[Fire-Babe]

Almost forgot to start this all important thread...

Preview: Following Moonlight Drive to Tag Team gold

WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz & John Morrison retained their gold on Sunday at Judgment Day, defeating ECW Champion Kane & CM Punk in Omaha, Neb. The Big Red Monster and Mr. Money in the Bank put forth a valiant effort, but will return to the Land of the Extreme without Tag Team gold. Kane chokeslammed The Miz outside of the ring, but moments after, Morrison delivered a devastating Moonlight Drive to Punk to pick up the win.

Now that The Miz & Morrison have retained their gold, have they seen the last of Kane and Punk? Or will the ECW Champion and Mr. Money in the Bank continue to seek the WWE Tag Team Championship?

ECW’s "Gold Standard", Shelton Benjamin, is determined to end Kofi Kingston’s undefeated streak. During an altercation on Tuesday, Kingston wished Benjamin good luck, and then leveled the Gold Standard. Will Benjamin use Kofi's attack to fuel himself to a win over the Jamaican Superstar? Or will the Kingston outshine the "Gold Standard" in their match and continue his undefeated streak?

Also on ECW on Sci Fi, Colin Delaney experienced a difficult first night as an official member of the active ECW roster. He picked up two brutal losses, one to Mike Knox, the other to ECW General Manager Armando Estrada. Well, at least the youngster had his own entrance music!

How will Delaney handle the Land of the Extreme? Will the youngster find his way back to the winner’s circle, or will he once again be the punching bag of his fellow ECW Superstars? Will Knox continue to beat on Delaney, or will Tommy Dreamer emerge by the youngster’s side? And now that Estrada is an active member of the ECW roster, how will the GM’s strong presence affect Delaney?

To find out the answers to these questions and more, tune into Tuesday’s ECW on Sci Fi at 10/9 CT. Also, be sure to catch ECW in its entirety every week on WWE.com, available from Wednesday to the following Monday afternoon.

[Fire-Babe]

We open with a bizarre collection of people in the ring….CM Punk, John Morrison, AAE, Chavo Guerrero, and Tommy Dreamer. It’s a plug for the next PPV, One Night Stand, in which every match will be, wait for it… Extreme Rules. One of the matches will be a Fatal 4-way Singapore cane match. Involving the four men in the ring who are all former ECW champions. Okay…now it makes sense…

Opening credits and we have Adamle and ‘The Tazz’ live, of sorts from Des Moines, Iowa.

Match 1: Miz v. Kane

Miz comes out first. He sells his win at Judgment Day. Kane’s pyro goes off before the match. Kane comes out with his big punches and clotheslines. Dropkick to Miz. Miz fights back for a bit, then Kane takes back over. Kane picks him up by his neck, holds him up over his back, and drops him face first. Miz powers out of the corner and bounces off the ropes, but Kane assists him over the top and onto the floor.

Kane follows Miz out of the ring. He goes for the ring post, but Miz counters, then Kane counters, then Miz drives Kane’s spine into the ring post. Both men back in the ring, and Miz lands a few kicks. He drapes Kane over the middle ropes, runs up his back and over, snapping Kane’s head down. Back in the ring, Miz gets a quick pin. Miz with Kane in a headlock. Kane picks Miz up and body slams him. Kane gets a 2-count. Kane goes to the top, and I bet he does a flying lariat…HE DOES!! He sets up for the choke slam, but Miz counters with elbows to the back of the head. Kane beats the shit out of Miz into the corner. Hangs Miz in the tree of woe, then powers out and bends Miz’s neck backwards up to the bottom turnbuckle. The ref counts and warns Kane, but Kane doesn’t hear, so the ref calls for the bell. Kane apparently doesn’t care, and pulls Miz out, and does that choke slam anyway. He leaves, grabs a chair, and puts Miz’s head through it. Up to the top, but Morrison comes out and pulls Miz out of the ring. The crowd boos. Winner via DQ: Miz

Match 2: Kofi Kingston v. Shelton Benjamin.

You know, I could just submit a recap from any of the last couple of months …. Anyway, at the bell, Shelton gets Kofi in the corner early, but the ref pulls them out.

At this point, Captain Obvious Adamle says, “They have completely different styles, but they know each others maneuvers by heart.” It’s part of some chess reference he’s trying to make, but part of me just screams, “Well, no shit. I would hope after wrestling each other so many times, they’d begin to pick up on it.”

Enough of that. Shelton brings the aggressive offense. Kofi does a neat thing where he counters Shelton by leaping onto Shelton’s shoulders, then flipping off, but as he does it, also flipping Shelton with what I can only call a leg drag. It looks like an arm drag, but he uses his leg? Neither of the commentators is actually calling the match, so who knows what we’ll be calling that.

Shelton is in the corner, and Kofi leaps onto his shoulders for some punches. Shelton walks out and tries to set up, well, something onto the other turnbuckle, but manages to slam Kofi’s knees onto it. Kofi is holding his LEFT hamstring. Shelton goes for the pin, and Kofi kicks out. Shelton works the leg, and Kofi sells it. Eventually, Kofi is able to get some slow kicks in, and starts his come back. He sets up the Bo-Bo-Bo, but Shelton moves at just the right time and rolls up Kofi for a 2 count. Shelton goes back to working the leg in single-leg Boston crab, but Kofi makes it to the ropes. Kofi goes for his big kicks, but Shelton counters, and then gets the pin! One two three!!! Winner: Shelton

Match 3a: Colin Delaney/Kelly Kelly v. Mike Knox/Diva Search Layla

So, Colin and Kelly come out first. Diva match? Colin looks all like a serious wrestler and stuff. So, it’s not a Diva match, its a mixed gender tag team. Layla and Kelly start. Kelly has been raiding Torrie’s leftover ring attire, whatever Kip James didn’t take.

