Tonight's matches for "The promotion formerly known as ECW" TV

ECW champ Johnny "Don't Call Me Monday" Nitro takes on Tommy "The Jobfodder" Dreamer in a No-DQ/Extreme Rules match. The Boogeyman (or The Bogeyman as C. Montgomery Burns once said) and his worms goes against The Teacher. If Euan is covering tonight's event I hope that he's hanging out with either Jack Daniels or Evan Williams, should be a good time. In case you're Rip Van Winkle the show is at 10PM EST/9PM CST on the SciFi Network.

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Smackdown and ECW Spoilers

here

ECW looks interesting and Smackdown looks like a show that will air Friday.

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ECW Rating for 06/26

1.8 up from last week's 1.6 and not hard to figure out why.

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WWE releases former TNA star

Trinity has been released from the ECW brand. I wonder if you won't see her back in TNA now that they've got the beginnings of a women's division? I'll never forget her moonsault off of the cage at the first Lockdown.

Credit: PwInsider.com

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06/19 ECW on Sci-fi Ratings

1.6

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ECW TV 6/19/07 Live Coverage

-- Our live coverage for tonight's edition of ECW TV will begin at 10PM EST/9PM CST. Matches announced: Chris Benoit vs Elijah Burke, and CM Punk vs Marcus Cor Von with the winners competing for the ECW World Title at the Vengeance pay-per-view on Sunday. Plus, an appearance by THE BOOGEYMAN~!!! Coverage is behind the cut and remember to refresh your web browser to keep current with the coverage.

-- The first edition of ECW following the Supplemental Draft is live from Charlotte, matches announced tonight are for Chris Benoit vs Elijah Burke, and CM Punk vs Marcus Cor Von.

-- Joey Styles and Tazz talk about Vince's fake death, footage of "eyewitnesses" is aired along with the limo explosion... yes, I HATE this fucking angle, it sucks a cock and if I weren't covering this show I'd continue my current WWE boycott.

-- Chris Benoit vs Elijah Burke: Benoit takes Burke to the mat, both men back on their feet and Burke goes for an early pin attempt. Benoit slaps Burke, goes for a chop and Burke takes down Benoit for the pin. Benoit attempts a crossface, Burke back in control and stomping Benoit on the mat, goes for a pin and Benoit kicks out. Burke runs towards Benoit and hits the ropes, Benoit tries for pin attempts and the trademark trifecta of german suplexes. Benoit goes for a flying headbutt and crashes into Burke's knees, Benoit puts Burke in a sharpshooter and Burke taps.

-- Benoit eyes up the ECW title which on display at ringside.

-- Jesus Christ, they're showing Stephanie's tear-ridden promo about dead daddy from last night's Raw. Waste of frikkin' time.

-- Styles plugs the 3 hour Raw next Monday. Thank God I'm not watching Raw these days.

-- Boogeyman vs Sean Alexander: Alexander kicks Boogey, Boogey then chokes jobber boy and slams him to the mat for the pinfall... afterwards Boogey spills gallons of worms onto Alexander, fuckin' gross.

-- Daniel "I am not a federal investigator but I play one on TV" Beck discusses the McMahon "investigation".... ECW TV: Where you get to see Raw Recaps every Tuesday at 10 on SciFi~!!!

-- Tommy Dreamer vs The Vampire: I can't believe I agree with Ric here but god damn I miss Ariel! So get this... Dreamer lost~! OMGZ I WUV DUBEL DUBEL EEEEEEEE~!!!!!!11111!!!~~~!!11~!!~~~~

-- You know what's on right now? Footage of Vince getting in the limo followed by an EXPLOSION~!!! I'm glad this was aired because I haven't seen it a billion times before.

-- Johnny Nitro vs Nunzio: Nice fast-paced match at times with Nitro in control, Nunzio's no slouch and shows off some decent offense. Nunzio goes for two pin attempts on Nitro, Nitro ends up with the win. I wouldn't mind seeing these two wrestle every week, Nitro pulled out some cool athletic moves.

-- Cor Von tells Burke that tonight he's going to beat Punk and then Benoit on Sunday to become the ECw champ. Burke wasn't too happy to hear this as he displayed another great facial expression.

-- Extreme Expose are creaming their jeans over The Miz backstage... sluts.

-- The Vengeance theme is cool in a Limp Bizkit kind of way...

