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THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY FOR ECW HARDCORE HEAVEN
As you may have realised by now, I'm trying to cover
all the big three's PPV's in this
'Good, Bad and Ugly' format. I'll try and get the
reports out about a day after the
event. If I get around to it I might even start doing
some of the older PPV's. Well all I
can say is; I hope you enjoy them...
INTRODUCTION
Van Dam's back, Van Dam's back, VAN DAM IS BACK! Sorry
just had to get that off
my chest. The main event is set for a Justin
Credible-Tommy Dreamer-Lance Storm
triangle match. My expectations are pretty high for
this one, although I don't really
agree with the placement of Tommy Dreamer. The
Credible-Storm feud is well
documented, and centres around Credible dumping his
share, of his and Storm's tag
belts, in a trash can. As well as that we have the
aforementioned return of RVD, as
he takes on long term rival Jerry Lynn. Will line get
his much deserved victory over
undefeated Van Dam? All will be revealed...
THE GOOD
Jerry Lynn defeats Rob Van Dam. It took a long time,
but finally Jerry Lynn has
won a pinfall victory over Rob Van Dam. This is a
fitting end (if it is the end) to a long
and personal feud. This match, needless to say, had
it's incredible high spots.
Unneedless to say it actually had better match flow
compared to your usual RVD
spot fest. One downside to the match was it's serious
over booking (about five guys
came to interfere in as many minutes). What, do they
think these two can't carry a
match on their own? Scotty Anton interjected himself,
at the end, to push RVD off the
turn buckle, which enabled Lynn to get his much
deserved pin. Good stuff, and finally
RVD has been defeated.
Masato Tanaka. Great to see this hot talent back in
America, and ECW. He curtain
jerked along with Balls Mahoney, but still made the
match worthwhile. You can't
exactly expect much of a match from Balls, but Tanaka
carried him to a respectable
match with a good finish. Wow, amazingly stiff
chairshots, by both men, added to
Tanaka's reputation as a versatile and important
wrestler for ECW. EC dub need to
hang onto Tanaka for dear life!
Steve Corino. Here's a guy who is fast becoming one
of THE best all round talents
in the world! Not only can he wrestle or good match,
but he proved tonight that he
can brawl and do an AMAZING blade job. This one was
defiantly on the Muta scale.
Great performance.
THE BAD
The New Jack-Da Baldies brawl. This was didn't
really do that much for me. So
New Jack comes out with a trash can full of goodies,
then he proceeds to whack the
living hell out of just about everyone in the ring,
after Baldies match. Jack takes his
trademark balcony leap. It's a big one this time,
though, it's got to be at least 15 feet.
Justin Credible's Title reign. This just doesn't
make sense! It strikes me as the
kind of thing WCW would do. WCW did exactly the same
with Jeff Jarrett. ECW
have taken a wrestler, who was not bred for it yet,
and put the world title on him. I
know ECW are a bit short of talented guys right know,
and have had a lot of let
downs, but they need to put their world title around
the waist of someone who can
carry the company. This man should be Raven.
THE UGLY
Electra. Euer...Gross.
THE TOP PERFORMERS
1. Steve Corino - Fast becoming ECW's greatest
talents. How long is it before the
WWF, or WCW snap him up?
2. Tajiri - Great worker. Strong all round wrestler.
It doesn't matter whether this guys
a baby face or heel, he always delivers.
3. Masato Tanaka - Great to see this guy back. Another
of ECW's finest all round
talents.
THE RATINGS
Here's what I thought of all the matches, ranked from
top to bottom.
1. Steve Corino vs. Tajiri - ***1/2
2. Ballz Mahoney vs. Masato Tanaka - ***1/4
3. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn - ***
4. Simon Diamond vs. Mikey Whipwreck vs. Little Guido **3/4
5. Justin Credible vs. Lance Storm - **
6. Kid Kash vs. C.W. Anderson - *3/4
7. The Baldies vs. Danny Doring/Roadkill vs. Nova/Chris Chett - *1/2
8. New Jack vs. Da Baldies - *
9. Rhino vs. Sandman - DUD
THE BOTTOM LINES
Not a bad ECW PPV overall, but it is still lacking
from some of the greatness that
inspired last years spectacular; Anarchy Rulz. Steve
Corino vs. Tajiri stole the show,
with Ballz vs. Tanaka not far behind. Great
performances with all concerned visibly
busting their asses to give the fans a good show. Some
matches were pretty low
rated but the top three matches and the sports
entertainment pieces were enough to
grant it a three star rating, in my mind.
Overall Show Rating: ***
Chris "Snowman" Anderson
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