ECW One Night Stand (2006)

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ECW One Night Stand (2006)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	June 11, 2006
Venue	Hammerstein Ballroom
City	New York, New York
Attendance	2,460
Pay-per-view chronology
Judgment Day (2006)	ECW One Night Stand (2006)	Vengeance (2006)
One Night Stand chronology
ECW One Night Stand (2006)	ECW One Night Stand (2006)	One Night Stand (2007)

ECW One Night Stand (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 11, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.^[1] The official theme song was "Bodies" by Drowning Pool.^[2]

The main event was for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Rob Van Dam, which Van Dam won by pinning Cena after executing a Five Star Frog Splash after Edge interfered.^[3] The predominant match on the undercard featured Rey Mysterio versus Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship, which became a No-contest after Sabu hit Mysterio with a Triple Jump DDT through a table on to the floor rendering both men unconscious, as a result, Mysterio retained the title. Another match on the undercard was Edge, Mick Foley, and Lita versus Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a Hardcore Intergender match.^[4][5]

Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Event 1.3 Aftermath 2 Results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Report

[edit] Background

The build-up for One Night Stand occurred on both Raw and SmackDown! heading into the PPV, but build-up behind the scenes began several months earlier, as WWE was bringing back ECW full time. The event was officially announced by Paul Heyman at a WWE House show in February 2006.^[6] The news that WWE was planning to bring back ECW was leaked in the middle of April as Vince McMahon decided to revive ECW as a full-time brand.^[7][8] Reports beforehand stated that WWE was prepared to bring back ECW immediately after WrestleMania 22.^[9] WWE opted to cancel its webcast Velocity and replace it with the new ECW program.^[10] The new brand was officially confirmed by WWE on May 25, 2006, with its debut show airing on June 13, 2006 on the Sci Fi Channel.^[11][12]

The main feud heading into the PPV was between reigning champion John Cena and Rob Van Dam, with the two battling over the WWE Championship. Van Dam earned a championship opportunity after winning the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 22, defeating five other men to win the match.^[13] After Cena defeated Chris Masters on the May 22, 2006 edition of Raw, Van Dam came out to the ring and announced that he was cashing in his opportunity for the WWE Championship at One Night Stand. The two exchanged lefts and rights, with Masters getting involved. The distraction allowed Van Dam to toss his briefcase into Cena's face and then hit him with the Van Daminator.^[14] The two had a contract signing for their match at the PPV on the June 5, 2006 edition of Raw. Before signing the contract, Van Dam told Cena that he would win the WWE Championship at One Night Stand and rename it the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. ECW representative Paul Heyman told Cena that the ECW fans can’t wait to boo him out of the Hammerstein Ballroom. Cena signed the contract and wished Van Dam luck. However, Heyman told Cena that he had brought some people from ECW and at that point, Balls Mahoney, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman came to the ring. Cena attempted to fight them off, but Sandman hit Cena with his signapore cane. ECW 's Sabu then came out and sent Cena through the table with his Atomic Arabian Facebuster move. Several Raw superstars ran out to attempt to fight off the ECW Originals.^[15] Because of this, a match was booked for the WWE vs. ECW Head to Head special that aired on the USA Network on June 7, 2006 between Cena and Sabu.^[16] The match ended in a no contest after ECW 's newest wrestler, The Big Show attacked Cena, sparking a brawl between WWE and ECW superstars.^[17]

