ECW Living Dangerously 1998 Results and Review

The Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey was the home for the first pay per view with the name Living Dangerously from ECW. I went back and watched it to review it for this site, and have a few notes to give, and random ideas as well. Now, you can get an edited version of this on the WWE network, but I recommend picking up the official release so that you don’t get it “edited” and watered down. However, it’s really a good effort on the WWE streaming side, so it’s up to you what you want to do.

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ECW Living Dangerously Review

Jerry Lynn and Chris Chetti defeated The F.B.I

This was a somewhat forgettable match. It had a few moments, but overall, it was a fast paced opener that didn’t really highlight Lynn’s best. However, it was a good opening match up. Chetti was the highlight, being trained and featured in the ECW brand.

Masato Tanaka defeated Doug Furnas

For those of you young people out there, Furnas was in WWE for a while with a tag partner. He showed up in ECW here after getting thrown into the mix there in WWE’s bolstering tag division. He didn’t do much there, but here he got a lost in under 10 minutes against Tanaka. Not either one of these individuals best match.

Rob Van Dam defeated 2 Cold Scorpio

This by far was the second to best match of the night. RVD really showed up to showcase his skills in this one. 2 Cold Scorpio (Flash Funk in WWE) put on a showcase as well. The two nearly went 30 minutes in this match, and it was never a dull moment. These two could go, and it showed. RVD picks up the win, but it was not easy. Look out for this one, it’ll surprise you how good it truly was.

New Jack and Spike Dudley defeated The Dudley Boyz and Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten in a 3 way dance

This was a classic hardcore match. Lots of plunder, lots of hard hitting spots, and blood. The highlight was Spike and New Jack jumping off the balcony through tables. That was a classic high spot. However, this too was a bit on the forgettable side.

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Tommy Dreamer defeated Justin Credible

This was an interesting one as Jenna Jameson came out to do a quick interview with Justin Credible. She was top heavy, and didn’t have all the plastic surgery yet. She was hot, I admit it. Anyways, Tommy Dreamer picks up the win with some interference from Beulah (his wife), and it’s a shame that Justin Credible didn’t get more of a fair shake in WWE when he was Aldo Montoya. This was as good as you’d expect, with some great moments, and nice overall offense from Dreamer. Credible bounced around a bit, but in the end, fell to Dreamer and Beulah’s interference.

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Taz for the ECW Television Championship

This is by far the best match on the card. The reason being is simple, Taz and Bigelow flow quite well in the ring. Bigelow here comes across as seriously powerful, but Taz was able to lift and suplex the crap out of him. Taz truly impressed me when he straight dead lifted Bam Bam over his head, and through a table. This spot alone is worth your time. Dead weight man, you can see Taz about to buckle and then just pulls him over. Furthermore, Taz nearly knocks himself out cold throwing Bigelow off of the stage and hits his head on a guard rail. Epic match.

Sabu defeated The Sandman in a Singapore Cane Match

Not much to say about this one. Sabu got help from RVD. The best part was RVD was dressed as Sabu, so that was a bit of fun. This had a lot of brawling, and Sabu hitting his famous spots. Sandman got drunk, and beat up, that’s about it.

Lance Storm and Al Snow defeated Chris Candido and Shane Douglas

This match started with Lance Storm having a “mystery partner”. What happened next was fun. Sunny came out and said she was the mystery partner. The match moved ok, but it wasn’t until Sunny turned on Storm that things got really fun. The mystery partner was revealed to be Al Snow! The lights went out and the arena was full of foam heads! Things went insane, as there was a hole in the ring from the earlier match. Al Snow pinned Douglas, and this match was done fast. It wasn’t much of a match, but it had a fun finish with the visual of thousands of foam heads.

The number one reason why I recommend getting this DVD is simple, Bam Bam Bigelow versus Taz. One hell of a match, and Taz really put on a show. Dead lifting Bigelow through a table, holy crap, that's all I can say about this one. 2 Cold Scorpio and Van Dam put on a clinic too, but it was the TV title match that takes the cake here.

