Hardy vs. Haas - Good athletic match to start RAW and interference from Shelton builds up a possible rivalry. Good idea.
Batista/Henry Promo - Godd enough i suppose builds up the main event not a bad idea.
Rock/IC Title Segment - Builds up the next match and using The Rock gets you a good ratign whenever he has the mic in his hand.
IC Title Match - Good decison to make Shelton retain although it looks like Santino is the number one contender, personally Jeff Hardy is a lot better but maybe you will use Hardy's vs. World's Greatest Tag Team as a feud. It will be interesting to see how you can involve Shelton in two feuds or weather he will have to drop the IC Title to Santino.
Orton Promo - Again good adds anticipation to the main event and now we have heard from all the competitors.
Women's Number One Contender - Nothing to say decent enough match and ending to start rivalry between Melina and Candice.
Santino/Shelton - In my opinion both have now been overused unrealistic to have a brawl after a match if i am honest and you should have done something different.
Candice/Melina & Viscera - Candice and Melina rivalry is fine but i am not sure that using Viscera as a love figure is highly realistic maybe you should have used someone else.
Cena/Dinsmore - Cena should have aquashed dinsmore before Duggan came out because it makes him look not weak but not needed i suppose. The Duggan/Dinsmore rivalry is fine just not sure Cena should have been included.
MAIN EVENT - Great match personally wouldn't have had Henry win maybe Orton should have cheated to win but good announcement after the match however Summerslam situation was not clarified so the fans wouldn't see the point in there being a number one contenders match. Is Henry the number one contender Henry because he won? Should Batista have a shot? Where does Orton come into it?
Overall good show and with a few minor adjustments i think it can be even better. Good work Chez!
ECW this week will be coming from its homeland of Philadelphia, PA for what should be a wild show.
The huge main event which everyone is excited about was announced last week, when Mick Foley told us there would be a Number 1 Contenders match for the ECW World Championship. The men taking part in this match are a very impressive bunch. King Booker beat the current champion, Lashley, last week with a low blow and goes into the match with momentum. CM Punk is another man with momentum, having been almost unbeatable recently. The Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga, rampaged all over Balls Mahoney on his first ECW show and will also want to go for the gold. Foley announced that there would be another mystery contender who WWE.com has been unable to find the identity of. All Foley would say is that it will be one big surprise. All 3 men in this match know how to win and it will make an amazing spectacle when they collide, but will the mystery man make an impression.
Elsewhere, the New Breed and ECW Originals feud will finally come to a finish at Vengeance with one team being forced to disband. The teams heve been at each others throats for the duration of ECW's rebirth and this week wil be no different. Both teams will have all of their members in action once again, but with a twist. There will be a best of 3 series between the 6 men of one one one matchups in which the winners get to choose the competitors and match type for the next match. The first in the series is a regular singles match between the 2 leaders, Tommy Dreamer and Elijah Burke. After that any combination of Ric Flair or The Sandman vs. Marcus Cor Von or Matt Striker is possible in any match type.
Since ECW last aired there was the Supplemental Draft which took place. In it ECW gained Kenny Dykstra, The Boogeyman and Finlay. All 3 men will be a match where Dykstra and Finlay team up to take on The Boogeyman and his ECW partner, Balls Mahoney. Not only that, but to get themselves accustomed to the ECW environment, it will be an Extreme Rules match.
ECW's resident underdog tag team, the Major Brothers, have picked up some impressive wins recently over both the ECW Originals and the New Breed. This week they are up against a fearsome duo or Mike Knox and Snitsky. The brothers will have to be on song to have a chance of winning this.
For all this plus all the extra excitement that goes on around it tune into ECW on Sc-Fi this Tuesday from 8/9c!
Confirmed Card:
King Booker vs. Umaga vs. CM Punk vs. ??? - No.1 Contendership to the ECW World Championship
Tommy Dreamer vs. Elijah Burke - Best of 3 Series - Singles
Ric Flair or The Sandman vs. Marcus Cor Von or Matt Striker - Best of 3 Series - ???
