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Sunday 22 September 2013

SOS Pain & Gain Review.

“Jesus Christ has bestowed me with many gifts… and one of them is knocking people the f** out"

I have to say I was really looking forward to this as I sat down with my partner in crime Mike "Air" as the main cast was shaping up to be a good one with Mark Walberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson being in some decent films as of late. Then I saw that the director was the same man that killed my childhood Micheal Bay grrrrrr!!

I am a professional after all so I gave my time this film as I would with any other films I have watched. So did Michael Bay manage to kill the careers of the aforementioned actors like he did with Optimus Prime and chums? Or has he finally managed to direct a semi decent film? Read on my friends and find out more....

Plot

Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilder Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream.

Review

It's very easy to ridicule Michael Bay's movies... and also great fun. Despite attempting to witness his latest endeavour Pain & Gain with an open mind, it was only a matter of time before a coping strategy was instigated to ensure some modicum of sanity was preserved throughout this painfully (not gainfully) overlong and execrable affair. More on that later...

Based on a true story, a fact which is shoehorned into viewers' minds with "THIS IS A TRUE STORY" captions intermittently flashing up during seemingly contrived sequences, Pain & Gain follows three pumped up bodybuilders as they embark on an evil and greedy quest involving kidnap, extortion and murder.

There's Mark Wahlberg's gym instructor Daniel, the ringleader who often adopts a saucer-eyed expression of derangement; Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Paul, a Jesus-loving bodybuilder who likes to snort cocaine off the skinny derrières of strippers; and Anthony Mackie's trainer Adrian, who has rendered himself impotent through steroid use. They join forces in a bid to nab all of Tony Shalhoub's shady businessman Victor's money - only to have Ed Harris's retired investigator on their trail.

One would hope that the factual basis of the narrative would ensure that the makers steered clear of a hysterically sensationalised approach, or if not, at least the adoption of a satirical slant. But any shred of credence or intelligence is quashed by a plethora of one-dimensional ciphers masquerading as real-life people. This was Michael Bay's chance to show some storytelling prowess away from the mega-budget terrain and twisted metal of the Transformers franchise, but the same problems have materialised courtesy of a crass script that targets the lowest common denominator.

The representation of the central trio seeks to position them as more sympathetic than psychotic, with their despicable deeds played for laughs and their malevolent motivations attributed to a flawed interpretation of the American Dream. It's fair to say that Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is never challenged in that thematic respect. Not that mainstream, multiplex entertainment needs to have such weighty aspirations. It should just steer away from being insulting and patronising on so many levels, epitomised by the presentation of a dangerous brand of masculinity - all rippling biceps, quickfire wisecracks and callous dislike of the unlike - as being iconic and desirable.

That's why the aforementioned 'coping strategy' was spontaneously adopted during the film. This movie is one long orgy of women who are either pouting, flesh-baring sluts or morbidly obese figures of mockery with terrible personal hygiene. A movie where rampant homophobia is deemed funny and laddish, and where crude racial stereotyping is acceptable. Of course this is All presented with plenty of Michael Bay Slo-Mo just to prolong the agony and make us loathe the aesthetic as much as the script. If I had realised that this was Micheal Bay directed I may never have seen it, and honestly I wish I hadn't!

Verdict

Pain and Gain is awful beyond imagining. Awful beyond dictionary definitions of awfulness. Scenes of violence and torture are directed as if violence and torture were audio-visual rock ’n’ roll. The story structure sways like a drunken elephant. The permutating voiceover narrations resemble an idiot’s Citizen Kane. Mark Wahlberg, looking overweight, and Dwayne Johnson, looking dazed, search vainly for that seam of gold that lies somewhere between comedy and tragedy. It is a search that has defeated better actors and much better films.

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Sunday 8 September 2013

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997

This is my first ECW back catalogue report, this is the Hardcore Heaven 1997 PPV. Not a clue what happens on this PPV. Will be interesting to see what goes down.

Segment 1.
Joey Styles kicks the show off in the ring announcing some of the matches but gets interrupted by Ravishing Rick Rude!!! WTF!!! Joey Styles berates him for turning his back on ECW, gives him the microphone and then leaves. The Ravishing One then berates the crowd and demands they respect Chris Candido, who then makes his way to the ring.

