Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
Pepsi Arena
Albany, New York
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Ariel debuts as the tarot card fortune teller in the intro for the show tonight.
Sabu vs. Tony Mamaluke
Mamaluke gets in a little bit of offense, but Sabu quickly turns the tide. Sabu hits a triple jump plancha to Mamaluke on the outside. Back in the ring, Mamaluke mocks Sabu and throws a chair in his face. He goes up top, but Sabu throws a chair at him when he's in the air. Sabu hits a dive to the outside on a table and puts in the Camel Clutch for the victory ahead of his match with John Cena this weekend. They crammed a lot of moves in a short match here and it wasn't bad for what it was.
Match Rating: *3/4
Kelly Kelly says that last week she was so excited she couldn't get her bra off. So this week she's going to show us everything.
Rob Van Dam talks about his match tonight against Edge and Randy Orton.
Big Show comes out and then Tommy Dreamer follows...for an interview? Dreamer says if he wants to go through ECW, then he needs to go through him and slaps Show in the face. Show naturally beats the snot out of Dreamer. This felt pretty flat.
Macho Libre vs. Sandman
Libre does a poor Randy Savage impression and it of course leads to Sandman coming out and destroying him in seconds. I've just grown to not care for Sandman much at all any more.
Match Rating: 1/4*
A couple of refs tell Paul Heyman that John Cena is here.
After commercial break, Heyman is meeting with the ECW locker room and in walks Cena with a black eye. Cena makes an offer for Heyman to bring everyone he has because Cena says their match Sunday is an Extreme Lumberjack match. Meanwhile, Sabu makes a face like an angry dog in a cartoon.
It's time for Kelly's strip segment. This feels like a million minutes long until Mike Knox comes and covers her up. If he wanted her to not do it, why wouldn't he have come out earlier? Also, I completely forgot what Knox looked like when he first debuted. He looked a lot more clean cut.
We get a promo for Test and he's coming for ECW.
Edge & Randy Orton vs. Kurt Angle & Rob Van Dam
Edge comes out first and grabs the mic to tell everyone that ECW sucks. RVD crotches Orton on the top rope and hits a side kick from the top rope, sending Orton to the floor. RVD hits a standing moonsault from the apron to the floor. The heels gain control during the commercial break and then Edge throws RVD off the ring. RVD is able to finally get Angle into the match and he hits the trio of German suplexes. He puts the Ankle Lock, but Edge pulls Orton out of the ring. He goes for the Angle Slam on Edge, but Orton hits a chop block. If there are no rules, then why do they have to tag in? RVD grabs a chair, but Orton stops him from going in. So RVD throws the chair at Orton. Angle puts Edge in the Ankle Lock. Lita tries to go after him, but Angle ducks and hits her with an Angle Slam. Orton hits the RKO and then RVD hits him with a kick off the top rope. He goes for Rolling Thunder, but Edge hits a dropkick on him midair. RVD avoids a Spear and hits the Five Star Frog Splash for the victory. I'm surprised they had Edge take the pin there, but I suppose it doesn't really matter all that much. This match was entertaining for a TV main event, but I expected it to be slightly better considering who was involved.
Match Rating: **3/4
Well, this was a better episode than last week. The Kelly and Sandman stuff isn't good at all, but the rest all served it's purpose. I am a big fan of the hour format though and it was a big reason that I typically watched every week.
Overall Rating: 54%
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