seX-Power
Guest
X-Perience Results
MATCH 1
Elijah Burke def. Super Crazy
(Extreme Rules)
MATCH 2
Ricky Ortiz def. Stevie Richards & Jamie Noble & Gavin Spears & Jesse & DH Smith & Kenny Dykstra & Curt Hawkins
(8 Man Battle Royale)
MATCH 3
Evan Bourne +Shantelle Taylor def. Kevin Thorn +Lena Yada
(Mixed Tag Team)
ECW Week 2
Styles- Welcome one and all to another edition of-
Tazz- ECW baby! And we have a phenomenal show ahead of us today.
Styles- Up first though, we will see RVD make a statement regarding Sabu’s uncalled-for attack on him last week, and then Rob will take on our resident Italian, Little Guido!
Tazz- I always thought you were Italian, Joey.
Styles- And I thought you were a nice person on the inside Tazz, but people make mistakes.
Rob Van Dam begins the show in the ring.
RVD- All of you know why I am out here now, all of you saw what happened last week. But don’t worry Sabu, I am not out here to whine and moan, I am not even out here to force answers out of you. Rather, I am here to say sorry. I am sorry for your mistreatment over the years and I am sorry for taking your spotlight. I never realised that you were so upset, and now I realise that as a friend. I didn’t look out for you. So there, I am sorry for the past. But Sabu, we are men, and we forgive and forget. That attack last week was uncalled for. If you want my respect, ask for it. If you want a shot at my title, say it to my face. We are men. That’s why I came here to apologise and I only hope that you have the decency to return the favor. I am asking you out of the bottom of my heart to just say sorry and let us be friends again. We managed to be friends for 20 years. Why stop that now?
He drops the microphone and warms up for his match.
Styles- Why is RVD apologizing? He was the one attacked!
Tazz- Why wouldn’t he apologize? He has disrespected Sabu throughout his whole career. I mean, I don’t like him being attacked but he cant expect years of treating his friend like dirt to go unnoticed.
Styles- I still disagree Tazz, but right now, all RVD should be focusing on is his match with Little Guido.
MATCH 1
Little Guido v Rob Van Dam
(Single)
Guido extends his arm for a handshake. RVD goes to shake it but Guido hits a cheap punch to the face on him. He follows it up with a chop and then goes to Irish whip him, only to be pulled himself into the corner turnbuckle. RVD runs to the corner and hits a dropkick, making Guido sink down. He pushes him into the centre of the ring and ascends the top rope. However Guido stumbles to his feet, taking away any chance of hitting the Five Star Frog Splash. Instead, he jumps and hits a diving kick on the Italian. Van Dam covers, 1.....2..... Kick out.
RVD then gets up and runs to the other side of the ring, bouncing off the ropes. He does a roll and a flip and goes to finish the rolling thunder, but Guido moves out of the way and RVD crashes back first onto the ground. He winces in pain and gets rolled up with a handful of tights, 1.....2..... He rolls backwards and onto his feet, before hitting a hard dropkick to the face of Guido. He bounces of the ropes again and takes a forward roll into a splash, this time hitting the rolling thunder! He goes back up to the top rope but Guido gets up as well. RVD is about to jump, but Guido runs into the ropes, shaking them and making RVD fall down and crotch himself on the corner.
Guido walks to he second rope, grabs his head, and land a DDT that sends RVD right to the floor below. Guido then goes up to the top rope and waits for Van Dam to get up. RVD gets to his knees and Guido jumps for the Sicilian Slice, but RVD dodges and Guido crashes and burns on the canvas. For the third time, RVD goes to the top rope, this time jumping up to the top with one leap. He is about to jump but then sees Sabu running down the ramp with a chair. RVD climbs down onto the apron and jumps at Sabu, but he throws the chair and hits Van Dam mid air, sending him to the ground. Seeing this, the referee calls for the bell as the beat down continues on the outside.
WINNER- Rob Van Dam by DISQUALIFICATION in 4:54
Styles- Oh come on! This is sick!
Tazz- This, Joey, is what ECW is all about. And it’s not over just yet!
Sabu continues the beat down and hits RVD straight in the back with the chair. He places it above his chest before climbing onto the barricade, and hitting a leg drop, sending the steel right into the heart of Van Dam. Steel chair in hand, he grabs a microphone.