The other main match on the card was a Hardcore Intergender match, as Edge and Mick Foley faced Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer. The rivalry started between Edge and Foley, when the two faced in a Hardcore match at WrestleMania 22. Edge won the match after a spear off the apron and through a flaming table on the outside.^[18] Foley was a guest on the Cutting Edge on the May 1, 2006 edition of Raw, and the two agreed to a WrestleMania Hardcore rematch the following week.^[19] Before the match began on the May 8, 2006 edition of Raw, Foley announced that the match was now a Triple Threat match, with Tommy Dreamer added as the third person. However, Foley turned on Dreamer and attacked him with a barbed wire baseball bat. Foley handed Edge the bat and Edge hit Dreamer with it, busting him open. Foley hit the Mandible claw on Dreamer and Edge simultaneously speared Dreamer, with Foley getting the pinfall. The two, along with Lita celebrated up the entrance ramp.^[20] On the May 15, 2006 edition of Raw, Foley wanted to apologize to Dreamer for what happened the previous week; however, Dreamer was not in the arena, so Foley brought out Terry Funk. Funk asked Foley to apologise for what happened to Dreamer. Instead, Foley started bashing ECW. In an attempt to get into a fight with Foley, Funk made comments about Foley's family, calling his wife a whore and his kids bastards. When the two exchanged punches, Edge and Lita came out, with Lita low-blowing Funk. Edge and Foley double-teamed Funk, with Edge hitting Funk with a barbed wire baseball bat.^[21] A week later, on the May 22, 2006 edition of Raw, Edge and Foley announced themselves as co-holders of the WWE Hardcore Championship. However, Paul Heyman came out made a challenge to Edge and Foley to face Funk and Dreamer at One Night Stand, which Edge accepted. The two, along with Lita, went after Heyman up the ramp, before Dreamer and Funk attacked them with several weapons, sending the trio out of the arena.^[14] On the WWE vs. ECW Head to Head special that aired on June 7, 2006, Edge faced Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match. Dreamer hit Edge with a Dreamer Driver through the table. Lita interfered, and hit Dreamer repeatedly with a cane. Dreamer was not hurt by the shots, and he got Lita up for a powerbomb, before Edge speared Dreamer. Edge got the pinfall and won the match. During the match, Foley and Funk were fighting outside the ring, with Funk busting Foley open. After the match, Foley sat in the middle of the ring and stated his kayfabe thoughts on ECW.^[17]

You think I loved ECW? I loved ECW, but they didn’t love me back. She was like the girl I couldn’t let go of, but the one that makes me sick upon seeing her. She wanted too much blood, too much of my heart, too much of my life, so I left and I found fame and fortune in WWE. Edge and I are prepared to take the beatings of our lives, and I will do that to exorcise the sick, twisted whore that is ECW. I want her out of my life. You’ve seen me thrown off cells, slammed into tacks, put through burning tables. It is nothing compared to the horrors I will unleash on Dreamer and Funk at ECW (One Night Stand). You stepped on my soul. You took everything I worked for and threw it all away. When I walk into the Hammerstein Ballroom as a WWE Legend, you Terry Funk and you Tommy Dreamer will learn about loss…Have a nice day.

—Mick Foley on his kayfabe thoughts on ECW^[22]

One of the main undercard matches on the card was between Rey Mysterio and Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship. ECW representative Paul Heyman announced that Mysterio had accepted the challenge for One Night Stand on the June 2, 2006 edition of SmackDown!.^[23] Before the June 9, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Heyman kayfabe revealed to WWE's official website that he was trying to get Mysterio to join the new ECW brand.^[24] Mysterio turned down Heyman's offer on the June 9, 2006 edition of SmackDown!. In the main event on that edition of SmackDown!, Mysterio faced Finlay. Mysterio was about to 619 Finlay, when Sabu, who was holding a steel chair. Mysterio dropkicked the chair into Sabu, which distracted the referee. This allowed Finlay to hit Mysterio with his shillelagh, and the Celtic Cross for the victory. After the contest, Sabu set up a table on the outside of the ring, and hit Mysterio with a legdrop that sent Mysterio through the table.^[25]

[edit] Event

Other on-screen talent^{[citation needed]}

Role:	Name:
Commentator	Joey Styles
	Tazz
Referee	John Finnegan
	Jim Molineaux
	Mike Posey
	Mike Kehner
	Nick Patrick
Ring announcer	Stephen DeAngelis

Paul Heyman began the event as it aired on PPV, coming to the ring to "ECW" chants.^[26] Heyman stated that "this [ECW 's resurrection] didn't happen because of me and it didn't happen because of Vince McMahon. This happened because of you [the fans]. And on behalf of every single one of us, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you!"^[1]

The first match on the card was a match between ECW Original Tazz and WWE Raw commentator Jerry Lawler.^[1] In what was a squash match, Tazz won after 35 seconds by making Lawler pass out to the Tazzmission.^[26] After the match, Tazz joined Joey Styles on commentary for the rest of the show.^[27]

