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The ECW eXperience – 10.31.06
| The ECW eXperience by J.D. Dunn October 31, 2006 Sabu knocks Thorn to the floor and somersaults into a plancha. You know, Thorn and Ariel should really have dressed as normal people just as a goof. Back in, Sabu springboards again, this time into a spinebuster. THE ARMBAR OF THE LIVING DEAD kills some time. Sabu springboards into a Tornado DDT and finishes with the Camel Clutch with Two Brains! * Daivari looks very crisp for a guy who hasn’t had a serious televised match in a long time. He finishes Moore cleanly with a hammerlock DDT at 1:49. Daivari looked more dominating than either of his charges. 1/4* Bill Maher did a joke the other night about how women need to admit that Halloween is just a night to dress like a total slut and then made a joke about nurses not wearing fishnet stockings. The funny thing is a friend of mine sent me pictures of a Halloween party she went to at a club, and she was dressed in what could generously be described as a white bra with an unbuttoned white top, a white skirt, and long, white leather boots. She was, of course, a nurse. Annoying autobiographical note aside, Trinity wins by wearing police tape across her nipples (a single strip, mind you!). Ariel is dressed as usual, disqualifying her under the “Steve Irwin – South Park” rule. Kelly Kelly suppresses her exhibitionist streak in favor of dressing like CM Punkula complete with tattoos and SXE pose. See, now that’s a pretty clever use of this contest. I don’t object to a little T&A as long as there’s a reason for it to be there. Mike Knox on the Left comes out to yell at Kelly, but Punk runs down and clears Knox out of the ring. Punk seems to be impressed by Kelly. Let’s see, since the WWE writers have been ripping off every comedy over the last few years from “Dodgeball” to “40 Year-Old Virgin,” I’m going to go ahead and guess that Kelly will give her virginity over to Punk and then start stalking him a la “Wedding Crashers.” Test overpowers Van Dam early but gets sent into the turnbuckle. Holly and Van Dam do just fine against Test. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Van Dam hits a crazy crossbody on Test who was standing on the apron. We come back from break to Test hitting a stiff clothesline. Van Dam tags to Holly, though, and Test gets the hell out of Dodge before Holly can get his hands on him. Show comes in and dominates Holly. Remember the Big Shot gimmick? I miss those days. Now, Test will come in. He rams Holly’s shoulder into the posts a few times. Showzilla misses a Pump Splash Elbowdrop. Van Dam gets the hot tag and takes out Big Show’s leg. ROLLING THUNDER! The match breaks down as Holly pairs off with Test, and Van Dam takes on Show. Test winds up taking the Alabama Slam, but not before the ref goes down via an errant clothesline. To the outside, Van Dam preps for a leap off the ringsteps, but a gorilla hops the railing and hits Van Dam with a lead pipe. Ah, you gotta love the classics. Show gets the pin at 20:27. The gorilla is, of course, Paul Heyman. **1/2 Final Thoughts: At least they have the foresight to start building the PPV now, since they have half the time. I’m not really excited about the prospect of the chamber, but if Van Dam and Sabu can think of some crazy things to do, it might be better than usual. The only problem is, if you have six guys in the main event, how thin is your undercard going to be! |
