2. John Cena vs Edge – Backlash 2009

The long-storied rivalry between Edge & John Cena is something that will live on regardless of our time period. Over a decade removed from the inception of this classic feud and we still use it as a comparison to how a modern wrestling rivalry should be panned out and delivered to audiences, something only a select few individuals have managed to accomplish.

Going through their rivalry the two-waged war in the likes of a Steel Cage, TLC & Triple Threat Matches, with more than one altercation being held around the Elimination Chamber. For myself personally, none of their prior contests rivalled their Last Man Standing match at 2009’s Backlash event. It served as the final frontier for a near 4-Year rivalry, building up all previous aggression between the two fierce competitors and bottling it into one brutal, gruelling main event.

In another near 30-minute classic, both Cena & Edge threw everything they had at one another, from signature moves to steel steps, with neither man backing down for the dreaded 10-count. It was the matches ending however that solidifies it as one of my favourite matches in the Backlash chronology. I don’t feel like giving it away via a simple sentence is the smartest way of emphasizing its impact on the match and its brutality on this already classic rivalry, either way this is another must see especially for those growing up in the modern-era.

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