Todd Gordon makes his way to the ring and tells Ravishing that he needs to leave the ringside area as he isn’t a real manager and that he has till the 10 count, so Rick Rude leaves.

The titles roll for ECW HARDCORE HEAVEN 1997.

Match # 1 ECW TV Title match
Chris Candido vs. Taz (c)
Don’t think I’ve seen that many Taz matches from his earlier ECW days so this should be cool, I also hear Candido wasn’t too bad either as a performer.

Match starts off pretty technical, always good to see that on an ECW show. I keep forgetting that ECW didn’t really have any rules within 3 minutes Taz hit a low blow and Candido had raked Taz’s eyes. Ha! Joey Styles reveals that Taz is only 29 at this PPV event, my god this is an old show isn’t it. Candido’s finisher is the “Blonde Bombshell” that according to Joey Styles is a top rope powerbomb, damn that seems like a pretty tough finisher to hit. I am also a huge fan of how every suplex Taz throws is renamed Taz-plex instead, a bit like every move Mike Awesome does gets the prefix “awesome” instead.

Candido puts Taz on the top turnbuckle, turns around like an idiot, Taz locks on the Taz-mission, takes down Candido and then forces the submission to retain the ECW TV title belt. That was actually quite a good match to open the show; I think you can feel from the crowd’s responses to this match that Taz was certainly destined to be the top guy of ECW. Looking forward to seeing Candido in future shows too.

Segment 2
We go to the announcers area and Joey Styles thanks everyone for buying the show (Idiot this is an old show), he then says that pre show the Insane Clown Posse were in the ring and leads to footage of RVD & Sabu kicking the crap out of them, was quite pointless.

Match # 2 - Spike Dudley vs.  Bam Bam Bigelow
I hear Spike was a hell of a worker in ECW, so guess I will see now won’t I. I know they were going for a giant killer kind of gimmick with Spike, they had him tackle all the really big buys like Bam Bam. This match was booked because Spike beat Bam Bam on TV the week before, so obviously Bam Bam wants some payback.

Can imagine Spike is going to take some nasty bumps in this match, a few minutes in and boy has he taken some nasty bumps, he has been thrown, dropped and bombed, it isn’t a pretty site, especially when he body press throws Spike into the crowd.

Bam Bam drags Spike from the crowd into the ring, hits him with a shoulder breaker / pile driver move, then heads to the top rope and flies off squashing poor Spike and gets the pin fall victory.

That was a SQUASH match, my god Bam Bam threw him round like a rag doll, Spike got very little offence in that match but was still quite cool (I know I’m sick). Not much to talk about here so onto the next bit.

Segment 3
We go back to the beat down of the Insane Clown Posse, with Sandman trying to get involved but he gets beaten up too for his troubles. Thank god for Sabu & RVD, I hate the Sandman.

Match # 3 - Rob Van Dam (With Bill Alfonso) vs. Al Snow
Ok, aside from Al Snow this should be good, I’m joking I’m sure it will be good, despite Al Snow doesn’t have HEAD yet. Nobody can decide who they want to cheer and boo in this match, looking about 60/40 to RVD being cheered more than booed.

Always been quite a fan of RVD anyway, really liked his early WWF work with the invasion angle and then again towards the end of his WWE run with the ECW brand. No wonder WWE hired both these guys, this is certainly more of a wrestling match then the 1st two matches of the show, bit more of a story being told in this encounter. Back & forward offence, false finishes and some good wrestling in between J.

Rob Van Dam wins after hitting the Van Daminator and then pinning Al Snow for the 3 count.

Segment 4
Joey Styles says that they have a helicopter following the ambulance that Sandman has been taken to the hospital in. Lance Wright is in the chopper reporting, how rubbish is his reporting?

Turns out that Sandman has stolen the ambulance and is now driving it back to the arena.

We cut to Jerry Lawler in the back, he cuts a promo on Tommy Dreamer telling him that he is gonna kick his ass.

Segment 5
We cut to the ring, where the Dudley Family, Joel Gertner and Jenna Jameson are in the ring. Joel then introduces the remaining Dudley boyz.

Match # 4 – ECW Tag Team Championship Match
The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D’Von) vs. Pg-13 (No Clue i’m Sorry)
PG-13 cut a promo on the dudleyz, not too bad but I think these guys are going to get their asses whooped.

