Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Landon Arena
Topeka, Kansas
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Paul Heyman is with Hardcore Holly and tells him how tough he is for surviving a staph infection and the huge laceration in his back from last week. Holly doesn't care, he just wants RVD tonight. Heyman says he can't do that due to law suits. Holly grabs Heyman and says he'll give him a reason to sue him. Test comes from behind and hits him with a chair in the back. Heyman informs him that RVD will be facing Test tonight.
Sandman & Sabu vs. Big Show & Matt Striker
Show bullies Sabu around a little bit before tagging in Striker. Sabu is able to hit a springboard leg lariat and we have a commercial break. When we come back, Show hits a big headbutt on Sabu. Show follows that up with a vertical suplex and then steps on him before tagging in Striker. Striker sets Sabu up in the ropes and hits a dropkick, sending him to the floor. Show throws him back in and they get a 2 count. Striker sets him up in the corner and hits the running boot to the face of a seated Sabu. Striker goes off the second rope, but Sabu hits him with a spin kick on the way down and is able to make the tag to Sandman. Sanaman is loving it and hits a series of left hands before hitting the hurricanrana from the top rope. Show comes in though and attacks both Sabu and Sandman. He hits a big splash on Sandman and Striker picks up the pin for the victory. That ending was pretty weak. I will say that Striker looked pretty good here though.
Match Rating: **
Kelly Kelly and Trinity say that they've invited the Divas from Raw and SmackDown to play Extreme Strip Poker. Kelly Kelly then unbuttons her top to reveal a pair of aces.
Kevin Thorn vs. Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer hits a running knee, but Thorn drops Dreamer on his back when he tries climbing up the ropes. Thorn is on the attack and hits a gutbuster. He misses in the corner though and Dreamer hits a neckbreaker. Dreamer fires back with a series of fists and a swinging neckbreaker. He goes for the DDT, but Thorn is able to grab the rope to block it. Dreamer gets another shot at it and nails it, but Thorn's arm is under the rope. Ariel hands him his cane and he nails Dreamer in the face with it behind the referee's back and picks up the win. Thorn was just a lost cause, as no one ever cared about him in this role.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Maria hypes up poker next week.
CM Punk vs. Danny Doring
Doring tries for a vertical suplex, but instead gets hit with a double underhook backbreaker. Punk hits the running knee lift in the corner and follows it up with the bulldog. Punk hits the slaps and the kick to the head. Here comes the Anaconda Vice and that's all. After the match, Kelly Kelly calls out Punk and starts dancing for him. Mike Knox comes out and says that he's getting sick of this. Punk is sick of his girl not staying away from him. Knox heads to the ring, but decides not to.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Ashley and Kristal are coming for Extreme Strip Poker.
Extreme Rules Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Test
Test isn't feeling RVD's taunting, so he kicks him the gut before the can finish. The action goes outside and RVD blocks a suplex and puts Test on the guardrail. Test moves out of the way on the helicopter leg drop and both men are already down. RVD ducks Test running with the steps and he rams into the ring post with them. RVD sets Test on the steps and he hits Rolling Thunder before going to set up a table. Back in the ring, Test is able to explode for a clothesline to shift the momentum back in his favor. Some chairs get into the ring and RVD is able to chuck one at the face of Test. Test is on the apron and RVD hits a sunset flip powerbomb over the top rope and through the table. That didn't look pleasant. After a commercial break, Heyman and his goons are out. Test hits a low blow on RVD and gets thrown to the outside. His goons throw RVD into the ring post and hit him with a nightstick. RVD gets thrown face-first into a chair propped in the turnbuckles, but is somehow able to kick out at 2. RVD comes back adn is able to hit a spin kick in the corner and grabs a chair. He hits the skateboard dropkick to the face of Test. He puts a chair on Test, but Test rolls away and leaves the chair for RVD to land on. Test goes up to the top rope and hits a dive with a chair onto Van Dam. RVD kicks out again, so now Test brings a table into the ring. Test goes to powerbomb RVD through the table, but he counters it and gets a 2 count. RVD hits the top rope kick to the face and then sets Test up on the table. He hits a dive onto the 2 enforcers and climbs the top rope. Big Show shoves him off and he goes through the table. Test hits his finisher and that is all. They gave these two a lot of time here. The storyline is very tired, but this match worked out well enough. This was a good main event.
Match Rating: ***1/4
About a half of the show was the main event and just about everything else wasn't worth anyone watching. However, it's ECW and we'll take that.
Overall Rating: 50%
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