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  1. ECW 10/20

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    Welcome to my first review of ECW.  Lately I’ve been typing up a play-by play for the World Wrestling Insanity boards that usually has a few people checking it out, but doesn’t always get any responses.

    This is my first time posting a review on a site and I’m not familiar with how BoredWrestlingFan.com normally does things so I’ll be posting at the end and if that’s not okay someone can just inform me and I’ll do it later.  Also I’ve got an early work day tomorrow so later weeks may also be more detailed.

    I’m a big fan of the current ECW.  Everyone on it is booked well and even the unstoppable monsters aren’t so tough the faces have no chance about them.  I’d say my only complaints with the current product are The Abraham Washington Show and the William Regal’s role as leader of the Ruthless Roundtable frequently has him adopting an expression that’s just a little to psycho for my tastes.

    This week’s main storyline looks to be Zach Ryder’s continuing to turn face.  It’s a surprise move to me, but given the strength of Regal’s group there really could be only so many unaffiliated heels and Ryder just doesn’t fit.

    Unfortunately I’m missing the beginning because my satelite doesn’t want to cooperate.  For some reason Syfy is always one of the first channels I lose when there’s problems with cloud cover and the like. 

    For some reason SyFy is the only channel I can’t get.  And I can watch it in my living room, which is an HDTV.  Unfortunately my computer is in a different room.  So I’ll just give a less detailed recap at the end.

    Another very entertaining episode of ECW.  Striker and Matthews are a fun announce team.  I always enjoy the nicknames for wrestlers and little tidbits Striker throws out.  Today he channeled a bit of Bobby Heenan picking both Team Raw and Team Smackdown to win the Bragging Rights match.

    I missed most of the Ryder/Tatsu match.  Apparently my instincts on Ryder’s issues with Regal were off, but in the WWE heels don’t have long term issues with each other.  I just hope the WWE doesn;t shoot itself in the foot by doing something like turning Tatsu heel now that Christian has his wish and gets to defend against him.

    So the Unified tag championship finally make an appearence on ECW.  About time.  Still I don’t see how ECW ever could have a member on Team Smackdown.  Tiffany came off pretty flat though

    Shelton looked very good jumping in the ring to take on Sheamus and he got a very good reaction from the crowd.  I hope he introduces a new finisher now that he’s a face though.  Or at least one of his old ones.  Paydirt isn’t that impressive. 

    The really gave away the fact  that the “Hurricane” coming down the ramp wasn’t the Hurricane with him keeping his head down.  I’d glad Helms is moving a bit away from the Grim and Gritty superhero look.  And just let me say Katie Lea in skin tight pants is one of the nicest sites in wrestling

    Christian and Jericho had an extremely good match.  Color me shocked that Regal’s group didn’t attack.  They could have set things up to get him an eventual shot at the ECW title and Zeke and Kozlov  ready for a tag title match.

    See you next week, with a hopefully more detailed report.

  2. ECW on SyFy review 10/13/09

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    Before we get started, I’d like to welcome all the new Bored Wrestling Fans visiting our site that I’ve been talkin to on twitter for the past few days.  Want to get your thoughts featured in our RAW reviews every Monday?  Get our attention on twitter @BrdWrstlngFn!

    Anyways, it’s time to get EXTREME – WWE style!

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  3. ECW on SyFy results 10/6/09

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    Last week, interim General Manager William Regal was pinned in a tag team match by Yoshi Tatsu.

    Speaking of Regal, he’s the first one out to start the show tonight, along with Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson.  He sends his best wishes to Tiffany as she recovers from her injury.  Last week, Regal was told not to make any decisions regarding the ECW Championship.  However, in the face of adversity, sometimes you have to bend the rules, and therefore, William Regal is the new number one contender.  Zack Ryder disagrees, bro.  Regal and Ryder argue, until Christian comes out and has news for them – neither one of them deserve it.  Need proof?  A janitor, Tony Atlas, and Yoshi Tatsu come out to the stage.  The janitor replaced all the urinal cakes in the bathrooms in section 105 today, which means he accomplished something, which is more he can say for Regal or Ryder, which makes him more deserving of an ECW title shot than either of them.  Tony Atlas may hang out with Abraham Washington, but he’s a hall of famer, and he does the laugh, which is a great accomplishment, and better than anything Regal or Ryder’s done.  Yoshi Tatsu has won some matches, including matches over Regal and Ryder.  Regal protests, and Christian tells him to be quiet and calls him Bill.  Christian says that Tatsu should be the number one contender.  It’s not up to Bill who the number one contender is, because Christian happened to run into somebody in the hallway…

