ECW Review 2/24/09

Welcome to the February 24th edition of the Slingshot Suplex ECW Review. Sorry I missed last weeks show but I'm back once again to follow the trials and tribulations of the 3rd brand under the WWE umbrella. This week brings us Christian challenging for the title against champion Jack Swagger. So lets see what this show brings us shall we!

I just wanna start of by saying I am a huge fan of Jack Swagger so far, but the nickname "all-american-american", is the dumbest nickname I think I've ever hear and just sounds really stupid. But oh well I guess thats what they are gonna keep calling him.

DJ Gabriel vs Mark Henry:

First of all i'm not a fan of this whole dancing angle, it will never get over and just has comedy jobber written all over it. Now Gabriel has a great look and could do something decent with his career but not with this gimmick. Mark Henry really has nothing more to do as hes pretty much accomplished everything he will ever accomplish in this business. He will never go any higher then he is so he will tread water until his career is over. He can be an upper mid card heel that will job to the babyfaces and put people over. Now thats not a bad thing, as he can still serve a purpose in that regard. Henry catches Gabriel in mid-air, hits the worlds strongest slam for the win. Forgettable opener, but decent and made Henry look good.

Tyson Kidd vs Matt Boyce:

Another look at Tyson Kidd as he faces a very vanilla looking jobber. Tyson has impressed me so far and has a very unique style wich is always a good thing. Any time u can stand out in the wrestling business its a plus. I cant help but think at his size if he stays heel he'll either end up in a tag team or as a jobber later on. As a face being smaller works but not really as a heel. Impressive offense and a sweet springboard elbow drop for the win for Tyson Kidd.

Tommy Dreamer vs Paul Burchill:

I'm suprised Burchill doesnt have a higher spot in WWE. He has a great look and seems to be ok in the ring. He must be thanking his lucky stars that WWE has ECW or who knows where he would be right now. Tommy has Burchill in a tree of woe but misses when Katie Lee pulls him out of the way. Boogeyman trips her from under the ring and comes out. Burchill is distracted allowing Dreamer to hit the DDT for the victory.

Christian vs Jack Swagger(c): ECW title match:

Ok, all over the net people are bitching about how WWE is using Christian. I'd just like to say i'm a huge fan of Christian, huge fan. But he has never been a main eventer on this level. Christian headlining shows does not put the casual fan's asses in seats. Christian is a great performer to support the top guys who do put asses in seats. I'm sorry internet marks but that is the sad sad truth. If us smart marks were the only people that watched then sure put him in the main event. But the casual fans make up a much larger percentage of the fan base. Once again I love Christian but his spot right now in WWE is ok with me for now. Ok, on with the match. Christian gets a very nice pop with his entrance and introduction and Swagger gets good heat so it looks like the fans are ready for this one and so am I. Swagger has actually done a wonderful job as champ so far i think and has more then held his own with the veterans they've had him work with. Sweet vintage Christian spot with him springboarding over the top rope onto Swagger brings us to commercial. When we come back Swagger nails a clothesline to the back of Christians head and hes in controll. Outside now and Christian misses Swagger running himself into the steel steps hurting his arm, and Swagger immediately works over the arm, using the ol' hammerlock body slam combo. I love when body parts are worked over in matches, i'm old school. Sweet counter into a headlock by Christian, but Swagger catches him in a beautiful sequence of moves, shoulderbreaker, runs him into corner followed by another shoulderbreaker. This is a great match so far. Swagger is more impressive every week. Sweet rollover into front facelock. Christian fights back with a missle dropkick off of the middle rope. Great job of selling the arm by Christian as well. He misses the flying headbutt wich leads into a very nice northern lights suplex by Swagger. Crowd is hot at this point. A couple near falls for both guys and the crowd is even hotter. This match is has been amazing so far. Christian hits the headbutt this time but Swagger kicks out. This is the best match i've seen on tv so far this year. Awesome tornado DDT, Swagger kicks out again, WHAT A MATCH. What a counter of the gutwrench powerbomb by Christian but Swagger counters back and hits it this time for the win. I'm sure all the internet 2nd guessers will be extremely pisses that Christian lost this match but wow, this gets my vote for the best match on TV so far this year by far. Swagger looks very impressive and his stock is rising more and more every time he performs. Amazing match.

Not much happened until the main event but wow what a main event it was. Swagger and Christian definitely delivered in a huge way and if u didnt see this match, please try and see it as words cant describe how good it was. Awesome job by these two. Swagger has certainly won me over. He is very deserving of his spot right now and is just oozing with big time potential in the future.