Sabu- You want an apology? Here’s your apology!
He grabs a chair and swings it, clocking RVD in the head and busting him open. Sabu leaves the bloody mess that is Rob Van Dam sprawled out on the ramp.
Styles- It seems that all Sabu wants to do to RVD is inflict pain on him.
Tazz- That’s true. All Sabu wants to do is to make Rob suffer, and he’s been pretty successful so far.
Styles- This definitely isn’t over.
Tazz- And you have to wonder if it will spill over into a match for RVD’s ECW Championship.
Styles- I sure hope not. Sabu deserves nothing after the things he’s done.
***COMMERCIAL***
John Morrison’s music plays and he and the Miz walk down to the ring with a cocky strut.
Styles- Oh no, not these two!
Tazz- Respect the Miz and John Morrison, they are the future of ECW Joey, you know it.
Styles- I do know it, I just hate their arrogance.
Miz- ECW just got better…
Morrison- Hotter…
Miz- Richer…
Morrison- Sexier…
Miz- Spectacular-ar…
Morrison- What?
Miz- Umm… it doesn’t matter. What we are saying is that just by being here; we are raising the status of ECW. Check the ratings after today, and we guarantee that any segment with us will be the most viewed portion of the show.
Morrison- And let’s face it, that’s no real surprise. You people are gazing upon greatness and the Chick magnet and the Tuesday Night Delight are what make ECW so successful.
Miz- And tonight, all we came out here for is to let you people see what it is like to be successful. We just came out here to let you people see how lucky you are, just being in the same building as us.
Morrison- Hey, the whole world is lucky that they are on the same planet as us.
Miz- Take a lot at us and you take a look at perfection. Tie your women down so they don’t follow us home and please, prevent yourselves from drooling when you see our gorgeous physiques.
Morrison- Yeah, take a look at these abs.
Miz- Indeed John, and as you can see-
Tommy Dreamer’s music plays and he and the Sandman come out onto the stage.
Tazz- This here, this is rude.
Styles- Finally someone can stop this display of self indulgence.
Tazz- These ECW Originals sure don’t look happy!
Dreamer- Enough!
Sandman- You two queers are lucky I’m not going Singapore cane on your asses right now.
Morrison- Wow, look it’s the arrival of the veterans club. What are you gonna do about us, throw lawn bowls at us? Please people, let the future of the business handle the show and-
Dreamer- Shut up! We’re sick of you two thinking that you are the highlights of ECW. Well the E in ECW stands for Extreme and that is what we personify. So, we are challenging you both to a match right here right now.
Miz- Hey, you don’t just get a match against us. You have to deserve it; you can’t just demand to be beaten by us.
Morrison- Yeah Tommy, maybe we’ll give you a match once you figure out how to wrestle a match without using weapons. Do you even know what a headlock is? And Sandman, try challenging us when you lose that beer gut and when you doing something without that stick you call your only friend.
Dreamer- You boys are the reason that ECW is being ruined. Your fur coats, Ferraris and flamboyancies are what is killing the name of extreme. And trust me, the entire roster support us and agree.
A voice is heard from behind where Dreamer is on the stage.
Voice- Not everybody…
Styles- Who was that?
Tazz- I think it’s-
Kevin Steen and Mark Henry step out to face Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman.
Henry- On the contrary, we think that people like you are what is killing ECW. You are weighing the brand down by acting like its 10 years ago. The Miz and John Morrison are right. You two are sorry excuses for wrestlers and put my brand to shame.
Sandman- What are you gonna do about it?
Steen- We’re gonna play extreme.
Mark Henry suddenly runs into Dreamer and knocks him to the floor. He takes a Singapore Cane shot from the Sandman but then Kevin Steen hits the Sandman with a Package Piledriver! Mark Henry then recovers and hits a Splash on Dreamer who is on the floor. They pose and turn around to leave but turn right into Chris Harris and Finlay, who has a shillelagh in his hand.
Tazz- Oh no.
Styles- I’m pretty Kevin Steen and Mark Henry didn’t want to run into these two right now.
Finlay- Forget last week?
Harris- We haven’t!
Finlay- And we still want more revenge!