ECW Living Dangerously 1998 Results 

Jerry Lynn and Chris Chetti defeated The F.B.I
Masato Tanaka defeated Doug Furnas
Rob Van Dam defeated 2 Cold Scorpio
New Jack and Spike Dudley defeated The Dudley Boyz and Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten in a 3 way dance
Tommy Dreamer defeated Justin Credible
Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Taz for the ECW Television Championship
Sabu defeated The Sandman in a Singapore Cane Match
Lance Storm and Al Snow defeated Chris Candido and Shane Douglas

ECW on ScyFy 11/24/09 Results and Review

ECW on ScyFy 11/24/09 Results

Shelton Benjamin defeated Zack Ryder
Vance Archer defeated Jobber (Alex something…I forget)
Yoshi Tatsu defeated William Regal

ECW on ScyFy 11/24/09 Review

Shelton Benjamin defeated Zack Ryder

I know I should be interested in ECW a little more than other shows, since it’s concise, to the point and features a lot of wrestling. However, I just fail to get into Shelton Benjamin these days. Zack Ryder, if pushed like Ziggler, could end up being a good overall wrestler. But to me, Benjamin’s boat has already sailed. But in this match, he seemed to be fighting for his life, as he was trying to get out of the clutches of Ryder, who tried to prove to his lady friend that he was quite good without help. This match had some good back and forth, but it seemed painfully obvious that Benjamin might have been pre-occupied, as he missed a few spots, and Ryder had to try and “carry” the match at points. Overall, not a bad match though. Benjamin was the one that ended up on top, and maybe, rightfully so.

Post match, I find out that Benjamin is the number one contender to the ECW title, and that might be a good feud. It probably won’t be a feud, it’s going to be one major match. Shelton Benjamin and Christian in a ladder match for the ECW title!

Vance Archer defeated Jobber (Alex something…I forget)

This was another squash match. I’m not sure how long the WWE will have these squash matches, but they are getting old fast, that’s for sure.

Fat Matt Hardy was on the Abraham Washington Show. I’m still not sure what Abraham offers to the WWE, but whatever.

Yoshi Tatsu defeated William Regal

This was a faster match than I anticipated, and while Tatsu was getting hit hard for the most part of this match up, he managed to get one over on Regal. Despite some interference from Kozlov, Regal just couldn’t kick out of that big roundhouse kick.

Post match, Ezekiel Jackson basically quit the Regal team by hitting both Kozlov and Regal with his finishing move? I don’t know. He’s on his own now.

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ECW on ScyFY 10/13/09 Results and Review The Good Guys

Ecw on ScyFy 10/13/09 Results

Ezeiel Jackson defeated Goldust
Paul Burchill defeated The Hurricane
Christian & Yoshi Tatsu defeated Zack Ryder & William Regal

Ecw on ScyFy 10/13/09 Review

Ezeiel Jackson defeated Goldust

I think it’s a shame that in thee modern times the WWE can’t use Goldust as a main event player or at least a mid carder fighting for the championships. He could really play mind games with the likes of The Miz and others, really forcing things to be great. Remember his feud with Razor Ramon? Classic. Anyways, long gone is that and here he is wrestling Ezekiel Jackson. Goldust started his match strong, faster than the big man, and even smarter in ring as he was rolling away from most of Jackson’s onslaught of power moves. The match progressed and Ezekiel Jackson got the upper hand and he was definitely having his way with Goldust, but after a few near misses, Goldust got back into it and was giving Jackson a run for his money, including many nearfalls with his classic move set of odd offensive maneuvers. Goldust hit the Flatliner, and I thought this thing was over, but while Kozlov distracted the ref, Jackson got his revenge and hit his finisher to defeated the golden one. Jackson wins a very weird match, where Goldust carried Ezekiel Jackson, despite his jobber status.

Sheamus came out and cut a promo about how he hates Shelton Benjamin and some other random crap. I don’t like this guy, and don’t know anyone that does.

