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ECW One Night Stand
Hammerstein Ballroom
Manhattan, New York (cheers, Kawada :0P)
June 12th, 2005
The old ECW announcer calls out Joey Styles, who gets a huge pop. The ECW set looks pretty accurate, the only discrepancy really being that WWE have used their expensive cameras. Styles starts with "Oh my god!" and welcomes the chanting fans to One Night Stand. Joey then introduces Mick Foley, who comes out to his WWE Cactus Jack theme with a Cactus Jack shirt on.
The intro video to the event plays, with some classic ECW footage.
We return from the promo to see some little kid in the audience as Lance Storm's theme hits. Storm came out with Dawn Marie, which was definitely a trip down memory lane for ECW marks everywhere. Jericho's WWE theme hits (damnit), and he comes out in some reminiscent ECW attire. Quite refreshing to hear him billed as "Lionheart".
1. Lance Storm vs Chris Jericho
My prediction: Lance Storm
Result: Lance Storm (7:24)
Match: Some great technical displays earlier on, and after Jericho dropkicks Storm out of the ring, he recieves a bunch of "Lionheart" chants. An amazing dropkick to the back of the head gets Jericho a "Holy ****" chant. We see a double feature, for perhaps the first time in ECW history. Some "Chris Candido!" chants follow also. Jericho has it over, but Dawn Marie distracts the ref. Then Justin Credible and Jason Knight come in and all hell breaks loose. Jericho gets shoved into Storm's cane and Storm rolls him up for the pin. Very good match, but far too short. 8/10.
Jericho leaves to "Lionheart" chants.
Foley and Styles discuss the match backstage, and talk about Raw and Smackdown's booking of some balcony seats.
Pitbull #1 Gary Wolfe talks about some of the deceased ECW wrestlers.
A video then airs of the deceased ECW wrestlers - Rocco Rock, Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, Mike "Crash Holly" Lockwood, The Original Shiek, Mike Lozansky, Pitbull #2 Anthony Durante, Big Dick Dudley, and Chris Candido.
We return and the crowd chant for Candido. Tajiri comes out with Mikey Whipwreck and Sinister Minister. Little Guido then comes out with the FBI - J.G. Smith, Tracy Smothers, Big Guido and Tony Mamaluke, missing Sal E Graziano, though. Super Crazy then comes out, sporting a hair cut.
2. 3-Way Dance:
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs Little Guido vs Super Crazy
My prediction: Super Crazy
Result: Super Crazy (6:15)
Match: They leave the ring fairly quickly, and Super Crazy does an amazing moonsault off the balcony, taking down the entire FBI to "Holy ****" chants. Super Crazy punches Guido back in the ring on the corner and the crowd chant the numbers in Spanish. Mamaluke lifts up Tajiri whilst Guido is on the turnbuckle, and Tajiri gives Guido the Green Mist. Minister runs in and knocks Mamaluke down. Whipwreck hits a top-rope Whippersnapper on Guido and Tajiri eliminates him (4:10). Crazy goes for his patented 3 moonsaults, but on the third, Whipwreck knocks him off. He manages to finally get the moonsault on Tajiri and the win. Again, very exciting, far too short. 7/10.
A promo of some of ECW's greatest moments then airs.
We then return to the arena and zoom to the empty Raw and Smackdown seats.
We take a look outside the arena briefly.
Psychosis comes out and surprisingly removes his mask. Mysterio comes out, and I thought he was gonna take his mask off too, but he didn't.
3. Extreme Luchador Match:
Psychosis vs Rey Mysterio
My prediction: Psychosis
Result: Rey Mysterio (6:14)
Match: Psychosis seemed to be botching a lot of stuff early on. Still, he gets past this and hits a superb Psycho-Guillotine Leg-drop on the outside on the railings to the delight of the fans. Psychosis goes for a ram in the corner, but flies outside, over the railing and onto two female fans. They move when they see Mysterio go up-top. He nails a Plancha and in-ring hits a superb Hurricanrana for the win. Great, but too damn short! 7/10
JBL, Kurt Angle, Orlando Jordan, Carlito, Doug and Danny Basham show up to "You suck ****!" chants, amusingly, and take their seats. They also recieve "**** you Smackdown!" chants.
We quickly cut backstage to see Roadkill and Danny Doring, but it doesn't last long at all, strangely.
