ECW 10/3
The ECW brand on Tuesday night put on what would have to be considered one of its best TV outings to date, complete with interesting storyline twists, and another solid main event, this time between Test and RVD in a ECW Rules match. The brand is starting to gain some momentum, and with their first brand only PPV since the new show began in just two months, they are already laying the groundwork for that show.
Of course the only down point was the constant non-stop referencing of next weeks "Ultimate Strip Poker" between head slut Kelly Kelly from ECW, and some of the other ladies from the other shows. The show seemed to come to a dead halt each and everytime that they rolled out some of the women to talk about what is sure to be a total joke next week. And of course the main course was when Kelly Kelly opened her shirt and had her breasts only covered by two playing cards. How original.
They also put forth the process of Hardcore Holly becoming a face, as he had a run-in with Paul Heyman, who got the save from Test. This was coming after last weeks unreal match with RVD, and the crowd cheering Holly for taking such a beating with a huge, and I mean huge, gash across his back. This sets up a break for Holly to heal, then comeback and have a program with Test.
The opener tag with Big Show and Matt Striker vs Sabu and Sandman was okay. The Sandman-Striker feud is already getting a bit stale, and I think both these guys are destined to be mid-carders on the roster. Sandman's open is the only reason to watch him as a wrestler, and Striker's whole gimmick is why he's even on the roster. Striker and Big Show got the win, which was fine in the end considering what the match was.
Kevin Thorn and Tommy Dreamer had a match, and that match was also just past the point of okay. I like Thorn's gimmick, but let's face the facts here that Dreamer has barley been allowed to win more than just a few matches since the brand started up again, so you knew going in what to expect here. Thorn and Ball Mahoney had a program going, but there was no real advancement here of this, nor any word if we will see them in a ring again anytime soon.
They did a push for the upcoming CM Punk and Mike Knox feud that is likely to really heat up next week. Punk beat Dann Doring in an okay match, and then afterwords Kelly Kelly was on her old strip tease stage and wanted to congratulate Punk on the win with a strip. Knox of course then got involved, blaming Punk for the whole thing, and then went to the ring to confront him, only to then go yellow and leave. The angle kind of doesn't make sense, from the regard that if you have a girlfriend, and you can clearly see week after week that she is hitting on some guy, why logically would you automatically blame the guy? Wouldn't you at least have a healthy discussion with your girl as to why she was all over this guy? Maybe they can call Dr.Phil for this one before these two have it out.
The main with RVD and Test was just off the charts. The past two weeks matches with RVD have just been outstanding, and the show is getting some serious props all over the web for its past two
weeks. The effort is there, the matches have been booked well, and for the most part, the storylines have been solid as well. Right now I am so much more looking forward to the December ECW PPV than I am Sunday's No Mercy SmackDown PPV.
