[Sparty]

Can someone tell a brother what happened?

[Jack Quinn]

make that two of us. I completely forgot about ECW tonight. That cannot be a good sign for that show.

[Sparty]

Well, here's the quick report from Wrestling Observer:

Jim Ross came out for a promo and was confronted by Matt Striker. Sandman made the save, finishing with Ross giving Striker a hard cane shot

RVD b Bob Holly with a frog splash. Holly got his back sliced open badly, needing 24 stitches, when he suplexed Van Dam through a table and the metal frame cut him. It turned into arguably the best match thus far on the revamped ECW show.

Ariel NC Francie when Kevin Thorn and Balls Mahoney interfered

Big Show b Sandman to keep the title with the show stopper leg roll. The cane was legal and Sandman's only real offense was cane shots. Striker stole the cane and Show took over from there.

[Batman]

gimmickman said:

RVD b Bob Holly with a frog splash. Holly got his back sliced open badly, needing 24 stitches, when he suplexed Van Dam through a table and the metal frame cut him. It turned into arguably the best match thus far on the revamped ECW show.

Man, the first half of the match was boring. But once Holly got hurt, they just ramped it up from there. Wow!

[devmax]

I figure this is as good of a time as any to say it so here goes. I'm a closet fan of Bob Holly. I've always felt he was a solid worker who got stuck with a bad gimmick out the gate and never recovered. Say what you want about him being a dick or as heat conductive as a Frigidaire but he busts ass in the ring, wrestles stiff, and has always done accepted whatever the company wished of him.

I really dug that match tonight and a lot of the credit goes to Holly IMHO.

[Lucky]

gimmickman said:

It turned into arguably the best match thus far on the revamped ECW show.

I don't know that I'd got THAT far. But serge is right. The first half of the match sucked. Absolutely sucked. Then they go through a table and go off to commercial and when they come back the entire second half of the match is just the two of them kicking the ever loving shit out of each other while Holly's back bleeds. RVD gets the win, medics RUN to the ring to bandage Holly up and the crowd gives him a standing ovation. The crowd gave Hardcore Holly a standing ovation for giving his all in the ring. Go figure.

The catfight was exactly what it sounds like. Pointless treading water for the Balls/Francine vs Thorn/Ariel feud. And the world title match is exactly what it sounds like. Dull, plodding, predictable, and then Striker runs in.

JR did the typical OK Sooner thing and then Striker did his typical "you're uneducated" thing. Sandman did his typical thing (although he actually ran to the ring so he got a chance to catch Striker this time) and then drank with JR.

Only thing missing from that report is CM Punk. He's in the back cutting another "I'm addicted to competition" promo when Kelly interupts him. She's feeling him up and all "I'm 19" and asks him to help her practice for the big Extreme Strip Poker game in 2 weeks. Punk nails this awesome look/line where he rolls his eyes and says "Practice for strip poker? This is going to be trouble." And Knox enters on cue. Knox scolds Kelly, then he tells Punk to keep his mind on his own girl. Punk tells Knox that HIS girl keeps trying to get in his "yard." "I have to take care of her but I'll be back for you." "You know where to find me."

Oh, and Rene Dupree did something gay.

EDIT: Oh yeah. Interbrand Extreme Strip Poker on the 10th. Are you excited? Say, what's UFC and Spike doing that night?

[Batman]

luckylopez said:

Oh, and Rene Dupree did something gay.

My wife would beg to differ. Although, I imagine the gay guys probably liked it, too.

[Lucky]

Oh come on. I don't mean to argue with your wife, who I'm sure is a lovely and intelligent lady. But he came out of the shower, laughed all creepy, played with his hair, dropped his towel, looked at his penis, and laughed. I don't know what that was but I know it wasn't typical hetersexual male lockerroom behavior.

I like to imagine that sitting on the opposite side of the camera were all the ECW Originals who never get to wrestle. Danny Doring and CW Anderson just cowering in fear of the creepy frenchman making googly eyes at his own penis.

[Batman]

Right now my wife is watching that in slow motion, and just said, "the best thing is, I bet he's really stupid. That's what guys say when a girl is that hot, right?"

[Batman]