We see another few famous ECW moments.
"Weeeel, weeeeel, weeeeel" cues Joel Gurtner showing up. Kurt Angle steals his microphone and JBL pushes him out of their balcony. Angle berates fans, who shout "You suck ****", to which he amusingly replies "Your mother taught me how!". Angle says they'll beat up any wrestlers who step in the ECW ring. JBL takes the mic to "***hole!" and "Shut the **** up!" chants. RVD's music hits and he comes out with Bill Alfonso. JBL's microphone cuts out, and RVD comes out to cut his hyped promo to "RVD!" chants.
RVD talked about how he's happy he got to cut a promo, and said he's still the Whole ****ing Show, but it was censored. He says how upset he is he can't wrestle tonight, and then Rhino attacks him. The lights go out, and Sabu shows up, who's looking damn tired. The bell rings and the impromptu match begins.
4. Sabu vs Rhino
My prediction: Sabu
Result: Sabu (6:50)
Match: Insane match! The match goes all over the place, and the first ref gets knocked out. Sabu nails a chair-leg-drop on Rhino through a table to end the match. Not a great match, but featured the first table smash of the night (over an hour in!), and seeing Sabu again was great.
Al Snow argues with Head backstage, stating he invited the "Raw and Smackdown ***holes."
Another reminiscent promo airs.
Eric Bischoff, Edge, William Regal, Gene Snitzky, Tyson Tomko, Christian, Rob Conway, Maven and Coach show up. Some smart fan spits a cloud of beer at Bischoff.
Chris Benoit's WWE theme hits and he makes his way out to a huge pop. Out comes Eddie to a much lesser pop, and disappointingly, he adhered to his WWE character.
5. Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero
My prediction: Chris Benoit
Result: Chris Benoit (10:37)
Match: A superb technical belt, and it actually went to distance too. Eddie gets busted open very early on. The crowd gave him a huge pop when he went for a Suicide Headbutt. Benoit manages to lock in the Crippler Crossface, and Eddie eventually taps. Very good match, highly technical. 8.5/10
The two face each other after the match, but disappointingly fade away for a Vengeance promo.
Gurtner returns and asks Bischoff for a job. Bischoff confirms with his laughing employees, as Bischoff insults Gurtner and the ECW fans. He says he wants to see no ECW fans at his Raw show.
We're back outside the Hammerstein Ballroom for a moment.
Mike Awesome's music hits and he comes out. Masato Tanaka then comes out.
6. Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka
My prediction: Mike Awesome
Result: Mike Awesome (9:51)
Match: Awesome gets a suicide dive on Tanaka within moments, and they're soon enough brawling in the crowd with chairs. Awesome then sets up a table and hits a superb Awesome Bomb through the table to satisfied "Holy ****!" chants. He goes for an Awesome Splash but gets a 2 count. Awesome hits Tanaka about a dozen times with the chair, but it does little to nothing. Tanaka botches his finisher (Diamond Dozen), but nails a Tornado DDT for surprisingly only a 2-count. He puts a chair on his face and hits him with another chair, and then jumps on those chairs. Masato nails a DDT through a table but STILL, Awesome kicks out! Awesome hits a top-rope Awesome Bomb through the remains of the table, and Masato kicks out! Awesome powerbombs Tanaka out of the ring through a table, dives into the wreckage and gets the fall. The crowd chant "This match rules!". Superb match, what the other 5 before it should've been. 9/10.
Awesome then powerbombs the referee and ECW officials help him backstage.
Joey and Mike thank the fans for buying the Rise and Fall DVD. The ECW theme hits and Joey Styles, confused, checks his format.
Bob Ortiz comes out, and then Paul Heyman makes his way out. He says he's not crying because of the fans chanting "Thank you Paul", but because he was smoking a joint with RVD. He thanks the fans, and says he has something to say to Bischoff. Paul Heyman berates Edge about the Matt Hardy situation, to "You screwed Matt!" and "We want Matt!" chants. Heyman says he has 2 words for Edge - "Matt Freakin' Hardy!" (3 words). Heyman says to JBL "The only reason you were the champ for a year is because Triple H didn't wanna work Tuesdays." He says "This is EC-****ing-W", and leaves to the delighted crowd. I was SO hoping Matt Hardy would show up.
For some reason, an advert for House of 1000 Corpses 2: The Devil's Rejects airs.
