WWE
ECW
December 18, 2007
Recap by Sassy
ECW
is being broadcast from Rochester, NY on the Sci-Fi channel.
Ringside announcers: Joey Styles and Tazz
Ring announcer: Tony Chimel
This is the first ECW since Armageddon. For those that need
to see the results, please see Monday Night Raw’s recap this week. Big Daddy V
and The World’s Strongest Man Mark Henry defeated CM Punk, ECW Champion, and
Kane.
Styles informs us that tonight it will be MVP, WWE United
States Champion, facing CM Punk, ECW Champion.
Tag
Team Match
John Morrison from Los Angeles, CA, weighing 220 lbs.
&
The Miz from Cleveland, OH, weighing 231 lbs.
WWE Tag Team Champions
Before their opponents are introduced, we see a replay of the
Tag Team champions match last week against Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang.
The champs won the match via cheating.
Vs.
Jimmy Wang Yang
&
Shannon Moore
at a combined weight of 407 lbs.
Audience favorites: I’m not sure
My favorites: Shannon Moore & Jimmy Wang Yang
Winners:
Shannon Moore & Jimmy Wang Yang
Shannon has found himself a hat! Not that I think Moore and
Yang will win but I believe they are the better team. Moore has been the bottom
of the heap for a long time and I’m not sure why. Yang is a good ring worker
as well. They would make a much
more competitive tag team than Morrison and Miz. I don’t have anything against
Morrison, however, I’m not impressed with him as a tag partner with Miz.
Commercial break in the middle of the match!
Back from commercial break.
They DID win. It’s
a shame it wasn’t a title shot. If you watched this match, you noticed what
risk takers Moore and Yang are when they are in the ring. And they work well together.
Styles reminds us about the match coming up with MVP facing
Punk. We see a replay of what happened at Armageddon and how Big Daddy V took
down Punk for the three count. It
appears that Matt Striker distracted Punk long enough for V to be able to grab
Punk when he came off the top turnbuckle and slam him to the mat for the win.
We see Punk in the locker room getting ready for his match.
Promo for the Christmas Eve Tribute to the Troops.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break.
Tazz is in the ring and he says we are going to witness a
contest, a contest with the new gold standard in WWE, Shelton Benjamin. Shelton
will be competing against Colin Delaney from Rochester, NY and Colin went to
school at East Ridge High School. Colin got a loud audience roar for the
Rochester thing but a few boos with the East Ridge thing. Tazz asks Colin if he
is a little nervous. Colin says he is nervous. Tazz asks Colin if he has any
experience. Colin says that this is his first match. So we have
Shelton Benjamin
Vs.
Colin Delaney of Rochester, NY
Audience favorite: Colin Delaney
My favorite: I’m not sure
Winner:
Shelton Benjamin
Colin appears to be smaller than Benjamin and we know from
his response that he has no experience in a professional wrestling ring. I’m
not quite certain why someone declaring that he is “the gold standard of the
WWE” would want to face a smaller wrestler with no experience in the ring. I
believe this match is what is known as a squash.
Short replay of HBK’s win over Kennedy, Jeff Hardy’s win
over Triple H, Jericho’s loss to Orton after interference by JBL and Edge’s
win over Batista and The Undertaker. It’s a promo to remind you that
Armageddon is being replayed all this week on pay per view.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, promo for Kofi Kingston who is on
his way to WWE.
Kenny Dykstra from Worcester, MA, weighing 235 lbs.
accompanied to the ring by Victoria
Vs.
Nunzio from Rockland Co., NY, weighing 170 lbs.
Audience favorite: Nunzio
My favorite: I like them both
Winner:
Kenny Dykstra
Nunzio enters the arena dressed like Santa’s elf and he
mingles with the fans before entering the ring. Nunzio is an ECW original but he gets beat every time he sets
foot in the WWE ECW ring. Perhaps WWE could find a way for Nunzio to have better
matches.
MVP promo.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we see a replay of the match
between Ric Flair and Umaga from Monday Night Raw. McMahon then announces a
career on the line match for Ric Flair on New Year’s Eve against Triple H.
MVP
WWE United States Champion
Before CM Punk is introduced, MVP takes the mic from Chimel. We assume it is so that MVP can talk about MVP because, he is after all, half man and half amazing and is better than anyone.
Vs.
CM Punk from Chicago, IL, weighing 222 lbs.
ECW Champion
Audience favorite: CM Punk
My favorite: I like them both
Winner:
CM Punk by DQ
Commercial break before the match begins.
Back from commercial break, the match has already begun –
naturally. MVP will have his hands full in this match. Punk is quick and agile
– not saying that MVP is not – but Punk is an active, fast ring worker. This
is a fairly long match and tough on Punk who worked hard at Armageddon. I’m
not certain how hard MVP worked since he walked out still the WWE United States
Champion – because he walked out and got himself disqualified. MVP has Punk
hung up in the corner and refuses to stop. The ref counts to five and
disqualifies MVP. MVP looks a little surprised that he got a DQ but he seems to
be great at doing that these days. MVP finishes up with a slam to Punk’s head
before he rolls out of the ring and exits the arena.
Punk is recuperating in the ring and who should appear to
work over a downed CM Punk but Chavo Guerrero. Chavo is the last suspended WWE
member to return to the active roster. The last part of ECW is Chavo beating
Punk and then some.
And that's all folks!
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