Straight Blazing: ECW Report for 07/28/09

Johnny Says: WOO WOO WOO, YOU KNOW IT!

Welcome back Ladies and Gentlemen to this edition of Straight Blazing! This week we will be, of course, covering the ECW show for July 28th! Coming off of a very disappointing Night Of Champions it would be interesting to see what ECW could deliver this week! Christian holding the strap again.. Goldust looking to make an appearance.. And who would challenge Christian for his title? All these answers and more coming up!

Firstly lets see how I did in my N.O.C. picks…

Divas Title Match:

Johnny Predicted: Mickie James beating Maryse

Actual: Mickie James beat Maryse

1 for 1

US Title Match

Johnny Predicted: Swagga winning (Biased I know!)

Actual: Kofi Kingston retains

1 for 2

IC Title Match:

Johnny Predicted: Dolph Ziggler winning sneakily..

Actual: Rey Mysterio Won (though recent reports said Ziggler was SUPPOSED to win moments before the show went live, The decision was changed though)

1 for 3 Not looking good so far..

ECW Title Match

Johnny Predicted: Christian beats Dreamer to win the ECW title

Actual: Christian beat Tommy Dreamer!

2 for 4  Back in the game!

Unified Tag Title Match

Johnny: Legacy beats Jericho and Masters

Actual: Jericho and Show beat Legacy to retain titles..

2 for 5  And BIG SHOW?? REALLY??

WWE Title Match

Johnny Predicted: Orton retains title

Actual: Orton Retains title

3 for 6  WOOTS!!!

World Heavyweight Title Match

Snuggy Predicted: CM Punk retains title as Jeff Hardy is leaving company

Actual: Jeff Hardy wins cause apparently hes NOT leaving the company..

3 for 7  I know I missed the Womens title match.. But meh.. I cant believe Hardy isn’t going and BIG SHOW?? REALLY?

On with ECW!!

We start off with a video recap of Christian winning the title at NOC and a nice little video package is played. Shows how hot the crowd was in Philly, DAMN RIGHT, and that Christian was well welcomed back as the ECW Champion. The intro vid is played and I swear Christian and Shelton Benjamin are in that video like 20 times.. But on with the show!!

The first contest will feature Tyler Reks going up against Paul Burchill who is accompanied by the lovely Katie Lea Burchill. Looking striking as usual and it seems to be a good match to kick off the show! Reks had beat Burchill last week with a quick roll up to win his debut ECW match, then Burchill attacked Reks from behind causing this matchup.

Paul Burchill shows some impressive ground game in this match and he looks to be sporting a new haircut as well. Just seemed to notice this when he was hitting a running knee strike. Josh Matthews and Matt Stryker were GOLDEN on commentary throughout this match. Styker was abusing Matthews and had me laughing quite a few times.

Tyler Reks gets on the offense and shows some of his good moves hitting a flying cross body drop as well as a couple well executed suplexes. Im still not completely sold on the guy though. I think his gimmick is absolute garbage and he hasn’t done anything impressive enough yet. Reks hit’s a springboard Missile Dropkick on Burchill out of nowhere and picks up the win! An impressive looking dropkick and it was done effectively enough that it could  be used as a finishing move.

Match Rating:

2/5

Match Review:

Reks still needs to impress me.. But it wasn’t a bad opening match..

Next matchup is Vladimir Kozlov against some random jobber named Billy Blane or something? As the commentators try to let us know what happened last week with Kozlov and Ezekial.. Kozlov continues to destroy this local random jobber. Fall-Away slams, Beating the crap out of him on the turnbuckle, and the finishing him off with The Iron Curtain. The match lasted a whole maybe 3 mins and he cant feud with Ezekial QUICKenough..

Match Rating:

1/5

Match Review:

Lame..

Ezekial’s music hit’s the arena and the crowd actually gives him a good pop as he comes down the ring to get in the face of Vladimir Kozlov. Instead of doing anything to Kozlov he picks up the jobber and slams him down to the ground with a modified choke-slam similar to the Iron Curtain. He stares at Kozlov and then walks to the back and once again we are left in confusion.

We go to the back and Dreamer is talking to Tiffany and it seems he has an important announcement that he is going to make. Tiffany asks him if he is sure, and he assures her he is. The Shelton Benjamin walks up and asks Tiffany about being on the Abraham Washington show.. Abraham Washington apparently told her that Shelton wasn’t entertaining enough to be on his show. Hurricane Helms then walks in and asks Tiffany for something, She tells him to hold on as Shelton gets an attitude with Hurricane saying “What do I have to do? Dress up like a super hero to get anything around here” as Helms then replies “Im just a simple reporter” epic line..

Commercial Break

Next up we have Sheamus! His theme song is like a toned down version of Dropkick Murphys and I got to say I like it. Being as I love Dropkick Murphys. Sheamus will be taking on … Oh wait..

