ECW Recap 06.23.09

ECW Recap from Milwaukee, WI:

Josh Matthews and Matt Striker welcomed fans to the show just 5 days ahead of The Bash. At The Bash the ECW Title will be on the line in a Championship Scramble match between Tommy Dreamer, Christian, Jack Swagger, Finlay and Mark Henry. Tonight Christian will team up with Dreamer to face Henry and Swagger in a tag match.

Evan Bourne vs. Tyson Kidd

Higlights were shown from the beating Bourne took last week from Mark Henry after two Worlds Greatest Slams. Kidd came to the ring accompanied by Natalya and DH Smith.

Early on in the match, DH Smith got up on the apron to try to distract Bourne. The ref caught it and ordered both Natalya and Smith to leave from ringside. From there, Bourne tossed Kidd outside then jumped off at him. Bourne tried for the quick pin in the ring, but to no avail. Kidd managed to ground Bourne and locked in a chinlock submission for a while before kicking him. Kidd wisely targeted Bournes hurt ribs with knees and then a suplex onto the ropes. Kidd missed on a charge in the corner and Bourne jumped on him off the corner.

Bourne continued his attack with high intensity and fast-paced moves including a headscissors to throw Kidd. Bourne landed a big knee to Kidd's jaw to knock him to the mat before hitting the Shooting Starpress to win it. Bourne kept holding his taped ribs after the victory.

Winner: Evan Bourne wins via pinfall over Tyson Kidd.

Striker and Matthews revealed Finlay's attack last week on Christian with the shilaleigh and later in the night when he clocked Tommy Dreamer as well. Jack Swagger came down to beat up Christian, when Christian tried to save Dreamer. Afterwards, Finlay clocked Swagger with the shilaleigh.

Finlay was shown walking backstage on his way out to explain his actions.

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Finlay came down to the ring and picked up a mic. Finlay said a few weeks ago he tried to break up a fight in the locker room between Dreamer and Christian, and in the process he injured his eye. Finlay said nobody reached out to him during his injury, because all he got was a text from them saying sorry. Finlay said sorry doesn't pay his bills, so he retaliated last week for what happened. As Finlay continued to talk, he was interrupted by Zack Ryder who came out with a mic and said Finlay forgot he's got a match tonight against the man, Mr. Woo Woo Woo.

Finlay vs. Zack Ryder

The match was joined in progress with Finlay in control, knocking Ryder down with a shoulder block off the ropes. Ryder eventually took control and hammered on Finlay in the corner a bit, before Finlay took him down with an arm hold. At one point, Finlay collided with Ryder's head and Finlay started holding his eye. Ryder began attacking more, even stepping on Finlay's face.

Ryder remained in control with a headlock down on the mat and several variations of submission holds, followed by knees and boots to Finlay's face. Ryder punched Finlay right in the eye before using another headlock. Finlay made the comeback with several takedowns of Ryder off the ropes, followed by the Celtic Cross. Ryder kicked out of the pinfall. Ryder again hit Finlay in the eye, so the ref went to check on Finlay. Ryder started taking the turnbuckle cover off, so the ref went over to stop him. From there, Finlay grabbed Ryder and rolled him up, holding the tights to win the pinfall victory.

Winner: Finlay wins via pinfall over Zack Ryder.

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The Raw Rebound covered last night's Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Title. It was an intense battle in and around the ring between Triple H and Orton. Things eventually progressed to the top of the ramp, where a ladder came into play. Triple H's knee had been seriously hurt but he still managed to Pedigree Orton on the ramp. Both HHH and Orton were down as the ref counted to 10, meaning Orton would retain. Donald Trump also made his start as owner of Raw. Trump refunded everyone in attendance's ticket money, then discussed his plans for the show. Vince McMahon came to the ring to confront Trump, then figured out Trump had played him by buying Raw. Vince started offering Trump money to buy back Raw and eventually payed double the price to regain ownership. One of Vince's first acts as new owner was to tell Orton he'll be in a "3 Stages of Hell" match against Triple H at The Bash. First fall is regular, second fall is falls count anywhere, third fall is stretcher match. To end Raw, Triple H attacked Orton on his way into the parking garage and told him he's taking Orton to Hell this Sunday.

Striker and Matthews ran down the card for The Bash including The Miz vs. John Cena, Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk, Rey Mysterio vs Jericho and Triple H vs. Orton in the 3 Stages of Hell match. Striker got in the ring with a chalkboard to explain this Sunday's ECW Championship Scramble. At the end of the 20 minutes in the match whoever's scored the last pinfall will be named winner. The current champ doesn't need to be pinned to lose the title necessarily.

Gregory Helms was backstage interviewing Mark Henry and Tony Atlas about the main event match tonight. All of a sudden a commotion was heard and the camera showed that one of the backstage storage boxes had fallen onto a worker. The man was screaming in pain as WWE officials rushed over to try to lift the box. Henry and Atlas were shown with no Helms there. Suddenly, someone lifted the heavy box off the man to save him and it was the Hurricane. Hurricane quickly rushed off the scene. Henry and Atlas felt some wind blow by them, then Gregory Helms was back interviewing them again. Henry asked what was going on as the segment ended.

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Tommy Dreamer & Christian vs. Mark Henry & Jack Swagger

Christian started with Swagger and eventually had him in a headlock. Since Christian had the advantage, he tagged in Dreamer to continue it. Dreamer kept momentum in his team's favor with an armbar takedown but Swagger reversed it and in came Henry. At one point, Dreamer knocked Henry out of the ring, then avoided Swagger near the ropes, causing Swagger to spill out. Dreamer jumped off the apron onto Henry, then Christian jumped onto Swagger, leaving both heels down as ECW went to break.

ECW returned with Christian in control, as he jumped off the corner at Swagger. Christian hurt himself on the jump and crawled over to tag in Dreamer. Dreamer had serious momentum, knocking Henry off the apron and Swagger down to the mat. Dreamer was able to hit a neckbreaker but failed to pin Swagger for 3. Dreamer hung Swagger in the corner then hit his running dropkick. The ref became occupied with Christian, which allowed Henry to enter the ring and attack Dreamer from behind.

Henry continued to dominate Dreamer with punches and other moves before Swagger came in yet again. Swagger continued his team's dominant position until Dreamer mustered up the strength to powerbomb him to the mat. Dreamer managed to crawl over and jump to tag in Christian, just as Swagger tagged Henry. Christian launched a major offensive attack to eventually take Henry down with a dropkick off the corner. Swagger came in to attack, but Christian knocked him out of the ring. After a brief scuffle, Henry regained control on Christian near the corner. Henry glared at Swagger who got back on the apron, then tried to sit splash Christian. Christian avoided it, and Swagger tagged back in. Christian was finally able to get the Killswitch on Swagger but it was near the ropes. Tony Atlas grabbed one of Swagger's legs and moved it under the ropes to stop the ref's pinfall count.

Christian went over and punched Atlas through the ropes. Dreamer ran over and tackled Atlas down to beat on him. Meanwhile, Henry caught Christian as he tried to jump at him off the apron, then slammed Christian's back into the ringpost. Henry tossed Christian back into the ring for Swagger to hit the Gutwrench Powerbomb to win the match.

After the victory, Swagger gloated about the victory and became his cocky self celebrating in the ring. Henry came in and beat down Tommy Dreamer in the ring, then stared at Swagger before hitting the World's Strongest Slam on him.

Winners: Jack Swagger and Mark Henry win via pinfall over Tommy Dreamer and Christian.

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