ECW on Sci-Fi: TV Report
6/17/08
San Jose, CA

-Adamle tells us he’s happy we’ve chosen to spend our Tuesday night with him and ECW to open the show.

-Hornswoggle is headed to the ring to make us laugh and smile. This cues a video package on the Armando Estrada saga that has captivated ECW nation for weeks now.

-This sets up the entrance of Estrada himself for the match. Tazz and Adamle discuss the phenomenon that is Million Dollar Mania.

HORNSWOGGLE VS. ARMANDO ESTRADA

-Horny is holding a cigar as the bell rings. He’s disgusted by the smell so now he breaks it. Estrada is angry. Adamle tells us it was a Cuban cigar. Horny spills out a bag of marbles it appears, and Estrada slips on them running after Horny. Horny goes under the ring and Estrada chases after him. Horny reappears and runs into the ring. Finlay now comes out from under the ring with a super soaker and shoots it at Estrada. Horny now shooting the squirt gun into the air from the center of the ring. Finlay throws Estrada back inside and Horny hits the tadpole splash to finish off the embarrassment.

***Horny wins with pranks in 2:02.

-After the match Tazz interviews Finlay. He asks him what’s under the ring. Finaly says hobbits, fat people, skinny people, and Tazz sized people. Fantastic.

-They go to video footage of Layla dancing in the ring during the commercial break. Tazz says we can see the whole footage at WWE.com. Lame.

-After that Striker is shown in the ring awaiting an opponent.

-That would be Evan Bourne.

MATT STRIKER VS. EVAN BOURNE

-Bourne runs at Striker in the corner and is launched up over the top. They battle on the apron and Sydal, or Bourne, gets hung up on the top rope, from there Striker hits a swinging neckbreaker. Striker puts in a chinlock. Bourne gets out and hits a headscissors, then a leg sweep, but Striker catches him with a knee to the gut on a standing moonsault attempt. Bourne comes back and hits a picture perfect shooting star press to finish it off.

***Bourne with the win in 2:34.

-Mike Knox runs in the ring and lays out Bourne. We head to break with Tazz saying Knox vs. Kofi is up next.

-Back from the break Knox is pacing around the ring waiting for Kingston. They recap his annihilation of Bourne after his match before they went to commercial.

-Kofi makes his way out and Tazz hypes Million Dollar Mania some more.