ECW Report

Air Date: 11/27/07 - Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum - Roanoke, Virginia

Kelly Kelly vs. Layla: The bell rings and the pair lock up, Layla taking Kelly down right away and hitting her in the back. Layla gets Kelly against the ropes and beats on her. Layla goes for a drop kick and misses completely. Kelly goes after Layla and takes her down with a clothesline. Layla takes down Kelly and gets yelled at for standing on her hair. Balls comes out to the ring and gets the crowd to make noise for Kelly. Kelly takes Layla down and goes for the cover. Winner: Kelly Kelly. Balls and Kelly Kelly head backstage.

A Big Daddy V promo is run.

John Morrison and The Miz vs. Jesse & Festus: The bell rings and Festus goes nuts and runs at Morrison and Miz. Jesse gets Festus in the corner and Jesse starts off the match with Morrison. The pair lock up and Morrison takes control twisting Jesse’s arm around. Jesse flips Morrison to the mat. Morrison gets to his feet and kicks Jesse into the corner. Morrison flips Jesse across the ring. Jesse takes Morrison down and goes for the cover. 1 count. Jesse tags in Festus and Morrison goes for the tag but Miz jumps away. Festus slams Morrison to the mat and then tags in Jesse and slams Jesse on Morrison. Jesse goes for the cover. 2 count. Morrison gets up and tags in Miz. Jesse gets Miz in a headlock. Morrison gets in and breaks it up. Festus runs in and knocks them both out of the ring and Jesse dives off the top rope onto them. Miz having Jesse in a submission hold. Jesse gets free and tries to tag in Festus but Miz drags him to the opposite corner and tags in Morrison. Morrison goes for the cover. 2 count. Morrison starts punching Jesse and takes him down with a neck breaker. Festus comes in without a tag but the ref stops him. Morrison hits Jesse in the head with his knee. Morrison gets Jesse in a submission hold. Jesse breaks free and punches Morrison in the stomach. Morrison backs Jesse into his corner and tags in Miz. Miz runs at Jesse and takes him down going for the cover. 2 count. Miz tags in Morrison. Morrison takes Jesse down and goes for the cover. 2 count. Jesse fights his way out with fists, rolls, ducks, and dives his way under the heels' legs and makes the hot tag. Festus cleans house once again, hitting stiff throat thrusts and kicks and a Last Call. He makes the tag to Jesse and he hits the springboard forearm, but Morrison makes the save on the pin. Jesse and Festus battle back and forth a little more before Morrison nails a guillotine on Jesse over the top rope, allowing Miz to roll him up in the school boy for the pin. Winners: John Morrison and The Miz

Kane promo is shown.

Elijah Burke is in the ring with the mike, "One more time tonight, give it up for my Shelton Benjamin". Shelton makes his way to the ring and takes the mic from Burke, "Everybody wants to know what I’m doing in ECW. Am I here to make a few new friends? No. Maybe I’m here to blend in, hang out in the back; say can’t we all just get along? Hell no. You should all be thanking Elijah for having the sense to reach out and bring in the best damn athlete ever to step foot in the squared circle. So, what does that mean for guys like Tommy Dreamer, Balls Mahoney, even the ECW Champ, CM Punk. It means it’s only a matter of time before Shelton Benjamin is the ECW Champ. I am the gold standard and quite frankly, there is no one here who can stop me. And like the lyrics of my song says, AIN’T NO STOPPING ME NOW!"

Shelton Benjamin vs. Shannon Moore: Shelton just outwrestles Moore throughout the entire thing. It was actually a little dull, sadly. The crowd wasn't exactly into it either. He hits his exploder suplex and just beats down on Moore for a few minutes before Moore escapes a suplex attempt, gets a quick near fall, hits a spinning heel kick, and a few other speed moves. Moore goes for a springboard clothesline, but Shelton catches him in on his shoulders and hits a spinning swinging DDT. It's a lot less complicated than it sounds, but it's enough to give Shelton his second win in a row. Winner: Shelton Benjamin

Big Daddy V w/ Matt Striker vs. Kane - Extreme Rules Match: Kane starts off kicking V. Kane then tries to take V down with a clothesline but instead V takes Kane down. V starts hammering down on Kane’s back. V then throws Kane out of the ring. Striker goes under the ring to get a kendo stick but Kane snatches it away from Striker. Kane gets in the ring and hits V with the kendo stick. V grabs Kane and picks him up and shakes him until he drops the stick then slams him to the mat and steps on Kane. Kane rolls out of the ring and V follows. Kane slams V’s head into the steel steps. Kane goes under the ring and pulls out a trashcan the tosses it into the ring, followed by a second trashcan. Kane turns around and V grabs him and slams him into the steel steps. V grabs Kane and throws him back into the ring then grabs a steel chair and gets in the ring. Kane is on his feet in the corner and V comes at him with the chair. Kane kicks V away then Kane climbs the ropes and jumps down on V. Kane sets up the chair on V’s head then goes to the climb the ropes. V takes the chair off and shoves Kane off the ropes. V gets out of the ring and chops Kane across the chest. Striker is shown going under the ring and pulling out a table.

