Chavo Guerrero lost the ECW Championship in only eight seconds to Kane at WrestleMania XXIV, and sought revenge on Tuesday’s ECW, but came up short once again. ECW Champ Kane and Mr. Money in the Bank, CM Punk, defeated the self-proclaimed “Mexican Warrior,” who teamed up with Shelton Benjamin.
Still, Guerrero is determined to win back ECW gold when he meets the Big Red Machine at Backlash. What tricks will the former ECW Champion have up his sleeve this week on ECW on Sci Fi during the official contract signing for the Backlash confrontation? What level of hell might Kane raise in the same ring as the Mexican Warrior less than three weeks before the pay-per-view showdown?
Also on ECW, Stevie Richards faced his in and out of the ring rival, Mike Knox, for the first time in one-on-one action. Richards fell short to Knox, whose sights have been set on decimating the ECW Original for the last few weeks. What does Knox want from Richards, and how will the ECW Original show Knox he won’t waver again?
Finally, Colin Delaney is still hoping for a contract from ECW General Manager Armando Estrada. But thanks to an April Fools’ Day trick, Delaney was given a gigantic obstacle to face this week on ECW: Big Show. Young Delaney didn’t have a chance against The World’s Largest Athlete, and once again fell short of earning a contract from Estrada. When – or will – Delaney finally get a WWE contract? Wait, more importantly, will he ever get that coveted entrance music?!
Find out the answers to these questions and more on next week's ECW on Sci Fi, Tuesday at 10/9 CT.
[DevSop] god your sex life scares me
[SeamusMcNasty] And that is why I hate the Miz. He's got potential, but he just doesn't live up to it. Unlike Randy Orton, who has no potential and lives right up to that.
MHJ: "if it is kinky, depraved, erotic, or a fetish, you will find it"
Cyclops698 "I'm 100% committed to our fake marriage"
We have a backlash contract signing to look forward to. Yay!
Not as much detail this week. It’s late, I’m tired, and my knee is killing me.
Match one: Miz v. CM Punk
OMG, Miz and Morrison came out together. Hallelujah! Except it’s not a tag match. Of course.
During the match Morrison is TERRIBLE on the mike with Cole and Styles and distracts me mightily from what’s going on, and not in a good way. CM Punk does things to Miz’s knee that makes mine scream in sympathy pain. Morrison interferes at one point, which gives Miz the opportunity to capitalize, but CM punk powers out of the pin. The referee kicks Morrison and his ABS out.
Back from commercial, Miz is pummeling Punk. He dominates the offense, but Punk keeps kicking out. Eventually Punk gains the momentum, does his flashy slaps and kicks. He eats Miz’s boot, but still manages to power slam him to a 2-count. More offense, and eventually Punk hits the GTS. Winner: CM Punk.
Backstage, Arrrmando Alejandrrro Estrrrada is TALKING~! to Colin (accompanied by the Lovely Miss Dreamer) who is asking for the opportunity to earn a contract. AAE says, sure. Your opponent? Tommy Dreamer. And Tommy is fired if he lays down for Colin.
Official contract signing. Chavo comes down with Edgeheads 1 and 2. Kane is alone and shirtless. And he has pyro! For… a contract signing. General contract signing crap, until Chavo says that at Backlash he’s going to have someone watching his back. And… Bob from accounting comes down to the ring? Bob from Accounting does a terrible job of beating down Kane, but Kane is a professional, so he sells it. The Edgeheads get the table into position. Bob places Kane on it, and Chavo frogsplashes Kane through it. (Clearly, this means Kane set up the table during the commercial break. ) Chavo is all proud of himself for outnumbering his opponent.
[Chat consensus was that this was actually Justin “the Ox” LaRouche.]
Match two: Nunzio v. Elijah Burke.
Nunzio was already in the ring for Elijah’s entrance. This one is pretty much all Elijah, although Nunzio does have a bit of an offense in the middle of the match. But it wasn’t enough. Winner: Elijah Burke.
Match three: Domino v. Kofi Kingston
Domino comes down alone. Kofi has apparently dumped Kelly Kelly. Kofi does standard flippy moves. Kofi does amazing arm drags. Kofi is the Second Coming according to Tazz. This is basically following the same formula as the Nunzio/Burke match, above, so I’m not retyping it. Winner: Kofi Kingston.
Match 4: Colin Delaney v. Tommy Dreamer
Colin comes out to NO theme music. AAE is ringside to oversee the proceedings. Could Tommy actually win a match?
Colin does manage to elbow dreamer into a PATHETIC roll up early, but it’s all Tommy. Colin tries more pathetic offense, as he lowers the ropes for dreamer to fly out of the ring, then does a weak kick to dreamer, and then leaps awkwardly from the top ropes, which Dreamer sells. Colin makes a big effort of putting Dreamer in the ring (with significant help from dreamer). Colin flips over the ropes and gets a 1-count. Colin gets a roll up, for the 1 count. Tommy then slams Colin to the mat, and then gets a WEAK 1 count. Colin is propped up on the turnbuckle. Dreamer climbs up and the slips! And falls. Colin sees his opportunity, and tries to hit a missile drop kick from the top turnbuckle, but Dreamer steps out of the way. He sets Colin up to the Tree of Woe and baseball slides into Colin’s face, quite possibly for real. Tommy hits a DDT, and gets the pin. Winner: Tommy Dreamer.
