It was too long ago (a couple of hours) that I took aim at ECW's unorganized show. I wondered about the route the brand was going to take during its rebuilding process, and while still premature,it looks like they did well with time distribution.
I was a bit optimistic following some events that took place, but I know too well not to count chickens before the eggs hatch. Things looked a little up, but I have a feeling the war is still on the way.
The green protagonist answered my request and Goldust resurfaced on ECW. Did the Hurricane actually hear me?
It probably just a big coincidence, but I test this theory out for my own amusement and sent out another request to the land of extreme's green hero.
Peep show Meets A Greater Standard
Shelton Benjamin and Christian the immortal classic finally square off since Benjamin's arrival in the land of extreme. Shelton finished off Yoshi Tatsu for good—hopefully—and had a good match with good ol' captain charisma.
Christian and Benjamin went back and forth until Kozlov decided to come out and call the match at ringside which caused a minor distraction and resulted in Christian receiving a stiff kick from Benjamin off the top rope.
Benjamin continued to started to work on Christian's arm and continued applying pressure in various submissions. The match nearly saw a finish twice as Christian delivered a tornado DDT with impact from the top rope in which Benjamin kicked out from.
Christian was nearly defeated when Benjamin leaped to the top rope for the second time during the match and connected with a super armbar takedown.
The end arrived when the peep show captain attempted his too-slow-to-believe-only-connects-when-he-exposes-the-turnbuckle killswitch which was countered and the instant classic was instantly thrown shoulder first into the turnbuckle and then payed dirt for his troubles.
I hope the match was testing the waters for a potential feud for these two because the match was good.
Back-to-back wins for the gold standard? Can he make it three straight?
That hasn't happened in a while, but let's be optimistic to those who still believe in our standard...but be cautious.
Kozlov and the Iron Curtain
The Russian monster made his presence felt in the land of extreme and the Iron Curtain may very well be descending on ECW as Matt Striker likes to say. Kozlov first appeared in the beginning of the show during the Benjamin/Christian match.
Christian took it upon himself to look and received a kick to the arm that would not only send him flying off the top rope to the ground, but seal his fate. For a change, Kozlov went spoke some English during interviews.
He threw in Russian words here and there, but he was clear when he said Christian got lucky and that he could beat him and Dreamer anytime. Kozlov later backed up his words when he defeated ECW champion Tommy Dreamer with ease under five minutes. Is this foreshadowing? Where will Kozlov stand after Night of Champions?
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