The Dudleys then come out. Tommy Dreamer follows with a remix of his "Man In The Box" entrance theme. The Sandman actually shows up with "Enter Sandman" booming out, downs a beer, bangs it on his head and cuts himself open. He hangs over the balcony as the crowd sing along to Metallica as he pours some beer into the mouths of fans below. He drinks his second eber and gets to the ring. He gives a beer to the executive producer of ECW, then pours beer over a woman's chest and drinks it off. We see Elektra in the crowd, and Sandman and Dreamer both pour beer onto her chest and drink it off. We see Chris Chetti and C.W. Anderson and Sandman drinks his third beer. The four guys bang knuckles, and the Blue World Order come out.
Stevie says they're taking over, and superkicks Sandman. All hell breaks loose. Kid Kash comes out, gets beaten up. Then Axl Rottena nd Balls Mahoney show up and beat the crap out of the bWo. Kid Kash hits an insane bump, hitting everyone except Tommy Dreamer, who is the launch pad. The match finally starts.
7. The Dudley Boyz vs Tommy Dreamer & Sandman
My prediction: Tommy Dreamer & Sandman
Result: The Dudley Boyz (10:14)
Match: Dreamer has a cheese greater, but Bubba uses it against him and skins him. Dreamer bleeds profusely. Bubba rubs the blood off of Dreamer and puts it on his own face. Sandman brings a ladder into play, and Dreamer uses the grater on Bubba. Dreamer takes someone's beer and splashes it over Bubba, before mercilessly bashing him with a cooking sheet. Bubba crotches Dreamer on the railings, whilst Sandman lays a ladder on D-Von and hits a Senton Bomb. D-Von misses on Sandman with the Singapore Cane and hits Bubba. Lance Storm and Justin Credible - the Impact Players - run back in and beat up Sandman and Dreamer. Credible hits That's Incredible on the Sandman on the barbed wire. Francine runs in and kicks Dreamer in the nuts! Beulah McGuillicuty runs in and rips Francine apart, before Credible attacks her, but Dreamer intervenes. Dreamer and Beulah embrace, and then hit Tandem DDTs on the Dudleys, who subsequently kick out. Dreamer puts a chair on D-Von's nuts and hits it with a cooking sheet. Cue Styles saying "He just hit him in the balls!". Sandman gets powerbombed through a table, and Dreamer gets hit with the 3D. Spike Dudley comes out! They get out some lighter fluid and set the table on fire! Dreamer's powerbombed through the flaming table and pinned for the win. Superb match! - 9/10
The Dudleyz grab Beulah, but Sandman runs in to save the day. Sandman is screaming for a beer, and canes Spike Dudley in the head. Stone Cold's music hits, and he says Sandman needs a case of beer. He invites everyone from ECW to come out for a beer bash. They all come out whilst Raw and Smackdown look on in awe. Austin says before they drink, he wants to see a fight. He invites the Raw and Smackdown guys down and takes a seat with a beer. The ECW and WWE guys form on different sides of the ring, ready to fight, and then Tazz comes out. Tazz and Angle start the fight, and basically both sides beat the crap out of each other. Tazz locks Angle in the Tazzmission to the delight of the crowd. Bischoff commentates and berates ECW. Austin puts on JBL's hat, and asks Foley to take Bischoff to the ring. Foley grabs him and drags him there. The Dudleys hit Bischoff with a 3D, Benoit hits him with a Diving Headbutt, Mysterio hits him with a 619. Austin asks Bischoff what he thought, and he said "**** ECW!". Austin Stunners Bischoff and the Dudleys throw him out of the ring and carry him back whilst the ECW guys drink in the ring. Bischoff is thrown out of the arena next to a dumpster, and Al Snow gives Head some beer. Joey Styles thanks the fans and Mysterio wears JBL's hat. Sandman and Austin raises arms as the PPV ends.
A Vengeance promo airs.
Who appeared at the ECW PPV (in order):
Joey Styles
Mick Foley
Lance Storm
Dawn Marie Bytch
"Lionheart" Chris Jericho
Justin Credible
Jason Knight
Pitbull #1 Gary Wolfe
Yoshihiro Tajiri
Mikey Whipwreck
Sinister Minister
Little Guido
Tracy Smothers
J.G. Smith
Tony Mamaluke
Big Guido
Super Crazy
Psychosis
Rey Mysterio Jr.