Paul Burchill defeated The Hurricane

This match, I could’ve sworn, already happened in pervious weeks. In fact, I remember seeing it before I moved from Washington to Idaho, ut oh well, such is life, I guess. It’s painfully obvious that Helms has gained some weight, he’s not in the same shape as the first time he was the Hurricane gimmick. He’s a little slower now, and his flexibility is also not what it used to be, and these things came into play with Burchill saving to slow the pace down, and looking incompetent in order to take some offense from Hurricane. Burchill has also let himself go a little, and while he’s still an effective wrestler, he is a little chunky, I’m just sayin. The match went from fast paced, high impact, to slow and boring, Burchill using a slew of rest holds to wear down both The Hurricane and his fans. Burchill kept working on Hurricane’s arm and eventually got a jackhammer in and pinned the super hero. Yep, another clean win, odd.

Christian & Yoshi Tatsu defeated Zack Ryder & William Regal

Yoshi Tatsu started this match against Zack Ryder and was looking quite good in this match up, he then tagged in Christian, and the momentum kept going forward for the good guys here. Ryder, with his spray on tan, was getting worked over by the veteran and his new friend, but the tables turned and he gained control over the ECW champion and was punishing him with some steady flurries of punches and kicks. Christian wasn’t going down though, and eventually hit his set of offense, including a baseball slide that hit Regal and Ryder at the same time, and he then followed that up with a cross body block over the top and onto both of his opponents. This prompted a commercial break.

After the break, Christian was still in control, this time Regal was the legal man, and it was the champion that was looking good in this match. Regal countered into a reverse lariat, and things were going well for him in the short term, eventually tagging in Zack Ryder, putting pressure on Christian. Tattsu at this point had not been involved in the match since the early moments, and start of the match, so things really needed to shift if the faces wanted to win. Christian got the hot tag and Yoshi mopped up with Ryder getting the brunt of the force. Yoshi’s rolling snapmare is really cool, but could be troublesome in the future. Ryder hit a sick neckbreaker, and this thing looked done. However, it wasn’t until Regal got back in that I started to doubt Christian and Tatsu’s winning ways. Regal has gained some weight again, but he’s still hitting quite hard in there, it’s interesting to see him wrestle against Tatsu, and still maintain his strong style of mat wrestling. Christian had this match sewn up after a tag, and had Zack Ryder reeling, but couldn’t quite put him away until he hit the spinning ddt, so I thought. This match was really getting good, with the standard melee going down on the outside, and Christian looking like he had this in the bag. Ryder turned on Regal and Christian got the Killswitch, winning the match up or his team!

Overall, tonight was a solid night of wrestling. I was surprised that there wasn’t a lot of talk, just a lot of wrestling. I liked it. ECW is gaining steam, but I don’t know if it can keep the momentum without repeating a lot of matches and feuds, but that’s WWE for ya, I guess.

ECW Results 9/22/09 Results Only

I thought HULU would have ECW from last night, but nope. I didn't find ECW's show so I didn't see it. So for today, here is the ECW results only.

Yoshi Tatsu defeated Paul Burchill
Ezekiel Jackson & Vladimir Kozlov defeated local competitors
ECW Champion Christian defeated Zack Ryder (ECW Title Match)

ECW on ScyFy 7/28/09 Results The Christian Era Begins

ECW on ScyFy 7/28/09 Results

Tyler Reks defeated Paul Burchill
Kozlov defeated a jobber
Shamus defeated Goldust
Christian defeated Zack Ryder

ECW on ScyFy 7/28/09 Review

Tyler Reks defeated Paul Burchill

Paul Burchill is the new Brooklyn Brawler, for wrestlers today. Meaning that you have to wrestle Paul to see if you’re ready for a full time gig with WWE. That’s how they would measure you in the old days. Anyways, this match was interesting at times. Paul is gaining weight and is slowing down, it showed with Tyler Reks hitting fast moves for a big man. For a big guy he’s fast, really fast. He also uses the high flying stuff to his advantage, going for High Body Blocks off the top, and of course his finisher the Springboard Missile Dropkick. This time around he nearly messed up his own finisher, but he still hit it hard, dude can go, Tyler Reks is not half bad. Paul Burchill? He hit a few nice suplexes, but it wasn’t enough. Tyler Reks wins in his second match against Paul Burchill.