Ric Flair or The Sandman vs. Marcus Cor Von or Matt Striker - Best of 3 Series - ???
Kenny Dykstra and Finlay vs. The Boogeyman and Balls Mahoney - Extreme Rules Tag Match
Ha. If a certain team wins this match instead of the deserving team, I'll cry. Otherwise it looks like a decent card. Dykstra and Finlay vs Boogyeman and Balls should be a walkover, other than that looks a decent card.
In the words of Eric Bischoff's entrance music, "I am back and I am better than ever!". This story is revived with ECW being posted soon.
To clarify the situation for OrderDX with the WWE Championship, because the No.1 contenders match ended in such a way, The Rock as GM has decided to delay his decision of announcing the contender to the title until next week. Build up some tension.
Welcome to an important ECW show, just one more edition after this before we have the Vengeance PPV. Tonight we have a couple of impressive tag matches on offer, as well as a huge match to decide the challenger to Bobby Lashley's World title. First up though we have a continuation of a very long and brutal feud, tonight all members of the ECW Originals and New Breed will be in action in a best of 3 match series, first up is the battle of the leaders, Tommy Dreamer and Elijah Burke.
Tommy Dreamer vs Elijah Burke - Match 1 in the 3 Match series
Bodyslam by Burke. Pin : 1....2..no. The match continues. Dreamer walks into a spike slam. Pin : 1....2..no. The match continues. Tommy Dreamer reverses a hip toss. Running knee lift from Tommy Dreamer. Powerslam from Tommy Dreamer. Pin : 1....2....no! They cut that one close. Elijah Burke hits a right hand out of nowhere. Hard slam by Burke. Hooks the leg : 1....2....shoulder up. Dreamer backdrops Elijah Burke out of a piledriver attempt. Side suplex from Dreamer. Elijah Burke is in trouble. Here it comes - Spicolli Driver. Matt Striker quickly comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Tommy Dreamer turns around. Matt Striker spins Dreamer around. Matt Striker hits the Golden Rule! The referee calls for the DQ because of the interference of Striker! Tommy Dreamer goes on the rampage, firing off stiff shots to both Elijah Burke and Matt Striker, who take the hint and swiftly leave the ring for their own safety.
New Breed ended up getting themselves DQed! Tommy Dreamer and the Originals take the first match! Not only that, here comes Ric Flair and Sandman to join Dreamer in his celebration!
Ric Flair: As you have already seen, we, the team of the Originals, are proving to be the dominant force on ECW and in WWE as a whole. The New Breed need to learn to pay their dues to the guys who made this business what it is today. We are those guys and they show us no respect, so we will show them no respect. There are 2 more matches to come tonight, and we would like to announce that the next one will be my main man, Sandman, going up against those scum, the New Breed's Marcus Cor Von, not only that, but in a Table match! That leaves tonight's final match in the series as the Nature Boy, Ric Flair against Matt Striker!
The trio of veterans play to the crowd in the ring as we head to a break.
Chez's Notes: Ric Flair gained 4 points of overness from this segment.
::Commercial Break::
Back live at ECW we have our next match of the fearsome duo of Snitsky and Mike Knox facing the impressive underdogs, The Major Brothers.