Roadkill
Danny Doring
Joel Gurter
"The Whole F'N Show" Rob Van Damn
Bill Alfonso
Rhino
Sabu
Al Snow
Head
Chris Benoit
Eddie Guerrero
Mike Awesome
Masato Tanaka
Paul Heyman
Bubba Ray Dudley
D-Von Dudley
Tommy Dreamer
The SandmanE
Elektra
Chris Chetti
C.W. Anderson
Kid Cash
Axl Rotten
Balls Mahoney
Francine
Beulah McGuillicuty
Johnny Swinger
What did I think of the PPV? It was sodding brilliant. The first 3 matches were good, but too short, but after that, it was just amazing.
Hammerstein Ballroom
Manhattan, New York (cheers, Kawada :0P)
June 12th, 2005
The old ECW announcer calls out Joey Styles, who gets a huge pop. The ECW set looks pretty accurate, the only discrepancy really being that WWE have used their expensive cameras. Styles starts with "Oh my god!" and welcomes the chanting fans to One Night Stand. Joey then introduces Mick Foley, who comes out to his WWE Cactus Jack theme with a Cactus Jack shirt on.
The intro video to the event plays, with some classic ECW footage.
We return from the promo to see some little kid in the audience as Lance Storm's theme hits. Storm came out with Dawn Marie, which was definitely a trip down memory lane for ECW marks everywhere. Jericho's WWE theme hits (damnit), and he comes out in some reminiscent ECW attire. Quite refreshing to hear him billed as "Lionheart".
1. Lance Storm vs Chris Jericho
My prediction: Lance Storm
Result: Lance Storm (7:24)
Match: Some great technical displays earlier on, and after Jericho dropkicks Storm out of the ring, he recieves a bunch of "Lionheart" chants. An amazing dropkick to the back of the head gets Jericho a "Holy ****" chant. We see a double feature, for perhaps the first time in ECW history. Some "Chris Candido!" chants follow also. Jericho has it over, but Dawn Marie distracts the ref. Then Justin Credible and Jason Knight come in and all hell breaks loose. Jericho gets shoved into Storm's cane and Storm rolls him up for the pin. Very good match, but far too short. 8/10.
Jericho leaves to "Lionheart" chants.
Foley and Styles discuss the match backstage, and talk about Raw and Smackdown's booking of some balcony seats.
Pitbull #1 Gary Wolfe talks about some of the deceased ECW wrestlers.
A video then airs of the deceased ECW wrestlers - Rocco Rock, Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, Mike "Crash Holly" Lockwood, The Original Shiek, Mike Lozansky, Pitbull #2 Anthony Durante, Big Dick Dudley, and Chris Candido.
We return and the crowd chant for Candido. Tajiri comes out with Mikey Whipwreck and Sinister Minister. Little Guido then comes out with the FBI - J.G. Smith, Tracy Smothers, Big Guido and Tony Mamaluke, missing Sal E Graziano, though. Super Crazy then comes out, sporting a hair cut.
2. 3-Way Dance:
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs Little Guido vs Super Crazy
My prediction: Super Crazy
Result: Super Crazy (6:15)
Match: They leave the ring fairly quickly, and Super Crazy does an amazing moonsault off the balcony, taking down the entire FBI to "Holy ****" chants. Super Crazy punches Guido back in the ring on the corner and the crowd chant the numbers in Spanish. Mamaluke lifts up Tajiri whilst Guido is on the turnbuckle, and Tajiri gives Guido the Green Mist. Minister runs in and knocks Mamaluke down. Whipwreck hits a top-rope Whippersnapper on Guido and Tajiri eliminates him (4:10). Crazy goes for his patented 3 moonsaults, but on the third, Whipwreck knocks him off. He manages to finally get the moonsault on Tajiri and the win. Again, very exciting, far too short. 7/10.
A promo of some of ECW's greatest moments then airs.
We then return to the arena and zoom to the empty Raw and Smackdown seats.
We take a look outside the arena briefly.
Psychosis comes out and surprisingly removes his mask. Mysterio comes out, and I thought he was gonna take his mask off too, but he didn't.