The Dudley Boyz win after hitting the 3-D on the PG-13 guy wearing red shorts :-? To retain their tag team championships. Good match, lots of back and forth between the two teams, some nice double teams from both sides and plenty of interference from the Dudley family with Jenna Jameson to help the Dudley Boyz in the defence of their titles. Quite fun to see some old school Dudley Boyz, such a good tag team and they didn’t need to pull out the tables to put this one away.

Segment 6
Back to the choppa, where we are still following the commandeered ambulance that the Sandman is driving, I imagine he will get back to the show during the ECW title match.

Back to the ring we have Jerry Lawler in the ring; he cuts a promo on the people watching the show and plugs the upcoming WWF GROUND ZERO PPV event, funny stuff from the King, repeats the same stuff he said on camera earlier in the show.

Match # 5 Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Tommy Dreamer (With Beulah)
This is a unique contest if anything, didn’t realise the WWF involvement with ECW was so soon into their PPV history. Beulah is one fine young lady I may note. This is Tommy Dreamers PPV debut according to Joey Styles too. I imagine this match will be a little bit more violent in comparison to the previous tag team title match, can’t imagine Jerry Lawler doing too well in this match.

I can say that Lawler isn’t liked by the ECW crowd, they are all over him from the second he appeared in the ring, and Dreamer is certainly the crowd favourite for this match.

The lights go out during the match, when they come back on Rick Rude is clobbering Dreamer with a trash can, throws him back into the ring but Lawler only gets a 2 count. The lights go out again shortly after and when they come back on we have Jake “The Snake” Roberts in the ring and he clotheslines Dreamer and then DDTs him before. Jerry Lawler goes to shake the hands of Jake but gets a clothesline for his troubles before Jake leaves. Shortly after the lights go out again!!!! My god! This time its Sunny who sprays Tommy in the face with something but Beulah gets in the ring and they catfight for a bit.

Beulah hits a low blow on the King after he tries to piledrive her, Dreamer then hits the DDT to get the pinfall victory over Jerry Lawler.

Segment 7
Back to Joey Styles, he introduces the main event the ECW world title match.

Then back to the choppa for the ambulance chase. The Sandman seems to have finally found his way back to the arena. What a loser.

Match # 6 ECW World Title Match Three Way Dance
Sabu (c)(With Bill Alfonso) vs. Terry Funk & Shane Douglas (With Francine)
This match is a rematch from 1994, which went to a 1 hour time limit draw. Not really a fan of any of these guys, I guess if I was to be it would be “The Franchise” Shane Douglas, he is more of a wrestler than the other two and isn’t known for his use of weapons or blood soaked matches.

Francine tries to pay Terry Funk to leave but to no avail, rather funny bit as he slaps the cash out of her hands. I keep forgetting the 3 WAY DANCE matches are of course elimination, two men need to be eliminated to end the match. With Funk being the only face in this match I am going to assume that Douglas will be eliminated first leading to a one on one with Sabu & Funk. I also expect to see some of the Sandman in this match, with arriving back at the arena after suffering an assault from Sabu & RVD earlier.

Im surprised no one just smashed Bill Alfonso in the face, his constant blowing of that fucking whistle is just the most god damn annoying thing this show has produced. Todd Gordon comes out and attacks Bill Alfonso, however Shane Douglas interferes and puts him on a table for Sabu to jump onto. However Funk attacks Douglas and puts Alfonso on the same table just as Sabu dives onto it crushing both Gordon and Alfonso.

Sandman hits the ring and attacks Sabu, then security come and drag Sandman out of the building as Funk & Douglas cover Sabu removing him from the match by pinfall elimination. Sabu then gets up, hits the ropes and dives onto the Sandman and security on the outside the ring, they both then get dragged out of the arena. As Francine & Douglas set Funk up to get put through a table Dory Funk Jr enters and attacks Douglas then chases Francine from the ringside area.

After a series of exchanges Shane Douglas hits his Belly to Belly Suplex to pin Terry Funk to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

Francine and Douglas celebrate by whipping Funk with the belt and beating him down. Joel Gertner enters the ring along with the Dudley Boyz, he asks Douglas to join forces with the Dudley Boyz and ditch his current partners “The Triple Threat”, who then of course make their way to the ring and this turns into a brawl as the Dudley Boyz beat up half the ECW roster as the “Triple Threat” leave in the confusion. The Dudleys being the only people left in the ring closes the show.

