ECW On SCI-FI Results - March 25th, 2008 Published by Ryan Clark on 03/25/2008 at 07:01 PM
ECW on Sci-Fi: TV Report
3/25/08
Fayetteville, NC
Crown Coliseum
-The opening promo kicks things off. Fireworks shoot off into the ceiling of the Crown Coliseum and Joey Styles welcomes us to the show. They hype the next match as maybe the biggest tag team match we’ve ever seen.
-Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly come out together first. These introductions might take up the first quarter of the show.
-Kofi Kingston makes his way out next.
-Kane makes his way out. All the other cobatants are in the ring already after all. At the end of the match I’ll do my best to list all the names involved.
12 ON 12 TAG MATCH
-Rhodes and Kendrick start things off. Noble gets the tag in from Rhodes and goes to work on Kendrick. Palumbo now in and he goes right to work on Noble. He drops an elbow, but Noble moves and tags in Yang. Palumbo takes him right down. He charges at Noble in the corner, but he gets a boot up then hits a dropkick. Palumbo spills to the outside and Yang hits a plancha on him. Shannon Moore hits a summersault plancha onto Palumbo. Now Trevor Murdoch dives onto all of them from the top. They head to break 3:00 in.
-Back from the break Snitsky and Dreamer are in the ring. Now the action breaks down and everyone is in the ring. It goes outside quickly. Holly hits an alabama slam on Burke on the inside. Miz comes in and works on Holly. Festus inside hits a thesz press on Miz. Khali comes in and takes out Festus. Kane knocks Khali out. Matt Striker gets a chokeslam. Snitsky comes back in and lays out Kane with a clothesline. Dreamer gets back in and Henry puts him in a bear hug. Snitsky hits Dreamer with a big boot and gets the pin.
***Massive heel team wins in 9:30. (*1/2).
-After the match everyone gets in the ring and a stare down takes place.
-They hype a special battle royal preview Sunday at 6:30 on WWE.com.
-Here’s the official 24: Kane, Mark Henry, Great Khali, BDV, Chuck Palumbo, Jamie Noble, Jimmy Wang Yang, Hardcore Holly, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, The Miz, Snitsky. Jesse, Festus, Kendrick, Cody Rhodes, Trevor Murdoch, Deuce, Domino, Matt Striker, Val Venis, Lance Cade, Shannon Moore, Kofi Kingston,
Elijah Burke.
-Ok, I did not see BDV, but he had been advertised for the match. Those are the guys I saw though. So, I’m confused. We got a situation people. I think they only put out 23 people and they advertised 24.
-In the back Dreamer and Delaney are approached by Chavo Guerrero Jr. Dreamer wants a match with Chavo tonight. Chavo says it’d have to be non-title. Dreamer doesn’t care, because of what beating the champion means. Chavo is hesitant. Dreamer puts over Delaney saying he has guts, but Chavo doesn’t. The match is on.
-Carlito makes his way to the ring.
-Benjamin makes his way to the ring. It’s a MITB preview.
CARLITO VS. SHELTON BENJAMIN
-They both point at the ceiling and Carlito slaps Benjamin. Now Carlito puts the boots to him and pounds on him in the corner. Monkey Flip by Carlito, but Shelton lands on his feet. He hits some punches and kicks now. Side headlock by Benjamin and then a shoulder block. Dropkick by Carlito. He sends Shelton up over the top, but he holds the ropes and skins the cat. Shelton gets hung up on the ropes and ends up being sent outside.
-Carlito hits a DDT on Benjamin on the apron. Back inside he goes for a pin and gets 2. Reverse chinlock by Carlito and he takes it to the mat with a headlock. They finally get out of the hold and Carlito hits a springboard back elbow for 2. Carlito drives his shoulder into Shelton’s gut in the corner. Benjamin comes back with a series of hard right hands. Carlito comes back with a suplex. Another chinlock by Carlito. Benjamin picks up out of it and hits an electric chair. The ref starts a count as they both lay on the floor. Benjamin rolls over on top and gets a 2 count.
