Quick hits on ECW
• Tuesday night’s entertaining episode of ECW was highlighted by an excellent ECW title match between Christian and Zack Ryder. Ryder pushed the champ to the limit and got some nice near falls before Christian ultimately put him away with the Killswitch. Ryder has come a long way in a short time, as he has gone from a mid-card comedy act to a legitimate title contender. As for Christian, he once again showed why he is the perfect choice to be ECW champion. Younger guys such as Ryder who wrestle him get both a learning experience and a rub.
• The Yoshi Tatsu-Paul Burchill match also was good. I would rather have seen Burchill win, but Tatsu is getting over, and Burchill did sort of get his heat back by attacking Gregory Helms backstage.
• After Burchill beat up Helms, he told Katie Lea to stay away from Helms. I wonder if there is going to be an angle in which Helms and Katie Lea hook up.
• Thanks to Tony Atlas, the Abraham Washington Show had me laughing out loud again. When they showed Sheamus’ family tree – which was pretty funny in and of itself because it included Bozo the Clown, the Wendy’s Girl, Ronald McDonald and Carrot Top – and Atlas started laughing uncontrollably, I was cracking up. I just realized that three of the funniest characters in wrestling are on ECW: Atlas, Ryder and Goldust.
• Shelton Benjamin got a nice pop when he came out for the Washington segment, which surprised me considering the damage that has been done to his character as of late. Unfortunately for Benjamin, talking is not what he does best. He just can’t seem to deliver a line well, and his intensity when he got in Sheamus’ face was not very believable.
• My biggest complaint about this episode? No Tiffany.
Comments
You forgot to mention how awesome William Regal is. I'll let it slide though.
Posted by: Andy | September 23, 2009 3:31 PM
Tiffany is a doll,isnt she?She plays the role of "intelligent corporate woman" quite well I think.Of course she's a babe but at my age just being a babe isnt really enough.She's got to make sure she keeps those roots touched up though.
I thought Zack was pretty good except he gave up on pinfall covers way too early 2 or 3 times.Christian made him look good though.
Finally,is there really any more purpose to continuing the Washington show? Like Hornswoggle and the "Mr Ziggles" bit,it gets totally the wrong kind of heat and just drags the show down.And Tony atlas..well I am a bit divided in my opinion,have been for many years.
Posted by: Bill | September 23, 2009 4:57 PM
Any word on the large gash on Christian's mid section???
I hope they don't dump Ryder now and bring on a new challenger b/c if Christian happens to be legit injured, they could let Regal or even Goldust be a transitional champ for Ryder/Benjamin and have Sheamus and Tatsu right on their heels.
It's clear that WWE doesn't know what to do with 'Regal's Roundtable' b/c their back to facing jobbers again for no reason.
All in all though...much more enjoyable to watch then the Monday night variety hour
Posted by: eee | September 23, 2009 7:14 PM
Really Kev,
Tiffany is the blandest diva I think I have ever seen, she just screams boredom.
But on a more serious note, I'm an Aussie and we have Hulk Hogan bringing a tour down here,and talking all kinds of crap about Vince McMahon. Of course he is bringing Ric Flair with him, and I was wondering what your thoughts are on that. Flair had such a great send off that I think he will be tarnishing that, but the chance to see the Nature Boy get in the ring might be worth the admission price.
RESPONSE FROM KE: My thoughts on Flair here:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2009/09/report_ric_flair_returning_to_wrestle_hulk_hogan.html
Posted by: PJ | September 23, 2009 8:05 PM
I think the Abe Washington show is a rib on the American wrestling fan.
Posted by: Elevation | September 25, 2009 12:44 PM
The main event and the Tatsu-Burchill match carried the show. Action like that is why I watch ECW on a weekly basis.
Posted by: Christopher | September 26, 2009 1:58 PM