Oh and incase you don’t know the Triple Threat is Shane Douglas, Chris Candido & Bam Bam Bigelow. I didn’t know so its more relevant to me I guess. Well thats the end of the 2nd ever ECW PPV event, wasn’t a bad show actually, its a bit shit that these shows were all before my time with regards to watching wrestling as I didn’t start till 2000. Quite looking forward to seeing some more of them as I hope you are excited to read about them.

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Monday 2 September 2013

ECW One Night Stand 2005

As a bit of nostalgia I decided to watch ECW One Night Stand from 2005 (The good one) and just write a bit about each segment and match, this PPV really attracted me to the brand as I had never really seen any of the ECW TV or PPVs before this and my only real ECW experience was the invasion angle that WWE ran back in 2001. I currently in the Process of downlo.... I mean procuring the ECW PPV back catalogue so if I find any of the past PPVs are worth writing about I will do a quick write up for your reading pleasure.

Segment 1
As we kick off the show we get a little introduction to our announcers for the PPV, the firstly being Joey Styles and then he introduces his partner for the evening Mick Foley, as Cactus Jack.

Beginning Credits Roll.

Match # 1 “LionHeart” Chris Jericho vs. Lance Storm (With Dawn Marie)
I remember the first time I watched this match, I saw it live when the PPV aired on TV and I was blown away by just how technical this match starts off as, I also learned that Jericho and Storm trained together at the Hart school. I had only ever really knew Lance Storm as his Team Canada character in WCW or his Un-American persona in WWE and I couldn’t stand him either way but after seeing this match I had a new appreciation for him.

Lance Storm wins the match by pin fall after Justin Credible interferes hitting Jericho in the head with a kendo stick. Fantastic match even with the screwed finish, was a great way to open the show and the fans obviously loved it.

Segment 2
Pitbull Gary Wolf introduces a video package of all the ECW wrestlers who had passed away.

Match # 2 Three Way Dance match
Taijiri (With Mickey Whipwreck & The Sinister Minister) vs. Little Guido (With the F.B.I) vs. Super Crazy
Didn’t know how to take this match when I first saw it, was never a fan of the WWE version of the FBI and I was never too struck on Taijiri either, since I had never seen Super Crazy I didn’t want to judge. I think we got to see more of Little Guido (Nunzio in WWE) in this match then we ever got to see of him in his WWE career with regards to actual wrestling. This match does feature a pretty sweet balcony dive from Super Crazy hitting pretty much the entire FBI with a moonsault from the balcony.

Little Guido is the first to be eliminated, he gets pinned by Taijiri after Mickey Whipwreck hits the WhipperSnapper on Little Guido allowing Taijiri to get the pin.

Super Crazy wins after pinning Taijiri after hitting a top rope moonsault. Not a bad match, was a little hectic with all the interference that took place but still a quick paced match that kept the crowd interested.

Video Package
A quick recap of the history of ECW

Match # 3 Extreme Lucha Match
Rey Mysterio Jnr vs. Psicosis
Rey announced as Jnr, which was dropped when he came to WWE. I must admit I’m not a fan of the lucha style of wrestling, nor am I a fan of Rey Mysterio... I’m sorry.

This is also the first match that the fans boo during the course of the show, it isn’t as action packed as you would expect it to be from the get go, they do have a really slow start.

Rey Mysterio Jnr wins after hitting the 619 followed by the West Coast Pop to get the pin fall.

Wasn’t to my taste the match but again I’m not really a fan so I’m sorry.  

Segment 3
Almost as soon as the match finishes the superstars from Smackdown turn up to the show to “invade” the show. Also if your watching the DVD of this you can now cut off the Mick Foley & Joey Styles commentary and switch to the JBL commentary which is so much cooler.

Video Package
Another small video talking about the history of ECW.

Segment 3 Continued
The segment continues with Joel Gertner trying to interview the Smackdown superstars but he gets smacked and pushed away, Kurt Angle takes the microphone and starts ranting about how crap ECW is. Then hands the microphone to JBL and he goes off on a rant about ECW too.