ECW 's Kurt Angle versus WWE Raw 's Randy Orton was next. Orton had the main advantage in the match after Angle missed a Running Shoulder Tackle, which sent him into the ringpost. The crowd inside the Hammerstein Ballroom chanted "Boring!" as Orton had the upper-hand on Angle. Angle hit a series of German Suplexes, before hitting an Angle Slam.^[1] Orton attempted an RKO, but Angle countered, locking on the Ankle lock. Orton tapped out, giving Angle the victory.^[28][26]

The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke) versus Super Crazy and Tajiri was next. After Guido propelled Crazy into the crowd,^[1] Guido and Mamaluke hit Tajiri with the Muscle Buster for the victory. After the contest, The Big Show entered the ring hitting Mamaluke with the cobra clutch backbreaker and kicked F.B.I.'s enforcer Big Guido in the head.^[1][29][26]

John "Bradshaw" Layfield made a surprise appearance, cutting a promo. Just over a week earlier, he announced on his radio show that he was not going to return to professional wrestling. JBL recalled his assault on Blue Meanie from One Night Stand 2005 and referred to himself as "The King of Hardcore".^[26] He announced that he was replacing Tazz as the color commentator of SmackDown!.^[1]

Rey Mysterio versus Sabu was next in a Extreme Rules match with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line. The match started with several chair shots from both competitors. Sabu had the upper part for most of the match, hitting an Arabian Facebuster and a Triple Jump Moonsault, but Mysterio kicked out of both moves. Mysterio regained the upper hand, as he hit a Seated Senton that sent both men through a table at ringside. Sabu countered a second Seated Senton attempt, and put Mysterio on a second table at ringside. Sabu proceeded to hit a Triple-Jump Somersault Splash, but Mysterio made it to his feet while on the table.^[1] This turned the move into a DDT, sending both men through the table at ringside. Although neither men were legitimately hurt, Dr. Ferdinand Rios came out and kayfabe declared that the match could not continue. This meant that Mysterio retained the World Heavyweight Championship.^[4][26]

Edge and Mick Foley versus Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk was next in what was a Hardcore Tag Team match. Before the match began Edge and Foley entered the ring, accompanied by Lita and Dreamer and Funk entered the ring, accompanied by Beulah McGillicutty, which turned the match into a Hardcore Six-Person Tag Team match. Despite McGillicutty and Lita being added to the match, they stayed out of the action for most of the contest. Funk was taken backstage halfway through the match as Foley wrapped barbed wire around his fist and raked it across the forehead and eyes of Funk. Funk later returned to the match, hitting Edge and Foley with a Barbed Wire Bat. Funk then set the bat on fire and left it at ringside. Funk hit Foley, and Foley fell onto a Barbed Wire Board. Foley's shirt was on fire, but was put out by a ringside attendant.^[1] Dreamer and Funk got the upper-hand after Dreamer DDT'd Edge. Dreamer then locked a Modified Crossface onto Edge, using Barbed wire against Edge's face. Lita broke the hold up only to have Dreamer give her the Spicolli Driver. Edge blindsided Dreamer wrapping Barbed Wire around his head, before dropping him with the Inverted DDT. McGillicutty entered the ring to check on Dreamer, but Edge speared McGillicutty and pinned her with a cover that resembled the "legs up" version of the missionary position.^[5][26]

Balls Mahoney faced Masato Tanaka in the second Extreme Rules match of the PPV. Mahoney got the early advantage after throwing a beer can in the face of Tanaka. Tanaka gained the advantage after hitting a superplex off the top rope. Mahoney won the match after hitting Tanaka with a steel chair.^[1][26]

Before the WWE Championship match, Eugene came to the ring to cut a promo.^[26] He reminded the fans that he was Eric Bischoff's nephew, before being interrupted by The Sandman. Sandman hit Eugene repeatedly with his singapore cane, leaving Eugene to run to the back.^[1]

