Hammerstein Ballroom Patrons Are Insane
The eighth episode of ECW's new show was last night, and I figured it was the kind of episode that I might want to discuss. So how 'bout a segment-by-segment breakdown, hmm?
The tag match was a lot of fun, and that barbed wire board was quite unexpected. I also think the match went in the right direction with its ending, as it furthered Dreamer's feuds with Test and Heyman, while leaving the Sandman/Knox feud open for another day. And it should be noted that Dreamer really can bleed like a champ.
The Heyman/Sabu segment also continued things well, though I'm still not used to hearing Sabu talk. And is it just me, or was that segment the first time Francine has appeared on the show? I was beginning to think she'd never show up. All they need to do now is get C.W. Anderson to debut on TV, and they'd be set.
Speaking of debuts, C.M. Punk finally wrestled his first televised match as a member of the ECW roster, and I'm glad he finally has. Now everybody gets to see what RoH and OVW fans have been talking about for the longest time. The match was one-sided for the most part, but I think it did a decent job of showing some of Punk's talents to those that haven't seen him. I just wonder how much they'll have to censor Punk when he shows up in a WWE video game. They removed Gregory Helms's Green Lantern tattoo in the games, and I'm sure they'll have to find something to replace the Pepsi and Cobra Command logos on Punk's shoulders.
Next was Kurt Angle making his return against The Brooklyn Brawler. Didn't the Brawler change his name to "the Boston Brawler" when the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the ALCS in 2004? And isn't the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan, not Brooklyn? Oh well. In any regard, the match wasn't much to talk about, only because the match was designed for Angle to slaughter somebody really quickly. Next.
The vampire and tarot card reader segment was what it was, though it did give the vampire a name. And what a name it was. Dracula... Lestat... Angelus... Kevin Thorn?
And closing out the show was Batista vs. The Big Show, which actually wouldn't have been that bad of a match had the audience not crapped all over it. If the crowd really hated it, a better protest would have been getting up and walking out. Chanting "you guys suck! change the channel! where's our refunds?" didn't make them witty. It made them look like a bunch of morons. I guess the whole thing was to set up Sabu running out there and putting Big Show through that table at ringside.
As a whole, the episode may have been one of the best they've done during the entire eight-week run so far. It certainly wasn't an awful episode, even if these anti-ECW dorks like to proclaim it the worst show to ever be broadcast in the history of television. Some people...
The tag match was a lot of fun, and that barbed wire board was quite unexpected. I also think the match went in the right direction with its ending, as it furthered Dreamer's feuds with Test and Heyman, while leaving the Sandman/Knox feud open for another day. And it should be noted that Dreamer really can bleed like a champ.
The Heyman/Sabu segment also continued things well, though I'm still not used to hearing Sabu talk. And is it just me, or was that segment the first time Francine has appeared on the show? I was beginning to think she'd never show up. All they need to do now is get C.W. Anderson to debut on TV, and they'd be set.
Speaking of debuts, C.M. Punk finally wrestled his first televised match as a member of the ECW roster, and I'm glad he finally has. Now everybody gets to see what RoH and OVW fans have been talking about for the longest time. The match was one-sided for the most part, but I think it did a decent job of showing some of Punk's talents to those that haven't seen him. I just wonder how much they'll have to censor Punk when he shows up in a WWE video game. They removed Gregory Helms's Green Lantern tattoo in the games, and I'm sure they'll have to find something to replace the Pepsi and Cobra Command logos on Punk's shoulders.
Next was Kurt Angle making his return against The Brooklyn Brawler. Didn't the Brawler change his name to "the Boston Brawler" when the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the ALCS in 2004? And isn't the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan, not Brooklyn? Oh well. In any regard, the match wasn't much to talk about, only because the match was designed for Angle to slaughter somebody really quickly. Next.
The vampire and tarot card reader segment was what it was, though it did give the vampire a name. And what a name it was. Dracula... Lestat... Angelus... Kevin Thorn?
And closing out the show was Batista vs. The Big Show, which actually wouldn't have been that bad of a match had the audience not crapped all over it. If the crowd really hated it, a better protest would have been getting up and walking out. Chanting "you guys suck! change the channel! where's our refunds?" didn't make them witty. It made them look like a bunch of morons. I guess the whole thing was to set up Sabu running out there and putting Big Show through that table at ringside.
As a whole, the episode may have been one of the best they've done during the entire eight-week run so far. It certainly wasn't an awful episode, even if these anti-ECW dorks like to proclaim it the worst show to ever be broadcast in the history of television. Some people...
posted by Matt Sutton at
6:34 PM
1 Comments:
Dang. I really should have watched this one. I did catch small bits of it, though, like a piece of the CM Punk match and the end of the tag match.
I just haven't been feeling it....but this one sounds entertaining.
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