The Majors Brothers vs Mike Knox and Snitsky
Face crusher from Brian on Snitsky. Flying elbow off the top rope by Brian Major. Tag to Brett Major. Flying elbow from Brett Major. Hooks the leg : 1....2....shoulder up. Brett Major blasts Snitsky with a super kick. Tag between Brett Major and Brian Major. Brett Major scoops up Snitsky. Brian bounces off the ropes and hits a flying Hart Attack clothesline. Pin : 1....2....kick out! A split-second away from a three. Snitsky ducks a clothesline attempt. Snitsky tags out to Mike Knox. Brian Major takes a right hand to the temple from Knox. Knox hits a stump piledriver on Brian Major. Knox tags out to Snitsky. Mike Knox and Snitsky whip Brian into the ropes and hit a double back elbow. Brian takes a vertical suplex. Snitsky hits a bulldog off the ropes. Tag to Mike Knox. Big kick from Knox. Brian reverses a Mike Knox hammerlock. Brian tags out to Brett Major. Flying elbow off the top rope by Brett Major. Mike Knox can barely stand. Heat Stroke!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! The Majors Brothers climb opposite turnbuckles, working the crowd as they celebrate their victory.
Major Brothers take another victory! They have been hugely impressive recently and have continues their run with an unlikely win again tonight.
Moving on in the show, Armando Alejandro Estrada is backstage with Umaga ahead of tonight's No.1 Contenders match.
Estrada: Tonight, the Samoan Bulldozer here, Umaga, faces 3 men to get a shot at the ECW World Title! Umaga wants to tell you something very, very simple. Tonight, getting into the ring with him is King Booker, CM Punk and a mystery guy. Well, Umaga isn't afraid of you, and I recommend you are afraid of him because he is the most destructive force in the history of WWE or ECW and his path of destruction will start tonight!
Umaga stares past Estrada into the camera angrily as Estrada laughs to himself. That match is later tonight, but first is the Table match, Sandman vs. Cor Von.
The Sandman vs Marcus Cor Von - Match 2 in the 3 Match Series (Originals lead 1-0)
Marcus bodyslams The Sandman. Back elbow connects, Sandman staggers backward. The Sandman elbows Marcus Cor Von in the face to break a hammerlock. Big clothesline on Marcus. Stiff chop lights up Marcus. The Sandman goes to slam Marcus through a table, but he manages to escape. Marcus Cor Von reverses a hip toss. Hard slam by Marcus. Elijah Burke comes running down the aisle with a chair! Marcus whips The Sandman into the ropes. Burke jumps onto the apron with the chair! Collision between Burke, Sandman, and the chair! The Sandman falls to the canvas. Marcus Cor Von moves in for the kill. Pounce!!! That shook the ring. Marcus climbs onto the table with The Sandman and scores with a piledriver to destroy the table and get the victory. Marcus and Burke tie The Sandman up in the ropes, then start punching away at him until referees run down and break it up.
Cor Von and his Originals mates have taken out Sandman to level the series 1-1! Burke has a microphone to announce the final match no doubt.
Burke: You see, the Originals demand respect, and then get their asses whooped in the ring! How does that demand respect? That is the reason why we are bettre than you as we have just proved. Now we all know the last match tonight is Ric Flair vs. Matt Striker, but we want to know the match type. Actually, I don't think the Originals deserve to know now, and I sure as hell don't think you people deserve to know. So think of it as a surprise! Haha!
They wont say? We will have to wait and see what the New Breed have in store for that final match!
::Commercial Break::
King Booker is backstage with Queen Sharmell with a microphone to make a royal address.
Booker: My subjects! I, King Booker have a royal decree to pass down to all you peasants, Bobby Lashley included! My decree is that tonight everybody will learn that the contender to the ECW World Title is King Booker! Umaga, CM Punk and whoever the other guy is who I shall have to face tonight had better prepare for a royal ass kicking brought to you by the WWE royalty, King Booker and my Queen, Sharmell!
As you would expect, Booker believes he can win tonights match. That match is later because now is the second tag match of the evening where it is ECW new boys, Dykstra and Finlay, against Boogeyman and Balls Mahoney!
