Wednesday, June 07, 2006
It's been a while since I last posted my thoughts on here. The reason being that I've been hard at work on another blog. But having seen tonight's WWE vs. ECW show, I had to get on here and make some comments.
All in all, I loved the show. I had a feeling going in that my already waning interest in this ECW revival was going to worsen. But that's not what happened. I think I'm beginning to warm to this new WWE ECW era.
Cena vs. Sabu surprised me. These are two of the most inconsistent wrestlers I can imagine and they managed to piece together a respectable effort. Granted it came across as a very choreographed and psychologically retarded match but the blown spots, blunders and goof ups that I anticipated were nowhere to be scene. Kudos to both Cena and Sabu.
RVD vs. Mysterio was a very solid effort. RVD showed glimpses of his past greatness and Mysterio demonstrated that he is all up for wrestling ECW style. I'm looking forward to Mysterio vs. Sabu more than ever, and given the main event on this show I'm actually looking forward to RVD vs. Cena.
The battle royal was okay for what it was. When Big Show turned on WWE and became ECW after the match, it seemed more like nWo moment than ECW. Are they planning on making The Big Show the 2006 version of 911?
Edge vs. Dreamer appeared to be decent but I was having a hard time taking it in with Lawler and Tazz having their screaming match on the head sets. Funk battering Foley after the match was definitely memorable. Funk really brought out some decent swelling on Foley's eye(probably not as much as Foley would have wanted though). Foley's face is going to look like crap come this Sunday.
Why the heck did Lawler seem to be getting the upper hand in his brawl with Tazz?Doesn't do much for one's credibility getting beaten down by Jerry Lawler.
All in all I thought the night was a success. My fire of enthusiasm is burning once again for WWE's ECW. Roll on Sunday!
As an added note, I just read on the Wrestling Observer web site that the July 4th episode of ECW on Sci-Fi will be an episode taped in Philly's ECW Arena. Totally marked out for that one. I had started thinking about what a squandered opportunity it would have been to have a house show in the birth place of ECW and not have the camera's present. Thank you WWE, I'll be watching on July 4th.
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