ECW On SCI-FI Results - February 19th, 2008 Published by Ryan Clark on 02/18/2008 at 11:26 PM
ECW on Sci-Fi: TV Report
2/19/08
San Diego, CA
San Diego Sports Arena
Report by Bryan Randles
-ECW opening video rolls this week to start. Joey Styles welcomes us to the show with Tazz after the pyro goes off.
-Woo! Ric Flair is on his way to the ring and receives a nice ovation from the crowd.
-Tazz is in the ring and has the mic. He says he’s been in this great business for 22 years and from the day that he started the name everyone knew and respected was the nature boy, Ric Flair. Congratulations are given for being a member of the 2008 HOF class.
-Flair thanks Tazz and Tazz gets out of the ring. Flair calls it an honor and something a wrestler dreams of to be in the Hall. That being the first active wrestler being inducted makes it even better. He doesn’t want anyone to think that his career his almost over though. Flair says he’s honored to be here tonight and a part of ECW. Just being out here in San Diego is special and WWE is the greatest…
-Elijah Burke’s music hits and he heads down the ramp with a smile on his face.
-Burke says he’s been a Flair fan since he was a kid and he was one of his favorite wrestlers growing up. He wanted to be the first to welcome Flair to his house, ECW. He mentioned how McMahon handpicked him to be the leader and face of the new ECW.
-Ain’t no stoppin’ me now rocks the speakers and Benjamin is hitting the ring.
-Shelton says Burke’s cool and great minds think alike. He wants to be the 2nd to congratulate Flair on being the “gold standard” in professional wrestling over the years. Now he wants to introduce himself as the new “gold standard” of wrestling and Flair’s time is over. Flair says he’s struggling with their level of sincerity. If the two of them want to talk about gold then he wants to explain to them that to this day whatever they accomplished, and what ever their future holds will never equal the 16-time world heavyweight champ he is.
-Benjamin and Burke attack Flair and beat him into the corner.
-Punk runs down ringside and attacks Burke and Shelton and runs them out of the ring. Tazz calls Burke and Benjamin disrespectful.
-They head too commercial after a hot start to the program.
-Back from the break Tazz and Styles recap what happened to start the show.
-Benjamin and Burke are walking the halls in the back talking about what just happened. Shelton and Burke can’t believe Flair would diss them after he came out and congratulated Flair on his achievement. Then they talk about Punk running in.
-Estrada approaches them in the back and offers them a chance to team up and take on Punk and Flair later tonight. They accept.
-Kofi Kingston makes his way to the ring. Tazz and Joey hype him up.
-His opponent is already in the ring.
KOFI KINGSTON VS. JASON RIGGS
-They lock up and Kofi hits an arm drag. He settles in with an arm bar and rings it. His opponent hits a body slam then gets in a chin lock. Kofi fights out of it with elbows to the gut, but Riggs grabs his hair and throws him down. Riggs puts in a side headlock and again Kofi tries to elbow out if, and gets loose. Riggs tries to lock it back in and Kofi hits a jawbreaker.
-He hits a couple chops and a russion leg sweep. Then the double leg drop and buzzsaw kick for the 3.
***Kofi goes 5-0 on ECW in a squash that goes 2:00.
-After the match they hype Kofi’s vertical leap and different style.
-Interview with Kofi now. He says being in ECW is like being in paradise. And if theirs trouble in paradise, he’ll take care of it. Boohm, Boohm, Boohm…Boohm!
-Another new Wrestlemania song? It’s 40 days away.
-Styles and Tazz are at the desk and talking serious about Hornswoggle. They go to the footage from Raw and Joey warns us that it’s difficult to watch. The video package as usual is chopped up with visual effects, sound distortions and everything else to amplify the severity and seriousness of it.
-Styles in his serious tone said there is bleeding on Hornswoggle’s brain. Check WWE.com for details.
-Morrison and Miz head to ringside. Styles plugs the “dirt sheet” on WWE.com written by Miz and Morrison. Tazz says he loves it.
-Colin Delany and Dreamer make their way to the ring now.