Henry- But you already got your rev-
Harris- Do you think we care?
Finlay strikes Mark Henry with the Shillelagh while Harris hits the Catatonic on Steen. They beat them down with fists and weapons until the Miz and John Morrison run from the ring to make the save. All 8 men are now brawling on the stage and this prompts the General Manager Theodore Long to walk out.
Long- Playas, you wanna stop with the fighting? I can see that all eight of you are hungry for a fight and that’s what I’m gonna give y’all. Right now, we’re gonna see an 8 man tag team match. It will be Chris Harris, Finlay, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman, against Kevin Steen, Mark Henry, John Morrison and the Miz. Holla playas now get to the ring.
All 8 men make their way to the ring, without taking their eyes off each other. The two teams then go to the opposite sides of the apron and wait for the match to begin.
Tazz- I love our general manager Joey, you just don’t know what he will think of next.
Styles- These 8 men will go all out.
Tazz- And you just wonder how the overlapping rivalries will play out.
Styles- A great match announced, and it starts right now.
MATCH 2
Kevin Steen +Mark Henry +The Miz +John Morrison v Chris Harris +Finlay +Tommy Dreamer +The Sandman
(8 Man Tag Team)
Finlay and the Miz begin in the ring. They lock up, and Finlay gets the upper hand with a hammerlock. He wrenches the arm of the Miz and then pulls him back before hitting a clubbing lariat to the back of his head. Finlay then boots the back of the crawling Miz, sending him onto his stomach. He then steps over him and goes to put him in a camel clutch, but Miz turns over and catches him with a punch to the face. Miz throws Finlay off him and starts to crawl over to his corner for a tag. Finlay gets back up and grabs the Miz’s foot, but then John Morrison reaches over the apron and catches Finlay with a punch. The referee doesn’t notice this and Finlay falls back, as the Miz makes a tag to Mark Henry who smiles upon entering the ring with Finlay.
Henry immediately goes to lock in the Bearhug on Finlay but the fighting Irishman elbows Henry over his shoulder before he has a chance to put him in the hold. Finlay then catches Mark with a forearm to the face and then a lariat as Henry staggers backwards. Finlay then bounces off the ropes and lands a running seated senton to Henry’s chest. He then gets back up and goes to his corner where he tags in the Sandman. The Sandman runs in flailing his Singapore cane around but then Tommy Dreamer snatches it from him before he gets the team disqualified. Sandman looks slightly disdainful but nevertheless walks back over to Henry, who he immediately nails with a fistdrop. Sandman then goes up to the second rope, and flies back down with a leg drop to Henry’s midsection.
Sandman then picks Mark and goes to Irish whip him, but Henry reverses and Sandman is sent back first into the corner. Henry runs for a back splash but Sandman lifts his legs up and dropkicks him in the back of the head. Henry looks hurt, but also angrier and he goes for the same move once again. This time Sandman dodges to the side so Henry runs himself back first into the turnbuckle. Sandman then hits him with a dropkick the jaw before getting back up and nailing him with a running bulldog from the corner to the centre of the ring, where Henry is now spread out. Sandman then goes up to the top rope and lands the Rolling Rock!
Tommy Dreamer is then tagged in and he immediately goes for the cover, 1.....2..... Kevin Steen runs in and breaks up the count. Dreamer pushes him away and Steen begins to fume, but Miz pulls him away before he attacks Dreamer and causes a disqualification. Dreamer looks back to Henry who is in the process on getting up. He lifts him up and nails him with a toe kick, before hitting a Black Russian Leg Sweep. Dreamer then lifts Henry up again and goes for a DDT but he struggles to put the colossal Henry in a headlock. Henry then uses his sheer power to hit him with a push, to which the ECW original replies with a running forearm. He hits some punches, an uppercut and another forearm to Henry but he just can’t take him down with such offense. He decides to bounce off the ropes to gain more momentum, but as he reaches the ropes, John Morrison, who is on the apron, sticks out his leg and kicks Dreamer in the back. The referee doesn’t see this and as Dreamer staggers forward, clutching his back, Henry hits him with a running lariat. He then tags in Morrison to get a fresh team member in the ring.