Kozlov defeated a jobber

Kozlov defeated a jobber. Yep, not much to say about that. I hate jobber matches, we’re a far cry away from WWF Wrestling Challenge on Sunday mornings. Kozlov wins with an easy match.

Shamus defeated Goldust

Shamus is extremely white, I’m not sure how he can maintain that on the road, but so far he has. Goldust was using his weight as an advantage, pushing Shamus around and forcing the match to focus on a harder style, but Shamus kept pacing himself, hitting basic moves to get the advantage on the veteran wrestler. Shamus somehow pulled this match off, and actually was quite impressive towards the end, beating Goldust with relative ease.

Christian defeated Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder wrestled Christian in the main event, and was actually putting on a half way decent match. This was made better due in large part that Ryder can go full speed, unlike Dreamer. Christian of course was putting the Boots to Ryder, with his standard set up of fast paced wrestling arsenal. Ryder was kicking out of a lot of heavier artillery from Christian, and it was interesting to note how this match was going, considering the champion wasn’t winning this one as easily as I’d have thought. Christian eventually hit the Killswitch and it was over. Christian wins a hard fought won.

ECW wasn't that great, but that last match was half way decent. Next week Christian and Dreamer Extreme Rules for the ECW Championship Belt!

ECW on ScyFY 7/21/09 Results and Review The Abraham Washington Disaster

Ecw on ScyFy 7/21/09 Results

Yoshi Tatsu defeated William Regal
Shelton Benjamin defeated Goldust
Ezekiel Jackson defeated Jobber #928
Tyler Rex defeated Paul Burchill

Ecw on ScyFy 7/21/09 Review

Yoshi Tatsu defeated William Regal

Regal was wrestling completely strong style, hitting only heavy impact moves. It was interesting to see what was going down here, as Tatsu was getting worked hard for a change. After getting beat up most of this match, Yoshi managed to pin William Regal out of the blue, and while Regal looked great, Yosh gets the win. I don’t get it, he’s ok, but the fans need to get behind him or boo him before he is fired.

Ezekiel Jackson defeated Jobber #928

Ezekiel Jackson won a squash match. This was dumb, I hated it. Jackson killed a jobber, oh well. Nothing see here.

Kozlov came out and confronted Jackson, the two are headed for a collision course. Kozlov beat up the jobber, for no apparent reason.

Shelton Benjamin defeated Goldust

Goldust finally gets a legit match up to really showcase that he’s still got it. However, Shelton Benjamin is the one getting the push here, obviously, but you would have forgotten that because Goldust was getting a good portion of the offense in. In fact, Goldust hasn’t been this good in a long time, he was following up everything with a certain focus and was actually trying harder than any other time I’ve seen in him in recent comebacks. Shelton Benjamin hit Paydirt and this match was over.

Tyler Rex Paul defeated Burchill

This match was boring, and even though both competitors were trying really hard, it just wasn’t merging that well. Tyler Rex was the obvious faster man, and I noticed that Paul was gaining some weight, so maybe he’s on his way out. Tyler Rex’s springboard dropkick was impressive, he seemed to float in the air, a great display. Tyler Rex squeaks one out of this match as he surprised Burchill with a quick pin.

The Abraham Washington Show was next. It sucked. Christian and Tommy Dreamer were the guests, and they just listented as the dead audience passed out. This sucked, Washington still has no charisma, although it was new….even for the wwe, can Washington wrestle though? We’ll have to wait and see.

