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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: ECW
And Then There Were Two...
April 18, 2009

by Firewoman
On Loan from the OOWrestling.com Forums

Well, technical difficulties precluded me once again embarrassing myself with my crappy Wrestlemania picks (although I posted them on the forums). The Wrestlemania party was fun, as always, but I think we need a new rule. Wrestlemania Party Virgins don’t get to enter the pool and thus win the belt over those of us who watch regularly and think we know what we are doing. I actually did worse in the pool, because I switched at the last minute and had Big Show win with assistance from Vickie Guerrero, instead of sticking with Cena as I should have. I think I’m just going to add Cena to my “never pick against at Wrestlemania” list.
So, we go to the first post-draft ECW. I don’t think ECW was quite as decimated this year as in year’s past, but we did gain Vladimir Kozlov. I suppose I can be glad he doesn’t eat worms or something, but other than that I’m not that excited. What is more interesting is how John Morrison will fare as a solo wrestler. Your humble webmaster is doubtful. I’m not. Maybe I’m blinded by abs, but I think he’ll do fine. We should probably take a look though, huh?
ECW not-quite-so live post-draft from University of Tennessee. We now have Josh Matthews with Matt Striker, in the post-Tazz announcer reshuffle, so let’s see how that works.. Match 1: John Morrison v. Evan Bourne We’re going to open with John Morrison, sans Miz, in his first singles match after being broken up and dumped last night. And those who hang in chat will know how much I’m going to enjoy this match. Opening lock up, and Morrison ends up in control working the arm . Bourne does some flippy stuff and ends up controlling Morrison’s arm. Morrison recovers with knee. Our first actual move is Evan whipping Morrison into the ropes, and Morrison comes back with a shoulder block that sets Bourne on his back, with Morrison standing tall. He gets up, though, and they trade some rope action, ending with a big arm drag by Evans. He works Morrison’s arm again. And then whips him into the corner, following him in, but Morrison gets an elbow up. Bourne staggers back and Morrison goes up top, for a missile drop kick. As he jumps, Bourne is aware and steps back, so Morrison lands on his back on the mat. Bourne goes for the cover, but Morrison kicks out a two. Bourne applies some stompy-kicks. Morrison counters by sending Bourne neck first into the middle rope. Now it’s Morrison’s turn for some kicks, and a European upper cut. Bourne is not out though, and responds with a roundhouse kick, and then an enziguiri, but Morrison dodges it. Morrison bounces of the ropes and springs into Bourne who greets him with a high knee to the stomach. Now we know why those rock-solid abs are so handy. Bourne makes the cover, but Morrison kicks out again. Bourne whips Morrison into the corner again, and then runs after him. Morrison lifts him up and over the top rope. Bourne responds with a big slap which knocks Morrison down, but not out. He spins around and sweeps Bourne’s legs out from under him, and he lands on his back. Morrison sizes him, and again runs the ropes and into a flying knee that sends Bourne backwards to the floor. Morrison poses while Bourne cringles on the floor. He gets bored with that and jumps down, hitting another knee to Bourne’s face. He throws him back in and goes for the in, but Bourne kicks out at two. He gets Bourne up into a “modified torture rack” (thank you, Matt Striker). He spins Bourne around to do … something, but Bourne gets his legs up and around into a head scissors, sending Morrison flying out of the ring. Morrison climbs back in as Evans goes to set up a plancha, probably, except Morrison dropkicks him to the knee, keeping him grounded. We take care of some business. Bourne is able to power out, and hits a few more kicks. He goes up high once too often, and Morrison ducks, then lands a back kick. Cover for two again. Morrison mounts Evans for some forearm strikes, and then the referee pulls him off. Morrison continues with the punchy offense, getting Evan into the corner, but the Evan comes back with some punches of his own. Morrison gets Evans arm contorted impossibly behind him, and then manages to get his shoulders down while maintaining the hold for another two-count. Morrison keeps up the pressure on Evan’s arms and shoulders. Bourne starts to fade, but not enough to do the “hand raise of doom.” Finally, he’s able to stand and run Morrison into the corner. Morrison comes back once, and eats elbow. He comes back a second time, and gets a foot to the stomach. He comes back a third time and gets a huge clothesline. Maybe we should stop doing it that way, eh, Johnny Boy? The clothes line knocks Evan down also. Morrison doesn’t learn and once they are back standing, he runs in for a punch, but Evan ducks it. He comes back in and hits a hurricanrana on Morrison, followed by a big drop kick, and then a jumping back kick. Bourne gets a pin, but only for two. He throws Morrison to the corner, and follows him in. Morrison gets the big boot up, but Bourne dodges and grabs it, using it to get Morrison up to the top turnbuckle. Okay…. He leaps up with a Bitchslap of Disrespect. Bourne scales the corner, with Morrison punching him in the midsection. Bourne falls off and then goes again…he leaps, really really high, and grabs Morrison in a head scissors and flips him off the top turnbuckle. He goes for the pin and only gets two? Really? The two recover for a second, and then Morrison is up. He grabs Evan and drops him neck first onto the top rope. Evan bounces back, and Morrison grabs him, rolling through to a “jacknife cover” by Morrison (thank you, Striker), but Evans rolls up and gets a two-count on Morrison. Morrison runs for the rope, but Evan follows him. He leaps to a cross body