    I know I want that girl so bad…

    Tiffany is here, arm in a sling and she’s ready to be General Manager again.  She has not yet decided who the number one contender is, but all of them can make their case tonight in singles competition.  Ryder will face Christian, Regal will face Tatsu, and Jackson and Kozlov will be in tag team action, next!

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    So, just who are Kozlov and Jackson’s opponents?  Well, the generic Alice In Chains knockoff of a theme song indicates Tommy Dreamer, and the fact that my picture just went into letterbox format despite the fact this show is already airing in widescreen seems to indicate Goldust.

    Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson vs. Tommy Dreamer & Goldust

    I haven’t really paid a lot of attention to ECW lately, and that includes last week when I watched the show, and Goldust seems to be in much better shape right now than he was the last time I actually watched one of his matches.  In the end, Dreamer takes his eyes off of Jackson to focus on Kozlov for a split second and falls victim to the Uranage, allowing Jackson to get the pinfall.

    Backstage, Regal is sucking up to Tiffany, who seems to think that John Cena would actually come to ECW instead of SmackDown if he were to lose at Bragging Rights.  She tells Regal to get ready, because his match is next.

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    RAW Rebound: Complete with SportCenter highlights.

    Yoshi Tatsu and his DDR music make their way to the ring.  William Regal is not in a good mood when he makes his entrance, and seems like he just wants to dispose of Tatsu and get this over with.  By the way, the new ECW ring announcer SUCKS!

    William Regal vs. Yoshi Tatsu

    Because Regal doesn’t believe in runsheets, he wasn’t ready for his match and he has to take up two minutes of our time to lace up his boots.  Yes, advertisers, you’re sponsoring a show where we get to watch one of the top stars tying his shoes.  In fact, he actually knocks Tatsu down and goes back to trying to tie his boots.  It didn’t matter anyway, Tatsu ultimately picked up the win with a roundhouse kick to the face.

    After the match, Matt Striker mentions on commentary that Regal’s foot appeared to be outside of the rope.  Kozlov and Jackson came down to argue with the referee on Regal’s behalf.  Josh Matthews reminds us there’s no instant replay, and that the referee’s decision is final.

    Last week, Shelton Benjamin was attacked before the match and still managed to get a clean victory over Paul Burchill.  Benjamin will face his attacker, Sheamus, this Thursday on Superstars – Enjoy that one, tharvey1!

    Oh radio, tell me everything you know

    Zack Ryder makes his way to the ring while Regal continues to protest his loss.

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    William Regal is still ringside as the ECW Champion, Christian comes out to face Zack Ryder, who made his entrance before the break.

    Christian def. Zack Ryder via disqualification

    Hey, here’s a question.  What the hell ever happened to Curt Hawkins?  Anyways, the action spilled to the outside, and the match ended when Regal, Kozlov, and Jackson attacked Christian, giving him the disqualification win.

    After the match, Ryder questioned why Regal and his associates would attack Christian – and he gets dropped by the trio for his troubles as well.

    That’s it for me tonight, time to go watch Homer Simpson by a Canyonero.  Goodnight from the land of Extreme everybody!

  4. Random Randomness

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    Hello, and welcome to another edition of Random Randomness for yet another week.  As we come closer and closer to the 1 year anniversary of this very article (and I have something planned for it) let’s see how things are going on right now: (more…)

  5. WWE Superstars

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    Oh yeah…Superstars time!

    Match 1:  Chris Masters vs Santino

    Santino got a huge pop when he came out.  Masters gets the win with the Masterlock.  Santino is pure gold though. 