-- If Vince pops out of a cake next Monday on Raw for his "memorial night" then I'll watch WWE TV again....

-- CM Punk vs Marcus Cor Von: One question... how the fuck is Monty Brown supposed to be tough with that wack-ass entrance theme?? He should be a KILLER~!!! Not smooooooooooove like Ex-Lax. Punk begins laying in elbows to Cor Von, Cor Von now on the offense. Punk hits a cross-body and goes for a pin attempt, Punk now working Cor Von's arm. Cor Von now working on Punk's right arm which he whipped into the turnbuckle pole. Cor Von works on Punk's shoulder, Punk flips him over for the pin, Cor Von kicks out. Cor Von has Punk's left arm twisted up, Punk goes for a comeback hitting tons of offense on Cor Von. Punk hits Cor Von with a flying knee and follows up with a bulldog, Punk flies off the top rope and Cor Von slams him head first to the mat, that looked fuckin' nasty. Punk hits the Go To Sleep and wins the match.

-- Punk vs Benoit for the ECW title at Vengeance on Sunday.

-- Benoit hits the ring and has a stare down with Punk, both men shake hands. This should be an awesome match.

-- Final thoughts: Tonight's episode wasn't bad, in fact there were three decent matches marred by WWE shoving Fake Dead Vince shit down our throats. Two programs I'd like to see, Benoit/Burke and Nitro/Nunzio although having Benoit and Nitro wrestle everyone in ECW is gold.

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ECW Championship Situation updated

details here

CM Punk Vs. Marcus Cor Von
Chris Benoit Vs. Elijah Burke
both tomorrow on ECW.

Winners meet for the title at Vengeance.

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WWE: 2007 Supplemental Draft results

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/supplementaldraft07

-- Pick No. 1: Raw selects Paul London & Brian Kendrick
-- Pick No. 2: SmackDown selects Kenny Dykstra
-- Pick No. 3: ECW selects Viscera
-- Pick No. 4: Raw selects Sandman
-- Pick No. 5: SmackDown selects Hardcore Holly
-- Pick No. 6: ECW selects The Miz
-- Pick No. 7: Raw selects Daivari
-- Pick No. 8: SmackDown selects The Major Brothers
-- Pick No. 9: Raw selects William Regal
-- Pick No. 10: SmackDown selects Victoria
-- Pick No. 11: Raw selects Jillian Hall
-- Pick No. 12: SmackDown selects Eugene
-- Pick No. 13: ECW selects Johnny Nitro

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06/05/2007 ECW on Sci-fi Rating

1.4 and time marches on.

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Main event for tonight's episode of ECW on Sci-fi

Lashley Vs. Dreamer, Balls and Sandman in a 3-on-1 handicap hardcore match.

Yes, another handicap match with Lashley in it.

Plus, it is teased that Randy Orton may appear and we will learn the fait of Matt Striker in the New Breed after Sunday.

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AS I SEE IT 6/5: Double de-caf ECW latte

AS I SEE IT
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
PWBTS.com

So last night with WWECW One Night Stand we got ECW-lite....a sort of double de-caffienated ECW Caffè Latte with extra foam. Actually, it was a lot less like a one night stand, and more like a cluster...well, you know.

Yes, there were the advertised "Extreme Rules" matches...WWE's version of them, that is. But if you want real hardcore wrestling, go to one of Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South Wrestling shows or go down to CZW's Tournament of Death next week. Last night, after all, was WWECW.

WWE wants the PPV buys from and the TV viewing by old-school ECW fans, but is afraid to get a real ECW reaction it can't control. So WWE calls its glorfied Velocity show ECW and populates it with talent that reminds no one except Vince and Stephanie McMahon of the real ECW. You can call a pig kosher, but I wouldn't advise serving it at the dinner after someone's Bar Mitzvah. The McMahon family apparently thinks otherwise.

The best case in point was last year's WWECW One Night Stand, which scared WWE away from running PPVs in traditional ECW locations, including the"You can't wrestle" chants at John Cena and Randy Orton, booing a non-finish in the Rey Misterio, Jr.- Sabu match, and booing Sandman not coming out to his traditional Metallica music; that it moved One Night Stand away from the successful location of the Manhattan Center and moved it to the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL.

WWE even moved a scheduled WWECW TV taping weeks later on July 4 from the ECW Arena to the Wachovia Center (with 10 days notice). WWE claimed they moved the taping because they weren't allowed by ECW Arena management to use pyro. More than a few others think they were afraid of the reaction they knew would result after they had to take the WWE and ECW belts off of Van Dam after his drug bust. They were right.

