Air Date: 12/15/09 - Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas The Hurricane d. the Ripper Ezekiel Jackson d. Vladimir Kozlov Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta d. Jorge Arias & Julio Cruz Kane d. Zack Ryder For detailed results, go here
Taping Date: 12/20/09 Air Date: 12/22/09 - Amway Arena - Orlando, Florida Segment where Jack Swagger comes out and promises to be the next ECW Champion Zack Ryder pins Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer dominated most of the match The Abraham Washington Show with guests Trent Baretta and Caylon Croft. Washington makes Tiger Woods jokes before introducing Croft & Baretta. They try to draw heat but get very little. These guys need more mic work Backstage segment with Christian and Yoshi Tatsu. Swagger interrupts and accuses Christian of trying to "coach" Yoshi. Swagger says it will do him no good becuase he says he will "steamroll" through Yoshi tonight and then beat Christian for the ECW title. Yoshi calls Swagger a jackass after he walks away Vance Archer pins Goldust in an ECW Homecoming qualifying match Yoshi Tatsu pins Jack Swagger in an ECW Homecoming qualifying match
Air Date: 12/29/09 - Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey Matt Hardy vs Finlay in a homecoming qualifier with Christian as the guest commentator: Hardy hits the twist of fate and gets the pin fall Zack has noted that there are a ton of empty seats in the arena Ryder and Rosa Mendez argue with Tommy Dreamer backstage. Ryder says Dreamer is old and washed up. Ryder vs Dream is then announced for tonight, and if Dreamer loses the match, he must leave ECW forever Ezekiel Jackson then comes out in street clothes. A video of Jackson vs Kozlov from 2 weeks ago airs. Jackon says Kozlov is a traitor. Kozlov comes out and throws Jackson out of the ring then walks out Backstage, Tommy Dreamer with Christian. Christian says he loves Dreamer like a brother and that he will always be a part of ECW. Evan Bourne vs Mike Knox: Evan Bourne gets the win with The Shooting Star Press It's then announced that CM Punk, Mark Henry and Chavo Guerrero will all take part in homecoming matches on next week's ECW broadcast Backstage, Tommy Dreamer thanks General Manager Tiffany for everything she has done for him Backstage, Yoshi Tatsu with Goldust and Yoshi is teaching him Japanese. The new tag team of Croft and Baretta interrupt them and start talking about how there are too many old people in ECW. Tommy Dreamer vs Zack Ryder: Dreamer hits his finishing DDT, goes for the pin and the ref counts 3. But the ref then calls it off as he notices Ryder's foot is under the ropes. Ryder then gets the win with a cross jump off the ropes. After the match, Dreamer grabs the mic and says thank you to everyone. He is legitimately crying, and speaks of the first time he was ever in the old ECW arena. He says that the WWE Universe is his family. The camera then cuts to Dreamer's family who is seated at ring side. He thanks everyone again and tells them he loves them. It's a very touching moment, and Dreamer receives a standing ovation from the crowd
after his 90-day no-compete clause expires, he can if he wants to Air Date: 1/5/10 - Freedom Hall - Louisville, Kentucky ECW champion Christian came to the ring to talk about the Homecoming Tournament. CM Punk and Luke Gallows come out and Punk says he's going to win the tournament, title and fans the Straightedge way. Christian asked if Straightedge means looking like you haven't showered in two weeks. Christian tells Punk he's going to be squashed by Mark Henry and won't be facing him for the title at the Royal Rumble In a ECW Homecoming tournament bout, Shelton Benjamin pinned Chavo Guerrero to advance Zack Ryder and Rosa Mendes come out. Ryder cuts a promo saying last week he stopped the heart of ECW and 2010 will be the year of the Ryder Ezekiel Jackson defeated Vladimir Kozlov Backstage, Tony Atlas reminds Mark Henry of all the good times they had in the past on the road and offers to be in his corner tonight. Henry turns him down and walks away, leaving Atlas there laughing In a ECW Homecoming tournament bout, CM Punk defeated Mark Henry after interference from Luke Gallows Next week will be the Homecoming Finale to set up the Rumble title bout
Air Date: 1/12/10 - Resch Center - Green Bay, Wisconsin Zack Ryder d. Hurricane Trent Baretta d. Goldust Ezekiel Jackson wins ECW Homecoming Battle Royal by defeating CM Punk, Yoshi Tatsu, Shelton Bejamin, Vance Archer, Evan Bourne & Matt Hardy For detailed results, go here
Air Date: 1/19/10 - Bi-Lo Center - Greenville, South Carolina ECW opened with The Abraham Washington Show, with Santino Marella as the host. He said Washington was out sick with a gas problem. Santino guest was Validmir Kozlov. Santino made a bunch of Rocky IV jokes Trent Barretta & Caylen Croft defeated Yoshi Tatsu & Goldust Zack Ryder and Rosa Mendes came out to the ring. Ryder told ring announcer Savannah to call him The New ECW Superhero since he beat Tommy Dreamer and Hurricane. Hurricane came out and attacked Ryder Main Event: Christian beat Regal by DQ when Ezekiel Jackson attacked Christian
