ECW and Smackdown spoilers...

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Smackdown.
Wow the three dark matches were cage matches, overkill for those in attendance surely. :eek: The show sounds decent enough, the main event and Umaga vs Morrison should be ok. The divas match cant be any worse than the Maryse match on Raw.

Dark:

*Sheamus defeated Jimmy Wang Yang.

WWE Superstars

*John Cena defeated Ted DiBiase with the STF.

Post-ECW Dark:

*WWE champion Randy Orton defeated Batista in a Steel Cage Match after Ted DiBiase interfered. Batista laid out DiBiase afterwards with a spinebuster.

Smackdown:

*Mickey Rourke is at ringside.

*Rey Mysterio came out talking about Extreme Rules. Chris Jericho came out and noting Rourke was at ringside, called him out. Rey and Jericho began to brawl but when Rey set him up for the 619, Jericho bailed.

*R-Truth & Great Khali defeated Dolph Ziggler & Mike Knox when Khali pinned Knox with a powerbomb. Khali and Truth danced in the ring.

*WWE Women's champ Melina pinned Alicia Fox.

*John Morrison was being interviewed backstage and is interrupted by Shelton Benjamin.

*Jeff Hardy cut a promo promising to win the WWE title at Extreme Rules.

*John Morrison defeated Umaga via DQ when he was hit with the Samoan Strap. Morrison was tied to the corner with the strap. CM Punk hit the ring and nailed Umaga with the briefcase.

*Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas defeated Cryme Time.

*Eve defeated Layla.

*There was a backstage bit where Chris Jericho implied he wasn't going to tag Edge tonight during their tag match.

*Rey Mysterio & Jeff Hardy vs. WWE champ Edge & Chris Jericho. Jericho didn't come out, then hit the ring from the crowd while dressed as a fan and laid out Mysterio. With Mysterio unable to compete, Hardy declared he'd take them both on in a handicap match.

*Edge pinned Hardy. Edge got a ladder out and put it over Hardy, then climbed atop of it. After they went off the air, Edge reminded everyone there was a steel cage match scheduled and demanded they bring down the cage.

*WWE champion Edge speared Jeff Hardy and pinned him in a Steel Cage Match.

Dark Match:

*John Cena pinned Big Show in a Steel Cage Match

ECW

Christian began the show with a brief promo, basically intimating that he’s beaten Swagger multiple times now and is tired of him. Swagger’s fame is fading away. WWE actually has booked itself in a place where Swagger pretty much has to win the next time around. Anyway, that led to Swagger coming out and announcing that Tiffany has granted him a championship match at Extreme Rules. I thought Tiffany and Swagger didn’t like each other? Tiffany confirmed the match at the pay-per-view but mentioned that Swagger’s actions on Superstars have not gone “on noticed.” So, the match at the pay-per-view will be a three way involving Tommy Dreamer under hardcore rules (so no creative stipulation which may be for the best). In a rare bit of continuity, Swagger pointed out that Dreamer’s contract expired the day before Extreme Rules. Tiffany signed Dreamer to a one-day contract to make the match. Dreamer then attacked both men from behind and cleared the ring.

Vladimir Kozlov v. Joey Munos & Russ Taylor
Kozlov kicked down Taylor and Munos tagged in. Kozlov got Munos in the corner. He gorilla pressed Munos on the top turnbuckle and threw him to the floor. Kozlov hit an overhead suplex on Munos in the corner. Taylor tagged back in and hit a kick before being put down with Kozlov’s finisher. At what point do they dare to put Kozlov in a competitive match on ECW?
Kozlov squash, 1:40.
Backstage, Tommy Dreamer and Christian were yelling at each other. Dreamer threw Christian out of the ring because he was ignoring him when he was announced for the match. The two started brawling before Finlay, in an ode to his road agent days, broke up the fight. They teased that Finlay got hurt breaking up the fight.

Evan Bourne v. Mark Henry
Henry hit a headbutt to start and fired Bourne in the corner. Bourne tried a charge off the ropes but Henry plowed him over. Henry did his usual methodical offense for a while with Bourne teasing a brief comeback with kicks. Henry hit some strikes and two backbreakers. After five boring minutes, Bourne came back with kicks and tried for a quick cover to no avail. Henry hit another headbutt but missed an avalanche. Bourne connected with a low dropkick and an enzuigiri to put Henry down for the corner. Bourne went up to the top but Henry rolled out to the floor. Bourne then maneuvered into a moonsault but was caught by Henry. But Bourne slipped out and posted Henry. He then went up top and hit his double flying knee onto Henry. Bourne then beat the count in the ring at nine while Henry failed to answer to win the match. Color me surprised. Now let’s see if WWE makes a real investment in Bourne and moves him up instead of having him lose next week. My suspicion is that even Steven booking will eventually rule out.
Bourne d. Henry, COR, 6:26, ¾*.
The announcers announced that Finlay was ruled out by doctors from tonight’s six-man tag main event because of an eye injury. After the break, Tiffany was scolding both Christian and Tommy Dreamer. Because it was “you guyses” fault, the main event is now a handicap match. Is there a conscientious effort to make Tiffany come across like an elementary school principal, I wonder?