The already pissed off old school ECW fans then gave WWE a near-riot when they took the ECW belt off of Rob Van Dam with bottles and containers of beer hitting Paul Heyman and the Big Show in the head and the WWE camera operator with a direct hit in the camera lens that couldn't be cropped out of the live telecast.

The August 1, 2006 WWECW Sci-Fi Network taping was probably the last straw. More on that in a minute.

So with all this....let's look at the names from last night's show, and imagine them in the real ECW.

Melina and Candice Michelle in a pudding match...OK, that sort of fits the usual "throw two women into the ring and have them do nothing of socially redeeming value" traditional ECW match. Except Francine and Beulah McGillicutty took better bumps, and if I wanted silicone-inflated sexual fantasies, I'd have done the local strip bar just over the Walt Whitman Bridge.

The Great Khali? He makes 911 look like Karl Gotch. Cena? Some of my fellow ECW Arena rats might consider this sacrilege, but I think Cena might very well have made it. Why? Because he busts his ass, does what he's asked, and would eventually have won over ECW fans with getting crowd heat, AND takes it like a good sport.

Vince McMahon as WWECW Champion? Yeah, right. He doesn't get heel heat from real ECW fans. McMahon evidently thinks people will tune in and dish out PPV dollars to see Lashley chase him for the belt. Instead, McMahon gets "get the f$#@ off of my TV set" heat from ECW fans. Maybe lsat night's title change shows he finally recognized that, too.

Bobby Lashley, well....he's really big.

Edge? He'd have been a success in ECW. Imagine if Paul Heyman took those quasi-shoot promos up a notch.

Batista in ECW? Bwahahahahaha. This is the guy who threw a fit on the level of a third-grade girl when real ECW fans booed the shit out of him at the August 1, 2006 WWECW Sci-Fi taping, including vulgar chants and steroidschants, at which point on the telecast WWE killed the crowd sounds and jacked up Joey Styles to talk over the chants; likely ending any possibility of a WWECW TV show or PPV ever being held in a traditional ECW venue again.

Tommy Dreamer and Sandman? God bless 'em...they're pretty much just getting paychecks now to make up for the checks Paul Heyman bounced on them.

CM Punk? Paul Heyman could have made CM Punk a main event star on RAW if he'd been allowed to do it, instead of keeping Punk on the third-rate show that WWECW on Sci-Fi is.

Elijah Burke, Monty Brow...er, Marcus whatever his gimmick is...and Matt Striker. Best thing I can say here is that Monty Brown as Monty Brown might have gotten over in the real ECW.

Randy Orton? He's right there in the grand tradition of ECW doing things to get itself kicked out of hotels and general all-purpose self-destruction. Orton is tremendously talented. It's shame he can't keep away from the chemical substances and behavioral issues. Maybe Orton should ask Axl Rotten what drugs can do to a career.

The Hardys? Assuming Jeff could keep himself clean (then again, with ECW...maybe his old drug issues WOULD have had him fit right in), an ECW incarnation would have have been a success instead of the schizo act that Vince McMaoh wants to break up every other week Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas would have done well if allowed to be the athletes they are, instead of early show filler for house shows and TV.

Moving along to other promotional stupidity... the following letter was sent to me by Matt Roseboom. Matt took picture at the Orlando TNA tapings and distributed them free of charge, with nothing more than credit asked, as well as posting them to his blog, http://mattboom.smugmug.com. Matt Roseboom gave TNA free publicity it badly needs...and take a look at TNA's response:

"Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from this past Monday's TNA TV tapings.

Just before the show was to start, TNA official Bill Banks came up to me and said I couldn't take pictures anymore. I told him I was told it's OK before I started ever coming to the shows last summer. First he said he was going to be watching for other people taking pictures, and I told him that would be a lot of people. Then he said it was because I have a 'professional' camera (I have a Canon Digital Rebel.) 'You can't do that.' he said. So I told him that I've been e- mailing links to my pictures each time to Jeff Jarrett and Dixie Carter and haven't had anyone ask me to stop. Then he said it was Dixie that told him to tell me. Then he walked away.

I stayed for about half the show, then I had to leave. I couldn't stand being there any longer, watching everyone around me taking pictures and no one stopping them. There was even a lady down from me with a very long lens - much longer than mine.

