| 5/13 WWE SD/ECW in White Plains, NY (second report): Skaaland ...
Thought I'd check in with some quick results/observations after attending the 1 p.m. matinee Smackdown/ECW house show in White Plains, NY at the Westchester County Center. (1) Kane def. Chavo Guerrero & Gregory Helms in a handicap match. (2) Mark Henry def. Funaki (3) Rob Van Dam & C.M. Punk & Tommy Dreamer def. Elijah Burke & Matt Striker & "The Alpha Male" Marcus Cor Von in an "Extreme Rules" 6-man tag match (4) Chris Benoit def. Finlay and MVP to retain the U.S. Title (5) Michelle McCool def. Jillian Hall (Krystal Marshall was the special guest referee) Intermission. (6) Deuce & Domino def. London & Kendrick to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. (7) Jimmy Yang def. a jobber (didn't catch his name) (8) Batista def. Edge by DQ. However, Edge retains the World Heavyweight Championship Observations: The County Center is a small, 3,000 seat venue and was sold out.
WWE) Smackdown/ECW House Show Afternoon Results
1. KANE defeated CHAVO GUERERRO & GREGORY HELMS in a handicap match, chokeslamming and pinning GUERERRO. A lot of stalling, but fans hot as it was the first match. * 2. MARK HENRY pinned FUNAKI with a World's Strongest Slam. SQUASH. 3. RVD, TOMMY DREAMER & CM PUNK defeated MATT STRIKER& ELIJIAH BURKE & MARCUS CORVAN in an excellent six man tag. Non-stop action. RVD pins STRIKER off the top rope.
*** 4. MICHELLE McCOOL pinned JILLIAN HALL (CRYSTAL as guest ref). DUD. 5. CHRIS BENOIT retained the U.S. title in a triple threat over FINLEY and MVP, making FINLEY tap out to the cross face. Excellent match throughout, with the usual triple threat
fare (such as brief heel alliance that doesn't last). *** 6. DEUCE & DOMINO quickly retained over BRIAN KENDRICKS & PAUL LONDON (DOMINO pins KENDRICKS).
ECW Preview; WWE 24/7 Deal w/ Charter Comm; Stacy Keibler Engaged ...
When ECW on Sci Fi went off the air last week, Rob Van Dam had earned a match against ECW World Champion Mr. McMahon. This week, however, the Chairman has used his power to change things up a bit. WWE.com has learned that the Chairman and company plan on coming to ECW this week to once and for all kill the original spirit of ECW Rob Van Dam. Apparently, Mr. McMahon had no intentions of ever going one-on-one with RVD. I knew this was going to happen, RVD told WWE.com after hearing the news. I knew that Mr. McMahon wasnt going to go one-on-one with me. If Shane and Umaga are going to be there, then Im challenging all three of them. And so it will now be RVD against the ECW World Champion, Shane McMahon & Umaga. Will the Chairman, his son and the Samoan Bulldozer succeed in destroying the spirit of ECW? Also, The New Breed appeared to implode last week when Kevin Thorn quit following a loss to CM Punk and the unknown Major Brothers upset Marcus Cor Von & Matt Striker.
5/13 WWE SD/ECW in White Plains, NY: Edge-Batista, Benoit-Finlay ...
Notes: Event was sold out. Howard Finkel started with a 10-bell tribute to Arnold Skaaland. (This was his building, of course.) Theodore Long came out to announce that the feature matches would be a U.S. Title triple threat and Edge's first title defense, against Batista. (1) Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero and Gregory Helms in a handicap match by chokeslamming and pinning Guerrero. A lot of stalling, but the fans were hot, as it was the first match. (*) (2) Mark Henry pinned Funaki with a World's Strongest Slam. Squash. (3) RVD & Tommy Dreamer & C.M. Punk defeated Matt Striker & Elijah Burke & Marcus Cor Von in an excellent six man tag. Non-stop action. RVD pins Striker off the top rope. (***) (4) Michelle McCool pinned Jillian Hall. (Krystal as guest ref). DUD (5) Chris Benoit retained the U.S.
ECW Original, Sabu, among Tuesday releases
Just a few short days after Rob Conway and 2 Cold Scorpio were released by WWE, two more roster cuts were made Tuesday as Sabu and Vito parted ways with the Stamford, CT-based company. In separate announcements made on wwe.com, the Fed announced that it, "has come to terms on the release," of both wrestlers. Though Vito had not been seen on WWE TV in many weeks, Sabu, real name Terry Brunk, had been a regular member of the lineup on ECW on Sci-Fi. The former ECW champion, part of the "ECW Originals" faction, had been seen in recent weeks mixing it up alongside Rob Van Dam, The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer against various incarnations of the New Breed, which included Marcus Cor Von, CM Punk, Kevin Thorn, Matt Striker and Elijah Burke. Sabu's WWE career began just prior to the second One Night Stand (in 2006), as he built to a World Heavyweight Title Match against Rey Mysterio.
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