John Cena defeats Randy Orton for WWE title in I Quit match

John Cena defeated Randy Orton for the WWE championship at the promotion's Breaking Point PPV in an "I Quit" match. Much of the match featured Orton attempting to force the verbal submission of Cena by physically punishing Cena while Cena was handcuffed to the ring ropes. Cena eventually forced the submission by handcuffing himself to Orton and applying the STF. Cena's title win is the 6th WWE/World level win of his tenure in the promotion.

While the WWE title change was a highlight, the World title match that closed the show left fans in disbelief. WWE booking piled a Dusty finish on top of a Montreal screwjob. Undertaker's Hell's Gate submission win being ruled invalid by Smackdown general manager Theodore Long based on the maneuver being invalidated by Vickie Guerrero last year. The ref then called for the bell immediately after Punk applied his Anaconda Vice without 'Taker actually submitting.

CM Punk escaped with the title but not before completely defeating the submission
concept of Breaking Point in the first place. Let's hope for WWE's sake that fans have long memories of Orton/Cena and short memories of the Punk/Taker screw-job or the promotion could find the 2010 Breaking Point a very tough sell.

In other matches of note, ECW champion Christian defeated William Regal in the consensus match of the night while Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes scored a shocking upset of DX with both Legacy tag teamers forcing Shawn Michaels to submit. The U.S. and Unified tag champions both successfully defended their belts while Kane won a forgettable Singapore Cane contest.

Edge new World champion, defeats John Cena at PPV

Edge is again the new World champion of WWE in the main event of the Backlash PPV, defeating John Cena after the intervention of Big Show. The last man standing match ended when Big Show chokeslammed Cena through a spotlight, preventing Cena from making a standing ten-count.

The win allows the Smackdown brand to again reclaim one of the three major fed titles. With the separations between brands about to be strengthened again, the title change effectively eliminates Cena as even a contender for the belt. Edge will have no shortage of potential babyface challengers though with Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy and CM Punk awaiting.

While John Cena could theoretically go after Randy Orton's WWE title back on Raw, the end of the World title matchup obviously presages an eventual feud with Big Show. Considering the over the top nature of Cena's own stretcher job out, it may be awhile before we get to see him at all.

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