6/20 ECW TV: Caldwell's ongoing Alternate Perspective review
Tarot Reading
- We begin with a lady dressed in goth sitting at a table surrounded by candles backstage. She said Paul Heyman delivered a message last night on Raw. After placing down a tarot card, she said Sabu taught John Cena "extreme." She said RVD and Angle face Orton and Edge tonight. Good change of pace opening to set the line up for the show. We're already better than last week.
- After the ECW intro aired, they panned an obviously WWE crowd with plenty of kids and families in the arena.
As Sabu prepped in the ring, they showed a photo closeup of John Cena's bloodstained eye from last night on Raw. Tazz said ECW has vixens, not divas. Three minutes in and Joey Styles plugged ECW TV being the highest rated show on cable TV last Tuesday. They tried to make the arena look different with very dark, dim lighting. Mamaluke drove Sabu to the ropes then Sabu springboarded off with a leg smash. Sabu drop kicked Mamaluke off the apron to the floor. He flew off a chair in the ring onto Mamaluke on the outside. Vocal "ECW" chant ringside. Sabu pulled out a table and set it up ringside. Mamaluke recovered and threw Sabu into the ring. Mamaluke dropped Sabu on the mat then placed a chair on him. Mamaluke flew off the top and ate a chair when Sabu threw it into his face. Sabu placed Mamaluke on a table then hit an elbow smash through the table. Styles plugged Cena-Sabu this Sunday. Sabu took Mamaluke into the ring and applied the Camel Clutch for the tap out victory. Styles plugged Cena-Sabu one more time.
WINNER: Sabu via submission in 5:00. Pretty good action. Mamaluke isn't an established character, but he played good fodder for Sabu to hit some trademark moves and allow Styles to talk about Sabu's match with Cena at the PPV.
- Kelly, the inexperienced exhibitionist, said she was so excited last week that she couldn't get her bra off. She said she would show everything tonight. Oh dear.
- The camera panned up from the WWE Title to the ECW Title to RVD, who was wearing both belts around his waist. He said fans get to see him wrestle tonight with Angle against Edge and Orton. RVD said Edge is going to have his ass handed to him at Vengeance. He said both men would get an extreme ass kicking tonight. Rough promo.
- Big Show came out dressed to wrestle. Tommy Dreamer slowly entered the ring. Dreamer and Big Show went nose-to-chest in the ring. Dreamer took the mic and said Show was dominant last week. He said that if Show wanted to make a name for himself in ECW, then he would have to go through him. Dreamer slapped Show then Show delivered a series of hard right hands. Show knocked him to the floor then slammed him into the guardrail. He threw Dreamer into the ringpost. Dreamer fought back from his knees in the ring. However, Show drove Dreamer to the mat and pounded him some more. Show walked off and Dreamer recovered in the ring. O.K.
Here's your combination riff on Randy Savage and Nacho Libre. Macho did some self-deprecating lines mocking Randy. Sandman walked out from the top of the building to the ring. "Something, something, something, something, oh yeah," Macho said. Sandman caned him then hit the Russian legsweep with the cane for the win.
- An ECW referee told Paul Heyman that John Cena is in the building.
- John Cena walked into the building. He had a noticeable black eye. He walked up to a gang of ECW guys backstage. Heyman held back Sabu. Cena said he's tired of people jumping him from behind. He offered to have an Extreme Lumberjack match against Sabu at Vengeance. Cena told everyone to stare at his eye then he slowly turned around and walked off. No one moved. Solid segment and the live crowd responded to Cena.
- Kelly, the inexperienced exhibitionist, walked out on stage in a black top and black boy shorts. She took forever to take off her top, milking the moment for a while. She unhooked her bra, which was fastened in the front. She placed her hands over her breasts for the second straight week then turned around to face the camera. She turned back around then a man walked on stage and covered her with a towel. He glared towards the fans then smirked and walked off with her. Completely random. I hope there's a point to using two minutes of TV on this.
3 -- EDGE (w/Lita) & RANDY ORTON vs. KURT ANGLE & ROB VAN DAM
Edge and Lita came out first. Edge said ECW sucks. Randy Orton came out. Edge and Angle started things off. Angle took Edge down with a double leg take down. RVD tagged in and crotched Randy on the top rope. He knocked Randy to the floor then hit a moonsault off the apron onto Randy on the floor. Nice spot. Back in the ring, RVD bounced off the ropes, but Lita pulled the ropes down and RVD flew to the floor.
Back from the break, Edge and Randy worked on RVD. Edge shoved RVD through the ropes to the floor and RVD crashed head-first into the guardrail. Back in the ring, RVD escaped Edge and tagged out to Angle, who cleaned house. Lita interfered to save Edge from tapping out to the Anklelock. Randy came in and chopblocked Angle. Edge and Randy worked on Angle's knee. Angle countered out of nowhere with a chokehold on Edge, but Lita broke it up. Angle rolled over to his corner and hot tagged to RVD, who hit dropkicks on Randy and Edge. All four men fought in the ring then Lita entered the ring to defend Edge. Angle answered with the Angleslam on Lita to a big pop. RVD brought a chair into the ring, but Randy grabbed his legs from the outside. RVD drop kicked Orton and Orton slumped to the floor. Edge went for a spear, but RVD side stepped him and hit an elbow. Edge slid to the mat and RVD hit Five Star on Edge for the win. Afterwards, RVD and Angle posed in the ring. They hugged and Angle smiled.
WINNER: RVD & Angle in 15:00. Amazing improvement over last week's main event. Sure, it's still WWE...and a former ECW star...but it was compelling TV. The goal is to build up ECW using WWE stars until ECW can establish its own stars to feud within the brand. They're slowly moving in that direction, but it's still WWE on ECW. They need to feature the ECW guys in more compelling roles with an opportunity to succeed. RVD and Sabu are getting that chance, but that's only two out of fifteen. Good build to Vengeance.
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