Straight Blazing: ECW Report for 05/12/09

Straight Blazin: New Harts, New Feuds, New Champ?

Welcome back Ladies and Germs to this edition of Straight Blazin! We are now less then a week from Judgment Day and things are heating up in the Land of Extreme! Christian will be taking on Jack Swagga for the ECW Championship. Jack Swagga seems to have had the upper hand the last few weeks so lets see what happened this past week!

We open up the show with Jack Swagga and Christian in Tiffanys office. A MAJOR announcement of the first Peep Show in 4 years!! Awesome talk show since Christian has amazing charisma and this is definitely a segment to look forward to. Tiffany tells the two to not touch one another but feel free to talk all kinds of smack. She goes on to say if either one of them does something, there will be consequences. Tiffany makes sure Swagga hears it again and he gets an attitude with her leaving her looking pissed.

Our first match of the night is Mark Henry with Tony Atlas going up against Tommy Dreamer. Matt Stryker proceeds to call him Mastadon like and really made me laugh a lot. Stryker is absolute GOLD on the mic. They mention about Tommy Dreamers vow to quit his contract if he doesn’t win the ECW title by the end of next month. The match gets underway and we see Henry with the IMMEDIATE advantage as he should be.

Mark Henry does a lot of work on the “injured” spots of Tommy Dreamer. According to Matthews and Stryker, Tommy Dreamer is performing injured with several cracked ribs and other different injuries. So Mark Henry works a very slow paced and injuring match for the first part of it. Tony Atlas is basically as useless as anything right now its never more evident then in this match.. He just stands there in his sleeveless shirt and literally does nothing. I wish I could have that job of earning six figures a year to stand there and yell..

Dreamer goes to get some momentum and every time he does he is thwarted by Mark Henrys raw power. Dreamer finally gets some momentum and keeps the big man on the ground. Henry is slumped in the bottom turnbuckle and he does the tree of woe type thing on Henry instead of hanging him there. He nails his DDT after that and goes for a pin but Henry gets his leg on the ropes.

Atlas then distracts the ref and gets on the apron allowing Henry to get the advantage. After a little bit of a beat down he hit’s the Worlds Strongest Slam and picks up the victory. Atlas proved to be a LITTLE useful I guess.. But not really needed if Henry is supposed to be this big monster.

Match Rating: 2.5/5
Match Review: I wasn’t expecting a masterpiece from Henry/Dreamer.. But it delivered what it had to.. I don’t know what they are planning for Dreamer.. But it was a mediocre match but served its purpose.

We go to the back to see Gregory Helms ready to interview Natalya and Tyson Kidd. Natalya is banned from ringside as Tyson Kidd takes on Finlay. He mentions being from the Hart Dungeon and says he will take out Finlay once and for all. Natalya wishes him luck as he goes out for his match and Gregory Helms tries to pick up Natalya, cant blame him, but gets denied.. He then says the famous “WHATS UP WITH THAT??” and we go to commercial break. Gregory Helms = Win..

Back from the commercial break to the annoying music of Finlay.. I was HOPING they would change it to something else or even back to what it was.. But nope.. We are stuck with the same crappy Hornswoggle theme.. What a nice pop from the crowd though. Tyson Kidd makes his way out to the ring then and he gets a mixed reaction. Stryker hypes him as the “last graduate of the Stu Hart Dungeon” which he is.. What an honor this kid has, and he is good to work with. I worked with him before at a local show, good guy!

The match gets underway with two very different styles of wrestlers. Technical and high flying on the one hand and brawling and cautious on the other. The two have a very nice exchange back and forth with quite a few different grapples and positions. Finlay showing his old WCW self and working some technical aspects of wrestling a lot with Tyson.  Finlay shows some true power and gains the upper hand while Kidd is on the outside stomping him from the apron. Tyson trips him and looks to have the offensive before Finlay nails him again.

The two are really matching up well with each other and their styles blend perfectly together it seems. Finlay seems to have the advantage for a good part of this back and forth matchup. Tyson Kidd hits a couple high spots and has a good showing but it was a Finlay led match from the getgo. He even hit the Rolling Hills which I haven't seen in awhile. Tyson Kidd gets the advantage for a bit but then Finlay right back on the attack.

Out of nowhere D.H. Smith comes barreling into the ring to help out Tyson Kidd! They are calling him David Heart Smith. It looks like The New Hart Foundation has finally been formed on ECW which is something I’ve been waiting for a long time. DH Smith is the son of the British Bulldog and a Hart stepson. They perform the Hart Attack that the old Hart Foundation made famous and Natalya comes out to celebrate with the two and FINALLY form The New Hart Foundation! What an amazing end to a decent match.

