Homecoming (2009)

Homecoming (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Extreme Wrestling Empire (EWE) promotion and presented by Heineken. It took place on November 1st, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the first ever EWE pay-per-view event to take place in Canada. The first event within the Homecoming chronology, it featured on its card seven professional wrestling matches.

The pay-per-view was a commercial and critical success, and it featured one of the most iconic matches in EWE history, Randy Orton verse Chris Jericho.

Despite featuring prominently on the promotional poster for the event, John Morrison was not present due to injury.

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The main rivalry heading into this pay-per-view event was the one between company founders Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. Bothered by what Chris Jericho had grown to represent, Orton and his group, Rated Legacy, assaulted Y2J's former Tag Team partner and close friend, John Morrison, weeks prior to the event. This prompted the Highlight of the Night, Chris Jericho, to book himself in a no-disqualification match against Orton, with Rated Legacy banned from ringside.

This event also featured the first ever Elimination Chamber match in EWE history, as Legends Champion, Dolph Ziggler, took on Matt Hardy, Batista, Triple H, JBL and Kane.

Homecoming also featured an infamous segment that had the Dudleys assault reigning World Tag Team Champions, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, before their title match-up. This prompted general manager, Chris Jericho, to make the match into a Flaming Tables Match.

After hitting on Drew McIntyre's girlfriend, Beth Phoenix, Goldust was embroiled in a short feud against the Scotsman, and they collided at the pay-per-view. In another related Disciples incident, Christian made his EWE pay-per-view début against Elijah Dinero, having promised to rid the company of people like him when he made his first appearance on XPlosion.

In his second match of the night, with an opportunity to become both the company's Legends as well as World champion, Matt Hardy took on Bobby Lashley for the World Wrestling Championship.

The match between Randy Orton and Chris Jericho went on to win the EWE Award for Match of the Year in 2009.