THE MIZ VS. COLIN DELANEY
-Miz mocks Delaney to start and slams him down. He taunts Colin some more and pops him with a forearm. Miz pushes Colin’s head into the turnbuckle and throws a right hand. A running clothesline into the corner and Delany falls to the mat. He hangs Colin up on the ropes and jumps over the top pulling his throat across it. Dreamer slams his fists on the apron trying to rally the crowd. Colin fights back with some fists that have Miz rocking, but Morrison trips him up on the outside. The ref ejects Morrison from ringside. Delaney school boy’s the distracted Miz for a 2 count. Then Miz hits the running knee and reality check for 3.
***Miz gets the win in 3:00.
-After the match Miz beats on Colin some more and Dreamer makes the save. Morrison runs back in the ring and takes out Dreamer with the corkscrew neckbreaker. They lay out Delaney with a double flapjack maneuver and ECW heads to a break.
-After commercials, Styles sends us back to Raw again to hype Maria and Playboy. They show her win over Beth Phoenix.
-They send it to Kelly Kelly in the back. She says Maria has always wanted to be in Playboy and is proud of her. She called it prestigious and glamorous. Kelly Kelly says even she would want to be in Playboy. The camera then scopes her body out from head to toe. Kelly asks us what do you think? Styles says Maria is in LA shooting the pictorial now. Tune into Raw to see footage from it.
-Stevie Richards is on his way to the ring for a match. Again they show clips from the interview a couple of weeks ago.
-His opponent is already in the ring.
STEVIE RICHARDS VS. JAMES CURTIS
-They lock up to start and Curtis hits a shoulder block then a clothesline. He works on Richards’ throat in the corner and then brings him into the middle of the ring for some kicks to the back. He puts in a headlock and Richards battles out with elbows to the stomach. Stevie misses with a clothesline, but Curtis sells it. Stevie then hits a neckbreaker and a big running avalanche in the corner. He hits the Stevie T and gets win the win.
***Stevie Richards gets the win in 2:00.
-After the match they go to the Raw Rebound. It’s the encounter between Pretty Boy Floyd and the Big Show.
-Before going to commercial, they show Punk & Flair walking the halls backstage. Flair let’s out a few woo’s.
-Flair’s music hits and its time for the main event. Tazz calls it a privilege to have Flair here on ECW. He says he can’t believe he got to interview him and he’s loving it.
-Punk gets a separate entrance. Tazz and Styles hype the opportunity Punk has in getting to team with Flair.
-Burke comes out and stops ringside waiting for his partner…
-Shelton Benjamin who follows out.
RIC FLAIR & CM PUNK VS. SHELTON BENJAMIN & ELIJAH BURKE
-Punk and Burke start it off. Styles mentions that since this is a tag match, Flair’s career is not on the line. Burke hits a shoulder block out of a headlock. Punk comes back with some offense and tags in Flair. He hits some chops and hip toss then goes for a cover. He gets 2 and Burke gets up and pokes the eye. He goes up top, but Flair throws him off. Flair goes up top and Benjamin tries to throw him off, but Flair pushes him aside. Flair leaps off the top rope and hits a double clothesline! They head to break 3:00 in.
-Back from the break Benjamin and Flair are in the ring. Tazz says during the break they’ve worked on Ric’s knee. Benjamin has that knee in a leg lock style hold. Flair reverses it and gets out of the hold. Flair gets in the corner and Benjamin runs at him and Flair moves. Shelton eats the buckle and Flair makes the hot tag to Punk.
-He hits the running knee on Shelton and goes for the bulldog, but Shelton throws him off with big time height. Burke gets the tag and hits the handstand elbow in the corner, then a snap suplex that gets a 2 count. A tag to Shelton is made and he goes for a power bomb into the turnbuckle and something happened that wasn’t supposed to and Punk spills to the outside. Flair helps him back in and they go for it again. Punk slips out and hits a big enziguiri. A tag to Flair and a tag to Burke are made.
-Flair with chops and a clothesline, then a big back body drop. He struts around the ring then goes for a vertical suplex that Benjamin interferes on and Burke lands on top. Punk runs in and him and Shelton end up outside.
-Burke goes for the Elijah Express and Flair moves. Burke crashes into the turnbuckles and comes out holding his knees. Flair slaps on the figure-four and Burke taps like crazy.
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