3. Extreme Luchador Match:
Psychosis vs Rey Mysterio
My prediction: Psychosis
Result: Rey Mysterio (6:14)
Match: Psychosis seemed to be botching a lot of stuff early on. Still, he gets past this and hits a superb Psycho-Guillotine Leg-drop on the outside on the railings to the delight of the fans. Psychosis goes for a ram in the corner, but flies outside, over the railing and onto two female fans. They move when they see Mysterio go up-top. He nails a Plancha and in-ring hits a superb Hurricanrana for the win. Great, but too damn short! 7/10
JBL, Kurt Angle, Orlando Jordan, Carlito, Doug and Danny Basham show up to "You suck ****!" chants, amusingly, and take their seats. They also recieve "**** you Smackdown!" chants.
We quickly cut backstage to see Roadkill and Danny Doring, but it doesn't last long at all, strangely.
We see another few famous ECW moments.
"Weeeel, weeeeel, weeeeel" cues Joel Gurtner showing up. Kurt Angle steals his microphone and JBL pushes him out of their balcony. Angle berates fans, who shout "You suck ****", to which he amusingly replies "Your mother taught me how!". Angle says they'll beat up any wrestlers who step in the ECW ring. JBL takes the mic to "***hole!" and "Shut the **** up!" chants. RVD's music hits and he comes out with Bill Alfonso. JBL's microphone cuts out, and RVD comes out to cut his hyped promo to "RVD!" chants.
RVD talked about how he's happy he got to cut a promo, and said he's still the Whole ****ing Show, but it was censored. He says how upset he is he can't wrestle tonight, and then Rhino attacks him. The lights go out, and Sabu shows up, who's looking damn tired. The bell rings and the impromptu match begins.
4. Sabu vs Rhino
My prediction: Sabu
Result: Sabu (6:50)
Match: Insane match! The match goes all over the place, and the first ref gets knocked out. Sabu nails a chair-leg-drop on Rhino through a table to end the match. Not a great match, but featured the first table smash of the night (over an hour in!), and seeing Sabu again was great.
Al Snow argues with Head backstage, stating he invited the "Raw and Smackdown ***holes."
Another reminiscent promo airs.
Eric Bischoff, Edge, William Regal, Gene Snitzky, Tyson Tomko, Christian, Rob Conway, Maven and Coach show up. Some smart fan spits a cloud of beer at Bischoff.
Chris Benoit's WWE theme hits and he makes his way out to a huge pop. Out comes Eddie to a much lesser pop, and disappointingly, he adhered to his WWE character.
5. Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero
My prediction: Chris Benoit
Result: Chris Benoit (10:37)
Match: A superb technical belt, and it actually went to distance too. Eddie gets busted open very early on. The crowd gave him a huge pop when he went for a Suicide Headbutt. Benoit manages to lock in the Crippler Crossface, and Eddie eventually taps. Very good match, highly technical. 8.5/10
The two face each other after the match, but disappointingly fade away for a Vengeance promo.
Gurtner returns and asks Bischoff for a job. Bischoff confirms with his laughing employees, as Bischoff insults Gurtner and the ECW fans. He says he wants to see no ECW fans at his Raw show.
We're back outside the Hammerstein Ballroom for a moment.
Mike Awesome's music hits and he comes out. Masato Tanaka then comes out.
6. Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka
My prediction: Mike Awesome
Result: Mike Awesome (9:51)
Match: Awesome gets a suicide dive on Tanaka within moments, and they're soon enough brawling in the crowd with chairs. Awesome then sets up a table and hits a superb Awesome Bomb through the table to satisfied "Holy ****!" chants. He goes for an Awesome Splash but gets a 2 count. Awesome hits Tanaka about a dozen times with the chair, but it does little to nothing. Tanaka botches his finisher (Diamond Dozen), but nails a Tornado DDT for surprisingly only a 2-count. He puts a chair on his face and hits him with another chair, and then jumps on those chairs. Masato nails a DDT through a table but STILL, Awesome kicks out! Awesome hits a top-rope Awesome Bomb through the remains of the table, and Masato kicks out! Awesome powerbombs Tanaka out of the ring through a table, dives into the wreckage and gets the fall. The crowd chant "This match rules!". Superb match, what the other 5 before it should've been. 9/10.
Awesome then powerbombs the referee and ECW officials help him backstage.
Joey and Mike thank the fans for buying the Rise and Fall DVD. The ECW theme hits and Joey Styles, confused, checks his format.