V shoves Kane into the ringpost then throws Kane back into the ring. V gets in the ring and sets the table up in the corner. V kicks Kane and then slams Kane’s head into the table. V nails Kane with a huge chop then bounces off the ropes and puts Kane and himself through the table. V goes for the cover. 2 count. V calls out to Striker for another table. V takes the table and sets it up. Kane struggles to get to his feet. V grabs him by the head and punches him in the back then nails him with a head butt. V punches Kane several times. Kane fires back with several punches. V tries to pick up Kane but Kane holds onto the rope. Kane gets free and grabs the kendo stick and hits V several times with it. Kane pulls the stick away and gets ready to hit Kane with it. Kane hits V in the head with the trashcan. Out of nowhere Mark Henry runs into the ring and hits Kane. Mark Henry & V double-team Kane. Mark Henry holds Kane and V hits Kane in the head with the trashcan. Henry picks up Kane again and the pair double head butt him. Kane struggles to get up and gets squished between the two men. Kane falls to the mat but they pick him up and Kane ends up through the table. V goes for the cover. Winner: Big Daddy V

Programming note: Next week's ECW show will be on Thursday, December 6 at 10pm et on Sci-Fi. should be interesting because it will go head to head with the 2nd hour of TNA's Impact

 

Taping Date: 12/2/07 - Air Date: 12/6/07 - Florence, South Carolina

Miz & Morrison b Major Brothers in a non-title match when Morrison pinned one of them

Kofi Kingston debut video. Caribbean babyface character with comedy overtones

CM Punk has to make a decision whether he faces V or Henry. He says it's a lose-lose so he'll let Matt Striker make the call.

Balls Mahoney & Kelly Kelly b Kenny Dykstra & Victoria when Balls pinned Kelly

Shelton Benjamin b Jimmy Wang Yang in a squash

Kevin Thorn b Jeff Lewis in a squash

Striker flips a coin and it ends up as Punk vs. Henry. Punk finally got on an offensive roll when V interfered for the DQ. Kane made the save. Kane & Punk vs. Henry & V at Armageddon

 

Air Date: 12/11/07 - TD Banknorth Garden - Boston, Mbutt.

CM Punk and Kane vs. Deuce and Domino: Punk and Kane work over Domino for a little bit. Punk eventually goes for the springboard clothesline, but Domino catches him in a gutbuster. Cool spot. The heels begin to double-team the champion. Domino utilizes a backbreaker and tries to whip Punk into the corner, but Punk puts on the breaks, pulls down the ropes, and sends Domino to the outside, allowing him to make the hot tag to Kane. Kane cleans house and eventually catches Domino in a chokeslam and CM Punk keeps Deuce at bay with a GTS. Kane makes the cover and the good guys pick up the win.

Shelton Benjamin is backstage in a very nice suit cutting a promo. He talks about the 49ers (not the football team, their namesake) searching for fool's gold. He makes the analogy of digging for gold like the 49ers, except he'll come up with the real thing. Shelton is looking more and more like a superstar each week. This time on the mic has done wonders for his personality.

The Miz and John Morrison vs. Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang: Miz and Moore start us off. Miz tries to overpower Moore, but Moore uses his speed to get the better of the exchange. Moore and Yang use their speed to hit some nice double-team moves. Eventually, Morrison gets in. Yang works him over with a Fujiwara armbar and hammerlock. Moore tags back in and they hit a double-suplex on Morrison. The match breaks down as Morrison gets sent to the outside. Miz comes in, but gets kicked to the outside by Yang for his troubles, as well. Moore and Yang then hit double-moonsaults on the champions to the outside in a great spot as we go to commercial. Back from commercial, Morrison has Yang in a rear chinlock. Yang is able to battle out of it and makes the hot tag to Moore. Moore clears house. He goes for a moonsault on Miz, but Miz pulls him off, causing Moore to land hard. The heels go on to work over Moore in an extended sequence. Moore eventually hits the hot tag and Yang clears house with a springboard cross body block and a nasty monkey flip to Morrison, who ended up landing face first on the mat. Yang went for a moonsault, but Morrison climbs to the top and stops him. Yang elbows him off, and does go for the moonsault, but Morrison ducks it and Yang lands on his feet. Morrison rolls up Yang and puts his feet on the ropes, but Moore breaks the count. Moore is tossed into the stairs by Miz for his troubles. Yang catches Morrison in a crucifix roll-up, but Morrison kicks out, Miz cheap shots Yang, and it's enough to distract him to allow Morrison to hit the corkscrew neckbreaker, gaining the victory for the tag champs.

