Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
HP Pavilion
San Jose, California
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We get a recap of the Lashley and Umaga selections.
Extreme Rules Money In The Bank Qualifying Match
Mr. Kennedy vs. Sabu
We quickly get a table out because it's a Sabu match of course. He has Kennedy on the table, but me moves off and Sabu adjusts by jumping over the table. Kennedy turns thing around by hitting a drop toe hold into a chair. Kennedy takes the table and puts it in the ring. This allows Sabu to hit a leg drop as Kennedy is getting in the ring. This table looks like it's 45 years old. Sabu sets up Kennedy on the slanted table, but Kennedy moves again and this time Sabu goes through it. Kennedy hits a DDT on the table and picks up the victory to head to WrestleMania. This was too quick to be much.
Match Rating: *
A limo is shown pulling up and it's Vince.
Balls Mahoney vs. Matt Striker
Striker goes right to work on Balls, but it doesn't get him very far and he eats a clothesline. Balls goes up to the top rope and hits a leg drop. Out comes Snitsky and he attacks Balls for the DQ. I'm not sure this one even hit 60 seconds. I'm not sure why they didn't at least get a little bit more time to make it more impactful. Snitsky then hits a big boot on Striker.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Vince welcomes us to a night of ECW action. He says that tonight Lashley will be taking on Hardcore Holly in a cage match tonight. Vince then says that if Lashley doesn't beat Holly in 5 minutes, Holly is the new ECW Champion.
Kevin Thorn & Marcus Cor Von vs. Rob Van Dam & Tommy Dreamer
You can tell pretty quickly that this one's not going to last long. We get a double tag early on with RVD hitting a superkick on Thorn. He hits the split legged moonsault, but only gets a 2 count. He goes onto hit Rolling Thunder and we end up with 4 people in the ring. Dreamer hits a running leap off the apron on Cor Von. Ariel tries to give Thorn the cane, but RVD sees it and Sandman hits her with the kendo stick. The distraction still works and Thorn picks up a victory. I'm sorry, but Thorn being in this group just makes no sense. I get that they need to be built up, but no one is buying him. The match was fine for a rushed tag match in the middle of a weekly television show.
Match Rating: *
Rebecca is with Hardcore Holly and he says that tonight's his night because no one can beat him in 5 minutes.
CM Punk vs. Stevie Richards
This must be a best of 21 match series between these two. As usual, Stevie gets in some offense and then Punk comes back and hits his stuff. He hits the Go To Sleep to pick up the victory. We're moving quickly here tonight.
Match Rating: 3/4*
We get a recap of Trump's pick of Lashley and the ensuing brawl between he and Umaga.
Don't worry, New Breed, we've still got plenty of time for Extreme Exposé.
Steel Cage ECW Championship Match
Hardcore Holly vs. Bobby Lashley
As stated earlier, if Lashley doesn't beat Holly in 5 minutes, Holly is the new ECW Champion. Lashley gets right to it, tossing him face first into the cage. They both climb up to the top turnbuckle when Umaga's music hits. Vince brings him out as they continue to battle. Holly hits a superplex at the 2:45 mark. Umaga starts tossing chairs around and eventually in the ring. Holly grabs it and nails him in the head. WHY? Lashley battles back and hits Holly in the head. He starts hitting him all over and Umaga starts yelling at him. He hits him back in the head with less than a minute to go. He puts him up for the running powerslam and hits it for the victory with 35 seconds remaining. After the match, he turns his focus to Umaga. Lashley's had enough of him being there, so he runs the ropes, jumps into the cage and it breaks onto Umaga. Absolutely one of the greatest moments in the infamous WWE ECW run. Despite the stupidity that is Trump and Vince, the Umaga and Lashley portion is off to a red hot start. The match was okay, but was a backdrop for the feud.
Match Rating: *
This was one of those shows where it peaked at the end and was quickly paced to where nothing wore out it's welcome. Like I said, the ending is one of my absolute favorite moments of this era and really ended the show on a hot note. I'm not sure that's enough to make this some classic episode, but at least it was memorable.
Overall Rating: 58%
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