Air Date: 1/26/10 - US Bank Arena - Cincinnati, Ohio Ezekiel Jackson opened the show and cut a promo on Christian. This prompted Christian to come out and tell Ezekiel that he'd never faced anyone like him before. This lead to the opening matchup Ezekiel Jackson and William Regal defeated Kane and Christian in 17:40. Jackson got the win when Regal tagged him into the match allowing Zeke to hit his finisher on Christian while he was trying to hit the Killswitch on Regal Goldust, Yoshi Tatsu, and The Hurricane defeated Zack Ryder (with Rosa Mendes), Trent Baretta, and Caylen Croft in 14:52. Tatsu picked up the pin fall after hitting a spinning heel kick
Air Date: 2/2/10 - Fed-Ex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee Vance Archer d. Shelton Benjamin Yoshi Tatsu d. Trent Barreta Christian d. Zack Ryder For detailed results, go here
Air Date: 2/9/10 - Baton Rouge River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana A conference in the locker room led by Tiffany regarding NXT. She said it was a great opportunity for everyone. Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust defeated Baretta and Croft in a No. 1 contenders match for a shot at the Unified Tag Titles. Back and forth early until the heels got the upper hand for a few minutes. Goldust got the tag and beat up on Baretta. Croft got in on a blind tag and hit a chop block on Golddust. The heels dominated until Goldust rallied and got the hot tag. Yoshi hit a flurry of offense and picked up the pin in 9:45. The crowd was into the end. Pretty good match Ezekiel Jackson beat Harry Wallace. Wallace got to the ring during the break. Jackson came down with Regal. A squash finish in 1:20. Regal and Zeke cuts a promo about Zeke challenging Christian to a ECW title match next week Christian cut a backstage promo saying he would have an Extreme Rules match for the ECW Title with Jackson next week Shelton Benjamin defeated Vance Archer in a No DQ Match. Shelton cut a promo. Cheap pop for starting off with 'who dat'. Wasn't happy when he first came to ECW. Said young superstars showed him what it takes to get into this industry. Said he'd miss everyone but Archer. Shelton got the early advantage. The fight went to the outside where Benjamin dominated more. Archer gained momentum when he speared Shelton into the side of the ring. Shelton blocked a shot from a kendo stick with a chair. Pretty cool. Archer got the upper hand again and rolled Shelton back into the ring. A medic came into the ring to check out Shelton. Wow. What a way to disrupt the flow of the match. Back in the action they scrapped for a bit. Archer took off a turnbuckle cushion, and went to work on Shelton's arm. After several minutes Shelton got momentum and his a couple of his spots on Vance. Benjamin hit Paydirt and got the pinfall at 10:23. A fun match that didn't really stretch the no DQ stipulation
Air Date: 2/16/10 - Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri Big Show and The Miz vs. Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu for the Unified Tag Titles: The Miz and Goldust start things off and they lock up with Miz putting Goldust in the corner and he gets pushed to the mat by Goldust. Goldust with a side head lock and shoulder tackle or two for a near fall. Goldust with a punch followed by a reverse atomic drop and catapult into a forearm from Yoshi and a senton splash for a near fall. Yoshi with a cross body or two but Miz throws Yoshi to the floor. Yoshi with a rollup and chops. Goldust tags back in and he hits the flying butt bump and gets a near fall. Miz goes to the floor and Goldust chases him. Show makes the tag when they return to the ring and Show with a head butt to the back of Goldust's head and then Miz with an elbow to add insult to injury. Miz avoids an enzuigiri from Goldust but Goldust kicks him away. Show and Yoshi tag in and Yoshi with kicks to Show but Show with a chop to Yoshi and a second one that sends Yoshi to the mat. Show walks across Yoshi's chest followed by a head butt. Miz tags in and he taunts Yoshi before choking him again. Miz with a reverse chin lock and then he runs Yoshi into the turnbuckles. Show tags in and Show sends Miz into Yoshi with a shoulder. Show with a chin lock on Yoshi and Yoshi fights to escape before Show releases the hold. Miz is tagged back in and Show Irish whips Miz into Yoshi and Miz with the turnbuckle clothesline for a near fall. Yoshi with a roaring elbow and both men are down. Yoshi tries to make the tag to Goldust but Miz grabs the leg but he still makes the tag. Goldust with clotheslines and a drop down uppercut. Goldust with a reverse atomic drop followed by a bulldog. Goldust with a power slam for a near fall but Show climbs over the ropes and he sends Yoshi over the top rope. Show punches Goldust on the turnbuckles and Miz hits the Skull Crushing Finale for the three count. Winners and still Unified Tag Team Champions: Big Show and The Miz Tiffany is ready to address ECW for a final time and she has sobered up. She says that as an era ends, another one begins. She talks about the NXT concept and she is interrupted by Zack Ryder. Zack suggests that he be in the final match of ECW since he is the heart and soul of ECW. Tiffany says that Zack doesn't deserve to be in the match because he lost. Zack says that match was on Superstars. After Rosa says something in Spanish, Tiffany still says no regardless of the language the argument is made. Zack then says that since it is Extreme Rules, he can do whatever he wants. Since the ship is going down, what better way to send it to its grave than the Abraham Washington Show. This time they are in the ring. Abe