Victoria and Layla vs. Kelly Kelly: Miz made this a handicap match. Kelly comes to the ring in a Red Sox shirt. Someone should tell her that we're all concentrating on the Patriots right now in this part of the country. Anyway, this was about what you'd expect. Just not as ebarrassing as usual. The heels worked Kelly over for most of the match, with Layla hitting a double spin kick for the three. Post-match, the heels beat down on Kelly with Michelle McCool hitting the ring to make the save.

Elijah Burke heads down to the ring. He says that even though he lost to Batista on Smackdown!, we're on ECW now and he's the new face of extreme and Batista will fall to the Elijah Experience.

Elijah Burke vs. Batista: Elijah Burke made note of Batista defeating him on last week's Smackdown, but swore that wouldn't be the case tonight. We're in ECW, which is his yard. Awesome, well-delivered promo that made us believe - just maybe - Burke would have a shot against Batista tonight. Burke definitely held his own against "The Animal." And it was an entertaining match, to boot. Burke went for the Elijah Experience, but Batista countered with the spear for the pinfall

 

Air Date: 12/18/07 - Blue Cross Arena - Rochester, New York

The Miz and John Morrison vs. Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore: The faces completely dominated throughout the first part of the match right up until the commercial break. For the second half, the heels worked over Shannon Moore with some incredibly stiff offense and good double-team moves, including the slingshot into the forearm show, into the elbow drop. Eventually, Moore was able to catch Morrison coming off the top rope with a dropkick and make the hot tag to Yang who completely cleaned house with some nasty kicks and leg sweeps, keeping the Miz off his feet. Moore took care of Morrison on the outside with a nasty moonsault into a summersault from the top to the outside, but the distraction was enough for Miz to roll up Yang and get a near fall. Yang eventually got the upper hand and hit his version of the Best Moonsault Ever to get the three! Yang and Moore beat the tag champs! A step above their very good match last week. Both teams have great chemistry as partners and even better chemistry as opponents. Their title match should be just as good.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Colin DelaneyShelton just does all his signature moves, just in a very vicious manner. He eventually finishes him off with the inverted bulldog. They did a great job of making Shelton look like a badass here.

Kenny Dykstra w/ Victoria vs. Nunzi: oNunzio came out dressed as an elf a la Armageddon 2005. Nunzio tries to offer a candy cane as a peace offering, but to no avail. Dykstra makes short work of Nunzio and finishes the job with a top-rope leg drop.

CM Punk vs. MVP: The two do some great chain wrestling for the first few minutes. MVP eventually gets the upper hand with a boot to the side of the head. He works Punk over with some more submission holds and some forearm shots. Punk is able to take back control with his high knee/bulldog combo. Punk goes to the top, but is caught, crotched, and tied to the tree of woe. MVP lays the boots onto him and continues to do so before the five count, so MVP is disqualified. Great mat wrestling and told a good story, but they didn't seem to be going all out. Not that I'd expect them to, but I'd like to see them again down the line. They work well together. Post-match, Chavo Guerrero runs down to the ring and picks the remains of Punk and hits a Frog Splash for good measure.

 

This past Tuesday's ECW show was a best of 2007 show. ECW will be taped this sunday, 12/30 in Richmond, Virgina and will be shown on 1/108 at 10pm et on Sci-Fi

 

Taping Date: 12/30/07 - Air Date: 1/1/08 - Richmond Coliseum - Richmond, Virginia

ECW opened with a video of CM Punk and Chavo Guerrero. Armando Estra brought out Chavo Guerrero. Chavo came out, cut a promo, talking trash about CM Punk. CM Punk came out and Estrada signed the two to a match later on and if Chavo won, he would be the #1 contender for the ECW Championship.

John Morrison, The Miz and Layla vs. Shannon Moore, Jimmy Wang and Kelly Kelly. The team of Moore, Wang and Kelly got the win via pinfall.

Tazz interviewed Colin Delaney about having his first match with Shelton Benjamin on ECW a few weeks back. The guy said since the loss to Shelton, he has gotten better. Tazz introduced his opponent for tonight, Big Daddy V. Big Daddy squashed the guy in a quick match.

CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero, if Chavo wins he is the #1 contender to Punk's title. This was a pretty good match, probably the best of the night. Punk got the win via count out so Chavo isn't the #1 contender.

 

Air Date: 1/8/08 - Wachovia Arena - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

The show opened up this week with the 15 Minutes of Fame match. Basically, it was a mini iron man tag team match, named for Morrison's old gimmick while he was champion. The teams, of course: Miz & Morrison vs. Yang & Moore. Very good match. Not the best these teams have had, but the match felt hella important. The final tally was a tie, each team with one fall. Because of the stalemate, the champions retained.

Tazz was interviewing Colin Delaney. They recapped what had happened to Colin in his last two WWE appearances. They were really playing up the injuries, with his arm and ribs all taped up. Funny stuff. I hope he comes out more bandaged every week than he was the week prior. Tazz announced that Delaney's opponent would be Mark Henry. Joey Styles' prediction: "This will be like a grizzly bear mauling a chipmunk." Mark Henry easily won the match

Kelly Kelly and Layla Le competed in a dance-off. Diva Search contestant, Lena was the host. She awarded the contest to herself.