I e-mailed Dixie Monday night to see what the true problem is and to see if we can work something out. I told her I'd be willing to hold my pictures until after the shows air or even give them all my photos to use however they wish in return for nothing more than photo credit. I haven't heard back from her.

I'll update all of you if there's anything to update. If any of you could do anything to help me get my privileges back, I'd appreciate it."

Alan Wojcik, who distributes results for TNA to a large number of websites had this problem some time ago. Several of the websites that receive his results also receive this column. including my own PWBTS.com. After that fact was made public by this column, someone who's no longer at TNA got him the go-ahead to continue doing what he had been doing...ALLOWING him to give them free publicity far in excess of what they had been generating themselves to that point.

Now if I were an independent wrestling company that has illusions of being number two to WWE ; if I were a company that has spent millions upon millions of dollars, yet still drew a 0.92 rating this past Friday night (among men 18-34 drawing an even worse 0.54 rating)...along with PPV buyrates two-tenths of WWE's; I would get on my knees in the middle of Times Square, and kiss the ass of everyone that wanted to help me get out the word about my company. I damned sure wouldn't be upsetting anyone like that to the point that they feel the need to write to wrestling websites like mine.

If you still care about TNA, send an e-mail to them and ask them why they're doing something so clearly self-defeating and non fan-friendly to someone whos was not making money off of them, but was running a fansite that was giving them free PR.

Even TNA's road shows that are supposed to replace the numerous independent bookings that TNA workers have had pulled from them aren't doing that well...with Dave Meltzer reporting slow sales for the upcoming San Juan, PR road show. The show is already only set up for only 7,000 seats (out of a 18,000 seat arena). This is a venue that WWE has filled with recent appearances.

The upcoming TNA Slamiversary PPV apparently isn't doing much better. TNAwrestlingnews.com reports "sluggish" sales for the Nashville PPV, owing to higher ticket prices than the Nashville market is used to paying, with ringside seats priced at $125.

> From John W. Johnson:

"I'm starting to shake my head not only at TNA (like usual) but now WWE. There are a couple of reasons why...

First, I agree with the whole discipline thing in WWE. Notice how in previous years, great talent was released because of behavior problems, even with only a single incident (Matt Hardy, Curt Hennig, Kid Kash, Rhino), yet you have a guy like Randy Orton who on more than one occasion has been involved in behavior issues still on the roster.

I can see why they want to keep him elevated, as he's a 'big name' that they don't want to see in TNA, but I don't think at this point, that TNA would even touch him with a ten foot pole. People seem to forget that he hasn't truly committed to anything in his adult life, including twice going AWOL from the US Marine Corps.

Secondly, I think that the Draft Lottery is always a good idea, as it gives the WWE an opportunity to shake up the undercard. But this much is going to be certain, John Cena, Shawn Michaels and Triple H will still be on RAW, The Undertaker, Batista, and the Cruiserweights will still be on Smackdown, and ECW will still look like an overglorified developmental territory.

Finally, I hope that the buyrates from the non-Big Four PPVs show the WWE that holding Joint PPVs every month won't work, because until this years Backlash, they were really the only way guys like London and Kendrick, William Regal, Benjamin and Haas, and the Cruiserweight Division have a chance to make it on PPV."

WHY do a draft lottery when some of the talent is appearing on one, two, or even three shows? Brand separation is a thing of the past. Just do an angle to move two or three guys over toRAW and be done with it.

> From Justin Ruppe:

"Though I am guilty of occasionally enjoying some parts of TNA, but too few and far between nowadays, I used to actually enjoy the show whenever I first started watching back at the beginning of 2006, But I saw it slowly (and heavily pick up speed) fall down a hole.

Despite being a WWE fan, I do wanna see TNA succeed and compete with WWE, but with the way things are now, that isn't gonna be happening any time soon. I wish that they'd get their crap together and start putting together some good shows. I'm hoping that maybe the 2 hour time slot will help that, possibly, but I could be wrong, since their main problem is they don't know or realize how to use their talent, and thus keep pushing the guys that already have names for themselves, giving us that still watch every Thursday.

But as I was saying, giving us the same confusing, spoiled feuds that they seem to be just keeping at us. They can't seem to keep one feud going on at once even, and instead throw a third and fourth, and even fifth guy into the mix. And they can't seem to keep a title on a person for very long either.