ECW on Scyfy 7/14/09 Results and Review Southbeach Edition

ECW on Scyfy 7/14/09 Results

Shelton Benjamin defeated Christian
Yoshi Tatsu defeated Paul Burchill
Goldust defeated Zack Ryder
Kozlov defeated Tommy Dreamer
Sheamus defeated Roman Cornell

ECW on ScyFy Review

The night immediately opened with a match, as it should. I hate the SCYFY name change, it just seems dumb to me. I wish Christian had a better push considering he left a top dog position at TNA to come back to wwe, only to job and get occasional wins over bigger guys. But it’s not worse than his oppnent…

Shelton Benjamin defeated Christian

Shelton went from having the U.S. Championship to being a jobber to being a jobber on ecw, just continual slide. Vladimir Kozlov came down to ringside and Christian got distracted. Shelton was definitely in control of this match, especially when considering that as we went to break, things were getting bad for Christian as Kozlov simply walked down to ringside and distracted him. Christian managed to get his bearings towards the end of the match with a nicely executed Missile Dropkick, but was favoring his shoulder and couldn’t simply put away Benjamin. Christian went to the top rope, but Shelton jumped up to meet him and hit a Top Rope DDT! A picture perfect move, and it seemed to be going wrong for Christian, and surely it was because a few moments later Benjamin hit Pay Dirt and won the match! I was surprised by this one.

Yoshi Tatsu defeated Paul Burchill

This match was all Yoshi, and it looked to be an ok match up. Yoshi was looking like a house on fire, but one slip up in the corner and things looked bad. Yoshi was going for a springboard but missed the top rope, slipped, and ran into Paul’s side suplex. Yoshi kicked Paul in the head and pinned him, he wins again. Yoshi isn’t half bad, it’s nice to see a new face on ECW.

Goldust defeated Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder sucks. Goldust? Well he hasn’t made it back completely. This match seemed like a b-show level match up. Goldust was fast, I haven’t seen him this fast in a while. He was in full control and showing off that he still had a lot of wrestling ability with picture perfect rope running, and picture perfect Japanese arm drags, you would think this was the heyday of mid 90’s wrestling. Ryder put on an ok show, but he seems to have lost a little weight, so maybe he’s on the juice. Goldust was slowed down mid match, with some rest holds, building up to something, sooner than later. In the end he would never recover Zack Ryder turned the momentum into a win, and Goldust is put into his place, losing again in the WWE.

Sheamus defeated Roman Cornell (jobber)

Sheamus is back in ECW, because WWE is desperately trying to make new characters stick. That being said, Sheamus just won with four moves and that was about it. Sheamus totally squashed the jobber, which is something that I’ve hated since I was kid…well maybe not too much when I was a kid cause I didn’t know better.

Kozlov defeated Tommy Dreamer

Tommy Dreamer got worked for the most part, Kozlov had a lot of offense that Dreamer couldn’t answer to. The Iron Curtain came down and Kozlov won. The match was slow moving, and I still think that Tommy Dreamer should retire. Kozlov slowly took apart Dreamer, and won with somewhat of an easy time.

Post match Christian ran down to fight Kozlov only to get beat up.

Overall ECW was fast and boring. I didn’t really like anything too much and I don’t think that it is moving into past jobber territory. I wouldn’t be surprised if ECW was no more within a year.

ECW on Scifi 6/23/09 Results and Review Swagger Hunting

ECW on Scifi 6/23/09 Results

Evan Bourne defeated Tyson Kidd
Finlay defeated Zack Ryder
Jack Swagger & Mark Henry defeated Christian & Tommy Dreamer

ECW on Scifi 6/23/09 Review

ECW opens up yet again to a silent no commentators crowd shot, then in came in some random idiot…right Todd Grisham.