Bob Ortiz comes out, and then Paul Heyman makes his way out. He says he's not crying because of the fans chanting "Thank you Paul", but because he was smoking a joint with RVD. He thanks the fans, and says he has something to say to Bischoff. Paul Heyman berates Edge about the Matt Hardy situation, to "You screwed Matt!" and "We want Matt!" chants. Heyman says he has 2 words for Edge - "Matt Freakin' Hardy!" (3 words). Heyman says to JBL "The only reason you were the champ for a year is because Triple H didn't wanna work Tuesdays." He says "This is EC-****ing-W", and leaves to the delighted crowd. I was SO hoping Matt Hardy would show up.
For some reason, an advert for House of 1000 Corpses 2: The Devil's Rejects airs.
The Dudleys then come out. Tommy Dreamer follows with a remix of his "Man In The Box" entrance theme. The Sandman actually shows up with "Enter Sandman" booming out, downs a beer, bangs it on his head and cuts himself open. He hangs over the balcony as the crowd sing along to Metallica as he pours some beer into the mouths of fans below. He drinks his second eber and gets to the ring. He gives a beer to the executive producer of ECW, then pours beer over a woman's chest and drinks it off. We see Elektra in the crowd, and Sandman and Dreamer both pour beer onto her chest and drink it off. We see Chris Chetti and C.W. Anderson and Sandman drinks his third beer. The four guys bang knuckles, and the Blue World Order come out.
Stevie says they're taking over, and superkicks Sandman. All hell breaks loose. Kid Kash comes out, gets beaten up. Then Axl Rottena nd Balls Mahoney show up and beat the crap out of the bWo. Kid Kash hits an insane bump, hitting everyone except Tommy Dreamer, who is the launch pad. The match finally starts.
7. The Dudley Boyz vs Tommy Dreamer & Sandman
My prediction: Tommy Dreamer & Sandman
Result: The Dudley Boyz (10:14)
Match: Dreamer has a cheese greater, but Bubba uses it against him and skins him. Dreamer bleeds profusely. Bubba rubs the blood off of Dreamer and puts it on his own face. Sandman brings a ladder into play, and Dreamer uses the grater on Bubba. Dreamer takes someone's beer and splashes it over Bubba, before mercilessly bashing him with a cooking sheet. Bubba crotches Dreamer on the railings, whilst Sandman lays a ladder on D-Von and hits a Senton Bomb. D-Von misses on Sandman with the Singapore Cane and hits Bubba. Lance Storm and Justin Credible - the Impact Players - run back in and beat up Sandman and Dreamer. Credible hits That's Incredible on the Sandman on the barbed wire. Francine runs in and kicks Dreamer in the nuts! Beulah McGuillicuty runs in and rips Francine apart, before Credible attacks her, but Dreamer intervenes. Dreamer and Beulah embrace, and then hit Tandem DDTs on the Dudleys, who subsequently kick out. Dreamer puts a chair on D-Von's nuts and hits it with a cooking sheet. Cue Styles saying "He just hit him in the balls!". Sandman gets powerbombed through a table, and Dreamer gets hit with the 3D. Spike Dudley comes out! They get out some lighter fluid and set the table on fire! Dreamer's powerbombed through the flaming table and pinned for the win. Superb match! - 9/10
The Dudleyz grab Beulah, but Sandman runs in to save the day. Sandman is screaming for a beer, and canes Spike Dudley in the head. Stone Cold's music hits, and he says Sandman needs a case of beer. He invites everyone from ECW to come out for a beer bash. They all come out whilst Raw and Smackdown look on in awe. Austin says before they drink, he wants to see a fight. He invites the Raw and Smackdown guys down and takes a seat with a beer. The ECW and WWE guys form on different sides of the ring, ready to fight, and then Tazz comes out. Tazz and Angle start the fight, and basically both sides beat the crap out of each other. Tazz locks Angle in the Tazzmission to the delight of the crowd. Bischoff commentates and berates ECW. Austin puts on JBL's hat, and asks Foley to take Bischoff to the ring. Foley grabs him and drags him there. The Dudleys hit Bischoff with a 3D, Benoit hits him with a Diving Headbutt, Mysterio hits him with a 619. Austin asks Bischoff what he thought, and he said "**** ECW!". Austin Stunners Bischoff and the Dudleys throw him out of the ring and carry him back whilst the ECW guys drink in the ring. Bischoff is thrown out of the arena next to a dumpster, and Al Snow gives Head some beer. Joey Styles thanks the fans and Mysterio wears JBL's hat. Sandman and Austin raises arms as the PPV ends.