The main event was reigning champion John Cena defending his WWE Championship against Rob Van Dam. Loud, insulting chants were directed at Cena during many moments in the match, such as "You Can't Wrestle!" The action quickly went to ringside, and Van Dam got the advantage on Cena, with a Moonsault Press off the steel steps. Van Dam continued his offense when the action went back inside the ring as he placed a chair on Cena's stomach before hitting the Rolling Thunder. Cena later managed to get the advantage, hitting a DDT on a steel chair. Cena went for his finishing move, the FU, but Van Dam blocked the attempt. Van Dam would then set up a table in the corner, but Cena got Van Dam in the STFU. When referee John Finnegan refused to stop the bout after Van Dam got to the ropes, Cena clotheslined the referee, after they had a push and shove. Cena proceeded to deliver Van Dam with a Superplex off the top rope and then hitting Van Dam with steel steps. Replacement referee Nick Patrick officiated the remainder of the match, with Van Dam kicking out of two. As Cena got up he went to deliver Van Dam an FU, Van Dam grabbed onto the rope which lead Cena to deliver Van Dam an FU out of the ring. As Cena turned around with the table behind him, someone in a motorcycle helmet interfered and delivered Cena a Spear through the table already set up in the corner by Van Dam. The person was revealed as Edge, who won a #1 Contender's match to challenge for the WWE Championship at Vengeance on June 25, 2006.^[30] Edge also knocked out Nick Patrick. The Hammerstein Ballroom crowd chanted "Thank You Edge!" Van Dam hit the Five-Star Frog Splash on Cena, but there was no referee as Patrick was knocked out. Paul Heyman ran to the ring, and counted the pinfall to three, giving Van Dam the victory.^[3] The ECW locker room came to the ring to celebrate with Van Dam, but it was unclear at the time whether Van Dam was "officially" WWE Champion.^[1][26]

[edit] Aftermath

The overall reaction to the PPV was good,^[31][32][33] with 280,000 people ordering the event.^[34]

On Raw the next day Paul Heyman addressed the controversy of Rob Van Dam's WWE Championship win. He announced that Vince McMahon ruled that Van Dam's WWE Championship was official and the WWE Championship would be rechristened as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on the premiere of ECW on Sci Fi.^[35] On the debut edition of ECW on June 13, 2006, Heyman presented Van Dam with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Van Dam said that he had opted to keep the spinner belt, making him both WWE Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Edge, who was the #1 Contender for Van Dam's WWE Championship at Vengeance appeared, and speared Van Dam. John Cena came through the crowd and attacked Edge, followed by a punch to Heyman, before being chased out by ECW Originals.^[36]

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Tazz defeated Jerry Lawler (0:35)^[1][27][37]
  • Lawler passed out from the Tazzmission.^[1][27]
• Kurt Angle defeated Randy Orton (15:07)^[1][28][37]
  • Angle forced Orton to submit with the Ankle Lock.^[1][28]
• The F.B.I. (Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke) (w/Big Guido) defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri and Super Crazy (12:24)^[1][29][37]
  • Guido pinned Tajiri after a Double Fisherman's Brainbuster.^[1]
  • After the match, The Big Show came to the ring and attacked every wrestler in the ring.^[1][29]
• World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio fought Sabu to a no-contest in a Extreme Rules Match (9:10)^[1][4][37]
  • Dr. Ferdinand Rios came out and called off the match after Sabu hit Mysterio with a Triple Jump DDT through a table on to the floor, rendering both men unconscious, Mysterio retained the title.^[1][4]
• Edge, Mick Foley, and Lita defeated Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a Hardcore Intergender match (18:45)^[1][5][37]
  • Edge pinned McGillicutty after a Spear.^[1][5]
  • Halfway through the match, Funk was taken backstage after Foley grinded his barbed wire wrapped arm into Funks eye.^[1]
• Balls Mahoney defeated Masato Tanaka in a Extreme Rules Match (5:03)^[37]
  • Mahoney pinned Tanaka after hitting him with a steel chair.^[1]
• Rob Van Dam defeated John Cena in a Extreme Rules Match to win the WWE Championship (20:41)^[1][3][37]
  • Van Dam pinned Cena after a Five Star Frog Splash after Edge interfered and speared Cena through a table.^[1][3]Paul Heyman came to the ring to count the three count after the original official was knocked out.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official One Night Stand 2006 website