Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Bradley Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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They show a recap of Rob Van Dam beating Big Show in a ladder match last week. Paul Heyman then announces that RVD has selected December To Dismember to be the night that he challenges Big Show for the ECW Championship. However, Heyman announces that it will be with four other competitors in the first ever Extreme Elimination Chamber.
Extreme Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match
Kevin Thorn vs. Sabu
It can't even be overstated how terrible of an idea it is to have a main event containing six wrestlers when your roster doesn't even have six people that anyone cares about. Sabu hits a somersault dive to the floor early on and then a slingshot splash on the way back in. Thorn catches Sabu and hits a variation of a sit down powerbomb. After Thorn works on Sabu's arm, Sabu bounces back with some springboard moves and gets a 2 count. If you didn't know it was Halloween, you will definitively know after Styles and Tazz mention it 20 times during this match. Sabu hits a springboard DDT just moments after Thorn caught Sabu with a clothesline. Sabu puts on the Camel Clutch and picks up the victory. I will have forgotten that I watched this match when I wake up tomorrow.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Sandman is being interviewed again about possibly wrestling Umaga at Cyber Sunday. A clown comes wandering through, so he hits him with a kendo stick. Fantastic television.
Tazz gives Joey Styles a noose for a Christmas gift.
Daivari vs. Shannon Moore
Well, Daivari and Great Khali are now part of ECW. Daivari sucker punches Moore and then throws him through the ropes and into the ring post. Daivari snaps the arm of Moore on his shoulder before hitting a variation of a DDT for the victory. After the match, Khali destroys Moore some more. The diehard ECW fans were probably pumped about this.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Rebecca is with RVD now to talk about Heyman's decision. RVD cuts a pretty uninspired promo on the Extreme Elimination Chamber and then Hardcore Holly comes in to say that he has his back.
It's time for the first ever Extreme Divas Costume Contest. Trinity is wearing caution tape, Ariel is her usual self and Kelly Kelly is CM Punk. Trinity wins the contest and out comes Mike Knox. Out comes CM Punk and he eventually hits a springboard clothesline. He knocks him out of the ring and Kelly smiles.
After the commercial, Mike Knox challenges Punk to a match next week.
Rob Van Dam & Hardcore Holly vs. Test & Big Show
RVD and Holly go to work on Test in the early going while Styles and Tazz continue to talk about the Extreme Elimination Chamber. So to put this in perspective, Cyber Sunday is in 5 days, Survivor Series is in 27 days, December To Dismember is in 34 days and Armageddon is in 48 days. So they are already talking about a show before they have even mentioned Survivor Series. RVD hits a crossbody over the top rope into Test on the apron and they both go to the floor and into the commercial break. During the break, Test hit a clothesline to regain control. You can tell this match is getting time tonight because Test is working at a snail's pace. Both Test and Big Show get tagged in and all I can think about is Holly trying to hunt him down during the Attitude Era. Holly's career is one of the stranger ones in WWE since he lasted forever and never really amounted to a whole lot, but had these brief pockets where he was highlighted. I think Big Show has been in this match for about 30 seconds so far. Big Show tags back in and misses with the Vader Bomb. Holly makes the hot tag to RVD and he takes out his legs. He knocks Test off the apron and hits a somersault dive on Show. Next comes Rolling Thunder, but Test breaks up the pin. All four men are in the ring and Test accidentally knocks out the referee. Holly hits the Alabama Slam on Test, but is immediately greeted by a Big Show boot. RVD hits the leaping kick and knocks Show out of the ring. Show drags RVD out of the ring, but RVD is able to shove him into the ring post. Out of nowhere, a guy in the gorilla suit comes from behind and hits RVD with a lead pipe to the back of the head. Show hits the Chokeslam in the ring and picks up the victory. The gorilla comes in the ring and takes off the mask to expose that it's Paul Heyman. The match itself was decent enough, but didn't have a ton of action despite RVD's best efforts.
Match Rating: **1/4
This was a one match show and the match was fine, but nothing really memorable. The Daivari/Khali stuff feels out of nowhere and while the Extreme Elimination Chamber sounds like a fun idea, we all know how that one is going to work out.
Overall Rating: 43%
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