Shelton Benjamin backstage promo where he, once again, explained the finer points of being a prospector. He kept making references to gold nuggets

Despite losing fair and square last week, Chavo Guerrero got another shot at a shot at the ECW title in the main event. There was some good wrestling in this match. Chavo exposed the turnbuckle pad, then went to use the ECW title belt. Punk won by DQ, then hit the Go 2 Sleep after the match.

 

Air Date: 1/15/08 - BJCC - Birmingham, Alabama

The World Heavyweight Champion Edge opens up ECW Sci-Fi with The Cutting Edge. Edge says you won't get a competitive match at the Rumble, because incase you missed it... a video airs showing the Chavo/Mysterio match from SmackDown last Friday where Edge and the Edge heads interfered. Edge says that's what happens when you mess with the Rated R Superstar. Edge talks about his guest tonight, CM Punk. Out comes the ECW Champion. Edge says he's been watching Punk, watching his career very closely. Edge says he reminds him of a punk version of himself. Edge congratulates him on becoming the ECW Champion. But asks him, who have you really beaten? He says he beat Chavo twice, but by DQ and countout. What would he do if Chavo challenged him? Punk says there is no similarities and he respects his opponents. He says he respects Chavo, but would accept his challenge is he sent one. He says he can beat Chavo anytime. Edge says that's a bold statement. Punk says no, this is a bold statement: I can beat you too. Edge says he will let that slide. Punk says he is the ECW Champion and this isn't SmackDown, this is his show and he feels he can beat anybody at anytime, including Edge. Out comes Chavo Guerrero. Chavo reminds Punk if he beats him, he gets an ECW Championship shot. Chavo challenges Punk to a match tonight. Punk says we had this conversation last week, we're having it this week, and he thinks we will have the same one next week. Chavo pushes Punk back and Edge hits him from behind. Edge and Chavo proceed to ram Punk's shoulder into the ringpost. Edge leaves as Chavo looks on and Punk is out on the mat; we go to commercial.

John Morrison and The Miz vs. The Highlanders: The WWE Tag Team Champions come out first. The Highlanders hit the ring, making their ECW debuts. Morrison and Rory in first, with Morrison in control and a 2 count. The Miz gets tagged in and limits Rory to the center of the ring. Rory fights back and tries to make the tag but Miz holds him back. Rory makes the tag to Robbie and he comes in and cleans house on Miz and Morrison. Powerslam on Miz and 2 count, broken up by Morrison. The Miz regains control and hits a knee to the face followed by The Reality Check for the pinfall. Winners: John Morrison and The Miz

Another promo airs for new ECW superstar Kofi Kingston, it's just like the other ones that have been airing each week... trouble in paradise. Kofi Kingston will make his ECW debut next week.

Kelly Kelly comes out in knee high boots and a robe. She gets on the mic and says if you think the Divas on ECW look hot now, wait until next week when it is High Definition. Which ECW Diva has the best body she says? Kelly takes off her robe to reveal a very sexy black bikini, which she shows off very nicely.

Next week on ECW to celebrate ECW in HD, we will have a Best Body Contest with Kelly Kelly, Layla and Lena Yada.

Tazz is in the ring with Colin Delaney, and says give it up for Kelly Kelly. Tazz points out that Colin has had 4 matches in his professional career and shows video highlights of Colin's squash matches. Colin, who is all bandaged up says "I'm here to fight another week". Tazz announces Colin's opponent for this week and it's Kane.

Kane vs. Colin Delaney: Colin puts his fists up to fight and Kane just laughs, and knocks him down with a boot. Kane throws him into the corner and just dominates him. Kane signals for the chokeslam, but Colin isn't getting up. Kane picks him up himself and hits a monster choke slam and the pinfall for the win. Winner: Kane

They show the highlights from RAW and Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton. Joey Styles said Randy Orton spent the night in a mobile medical facility and left this morning with only minor back pains and Jeff Hardy managed to stumble out of the stretcher just moments after RAW. Tazz and Styles go over the Royal Rumble pay-per-view card.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Nunzio: Styles reminds everyone that Shelton will be in the Rumble later this month. Shelton takes early control of Nunzio with power moves. Big t-bone suplex by Shelton. Nunzio tries to make a comeback with kicks to the knees but gets stomped by Shelton with a kick to the face. Shelton backs Nunzio into the corner and pummels him. Nunzio makes a small comeback but gets caught coming off the top rope by Shelton and dropped with a powerbomb. Shelton hits his inverted bulldog finisher and gets the 1-2-3 on Nunzio. Winner: Shelton Benjamin. Shelton grabs the mic, picks up Nunzio and says "AIN'T NO STOPPIN ME NOW!" and drops Nunzio with his finisher again.

CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero: The ECW Champion comes out first, holding his shoulder. The video from earlier of Punk being attacked by Edge and Chavo is shown. Chavo comes out ready to go and... World Heavyweight Champion Edge comes out, not dressed to wrestle. Edge sits at ringside and joins Styles and Tazz for commentary. The match goes back and forth early on. Chavo gets thrown out to the floor and the referee begins his count. Punk is in the ring, still holding his shoulder. Chavo continues to kick and work on Punk's shoulder. Edge continues to talk smack on the mic about Punk and Rey Mysterio. Punk comes back with a kick to the head on Chavo. Chavo responds with a kick of his own and a 1 count pin. Chavo has Punk grounded in the center of the ring, still working on the hurt shoulder. The fans begin to rally behind Punk as he mounts a comeback. Punk uses his good arm to deliver some chops but Chavo knocks him back down and works on the shoulder. 2 count by Chavo. Chavo is still on the offensive, controlling the match. Another 2 count by Guerrero. Punk gets a backslide for a 2 count and starts to come back with kicks. Punk hits his running knee in the corner, followed by a kick to the face and Chavo is down. Punk, looking hurt, goes to the top but gets knocked off by Chavo. Punk falls to the floor right by Edge. Edge says timing is everything, gets up and lays CM Punk out. The Rated R Superstar gets back behind the announcing booth and continues commentary. Punk is down and the referee makes his 10 count on the ECW Champion. Winner by countout and #1 contender to the ECW Championship: Chavo Guerrero. Tazz hints that Chavo will want his title shot next week on ECW Sci-Fi. Chavo celebrates in the ring as Edge leaves the arena and the ECW Champion is left on the floor, looking bad.

 

Air Date: 1/22/08 - John Paul Jones Arena - Charlottesville, Virginia

Over the Top Rope Challenge - Kane, The Miz, John Morrison, Tommy Dreamer, Shelton Benjamin: Tommy Dreamer is eliminated first via a Kane chokeslam to the outside. Miz and Morrison follow suit in the same manner after the champs double-team Benjamin for the majority of the match. Shelton immediately hits a headscissors to eliminate Kane and win the match.

Jonathan Coachman is in the ring to mediate the Best Body Contest between Kelly Kelly, Lena, and Layla. He is getting booed mercilessly. None of the women get reactions on the way down, with the exception of some jackass in a red hat that the cameras happened to catch tweaking out for Kelly. Kelly actually gets a good pop when she starts dancing. The crowd unsurprisingly picks Kelly. Post-match, the heels cheap-shot Kelly.

Kofi Kingston vs. David Owen: Typical big powerhouse vs. smaller technician. Kofi uses some very unique offense, reversals, and displays of athletic ability. He finishes him off with a chanting leg drop and a running buzzsaw kick to pick up the victory in his debut match.

A very effective video package highlighting some Royal Rumble statistics and trivia throughout the years.

Edge and Chavo Guerrero are backstage getting psyched up for the main event. Vickie Guerrero comes wheeling in. Edge seems surprised to see her and a little dismayed that their family is altogether on this show.

Edge comes down for commentary on the main event.

CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero - No DQ Match for the ECW Championship: Punk drops Chavo to the outside and nails a suicide dive. He whips Chavo into the steps and attempts a suplex on them, but Chavo reverses and hits a front-falling suplex to Punk across the steps. Chavo goes to work on the ribs with a baseball slide into the corner and an abdominal stretch. Chavo continues pounding on him, but Punk is able to fight back with some stiff kicks. He goes for the high knee/bulldog, but is whipped into the corner. He catches Chavo with an elbow and finally nails his bulldog. He goes to the outside and goes for the springboard clothesline, but Chavo catches him with a dropkick. Chavo nails the Three Amigos and goes to the top for the Frog Splash, but he rolls through. Punk sends Chavo into the corner, and goes for the GTS. He nails it, but Edge comes in and nails a spear before Punk can make the cover. As such, Chavo goes for the cover and just like that, we have a new ECW Champion

 

Air Date: 1/29/08 - Sovereign Center - Reading, Pennsylvania

Kane defeats Shelton Benjamin via count out - Shelton walks to the top of the ramp, falls down, and is counted out. Kane gets the victory.

Victoria defeats Kelly Kelly - Leyla and Lena come to ringside and sit during the match. Victoria wins after hitting Widow's peak. The three get in the ring and celebrate afterwards.

Tazz is in the ring with Colin Delaney who is almost completely wrapped in bandages and medical tape. We are shown footage of his beat down from The Great Khali last week. Tonight Colin must face WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and John Morrison.

John Morrsion & The Miz defeat Colin Delaney - After the squash match, Morrison and The Miz proceed to beat up on Colin. Tommy Dreamer comes out and makes the save.

