Post by peaceman on Dec 4, 2006 2:34:31 GMT -5
My god...this is the worst PPV I have ever seen. And I was there for the final fall of WCW.
Recap below -
MNM vs. The Hardys - Hardys won after a double neckbreaker by Matt followed by a swanton by Jeff onto both of the others. Great match, but what do either of these teams have to do with ECW?
Balls Mahoney vs. Matt Striker - Balls won after a sit-out powerbomb. Solid match. And while I'm not the biggest fan of Matt Striker in ECW, at least he's been there for a few months.
FBI vs Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay. I like Burke/Terkay. I would love to see them get a push, much more than say, oh, I don't know...maybe Knox, Test, or Bobby Lashley. I hate them all. Decent match, Burke/Terkay went over.
Tommy Dreamer vs Daivari. Shock of shocks, Dreamer does the J.O.B. Never saw that one coming.
Ariel and Kevin Thorn vs Kelly Kelly and Mike Knox. Thankfully, Thorn and Ariel went over here. Then were promptly beaten down by the Sandman.
"Extreme" Elimination chamber. I refuse to give a full recap of this as it was just...bad. The first two eliminated are C.M. Punk and Rob Van Dam, the two most over guys in the brand. Next eliminated is Hardcore Holly. After that, Test goes down. And then, the match ends with a spear by Bobby Lashley into the Big Show. Pin.
Bobby Lashley is the ECW world champion. I cannot fucking believe this. I'd rather have David Arquette. At Survivor Series, C.M. Punk outpopped DX. Rob Van Dam has been the most over guy in ECW since it started. WTF is Vince thinking? This is the guy who reached up and took the lead from WCW back in the day? Lashley can't do a promo for shit, he's not a good wrestler, he's just...INTENSE! Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.
I am more convinced that what VKM is doing is simple. He wants to bury ECW. ECW went under, but it was still beloved by the fans. He doesn't like that. He complains about the ticket sales, when most of the house shows are being put on in places where ECW was never known for. He hates that the fans don't seem to care, when he keeps pushing people that no one cares about - see Mike Knox and Test. He hates that the fans are dead, when he refuses to do ECW TV broadcasts in Philly or the Hammerstein. I guess when the fans in the Hammerstein chanted "Boring" and "You both Suck" to Batista/Big Show he took it personally. If you're going to have 3 brands, why the hell not actually make them SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Smackdown and RAW are at least a little different. Smackdown generally has better wrestling, and it may just be me but the younger talent there seems to want it more. RAW is more "sports-entertainment". Why not actually book ECW to appeal to the old-school ECW fan, and book it in the "Attitude Era" style, since that was almost lifted wholesale from ECW anyway.
/rant over
Recap below -
MNM vs. The Hardys - Hardys won after a double neckbreaker by Matt followed by a swanton by Jeff onto both of the others. Great match, but what do either of these teams have to do with ECW?
Balls Mahoney vs. Matt Striker - Balls won after a sit-out powerbomb. Solid match. And while I'm not the biggest fan of Matt Striker in ECW, at least he's been there for a few months.
FBI vs Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay. I like Burke/Terkay. I would love to see them get a push, much more than say, oh, I don't know...maybe Knox, Test, or Bobby Lashley. I hate them all. Decent match, Burke/Terkay went over.
Tommy Dreamer vs Daivari. Shock of shocks, Dreamer does the J.O.B. Never saw that one coming.
Ariel and Kevin Thorn vs Kelly Kelly and Mike Knox. Thankfully, Thorn and Ariel went over here. Then were promptly beaten down by the Sandman.
"Extreme" Elimination chamber. I refuse to give a full recap of this as it was just...bad. The first two eliminated are C.M. Punk and Rob Van Dam, the two most over guys in the brand. Next eliminated is Hardcore Holly. After that, Test goes down. And then, the match ends with a spear by Bobby Lashley into the Big Show. Pin.
Bobby Lashley is the ECW world champion. I cannot fucking believe this. I'd rather have David Arquette. At Survivor Series, C.M. Punk outpopped DX. Rob Van Dam has been the most over guy in ECW since it started. WTF is Vince thinking? This is the guy who reached up and took the lead from WCW back in the day? Lashley can't do a promo for shit, he's not a good wrestler, he's just...INTENSE! Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.
I am more convinced that what VKM is doing is simple. He wants to bury ECW. ECW went under, but it was still beloved by the fans. He doesn't like that. He complains about the ticket sales, when most of the house shows are being put on in places where ECW was never known for. He hates that the fans don't seem to care, when he keeps pushing people that no one cares about - see Mike Knox and Test. He hates that the fans are dead, when he refuses to do ECW TV broadcasts in Philly or the Hammerstein. I guess when the fans in the Hammerstein chanted "Boring" and "You both Suck" to Batista/Big Show he took it personally. If you're going to have 3 brands, why the hell not actually make them SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Smackdown and RAW are at least a little different. Smackdown generally has better wrestling, and it may just be me but the younger talent there seems to want it more. RAW is more "sports-entertainment". Why not actually book ECW to appeal to the old-school ECW fan, and book it in the "Attitude Era" style, since that was almost lifted wholesale from ECW anyway.
/rant over