In my opinion, Samoa Joe should have that title, and he should hold it for a very long time, too. They keep teasing at it but never pull through, and keep Sting, Kurt Angle and Christian Cage on the top. I'm tired of seeing these three guys go at it, and whenever they do bring someone into the mix its always Rhino, Samoa Joe, and Scott Steiner. I'm sick of seeing all the same crap, and they can't even keep a stable feud going which irks me, and it just keeps going down hill from there, They can't seem to make their minds, its all too chaotic, and its pissing me off every time I watch it (but I have nothing else to do on Thursdays so..I keep watching anyway, hoping for change.)

And whatever happend to the X Division? I don't think there is one anymore. It's more of the Kevin Nash and Bob Backlund division. Which is annoying, we've seen enough of Kevin Nash in WCW and WWE, now TNA continues to shove him down our throats. Now I like the guy but C'mon. The X Division used to be TNA's only redeeming quality, I loved watching Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal and others go at it with insane moves. I was a huge fan of those two. Those in the X-Division have alot of skill, and they need alot more recognition than their getting, I feel bad that their being buried by Kevin nash, and I wouldn't doubt that their pretty pissed off backstage about it.

Also I feel bad that their getting pulled from all these indy shows as well, since thats their way of thriving, and showing off their real talent as well (because TNA sure isn't doing it for them.) and if TNA doesn't change, all I see is it becoming just as a place for all WWE releases, and old WCW stars sitting on their asses, getting paid for it, and not putting emotion or anything into their promos or storylines, leaving it a dull, desolate, wasteland."

If that wasn't bad enough for you, how about this past weekend's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which reported that Sonjay Dutt will now be doing a Gandhi gimmick.

Yup, Gandhi.

Dutt's wearing clothing that Gandhi wore in 1930 and 1940's photographs and is "preaching nonviolence" to Jay Lethal (who's already pretending to be Randy Savage) and Kevin Nash (who's pretending to be a wrestler). If this STILL isn't bad enough, TNA wanted him to wear a turban and put a dot on his forehead. TNA apparently backed off when Dutt sarcastically asked them if he they wanted him to drive a cab as well.

God, I hope someone sends Phil Muchnick or a group of Asian Americans a copy of this crap when it airs. I want to see Dixie Carter talk her way out of this crap.

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One Night Stand Note

With the news that Randy Orton and RVD will open the show, this is another on a long list of instances where Ric will experience his climax early.

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5/29 ECW Rating

The show did a 1.42

Credit: F4WOnline.com

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One match added and another apparently scrapped for One Night Stand

Last night at the Smackdown tapings, a match was added for One Night Stand, Kane Vs. Mark Henry in a Lumberjack match.

It appears that a match that was rumored, and expected by me, to be apart of the show Chris Benoit Vs. MVP is off of the card...for now anyway.

The ONS card is as follows:

1. Lumberjack Match: Mark Henry Vs. Kane
   
2. Tables Match: CM Punk, Sandman, and Tommy Dreamer Vs. Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker
   
3. Pudding Match: Melina Vs. Candice Michelle
   
4. Ladder Match: The Hardys Vs. The World's Greatest Tag Team
   
5. Stretcher Match: Rob Van Dam Vs. Randy Orton
   
6. World Title Cage Match: Edge Vs. Batista
   
7. ECW Title Street Fight: Vince McMahon Vs. Bobby Lashley
   
8. WWE Championship 'Falls Count Anywhere' No submission match: John Cena Vs. Great Khali

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ECW 5/29/07 Live Coverage

Welcome to the last ECW show before One Night Stand. I see that there are only 2 matches with ECW brand wrestlers in them. Odd considering this PPV was set up to showcase ECW. That's WWE for ya.



We start the show out with Randy Orton. He talks about his match last night then they show a video package for it. He then informs us that RVD has challenged him to a stretcher match for One Night Stand which brings Dreamer out. Dreamer says he's not gonna stand by and allow Orton to gloat then challenges him to a match. Orton accepts and says he'll kill the legend of ECW. That's gonna be hard to do since that legend of ECW was killed when they brought it back.