Morrison goes immediately over to Dreamer, pulling back his hand and then measuring Dreamer before executing a huge right hand right in the temple of Dreamer. Following on from this, Morrison waits until Dreamer is seated before hitting a low roundhouse kick in the exact same place as the punch. Morrison continues to target Dreamer’s right temple, lifting him up and hitting a European uppercut, before sending him back down with a dropkick. Morrison goes for the Moonlight Drive, but Dreamer reverses it into an arm drag. Morrison gets up quickly and hits a step-up enzugiri to the very same temple of Dreamer. He then walks back to his corner and tags in Kevin Steen.
Steen runs in and knees Dreamer in the head before picking him up, only to bringing him back down to the canvas with a lariat. Steen then hits a standing double foot stomp, before going to the second rope. He goes for another two foot jumping stomp, but this time Dreamer rolls out of the way. Steen lands hard and rubs his knees, but then is caught with a leg sweep from Dreamer. Tommy crawls to his corner and reaches out for a tag, but before his hand can be slapped, Steen grabs his leg and pulls him back into the centre of the ring. Both men get up and Steen goes for a superkick and nails Dreamer right in the face, but then Tommy falls towards his corner, when Chris Harris tags himself in, wanting to get in the ring with Steen.
They go face to face in the ring ad then Steen slaps Harris in the face, before trotting over to his partners and tagging in Mark Henry. Henry runs towards Harris, but Chris moves and Mark collides with his opposition’s corner, where Finlay gets a cheap punch to his face. From this, Henry falls back, right into a roll up from Harris, 1.....2..... The Miz runs into the ring breaks up the pin. Finlay tags himself in and rushes into the ring to take out the Miz but then is floored with a dropkick from John Morrison. All eight participants rush into the ring, and the referee is struggling amongst the chaos. Suddenly, Chris Harris hits Mark Henry with the Catatonic and he bumps into the referee, knocking him down.
There is brawling everywhere around the ring, with all eight men beating each other down. Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman take Mark Henry out of the ring with a double clothesline over the top rope. Harris then hits Steen with a Catatonic as he is resting on the ropes, and it sends both of them through to the floor. Finlay gets out of the ring to pummel Mark Henry with his shillelagh. The Miz and John Morrison then help each other throw the Sandman out of the ring. They then focus on Tommy Dreamer. The Miz hits half of the Reality Check and then John Morrison bounces off the ropes and hits jumping roundhouse to Dreamer. He turns around but then takes a shillelagh shot from Finlay, who then also hits Miz. He hits Morrison again in the face and then throws away the weapon, before making a cover. The referee recovers and looks at Finlay making the pin. 1.....2.....3 Finlay and his team win this chaotic match!
WINNERS- Chris Harris +Finlay +Tommy Dreamer +The Sandman by PINFALL in 16:12
Styles- That was a chaotic match with an ever chaotic-er ending!
Tazz- Sometimes I don’t know what you’re talking about Joey.
***COMMERCIAL***
General Manager Theodore Long’s office is shown, with him and Matt Hardy standing inside.
Long- What’re you here for, Matt?
Hardy- Well Teddy, I have been quite disappointed since I had to relinquish my title through injury. I never really got another title shot, and, well… I thought that this would be a good time to try and get one.
Long- Sorry playa, but this ain’t the best time you could have asked. I was planning on giving the next title shot to Sabu.
Styles- Oh no, this is-
Tazz- Shut up and listen!
Hardy- But what has he done to deserve a title shot?
Long- He showed me how passionate he is and showed me how much he hated the champion. I can’t approve his actions but I have to admit that they took heart.
Hardy- But anyone could have gone and attacked Rob, that’s hardly anything to be proud of, that’s bull-
Long- Sorry Matt, but I’ve already made my decision. Maybe next time you’ll be luckier.
Hardy- Whatever…
The camera suddenly shifts to the locker room where Sabu is beating up RVD. Sabu throws him into the locker, before beating him down with a steel chair.
Long- Aw hell no, that’s it! I can’t sit back and watch my champion get beaten down like this. Sabu is going to have to work for his title shot, screw putting my main man in jeopardy like this. Matt, you’re in luck after all. Because tonight, it is going to be you taking on Sabu in a Number One Contendership match for the ECW Championship.
Hardy- Thanks Teddy, I won’t let myself down.
