Good evening! Thank you for reading the weekly ECW reports, but unfortunately, your's truly has to take the night off due to a family emergency (I am a soon to be father!). I am in the hospital as I type this on my notebook, hoping for the good news.

This report is from Prowrestling.net by Jason Powell



ECW on The Sci-Fi Channel
Taped in Jacksonville, Fla.

[Q1] A video package hyped the 25-man battle royal... The opening video aired... Todd Grisham and Matt Striker introduced the show from ringside and hyped the tri-branded battle royal...

1. Primo (w/Carlito) defeated The Miz (w/John Morrison) in 11:55. Before the match, highlights aired from The Dirt Sheet with Miz and Morrison wearing the Colon faces. The announcers also hyped the World Tag Title match between the two teams, which will air Friday night on Smackdown. The Bella Twins came out with Carlito, who joined Morrison on commentary. Miz was in control of the action as the show cut to commercial. [C]

After the break, Miz continued to work over Primo while Morrison and Carlito exchanged insults. Morrison said they could overcome the brother bond because they're the best team in the 21st Century. Carlito said that while he and Primo might be brother, Miz and Morrison are boyfriends.

[Q2] Primo finally came back and hit a springboard dropkick for a good near fall. After some additional back and forth action, Miz missed a move in the corner. Primo hit the Backstabber and scored the clean pin. Carlito pointed out that Primo stole his move, but he seemed to get over it quickly...

Powell's POV: A good match that served a purpose in hyping the tag title match that airs on Friday's Smackdown.

The announcers talked about the great supporting cast of "12 Rounds." They set up a video that introduced us to the villain of the movie...

Backstage, Runjin Singh and Great Khali spoke. Striker said Runjin was telling Khali that they could go see "12 Rounds" once he qualified for MITB... [C]

Did You Know more male teens watched ECW than any show on CBS, ABC, or NBC? Now you do!... Highlights aired from last week's show of D.J. Gabriel clearing Tyson Kidd from the ring...

2. Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya) defeated D.J. Gabriel (w/Alicia Fox) in 2:30. The announcers pointed out that Gabriel toned down the dance routine, but Alicia was still grooving out in her furry boots. Kidd controlled the bulk of the offense and hit the springboard elbow drop for the win...

Powell's POV: Why do women think men find furry boots attractive? Maybe I'm in the minority on this one, but when I'm looking at a woman the last thing I want to think about is Bruiser Brody. Oh, Kidd vs. Gabriel was decent while it lasted.

The announcers hyped the battle royal... An Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels video aired to hype WrestleMania 25...

[Q3] [C] An Evan Bourne video aired. He returns next week!... A video recapped the Randy Orton and Triple H feud shenanigans from Monday night...

Ring entrances for the battle royal took place. They introduced Cyme Tyme, Vladimr Kozlov, Christian, William Regal, and Great Khali before cutting to commercial... [C] A video spotlighted WrestleMania 9...

[Q4] R-Truth made his entrance through the crowd. Tommy Dreamer, Dolph Ziggler, Kung Fu Naki, Chavo Guerrero, Charlie Haas, Jimmy Wang Yang, Goldust, Paul Burchill, Ricky Ortiz, and others were already in the ring...

3. Christian won a battle royal to qualify for Money in the Bank in 12:00. Ortiz was the first man eliminated. Fu Naki was next. Khali eliminated Kozlov to return the favor from the Royal Rumble. Everyone ganged up on Khali and eliminated him. There were several eliminations early, including JTG eliminating Shad before the break. [C]

After the break, the remaining competitors were Regal, Dreamer, Christian, Chavo, and R-Truth. The announcers narrated footage of R-Truth eliminating JTG right after he had eliminated his own partner Shad. Back live, Regal eliminated Dreamer at 8:00. A minute later, Chavo eliminated R-Truth.

Christian eliminated Regal at 10:00, leaving only Christian and Chavo. Guerrero used some of his late uncle's trademark moves on Christian. At 11:30, Chavo and Christian struggled near the ropes with Chavo outside and Christian teeter tottering on the middle rope. Christian swung his feet up and kicked Chavo off the apron to the floor. Christian won the match to earn a spot in the MITB match...

Powell's POV: Good to see Christian get in the match. Of the advertised entrants, he's arguably the most appealing candidate to win, particularly if his former partner Edge comes out of WrestleMania 25 with the World Title. The battle royal was very basic with a lot of eliminations early. Overall, this was a forgettable show with the exception of the MITB spot being at stake. Rich Twilling will chime in with his thoughts in Wednesday's ECW Hitlist.