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.

Welcome everyone to the February 10th edition of the slingshot suplex ECW review. Lets see what happens this week coming off of Finlays defeat of Jack Swagger in a non-title match last week, earning him a title match at No Way Out.

The show opens with Swagger coming to the ring. Funny moment where the belt falls off of him lol. Swagger has a ton of potential like i said last week, and might be one of the best newcomers to come along in quite some time. He's getting very good heat from the fans which is a great sign for him. He goes on to cut a promo about how hes been embarrassed the last couple weeks and that hes been a victim. He then calls out Hornseswoggle. But thats not who he gets. Instead Christian returns to the WWE to a huge response from the crowd. I didnt read the spoilers so this is a big suprise to me and a very pleasant one. I believe this is a great way to bring Christian back as its too close to Mania to involve him in any big angles on the other two shows. This will re-establish him quite nicely before going on to bigger and better things on one of the other shows. He cuts a very funny promo making fun of Swaggers lisp. He then issues a challenge to whoever wins at NWO for the ECW championship. He'll probably end up winning the title at Mania. Swagger sais christian isnt a threat to him before Christian bops him on the head with the microphone. Great opening segment with the suprise return of Christian.

Swagger is in the back confronting Teddy Long about Christian before Long reveals that Swagger has to wrestle Christian later in the night. Sweet, another pleasant suprise.

Tommy Dreamer is in the ring. They recap the segment with him and Miz and Morrison last week.

Tommy Dreamer vs The Miz:

Decent back and forth match with Miz getting the win with some sort of jawbreaker move. Decent but forgettable. Dreamer continues to put people over like always.

Jamie Noble is shown in the back talking to Teddy Long about the Boogeyman and his worms. Before Long turns his attention to newcomer Tyson Kidd, apparently trained by Bret Hart in the dungeon. That alone makes me very interested to see what this guy can do.

Christian is in the back getting ready for his match before Finlay and Horneswoggle wander in. Finlay sais he'll be watching the match later and that it wont be Swagger he has to go through to become ECW champion but him.

A return video for Evan Bourne is shown. Cant wait for this kids return as he certainly is an exciting up and coming superstar with a huge upside.

Tyson Kidd vs Bao Nguyen:

The debut of Tyson Kidd is next, he cerainly has an interesting haircut. He's accompanied to the ring by Nataylia, it will be interesting to see if they do anything with him and DH Smith in the future. Sweet spinning dropkick by Tyson. Seems to use his feet very well. He finishes off Nguyen with a springboard elbow drop. Impressive yet short debut from Tyson Kidd. After the match Noble appears on the ramp for a little staredown.

Jack Swagger vs Christian:

Definitely looking forward to this match, although they could've waited another week for his actual in ring debut. Finlay and Horneswoggle make their way to the ringside area before we go to commercial. When we come back those 2 are on commentary and Swagger is in control. Beautiful tornado DDT out of the corner, vintage Christian. Excellent back and forth match and Swagger is again doing a wonderful job of holding his own with a solid ring veteran. I cant say enough about how far along Swagger is already. Swagger ends up throwing Christian over the table into Finlay before sending him back to the ring. He then removes the turnbuckle pad. But as Swagger tries to drop Christian on the exposed buckle, Horneswoggle distracts the ref allowing Finlay to hit Swagger in the leg with the shalaylee. Christian then hits unprettier for the victory.

Great ECW this week with the suprise return of Christian establishing himself in the main event, and re-introducing himself to the WWE universe. We now have a very solid 3 man race for the title going. Swagger should end up retaining at NWO and go on to feud with Christian leading into Wrestlemania.

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.