    Match 2:  Christian vs Paul Burchill

    Christian is the man!  Respect the champ, Peeps!!!!  Zack Ryder is doing guest commentary.  Apparently Ryder has tanned everyday this week.  He also sent out a shoutout to his girlfriend…xoxo.  Captain Charisma gets the win via the Unprettier.  I know its called the Killswitch now, but it will always be the Unprettier to me.

    Josh Matthews interviews Randy Orton.  He says he will make John Cena suffer at HIAC and become WWE Champ yet again.

    Main Event:  Dolph Ziggler vs Finlay

    Mr. Ziggles gets the win after an eye rake and his Zig Zag. 

    Thats it for this week.  Check out next week.  PEACE OUT!!

  6. ECW results 9/15/09

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    William Regal demands an ECW title rematch on the basis that his mindset was thrown off at Breaking Point by Tiffany’s decision to ban Ezekiel Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov from ringside.  Tiffany declines, telling him she’s decided he doesn’t get another shot.  Instead, we’ll get a battle royal later on tonight to determine the number one contender.  Regal is then instructed to stay in the ring, as he’s got a match, right now…

    Stand back!  There’s a Hurricane Coming Through!

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    William Regal def. The Hurricane

    Apparently, this means that The Hurricane won’t be in the battle royal later tonight – Whasssupwitdat?  Regal is forced to compete in his street clothes as this match was a complete surprise to him, and it shows, as The Hurricane controls most of it, and in fact hits the cross body from the top rope for a two.  Regal decides to leave, but Hurricane catches him and tosses him back in – and gets kneed in the skull for his troubles – and a three count.

    After the match, Paul Burchill attacks The Hurricane from behind and hits him with the Jackhammer.

    Backstage, Goldust is apologizing to Yoshi Tatsu, who apparently just wants to continue his English lessons.  He even impersonates Goldust’s tourettes.  Zack Ryder wants to know if he can say loser.  Goldust tells him to say loser – and he says “Zack Ryder.”  Ryder says we’ll see who the loser is – Woo Woo Woo.

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    The new interview girl catches up with Burchill, who asks where Gregory Helms is, and remembers that he supposedly just left him in the ring.  He says he wants to expose the Hurricane for who he is.  Which makes me wonder why he didn’t unmask him when he knocked him out a few minutes ago.

    The Bella Twins are here to be guest ring announcers.  They introduce Yoshi Tatsu first, and considering he’s facing Zack Ryder, I hope he’s wearing an extra pair of tights.  Matt Striker says that Zack Ryder has the best entrance music in ECW.  I think it’s between his and Christian’s, honestly.  And I still love Goldust’s theme.

    Before getting into the match, however, I just found out that Mick Foley’s father, Jack, has passed away, so I’d like to take the opportunity to send condolences on behalf of the BWF staff to the Foley family.

    Yoshi Tatsu def. Zack Ryder

    A pretty good match, ending with Tatsu nearly kicking Ryder’s head off.

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    Battle Royal time.  Shelton Benjamin, Vladimir Kozlov, Ezekiel Jackson, Tommy Dreamer, Goldust (who still has a letterbox entrance despite the fact that the show is broadcast in 16:9 widescreen), Tyler Reks, Sheamus…

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    …Yoshi Tatsu, Paul Burchill,  and Zack Ryder (still holding the back of his head).

    Zack Ryder wins a 10 Man Battle Royal to become the new Number One Contender for the ECW Championship.

    Burchill is tossed by Shelton Benjamin.  After about 5 minutes of nothing of any interest happening, Kozlov and Jackson stare each other down.

    <COMMERCIAL BREAK>

    Reks was eliminated during the break.  Jackson eliminates Tatsu.  The fans are solidly behind Goldust.  Seriously.  Sheamus is eliminated by Benjamin, as is Jackson.  Sheamus attacks Benjamin, causing him to drop to the floor, eliminating him.  Ryder, Goldust, Kozlov, and Dreamer are left.  Goldust accidentally eliminates himself while going after Ryder, who pulled the ropes down on him.  The same thing happens to Kozlov when he goes after Dreamer, who is dumped over the top rope by the winner, Zack Ryder!

    Ryder’s getting a title shot.  Woo Woo Woo, you know it!