Hardy smiles and walks off.
Long- And somebody get security to backstage!
A man standing near Long’s office runs away and then the camera cuts back to the locker room, where Sabu is now being held away from Van Dam by referees. The champion lies there, beaten and bloodied.
Styles- Not again! Sabu just can’t get enough of making Rob Van Dam feel pain.
Tazz- You should be over the moon Joey, did you miss Teddy’s announcement? Now Sabu isn’t going to get a title shot just like that. He’ll have to go through Matt Hardy, who is as determined as him.
Styles- I guess that’s a good thing Tazz, and it should be a great match as well.
Tazz- But so should the match happening right now, featuring ECW’s own beautiful women!
MATCH 3
Christy Hemme v Eve Torres
(Single)
Torres goes to lock up with Hemme but takes a boot to the gut. She bends over in pain as Hemme hits a fame asser, sending Eve’s face into the canvas. Hemme kicks her onto her stomach, before hitting a leg drop on her face, with the intention of breaking her nose. Christy then picks her up and goes to slap her in the face, but Eve kicks her backwards and then runs towards her, tackling her and taking her down with a Lou Thesz press. She slaps Hemme across the face on the ground, so Christy throws her off her and both women get up simultaneously. Hemme then runs and goes for a clothesline but Torres ducks and rolls her up, 1.....2..... Hemme kicks out and gets to her feet in a state of anger.
Eve runs towards her, but Christy grabs her by the hair and uses her momentum to fling her across the ring. Hemme walks over to her and picks her up, before again grabbing her by the hair, and this time delivering a sitting facebuster, pummeling Eve’s nose right into the ground. Hemme then boots Eve in the back of the head, before rolling her over and grinding her shoe on Eve’s nose, leaving her bleeding from the nostrils. Christy then goes up to the second rope, before lifting her leg up and falling in the splits, hitting the Guillotine Leg Drop. She has Eve’s blood on her legs and wipes it off. She then picks Torres up and slaps her brutally in the face, getting her own blood on her cheek. Hemme laughs maniacally before covering. 1.....2.....3 Christy’s streak continues.
WINNER- Christy Hemme by PINFALL in 3:38
Tazz- Christy Hemme stays undefeated, and is just brutalizing her own competition.
Styles- What kind of sick person makes their opponent taste their own blood?
Tazz- An ambitious person Joey, you can just tell Christy will be going places in no time.
***COMMERCIAL***
Chavo Guerrero walks down to the ring with his bodyguard Bam Neely.
Chavo- Escuche...
Bam- Listen!
Chavo- We are not only out here to participate in our tag team match against Kazarian and Colt Cabana. We are also here to send a message to the Lightweight Champion and to his... jester. Listen Kazarian, Bam and I, we are simple men. We go to work every day, we win, and we go home as proud amigos. We let our victories silence our opponents when all is said and done. We are deserving men as well. We fight, and we nearly always come out on top. I am a former ECW Champion, come on, this is a step down. I could be challenging for bigger and better things, but I am challenging you because nothing would please me more than beating your undeserving ass. Do you think you can just waltz in to my company and take a title from a worthy ECW superstar? I don’t think so. You may happy now with your fool’s gold, but at Backlash, I will get the last laugh. And your little lackey, Colt Cabana. Well, let’s just say that Bam over here will enjoy nothing more than inflicting endless pain on you tonight.
Bam- You’re both just going to become victims.
Chavo- Si amigo. Trust me Kaz, you and your little bitch will both fall to us tonight, and there is nothing you can do a-
Kazarian’s music plays and he and Colt Cabana step out onto the stage, before walking down to the ring. They get in and go to the opposite side of where Chavo and Bam are.
Cabana- You know what, Bam?
Bam- What?
Cabana- Tonight, I would like a mince meat pie. But I wouldn’t like it as much as a win against you. It could have happened last week, but I guess you’re going to hold off losing for tonight. And after I win, I’m going to enjoy my pie. And guess what? You’re not going to get any.
Chavo- What the hell are you on about?
Colt goes to talk but Kazarian quickly stops him and insists that he does the talking.
