Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Dunkin' Donuts Center
Providence, Rhode Island
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Vince McMahon is out to make this episode suck right off the bat. Vince says he can't get revenge on Steve Austin or the other moron involved in the match, so he has to get revenge on Bobby Lashley. He won't be here tonight because he's barred from the arena due to a concussion. We then see a replay of him taking a horrible chair to the head because no one had ever heard of a concussion in 2007. They just didn't know, okay? He talks about the 3 on 1 match at Backlash and that he'll be the next ECW Champion.
CM Punk and Rob Van Dam are backstage. RVD says that CM Punk fits with the ECW Originals. Elijah Burke runs into disagree. Burke says that Punk will give his answer next week. Punk says no chance and instead he'll give his answer tonight.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Kevin Thorn
Both men come out selling injuries from last week's brawl. Isn't it time to pull the plug on Thorn? Not one person in the arena cares about him. They show CM Punk watching the match backstage. Dreamer for some reason thinks it's a good idea to go up to the top rope. Thorn crotches him and then hits the Dark Kiss for the victory. No one cares.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Extreme Exposé is backstage having fun until Snitsky walks in. He then stares at Layla. This show just continuously seems to be aiming to cram as many things as possible that people have no interest in a 1 hour show. They are succeeding tonight.
Stevie Richards vs. CM Punk
Are they really doing this match again? Out comes Matt Striker before the match begins, but then so does Sandman. We have a commercial and join the match in progress. Punk hits a roundhouse kick and then hits the knee/bulldog combo. Striker and Sandman start to interact. Sandman swings at Striker, Striker ducks and he accidentally hits Punk. The distraction allows Richards to roll him up, but he reverses and picks up the win. After the match, Sandman lets him know what happened. If only there were a documented video of it so that he could figure out the truth. This only existed to create drama for Punk's choice.
Match Rating: 1/2*
It's time for Extreme Exposé. This is still a thing. After the dance, out comes Snitsky. Instead of running, they just stand in the ring. Layla for some reason can't figure out how to get out of the ring, while the other two get out. Snitsky stares her down and then turns around to run into a chair shot to the head from Balls Mahoney. He no sells it and takes Balls out. This got no reaction whatsoever. Snitsky and unprotected chair shots to the head are two things I don't want to see when I watch wrestling.
Rob Van Dam vs. Marcus Cor Von
RVD is with Sabu, who is sporting a neck brace. Cor Von's music makes no sense with his persona. Cor Von hits a nice German suplex with a release, as he continues to be impressive in his matches. RVD makes a comeback and hits the top rope single leg kick. Elijah Burke goes and hits Sabu with a cheap shot. The distraction is used to their advantage and Cor Von hits the Pounce and picks up the upset victory. CM Punk's music hits and runs out to check on Sandman. He goes into the ring and wants to fight Elijah and Cor Von. He then looks down and shakes Burke's hand. The New Breed comes out to celebrate and puts Punk on their shoulders as we go off the air. The match was decent.
Match Rating: *3/4
There just isn't much going on that anyone cares about. CM Punk was their one success story to date and turning him heel did not go over well with the live audience. Cor Von and Burke have been solid, but they haven't really caught on yet.
Overall Rating: 40%
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