CM Punk defeats Elijah Burke - Punk gets the biggest pop of the night. He wins the match with Go To Sleep.

A preview is shown for ECW Champion CM Punk's Fiesta Celebration later tonight.

Kofi Kingston defeats Rob Eckos - Kingston hits a spinning heel kick to the head for the victory.

ECW General Manager Armando Estrada comes out with a mariachiband. They show a recorded message from World Heavyweight Champion Edge. He is unable to be at the show tonight because he is at the bed side of Vickie Guerrero after the injuries that she sustained from absorbing the 619 from Rey Mysterio at this past Sunday's Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Edge says he has a special gift for Chavo in which they role a commemorative video package. CM Punk is disguised as the band's leader. He takes his violin and hits Chavo Guerrero over the head and celebrates with the title as the show goes off the air

 

Air Date: 2/5/08 - American Bank Center - Corpus Christi, Texas

ECW opens up with CM Punk talking about ruining Chavo Guerrero's Mariachi Fiesta last week. Punk invokes his rematch clause, saying that he wants it tonight against Chavo for the ECW Championship. ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero comes out and tells Punk that he will not get his rematch until No Way Out. ECW General Manager Armando Estrada comes out and says that Chavo will take on CM Punk tonight in a Gulf of Mexico match. It is explained that the point of the match is to throw your opponent into the Gulf of Mexico and obviously it will not be for the ECW Championship.

Victoria & Layla defeat Michelle McCool & Kelly Kelly - Victoria got the pin in a quick divas tag match after she hit the Widow's Peak on Kelly Kelly.

John Morrison defeated Tommy Dreamer - Dreamer dominated most of the match but The Miz distracted Dreamer from the outside. Miz's distraction allowed Morrison to score the pinfall on Dreamer. It should be noted that Colin Delaney came to ringside with Dreamer.

Kofi Kingston defeated James Curtis - Kingston had the same type of TV match that he has had in recent weeks. He won the match by pinfall.

Chavo Guerrero defeats ECW Champion CM Punk - This is a non-title Gulf of Mexico match. As soon as the match starts it goes to the outside and into the crowd. The fight goes from the crowd to outside of the arena. Punk ends up hitting Go to Sleep on Chavo, sending him into the Gulf of Mexico for the victory.

 

Taping Date: 2/6/08 - Air Date: 2/12/08 - Toyota Center - Houston, Texas

ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero opens the show and says that he wants to put the title on the line tonight. ECW General Manager Armando Estrada says that he will not let him. He makes CM Punk vs. Mark Henry for later in the show.

Stevie Richards defeated Rory McAllister via pinfall. Richards picks up with win with a modified DDT.

Kelly Kelly defeated Layla via pinfall. Kelly Kelly actually picked up a win for the first time in several weeks.

Kofi Kingston defeated Mike Knox via pinfall.

Tommy Dreamer defeated John Morrison via pinfall. Dreamer picked up the win with the Dreamer Driver. Colin Delaney came out with Dreamer while the other half of the WWE World Tag Team Champions The Miz came out with Morrison. Before the match Morrison cut a promo on Dreamer. After the match, Miz and Morrison beat up Colin.

Mark Henry defeated CM Punk via disqualification. Punk hit Go To Sleep on ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero to give Mark Henry the DQ victory.

 

Air Date: 2/19/08 - San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, California

ECW on Sci-Fi opens up tonight with Ric Flair coming to the ring to talk to Tazz.

Tazz congratulates Flair on being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Flair thanks Tazz and the WWE fans, saying it's an honor to be inducted. Flair says being the first active wrestler inducted might be the biggest honor of his career. Flair says this isn't symbolic of him retiring, which he doesn't see in the near future. Flair says he is honored to be a part of ECW tonight, Whooooo. Out comes Elijah Burke. Elijah says welcome to the house of Extreme, his house. Shelton Benjamin's music hits and out he comes to the ring. Shelton says no disrespect to Elijah, but great minds think alike and he wanted to be the second on congratulating Flair. Shelton gives Flair his props for his career. Shelton introduces himself as the new Gold Standard of professional wrestling and says Flair's time is over. Flair tells them both that nothing they've accomplished combined equals the 16 time World Championships he has held. Flair begins to Whooo and Shelton clocks him. Elijah and Shelton attack Flair until CM Punk runs out. Punks clears house and stands in the ring with Ric Flair as we go to commercial.

Back from commercial and Armando Estrada meets Burke and Benjamin backstage. Estrada announces a tag team main event tonight of CM Punk and Ric Flair vs. Elijah Burke and Shelton Benjamin.

Kofi Kingston vs. Jason Riggs - Kofi Kingston gets the win after controlling the match with his unique offense as he always does. Kofi hits his finisher and gets the pinfall for the win. Winner: Kofi Kingston - After the match, Joey Styles gets in the ring and asks Kofi to sum up his experience in ECW so far. Kofi says to him, ECW is like Paradise and when there's trouble in Paradise, he is there. Kofi does his "boom, boom, boom" and celebrates with the crowd before we go to commercial.

