"ECW" 12-5-06 Talkback (Spoilers)

[The Penguin]

Mission Accompliced?
December 5, 2006

Bobby Lashley made it a December to Dismember in the Extreme Elimination Chamber Match Sunday night—using a table to break himself out of his sabotaged pod, he outlasted four other Extremists, then took down Big Show to become the new ECW World Champion. Paul Heyman, however, isn’t giving him time to celebrate. Moments after Lashley won the championship, ECW’s self-proclaimed messiah insisted on ECW.com that he grant the seven-foot 500-pound Big Show a rematch on ECW on Sci Fi Tuesday night. Lashley knows all-too-well that the odds are stacked against him, especially with Heyman plotting to have his giant recapture the gold. Still, he has no intention of backing down. Can he prevail in his next mission—defeat Big Show for the second time in three nights, and retain his new ECW World Championship?

Big Night for New Bloods

In addition to Lashley’s championship win at December to Dismember, several other ECW newcomers emerged victorious over the Originals. Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay imposed their authority over the FBI’s Little Guido Maritato & Tony Mamaluke, while Daivari stole a huge upset win over Tommy Dreamer. But it was The Great Khali who added the exclamation point after that matchup, almost breaking the Innovator of Violence in half by slamming him onto the unyielding steel stage. Will the new breed continue to dominate this Tuesday?

Mike Knox Over Kelly Kelly?

Mike Knox didn’t appreciate Kelly Kelly wishing CM Punk luck in the Extreme Elimination Chamber—so he deserted his girlfriend in the ring during their Tag Team Match with Kevin Thorn and Ariel. A shaken-up Kelly was no match for Ariel, who’s been trying to sink her fists—and her fangs—into the blonde exhibitionist for weeks now. Sandman raced down to make the save, but one question remains: have Kelly Kelly and Knox reached the breaking point?

The bodies hit the floor hard at December to Dismember Sunday night…but the carnage continues on ECW on Sci Fi this Tuesday at 10/9 CT.

[VCXZX]

So no mention of both tag-teams's exploits at december to Dismember where Punk was pinned by RVD and Test pinned Hardcore Holly. That sucked. cpuld've gotten some angle deveolpment but because of Heyman being dismissed, everything is out the window.

[Hyper Shadow X]

already sick of Lashberg already.

[VCXZX]

Mike Knox is growing on me. His generic guy persona has been great the past 2 shows. He's this year's SNITSKY.

Well, the original ending to DTD would have had Lashley turn heel and align with Heyman. I'm kinda glad that isn't happneing because Lashley isn't ready to be a heel just yet. Although he does need a mouthpiece.

So this week's show wasn't that bad. Knox was great. A good opening match. And a not bad main event.

[RedNinja84]

Caught the main event. The wrestling wasn't bad but they need some better headliners though.

[hobbyfan]

So no mention of both tag-teams's exploits at december to Dismember where Punk was pinned by RVD and Test pinned Hardcore Holly. That sucked. cpuld've gotten some angle deveolpment but because of Heyman being dismissed, everything is out the window.

Were you paying attention? Joey & Tazz noted several times that Test pinned Holly and RVD pinned Punk, and questioned whether either team could co-exist. Good opener, but it deserved more time. Maybe this is the end of the enforcers as well, unless someone is appointed to replace Heyman next week.

The rest of the matches all had the same theme. The faces were underdogs who had to overcome adversity to win. Dreamer & Kelly got pins back from Sunday, while Lashley is 2-for-2 vs. Big Show. Too bad Heyman is gone, at least for now, because Vince would be really stupid, not to mention senile, to let Heyman go to Orlando. Ring of Honor, maybe, but not TNA. Heyman doesn't get any comeuppance at all in light of what happened, but once someone gives Vince his Geritol and he regains his senses, maybe things will cool off. I hope.

[The Penguin]

I barely made it through the Heyman video the first time on WWE.com, I really didn't like having to sit through it again.

The opening match was an interest choice with the way the Elimination Chamber played out (which was mentioned several times). I thought Sabu might need "time off to heal" so it was nice to see him back, helping take out Heyman's enforcers. Even with Heyman out, the show still felt like he was in charge.

Tommy Dreamer didn't look like he was in any condition to defeat Daivari and even in good health, he wouldn't have been able to fend off an attack from Great Khali. Seeing Khali throw around Tommy made me think of how great ECW would be a tag division. Daivari-Khali could be a great update of the Colossal Connection and it would be an good way to hid Khali's short-comings.

I don't have much to say about it, but I really liked Big Show's promo other than it was really good. You could tell the big man wanted his belt back, and badly.

Kevin Thorn getting ejected sure helped Kelly Kelly's chances against Ariel. I couldn't believe the 19-year-old won. The match was so-so, but the in-ring segment following was great. Mike Knox really stepped out of his one-dimensional "I don't like my girl dancing" mold Tuesday night. He won't be ECW Champion, but Knox brought himself up a notch.

Lashley biffed the Show powerslam both times he did, he just made it look not quite as bad the second time. It was just sad to watch. For better or for worse, the kid is the champion of WWE's C brand. Seeing this show made me feel better about how SmackDown! is treated.