WWE2009: ECW 9/1 Posted.

Seems like an odd choice for a diary of this kind. But, I'll read.

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Dolph Ziggler def. Rey Mysterio to WIN the Intercontinental Championship.
An awesome way to kick off the show, Mysterio successfully retained the title against Ziggler at Night of Champions but tonight it was not the same story and Dolph ducked a 619 to hit the Zig Zag and pick up some championship gold.

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Chris Jericho and The Big Show def. Cryme Tyme to retain the Unified Tag Team Titles.
Cryme Tyme were the next tag team for Jericho and Big Show to bulldoze through, the duo seem unstoppable as Big Show pinned Shad after a Codebreaker and a knockout punch.

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MVP def. Jack Swagger.
A decent battle between two RAW Superstars who have been rivals. The both have completely opposite lifestyles which is why they hate each other so much, the ending here saw MVP reverse out of the Gutwrench Powerbomb to hit the Playmaker for a three count.

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Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes def. Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
This marked the ‘return’ of D-Generation-X as the crowd were pumped for HBK’s return. DX controlled throughout against the very brash Legacy however in the end Ted DiBiase pulled out a shocker by ducking the Sweet Chin Music and rolling up Michaels for the three count.

Following the match Triple H and Shawn Michaels just stared at eachother, Triple H tried to tell his partner that it was ok but was swiftly met with Sweet Chin Music. The crowd turned on the heat (pun intended) as Michaels walked out.

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Kane def. The Great Khali
A battle of the goliath’s, a huge match but only in terms of the size of the competitors as this was a let down, after about seven minutes a Chokeslam gave Kane the victory.

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Randy Orton def. John Cena to retain the WWE Championship.
Cena and Orton put on their usual match, a little more entertaining however. The was no Legacy interference as requested by Orton. The ending saw Cena closing in on a title win but Orton countered Cena’s Attitude Adjustment and planted him with the RKO, Cena looked as if he could kick out but Orton’s feet on the ropes ensured his win.

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Christian def. William Regal w/Ezekiel Jackson and Vladamir Kozlov to retain the ECW Championship.
Christian regained the title last month at Night of Champions so there was no chance Captain Charisma was having a one-month title reign. Christian successfully defended his title after a miss communication between the Roundtable and a Killswitch on the Englishman.

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Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match.
Jeff Hardy def. CM Punk to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
An amazing match of the year calibre bout to end the show. The two took part in and over twenty-minute battle involving blood, sweat and tears. Punk changed from a nice guy into a vile cheat at the expense of Jeff Hardy for about three month’s and Hardy wanted some revenge. In the end Hardy and Punk were fighting atop the ladder after a Swanton through a couple tables and Hardy dodged a kick from Punk to nail him in the head with the belt. Punk fell through a table and Hardy retained his championship.

Jeff Hardy celebrated with his World Championship and the fans post-match but for how long will these celebrations and Hardy’s reign continue?
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Scramble Match for Unforgiven is great. As well as the qualifiers. Oh yeah!
-HHH over Carlito was expected. Wonder how the DX/Legacy feud will continue as now, you wil have a hard time building Legacy as this was the feud that did it.
-Swagger over MVP was a good rebound for him. So, I'm looking forward to MVP's future.
-Great match between Bourne and Jericho. Bourne winning was expected.
-Solid promo. Legacy in a Scramble Qualifier, I like. Ted over Cody is good either way.
-James and Kelly winning was good. Beth wanting the title was expected.
-Cena winning the Scramble was good. Seems like it was his time here. Hope you push Miz to mid-card, US Title status.
-Michaels' heel turn was awesome. But you will have a tough time pushing this into WrestleMania or even Survivor Series.
-Good show; you really made this different on your first showing.

Josh Matthews and Bryon Saxton welcome us to ECW, tonight we will witness the next match in the Sheamus/Goldust rivalry and Vladamir Kozlov will go head to head with ECW Champion Christian in the main event.

Goldust def. Sheamus via DQ.
We kick off with the next instalment of the most heated ECW feud. Sheamus started out strong, overpowering Goldust and working on his left-knee throughout. Goldust mounted a very physical comeback however and caused some damaged as he connected with Shattered Dreams out of the referee’s vision. Sheamus kicked out at two however. Goldust nailed his inverted atomic drop and looked for a DDT but Sheamus span out and hit a big boot. Sheamus then slid out of the ring and snatched a steel chair; he hit Goldust over the back and was disqualified.

Sheamus then continued to beat Goldust with the chair until he was satisfied; he then hit Goldust once more before leaving.

A vignette as for a new tag team called The Dudebusters featuring members Trent Baretta and Caylen Croft. The duo likes to play video games and kick ass. They’ll be debuting next week.

Paul Burchill is backstage with his sister Katie Lea. Burchill says that he’s had just about enough of this Hurricane business, he’s going to beat Hurricane to a pulp in their tag match tonight and then next week we will all see the that the Hurricane is really just a weak breeze.

Commercial.