Kazarian- I could be asking you the same question Chavo. You’ve been coming out here tonight and making out that you are the best that ECW has to offer. I don’t know, maybe you ate a funny taco that gave you a boost of confidence, because you are pretty cocky for an undeserving son of a-
Chavo- Excuse me, are you calling me undeserving? I haven’t heard such hypocrisy since... since...
Kazarian- Please Chavo, stop, you’re embarrassing yourself, and if you continue in this matter then this embarrassment will continue at Backlash as well, when I beat you.
Chavo- Que? I’m sorry, but the only embarrassed people at Backlash will be your fans, once they realise that the man they falsely idolize is a failure. I can’t wait for the disappointment they will have once their hero loses their title.
Kazarian- The fans know they can believe in me, and trust me guys, I will not let you down at Backlash, or tonight!
Kazarian points to the crowd and cheers but is suddenly attacked with the microphone from behind by Chavo. Cabana and Neely get involved, prompting a referee to come down and force the teams onto separate sides for their match.
Styles- Things are heating up between Chavo and Kaz, and I can’t wait for things to culminate in their title match at Backlash.
Tazz- Please, let’s focus on their tag team match now, which should be just as good.
MATCH 4
Chavo Guerrero +Bam Neely v Kazarian +Colt Cabana
(Tag Team)
The two men facing each other for the Light Heavyweight Championship at backlash begin the match. Kazarian goes to lock up but Chavo catches him with a quick hip toss. Kazarian lands on his feet and goes for a spinning heel kick, but Chavo ducks and grabs his leg. He then hoists it upwards, causing Kazarian to flip backwards. However, Kaz manages to turn a full rotation and gets back to his feet, having just completed a Backflip. This time Chavo outstretches his arm to lock up, but Kazarian grabs it and twists Guerrero around into a hammerlock. Kazarian wrenches on the arm, but Chavo ducks under his arm and gets back to facing Kazarian. Kaz then pulls on Chavo’s arm and Irish whips him into the corner. He then runs up and delivers a dropkick to Chavo’s face. Guerrero sinks down as the champ goes and tags in Cabana.
Cabana sees Chavo slumped in the corner and runs full force towards him, hitting the flying apple. He then paces back, before running again, this time hitting a bronco buster. He pounds Chavo with his body until the Mexican superstar pushes forward into a pin. Chavo then puts his feet on the ropes, 1.....2..... Cabana then throws Chavo over him to break it up. Cabana then gets up along with Chavo and whips him into the turnbuckle. Chavo walks groggily forward after the impact and takes a snapmare from Colt. Cabana then rebounds off the opposite ropes and hits a low lariat to the seated Chavo. Cabana picks him up and picks him up into a vertical suplex position, before planting him down so that he is hung up on the ropes. Cabana goes for the Lake Shore Drive, but Chavo wriggles back down onto the outside apron, and pulls Cabana down into the top rope, sending him rebounding him back onto the canvas.
From the outside, Chavo climbs back onto the apron and then straight to the top rope. He signals for a possible Frog Splash but Cabana notices this and quickly is able to get up. As Cabana catches his breath, Chavo goes for a diving crossbody but Colt moves away and Guerrero is forced to roll through. Chavo rolls back up onto his feet and as he is already running in that direction, he uses his momentum to climb the opposite corner. He climbs to the top and it about to turn around, but then Cabana gets behind him and lifts him into back suplex position. He is about to drop Chavo, but then the move is suddenly reversed into a tornado DDT by Chavo. Guerrero gets up and then tags in Bam Neely.
Neely rushes in and moves in on Cabana, booting him in the chest with his left foot. He then hits a falling elbow drop, before getting up and hitting another one. He then proceeds to get up and hit two more. He then goes for a fifth one, but this one is preceded with various taunts, and when he completes it he stays in the cover. 1.....2..... Cabana kicks out at two. Neely picks him up and does a full rotation, before hitting a sidewalk slam. He then leaves Colt lying on the canvas in pain, before hitting a running leg drop on him. He picks Cabana up, and Irish whips him into the ropes. Cabana runs back and ducks under Neely who is going for a lariat, before rebounding off the opposite ropes. Cabana runs back again, and stretches his arm out for a lariat, but Bam Neely grabs it and twists Cabana into a full nelson.
