Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy

[6.0] "Pretty much a throwaway match. Matt got some decent hope spots and the crowd was surprisingly into it, but it really didn't feel like it was worthy of PPV dollars. It would work as a perfectly fine TV main event, but for a show as big as the Rumble you simply expect far more."

[6.0] "While Jack Swagger has never been my favorite, he and Hardy had a good competitive match for the ECW title. However, this was just the beginning of Matt's night, as we all would find out soon enough."

[5.0] "The crowd wasn't too into it, but it was still a fine enough match between both men with fine enough in ring work."

[4.0] "Jack Swagger lumbered around and clubbered unconvincingly (his fake dad Bunkhouse Buck must've been ashamed) in a dull opener that Matt Hardy couldn't save. Terrible choice for a show opener, bringing the crowd down with slow action and disappointing the audience with the result."

[6.0] "dude this match is actually freaking sick. One of the better matches of swagger i've seen as. definitely from this era when he was not very good at all. Hardy carried of course. Hardy loosing here is a super good set up for what comes later on in the show. 2.75 stars"

[6.0] "A solid enough match with a great look for Swagger and Hardy is really over at this point. Swagger working over the arm was a good angle and Matt's dejection at the end of the match sets the stage for him later in the evening. 3 stars."

[6.0] "A very solid PPV debut from Swagger. He looked good here, he was obviously impressive with his mat wrestling and he constantly seemed like an asshole heel. Matt was still over so they got the crowd involved and the action was fast with some nice pacing - a great way to open the show."

[7.0] "Pretty solid midcard match here. Swagger seemed to work best against Matt & Christian, so it's kind of cool that we got a couple of those matches on ppv."

[6.0] "They didn't get the fans into this one until toward the end, which isn't ideal for an opening match. It was okay."