Night of Champions) **3/4

• The Great Khali(c) vs. Batista vs. Kane (The Great American Bash) *1/2

• The Great Khali(c) vs. Batista* (SummerSlam) DUD

• The Great Khali(c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Batista (Unforgiven) **

• Punjabi Prison: Batista(c) vs. The Great Khali (No Mercy) **3/4

• Batista(c) vs. The Undertaker (Cyber Sunday) ****

• Hell in a Cell: Batista(c) vs. The Undertaker (Survivor Series) ****

• Batista(c) vs. Edge vs. The Undertaker (Armageddon) ***

2008

• Edge(c) vs. Rey Mysterio (Royal Rumble) ***1/2

• Edge(c) vs. Rey Mysterio (No Way Out) ***

• Edge(c) vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXIV) ****1/2

• The Undertaker(c) vs. Edge (Backlash) ***1/2

• The Undertaker* vs. Edge (Judgment Day) ***1/4

• TLC: The Undertaker vs. Edge (One Night Stand) ****

• Edge(c) vs. Batista (Night of Champions) ***

• CM Punk(c) vs. Batista (The Great American Bash) **1/2

• CM Punk(c) vs. JBL (SummerSlam) ***

• Championship Scramble: Kane vs. JBL vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho (Unforgiven) **1/2

• Ladder: Chris Jericho(c) vs. Shawn Michaels (No Mercy) *****

• Chris Jericho(c) vs. Batista (Cyber Sunday) ***

• Chris Jericho(c) vs. John Cena (Survivor Series) ***1/4

• John Cena(c) vs. Chris Jericho (Armageddon) ***

2009

• John Cena(c) vs. JBL (Royal Rumble) **

• Elimination Chamber: John Cena(c) vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox (No Way Out) ****1/4

• Edge(c) vs. John Cena vs. Big Show (WrestleMania XXV) ***

• Last Man Standing: John Cena(c) vs. Edge (Backlash) ****1/4

• Edge(c) vs. Jeff Hardy (Judgment Day) ***1/4

• Ladder: Edge(c) vs. Jeff Hardy (Extreme Rules) ****

• MITB cash-in: Jeff Hardy(c) vs. CM Punk (Extreme Rules) N/R

• CM Punk(c) vs. Jeff Hardy* (The Bash) ***1/2

• CM Punk(c) vs. Jeff Hardy (Night of Champions) ***3/4

• TLC: Jeff Hardy(c) vs. CM Punk (SummerSlam) ****1/4

• Submission: CM Punk(c) vs. The Undertaker (Breaking Point) **1/2

• Hell in a Cell: CM Punk(c) vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell) **3/4

• The Undertaker(c) vs. CM Punk vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio (Bragging Rights) ***

• The Undertaker(c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Big Show (Survivor Series) ***1/4

• Chairs: The Undertaker(c) vs. Batista (TLC) **1/2

2010

• The Undertaker(c) vs. Rey Mysterio (Royal Rumble) ***3/4

• Elimination Chamber: The Undertaker(c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4

• Chris Jericho(c) vs. Edge (WrestleMania XXVI) ****

• Extreme Rules: Jack Swagger(c) vs. Randy Orton (Extreme Rules) ***

• Jack Swagger(c) vs. Big Show* (Over the Limit) 1/4*

• Jack Swagger(c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk vs. Big Show (Fatal 4 Way) ***

• Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Jack Swagger (Money in the Bank) ****

• MITB cash-in: Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Kane (Money in the Bank) N/R

• Kane(c) vs. Rey Mysterio (SummerSlam) ***

• No Holds Barred: Kane(c) vs. The Undertaker (Night of Champions) ***

• Hell in a Cell: Kane(c) vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell) **1/2

• Buried Alive: Kane(c) vs. The Undertaker (Bragging Rights) *

• Kane(c) vs. Edge (Survivor Series) 3/4*

• TLC: Kane(c) vs. Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio (TLC) ****1/4

2011

• Edge(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (Royal Rumble) ***1/2

• Elimination Chamber: Edge(c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Wade Barrett vs. Kane vs. Big Show (Elimination Chamber) ****

• Edge(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (WrestleMania XXVII) ***1/4

• Ladder: Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio (Extreme Rules) ****1/2

• Randy Orton(c) vs. Christian (Over the Limit) ****1/4

• Randy Orton(c) vs. Christian (Capitol Punishment) ***3/4

• Randy Orton(c) vs. Christian (Money in the Bank) ***3/4

• No Holds Barred: Christian(c) vs. Randy Orton (SummerSlam) ****1/4

• Randy Orton(c) vs. Mark Henry (Night of Champions) ***1/4

• Hell in a Cell: Mark Henry(c) vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell) **3/4

• Mark Henry(c) vs. Big Show (Vengeance) ***

• Mark Henry(c) vs. Big Show* (Survivor Series) 1/2*

• Chairs: Mark Henry(c) vs. Big Show (TLC) *

• MITB cash-in: Big Show(c) vs. Daniel Bryan (TLC) N/R

2012

• Steel Cage: Daniel Bryan(c) vs. Big Show vs. Mark Henry (Royal Rumble) **

• Elimination Chamber: Daniel Bryan(c) vs. Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Santino Marella vs. The Great Khali vs. Wade Barrett (Elimination Chamber) ***

• Daniel Bryan(c) vs. Sheamus (WrestleMania XXVIII) DUD

• Two Out of Three Falls: Sheamus(c) vs. Daniel Bryan (Extreme Rules) ****1/4

• Sheamus(c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Alberto Del Rio (Over the Limit) ***1/2

• Sheamus(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (No Way Out) ***

• Sheamus(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (Money in the Bank) ***3/4

• Sheamus(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (SummerSlam) ***1/4

• Sheamus(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (Night of Champions) ***1/2

• Sheamus(c) vs. Big Show (Hell in a Cell) ***3/4

• Big Show(c) vs. Sheamus* (Survivor Series) *

• Chairs: Big Show(c) vs. Sheamus (TLC) *1/2

2013

• Last Man Standing: Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Big Show (Royal Rumble) ***1/2

• Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Big Show (Elimination Chamber) ***

• Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Jack Swagger (WrestleMania 29) **1/2

• Dolph Ziggler(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (Payback) ***3/4

• Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (Money in the Bank) ***1/4

• Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Christian (SummerSlam) ****

• Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Rob Van Dam* (Night of Champions) **3/4

• Hardcore: Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Rob Van Dam (Battleground) ***

• Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. John Cena (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4

• John Cena(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (Survivor Series) ***

• TLC Title Unification: John Cena vs. Randy Orton (TLC) ***1/4

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