Details On Hardy's TNA Contract
Jeff Hardy actually signed a contract with TNA over a week ago. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but TNA officials are asking for roughly...
WWE "ECW on Syfy" written by Rich Twilling Taped earlier tonight in Greenville, S.C.
[Q1] Highlights aired of last week's ECW Homecoming Finale with Ezekiel Jackson winning the battle royal to earn a right to face Christian at the Royal Rumble. The opening video aired and fireworks lit up the stage. Josh Matthews and Byron Saxton hyped tonight's Christian vs. William Regal main event.
Tony Atlas introduced The Abraham Washington Show...
Tony said Santino's special guest was "Vlad-a-mar Kozlo." Nice. Santino and Tony shook hands. He said Abe came down with a case of "Gastro-Laurinatis." Funny. He said Tony was an Italian name and wanted Tony to speak in Italian. They spoke a few Italian phrases.
Santino introduced Kozlov and he came out with a huge smile on his face. Weird. Kozlov spoke in English and said he was a part of a Ukrainian biker gang. He said America was great, but the people were afraid of him. They ask him if he is Ivan Drago from Rocky IV.
Santino asked him to say some lines from Rocky IV. Santino actually did the lines better than Kozlov. He said he liked chili cheese fries and Wal Mart. Santino suggested they become a tag team. The crowd booed at the thought. Vladimir said no and had to reiterate. Santino ended the show...
Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu were shown walking through the backstage area... [C]
[Q2] 1. Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft defeated Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust in 6:11. Yoshi hit a few deep arm drags, but Barreta pulled him violently to the floor. Croft and Barreta worked on Tatsu as Yoshi looked to make a tag. Solid tag team wrestling by the heels. Yoshi hit a spin kick before making the tag.
Goldust hit several "hot tag" moves including a snap powerslam for a two count. With both men in the ring, the referee was distracted by Yoshi inadvertently. Goldust had a rollup, but was hit with a closeline, allowing Barreta to get the pinfall...
Speaking of Zack Ryder, he and Rosa Mendes made their way through the backstage area. Matthews said Ryder had a huge announcement to make... [C]
Zack Ryder and Rosa Mendes came out to the ring. Matthews called them the "Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag" of WWE. His big announcement was that he was to be referred to as "The new heart and soul superhero" of ECW.
[Q3] Ryder had the announce girl come into the ring and announce him under his new name. He had her do it again because the first time was not very inspired. Rosa berated the girl in Spanish as The Hurricane hit the ring and took out Ryder. Hurricane's music hit and he kissed Savannah on the hand...
A graphic for Christian vs. Regal was shown... [C]
The announcers ran down the current Royal Rumble card. This year, they are doing ninety second increments...
Shelton Benjamin vs. Vance Archer was plugged for Superstars on Thursday...
Christian made his entrance... [C]
[Q4] 2. Christian defeated William Regal (with Ezekiel Jackson) by disqualification in a non-title match in 16:10. By the time they locked up, the match was already five times as long as their SummerSlam match. Regal zeroed in on Christian's fingers and hand.
With their hands interlocked, they engaged in some impressive chain wrestling, including Christian hitting a monkey flip, but Regal hanging on. Regal applied a submission that looked like the beginning of a Russian leg sweep. Regal took a backdrop and rolled to the floor. Christian hit a running dropkick. He stayed on the floor and stared down Jackson... [C]
Tell you what, Saxton is horrible as the heel commentator. It's one thing to be the heel, but it's another thing to be annoying. He said, "Christian is trying to end the match early because he is concerned with Jackson on the floor." Everyone tries to the end the match whenever they can. Saxton was doing just fine when he was just a solid color guy.
Regal scored a nearfall with a side elbow from an Irish whip. He then made multiple covers and Christian had to kick out multiple times. Christian tried the Killswitch, but Regal countered it into a suplex of sorts. He then kicked Christian in the face from the floor with Christian hanging over the apron.
[Overrun] Christian countered a double underhook suplex attempt into a small package for a two count. He hit a tornado DDT from the second rope for another nearfall. He hit a missile dropkick but Regal sidestepped the second one. Christian knocked Regal to the floor, and Jackson then attacked him from behind to end the match.
Afterward, Regal hit the running knee to the side of Christian's head. That move always look sick. Jackson hit the Super Rock Bottom. Regal and Jackson stood over Christian with their arms up. Zeke made the belt motion around his waist. He hit his finisher again as the show went off the air...
