ECW Report for Nov 24
From Bridgeport, Connecticut
Shelton Benjamin v. Zack
Ryder
The
announcers made the point of mentioning that if Shelton wins, he becomes
the number one contender. Rosa was out with Ryder once again. Shelton
took the early advantage. He hit a suplex for an early two count. Ryder
tried a monkey flip but Shelton came out of it on his feet. Shelton
then used a Samoan drop for a near fall. Benjamin then no sold an atomic
drop and hit a body slam. Shelton hit an overhead suplex for a near
fall. Ryder got a brief advantage and headed to the top. But Benjamin
hit a kick which sent Ryder off the ropes and to the floor as the match
went to break. Returning, they showed Rosa provided a distraction on
the floor allowing Ryder to hit a leg lariat. Ryder got a near fall
off of an Irish whip. He then connected with a splash off of the middle
rope. He then hit a Superfly splash off of the top rope which got a
near fall. Benjamin then made his comeback with a Stinger splash and
a German suplex. He then caught Ryder and power bombed him in the corner.
Shelton then hit paydirt to get the win and become the number one contender.
Shelton d. Ryder, Pin, 13:02,
***.
After
the match and after another commercial break, Christian came out. He
said that there would be one tables match, one ladder match, one chairs
match (??) and one TLC match (which is the only one of the four not
for a singles championship). The champion then challenged Shelton to
a match for the ECW championship at TLC in the ladder match. He mentioned
that Shelton and he would be in every other clip of a highlight reel
of ladder matches (which isn’t much of a hyperbole). Christian then
said he wanted to steal the show at TLC. Shelton accepted and said that
he would become the new ECW champion. That has the potential to be one
of the very best WWE matches on pay-per-view this year. They also used
that as a way to build up the match as opposed to a feud as both men
are babyfaces. On a minor note, this does show the silliness of having
Shelton Benjamin losing to Zack Ryder last week on Superstars since
at the time I would wager WWE had no idea that Shelton would be the
next number one contender.
Backstage,
William Regal complained to Jackson and Kozlov that he should be the
number one contender for the championship. He gave them a pep talk about
the importance of beating Yoshi Tatsu tonight.
Vance Archer v. Alex Reynolds
This
was the same Archer squash which we have seen for weeks now with the
bonus of a reverse chin lock in the middle. He finished with the reverse
DDT as usual.
Archer squash, 2:30.
They
went to the Raw Rebound which focused on last night’s storyline which
led to Sheamus becoming the number one contender. Like many others,
I cannot say enough good things about the work Jesse Ventura did last
night. Other guest hosts have been entertaining, but Ventura is the
first one who actually helped generate interest in a pay-per-view for
me.
And
now for the antithesis of all that, it’s the Abraham Washington Show
with Matt Hardy as guest. So, apparently it’s not just “special”
Raws where the rules of the brand extension do not matter anymore. He
cracked on the fans by saying everyone looked like a dog through discussing
the film “Twilight: New Moon.” He then brought out Matt Hardy. Washington
was disappointed that it wasn’t Jeff Hardy who he had as a guest.
Matt said he was disappointed that Washington wasn’t Conan O’Brien.
This was all a plug for Matt being on the show “Scare Tactics” which
is the lead-in for ECW in the United States. Matt was actually pretty
good in his role here.
Yoshi Tatsu v. William Regal
Yoshi
got the better of a standing exchange with uppercuts and kicks. Regal
came back with an elbow out of the corner. The referee pulled Regal
off of Yoshi as he was working him over near the ropes. That allowed
Yoshi to come out of left field with his roundhouse kick for the sudden
finish. After the match, Kozlov and Jackson hit the ring and chased
Yoshi off. Regal started talking down to Jackson and Kozlov. Kozlov
pointed his finger at Jackson as if to blame him for the loss. Jackson
then hit uranages on both Kozlov and Regal to end the show. So the match
was just a precursor to lead into this angle.
Yoshi d. Regal, Pin, 2:12.
For
what it’s worth, this show was surprisingly light on wrestling this
week with only one match going more than two and a half minutes. Excluding
the time lost during commercials, there was only about 14 minutes of
wrestling on the show.
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