december to dismembererererererer
ECW is dead.
It's been dead for years now, but I thought all of you should know that it is dead.
Vince McMahon attempted to revive ECW recently, but as I learned in my CPR course, you can't revive a skeleton. But you have to give him credit...he managed to revive a mummy and a vampire.
December to Dismember was, quite possibly, the worst wrestling pay per view I've had the displeasure of watching. When the only match that came close to being good featured two tag teams that are not even part of the ECW roster, that's a bad sign. When they remove Sabu from the main event (hmmm....I remember during the Monday Night Wars that Jim Ross started a Raw saying "bait and switch, bait and switch" about WCW...) and replace him with, of all people, the untalented Hardcore Holly (good ol' Sparky Plugg), that's a sign things are not going to go well at all.
Extreme...I've seen laundry detergent that promised to be more extreme than this PPV.
Batista's black reflection, Lashley, won the title using a move stolen from Bill Goldberg...why, I'm not entirely sure. CM Punk and RVD were gone so early, and I can't understand how Test is in a main event.
Balls Mahoney vs. Matt Stryker...sounds like gay porn to me...and the match was probably about as unwatchable... The FBI vs. Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay...okay, someone in creative give these guys some new names. Burke looks like Ron "the Truth" Killings with mini-marshmallows in his hair, and Terkay...hmmm....
Looks like Mike Knox...who was in a travesty of a mix tag match. How many mix tag matches were in the original ECW? I remember Rhino putting Lori Fullerton through a table, but that's about it. Kevin Thorn looks like he could be a decent wrestler. Love the tie.
But to have Sandman show up for two minutes...two minutes...and he did barely anything. Waste of time. Give the man a match that lasts longer than his entrance.
And the main event was just stupid. They go into details on how well the Chamber is built, but a flimsy wooden table can break through welded chains...I don't see how this happens. Kind of like Hell in a Cell where there's no escape, yet every match someone gets on the roof of the cage.
Paul Heyman was sent home following this event, and the Big Show followed soon after. Looks like TNA is going to have some new people coming over.
Speaking of TNA, there were some good TNA chants going on during the show. Even RVD's wife was involved in them.
UFC...Tank Abbott's entrance lasted longer than his first match in five years. 46 seconds and he taps out to Frank Mir. I wonder if Billy Kidman would have lasted longer, Tank... :)
It's been dead for years now, but I thought all of you should know that it is dead.
Vince McMahon attempted to revive ECW recently, but as I learned in my CPR course, you can't revive a skeleton. But you have to give him credit...he managed to revive a mummy and a vampire.
December to Dismember was, quite possibly, the worst wrestling pay per view I've had the displeasure of watching. When the only match that came close to being good featured two tag teams that are not even part of the ECW roster, that's a bad sign. When they remove Sabu from the main event (hmmm....I remember during the Monday Night Wars that Jim Ross started a Raw saying "bait and switch, bait and switch" about WCW...) and replace him with, of all people, the untalented Hardcore Holly (good ol' Sparky Plugg), that's a sign things are not going to go well at all.
Extreme...I've seen laundry detergent that promised to be more extreme than this PPV.
Batista's black reflection, Lashley, won the title using a move stolen from Bill Goldberg...why, I'm not entirely sure. CM Punk and RVD were gone so early, and I can't understand how Test is in a main event.
Balls Mahoney vs. Matt Stryker...sounds like gay porn to me...and the match was probably about as unwatchable... The FBI vs. Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay...okay, someone in creative give these guys some new names. Burke looks like Ron "the Truth" Killings with mini-marshmallows in his hair, and Terkay...hmmm....
Looks like Mike Knox...who was in a travesty of a mix tag match. How many mix tag matches were in the original ECW? I remember Rhino putting Lori Fullerton through a table, but that's about it. Kevin Thorn looks like he could be a decent wrestler. Love the tie.
But to have Sandman show up for two minutes...two minutes...and he did barely anything. Waste of time. Give the man a match that lasts longer than his entrance.
And the main event was just stupid. They go into details on how well the Chamber is built, but a flimsy wooden table can break through welded chains...I don't see how this happens. Kind of like Hell in a Cell where there's no escape, yet every match someone gets on the roof of the cage.
Paul Heyman was sent home following this event, and the Big Show followed soon after. Looks like TNA is going to have some new people coming over.
Speaking of TNA, there were some good TNA chants going on during the show. Even RVD's wife was involved in them.
UFC...Tank Abbott's entrance lasted longer than his first match in five years. 46 seconds and he taps out to Frank Mir. I wonder if Billy Kidman would have lasted longer, Tank... :)
Comments
I didn't get the chance to see ONS...unfortunately. DtD was really a poor attempt. When your fans are chanting the name of another company in your building during your event, that's a sign that there is something definitely wrong with your product. It's not like the fans were chanting "Raw, Raw" or "Smackdown, Smackdown"...they were chanting the name of the competition.
Do you remember that ever happening during the Monday Night Wars? Did we ever hear fans in WCW chanting "WWE"? Or vice-versa? I heard a few ECW chants back then...usually during matches with ECW alumni in both big federations.
But to have it happen during an ECW event...it's madness.
FSoL doing PF cover bands...ugh.
GoW...I've heard. Need a 360 though...