Neely keeps the full nelson locked in and shakes Cabana around to make him lose energy. Neely goes for the Full Nelson Bam, but Cabana does not allow the move to happen, and kicks his leg back into Bam’s abdomen to make him break the submission. Cabana stretches his arms and groggily turns around, right into a Running Big Boot from big Bam Neely! Neely covers, 1.....2..... Kick out! Neely looks disappointed and goes to tag in his partner. Chavo comes in and goes right at Cabana, hitting a knee thrust to his chest. He then lifts Colt off the floor by his collar, before violently slamming him back down again, leaving his head to bounce of the canvas like a basketball. Chavo then chokes out Cabana, forcing the ref to count this illegal maneuver. 1...2...3... Chavo releases and gets up, before delivering another boot to Cabana’s throat. Chavo then walks casually up to the top rope. He then beats his chest and flails his arm before jumping for the Frog Splash. He is about to make impact but then Cabana manages to roll out of the way and tag in Kazarian.
Kazarian enters the match like a man possessed and kicks Chavo, who is recovering from the missed aerial maneuver, in the stomach. He sees Bam running in to the match but takes him out with a dropkick. Kaz gets back up and picks up Chavo as well, before hitting the Flux Capacitor! He then tags in Colt Cabana and points to the top rope. Colt gets up and then Kaz picks up Chavo. Kazarian goes for the Wave of the Future, but then on the top rope, Cabana is knocked down by Bam Neely. Kazarian approaches the corner, but then Bam Neely, who is on the apron, catches him with a punch to the face. Kazarian staggers back and it is revealed that Bam is wearing brass knuckles, which he quickly stashes away in his tights. Chavo then manages to roll up Kaz with a handful of tights. 1.....2.....3 Chavo and Bam win!
WINNERS- Chavo Guerrero +Bam Neely by PINFALL in 15:47
Styles- Brass Knuckles? This is awful; I hate it when people use these dirty tactics.
Tazz- Why? What’s wrong with people taking advantage of people to get the win?
Styles- It’s just wrong, damn it!
Matt Hardy is backstage for an interview with Todd Grisham.
Grisham- Matt, tonight you have the opportunity to get a chance at the title you never rightfully lost.
Hardy- That’s right. I never truly lost that ECW Championship and it crushed me inside. That injury may have been the single most disappointing thing that happened in my life. I lost all my momentum and all my glory on the day I had to hand the title in to Teddy Long. From that day I have still not been able to get up from the slump I found myself in, but today I have my chance. I am going to utilize that chance completely and win.
Grisham- What are your thoughts on the current champion RVD?
Hardy- I can honestly say that after I had to relinquish my title, I don’t think there would have been a more fitting person on ECW to be the next champion than Rob Van Dam. This man emphasizes all that ECW is, and he is doing the brand good. However, after I win tonight, I will beat him as well and take the title that never should have left me.
Grisham- And what do you have to say to Sabu for your match up next?
Hardy- I don’t really have that much to say apart from this. Sabu, remember these words: I will not die, and tonight, I will not lose.
Grisham- Strong words there from a determined superstar.
Hardy turns to walk away but suddenly from off camera a chair is thrown at him. It misses and hits the wall next to him, leaving both Hardy and Todd puzzled.
Styles- I think Sabu was trying to start the fight before he started the match right there.
Tazz- Both of the wrestlers in our main event seem really pumped, I just don’t know who will win.
Styles- All I know is that it will be a hell of a contest, and it will happen right after the break.
***COMMERCIAL***
MATCH 5
Number One Contender to the ECW Championship
Sabu v Matt Hardy
(Single)
The two men vying for number one contendership lock up and Matt takes Sabu down with a side headlock. He pulls on Sabu’s neck, but Sabu twists himself out of the hold. Hardy then goes to reapply the submission but Sabu counters with an elbow strike to the back of Hardy’s head. Sabu then Irish whips Matt but turns it into a drop toe hold, thereby planting Hardy face first on the canvas. Sabu then stands over Hardy and goes to lock in a camel clutch, but Hardy rolls onto his stomach and pushes Sabu away. Matt then gets up and hits a hard right hand, with a 360 degree spin added before it for momentum. He applies another side headlock, this time following it through with a snapmare. He keeps applying the hold to Sabu, who is now seated, and then let’s go, before delivering a dropkick to the centre of Sabu’s back.