A Vengeance promo airs.
Who appeared at the ECW PPV (in order):
Joey Styles
Mick Foley
Lance Storm
Dawn Marie Bytch
"Lionheart" Chris Jericho
Justin Credible
Jason Knight
Pitbull #1 Gary Wolfe
Yoshihiro Tajiri
Mikey Whipwreck
Sinister Minister
Little Guido
Tracy Smothers
J.G. Smith
Tony Mamaluke
Big Guido
Super Crazy
Psychosis
Rey Mysterio Jr.
Roadkill
Danny Doring
Joel Gurter
"The Whole F'N Show" Rob Van Damn
Bill Alfonso
Rhino
Sabu
Al Snow
Head
Chris Benoit
Eddie Guerrero
Mike Awesome
Masato Tanaka
Paul Heyman
Bubba Ray Dudley
D-Von Dudley
Tommy Dreamer
The SandmanE
Elektra
Chris Chetti
C.W. Anderson
Kid Cash
Axl Rotten
Balls Mahoney
Francine
Beulah McGuillicuty
Johnny Swinger
What did I think of the PPV? It was sodding brilliant. The first 3 matches were good, but too short, but after that, it was just amazing.
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I have to admit, what annoys me most about Triple H isn't to do with his in-ring ability. It's due to his dominance, which then leads to the fact that maybe more deserving wrestlers don't get the push they deserve. Yes, as far as ability goes, he's ahead of pretty much the whole of that previous list, but the fact that he's been in almost every main event for the past 5 years has gotten a little cumbersome.
The Game isn't the worst wrestler ever, but I'd like to see if he was so far up the pecking order if he didn't have the connections with the McMahon family that no other superstar on the roster has...
The Game isn't the worst wrestler ever, but I'd like to see if he was so far up the pecking order if he didn't have the connections with the McMahon family that no other superstar on the roster has...
I agree with all the wrestlers you listed apart from The Game. Okay so he's not utterly amazing but he always puts on a good, if a little slow match. He used to be a lot faster though, strange really.
The Juice wrote:
a ton of stuff i totally agree on. Get out my head damn you :-D
a ton of stuff i totally agree on. Get out my head damn you :-D
Cong_Man wrote:
> When was the last time you watched a WWE PPV and thought, "Damn,
> there wasn't a bad match on the whole card"?
To be honest, I can't remember one. And I have strong reason to believe this is the case for two reasons.
The first being that they seem desperate to cram as many crappy and pointless women's matches on TV at PPVs as possible. Vince seems to think that fans actually give a toss about how a diva looks rather than how she can wrestle. I'm not gay, but I'm watching wrestling for the technical ability of the wrestlers, and not because there's some stupid bint running about in a bikini. If I wanted to see that, well, that's what the adult channels are for... :-D
Second of all, idiots like Undertaker, Edge, Nash, Test, Bradshaw and Triple H always seem to appear at these PPVs with their usual sub-standard attempt at putting on a good match. You can argue that Taker and HHH play the part of their characters well, but for me, if you can't put on a wrestling match then there's absolutely no reason for you to be standing in the ring. I don't care if you've got the personality of The Rock - if your in-ring ability bores me, then you shouldn't be performing in a ring at all.
Back to the topic at hand, however. I'd just like to give my congratulations to all who participated in the ECW One Night Stand event, because it featured some top quality action that all could enjoy. For technical action there was Jericho, Benoit and Guerrero, for high-flying there was Psichosis, Super Crazy and Sabu, and for plain old hardcore violence we had Awesome, Tanaka, the Dudleyz and the Sandman/Dreamer combo. For me, it was a perfect event. Well, almost... I was hoping to see Bradshaw getting a proper kicking after his needless assualt on the Meanie. Fortunately for him, Bubba was a little more forgiving than I'm sure some of the athletes in the ring would have been...
> When was the last time you watched a WWE PPV and thought, "Damn,
> there wasn't a bad match on the whole card"?
To be honest, I can't remember one. And I have strong reason to believe this is the case for two reasons.