Christian & Tommy Dreamer v. Jack Swagger & The Hart Dynasty
Smith and Kidd are now known as the Hart Dynasty. Natalya announced Tyson Kidd as the one and only protégé of Bret Hart, who got a big pop. David Hart Smith as Davey Boy Smith’s son, who also got a nice pop. And she announced herself as Jim Neidhart’s daughter to another strong pop. She then heeled herself by saying they were a part of something none of you ever will be a part of: the Hart Dynasty.
The match began after the commercial break. Christian began wrestling with Smith to start. After a minute, the faces tried some basic double teaming until Smth used a shoulder tackle to put down Christian. Christian came back with a sunset flip off of the top rope. Smith made a tag to Swagger who came in with a suplex and held a waist lock for a bit. Another suplex led to a near fall. Christian came back with a right hand leading to one of the more obvious called spots you will ever hear on TV. Dreamer tagged in a yelled for a drop toe hold and Christian obliged. Swagger went down and Dreamer came down with an elbow on top of him. Dreamer then came off the second rope with a clothesline. The faces then hit a double suplex for a near fall. They then suckered Swagger in to charging at them and low bridged him to the floor. Christian then came down off of the top rope with a crossbody. He rolled Swagger in for a near fall. Christian went for a tornado DDT but Swagger pushed off and turned the match around. The heels kept the advantage during the commercial break. Christian managed to get the hot tag immediately upon returning which kind of defeats the purpose of a heat segment if you don’t show it. Dreamer hit a series of clotheslines on Swagger followed by a spine buster for a near fall. Dreamer then placed Swagger in the tree of woe and hit his baseball slide in the corner. Swagger slipped out of the DDT into a belly-to-belly suplex. David Hart Smith tagged in and kept the advantage with a chin lock as I just realize that Kidd has never legally entered the match. Smith hit a hanging neckbreaker for a cover and went back to the chin lock. Kidd then tagged in and went to work in the corner. He got a near fall off of a knee drop and went to a side headlock. Hart Smith (as opposed to Smith Hart, not the oldest son of Stu and Helen) returned to the ring and held the advantage before yielding to Swagger. They teased a hot tag before Kidd cut it off. Dreamer then hit a back suplex on Kidd, leading to the actual hot tag. Christian hit a back body drop on Kidd and knocked Smith off the apron. But Swagger slipped in after a legal tag and connected with the red, white and blue thunder bomb for the victory. After the match, Dreamer ran in to try and take out Swagger but the Harts snuck in from behind. They setup and connected with the Hart attack and celebrated with Swagger to end the show.
Swagger(x) & Hart Dynasty d. Christian(o) & Dreamer, Pin, 17:10, **½.

hyn-zie

whats with all the dark cage matches?????

grames_bond

the hart "dynasty".....why could they have just stuck to the plan and called them the hart foundation......or do wwe really love old tv shows, they have dynasty now, and they have always had "jr", whats next the carringtons and the colbys in a tag match!?

dub_skav

Hart "dynasty" v's legacy at some point maybe? Of course they'd have to get a viable leader to counteract Orton.
I'm sure they could find an upper tier face with a link to the harts easy enough

Penn

grames_bond wrote: »

the hart "dynasty".....why could they have just stuck to the plan and called them the hart foundation......or do wwe really love old tv shows, they have dynasty now, and they have always had "jr", whats next the carringtons and the colbys in a tag match!?

I think they were announced at a house show a few weeks ago as The Hart Trilogy, which personally I think is better than Hart Dynasty. I'm kinda glad they're not called the New Hart Foundation or something, makes them stand out a bit more having a new name

grames_bond

dub_skav wrote: »

Hart "dynasty" v's legacy at some point maybe? Of course they'd have to get a viable leader to counteract Orton.
I'm sure they could find an upper tier face with a link to the harts easy enough

turn edge face (which i think will happen eventually) and have him lead it, he was trained in the dungeon!

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

I think they were announced at a house show a few weeks ago as The Hart Trilogy, which personally I think is better than Hart Dynasty. I'm kinda glad they're not called the New Hart Foundation or something, makes them stand out a bit more having a new name

tbh i think troligy would be better than dynasty alright but that stops them from adding anyone else down the line! but i definatley do prefer foundation to dynasty!