Kenny Dykstra and Finlay vs The Boogeyman and Balls Mahoney - Extreme Rules Tag Match
Hard slam by Kenny. The Boogeyman strikes Finlay. Balls Mahoney avoids an avalanche, Kenny Dykstra hits the turnbuckles hard. Kenny eats a trash can. Lame kick from Boogeyman. Finlay pushes out of a Balls Mahoney hold. Kenny Dykstra scoop slams Boogeyman onto and through a table. Kenny Dykstra with a standing spinebuster. Kenny Dykstra has Balls Mahoney down on the canvas and is ascending the corner. Off the top - Guillotine Legdrop, forget about it. 1....2...3! Kenny \ Finlay rush forward to attack! Balls \ Boogeyman get caught by surprise and brutally beaten down to the canvas.
They may be new to ECW but they have certainly left their mark on their first night here! Paramedics are coming out to check on Balls Mahoney as we go to a break.
::Commercial Break::
Bobby Lashley is in the ring on our return to ECW, with the World Title around his waist.
Lashley: Tonight we have the 4 best men besides me here at ECW battling to get a piece of me. Those men are Booker, CM Punk, Umaga and a mystery guy. I know and have proved time and time again that I am the dominator in ECW, the top man here. I know I can beat those guys any day of the week and I will prove it when the best of them faces me at Vengeance. But there is something I really, really want to know and I am sure all of you want to know. Who is the 4th man? Who completes the line-up for tonight's match? Whoever you are, I am calling you out here right now. Show your face here in my ring!
The lights hit as Lashley calls out the 4th man! Who could it be? All of a sudden a picture appears on the screen, a picture of a White Tiger! Some Indian sounding music starts playing! Out steps the huge frame of The Great Khali! Khali is the 4th man! Behind Khali is Mick Foley! Why is Khali here? He is a Raw superstar!
Foley: Say hello to ECW's latest acquisition! His Raw contract was finishing so I took the oppertunity to sign him up! He is the final man in the No.1 Contendership match as well! So I advise the other 3 men to prepare for a whole new threat in this match!
Foley walks backstage. Khali continues to stare down Lashley, before following. Eventually Lashley makes his way back as well, leaving us setup for the final match in the Originals vs. New Breed series!
Ric Flair makes his way to the ring, followed by Striker on his own. Suddenly the music of Marcus Cor Von hits as well! Out steps Cor Von in a referee uniform! The match is a special referee match! The odds are staked way against Flair an dthe Originals now!
Matt Striker vs Ric Flair - Special Referee Match (Marcus Cor Von) - Match 3 in the 3 Match Series (Tied at 1-1)
Kick from Matt Striker to the leg. Flair takes a chop from Striker. Cover! 1....2...kick out. Flair slips out the back of a Matt Striker bodyslam. Ric Flair snap suplexes Striker. Big forearm by Ric Flair. Big dropkick by Ric Flair, who got good elevation. Striker blocks a kick from Ric Flair. Matt Striker hits a missile dropkick on Flair. Ric Flair hits Matt Striker with a flurry of punches. Ric Flair has Matt Striker down on the canvas. Figure Four Leglock!!! Matt Striker goes limp! Marcus Cor Von has called for the bell, Flair is celebrating...until the ring announcer says that he has been disqualified for using a closed fist punch during the earlier flurry! Marcus Cor Von has screwed Ric Flair over! Ric Flair has grabbed a chair from outside, and slides back into the ring. Marcus Cor Von turns around, and gets floored and bust open with a brutal chair shot! Ric Flair has floored Marcus Cor Von with a chair and left his referee's shirt stained with blood.
New Breed steal the series win 2-1, but Ric Flair gets revenge with a brutal steel chair shot to Cor Von! Things will get messy when the 2 teams meet at Vengeance, just 2 weeks away!
::Comercial Break::
Kenny Dykstra is backstage.
Dykstra: Welcome to ECW! The new ECW that is! ECW is now no longer Land of the Extreme, but Land of the Dykstra! Tonight I demolished 2 members of ECW, more are to come as I build myself until I get to the top: the ECW World Title. It will be mine soon, watch out!
Main event time!