The Miz vs. Colin Delaney - Miz mocks Delaney to start and slams him down. He taunts Colin some more and pops him with a forearm. Miz pushes Colin’s head into the turnbuckle and throws a right hand. A running clothesline into the corner and Delany falls to the mat. He hangs Colin up on the ropes and jumps over the top pulling his throat across it. Dreamer slams his fists on the apron trying to rally the crowd. Colin fights back with some fists that have Miz rocking, but Morrison trips him up on the outside. The ref ejects Morrison from ringside. Delaney school boy’s the distracted Miz for a 2 count. Then Miz hits the running knee and reality check for 3. Winner: Miz - After the match Miz beats on Colin some more and Dreamer makes the save. Morrison runs back in the ring and takes out Dreamer with the corkscrew neckbreaker. They lay out Delaney with a double flapjack maneuver and ECW heads to a break.

They send it to Kelly Kelly in the back. She says Maria has always wanted to be in Playboy and is proud of her. She called it prestigious and glamorous. Kelly Kelly says even she would want to be in Playboy. The camera then scopes her body out from head to toe. Kelly asks us what do you think? Styles says Maria is in LA shooting the pictorial now. Tune into Raw to see footage from it.

Stevie Richards vs. James Curtis - They lock up to start and Curtis hits a shoulder block then a clothesline. He works on Richards’ throat in the corner and then brings him into the middle of the ring for some kicks to the back. He puts in a headlock and Richards battles out with elbows to the stomach. Stevie misses with a clothesline, but Curtis sells it. Stevie then hits a neckbreaker and a big running avalanche in the corner. He hits the Stevie T and gets win the win. Winner: Stevie Richards

Ric Flair & CM Punk vs. Shelton Benjamin & Elijah Burke - Punk and Burke start it off. Styles mentions that since this is a tag match, Flair’s career is not on the line. Burke hits a shoulder block out of a headlock. Punk comes back with some offense and tags in Flair. He hits some chops and hip toss then goes for a cover. He gets 2 and Burke gets up and pokes the eye. He goes up top, but Flair throws him off. Flair goes up top and Benjamin tries to throw him off, but Flair pushes him aside. Flair leaps off the top rope and hits a double clothesline! They head to break 3:00 in. Back from the break Benjamin and Flair are in the ring. Tazz says during the break they’ve worked on Ric’s knee. Benjamin has that knee in a leg lock style hold. Flair reverses it and gets out of the hold. Flair gets in the corner and Benjamin runs at him and Flair moves. Shelton eats the buckle and Flair makes the hot tag to Punk. He hits the running knee on Shelton and goes for the bulldog, but Shelton throws him off with big time height. Burke gets the tag and hits the handstand elbow in the corner, then a snap suplex that gets a 2 count. A tag to Shelton is made and he goes for a power bomb into the turnbuckle and something happened that wasn’t supposed to and Punk spills to the outside. Flair helps him back in and they go for it again. Punk slips out and hits a big enziguiri. A tag to Flair and a tag to Burke are made. Flair with chops and a clothesline, then a big back body drop. He struts around the ring then goes for a vertical suplex that Benjamin interferes on and Burke lands on top. Punk runs in and him and Shelton end up outside. Burke goes for the Elijah Express and Flair moves. Burke crashes into the turnbuckles and comes out holding his knees. Flair slaps on the figure-four and Burke taps like crazy. Winners: Flair & Punk

 

Air Date: 2/26/08 - Tucson Convention Center - Tucson, Arizona

Kelly Kelly & Kofi Kingston vs. Santino Marella & Layla - Kelly makes her way to the ring for tonight's opening match, followed by Kofi. Layla does her entrance through the ropes and invites Santino to do the same, and he does but gets tangled in the ropes. Kelly and Layla start the match but Layla tags Santino in right away. Kofi comes in and leaps on Santino, backing him into the corner. Spin kicks and punches by Kofi. Kelly and Kofi hit a nice double team move on Santino. Marella goes outside to Layla but gets brought back in by his neck. Santino takes control and takes Kofi down with a big clothesline. Santino distracts the ref by yelling at Kelly and Layla grabs Kofi's dreads behind the ref's back. Santino grounds Kofi with an arm lock in the center of the ring. Kofi rolls out and gets a 1 count on Santino. Santino beats down Kofi and tags in Layla. Layla mocks Kofi and goes to punch him but gets blocked by Kofi. Kelly comes in and lays out Layla with a couple flying clotheslines. Boot to the chest and Kelly hits a splash from the top rope and gets a 2 count as Santino breaks the pin. Kofi cleans house of Santino and Kelly hits her leg drop finisher on Layla for the pinfall. Winners: Kelly Kelly and Kofi Kingston

Mike Knox vs. Stevie Richards - Stevie starts the match off in control and takes Knox down with a series of kicks. Knox finally grounds Stevie with a hold in the center of the ring, but the fans rally behind Stevie and he gets to his feet. Knox levels Stevie with a big clothesline and keeps working on Stevie's throat. 2 count by Knox. Stevie gets Knox in the corner and hits him with three running splashes. Stevie hits his finisher on Knox and gets the pinfall for the win. Winner: Stevie Richards

Backstage, Tommy Dreamer is talking to Colin Delaney in the locker room. Dreamer is building up Colin, telling him that he can too be a Champion. Colin asks Dreamer if one day, when he becomes a Champion, can he get his own entrance music? Dreamer looks on as we go to commercial.

