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On Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 4:12 PM EST

ECW House Show Results - 9/30/06
Location: Loveland, Colorado

gutterhippo sent in the following report:

ECW House Show Results
Budweiser Events Center
Loveland, CO
September 30, 2006

Quick Results:
Steven Richards def. Rodney Mack
Eric Perez def. Al Snow
Bikini Contest hosted by Matt Striker: Trinity vs. Francine, no winner, interrupted by Rene Dupree
Sandman and Tommy Dreamer def. Matt Striker and Rene Dupree
CM Punk def. Mike Knox
RVD def. Kevin Thorn
Paul Heyman’s Personal Security def. FBI
Sabu def. Test in an Extreme Rules Match


Detailed Report:

I’m surprised anyone even came to this. The WWE did little to no advertising for the event. Earlier in the day, I went to an autograph session with Tommy Dreamer at some car dealership. I thought it was a sign of things to come when only 20 or so people showed up.

To my surprise, about 80% of the seats were filled! But… to be fair, they closed off half of the arena and made it so the ring was occupied by fans on only one half. WWE events at the Budweiser Events Center usually use the whole thing, and fill about 60-70%. So, I guess the place was only 40% full. Hopefully WWE learns their lesson and takes ECW to a smaller venue next time, if there is a next time.

Side note: the ring looked like a full size ring, not the dinky one Raw and Smackdown use at house shows.

Onto the show!

The lights go out, and an ominous music fills the arena. In a low, mysterious voice, we are warned. We are warned… about copyright infringement… and not using photos for commercial use without the expressed written approval of WWE. Guess they gotta cover their bases..

Rodney Mack vs. Steven Richards
Rodney came out to his old music… meaning that everyone thought Teddy Long was going to make a special appearance. Stevie got a good response from the crowd. A few “bWo" chants. He was booked as the face in the match. I could’ve sworn he was heel just a few weeks ago… Long story short, Stevie Richards won, but I don’t remember how. I don’t remember much from this match, wasn’t really a “barn burner."

Al Snow vs. Eric Perez
Yeah, seeing the Snowman was alright, but Marty Jannetty was originally advertised as being in this match. Not only was Marty replaced by his New Rocker teammate in this match, but he wasn’t even on the card!! Bait and switch! But.. then again, I don’t think anyone knew about Marty or cared that he wasn’t there. I bet you’re asking yourself, “Who’s Eric Perez??" Well, ladies and gentlemen, I’ve got the goods right here! Here is what I’ve gathered: Eric Perez shouts at the crowd. Oh, and Eric Perez has “ERIC" written on his wrestling undies. Earth-shattering, isn’t it? Oh, and Eric Perez distinguished himself from every other heel by winning by, get this, pulling the tights!!! After the match, Al Snow did his little beat up Head schtick, followed by apologizing to Head. I gave him a few courtesy laughs.

Bikini Contest
So, Michael Roberts says, “Here’s something the guys are going to really love!!" Then he introduces Matt Striker… What??? Striker comes out and says he has a very special guest tonight. He says the man was at Summerslam and is considered a living legend. He says, “Please stand up, and welcome the one, the only, the immortal….. Me!" Then he laughs at everyone who stood up. He then explains that he was asked by Vince McMahon to judge the bikini contest. Trinity and Francine come out, take their robes off, and slut around. It was embarrassing to watch. Trinity looked like a drugged-out crack whore. And I have to say, Francine looks a lot uglier in person.. Anyways, during all of this Striker had me in stitches! That guy is gold on the mic! So the time comes for the audience to judge, and Rene Dupree’s music hits. He comes out and says that they can’t have a beauty contest without him. He ends up arguing with Francine, and pushes her down as Striker pushes Trinity down. Tommy Dreamer runs in and gets pounded by Striker and Dupree. Then Sandman’s music hits and he comes out and makes the save. They challenge Dupree and Striker to a match…

Tommy Dreamer and Sandman vs. Matt Striker and Rene Dupree
Nothing too fancy, pretty sloppy across the board. But the crowd was very into this one. The ending saw the Sandman pull a Eugene and imitate the Hulkster’s trademark pointing of the finger, weak punches, and legdrop. Tommy Dreamer hit his DDT on (I can’t remember who) for the 1-2-3. Dreamer and the Sandman then got some beers out from under the ring (and no one questioned why they were there…) and invited some trash into the ring to have a beer bash. Then Dreamer said he wanted to drink with the fans and went out into the stands and drenched us with beer. Good times, even though I’m straight edge.. During this, Sandman just sort of disappeared. Maybe he’s trying to cut back seeing as how he looks like he’s got one foot in the grave. Seriously, the guy looks old and scary, older and scarier than he does on TV.

