- First up, we have a match between Carlito and John Morrison, an obvious follow-up from two weeks ago when Primo did battle with The Miz in what I thought was the best ECW TV match all year. Typical back and forth affair, and both guys teased their finishers before Morrison got into some trouble and said "fuck it." Teddy Long then came out and forced the World Tag Team Champions back to the ring with a bunch of lumberjacks, including Mike Knox, William Regal, Goldust, Vladimir Kozlov and Jamie Noble (among others). At the end, Carlito tosses Morrison out of the ring only for the lumberjacks to toss him back in. Backstabber, Carlito wins, Colons celebrate.
My Thoughts
Very disappointing match. I expected better after the Primo/Miz match two weeks ago and the two tag title matches they had on Smackdown, but sometimes, that's how the cookie crumbles. I thought the finish was a bit weak too, but I guess it works. I guess since Primo AND Carlito both won their singles matches, we're going to see Mizorrison as the Unified Tag Team Champions at WrestleMania.
I do have to say that outside of the absolutely horrible Valentine's Day vignettes, the build for this match has been pretty good, and I am definitely looking forward to it. The Lumberjacks add an element to it, even if it's just to get the guys who aren't doing anything on the card a WrestleMania paycheck. It sucks most for Mike Knox and Vladimir Kozlov because they've met the 'E's monster heel quotient for the last six months, and now, they get to stand around the ring and look menacing. Oh well. AT least I think they have something big planned for Knox post WM. Kozlov... nto as much, but I'm not going to lose sleep. Knox and his beard are far more interesting than Kozlov will ever be to me.
- Next up, it's time to recap the Orton/Triple H bullshit from RAW the night before, followed by a WrestleMania card run-down, followed by an extended trailer for 12 Rounds.
My Thoughts
Yawn. Pass. This Triple H/Orton feud has been so bad that even the shining moments like what happened at the end of RAW seem like shit within the context of the whole feud. I don't need to continually see the fecal nature of everything. Same with the movie trailer. I get it, John Cena's in a movie. Coupled with the commercials they run during the breaks, this is overkill, especially on a show that Cena isn't even on. This segment pretty much exemplified the problems plaguing the WWE right now.
- Tag match time! Jack SWAGGAH and Tyson Kidd against Evan Bourne and Tommy Dreamer. Good action, starts out Tommy Dreamer getting his ass handed to him after some back and forth. Coming out of commercial break, we see that Dreamer has gotten the upperhand. Fast forward to the end with some clusterfudgery and Kidd eating his first pinfall since being called up via the Shooting
My Thoughts
This one was a very good match. Tommy Dreamer, for being old and broken down, can still go and can still lead the younger guys to a good match. Evan Bourne is going to be a multiple time World Champion if he doesn't kill himself. Dude can flat out work. I love his offense, and if he can learn to sell expertly and talk, he'll be the complete package and be the sort of evolution of Jeff Hardy. The heels did well, although I thought maybe they should have had Swagger eat a pinfall against Dreamer and kick-start Dreamer's "Title or Bust" storyline that will probably conclude in the summertime. I also don't like that Kidd's first loss happened in sort of a throwaway tag match, but at least it was to the SSP and to a guy they're legitimately going to push in Bourne.
- Main even time and... it's the VIP Lounge, featuring everyone in Mony in the Bank. Second week in a row that ECW finishes with a non-match. Basically, everyone takes a turn on the stick describing their feelings about MitB. We get to Kane and he just makes a simple statement before doing his arm thing and triggering the fire from the ringposts. Everyone scatters, show's over.
My Thoughts
Good segment. I don't like that they keep ending shows with non-matches and that that attitude has now infected ECW, but at least last week and this week's segments were entertaining and allowed midcarders to have a voice, which is an iffy proposition in the 'E these days. I also like how they didn't end the thing with the cliché brawl and instead did something that really put Kane over as one of the favorites in the match. Everyone was good with their mic spots, even Shelton Benjamin, who's a notoriously bad talker.
Overall
Not their best show, mainly because they only had two matches and one of them wasn't all that good. However, we did get Jack SWAGGAH in action instead of cutting a shitty one-line promo like he did last week, so that's a plus.
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