This was an interesting idea of the RAW / SMACKDOWN invasion of ECW but it wasn’t really needed, I think this was another case of WWE not believing that ECW would sell if it didn’t have WWE talent on the show.

Segment 3 Still Continued
Their rants get interrupted by Rob Van Dam with Bill Alfonso, he talks about how much ECW meant to him and that if he wasn’t injured he would be performing rather than talking. RVD talks about his ECW career and what he accomplished in ECW. This eventually leads to Rhino interrupting and Goring RVD out of his shoes.

Then the lights goes off and when they come back on Sabu is in the ring... so is a referee!

Match # 4 Impromptu match
Rhino vs. Sabu (With RVD & Bill Alfonso)
I cannot stand Sabu, I think he was just a lot of sizzle but no steak as my friend Jim would say (Follow him on twitter @KingJimmeh), he never really did anything for me as a performer, maybe it’s because I never saw his real ECW work but his work in WWE’s ECW was rubbish. Rhino on the other hand is a different story, I always enjoyed Rhino as a performer in WWE, loved the Gore as a finisher and thought he could actually wrestle and wasn’t restricted to the hardcore style that ECW focused on.

RVD interferes in the match hitting Rhino with the Van Terminator in the corner.
Sabu wins the match after hitting the Arabian Skull Crusher using a chair through a table following the interference from RVD.

The crowd are on their feet and chanting loudly, was a quick match but was good, Rhino is a lot quicker than you would think he would be. I think a little too much emphasis is put onto Sabu using chairs, he doesn’t really hit anyone with them, he just does moves off them, hardly impactful.

RVD, Sabu and Alfonso celebrate as they head to the back.

Segment 4
Al Snow is in the back talking to HEAD about the ECW one night stand show, this leads into another video package about ECW’s history.

This leads into the arrival of Eric Bischoff and the Raw superstars, for their part in the invasion. I really think this angle took the spot light away from the ECW guys and I think that was a bit crappy.

Match # 5 Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
No one would have thought these two guys wouldn’t be with us now at this stage, you have two of the best technical wrestlers in the world ever and its a sad case that neither of them are still around.
However this match would have been made a bit better if Eddie had dropped the gimmick he was running at the time just for this one night to be part of ECW rather than the Smackdown story.

Chris Benoit wins via submission after locking Eddie in the crippler crossface. Fantastic match is without a doubt in the top 3 matches of the whole show. These guys bring a real wrestling aspect to a company based on a hardcore style. Its just a shame the fates that awaited both these men.

Video Package
A bit more of an advertisement to THE RISE AND FALL OF ECW dvd.

Segment 5
Joel Gertner is back to try and interview Eric Bischoff, he pleads for a job working for Eric Bischoff, Easy E has him removed and cuts a promo on ECW, starting to think this was some really bad booking!! We could have had another match here instead.

Match # 6 Mike Awesome Vs. Masato Tanaka
This takes the prize for the match of the night, these guys tear it up and regardless of how many times I watch this match I’m always captured by how freaking violent it gets.

On a side note though, if you’re watching the DVD of this PPV you need to listen to the JBL commentary for this match, it is hilarious! He doesn’t really sell the match but certainly provides more entertainment then Joey Styles commentary.

Mike Awesome wins after hitting Tanaka with an Awesome Bomb out of the ring onto a table, followed by a dive onto Tanaka outside to get the pinfall at ringside. WOW, they must run up one hell of a bill in this match for tables, they smash loads of them. Even the crowd turn in this match, they start proper on Mike Awesome but by the end they are cheering him as much as Tanaka. The only problem I ever had with this match was that every move that Mike Awesome does gets the prefix Awesome!!! A bit unnecessary I think!

After the match Awesome hits an AwesomeBomb on the referee, don’t quite know why but its funny as hell. 
  
Segment 6
Paul Heyman makes his way to the ring and cuts a pretty cool promo on the Raw / Smackdown superstars, the highlights being about JBL’s WWE title reign being due to HHH not wanting to work Tuesdays and Edges relationship to Lita at the expense of Matt Hardy, that gets a massive “You Screwed Matt” chant. Otherwise pretty much the same stuff as usual, thanks everyone who helped put the show together and thanks the fans for supporting the show.

