ECW Recap 03.25.08

12 on 12 Tag Team Match

The 24 men featured in WM24's Battle Royal split up into 2 teams to face off. Matt Striker, Elijah Burke, Brian Kendrick, The Miz, Chuck Palumbo, Mark Henry, Deuce & Domino, Cade & Murdoch, Great Khali, Snitsky vs. Tommy Dreamer, Shannon Moore, Jamie Noble, Val Venis, Jimmy Wang Yang, Jesse & Festus, Hardcore Holly, Cody Rhodes, Kane, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kofi Kingston. Early on Rhodes fought Kendrick, then Palumbo and Noble went at it. Jimmy Wang Yang came in and was able to kick Chuck out of the ring then jumped over the ropes onto him. Several other men including Shannon Moore and Trevor Murdoch jumped off the side apron, leaving a pile of wrestlers as ECW went to break.

The wrestling action got crazy at one point with many of the competitors ending up out of the ring. Festus came into the ring and splash jumped onto Miz. Khali entered the ring and chopped down Festus, then began to knock down other men as they entered the ring. Finally Kane entered and gave a solid upperhand shot to Khali, knocking the giant down. Kane began to give a boot to several competitors until Snitsky ran and gave a boot of his own, knocking Kane down. Snitsky ended up using a finisher on Tommy Dreamer to capture the pin for his team.

After the match concluded, all 24 men got into the ring to face each other, previewing what we will see Sunday at Wrestlemania 24.

Winners: Snitsky and his team win via pinfall over the other 12 man team.

Video package shown about Floyd Mayweather including his training for the Big Show match, and various boxers and personalities discussing the risks Floyd is taking.

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Backstage, Tommy Dreamer was talking to Colin Delaney. Chavo Guerrero came up and asked Tommy why he's bothering to get into the ring for the 24 man battle royal. Dreamer told Chavo how important the ECW title is to him and challenged Chavo to a non-title match for later on. Chavo taunted Dreamer and told Delaney to shut up, prompting Dreamer to say Delaney has more passion in his pinky than Chavo has in his whole body. Chavo accepted the challenge and said Dreamer's on for later for a non-title match.

Carlito vs. Shelton Benjamin
MITB Preview match

Carlito faced Shelton in a MITB preview match with a briefcase hanging above the ring.

During the match, Carlito tried to toss Shelton over the top rope. Shelton hung onto the top rope and flipped himself back in, only to be hit by Carlito. The two men continued to battle, with Shelton on the apron. Shelton rammed into Carlito's midsection and went to fly up at him, but Carlito grabbed Shelton and yanked him down on the top rope. Shelton fell out of the ring. Carlito continued to dominate, but was unable to score the pin.

Carlito had Shelton down in a headlock, until Shelton got to his feet to fight back. Off the ropes, Carlito knocked Shelton down again, then eventually used the headlock again. Shelton managed to get Carlito seated on his shoulders, then stood up and fell back to slam Carlito. The ref counted as the two men got up. Carlito landed an impressive springboard dropkick on Shelton, but failed at a pin again. A swinging neckbreaker by Carltio, and another failed pin. Shelton eventually gained momentum of his own but couldn't score the pin. Carlito and Shelton traded suplex attempts and Carlito hit another swinging neckbreaker. Shelton picked up Carlito and tossed him into the corner. Neither superstar could score the pin.

The seesaw match ended with Carlito climbing onto the corner ropes to jump. Shelton in an impressive move ran to the corner and jumped up to grab and slam Carlito to the mat face first. With Carlito finally knocked out, Shelton crawled over and scored the winning pinfall.

Winner: Shelton Benjamin wins via pinfall over Carlito.

Footage shown about the Triple Threat match discussing John Cena and Triple H's paths to the match involving their injuries. Randy Orton was shown as the WWE champ who has all of the qualities of Cena and Triple H rolled into one.

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Joey Styles informed fans that at 6:30PM EST they will stream the 24 Man Battle Royal from WM24 live on WWE.com. The winner of the match gets to face Chavo Guerrero for the ECW title at WM24. Styles and Tazz ran down the lineup of matches for Wrestlemania 24 including the Belfast Brawl, Bunnymania and Show vs. Mayweather.

Styles reminded fans that the 2008 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will be shown on USA this Saturday at 11PM EST. The last inductee into the Hall of Fame was announced, Gordon Solie. Solie was an announcer for four decades in WCW and other wrestling organizations and his voice is synonymous with pro wrestling.

Kelly Kelly shown backstage preparing for a match when Stevie Richards came up to her. Styles said they will take on Layla & Mike Knox next.

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Tomorrow at 12 PM EST will be a WM24 Press conference in NYC, streamed live on WWE.com.

Kelly Kelly & Stevie Richards vs. Layla & Tommy Dreamer

Styles noted that Richards had had enough of being attacked by Mike Knox and attacked him backstage last week.

Kelly faced off with Laya to start it off. Layla dominated for a while with Mike Knox giving her assist to knock Kelly down. Kelly eventually excaped Layla to tag in Richards, just as Layla crawled over to tag Knox. Richards got the upperhand and tried to pin Knox, but Layla ran and dove at Richards to break it up. Kelly ran into the ring to tackle Layla and the 2 WWE Divas went out of the ring fighting. Knox was able to grab Richards inside the ring and hit his finisher slamming Richards down for the pin.

Winners: Mike Knox & Layla win via pinfall over Kelly Kelly & Stevie Richards.

More footage shown of Floyd Mayweather's boxing career, as well as Mayweather discussing the matchup. During the footage, Mayweather took a Big Show action figure and threw it onto the boxing mat, pointed his finger at it and slapped the figure in the face.

Tommy Dreamer vs. Chavo Guerrero

The 24 men for this Sunday's battle royal surrounded the ring to watch the matchup.

Early on Chavo tried to escape the ring, but wrestlers on the outside tossed him back in. Dreamer took control using a bulldog on Chavo, and then hung him upside down in the corner for a dropkick. Dreamer went to DDT Chavo near the ropes but Chavo hung on causing Dreamer to fall face first. Dreamer recovered and knocked Chavo down, then climbed the corner ropes. Chavo got up fast then ran over to knock Dreamer off balance. After Dreamer fell onto the mat, Chavo climbed the corner ropes and Frogsplashed down onto Dreamer for a pin.

After the victory, Chavo held up his ECW title and posed in the ring with the 24 men outside the ring looking hungry for the title. They eventually all got into the ring to brawl with Chavo and each other as ECW left the air.

Winner: Chavo Guerrero wins via pinfall over Tommy Dreamer.