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CM Punk vs. Burke in a No-DQ match is now up. No clear advantage yet with Burke taking a few cheap shots to try and take control. Punk chopping Burke down with kicks to get a nearfall. Burke thrown into the ropes, holds onto the top and gets clotheslined over. He grabs a chair, heads back to the ring but gets a baseball dropkick from Punk as we go to commercial. We're back with Burke having control in the ring. He gets control during the break by ramming Punks back into the ringpost outside. There is a table in the ring as well so look for it to be used. Punk gets a surprise rollup for 2 but Burke retains control and gets a couple nearfalls. Nice flapjack from Burke as he continues to work on Punks ribs. Burke props the table up in a turnbuckle. Punk with enziguri for 2. Punk sees the table, tries to throw Burke into it but we get several reversals with Burke gaining control with a back suplex. Cor Von has now come in with a chair but Punk uses it on him. Punk tries to hit GTS but Burke rakes his eyes which allows Cor Von to hit the Pounce on him through the table and Burke to get the pin.

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We're back with Vince via satellite. He makes fun of Joey, Tazz's and Lashley's names then introduces him. Both look very confident. Lashley says he'll hurt Vince without having to use any weapons.

We get the same video package of RVD/Orton from last night. They could've used this time for either a backstage segment or a Snitsky squash match.

Commercial.

Extreme Expose is up. If they put Michelle McCool in this group it'd be even hotter.

Kevin Thorn vs. Balls Mahoney is up. Basic squash match with Balls losing cleanly to Thorn. I love that Original Sin finishing move.

Backstage with Major Brothers and Stryker. Stryker goes on about the match he had last week then gives us the word of the night that was odd I don't even know what it was. Major Brothers then remind Stryker about ther first win being against him and he challenges one of them to a match next week.

Commercial.

Main Event time. They keep saying that Orton wants to kill the Legend of ECW. See my comments on the first segment about that. Orton has been in firm control but gets caught on the top rope as Dreamer hits a superplex. Dreamer punches the crap out of Orton then gets a couple nearfalls. Orton tied to the Tree of Woe and gets a dropkick to the head then an inverted DDT for 2. Dreamer ducks another DDT then hits the RKO for the win. Who actually thought Dreamer was gonna win? I certainly didn't. Orton hits a post match RKO, fakes the knee shot he gave RVD last night then finally goes for it. RVD tries to make the save but gets hit in the head. Orton walks down the aisle looking at RVD as the show ends.

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Some brief Newsbits

Last week's block of programming on SpikeTV saw TNA iMPACT do a 1.0 and The Ultimate Fighter 5 do a 1.3 rating. TNA is steady, TUF slightly up from prior weeks. I guess that the hype surrounding the street fight that Dana White was so "upset" by added a little to the ratings.

Speaking of the street fight. Marlon Sims Vs. Noah Thomas is confirmed for the 06/23 TUF 5 Finale special.

The Card for One Night Stand looks as follows with a few matches not yet announced:

1. WWE Championship Match: The Great Khali Vs. John Cena, Falls Count Anywhere
2. World Championship Match: Batista Vs. Edge, Steel Cage
   
3. ECW Championship Match: Bobby Lashley Vs. Vince McMahom, Street Fight
   
4. World Tag Team Championship Match: World's Greatest Tag Team Vs. The Hardy Boys, Ladder Match
   
5. Non-title match: Melina Vs. Candice Michelle, Pudding Match
   
6. Chris Benoit Vs. MVP
   
7. CM Punk, Sandman and Tommy Dreamer Vs. Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker

I'll be back with more later.

Credit: Dave Meltzer

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05/22 ECW Rating

Tuesday's show did a 1.5

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ECW 5/15/07 Live Coverage

Hi everybody! I am back this week doing live coverage of ECW. Let's see if it's as boring as last week.



We get our first recap video of the night in the form of Lashley's match last night.

Vince is now being shown via satellite. He says he'll never forgive or forget what happened to him at WM23 and announces Lashley taking on the remaining members of the New Breed tonight.

Let the bodies hit the floor? More like let the s**t hit the fan.

RVD has come out for the first match of the night. They said who he was facing but I was too busy wondering why they were using the Smackdown set to hear it.

Commercial.

His oppnent for tonight is ECW's resident squash match man, Snitsky. RVD tries to kick Snitsky's legs but to no avail. This has be the longest match Snitsky has had since going to ECW because they'd be onto another segment by now. RVD gets a back kick on Snitsky then fights back with more kicks. RVD heel kicks Snitsky to the outside but he takes too much time showboating which allows Snitsky to clothesline him on the outside then blasts RVD with a chair for the DQ. RVD isn't in too much trouble if he gets a DQ win over Snitsky instead of Snitsky squashing him.