Match Rating: 4/5
Match Review: It was a good back and forth 10 minute match. It also was an amazing ending that gave me goosebumps being able to remember the Hart Foundations glory days and to see those two amazing young stars team up with the gorgeous Natalya.. Only good things came come from this!!

We come back from the commercial break and we see a Raw Report after the recap of the New Hart Foundation.. This is the time when I will suggest you go check out our Raw Report! Written by the great Curtis Kash! Check that out when you get a chance cause Raw is getting interesting! We then have a Judgment Day preview, airing this Sunday, and a run down of the card. This card looks interesting and my predictions will be at the end! We see Paul Burchill and Katie Lea enter the office of Tiffany and complain about not being on the show for two weeks in a row. Hawkins or Ryder, whichever, was already there and looking.. Interesting. Katie Lea then tells Tiffany her brother tends to get in trouble when he has free time. She looked amazing tonight as well.

Vladimir Koslov Promo: Done exceptionally well.. It looks as if they are going to push him to the moon again. I hope he can deliver this time around because he reminds me of a young Nokita Koloff.. We come back from a commercial break and get yet ANOTHER squash match for Vladimir Koslov.. This match shouldn’t take long folks. Koslov delivers several multiple head butts to the jobber and then reverses a high flying attempt by head butting the guy in the chest. Vladimir does his Chokeslam rock bottom thing and picks up the victory quite easily. I love his theme music so I don’t mind seeing him win continuously.. But GIVE HIM AN OPPONENT!

Match Rating: Suck/5
Match Review: Tired of the jobber matches.. Give him a fight…

He cuts a decent little promo after the match talking about Russia and how they have been in Olympic competition for years and years and says how he will dominate the WWE like Russia does Olympic sports. He talks about being trained in Sambo fighting and makes his point proven. The peep show is up next, first time in 4 years! Commercial break time!

We come back and see Christian making his way to the ring sporting the ECW Championship and gets a good pop from the crowd as the ring is set up for the first Peep Show in a long time. He cuts a little bit of a promo before getting into the show and says about how he is the ECW Champion and doesn’t intend to go anywhere and etc. He introduces Swagga who comes walking out looking determined and gets a beautiful heel reaction. A couple one liners from Stryker to Matthews made me chuckle during Swaggas intro and we move onto the show!

Swagga starts off by saying how stupid of an idea this is and Christian takes offense and calls him a sore loser and says its only slightly different from just BEING a loser. Swagga claims he doesn’t want to talk about anything with Christian and then claims he cheated to win the title. They show the footage from Backlash where Christian removes the turnbuckle and Swagga hit’s the open turnbuckle and picks up the win after hitting The Impaler.. Or w.e it is called now. Christian proceeds to tell Swagga that he got outsmarted and hes just being a sore loser and Christian is the smartest out of the two by far. He then runs a promo video on Jack Swagga making fun of his lisp and showing him complaining and talking heavy with  a lisp.

Swagga asks what that proved and for some reason talks a little more with the lisp I think without trying. Swagga proceeds to tell him that Christian will be the guy that had his glorious comeback only to fade right back out of the limelight. He then says in 6 months he will be unemployed and sitting on his couch watching Swagga dominate ECW and wrestling. Christian tells Swagga that since he can't touch him during the show, being the host he can end it when he wants to and proceeds to hit Swagga in the face with the mic. The two stand off at each other as the show goes off the air.

Show Rating: B-
Show Review: With the Swagga/Christian feud at full force I have a feeling their match will be decent at Judgment Day. The show itself did a good job hyping the PPV and giving that feud momentum. It also had the formation of the New Hart Foundation which scores extra points with me. Finlay/Tyson Kidd was a good match and Henry/Dreamer wasn’t awful.. Not bad ECW overall..


Below is the official Judgment Day results as predicted by me:

John Cena d Big Show: Hes the best in the world.. He will win, and maybe get taken out for longer after the match..

Jeff Hardy d Edge: I think its time for Edge to take some time off and for Hardy to lead the Smackdown brand like he should have been doing before

Orton d Batista: The age of Orton WILL live on longer.. Obviously..

Christian d Swagga: I think its too early to have Christian give it back.. Hes a solid champ and gold on the mic..

CM Punk d Umaga: If Umaga wins.. I Riot.. But he probably will.. CM Punk mark though.. Since ROH days..

Chris Jericho d Rey Mysterio: I can ONLY hope that he will become the 9 Time IC Champion.. Look for Rey to probably win.. But GO JERICHO!

There we have it folks! Remember to Stay Blazin and stay tuned for next week!