411's ECW on SyFy Report 07.09.09

Posted by Rob McNew on 07.09.2009

Shelton gets a rematch with Yoshi Tatsu, Tommy Dreamer joins Abraham Washington, and Kozlov faces off with Captain Charisma for the number one contendership.



-Taped from Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, CA

-Hosted by Josh Mathews & Matt Striker

Nikki Bella (w. Brie Bella) vs. Katie Lea Burchill
The Bella's introduce themselves to the crowd, and decide to introduce themselves to the crowd. Thanks for that ladies. Katie sporting a new look which reminds me a bit of Sherri Martel with the makeup. Katie throws Nikki to the floor, and then dives onto her from the apron. Back inside Katie goes for the cover getting a two count, and then throws Nikki into the mat. Katie continues the assault sending Nikki into the top buckle, and the choking her in innovative fashion while standing on the second rope. Katie hits a backbreaker for two, but Nikki is right back with a wristlock takedown. Dropkick connects for Nikki, but Kaite comes back to dump her over the top rope. Katie catches her coming in and delivers a neckbreaker for two. Katie boots Nikki out of the ring, but with the refs back turned Brie switches with her. Brie comes in and delivers an X-Factor to pick up the win at 2:33. Katie dominated the entire match, before the Bellas went Killer Bees on her. Nothing special, but the Bellas are nice to look at.
Winner: Nikki Bella (Pinfall-X-Factor *)

-Recap of the Yoshi Tatsu debut victory over Shelton Benjamin.

Yoshi Tatsu vs. Shelton Benjamin
Shelton is a little more serious this week after getting embarrassed last week at the hands of the new guy. Shelton hits a firemans carry takedown early, and then smugly laughs at Tatsu. Shelton drives Tatsu into the corner, and then delivers a forearm. Tatsu fights back out of the corner with an elbow, and then delivers a dropkick. Big splash attempt from Tatsu meets the knees of Shelton, and Benjamin follows that up with a short clothesline. Snap mare from Shelton is followed by an elbow drop. Shelton goes for a neckbreaker, but it is countered by Tatsu into a backslide for two. Shelton bails to the floor to regroup as we head to break. Back from break Tatsu hits a crossbody off the ropes for two, but then comes up empty on a dropkick attempt. Shelton goes for a powerbomb but when Tatsu blocks it he simply drops him back on the top buckle. That gets a two count, and Shelton locks in a rear naked choke. Shelton mounts Tatsu and delivers a series of headbutts, and then grabs a reverse chinlock. Tatsu comes out of it with a snap mare counter, and then rolls up Shelton for two. Series of kicks from Yoshi followed by a double knee in the corner. Yoshi rolls Shelton out of the corner, and hits a spin kick for a two count. Shelton goes for a Stinger splash which misses, and Tatsu hits a springboard spinning heel kick for a two count! Wow, I thought that was the finish. Yoshi charges into a knee from Shelton who then delivers a release belly to belly suplex. Both guys block kicks, but Shelton hits paydirt after ducking a heel kick and that finishes at 10:26. Fantastic match to get Shelton his win back without making the new guy look bad at all. Fine job by all involved.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin (Pinfall-Paydirt ***)

-Kozlov vignette. "I have domi-nate everywhere, ECDouble will be no different"

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Jack Meridol
Zeke lives! He even gets an old school inset pretaped promo. Merido looks like the jobbingest jobber who ever jobbed. Zeke immedieatly unloads on the kid, slamming him into the corner and then locking in a bearhug. Meridol tries to elbow out, so Zeke just squashes him into the corner. Meridol tries to get some offense in, but gets immediately thrown away like yesterday's garbage to quote the great Gorilla Monsoon. Zeke nearly takes the kids head off with a clothesline, and then mercifully finishes things with a Rock Bottom at 1:46. You know, he sucks, but watching big guys kill jobbers never gets old for some reason.
Winner: Ezekiel Jackson (Pinfall-Rock Bottom ¼*)

-In the back some girl nearly falls to her death, but thankfully Hurricane is there to save the day.

-Abraham Washington is out to host the second edition of his talk show, and says his ratings are hotter than Snoop Dogg in a hot air balloon. Groan. He says since he has the top talk show he needs a top guest so he brings out his guest ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer. Huge ECW chant for Tommy. Abe tells Tommy he's the biggest superstar in ECW history, and unfortunately he means that literally. Fat jokes on Tommy are always good for a laugh. He says last week he had twins, but this week his guest looks like he might be carrying twins. Abe asks Tommy how gastric bypass is working out, and Tommy says its working out about as well as this talk show. BURN! Abe tells Tommy he's the comedian and he'll handle the jokes. Abe asks Tommy what its like to be an ECW legend. Tommy says ECW is his life, and he's so proud of all the ECW stars. Most of the guys he mentions though are guys from the new era. Abe throws in a few more fat jokes as he rehashes Tommy's career, and asks who his toughest opponent. He says he'll take a guess first, and says it might be Jenny Craig. Tommy says that's pretty funny from a guy who looks like he painted his hair on tonight. Abe says his hair is fresh, but Tommy wouldn't know anything about that. Washington says tonight we have a match between Christian and Vladimir Kozlov, and the winner faces Tommy at Night of Champions. He asks Tommy who would he prefer to win, and Tommy doesn't hesitate answering Christian. Wrong answer Tommy, because that brings out Vladdy. Dreamer and Kozlov goes eye to eye, and Washington says they need to be properly introduced. Washington introduces Kozlov as being the man Tommy will face at Night of Champions, and that ends things. This was about one thousand times better than last week, but that didn't take much.

Number One Contender Match: Vladimir Kozlov vs. Christian
Tommy moves to the commentary table for the main event. I'm sure he's just there as an observer and in no way will get involved. Kozlov pushes Christian into the corner off the lockup, and then armdrags him out of a second lockup. Kozlov hits a fireman's carry, and then goes for a powerslam. Christian slides down the back to counter, and then hits a back elbow. Christian delivers an open handed slap which just serves to piss the Russian off. Kozlov delivers a kick, and then charges at Christian who pulls down the top rope sending Kozlov to the floor. Christian charges, but runs into the shoulder of Kozlov who then backdrops him to the floor. Kozlov heads outside, and drives Christian into the apron, before rolling him back inside for two. Kozlov busts out the Canadian backbreaker submission, and then a huge fall away slam for two. Kozlov grabs a waist lock, and then delivers a forearm to the lower back. Kozlov grabs a torture rack, but Christian counters and goes for the Killswitch. Kozlov blocks that so Christian goes for a DDT out of the corner which is blocked. Christian hits the ropes, and Kozlov again throws him over the top to the floor. Kozlov heads outside, and tries to post Christian, but its blocked and he meets the post himself. Christian hits a missile dropkick back inside, and that gets a two count. Kozlov hits a modified backbreaker out of a torture rack for two, but then goes for a headbutt into the corner. Christian moves, and Kozlov runs face first into the exposed top turnbuckle. Christian hits the killswitch from there to finish at 5:35. So its Dreamer vs. Christian at Night of Champions. I actually would have preferred Kozlov, but I'm one of the internet's only Kozlov marks
Winner: Christian (Pinfall-Killswitch **1/4)