SHATTERED DREAMS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS!!!!

That’s right.. fans rejoice! The man, They Myth, THE LEGEND!!Goldust is on his way to the ring. He is looking good and primed to take on Sheamus in this one fall matchup! Im hoping they don’t bury him too much as Goldust looked good the last few weeks. Goldust is a huge fan favorite as he is getting chants of his name as he flies around the ring looking impressive. Sheamus gets the upper hand and him and Goldust then trade strikes in the middle of the ring, Sheamus eventually getting the upper hand.

The match continues with a lot of ground work by Sheamus as he works a chicken wing style armbar and also a good headlock. The crowd is behind Goldust 100% to fight his way off of the ground and regain the upper hand as they chant, clap, and do everything they can to help him get up! Goldust battles back to his feet and nails some key punches! The match is in Goldust hands as he takes control and beats Sheamus down continuously getting a few near falls. Goldust gets another near fall after a quick power slam after whipping Sheamus into the ropes.

Goldust goes for a suplex type move and Sheamus reverses it and ends up delivering a kick to the head of Goldust. Sheamus then nails his Slam into a backbreaker finisher and he picks up the win over Goldust! It was a very well done match and Sheamus looked good as well as Goldust did as well! Excellent little contest and it was a solid match!

Match Rating:

3.5/5

Match Review:

Excellent match, Goldust looking absolutely incredible lately, and Sheamus looking good in his first couple matches

Commercial Break

Come back to a Raw Recap.. I must say that I had doubts with Shaq as the Guest Host of Raw.. But Shaq was absolutely AMAZING as the GM of Monday Night Raw.. It also gave them press with ESPN and other news outlets.. Amazing night with Shaq.. Seeing him shoulder block Big Show was epic.. Good show I must say..

We are back and the crowd is on their feet and ROARING for Christian.. What an amazing pop he receives as he is announced.. It is near deafening and honestly was one of his biggest pops of all time.. Impressive he is still that much over with the fans. He is on his way to the ring to make a speech or to talk or something along those lines.

Christian says that the second time holding the ECW title and standing in front of his “peeps” and hearing them cheer him makes it so much sweeter. He goes on to thank the fans and says that losing the title to begin with was a good thing because it made him more focused. He thanks Tommy Dreamer and says even though he made fun of his body and his over emotionless that he was still a great guy and as he is finishing his thought Tommy Dreamers music hit’s the arena.. And out walks the FORMER ECW Champion.. Tommy Dreamer..

Dreamer tells Christian that he is getting his rematch next week on ECW and the match will be held under Extreme Rules. As he is finishing Zach Ryder walks out, with his KICK ASS theme music, and tells Christian that he’s going to beat him tonight. Woo Woo Woo, You Know It! I am starting to like Zach Ryder.. And the main event is up next with Christian v Zach Ryder!

Zach Ryder, who still needs to find himself another pant leg, was showing some impressive offense at the beginning of this contest. He was quick and precise with his strikes and attacks and Christian of course helped him look even better. Christian nails a few high spots including a leap to the outside on Ryder and a dropkick off of the apron from inside the ring. It goes to commercial with them both laid out on the outside of the ring. Ryder and Christian both had offense spots in the match and it was right down the middle as to had the advantage!

Commercial Break.. GO SEE DISTRICT 9.. Movie looks EPIC!!!

We come back to see Christian just BARELY making it back into the ring before the 10 count is up. Zach Ryder locks in a weird looking arm lock and tries to punish him as Christian battles out of it and tries to take some offense but Ryder shuts him down quick with a knee to the gut. And then tries to lock in a Rear Naked choke and settles for a body scissors move. Christian fights out of the move and gets some offense back! Then the two exchange offense and both get some close falls as the match starts to wind down. Zach Ryder hits an EPIC looking Leg Lariat in the air and gets a close fall on Christian. Christian nails a top rope Tornado DDT and gets a close fall.

The two get a standing ovation from the Baltimore crowd as the two square off at each other after a very impressive exchange! Christian hits his spinning elbow off the top rope and then goes for the KillSwitch and NAILS it.. Zach Ryder sells it like a pro and they both put on one hell of a match!

Match Rating:

4.5/5

Match Review:

The last part of that match after the commercial break was one of the better exchanges I have seen in awhile.. The crowd was on their feet cheering for both men and their efforts.. What an epic main event and it saved the show tremendously..

Well Ezekial and Kozlovs feud looks to be getting some steam.. Dreamer gets his shot at the ECW title next week, Reks makes me wanna puke.. And Zach Ryder and Christian put on a damn good match.. Not a very bad ECW, A Hurricane Helms appearance would have made it better.. But Goldust showing he can still go for the second week in a row worked fine! Stay Blazin'!!

Show Grade:

B-

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