CM Punk vs King Booker vs Umaga vs The Great Khali - No.1 Contendership to the ECW World Title
King Booker uses a forearm to the face. Back elbow connects, Umaga staggers backward. Pin : 1....2..no. The match continues. Umaga blocks a kick from King Booker. Umaga hits The Great Khali. Booker takes a weak clothesline. King Booker charges, Khali moves, the referee gets knocked out! Side suplex from Khali. Cover, but there's no one to count for The Great Khali. The Great Khali hits a big clothesline. The Great Khali gets taken down out of nowhere big shot by CM Punk. Flying cross body off the top rope! CM Punk hits a rolling kick on Khali. Khali blocks a kick from CM Punk. Incredibly weak powerslam on Punk by Khali. Side suplex from Khali. Sudden attack by King Booker. Big clothesline on Punk. Punk walks into a side choke slam. CM Punk can barely stand. Here it comes - Scissors Kick. 1....2...3, it's finished.
Booker takes the win and becomes No.1 Contender! Lashley walks to the top of the ramp to stare down with Booker as ECW goes off air...
We got a 3.77 rating for 'ECW on Sci-Fi' down from last weeks 4.10
I like the Marcus Cor Von result, i really like him, and the DQ before. 2-1 in the series and am lookin forward to Vengance now. Good build up. I am not keen on the match which Booker win to be honest. It doesn't have the same zest as the matches before. But then Lashley comes out which is good. Overall a good show Chez/
This week's episode of Smackdown is just over a week away from Vengeance on PPV, Sunday 1st July, and so will be a crucial one in the build-up to the PPV!
The biggest match on the card is a Pick your Partner tag match between World Heavyweight Champion, Edge, and the Big Red Machine, Kane, and their chosen partners. These 2 men will be one-on-one at Vengeance for the gold, so this match is the ideal way to give yourself momentum ahead of that match. Not only that, but the match type will be on the line, giving the winner a huge advantage heading towards the PPV. Who will the 2 men be able to find as partners though? Tune in to find out.
Smackdown's next big PPV match is the WWE Tag Team Champions, Deuce N' Domino, in a title defense. Last week Smackdown's new team won against London and Kendrick for the right to be in that match, but because of the nature of that win, with Trevor Murdoch clearly cheating to get the pinfall, the match result has been discounted. Find out what will happen to the title match when GM Teddy Long makes his announcement on the situation during the show. In the time being, London and Kendrick have an oppertunity to impress when they have a non-title match with the Tag Champions, Deuce N Domino.
The final Smackdown offering for the Vengeance PPV is a Cruiserweight Title match between Chavo Guerrero and Super Crazy, who has just been drafted from Raw. Chavo is confident of the PPV win and will have a chance to show why he is so confident this week when he enters a Cruiserweight's 6-man Tag match. Chavo, Jamie Noble and Little Guido are against Super Crazy, Funaki and Jimmy Wang Yang.
The one Smackdown champion who wont be in action at Vengeance is MVP, the United States champion will be hosting his first ever MVP Random Challenge, a superstar selected randomly off the roster will recieve a US Title shot on Smackdown in what could be a major oppertunity for someone.
Speaking of challenges, the Masterlock Challenge comes to Smackdown as a lucky competetor from Boston, MA, gets a chance to win $10,000 for breaking the Masterlock.
Also in action is Chris Benoit who faces William Regal in singles action
Confirmed Matches:
Edge and ??? vs. Kane and ??? - Pick Your Partner Tag Match - Choice of match type for Vengeance
London and Kendrick vs. Deuce N' Domino - Non-title Tag Team match
Chavo Guerrero, Jamie Noble and Little Guido vs. Super Crazy, Jimmy Wang Yang and Funaki - 6-man Tag Team Match
MVP vs. ??? - MVP Random Challenge - United States Championship match
Chris Masters vs. ??? - Masterlock Challenge - $10,000 prize
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