Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
Lakeland Center Jackson Arena
Lakeland, Florida
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We get a nice hype package for Bobby Lashley/Rob Van Dam to start the show.
Test is in the ring to talk about how he won the three way match, but then lost the vote for the title match tonight. He should be the #1 contender. Whatever.
Test vs. Sabu
Test hits a clothesline and quickly jumps on him to hit some punches to the head. Test hits a backbreaker into a side suplex before putting on the bear hug. Sabu escapes and tries to make a comeback. He goes for a springboard move and eats a boot to the face. Test hits his finisher and that's all. That was basically a squash match.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Rob Van Dam is shown getting ready for his match.
Sandman gets a quick video package.
Elijah Burke & Sylvester Terkay vs. FBI
This is a squash as you would expect. Burke hits running knees in the corner. Guido is able to get out of the way of an elbow drop and tag in Mamaluke. He gets in a little burst before being hit with a clothesline and a trip. In comes Terkay and he slams Mamaluke face-first into the mat. Terkay puts on an arm bar and that's all for the FBI. This wasn't bad for what it was.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Bobby Lashley. Also getting ready.
Matt Striker talks about the match next week between CM Punk and Hardcore Holly. Holly says that next week Punk can't beat him, nor make him tap.
Tommy Dreamer is joining us via satellite on a leather sofa, but first we get a highlight package of him getting beat up by Great Khali. Dreamer does his best Mick Foley impersonation here and tries to sell the damage and how hardcore he is.
We go to Rob Van Dam and thanks the ECW fans for voting him in.
Brad Armstrong joins the announce team again.
Kevin Thorn vs. Balls Mahoney
Why? Thorn hits a couple of short arm clotheslines and the crowd absolutely doesn't care about this. He hits him with a boot to the head and we're to the point where we're talking about Scott Armstrong being the referee and about how many brothers he has. Balls hits the Balls punch schtick, but Thorn hits him right back with an elbow to the head and that's it? Scott throws up the X, so I guess Balls got hurt here, but not enough for Thorn to not drape Ariel over his face. They show the replay and he absolutely annihilated hits jaw. If anything, that put this match out of its misery.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Bobby Lashley says that wrestling is his life.
Tazz is in the crowd to interview Vladimir Kozlov. He loves double double E. I'm putting it out there right now. He will main event multiple WrestleManias, guaranteed.
ECW Championship Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Bobby Lashley
Lashley shows off his strength early in the matchup and the crowd feels a little unsure of who to cheer for here, which is a little surprising. There are some "Bobby" chants here, also surprising. RVD gets in a spin kick, but we're right back to Lashley dominating. Lashley hits a backbreaker type move out of the Torture Rack, but RVD kicks out at 2. Lashley hits a delayed vertical suplex and goes for the Spear, but RVD trips him up. RVD hits the single legged kick off the top rope, kind of. RVD misses with Rolling Thunder and then is dragged out of the ring. Lashley hits him with a clothesline, but then RVD drops Lashley on the announce table. He wants to go for the helicopter guillotine leg drop, but Lashley gets up. RVD improvises and hits a clothesline instead. We all know where this is going and they are both counted out to the boos from the crowd. The referee does the X here too, but this one is part of the show. I will say, they did have an awkward looking landing. The doctors are out checking on both men and we go off the air there. The match was decent, but they didn't get enough time to have anything much more than decent.
Match Rating: *3/4
This was the usual stuff from ECW. Lots of guys that no one is really into and a main event that was pretty good.
Overall Rating: 45%
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