Report by: James Maxwell, rajah.com reader
Some of this may not be in exact order
CM Punk defeated Mike Knox
The crowd loved Punk. He hit all of his usual moves,
and made Knox tap in the Anaconda Vice.
Little Guido defeated Rodney Mack
After the ref caught Mack going for a pin with his
feet on the ropes, Guido caught Mack in a school boy
roll-up and returned the favor, not getting caught and
getting the win.
Balls Mahoney defeated "The Puerto Rican Nightmare"
Eric Perez
The crowd was behind Balls as always, chanting along
to his punches and everything. There were some "who
the hell are you?" chants for Perez. Mahoney hit his
Nutcracker Suite (Michinoku Driver) for the win.
Paul Heyman came out along with his security. He said
that he had some good news, and some bad news. The bad
news was that the Big Show was injured and wouldn't be
appearing. The crowd actually cheered this. The good
news was that Big Show would be replaced by the only
man Show trusts to be in his place... Paul Heyman. And
Heyman's opponent would be the man who put Big Show
out of action, Rob Van Dam. And the match would be
held under Extreme Rules. During this segment, Heyman
responded to a fan telling him he sucked by saying, "I
do suck...but your brother taught me how."
Stevie Richards defeated Brad Armstrong
The fans weren't too into this match. It was kind of
boring. Stevie ended up winning with some kind of pin
reversal.
Matt Striker came out, ran down the crowd, and then
hosted a bikini contest. The contestants were Amy
(from the 2006 Diva Search), Trinity, and Kelly Kelly.
When Striker was supposed to announce the winner, Rene
Dupree came out, and Striker proclaimed Dupree had the
best body in the ring. Dupree shoved one of the women
down, and Tommy Dreamer ran out. Striker and Dupree
outnumbered Dreamer and had him down, but The Sandman
showed up to make the save. After some verbal
exchanges (and a fan throwing a drink at Dupree and
getting thrown out), this lead to a tag match.
Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman defeated Matt Striker &
Rene Dupree
Dreamer got the pin after hitting the DDT. Dreamer
told the fans that ECW is all about the fans, and then
he proclaimed there would be an old fashion beer bash.
Dreamer and Sandman selected a bunch of fans to join
them, including a 60 year old woman!
Hardcore Holly defeated Test
Test got quite a bit of heat, including chants about
steroids. During Test's entrance, one fan even slapped
him after he got in the fan's face. Don't think the
guy got kicked out though. Either the slap wasn't too
hard or it was a plant. In any event, Holly got the
pin after Test's exposing of a turnbuckle backfired
and he got whipped into it, and Holly rolled him up
for the 3 count.
Sabu defeated Kevin Thorn
The usual stuff from these guys. Sabu hit all his
signature moves, and Thorn hit his rope-assiated Ace
Crusher/Stunner move. Sabu got the submission victory
with a camel clutch. After the match, Heyman's
security guards ran out and beat down Sabu, leading to
Sabu being taken to the back. Then Heyman came out for
the main event.
Main Event:
Rob Van Dam defeated Paul Heyman in an Extreme Rules
match
Before the match, RVD posed for the fans to cheers.
Heyman attemped to do the same, and was met with boos,
much to Heyman's shagrin. As expected, RVD had to
fight Heyman's security. The match mostly saw RVD
eventually fighting off the security on a few
occasions and trying to get to Heyman, only to have to
deal with the security again. Eventually, Sabu ran out
to even the odds. After RVD and Sabu took care of the
security, they beat down Heyman, and RVD hit a
Five-Star Frog Splash on Heyman through a table for
the win.
All in all, a decent show. Justin Roberts said ECW
looked forward to returning to Racine in the near
future (but with ECW house shows being put to an end
after November, so much for that I guess).