just as Morrison gets there, and they both go crashing over the ropes to the floor below. The referee leaps out to check to see if either of them are actually still alive. They are, so he gets back in for the count out. Bourne picks Morrison up, and tosses him into the ring, and he follows. Bourne goes up top, but Morrison is standing! Bourne leaps and drives his knees right to either side of Morrison’s neck. He goes for another pin…One…two…NO! No? Bourne is beside himself trying to figure out how to put Morrison down. He lands a couple of roundhouse kicks to a kneeling Morrison’s chest (and I swear the crowd responds with “Wooo!”) Morrison catches the third one, and then stands, with a knee to Evan’s stomach. He starts for the Moonlight Drive, but Evan counters with a very high knee to the face. He pulls Morrison over towards the corner. Bourne goes up top, and is it time? Nope, because Morrison recovers and hits an enziguiri (kind of) knocking Evan off the corner. Evan is still typed up in the corner, and Morrison grabs him and hits the Moonlight Drive off the turnbuckle. One…two…THREE! Winner: John Morrison in about 20 minutes. Awesome awesome job, and if anyone still doubts Morrison can carry a singles match, they need to get their eyes checked. There will also be a brief pause in your recap, so I can go have a cigarette after that. Match 2: Vladimir Kozlov v. David “Red Trunks” Feriya Poor David is already in the ring, and I’ve probably butchered the spelling of his last name horribly. So let’s get to the “squash” part. After the match, Vlad says a bunch of stuff in a really thick accent, but I imagine it’s something about how he’s really tough and stuff and he’ll squash everyone here. How nice for him! After the match, Finlay and Hornswoggle are warming up backstage. The Burchills are back stage asking Blondie if they will be affected by the supplemental draft. They don’t want to be broken up. Aw. They leave, unsatisfied, and Jack Swagger comes in. He pitches the idea of a Q&A session with ECW Champion Jack Swagger. Tiffany says, no. She’s got something else planned that I don’t quite find myself caring about. Match 3: Christian v. Tommy Dreamer v. Finlay (w/Hornswoggle) Triple Threat Match We have the bell, and the three men eye each other suspiciously. Finlay takes control early, going from Christian to Tommy and back. Then it’s Christians turn, with an Atomic Drop and then a Dropkick to Finlay. He flips Tommy over and then Tommy recovers and slaps Christian, and the whips him into the ropes and back into an elbow. Tommy then turns to Finlay, with the same elbow. He goes back to Christian and they tease the suplex over the ropes. Tommy tires of this and bounces Christian’s throat off the top rope. Tommy’s on a roll, and whips Finlay to the corner, but Finlay gets a boot up, and down goes Tommy. Roll is over. Finlay tries a pin, but not yet, too early. Finlay elbows and stomps Dreamer. He goes to center of the ring, and meets Christian, who hits a neckbreaker. Dreamer gets involved and drops Finlay in the center of the ring, then back body-drops Christian when he gets involved. Tommy suplexes Christian, and follows it up with an elbow drop, then a pin for one. Dreamer goes after Finlay then, and clotheslines them both out of the ring. Christian sees his chance and goes to the top turnbuckle. He flies, and there are bodies everywhere. We’ll need a commercial break just to sort this all out! An uncharacteristically short commercial later, and Christian is hitting the Fulcrum on Dreamer. Christian goes up top again, but Finlay pushes him off to the floor. Finlay gets a couple of near falls on Dreamer. Since none of those work, we get a rest hold. We break from these occasionally for some punches or kicks, and back to locks and holds. Then, for some unknown reason, Finlay rolls out of the ring to go after Christian. He slams him head first against the steel steps. He pulls Christian in for a short-arm clothesline. He rolls back into the ring and pins Dreamer, but only for one count. Finlay hits a backbreaker on his knee, and still no pin. Back to the restholds, but Dreamer powers up and hits a jawbreaker! Finlay grabs his jaw just as Christian gets on the apron. Dreamer suplexes Finlay, and dodges a flying Christian. Dreamer drop toe-holds Christian right into Finlay. As they are trying to get up, Dreamer rolls through and gets a double pin on both men, for a two count. Dreamer is out, as Christian and Finlay collide…literally. Now all three men are down. Christian is up first, and goes up top again. Finlay follows him, and before they can get in superplex position, Tommy also revives and breaks it up. Finlay falls backwards into Tree of Woe territory. Tommy climbs up, grabs Christian and superplexes him off the top. Finlay falls off the tree, and Tommy goes for a pin on Christian, but seriously? Christian kicks out of it. Okay….sure, why not? Tommy gets Finlay back up into the Tree, and E-C-Dub! And a dropkick later…Finlay recovers and toe-holds Tommy out of the ring. Seriously??? Finlay limps over to Christian, but Christian counters with a small package for a two count. Finlay gets Christian up and over with the Celtic Cross. Before he can get the pin, though, Christian rolls out. Dreamer is back, and hits a sloppy DDT on Finlay. Only a two count for this one too. While Tommy is arguing the count, Christian is back in and tries to set Tommy up for the Unprettier (or whatever we're calling that these days). Tommy counters and flips Christian over, and then with an elbow drives him into the ropes, where he miraculously gets himself all tangled up! Dreamer tosses Finlay into Christian, and then rolls Finlay up for…a two count??? Dreamer gets Finlay over his shoulders, but then Finlay counters and gets Dreamer up for another Celtic Cross and he makes the pin. Winner: Finlay. Man, Dreamer is NEVER going to win a match.

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