Highlights aired from last week of Colin Delaney beating Armando Estrada to earn an ECW contract.
ECW Opener:
Backstage, Armando asked Colin if he knew how lucky he was to beat him last week. He said he was an even bigger target now that he won the match. He presented Colin with his contract and asked him if he had second thoughts. Colin smiled and signed the contract. “Congratulations, amigo, I’m going to prove my point,” Estrada said. He booked Delaney in a match against Mike Knox…
CM Punk vs. The Miz
-Punk gets a standing waist-lock and slams Miz down on his stomach. They get back up, still with the waist lock and he takes Miz back to the mat. Again, Miz gets to his feet and this time makes it to the ropes. Punk comes back off the ropes with a sunset flip for 2. A couple of kicks from Punk lead to Miz getting whipped into the corner. Punk runs at him, but Miz gets the boot up and takes control. He mounts Punk and throws some right hands and proceeds to hit a series of forearms to the chest. Reverse chinlock time and Miz gets down in it. Punk right back up though now with a series of kicks. Miz returns with a dropkick to the back and literal clothesline using the ropes for 2.
-Miz sits back down in the chinlock. Back out of the hold Miz hits the running leaping clothesline in the corner. The chinlock is revisited with slight camel clutch styling. Punk wiggles out from it, but gets hit with a series of clotheslines. Miz runs at him again, but Punk pulls out the snap powerslam that’s so popular these days. Punks now back on offense with the whip in the corner and running knee. He goes for the bulldog, but Miz blocks it only to get hit with a roundhouse. A leg lariat by Punk leads to a 2 count. Miz with a roll-up now, and Punk bridges it and goes for a backslide. Miz counters that and runs off the ropes and gets caught into the GTS position. Miz slips out and hits the reality check for 3!
Winner: The Miz
– After the match Morrison came out on the ramp and celebrated with him, while Punk looked on in disbelief.
– Cherry, Kelly Kelly, and Michelle McCool are walking the halls. Adamle says they’re coming up in a 6-Diva tag.
McCool, Kelly, and Cherry vs. Layla, Victoria, and Natalya
McCool and Natalya open the bout. Natalya unloads with forearms in the corner, then tags in Victoria. She leg scissors McCool, then works over her arm. McCool backflips out of the corner, then kicks Victoria down. Cherry tagged in, then slid under for a sunset flip attempt.
Victoria ducked out of the ring, leavinga distracted Cherry to be clotheslined by Natalya in a sweet spot. Natalya (head and arms above everyone else in the working department it really seems) locks on an armbar. The heels continue to work on Cherry. Victoria hit a flip legdrop into the ring. Sabu would be proud. Victoria went for a spot but Cherry got her knees up. Victoria recovered, nailed the other face Divas, then locked on a front facelock to prevent a tag.
She went after the babyface corner again, and this time Cherry rolled her up for the pin.
Winners: McCool, Kelly, and Cherry
Lena Yada interviewed Shelton Benjamin and asked him about not being able to end Kofi Kingston’s undefeated streak. Benjamin said Kofi has a horseshoe where the sun doesn’t shine and he’s going to pull it out. He promised to beat Kofi. Kofi showed up and asked him if that was right, then wished him luck. Benjamin told him to get out of his interview time and shoved Kofi. Kingston tackled him into the wall, then stared down before walking away. Benjamin looked like he wanted to do something, but knew better than to try, so it was a staredown. Decent segment building their tension.
Mike Admale and Tazz discussed last night’s Raw, then ran a video feature.
Colin Delaney is taping up for his match against Mike Knox. He’s all alone, despite the fact that last week everyone was wishing him well backstage. I guess now that he’s a threat to their spot, they want to see him fail – hey, just like real life! They play a good Delaney video feature.
Colin Delaney vs. Mike Knox
Colin tried to start out fast but ate boot. Knox clotheslined him then powered him into the corner. Knox beat Colin down, then nailed him with his finisher for the pin.
Winner: Mike Knox!
Armando Estrada came out and announced that Colin just had his first match as a member of the ECW roster and would know wrestle the newest member of ECW, Armando. He kicked Colin in the head and announced that as General Manager, he signed himself as a wrestler to a lucrative contract.
Armando Estrada vs. Colin Delaney
Estrada beat Colin, then pinned him. Delaney was bleeding from the nose.
Winner: Armando Estrada!
John Morrison vs. Kane
Kane cleaned house early. Miz came to ringside. Morrison fought back. Kane took back over. Pretty basic. Morrison ducked a charge in the corner and worked him over with punches. Miz distracted Kane by grabbing his leg. That led to Punk coming out as they went to commercial.
When they return, Kane was choking out Morrison with a knee across the throat, then nailed a hangman’s neckbreaker. Kane cinched in a side chinlock. Morrison came back, working on Kane’s leg with kicks and a chop block from behind. Morrison went to the mat, working on the leg. Kane battled back with punches.
Kane fought his way to his feet but Morrison continued to work on the leg. He bridged the leg over the middle rope and dropped a knee across it. Morrison kept up the beating with leglocks and kicks. From a story standpoint, this was good stuff. Kane tried to kick Morrison off with the other leg, finally succeeding.
Kane made the white meat babyface comeback with punches and a running clothesline. He hopped across the ring to punch him in the corner. Morrison got caught with a sideslam for a two count. Kane went to the top rope and hit a flying clothesline. He called for the chokeslam. Miz got on the apron but Punk attacked him. Miz slammed Punk back-first into the ring steps. The referee stepped over to admonish them, allowing Morrison to nail Kane with the Tag strap, then hit a springboard enziguiri for the pin. Probably the biggest singles win of Morrison’s career.
Winner: John Morrison!
The champs put the boots to Kane. Punk made the save but was laid out as well. Show goes off the air.
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