Commercial.

CM Punk has come out for his match against Steven Richards with his ribs taped up. Richards rips off the bandages then starts to kick and punch his ribs and gets 2. Richards now with a bow and arrow submission but Punk turns it around gets a nearfall. Richards now with an abdominal stretch but Punk again counters with a hip toss. Punk moves out of the way in the turnbuckle and hits a neckbreaker for 2. Richards tries for a Tornado DDT but Punk reverses into the GTS for the win.

Backstage with NB. Burke asks if they're ready and Cor Von says he is. STryker tries to say something but Burke cuts him off.

Commercial.

Kevin Thorn is out for his match with Nunzio. I heard this was orginally gonna be Sabu/Thorn but Sabu got released his afternoon so that's somewhat of a save. Holy Crap! Thorn just hit a vicious powerbomb. Speaking of vicious, Thorn has been all over Nunzio. Nunzio fights back with a kicks and gets a nearfall but it doesn't last long as Thorn hits The Dark Kiss for the win.

We get the same video of Austin's film from RAW.

Commercial.

Extreme Expose is now up. The particulars of this are of no concern since it's just the usual dancing to different music. We get the 2nd recap video of the night and it's the same thing that started the show. Why do they need to show it again? We now have Lashley talk about his match tonight and his match at Judgement Day. The graphics they're using for this are pretty cool, like a sci-fi aspect.

Main event time. NB come out as we go to commercial. We're back with Lashley's entrance. Burke says he'll start out but is no doubt regretting it as Lashley takes it to him. Burke runs over to his corner and tags in Cor Von who gets a shoulder block from Lashley then Stryker tags himself in. Stryker gets planted on the outside, Burke gets caught sleeping in the apron but Cor Von pounces Lashley so hard he flies over the top rope. Lashley back in, tries to fight back but NB is in firm control. Burke in, gets a Belly to Belly suplex, tags Cor Von who gets thrown outside then Lashley brings in Stryker who gets destroyed with a spear then gets the win. Lashley stands in the ring looking at the NB as the show ends.

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Sabu released from WWE

When I saw this for the headline:

Childish, Whiny Little Bitch Added To WWE's List Of Recent Releases

I said to myself, "Self, I didn't know that Euan worked for WWE!"

Well, Sabu's acted out for the last time.

Shortly after arriving (late and without his gear) in Baltimore for tonight's SmackDown/ECW taping, the man who can't seem to live without his pot-smoking
buddies, was granted an unconditional release.

If only Vince were running a daycare or preschool, this whole thing coulda been avoided.

PS: For all of you fat, bald, red-nosed, forty-five-year-old virgins who still live with their parents and long for the days of the original ECW, Paul Heyman
said it best. "Fuck Sabu."

Canvas Chronicle



PS. I apologize to Euan, he's not little.

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ECW on Sci-Fi Recap for 05/08/2007

Welcome to the Old Country Times late recap of ECW. I am not your usual host but I am going to attempt to fill in this week.

I only know one thing about this show, it can not possibly be more entertaining than TNA Today was with Don West and JB selling the deal of the day.



We start outside the building with AAE and Lashley. AAE has a message for Lashley. AAE says if Lashley enters the building and he's going to jail. If he lays a finger on AAE he will press charges.
Lashley says he's not here to cause trouble but to apologize to AAE. He then rolls AAE's wheelchair out of the way and says to the cops: "Well, I guess you guys have to arrest me."

You want to know how little WWE I watch these days? That's the first time I've heard Lashley's voice.

Lets the Bodies Hit the Floor! Then they'll be right next to the ratings.

Tazz and Joey open the show, and talk about how tonight is about preserving something. Yeah, I don't care either.

Match 1: CM Punk Vs. Marcus Cor Von

Cor Von has some real interesting music. I guess Kevin Thorn quit the New Breed last week. Yeah, I know you're disappointed.

It will be Burke and Punk at Judgment Day.

The announcers spoil Smackdown by mentioning the Edge title victory. Hope nobody that watched ECW liked to be spoiler free.

This match has a surprising lack of crowd heat for it.

I think I know why I'd rather recap TNA than ECW even for as bad as Impact can be. Impact is inherently more wacky and thus there is more to make fun of whereas ECW is just there.

BTW, when it comes to Bobby Lashley and the opening of this show, since when is it a jailable offense to enter a building?