Hardy then gets Sabu back in the seated position, before pressing his knee into his spine and pulling his arms backwards. Sabu screams at the vast pain his chest and back are experiencing, and tries to shake himself free, but he can not do so, being the smaller man. Hardy then wrenches even harder, before moving his knee away and pulling Sabu’s arms, making him slam back first into the canvas. Hardy goes for a cover but Sabu immediately kicks out before the referee can even start counting. Hardy then picks him up and goes to clothesline him back down, but Sabu ducks. Sabu then goes to Irish whip Hardy but Matt uses his superior strength to pull Sabu through, right into the corner. He then runs towards the turnbuckle and hits a clothesline, before turning around and hitting a running clutch bulldog on Sabu.
Hardy then goes to the top rope and stands up facing the crowd, who go wild at the possibility of a moonsault. Hardy is about to jump for the Backflip, but then Sabu comes up behind him and hits a forearm to the back, making him slip down. Hardy ends up seated on the corner and Sabu punches him in the back again, before pulling him down into the tree of woe position. Sabu then lands a few more punches to the defenseless Hardy, and then a low boot to his open face and chest. Sabu then walks back towards the opposite corner, before running back and hitting a low dropkick to the face of Hardy, who can not stop the blow. The impact of this move sends Hardy sinking to the floor, where he lays slumped on his stomach.
Sabu then stands over him again and goes for a camel clutch, this time successfully locking in the submission. Sabu hooks Matt’s arms behind his legs as well to increase the pressure. He screams ‘tap out’ to Hardy while pulling even harder on his chin, putting an enormous strain on his neck and chest. The man that will not die then suddenly finds some life in him, shaking his arms and trying to break the hold. The crowd gets behind him and claps for him to get up, but then Sabu ruins this attempted comeback by slamming Hardy’s face forward in the ground. Having broken the hold, Sabu goes to cover Matt. 1.....2..... Hardy gets his foot on the rope. The referee sees this and Sabu does not know why the count was stopped. He gets up and is about to take a swing at the ref, but then he stops as the referee explains what just happened.
Sabu is furious at what he has found out and turns around, right into a punch to the gut from Hardy. Hardy connects with another punch to the stomach, and gets to his knees. Sabu goes to kick him down but Matt takes him down with a leg drag. Matt gets to his feet now and rebounds off the ropes, taking the recovering Sabu down with a clothesline. Sabu gets back up and walks right into a hard right hand. Hardy Irish whips him into the ropes but bouncing back, Sabu ducks a clothesline. Sabu rebounds off the opposite ropes and goes for a clothesline of his own but Hardy ducks under his arm, before hooking it and hitting the Side Effect! Hardy covers, 1.....2..... No, kick out!
Now Hardy goes to the top rope and waits until Sabu is almost on his feet. He then does the V1 taunt before screaming ‘Aaah’ and coming down with an elbow to the back of the head. Sabu rolls out of the ring after taking the move, wanting no more punishment from Hardy. As Sabu recovers on the outside of the ring, Matt goes to the edge of the ropes. The crowd gets on their feet to then watch Hardy springboard himself off the top rope, only for Sabu to dodge the incoming crossbody. Hardy crashes onto the floor below, obviously in pain. Sabu then picks him up and backs him into the ring apron, before rolling him into the ring. From the outside, Sabu climbs on the apron and goes straight to the top rope. He then jumps and hits the Arabian Facecrusher, brutalizing Hardy with the vicious leg drop to the back of the head. We then see Rob Van Dam step out on the apron to view what looks like it will be a victory for the man that betrayed him. Sabu then turns Matt over and covers him, revealing that Hardy’s nose is bloody. 1.....2.....3 Sabu is the new number one contender. The show ends with him staring down RVD on the ramp.
WINNER- Sabu by PINFALL in 12:03
Tazz- So it’s official. Sabu will take on Rob Van Dam for the ECW Championship. I knew this would happen from the beginning.
Styles- So there is no stopping this match now? Oh well, I can still hope that RVD keeps his title away from that slimy dog Sabu.
Tazz- Nevertheless, now that we know what match will be happening, tune in next week to see what will happen until we get to that epic encounter!