Evan Bourne defeated Tyson Kidd

I’m not sure why the Wwe gave this singles match away for free. This thing had serious ppv quality written all over it, at least in theory. The match wasn’t half bad, Evan Bourne had his mid section taped and was favoring it. Kidd also focused on the hurt ribs, which was interesting. This thing started to pick up, Tyson Kidd somehow pulled it off, winning this one. This wasn’t the first time these two met, which was weird. Bourne isn’t doing so great in mixing up his matches, they are starting to feel too predictable, and just like Rey Mysterio, he needs a better opponent.

Finlay defeated Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder fought Finlay in a good amount of time, he had a lot of offense in for being a glorified jobber. Finlay turned things around, as you would expect, and eventually put this one away. Ryder can’t possibly be getting much more of a push, he’s going to get buried and fired, might as well wish him his best on future endeavors….aka TNA.

Jack Swagger & Mark Henry defeated Christian & Tommy Dreamer

This tag team match seemed tacked on at the end. Sure it involves all the main event guys, but it just wasn’t worth while. The match had a few moments, but it’s painfully obvious to me that Dreamer isn’t really capable of carrying a match alone, therefore all four guys were making up for it. Christian had a few high spots, to create a better match up, but it just seemed like we saw this before, several times. Jack Swagger got the gut wrench powerbomb, and got another clean pin over Christian!

ECW was too fast, and I was too tired.

ECW on Scifi 6/16/09 Results and Review Dreamer Era Continues

ECW on Scifi 6/16/09 Results

David Hart Smith defeated Christian
Mark Henry defeated Evan Bourne
Jack Swagger defeated Tommy Dreamer

ECW on Scifi 6/16/09 Review

The show opened up with a match, for the first time in a while.

David Hart Smith defeated Christian

I wasn’t impressed with DH Smith when he first came out, and I still think he’s a little slow. Howeer, he had a few good shots against Christian. The slam onto the ring apron clipped Christian’s shoulder which was one of the better new offensive moves I’ve seen in a while from wwe. The delayed vertical suplex from Smith was also an instant classic. Christian made a nice comeback and had sweet Missile Dropkick from the top rope, and was definitely looking like he was going o put DH Smith away with ease. I still think that Smith is slow and looks like he’s wrestling in a slower speed. The commentators have a lot of dead air between them, which doesn’t help matters either. The crowd was on and off during this match too…but man, Smith is so slow and the commentators are terrible on ECW. An interesting not, DH Smith hit the running powerslam and wasn’t able to put away Christian, as Christian kicked out, showing that the move isn’t so good eh? A back suplex put away Christian and DH Smith gets a win. This match was so slow, it just was awful. Christian did a good job trying to carry it, but man, this was a half speed match if I’ve ever saw one.

Mark Henry defeated Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne threw up a lot of offense, and some great moments, but overall, it wasn’t enough to stop Mark Henry and the world’s strongest slam. Evan Bourne just wasn’t enough to stop the big man, at least not tonight. I hope Evan Bourne is ready for a lot of surgeries, cause if he keeps wrestling these big man matches he’s going down the same road that Rey Mysterio went down.

Jack Swagger defeated Tommy Dreamer

Jack Swagger was dominant for the most part of this match up, putting the boots to Dreamer and forcing him to really think twice about his decision of staying in the title picture on ECW. I’m not fully convinced that Dreamer as champion is a good idea, as this match proved that Dreamer was getting too old for this. It became apparent when he few off the top rope, missed, and lost the match to Swagger via an Oklahoma Roll! Lame.

ECW this week sucked. It was a slow moving show and not really worth a whole lot. I guess Finlay coming through and hitting Dreamer was ok, but other than that, this show was a remnant of ECW’s old time feel…meaning it wasn’t the old ECW at all, and it’s been that way for a while.

ECW on Scifi 6/9/09 Results

My stomach hurts. My in-laws are in town so I couldn't see ECW tonight, and I ate 11 prunes. So Here are the results for ECW 6/9/09 enjoy:

ECW on Scifi 6/9/09 Results

Evan Bourne defeated WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas
Vladmir Kozlov defeated two local competitors (2-on-1 Handicap Match)
The Hart Dynasty defeated Christian & Jack Swagger

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