ECW 5-22-07 Review

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa

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Snitsky vs. Tommy Dreamer

Me: "Let's see if ECW can at least be better than Raw."
Also me: "Nope."

Why did we think we needed this Snitsky run? He can't even get a reaction in Iowa. Dreamer hits a few moves on the big man and his DDT even gets about 20 fans to cheer. Snitsky catches Dreamer with a clothesline when he goes off the top rope. He hits a big boot and that's all. That was terrible. Snitsky grabs a chair and then drives Dreamer into the corner. Out comes Rob Van Dam and he hits a top rope kick into the chair on Snitsky. We get lots of angry head nodding from Snitsky as he heads to the back. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Kevin Thorn vs. Wyatt Lara

The hits just keep on coming. At least they got the memo on this one. Thorn hits his big moves and wins. No one wants to see anything more than that. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Elijah Burke is talking strategy with Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker tries to talk to them. Burke blames Striker for his loss at Judgment Day. He tells him he has to face one of the Major Brothers and if he doesn't win, they're going to have a problem. Striker says he will get it done. 

Matt Striker vs. Brett Major

We get Zack Ryder here tonight. Tazz is impressed with Striker's back suplex. Majors gets a sunset flip for a 2 count. Striker just hits a bunch of moves and wins. I mean, I guess he looked fine. But again, no one cared, even in Iowa.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Oh good, a recap of the 2 hours of Lashley and Vince. 

Rob Van Dam & CM Punk vs. Elijah Burke & Marcus Cor Von

We get the pretty standard pre-commercial break stuff with CM Punk getting a hot tag and cleaning house. When we come back, we get the pretty standard heels are working over the babyface. RVD is finally able to find a way to tag Punk and he goes right after Burke. RVD tries to hit a dive, but he misses and hits the floor. Punk goes for the Go To Sleep, but Cor Von breaks it up and then hits him with the Pounce. That's a DQ? People do that in every tag match. After the bell rings, he hits the Pounce on RVD to some boos. It's about time they gave some shine to Cor Von. This was a very vanilla match unfortunately. 

Match Rating: **

2007 just continues to be a disappointment for me. This show was full of stuff no one cared about and even the main event that was interesting on paper, disappointed. Maybe next week, but probably not.

Overall Rating: 38%