Welcome everyone to my review of this weeks ECW show, the show has very little star power but often can showcase some very good wrestling matches so lets see what this week brings us.
Tommy Dreamer vs Paul Burchill:
I am very interested in where the Tommy Dreamer storyline will go. Im hoping that he gets an ECW title match against Swagger at Wrestlemania, but i see him building up to the title match and then coming just short and eventually getting "released" from the company, therefore putting Swagger over even more. Beginning of the match and the crowd starts a Tommy Dreamer chant showing he is still at least sort of over. Dreamer always brings a sense of real emotion to his matches and always has, some performers have that quality some dont. Suprisingly Burchill goes over here after a decent opening match. Dreamer has made a career out of putting guys over and it seems thats what hes trying to do here as well. Much needed victory by Burchill as hes been in a tailspin for quite a while.
Jamie Noble seems to have transfered to ECW now using the line on Teddy Long that "Noble equals ratings"..umm no lol. Noble is very talented and actually very charismatic but lets be honest..if he was ever gonna get over hed be there by now. He'll have a bigger opportunity to showcase his skills on ECW so it might be a very good fit for him but i honestly never see him getting any higher in the rankings of the WWE universe then where hes at now. Hopefully for his sake i'm wrong.
Miz and Morrison come out and start to berate Dreamer, Very good micwork by them as usual. They fit they're role so nicely and seem very natural doing it. Dreamer snaps when Miz mentions his family wich results in a Miz and Morrison beat down. Again Dreamer putting people over wich is what he does best. Overall though a pointless segment for Miz and Morrison in my view but they're mic work made it entertaining.
Jamie Noble is in the ring and his first opponent is revealed to be the Boogeyman.
Jamie Noble vs The Boogeyman:
First of all id like to state that im a huge fan of the Boogeyman character. Its a thowback character thats there for entertainment purposes only and he plays the part very well. Obviously hes not very good in the ring and will never win any championships but thats not his purpose on the card. Noble does a masterful job of bumping around for Boogeyman and actually gets some offense in so not a total squash here. Boogeyman gets the win with the pumphandle slam and then its worm time. I could do without the worms but it fits the character so its ok. Noble actually escapes the worms but him jobbing quite easily here just confirms what i said earlier about where hes going in the company.
Interview with Swagger backstage, god the ECW title belt is ugly lol. Swagger is very impressive in the ring but something about him is just very plain to me. He seems to be getting better every week and does have very high potential.
Jack Swagger vs Finlay:
Finlay should go back to being the man who loves to fight in my opinion but the whole hornswoggle thing is good for the kids so it works for now. Hes gettin his shot at the main event on ECW for a lil bit here wich will be good for establishing Swagger. Pretty physical match between the two, Swagger continues to impress and show he can hang with the veterans. He is very crisp in the ring and doesnt look like a rookie at all, maybe they didnt pull the trigger on his title win too early after all. Swagger ditches the shalaylee but low and behold Horneswoggle pulls out a big shlaylee and hits Swagger in the calf with it allowing Finlay to get the upperhand and hit the Celtic Cross for the win. I dont agree with this, i'm not usually one to care who wins or loses but having Swagger lose here is a mistake. A monster push is just what he needs right now. I'm sure finlay gets a title match now and Swagger will go over in that one but i still dont like the champion getting pinned in the middle of the ring on a regular weekly episode. Good match though and a nice main event.
All in all just another ECW, some decent wrestling but nothing that indicates any real forward progress toward NWO and eventually WrestleMania.
ECW REVIEW 2/3/09
Posted:
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 –
Labels:
ECW,
Finlay,
Jack Swagger,
Jamie Noble,
Miz and Morrison,
Paul Burchill,
The Boogeyman,
Tommy Dreamer
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I agree that Swagger is an excellent worker and I think he deserves his current run with the ECW title. The one thing I see holding him back is his mic skills. He just isn't that good of a talker which will probably hold him back from being a main-eventer.
I also would rather not have seen Noble job to the Boogeyman like he did. It looked like he was supposed to be taking Hardy's place and he gets buried in his first match against someone who will never be champ in the Boogeyman. Looks like Teddy Long really got a bad deal by losing a former champ in Hardy to someone who gets squashed by someone who will never be champ.
Overall though, a solid show. The Dreamer storyline looks to be building to something interesting, and Finlay and Swagger delivered in a big way. One last thought: Matt Striker is the best color commentary in wrestling.
Thanks for letting me ramble...love the site I'm gonna bookmark it!
Welcome to my blog and i'm glad you like it. I agree with u on Noble but u have to understand that hes basically around now to put guys over whether we like it or not that is his role with the company now. I actually think Swagger has decent mic skills except he has that lisp that gets in the way. And i definitely agree with you on striker, seems hes finally found his calling in the business. Again welcome and i look forward to seeing you around, bring your friends(shameless plug lol).