The Miz & John Morrison vs. Tommy Dreamer & Colin Delaney - The Champs come out first followed by Dreamer & Delaney, who is no longer bandaged up. Miz & Dreamer start the match out with Dreamer applying a side headlock and shoulder block. Morrison gets tagged in and goes back and forth with Dreamer. Big suplex by Dreamer and Delaney tags himself in. Dreamer pulls Delaney in the ring but Morrison knocks him down, knocks Dreamer off the apron and takes Delaney to the corner with Miz. The Champs cut Delaney off in their corner and do a little double team. Miz now in control of Delaney in the middle of the ring. Miz and Morrison tag each other in back and forth and keep Delaney down on the mat. Dreamer finally gets tagged in and cleans house. Running bulldog by Dreamer on Miz and Dreamer takes him to the top turnbuckle and ties him in the Tree of Woe. Running slide by Dreamer to Miz's face. Morrison runs in the ring but gets sent right back out by Dreamer. Dreamer hits a DDT on Miz finally and gets the pin to end the match. This was a non-title match. Winners: Colin Delaney and Tommy Dreamer

Backstage and Miz and Morrison are arguing after losing the non-title match to Delaney and Dreamer. Lena Yada walks up and says there's a rumor that they will have to defend the Tag Team Titles against Dreamer and Delaney next week. Miz and Morrison shrug it off and says them losing the Titles to D&D is like Mayweather beating The Big Show at WrestleMania. Back to commercial.

Chavo Guerrero comes out to do commentary on the upcoming #1 contenders match.

#1 Contender Match: Shelton Benjamin vs. CM Punk vs. Elijah Burke - The match starts off with it looking like Benjamin and Burke will double team Punk until Benjamin knocks Burke out of the ring. Punk and Shelton go at it until Burke pulls Shelton over the top rope. Punk gets caught in the corner and hit with a series of lefts and right be Elijah. Elijah gets a 2 count on Punk and the crowd chants his name. Burke remains in control of the match until Punk dumps him with a big suplex. Punk with a dropkick off the turnbuckle sends Burke to the mat. Shelton runs in the ring and hits a big bulldog on Punk from behind. 2 count by Shelton. Burke and Shelton end up on the floor fighting as we go to commercial. Back from commercial and Punk gets a 2 count on Burke. Punk and Burke end up fighting on the apron until Shelton runs up and powerbombs Punk onto the floor outside. A couple of good spots from all three guys until Burke and Benjamin go at it. Big uppercut by Burke and Shelton gets stuck on the ropes. Burke runs and leaps on Shelton who is stuck in the ropes. Elijah goes to the top rope but Punk tries to fight him off. Burke shoves Punk from the top but Shelton Benjamin leaps to the top turnbuckle and suplexes Burke off, 2 count. Spinning kick to Punk's head by Shelton but another 2 count. Punk hits a big running knee on Shelton in the corner but Burke comes from behind and takes Punk out but only gets a 2 count. Shelton and Burke hit a few nice spots on each other until Punk hits the GTS on Burke and gets the pinfall. Chavo Guerrero comes in the ring and talks trash to CM Punk, taunting him. They face off in the ring as ECW goes off the air. Winner and #1 contender: CM Punk

After ECW went off the air, ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero slapped CM Punk. Punk laid him out with a kick and rose up the ECW Championship to the roar of the crowd. Chavo finally got up and told the live crowd that he is 'happy' he is receiving all of the love from the raza as the majority Mexican crowd is said to be booing him.

 

Air Date: 3/4/08 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio

WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz & John Morrison def. Tommy Dreamer & Colin Delaney by DQ when Colin nailed the champs with a steel chair to retain.

Shelton Benjamin def. Stevie Richards

Kane def. James Curtis via pinfall. Kane hit the chokeslam to pick up the easy victory.

CM Punk cuts a promo on tonight's match. CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship is up next.

ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero def. CM Punk to retain - The match opens with both trying to gain the opening control, CM Punk gets the early advantage, but Chavo begins to counter. Chavo gets a sleeper hold on Punk and ends up knocking him off the apron. Chavo works on Punk's knee in which he sells well. Punk battles back after the "injury", however, Chavo ends up getting the pin on CM Punk to retain the ECW Championship