welcomes everyone to the show and Tony laughs a lot. Abe forgets what side of Missouri he is in because he says that they are in St. Louis. Abe reminds us that this is the last show and there is a silver lining because Abraham Washington will be a free agent and he says that means that he will be rich. Abe says that Raw and Smackdown will have to open the big bank to bring him to their shows. He says that he is a bigger free agent than Lebron James. Abe talks about NXT and then he brings out his final guest. Abe brings out 'the biggest star in the company' and Vince McMahon said that he would do anything for him. Abe stands on the couch and brings out himself as the guest. Before Abe can ask himself the first question, Shelton Benjamin comes out and he is not in the best of moods. Abe tells Shelton to leave but Shelton tells Abe to check his tone. He says that this show is unwatchable when there is a guest, so who would want to watch when Abe is his own guest. Shelton says that since this is the last night of ECW, everybody is a free agent. Shelton says that he is going to take his experience in ECW To be interrupted by Vance Archer. Abe stands between Shelton and Vance. Vance says that Shelton's future better not put him on the same show because Shelton won't have a future. Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft come out and they call this boring and Trent says that nobody cares about what show Vance or Shelton will be. People only care where they are going to be. Vladimir Kozlov comes to the ring and he announces something in Russian. Archer pushes Kozlov but Kozlov takes care of him and then Barreta and Croft. Kozlov and Benjamin stare each other down and then they shake hands Christian gets on the mic before the match and he says that it was a year ago he debuted on ECW. A lot of people said that he should have made a bigger impact and ECW was a demotion. Christian says that he has been doing this for 15 years and this feels like home. He was given the ball and the chance to run it. He was given the chance to face Tommy Dreamer, mentor up and coming superstars like Yoshi Tatsu. He says that he did most of it as the ECW Champion. He points out that he is the longest reigning current champion. He is fighting for everyone who wanted to make these three letters mean something. He is fighting for everyone in the back. He says that ECW goes away forever tonight but he will always be proud to be part of something great. He will be proud to be known as the last champion in ECW history. Christian vs. Ezekiel Jackson w/William Regal in an Extreme Rules Match for the ECW Title: They lock up and Zeke sends Christian forcefully to the mat. They lock up again and Zeke with a knee to the midsection followed by a punch. Jackson misses a clothesline and elbow and Christian with a punch and then he sends Jackson to the floor. Jackson pulls Christian to the floor and he connects with forearms before returning to the ring. Jackson throws weapons into the ring and Christian punches Jackson on the apron and then he hits Zeke's hand with a kendo stick. From out of nowhere, Zack Ryder comes to the ring and he hits Christian from behind. Christian with a flapjack onto the trash can and then he throws Zack out of the ring. Rose Mendes comes out and she slaps Christian. Tiffany runs to the ring and spears Rosa and removes her from the ring. Jackson with a back elbow and forearm to the back. Jackson with an Irish whip but Christian with an elbow and then he goes up top but Jackson pushes Christian to the floor. Jackson moves the ring steps and he slams Christian's head into the steps. Jackson wants to use the trash can but Christian moves his head from the steps. Christian with a drop kick from the stairs into the trash can in front of Jackson's face. Jackson sends Christian into the steps and then he throws Christian's weapons into the ring and he runs the shopping cart at Christian but Christian moves. Jackson sends Christian into the shopping cart and then he rolls Christian into the ring and gets a near fall. Jackson has the trash can lid but misses and Christian hits the pendulum kick into the lid and then he hits a cross body from the top for a near fall. Christian grabs the trash can but Jackson with a body block and a near fall. Regal tells Jackson to get a table but Christian with a baseball slide into the table and Jackson and Regal are down. Christian sends the table into the ring and then he rolls Jackson in and gets a near fall. Jackson drops Christian on the table and gets a near fall. Jackson with a forearm to Christian and then he puts Christian on the turnbuckles. Jackson goes to set up the table and Christian waits on the turnbuckles for Jackson to set up for a superplex but Christian blocks it. Jackson avoids a tornado DDT through the table. Christian hits Jackson with the kendo stick and then he chases Regal away. Christian limps back into the ring and he hits Jackson in the leg with the kendo stick. Christian with a back elbow from the turnbuckles. Regal hits Christian from behind but Christian with a Killswitch to Regal. Jackson hits the uranage through the table and gets the three count. Winner and new/final ECW Champion: Ezekiel Jackson
On a third tier show like ECW, he could have been a top guy, but when you step into the WWEs best show, youve got no chance. But knowing WWE, they'll give him a Shemus like push
