Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Paul Heyman is backstage to tell us that Rob Van Dam did lose the WWE Championship, but he is still the ECW Champion. In walks Big Show and he says that he was told if he jumps to ECW, he would get a title shot. Heyman tries to talk him out of it for the time being, but Big Show wants it tonight.
Kelly Kelly is back and dressed in red, white and blue and it's the same old story here. Mike Knox comes out, comes out and brings her to the back.
Mike Knox vs. Little Guido
Knox grabs the mic and says that Kelly is his girlfriend. Guido tries to attack him, but it doesn't work. I really can't believe they did an exclusive ECW show on the 4th of July in Philadelphia and this was the show that they delivered for them. Knox is getting all sorts of chants at him and then misses with a knee drop. Guido attacks the knee, but eats a bicycle kick to the face. He then hits the Knox Out and gets the victory. Just a squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
RVD is backstage and says to give Show the match tonight. He doesn't want this to be a place where the big guys get to do whatever they want. Heyman doesn't want to, but RVD says if Heyman doesn't, he will.
Some guy dressed up like a priest (but looks nothing like a priest) grabs the mic and insults the crowd for paying for this. He probably has a point this week. He then says he isn't a priest, he just did it so that he could get that off his chest. He then goes back to his seat in the first row. Sandman's music hits and he comes into the ring. He stalls forever before attacking the guy.
RVD walks into Show's locker room and accepts the challenge.
RVD then talks to Paul and the match is on. It will be Extreme Rules.
Test vs. Al Snow
Get excited, Test is back. Test attacks Snow, while the crowd tells him that he can't wrestle. He hits the TKO and that's it. After the match, he takes Snow's head and kicks it into the crowd.
Match Rating: 1/4*
The eventual Kevin Thorne is once again outside the arena.
CM Punk then gives a backstage promo about his straight edge ways.
Extreme Rules Match For The ECW Championship
Big Show vs. Rob Van Dam
They quickly start brawling and are into the front row. RVD is able to step up on the barricade and kick Show in the head. He then hits a guillotine leg drop from the apron before the commercial break. Back in the ring, Show hits a superplex from the second rope. Show slows things down with some rest holds. He goes for a chokeslam, but RVD counters it with a DDT. RVD hits Rolling Thunder, but Show easily kicks out of the pin attempt. Show tosses him out of the ring, but when he goes to attack RVD with steps, he trips him up and lands in the steps. RVD goes off the top rope, but Show catches him and rams him into the ring. RVD grabs a chair, but Show swats it down and hits the Chokeslam. RVD kicks out, so Show takes the referee and tosses him out of the ring. Show goes for a powerbomb, but RVD grabs the chair on the way up and hits him in the head. RVD hits the Five Star Frog Splash, but there's no ref. Out comes Heyman and he counts to 2, but then stops counting. Heyman walks out of the ring, but continues to distract RVD. Show hits RVD with a chair to the head and then a Chokeslam on the chair for the victory. Philadelphia really has seen some of the worst booking decisions in WWE history. THe crowd starts throwing trash in the ring as Show and Heyman celebrate. The match was pretty good, but it pretty much instantly killed the brand in the eyes of ECW loyalists.
Match Rating: **1/2
After the turd of a show they delivered on Raw in this same arena, they come in and delivered another one 24 hours later. Not the best week in WWE.
Overall Rating: 38%
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