(Pics from WWE.com)
~The show starts with The Miz & John Morrison defending the WWE Tag Team Titles against Tommy Dreamer & Colin Delaney. Dreamer and Delaney were doing alright, until Delaney gets a chair and hits Miz and Morrison with it. This causes Dreamer and Delaney to get disqualified and allow the tag champs to retain their titles.
-Shelton Benjamin ends Stevie Richards’ three-match winning streak.
-Kane beats James Curtis in 2 seconds. For some reason, Chuck Palumbo decides to stalk Kane on from his motorcycle throughout the match.
-It is announced that Tommy Dreamer & Colin Delaney will receive a rematch for the WWE Tag Team Titles next week in a no-DQ match.
-Then, it was time for the main event of CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship.
-Chavo Guerrero pulls out the win and remains ECW Champion.
This episode of ECW was definitely built around the ECW title match. Thankfully, Punk and Chavo delivered and saved the show because other then that, the show was VERY uneventful. The match starts off a little slow but the pace picks up near the end.
Chavo Guerrero vs. CM Punk (Part I)
Chavo Guerrero vs. CM Punk (Part II)
Why the plug was pulled so quickly on Stevie Richards’ winning streak is a mystery to me but it was kind of hard to imagine just what Richards would be doing once he stopped beating no-names.
It seems Kofi Kingston took the night off to try and pick up Kelly Kelly. I bet this line works all the time on the “island”.
ROH Pay-Per-View Airing This Friday
(Pic from rohwrestling.com)
~Ring of Honor's latest Pay Per View event, Rising Above, is set to premiere this Friday. This show will be the sixth PPV event in the company's history since all ROH shows made are distributed via DVDs.
The show was pre-taped and originally occured on 12/29/07 in NYC. Here's the card for the show:
ROH World Title Match
Nigel McGuinness (Champion) vs. Austin Aries
ROH World Tag Team Title 2/3 Falls Match
Jay & Mark Briscoe (Champions) vs. Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong
Grudge Match #1
Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima
Grudge Match #2
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Hero with Larry Sweeney
Grudge Match #3
Erick Stevens vs. Davey Richards
Three-Way Women's Match
Sara Del Rey vs. Lacey vs. Daizee Haze
Tag Team Scramble
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Jack Evans & Ruckus vs. Adam Pearce & BJ Whitmer
Grudge Match #4
Delirious vs. Brent Albright
In terms of in-ring action, the ROH PPVs have been extremely good and have been right up there with WWE and TNA. However, their shows are very poorly advertised and unless you already are a ROH fan, you probably won't know when their shows are released. This, of course, is the opposite of what you are supposed to do when you expand, try to reach out to the casual, non-fan to add to your fanbase instead of just catering to your loyal following.
Here's a 10 minute preview of the show released by ROH:
Wednesday Wrestler Spotlight
~The wrestler in the spotlight this week goes by a couple of names. "The Washington Warrior", "The Prince of Parkland (Washington)", and "The Aerial Emperor" are just a few. Personally, I perfer...
Jack Evans, from the Heavens.
Jack Evans is a regular in ROH and has been since 2004, but he's also made appearences in Japan and in other promotions across America, including TNA.
Evans is notable for mostly his breakdancing and his fast-paced wrestling style, which consists of a bunch of flips, twists and other high flying manuevers. Like the Springboard Skytwister Press Suicida
And the Space Flying Tiger Drop
And the 630 Senton
And even more breakdancing
Although all the high flying stuff is pretty entertaining, many people don't like Evans' style because he doesn't set anything up and just performs a bunch of moves like a choreographed movie fight scene.
I think Jack Evans is great and he's one of the few wrestlers that makes my jaw drop almost everytime I see him in the ring.
In ROH, Evans is the leader of his own group called "The Vulture Squad", which also features Julius Smokes, Jigsaw and Ruckus.
Evans is currently out of action after suffering a facial injury while taking part in a match in Japan. He's been out since January and I don't know when he's scheduled to make his in-ring return, but from the pics I saw, the injury was pretty brutal.
(clip of how Jack Evans got his injury)
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