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Complete ECW on Sci-Fi Taping Results (SPOILERS)

December 30, 2008 | Posted by Larry Csonka

Credit: Josh Nason and Wrestlingobserver.com

Dark match:
– Ricky Ortiz def. Tommy Dreamer: Ortiz looked sloppy with some of his moves and seemed to hurt Dreamer with a bad back suplex. Ortiz gets the pin with a roll-up.

ECW:
– The Dirt Sheet with Miz/Morrison opened up the show. This took way too long as they just rambled for about five minutes insulting various wrestlers. Eventually, they got to Finlay and Hornswoggle, which inspired them to come out. After beating down Finlay, they chased after Hornswoggle who ran under the ring. This elicited the Boogeyman from under the ring and they ran off Miz/Morrison. Boo. Hiss.

– ECW Champion Matt Hardy def. Mark Henry by DQ. I think this was for the title, but I have no idea. Normal Hardy/Henry match until Jack Swagger came out and took down Hardy for the DQ. Henry was not happy and the two stared down as Swagger left the ring area.

– DJ Gabriel w/Alicia def. Paul Burchill w/Katie. This was horrendous for so many reasons. Gabriel won with a reversal into a pin, but what stood out was that Alicia and Katie literally just sat at ringside and did nothing. No crowd prompting, no character, no nothing. Burchill didn’t try to connect with the crowd once. I don’t get this…I just don’t.

– Tag Champs Miz/Morrison def. Finlay/Boogeyman: Morrison got the pin on Finlay as Boogeyman entered the match once to do a quick run-in. He’s just that bad. Miz/Morrison are such big stars, it’s not even funny. From their dress to their whole personas, they are truly stars.

Dark Main Event:
– World Champion John Cena def. Chris Jericho in a street fight. This was all Jericho on offense until Cena hit an FU to get the pin. Jericho was great heel working on Cena’s dad at ringside, yelling at him and making it feel personal. Cena did an emotional post-match speech about his ’08 and thanking his family and friends who were in attendance. Cena was pretty big all night long.

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