Fun fact about this match. Punk, Cor Von and referee Mike Posey all worked for TNA.

Joey calls Punk Hardcore, Straight Edge and a fighter. So if CM Punk is straight edge does that mean that Edge is now Gay Edge or Razor Edgemon Hard Gay?

Cor Von hits the Pounce, called such by Joey and he gets the pin. He also did this with the help of Elijah Burke

Winner: Marcus Cor Von

It was a long match for my standards which keep in mind, I watch iMPACT every week but it was ok.

Joey and Tazz recap the events of Monday with Edge, Kennedy and the Money in the Bank....Bank.

We get a plug for WWE.com

This is where a commercial Break would go.

The Condemned package airs, and I guess we know if Steve Austin wrestled Spider-man, that Spider-man would not do the J.O.B.

Match 2: The Sandman Vs. Snitsky

I hope Sandman likes squash.

Sandman goes right after Snitsky as the bell rings and that just proves to not be the wisest coarse of action. A Big Boot later and Snitsky is the winner.

Yup, Sandman likes squash.

Winner: Snitsky

Tazz has the nerve to call Snitsky deceivingly quick.

We're back with the McMahon's and Umaga. They're happy for Snitsky and they say Lashley is ECW's best hope and he has no hope. Then they threaten bad things to RVD tonight and Umaga does his best Abyss which is not that good.

It is now time for Xtreme Exposey. If you'll pardon me for not getting the point of that.

A recap of the beatdown of Lashley at Backlash. We need to see Vince win the title to remind us of how great he is. Joey says that announcement will haunt him forever.

Now we get a replay of Raw and Vince announcing himself, Umaga and Shane in a rematch against Lashley. We then get a recap of the opening of tonight's show. Jesus, enough is too much in the words of Yogi Bear.

Elijah Burke promo with Matt Striker talking about things related to the New Breed.

A commercial for Raw airs.

Match 3: Brian Major Vs. Elijah Burke

Who the hell are the Major Brothers? Joey says that they used to travel around to old ECW shows. So I guess that earns you the right to wrestle now. The Major Brothers still have all the ticket stubs from all the ECW shows they saw. Apparently, they have no athletic background that qualifies them to wrestle, they just went to a lot of shows back in the day.


Elijah Experience and the Major Brother does not get the win 2 weeks in a row.

Winner: Elijah Burke

Blaaaaarg....well, at least it was Elijah.

The spirit of the Original ECW lies on the shoulders of RVD. In other words, it is fucked.

A commercial for the Wrestlemania XXIII DVD.

Thorn and Ariel are playing cards. Chaos and Turmoil are in the cards, and Thorn says his future is in fresh blood. This seems to suggest that Thorn and Ariel are splitsville. Ric is begging for her number.

Match 4: Shane McMahon, Umaga and Vince McMahon Vs. Rob Van Dam

Shane does the introductions for Umaga and then Vince. His introduction for Vince just goes on and on and on and on and on.

Gee, I wonder if RVD is gonna win?

Tazz says that the ECW title looks good around the waste of Mr. McMahon. Well, even though he's not on the headset he's on the headset in spirit.

Ok, with all of this talk of the spirit of ECw, I keep thinking that I'm going to hear the voice of TNA's Darth Vader come in and drop a few rhymes. Then, the crowd chants "We want tables" and "RVD". I'll give them this much, the crowd still is in to RVD.

RVD is in with Shane and is in control pretty well.

RVD gets his hands on Vince but before it can lead to anything Shane hits a baseball slide. Umaga then begins to lay the beatdown on him.

ZZZ, ZZZ, ZZZ, ZZZ, ZZZ, ZZZ, ZZZ.

Ug, just let this end please. Please?

Ok, seriously we give TNA shit all the time for things like this, since when can you be arrested for entering a building? Especially if said building is where you work? I don't think it is fair for people to give TNA shit for things like this and just let it go when WWE does the same stupid shit.

Van Dam counters the Samoan Spike of Umaga, knocks him over but then is on the receiving end of a low blow from Shane.

Tazz refers to the superplex of RVD as coming off of the tippy top rope.

A Samoan Spike from Umaga and Vince comes in and gets the pin.

Winners: Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and Umaga

Bla Bla Bla Bla bla bla bla bla bla.

I regret offering to trade with Wade this week. This show was too boring to be terrible.

My Thoughts: When thinking back on this show, the word "meh" immediately springs to mind.

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