Made sense for Heyman to get some microphone time during this show, but again it does slightly take away from wrestling aspect of the show.

Match # 7 Tag Team Match
The Dudley Boyz (D’Von & Bubba Ray) vs. Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman
The first thing I need to mention is that their entrance music is dubbed as they used “Bombshell” not their previous theme that is used on the DVD instead, also Tommy Dreamer’s entrance isn’t his original music either, in fact neither is the Sandman’s music, he gets some sample track instead of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”. Wow. WWE really skimped out on the production for this DVD.

I cannot stand the Sandman, he just can’t really wrestle, he may have been a big deal in the original ECW but on this show he just comes across as a bit of a drunken mess, later on this is highlighted during the final segment, he is just a pillock, again as Jim would say “All sizzle and no steak” (Follow him on twitter @KingJimmeh). Tommy Dreamer isn’t too bad, never had a problem with him as I enjoyed his work during his 2001 during the invasion and also the work he did after that when he remained in the company. Then we get to the Dudley Boyz, that’s all you really need to say isn’t it, they are the most decorated tag team EVER, certainly one of the most popular and have managed hugely successful runs in ECW, WWF / E and TNA, they are exceptionally talented and are probably one of my top 5 tag teams of all time. Hell even my good friend 12ve-Pac and I parody the Dudley Boyz for our WWE 13 characters (Follow him on twitter @SiteOfShite).

Before the match starts we get an appearance by the bWo (Da Blue Guy, Hollywood Nova & Big Stevie Cool) to cut a promo ending with Stevie super kicking Sandman in the face, then the remaining people beat on Dreamer. Kid Kash comes to make the save but gets tossed out of the ring (Poorly) and then Axel Rotten & Balls Mahoney come to make the save. Turns into a pier 6 brawl until the Kid Kash finally does something and dives onto everyone knocking them all down, eventually we get a match though.

Half way through the match we even get the Impact Players (Lance Storm & Justin Credible) jumping in for interference to attack Dreamer & Sandman, this leads to Francine coming out to kick Dreamer in the nuts, followed by Beulah McGillicutty hitting the ring to attack Francine, everyone eventually clears the ring.

The Dudley Boyz win after powerbombing Tommy Dreamer through a flaming table, this is achieved by Spike Dudley coming down to set fire to the table, Bubba Ray then leaps onto Tommy to get the pin fall victory. This is without a doubt the most violent match of the night, lots of random foreign objects such as cheese graters being used and a tonne of blood spilt all in the name of entertainment. J.

Segment 7
The Dudley Boyz go to attack Beulah but Sandman makes the save, then shouts demanding a beer, bringing out Stone Cold Steve Austin. People often forget that Austin was in ECW, not for very long but he was there.

He invites all the ECW guys to the ring for a beer bash, then before handing out the beer he invites the RAW / SMACKDOWN superstars to the ring for a brawl. They oblidge, come down and enter the ring, as the battle lines are drawn, TAZ’s music plays, he walks to the ring, enters and him and Kurt Angle start the brawl off against each other while the others fight away. As the RAW / SMACKDOWN superstars are cleared from the ring, Austin gets back on the microphone, here is where Sandman makes a fool of himself, he then tells Mick Foley to bring Bischoff from the commentary table to the ring to be royally beaten on. First he gets the 3D from the Dudley Boyz, followed by a diving headbutt from Benoit and then a 619 from Mysterio to finish off the flurry. Austin then gets back on the microphone and he asks Bischoff his thoughts of the evening to which he replies “Fuck ECW” which annoys Austin who has Bischoff picked back up and stunned! The Duldey boyz then remove Bischoff from the building as the beer bash begins.


The show ends with Sandman and Austin on the entrance way raising their hands. This ending sucked in my view, Sandman was blatantly off his face but never mind. This is still one of the best value for money PPV events I ever bought and is still one of my favourite shows to sit and watch, it was also the only real ONE NIGHT STAND event as the next one was a bit more WWE vs ECW themed and lost a bit of the point really. I hope you enjoyed this little recap and if you haven’t seen the PPV i suggest you go watch it, with the JBL commentary of course ;-) . I’ve been Big Boss (Follow me on twitter @bigboss010) I’m out Peace!!!