Mike Knox w/ Kelly Kelly vs. CM Punk
Very boring match. Punk did a good job of selling, but it was just so blah. The crowd seemed firmly behind Punk (constantly chanting his name). However, you could tell they weren’t into the match. No one really reacted any time Punk started to make a comeback. Oh, and Punk’s little slap/punch combo leading to the spinning backfist looked absolutely weak. Monty Burns could slap harder than that! The head kick was kind of cool, albeit a little sloppy. The most annoying part of this match was CM Punk constantly waving to and flirting with Kelly Kelly. And Kelly’s acting was atrocious as usual. Where’s the subtlety? What happened to the days of Sensational Sherri discretely winking at Rick Martel when HBK’s back was turned? Anyways, Punk hit his Rock Bottom (or whatever they’re calling it now) and got his little armlock submission for the win. When he hit his trademark finisher, no one even reacted. They didn’t know they were supposed to cheer at that point. All they knew was that, for some reason beyond me, they were supposed to cheer their hearts out for CM Punk without ever questioning why.

RVD vs. Kevin Thorn w/ Ariel
Great match. Quite possibly match of the night. RVD got a tremendous reaction from the crowd. Ariel interfered quite a few times, which got the crowd pretty hot. The finish saw RVD hit the frogsplash for the 1-2-3. How he got to that point, I don’t know. I was having too much fun to be an over-analyzing smark.

Intermission
Michael Roberts invites us to purchase a Sabu shirt before the next match. Sadly, there was no t-shirt gun.. My t-shirt catching skills would have to wait, I suppose.

Paul Heyman’s Personal Security vs. FBI
So as the crowd is chanting “Guido," this fool next to me says, “I thought his name was Nunzio." And then the fool’s girlfriend says, “Yeah, I think he changed his name to Little Guido when he came here." Arghhh!! Permission to smark out, please!!! But, in a non-smark moment, I never knew that Paul Heyman’s security guards were THE BASHAMS! I missed have missed that one, but man am I glad to see them again!! The match was great, rivaling RVD/Thorn for match of the night. Tony Mamaluke held nothing back just because it was a house show. Hats off to Mamaluke for giving us more than our money’s worth and bending like a pretzel. One spot saw one of the guards throw Mamaluke to the turnbuckle. Tony speared through the 2nd and 3rd posts, looking like he was going to do the shoulder hitting the ring post thing. Instead, he pivoted his body so his back hit the ring post. His body then spun around and he landed hard on the concrete floor. I thought the guy was legitimately dead. Thankfully, he wasn’t hurt, and he went on to do more insane spots. Props to Mamaluke! The finish was well-planned and saw one of the security guards nailing Little Guido in the head with the guard helmet while the ref’s back was turned, and then getting the 1-2-3.

Sabu vs. Test in an Extreme Rules Match
Yeah, you read right. Test. Not the Big Show. Test. As much as I’ve enjoyed the guy’s work since he came back, I paid to see the Big Slow stumble around the ring. I feel like we were cheated, like the WWE decided that Show was too big for us or something. Test gave us a great match, though. So, I guess it all evened out. That guy took so many chair shots to the head! Sabu only took a few. That match wasn’t about psychology. It was about how many times Sabu can throw a chair at Test. To my surprise, Sabu landed every single move perfectly. Now if he could only do that when the cameras are rolling… The match ended when Sabu hit Test with a leg lariat off the chair, causing Test to crash through a table that was set up in the corner.

Overall Grade: B – Very fun show, I think everyone felt like they got their money’s worth. Would have been nice for them to decide that we were worthy of seeing the Big Show, but good show nonetheless.

Biggest Pop:
1. Sandman
2. RVD
3. CM Punk

Most Heat:
1. Matt Striker
2. no one else, really

My MVP of the Night:
Tony Mamaluke!

Match of the Night:
RVD vs. Kevin Thorn
close 2nd: FBI vs. Paul Heyman’s Security

Quote of the night:
“I think he changed his name to Little Guido when he came here."