JP Liz

dub_skav wrote: »

Hart "dynasty" v's legacy at some point maybe? Of course they'd have to get a viable leader to counteract Orton.
I'm sure they could find an upper tier face with a link to the harts easy enough

Jericho or Edge would be the best options

Well both SD and ECW sound way better than RAW this week

I still want to see Edge/Jericho feuding for the title (Edge could easily go face for the feud)

Black Lead

dub_skav wrote: »

Hart "dynasty" v's legacy at some point maybe? Of course they'd have to get a viable leader to counteract Orton.
I'm sure they could find an upper tier face with a link to the harts easy enough

I had images of Chris Jericho coming out with a new twist on his old Lionhart gimmick

flahavaj

grames_bond wrote: »

turn edge face (which i think will happen eventually) and have him lead it, he was trained in the dungeon!

The Hart Dynasty are heels, aren't they?

dsmythy

Interesting these days when ECW and Smackdown spoilers come down people are talking more about about the former. WWE has done a good job making people interested in ECW i think.

DM_7

Just watched ECW. Was Steve Lewington/DJ Gabriel released? Christian did the 2nd rope european uppercut.

Enyoyed ECW this week. The Handicap match was a good way of having Christain and dreamer loose without making them look weak but making Swagger, Kidd and Smith look good. Nice booking.

Brolly

DM-ICE wrote: »

Just watched ECW. Was Steve Lewington/DJ Gabriel released? Christian did the 2nd rope european uppercut.

Enyoyed ECW this week. The Handicap match was a good way of having Christain and dreamer loose without making them look weak but making Swagger, Kidd and Smith look good. Nice booking.

Really? I thought Smith was terrible and Kidd was ok at best in that match.

DM_7

brolly wrote: »

Really? I thought Smith was terrible and Kidd was ok at best in that match.

Maybe my spelling errors made you skip over the rest of my bad writing?

Anyway my point was Swagger, Kidd and Smith winning helped put them over. By doing it in a handicap match it protected Christian and Dreamer so they don't look bad/weak. The extra numbers also allowed them lay out the opposition after the match so The Hart Dynasty and Swagger are left standing tall making them lood Good/strong.

I wasn't commenting on the individual performances in the match.

Brolly

DM-ICE wrote: »

Maybe my spelling errors made you skip over the rest of my bad writing?

Anyway my point was Swagger, Kidd and Smith winning helped put them over. By doing it in a handicap match it protected Christian and Dreamer so they don't look bad/weak. The extra numbers also allowed them lay out the opposition after the match so The Hart Dynasty and Swagger are left standing tall making them lood Good/strong.

I wasn't commenting on the individual performances in the match.

Sorry dude, wasn't having a go at you, I just thought the match was crap! You make a good point though in that the end of the match boosted the strong look of the "Dynasty". I really don't like Smith though...he's too slow in the ring!

DM_7

brolly wrote: »

Sorry dude, wasn't having a go at you, I just thought the match was crap! You make a good point though in that the end of the match boosted the strong look of the "Dynasty". I really don't like Smith though...he's too slow in the ring!

You only asked a question which is totally acceptable.

I'm not sure about smith either at the minute, he doesn't seem to move very well. He looks awkward.

I hope its down to a lack of ringtime in wwe. For me he looks like a guy that spent to much time in wwe development and not enough time learning in the indy's. Having Smith in a tag team should take some pressure off.

I was always impressed with Kidd since getting to the main roster and if Smith doesn't improve soon he could hold Kidd back which would be a shame.

Brolly

DM-ICE wrote: »

You only asked a question which is totally acceptable.

I'm not sure about smith either at the minute, he doesn't seem to move very well. He looks awkward.

I hope its down to a lack of ringtime in wwe. For me he looks like a guy that spent to much time in wwe development and not enough time learning in the indy's. Having Smith in a tag team should take some pressure off.

I was always impressed with Kidd since getting to the main roster and if Smith doesn't improve soon he could hold Kidd back which would be a shame.

I have visions of Smith disappearing soon enough if he doesn't improve. As you said, he looks very awkward in the ring. Kidd ain't bad...I reckon he'd do better on his own!

DM_7

brolly wrote: »

I have visions of Smith disappearing soon enough if he doesn't improve. As you said, he looks very awkward in the ring. Kidd ain't bad...I reckon he'd do better on his own!

The plus for Kidd is WWE will do everything to make the Hart trilogy/dynasty/whatever its called next week work. Kidd may have got a quick push and then be forgotten about as often happens. This way i think all 3 are guaranteed screen time long term that can only help them.