ECW Recap 04.14.09

ECW recap from University of TN:

Josh Matthews and Matt Striker welcomed fans to the arena, and reminded everyone of the ECW Championship Chase match for tonight, a Triple Threat between Christian, Finlay and Tommy Dreamer. John Morrison made his way out for the opening match. Highlights were shown of how Morrison interfered in The Miz' match against Kofi Kingston on last night's Raw, resulting in Raw getting a draft pick, and The Miz being selected. Morrison offered Miz a handshake and hug, but then Miz turned on him and slammed Morrison to the mat.

Evan Bourne vs. John Morrison

Morrison faced off in singles action for his first time since the breakup of he and The Miz during last night's WWE Draft. This was a back and forth matchup that saw both men control the momentum at times with all sorts of maneuvers. There were plenty of headlocks, knees, shoulder blocks and submission holds. In one instance, Bourne fell onto the side apron and as he tried to pull himself up with the bottom rope, Morrison ran over and kneed him off the apron. At another point in the ring, Morrison went to run against the ropes, but Bourne ran over and bodypressed onto him, causing both men to spill outside the ring. After a failed pinfall in the ring, Bourne began to repeatedly kick away at Morrison's chest to knock him onto the mat.

As Bourne had things in control he pulled Morrison towards the corner, then climbed the top turnbuckle for the Shooting Starpress. Morrison quickly got up, charged over and delivered a roundhouse kick to Bourne's head, causing Bourne to fall and hang down in the corner. Morrison went over, grabbed Bourne and completed the Moonlight Drive from the corner, then took the winning pinfall.

Winner: John Morrison wins via pinfall over Evan Bourne.

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David Floridia vs. Vladimir Kozlov

Kozlov easily dominated in his debut match on the ECW roster. From the start, Kozlov assaulted Floridia in the corner with punches, chops and kicks. Floridia tried to jump off the corner at one point, but Kozlov just batted him down from the air with both hands. Kozlov threw Floridia over his back across the ring, then did continuous chest bumps before doing a one hand slam to pin Floridia.

After the win, Kozlov picked up a mic and delivered a warning to the ECW superstars, partly in Russian and partly in English.

Winner: Vladimir Kozlov wins via pinfall over David Floridia.

Backstage, Hornswoggle and Finlay were shown preparing for the next matchup.

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Striker and Matthews reminded fans that the WWE Supplemental Draft starts tomorrow at 12noon EST on WWE.com.

Backstage, Paul Burchill and Katie Lea discussed the supplemental draft with ECW GM Tiffany. Burchill and Katie Lea were concerned about being separated by the draft. Tiffany said everyone's eligible for the supplemental draft so they'll need to log onto WWE.com to see if they were drafted. Jack Swagger entered the office as Burchill and his sister left. Swagger suggested to Tiffany that he have an exclusive interview on the new Superstars show Thursday night. Tiffany said she already decided to have the finalist in the ECW Championship Chase on, but encouraged Swagger to keep bringing the ideas. Before he left, Tiffany told him she was impressed by his match last night, smiling as Swagger left.

Finlay vs. Christian vs. Tommy Dreamer
Triple Threat ECW Championship Chase match

The 3 finalists for #1 contender for ECW title faced off in a Triple Threat match, with the losing wrestler being eliminated from the Chase, while the 2 surviving wrestlers will go on to a singles match for the #1 contender spot. The winner of the match goes against Jack Swagger for the ECW title at Backlash.

Finlay gained control against Tommy Dreamer for some time in the ring while Christian had been knocked to the outside. At one point, Christian quickly climbed to the apron after Dreamer slammed Finlay. Christian tried to jump at Dreamer who ducked it then slammed Christian face first onto Finlay on the mat. Finlay continued with momentum as he tried to suplex Christian off the corner, but Tommy Dreamer came over to knock Finlay down and suplex Christian himself.

With Finlay hanging upside down in the corner, Dreamer ran over and dropkicked him. Finlay came right back and knocked Dreamer to the outside then went over to Christian who was down on the mat. Christian had been playing possum and tried to roll up Finlay for the pinfall. From there the action got wild, as each wrestler tried a variety of moves. Christian got tangled up in the ropes as Dreamer worked against Finlay. Finlay countered Dreamer's move and hit the Celtic Cross on him as Christian was stuck in the ropes and could only watch the pinfall happen. With Dreamer eliminated, Finlay and Christian began giving each other looks in the ring.

Winner: Finlay wins the Triple Threat match by pinfall over Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer is eliminated from the ECW Championship Chase, while Finlay and Christian will go on to fight for the ECW Title #1 Contender spot.

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