You know….at least they’re trying.

Knox comes in to interfere, and Colin comes in to meet him and Knox tosses him out of the ring. You know, no one flies through the air quite like Colin Delaney. Kelly Kelly does her finisher, the fame-asser, although the ECW Announce team is calling it the K2. I guess it’s more than just clothes she’s sharing with Kip. Anyway, Kelly Kelly gets the pin. Winner: Kelly Kelly and Colin Delaney

As the ref raises their hands, Knox comes back in and DDTs Colin. AAE and his abs come down the ramp and calls for a match between Colin and himself.

Match 3b: Arrrrrmando Alejandrrrrro Estrrrrada v. Colin Delaney

The ref rings the bell, AAE lifts Colin up and slams him back down and wins. Winner: Armando Estrada.

Match 4: CM Punk/Tommy Dreamer v. John Morrison/Chavo Guerrero

So, the faces come out, then we have a ridiculously long commercial break. Dreamer continues his role as Human Billboard by sporting the T shirt for the next PPV. Dreamer and Morrison to start. Dreamer starts out in charge, so you know that can only mean one thing. Morrison tags in Chavo, but Tommy continues to be on offense. Dreamer tags in CM Punk. Punk hits a very delayed vertical suplex, but Chavo kicks out of the pin. Chavo runs CM punk into his ring post and tags in Morrison. Chavo and Morrison take turns on Punk, but eventually Pun is able to elbow Morrison off the apron and then toss Chavo out. He dives over the to proper and lands on Chavo. As everyone gets back in the ring, Morrison gets Chavo on his shoulders and falls backwards for an electric chair right on the mats on the floor. The ref starts the count out.

During the commercial, stuff happened, and now we have Morrison and Punk in the ring. Morrison hits a Russian leg sweep and tags in Chavo. He keeps Punk in their half of the ring. Chavo throws Punk into their corner, tags in Morrison. I’ve started to lose interest. Tommy Dreamer, who apparently went out for a smoke during the match after he started, starts yelling at Morrison, who ignores punk and yells back. This gives Punk the opportunity to reach up for the roll up on Morrison. Morrison kicks out at 2. Punk tries to get to the corner, but Morrison recovers and pulls him back. Morrison and Chavo are tagging in and out so often that I can’t keep up, and I type fast. Punk is desperate to tag Dreamer in, and finally sees his opening as he hits Morrison with a high knee in the corner, and then bulldogs him. FINALLY Tommy Dreamer is in and Morrison’ is up. But not for long. Pumphandle suplex on Morrison, and a 2 count on the pin. Morrison tries to hit his Moonlight Drive, but Dreamer counters to hit a DDT of his own. Tommy covers, but Chavo breaks up the count. Punk comes in to toss Chavo out and they both go flying. Morrison is in the tree of woe and baseball kicks Morrison. Morrison moves at just the right time, so Tommy misses and is for some reason laying on the mat….He’s injured himself by not hitting anything? Chavo tags in, gets Morrison off the turnbuckle, and goes up top for the frog splash. One Two Three and….Winner: Chavo Guerrero and John Morrison.

Well, Chavo gets the win for the team, but then Big Show’s music hits. He comes down to the ring, and we have choke slams for everyone!! Apparently he’s ticked he was not include din this ‘former ECW Championship’ thing. How ever will they resolve this one??

[Jack Quinn]

wait Kofi attacked Shelton? What?

[Fire-Babe]

No. Shelton attacked Kofi. Kofi wanted to wish him good luck, Shelton reacted badly. I believe Kofi did finish it though.

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[bdbdbd]

God, I hope the Colin/Armando Alejandro Estrada storyline never ends. You may argue that it's run it's course and was never interesting to begin with, but I defy you to come up with something easier for the WWE writers to write to fill a good 5-10 minutes every week without even trying to advance it.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Once again, Colin proves his tag team wrestling prowess does not transend to singles wrestling. Sign Ricky Morton now!!!!

[Batman]

Thanks for the recap Fire.

A skim through it convinced me that I might actually enjoy ECW for once, so I gave it a shot, and it was pretty fun.

Not a great show by any stretch, but I didn't end up feeling like washing dishes or something would have not only been a better use of my time but more fun--like usual with ECW. Not bad.

Nitro did some awesome bouncing for Dreamer's offense.

[Demko]

See, I think the former champions match is a fantastic idea... and who knows? Maybe if the WWE were smart, they'd add a last minute surprise entry to that match. Especially since it IS One Night Stand. Never write out a possible surprise RVD appearance!

Nah!

[jetskid48]

RVD's got some personal issues to attend to first, so I don't really blame WWE or him if he doesn't show up this soon.

But a Singapore Cane match without Sandman? That needs to be fixed.



If I completely forget the horrible parts of ECW - Anything KellyKellyKelly - this was actually one of the better ECW in a while. Still not worthy of being a tv show...but you give me two matches with the highest rated WWE.com show's stars, and some Shelton actually winning...and I can learn to somewhat enjoy ECW for more than just being another day to have a chat room.

[Andy]

May 21, 2008 16:23:24 GMT -5 jetskid48 said:

If I completely forget the horrible parts of ECW - Anything KellyKellyKelly - this was actually one of the better ECW in a while.

Yeah, who needs that ridiculously hot chick on tv? Yucky!

[jetskid48]

stripping or just looking pretty...yes...wrestling...noooooooooo