That sucked. I’m going to bed. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Last Edit: Apr 8, 2008 22:14:38 GMT -5 by Fire-Babe
[DevSop] god your sex life scares me
[SeamusMcNasty] And that is why I hate the Miz. He's got potential, but he just doesn't live up to it. Unlike Randy Orton, who has no potential and lives right up to that.
MHJ: "if it is kinky, depraved, erotic, or a fetish, you will find it"
Cyclops698 "I'm 100% committed to our fake marriage"
I hope you didn't reach too far, Skids.... no Knox/Richards match tonight.
Last Edit: Apr 8, 2008 22:29:32 GMT -5 by Fire-Babe
[DevSop] god your sex life scares me
[SeamusMcNasty] And that is why I hate the Miz. He's got potential, but he just doesn't live up to it. Unlike Randy Orton, who has no potential and lives right up to that.
MHJ: "if it is kinky, depraved, erotic, or a fetish, you will find it"
Cyclops698 "I'm 100% committed to our fake marriage"
Or don't do either. If you can't find an image you like at either than don't force it. Just give me something you like and which will look good on the board.
I like the look of The Ox, with the beard and suit and all. He looks mean and paid well to be that way, heh. Gotta love that combo.
I sorta dug Morrison on the mic last night. He's not as good with words as he needs to be, but I love how his attitude oozes out anyways. Opener was fun, even if it was forgone that Punk would win. Rest of the show? Meh. I like Kofi, but his 'spotlight' matches every week are getting old. He does need a feud. I keep thinking that putting him in the ring with Burke would be fun, but something about that just seems odd and I can't put my finger on it.
Could Delaney have looked more pathetic in that match with Dreamer?
I like Kofi, but his 'spotlight' matches every week are getting old. He does need a feud. I keep thinking that putting him in the ring with Burke would be fun, but something about that just seems odd and I can't put my finger on it.
I'd guess it's that they're pretty much the same wrestler (from what limited exposure I've had to Kofi), only one's a heel and one's a face.
Or don't do either. If you can't find an image you like at either than don't force it. Just give me something you like and which will look good on the board.
Aside from their race, how are Burke and Kofi even similar?
They were both in boring, uninspired matches that even a novice (i.e., me) could see were identical in terms of formula, with no point or development to be seen?
Last Edit: Apr 10, 2008 10:49:23 GMT -5 by Fire-Babe
[DevSop] god your sex life scares me
[SeamusMcNasty] And that is why I hate the Miz. He's got potential, but he just doesn't live up to it. Unlike Randy Orton, who has no potential and lives right up to that.
MHJ: "if it is kinky, depraved, erotic, or a fetish, you will find it"
Cyclops698 "I'm 100% committed to our fake marriage"
So, by the sounds of it, Delaney/Dreamer was either intentionally shitty on Delaney's part or he has a severe lack of skill to go along with his lack of a body.
I'm leaning towards lack of skill. A lot of his bumps were just downright awkward, about like I'd do in real life.
No, I'm pretty sure I'd land better (having hit the mat in karate several times in spectacular and unintentional manner).
I'm actually kind of disappointed. I was hoping that he'd actually have some skill and thus be the wonderkid worth rooting for. Didn't see it Tuesday night, but I have the sinking feeling we'll have ample opportunity to reassess the situation.
The other disappointment is I'll have to stop snidely referring to him as Zach Gowan, since Gowan was better.
Last Edit: Apr 10, 2008 10:53:13 GMT -5 by Fire-Babe
[DevSop] god your sex life scares me
[SeamusMcNasty] And that is why I hate the Miz. He's got potential, but he just doesn't live up to it. Unlike Randy Orton, who has no potential and lives right up to that.
MHJ: "if it is kinky, depraved, erotic, or a fetish, you will find it"
Cyclops698 "I'm 100% committed to our fake marriage"
I had watched a few matches so I didn't think he was anything worth giving a shit about. If Matt Sydal had been playing this role I would have cared, because ultimately we would have got a good wrestler. But Delaney never seemed to have much potential and I'm sure the tentative plan is discard him when they feel the joke has played out (which will probably be months after the majority do). Colin just looks the part (pathetic weakling) and can sell "I'm hurting and scared." That's all he seems to bring to the table.
Or don't do either. If you can't find an image you like at either than don't force it. Just give me something you like and which will look good on the board.
Well, we didn't really see him DO much of anything except get thrown around like a rag doll until Tuesday night. A few hope spots here and there, but nothing really major. I'm fairly certain this was his first 'match' in the true sense of the word, and he had nothing.
[DevSop] god your sex life scares me
[SeamusMcNasty] And that is why I hate the Miz. He's got potential, but he just doesn't live up to it. Unlike Randy Orton, who has no potential and lives right up to that.
MHJ: "if it is kinky, depraved, erotic, or a fetish, you will find it"
Cyclops698 "I'm 100% committed to our fake marriage"