The first being that they seem desperate to cram as many crappy and pointless women's matches on TV at PPVs as possible. Vince seems to think that fans actually give a toss about how a diva looks rather than how she can wrestle. I'm not gay, but I'm watching wrestling for the technical ability of the wrestlers, and not because there's some stupid bint running about in a bikini. If I wanted to see that, well, that's what the adult channels are for... :-D
Second of all, idiots like Undertaker, Edge, Nash, Test, Bradshaw and Triple H always seem to appear at these PPVs with their usual sub-standard attempt at putting on a good match. You can argue that Taker and HHH play the part of their characters well, but for me, if you can't put on a wrestling match then there's absolutely no reason for you to be standing in the ring. I don't care if you've got the personality of The Rock - if your in-ring ability bores me, then you shouldn't be performing in a ring at all.
Back to the topic at hand, however. I'd just like to give my congratulations to all who participated in the ECW One Night Stand event, because it featured some top quality action that all could enjoy. For technical action there was Jericho, Benoit and Guerrero, for high-flying there was Psichosis, Super Crazy and Sabu, and for plain old hardcore violence we had Awesome, Tanaka, the Dudleyz and the Sandman/Dreamer combo. For me, it was a perfect event. Well, almost... I was hoping to see Bradshaw getting a proper kicking after his needless assualt on the Meanie. Fortunately for him, Bubba was a little more forgiving than I'm sure some of the athletes in the ring would have been...
Ant wrote:
> Well, I see what you mean. I doubt Batista would take a big bump, and
> The Game prefers to give rather than receive (haha.)
*sniggers childishly* :)
> Well, I see what you mean. I doubt Batista would take a big bump, and
> The Game prefers to give rather than receive (haha.)
*sniggers childishly* :)
Well, I see what you mean. I doubt Batista would take a big bump, and The Game prefers to give rather than receive (haha.)
But I dunno, it will probably be quite hardcore. Better than a singles match anyway. AND I'm really not too sure whose gonna win. I think Batista has a chance...depends how much Vince and co really are into him.
But I dunno, it will probably be quite hardcore. Better than a singles match anyway. AND I'm really not too sure whose gonna win. I think Batista has a chance...depends how much Vince and co really are into him.
That and the fact it'll have Batista and HHH in it therefore unless a ton of claret is getting spilled it's going to be a snoozefest.
And i wish JR and the retard King would stop saying HHH is undefeated in HIAC matches because he fricking isn't. Did he win the 6 man HIAC? no, therefore he lost which means he hasn't won every one he's been in
And i wish JR and the retard King would stop saying HHH is undefeated in HIAC matches because he fricking isn't. Did he win the 6 man HIAC? no, therefore he lost which means he hasn't won every one he's been in
Cong_Man wrote:
> Triple H vs Batista in a Hell in a Cell. Destined to be an awful
> match.
>
> Why I hear you ask?
no you don't mate. we know it's gonna suck because of the MASSIVE likelyhood of HHH wandering out as the 11 time chump.
then we have to hear about it until he loses it for a month again.
> Triple H vs Batista in a Hell in a Cell. Destined to be an awful
> match.
>
> Why I hear you ask?
no you don't mate. we know it's gonna suck because of the MASSIVE likelyhood of HHH wandering out as the 11 time chump.
then we have to hear about it until he loses it for a month again.
Ant wrote:
> Well, maybe Vengeance can say that. At the moment I wouldn't say
> there's a boring match on the card, but they've only really signed
> the 4 'main events' as of yet.
Hmm...
Triple H vs Batista in a Hell in a Cell. Destined to be an awful match.
Why I hear you ask?
Because for a Hell in a Cell to be any good, you need at least one guy who is prepared to take insane bumps...see Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley.
A good example of how bad a HIAC becomes when you don't have this, would be HHH vs Nash.
> Well, maybe Vengeance can say that. At the moment I wouldn't say
> there's a boring match on the card, but they've only really signed
> the 4 'main events' as of yet.
Hmm...
Triple H vs Batista in a Hell in a Cell. Destined to be an awful match.
Why I hear you ask?
Because for a Hell in a Cell to be any good, you need at least one guy who is prepared to take insane bumps...see Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley.
A good example of how bad a HIAC becomes when you don't have this, would be HHH vs Nash.
Well, maybe Vengeance can say that. At the moment I wouldn't say there's a boring match on the card, but they've only really signed the 4 'main events' as of yet.
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