  7. ECW Results

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    Just wanted to give you the results for this weeks ECW program:

    1.  The Hurricane def. Paul Burchill

    2.  Shelton Benjamin & Sheamus def. Goldust & Yoshi Tatsu 

    3.  Zack Ryder def. (insert random jobber name)

    4.  Vladmir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson def. Christian & Tommy Dreamer

    Well there you have it your ECW results and in less than 100 words.

  8. WWE Superstar Review

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    Hey everybody…I’m back this week for another review of WWE Superstars.  Special thanks goes out to Joe for filling in for me last week while I was away.  My DVR says Vince McMahon forces Chavo Guerrero to wrestle on his knees against Hornswoggle, so lets find out what happens with that.

    Match 1:  Wassup?!  R-Truth be skippin and jumpin against Ricky Ortiz. 

    Ricky O comes out with a mic and says everybody needs to rally up their personal lives.   I wish they would really get deep into the motivational speaker persona with Ortiz…that would be great.  R-Truth hits the Lie Detector for the win against Ricky Ortiz, who seemingly dominated the match.

    Mr. McMahon is seen in his office and Hornswoggle and Chavo enter.  Chavo says the midget bit him and Vince says Chavo will compete on his knees.  That should be a normal position for Chavo…I mean how else does he keep his job???

    Match 2:  Woo Woo Woo…You know it!  Zack Ryder vs Tyler Reks

    Tyler Reks walks like he has a surfboard up his butt.  Matt Stryker and Josh Matthews have some witty banter about Zack Ryder being a tool and that clearly exemplifies how absolutely boring this match is.  Tyler Reks is the master of the armbar and Ryder just sucks.  I smell two future endeavores coming soon…hopefully.  Anyway, Ryder hits the Zack Attack for the win.

    Match 3:  Chavito against the troll

    This match is entertaining because its funny.  Horny kicks Chavo’s ass for a little bit at the beginning and Chavo scurries out of the ring.  Upon walking up the stairs on his knees and reentering the ring, Chavo dominates the “little person.”  Hornswoggle bites Chavo and hits the Tadpole Splash for the win.  This is getting rediculous!!! 

    Alrighty then.  Join me again next week for another riveting episode of WWE Superstars.  PEACE!!!

  9. WWE Superstars Review

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    Hey everybody and welcome to another review of the 4th most watched weekly WWE show…WWE Superstars.  Fresh off the heels of “Extreme Rules,” what happened? 

    Match 1: Diva tag team match between Rosa Mendez and Beth Phoenix and the Bella Twins

    I hate Diva wrestling, but the Bella Twins are HOTT!  The end of the match saw the referee Marty Alias being distracted by Rosa and one of the twins fighting on the outside and Beth hit her finisher on the other twin.  Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendez get the win. 

    Is it just me, or is Superstars just really random? 

    After the match, there was a video package of the Batista/Randy Orton fued and showed HHH coming back to destroy Randy Orton yet again. 

    Match 2:  Evan Bourne against Zack Ryder.  Woo Woo Woo!

    Zack Ryder is just weird.  He’s the type of guy you just want to make fun of because he thinks he is cool, but in reality he isn’t.  Doesn’t matter….he’ll be gone eventually.  Somehow he warrented a long enough match to involve a commercial break.  Anywho, Evan Bourne wins with the prettiest move in wrestling…the Shooting Star Press.  This was a pretty long match, or at least it felt long. 

    Main Event time:   The 9-time Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho against the Guru of Greatness, John Morrison.

    This is yet another random match for WWE Superstars.  I like the pairing, but it makes no sense.  Jericho should be in the World Title picture, not doing IC spots.  Morrison should be the IC champ at this point in his career.  John Morrison can do anything he wants to in the ring.  He is the most athletic performer I have ever seen in a WWE ring.  The end of the match was extremely active,  as Morrison about won several times.  But in the end, Jericho gets the roll up with a tights grab on Morrison for the win.  I hope that this begins a fued, but as we have seen with Superstars in the past, it probably won’t.

    The show was random as usual.  It seems like the perfect place to showcase Diva wrestling, the lower tier talent, and a main event that makes no sense to any storyline.  Alrighty then, I shall see you again next week and thank you for reading.