-Carlito on the apron throwing punches on Shelton in the inside. He hits a springboard dropkick for 2. He pounds away on Shelton after he couldn’t get the pin. He hits a neckbreaker now for 2. Back to a reverse chinlock. The crowd decides to get behind Shelton and rally for him to get out of the hold. He does and hits a spin kick to the neck. He spears Carlito and mounts him to hit a series of punches then an inverted backbreaker for 2.
-Carlito runs into the t-bone suplex and that gets 2. Carlito goes for a suplex and Shelton slips out of it. Carlito comes back with a swinging neckbreaker for 2. He goes for the backstabber, but Shelton turns around and catches him, then power bombs him into the turnbuckle. Benjamin goes for his finisher and Carlito turns it into a backbreaker. Carlito heads up top and Shelton jumps up top in a single bound. He hits a DDT from the top and gets the win.
***Benjamin wins in 11:10. (**). One too many chinlocks and a dead crowd not knowing who to cheer for hurt this one, but it was good.
-After the match they head to instant replay to recap it.
-They run a video package on the triple threat championship match at ‘Mania.
-They run a video package on the triple threat championship match at ‘Mania.
-Ok, the Battle Royal is only going to be on WWE.com. They finally showed a graphic for it and called it a FreeView. It sounded like Styles was saying preview to me. At least they showed the graphic for it. So, if you want to see the Battle Royal for who will get a shot at the ECW title you have to tune into WWE.com at 6:30p.m. EST for the live stream.
-They run down the card for ‘Mania.
-Gordon Solie is the next inductee in the WWE HOF. Cue the video package.
-They run a video package on the triple threat championship match at ‘Mania.
-Ok, the Battle Royal is only going to be on WWE.com. They finally showed a graphic for it and called it a FreeView. It sounded like Styles was saying preview to me. At least they showed the graphic for it. So, if you want to see the Battle Royal for who will get a shot at the ECW title you have to tune into WWE.com at 6:30p.m. EST for the live stream.
-They run down the card for ‘Mania.
-Gordon Solie is the next inductee in the WWE HOF. Cue the video package.
-Layla is headed to the ring for a mixed tag team match.
-Her partner is Mike Knox.
-Their first opponent, Stevie Richards, is headed to the ring.
-His partner is Kelly Kelly.
LAYLA & MIKE KNOX VS. STEVIE RICHARDS & KELLY KELLY
-Layla and Kelly start it off. It’s a shoving contest, then they lock up. They trade hammerlocks then Layla elbows out of it. Layla goes for a clothesline and Kelly ducks it then hits one of her own. Layla throws Kelly by the hair. She puts the boots to her and pulls her hair some more. Snap mare takeover by Layla, but Kelly comes back right after with an enziguiri. The tag to Richards is made and in comes Knox.
-Layla comes back in and Kelly spears her. Knox hits his corkscrew neckbreaker variation and gets the win out of nowhere.
***Mike Knox and Laya win in 2:39.
-A Mayweather video packaged they showed on Raw is played.
-Back from a commercial, all 24 men in the battle royal are outside the ring as lumberjacks for our main event.
-Chavo Guerrero Jr. comes out.
-Tommy is in the ring.
CHAVO GUERRERO JR. VS. TOMMY DREAMER- NON-TITLE
-Tommy opens up with punches and he sends Chavo outside to the apron. He punches him off and the lumberjacks throw Chavo back inside. Tommy goes for a cover and gets 2. Chavo works on Tommy in the corner and puts in a reverse chinlock. It gets turned into a front chancery and Dreamer escapes to hit a bulldog. More right hands by Dreamer, then he puts Chavo in the tree of woe and hits the running dropkick.
-Dreamer hits a neckbreaker and heads up top. Chavo crotches him and Dreamer falls to the mat. Chavo heads up top and hits a frogsplash for 3.
***Chavo Guerrero wins in 2:48.
-After the match Chavo celebrates his quick victory while all the Royal combatants stare at him. Then they all jump into the ring and beat up Chavo! Now their all beating on each other and the show goes off the air.
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