Zack Ryder and Paul Burchill w/Katie Lea Burchill def. Shelton Benjamin and The Hurricane.
A good match featuring two ECW rivalries in Benjamin vs. Ryder and of course Hurricane vs. Burchill. Burchill and Benjamin kicked off the match in a fairly even opening, Benjamin getting the upper hand and tagging in Hurricane who came hard at Paul forcing him to make the tag. Ryder and Hurricane faced off the majority of the match while Ryder may have taunted too much. The ending here saw Ryder get the tag to Burchill who tried to nail Hurricane with the curb stomp but Hurricane slipped away and hit a dropkick and a crossbody but as he bounced off the ropes Katie Lea tripped him and Burchill connected with the Curb Stomp for the win.

Shelton chased Paul Burchill off of Hurricane after the match as Benjamin taunted Ryder to get in the ring. Ryder did and the two had a stare down, Benjamin flinched forward causing Ryder to slid out of the ring.

Commercial.

Yoshi Tatsu def. Tyler Reks.
A short yet decent match between a very exciting Yoshi Tatsu and Tyler Reks who still isn’t getting any crowd reaction whatsoever. Tatsu nailed some pretty high-risk manuoveres such as the diving spinning wheel kick. Reks thought back and attempted a springboard Moonsault but Yoshi dodged and pulled out and sick enziguri. In the end, Yoshi hit the snapmare, a kick to the chest of his opponent and then the roundhouse kick to finish off the flurry and the match.

Yoshi shook hands with Tyler Reks and Reks whispered something in Tatsu’s ear to which Yoshi nodded to excitedly. The two walked to the back together.

ECW Original Tommy Dreamer is backstage; he says that he has an announcement to make. In four weeks time he is officially leaving ECW and retiring for good. The crowd aren’t happy about this. He says this is the best move for him and for his health. Over the four upcoming weeks’ he’s going to have his final matches and he hopes that he can enjoy every second of them.

ECW Champion Christian is shown walking towards the arena for his non-title main event against Vladamir Kozlov. It’s up next.

Commercial.

Non-Title - ECW Champion Christian def. Vladamir Kozlov w/Ezekiel Jackson.
There isn’t really anyone on the same level as Christian on ECW at the moment so he’s going to be hard to beat for the title. Kozlov had Jackson in his corner who surprisingly didn’t intimidate Christian in the slightest. Kozlov began to dominate which a powerslam and a few stiff shots but it was cut short as Christian stopped a headbutt, grabbed Kozlov’s arms and planted him with the Killswitch for the win.

Christian stood tall after a relatively short and disappointing main event, however this was changed as William Regal’s music hit and he made his way out. He tells Christian that he thought this would happen so he spoke to Tiffany and after a little banter she gave him a match with Christian, tonight, it’s non-title but if he wins then Regal will get a title shot next week.

Non-Title – William Regal w/Ezekiel Jackson and Vladamir Kozlov def. ECW Champion Christian.
Christian was shattered when this match started and Regal decided to show off a few press-ups to prove his energy. Christian hated this and kick William in the gut to start the match. Soon after Regal had mounted a comeback however and drilled Christian with a belly to back suplex. In the end Christian countered the Knee Trembler and whipped Regal into the corner for the pendulum kick but Ezekiel Jackson got on the apron to distract the referee as Vladamir Kozlov climbed in to hit the battering ram and get revenge. Jackson turned the referee back to the match, Kozlov hopped down to the outside and Regal hit the Knee Trembler for the victory.

The Ruthless Roundtable stood tall over the ECW Champion, getting heat after their cheap victory.
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-I loved the Goldust/Sheamus feud. So it continuing here was pretty cool.
-Ryder and Burchill over Benjamin and Hurricane is pretty good either way.
-Kozlov over Christian was pretty nice too. But very short.
-Regal over Christian was a pretty smart turnaround there. Regal/Christian looks like it for Breaking Point

-Good promo here. Liking the pick the number ofr the scramble stip. Kinda spoiled the main event though setting up a match next week.
-Rey Mysterio over Dolph Ziggler via DQ is interesting. I see Ziggler costing Mysterio the Scramble.
-McIntyre over Fu-Naki is a decent way to bring him in. Hope he doesn't job for months.
-Kane over Khali was a nice call there. Kane into the Scramble is great. Wouldn't mind seeing him win it.
-R-Truth and Finlay over Guerrero and Knox was the right call.
-Morrison entering the Scramble is awesome! Also wouldn't mind seeing him win it either.
-Melina's Women's Title match never starting is interesting. Could set up a rematch at Unforgiven.
-Punk over Hardy was expected to advance the Punk/J. Hardy feud. Nice one there.
-Good SmackDown; looking great so far, Jack.

- Solid opening promo. Scramble match shall be entertaining.
- An interesting choice for an opener; being both a scramble qualifier and IC Title match. Expected Ziggler to win, but getting DQed is nice.
- Obvious victory for McIntyre, especially in his debut, and practically dominating Kung Fu Naki.
- Kane and Great Khali is such a snore fest. Please don't have them ever face again, ha ha. Glad Kane won though.
- Truth and Finlay defeating Mike Knox Raw's Chavo is solid. Hornswoggle/Chavo stuff is so boring now, however.
- John Morrison defeating Tyson Kidd, in which I guarantee a great match, is the best call as Morrison is a singles star.
- Violence from Laycool, eh? Liking it, liking it.
- A good main event with CM Punk defeating his rival's brother. Definitely adds deeper into this feud.

A good show.