ECW 7/21/09 Review

We kick off this weeks episode with everyone's favorite J-Pop theme.

Yoshi Tatsu vs. William Regal

Sometimes I forget how awesome William Regal can be. And then he cuts a 20 second promo that gets the entire crowd to hate him. I really like this match. Yoshi Tatsu remains over with the crowd this week, and that's good to see. These two worked well with one another and the crowd was into it as well. I did like the subtle nods to the Lord Steven Regal gimmick by Striker tonight. Good wrestling seen here as Tatsu picks up the victory with his head kick.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Local Guy

This quite possibly could've been the weirdest segment I've seen, well since Raw last night. I can describe this match just naming Big Zeke's moves. Big boot. Devastating lariat. Uranage. Pinfall. That's all she wrote folks.

OH WAIT NO IT'S NOT. Out comes the Russian Mauler, Vladimir Kozlov. We get a stare down between him and Big Zeke and then Kozlov picks up our poor local competitor and slams him with his finishing maneuver. For some reason, the though of a Kozlov/Jackson fued or tag team gets me really excited. It's odd.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Goldust

This match featured way too much gold. Gold standard versus the bizarre one here. I like the move of Goldust to ECW as it gives him a chance to put over some of the younger talent. And it still shows that he can go in the ring. The end sequence was pretty cool as Shelton showed his athletic prowess by leaping over the top rope to the outside to catch Goldustin's neck on the top rope. That lead in to Pay Dirt and it was all she wrote.

We get a promo from Sheamus here. He mentions that the days of Finlay and Hornswaggle are done and that a real Irishman is here. That's pretty much it.

Gregory Helms is backstage with 'The Ripper' Paul Burchill. They try to talk about his match next with Tyler Reks, but Goldust appears and somehow, his turrets phase is still mentioned. This could be the longest form of continuity I've seen in WWE. Oh and he hits Burchill in the face thanks to those turrets.

Tyler Reks vs. Paul Burchill

Oh yeah, these two had a match. Not really that good of a match I thought. Reks still hasn't won me over at all. He's starting to border going into Ricky Ortiz territory. Burchill's saito suplex is still brutal looking. Reks picks up the win with a roll up and afterward, Burchill knocks him from the ring as Reks was celebrating.

And now we get to The Abraham Washington Show. Man, I'd rather have the Christian and Tommy Dreamer Power Hour than this. The show, or I guess I should say writing hasn't gotten better in the last few weeks. Maybe the whole thing is to have a show with really lame and corny jokes. It was brought up many times about how Night of Champions is hailing from Philadelphia and how Tommy would be the one the fans would be behind there. Christian sure showed some heel tendencies though, but he usually is like that even as a face. A slap exchange happens as we close out ECW.

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Some good wrestling tonight. Though nothing really else to note. Some fued progression with Dreamer and Christian and that was really it as far as storylines go. But that is the only real storyline on ECW at the moment. The lack of Zack Ryder definitely disappointed me. Boo Boo Boo.