ECW One Night Stand (2005)

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ECW One Night Stand
Promotion
World Wrestling Entertainment
DateJune 12, 2005
CityNew York City, New York
VenueHammerstein Ballroom
Attendance2,500
Buy rate325,000[1]
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The 2005 ECW One Night Stand was the inaugural

event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on June 12, 2005, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Although wrestlers from WWE's Raw and SmackDown! brands appeared on the show, the event was primarily produced as a reunion show for wrestlers from the former Extreme Championship Wrestling
(ECW) promotion, which had folded in 2001. After the promotion's closure, WWE acquired ECW's assets in 2003.

The

Bubba Ray and D-Von) and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka
.

Production

Background

In 2001, the

SLAM! Sports days before One Night Stand, ECW original Rob Van Dam announced he had asked Vince McMahon about the idea of holding an ECW reunion event.[10] This event was sponsored by Destroy All Humans!
video game.

Storylines

Paul Heyman, ECW's former owner.

Although many of the individual matches on the One Night Stand card were announced weeks before the pay-per-view occurred,[11] none of them got any build-up on any of WWE's weekly programs, with WWE instead choosing to focus on an "invasion" angle, with several Raw and SmackDown! superstars feuding against wrestlers from the original ECW.

The invasion angle began on the May 9 episode of Raw, when

booting Benoit in the face, and Edge powerbombing Benoit through the table for the victory.[15]

Eric Bischoff, the leader of Raw's invasion, and, at the time, Raw General manager.

The feud between the Raw superstars and ECW Originals also spread over to SmackDown!. On the May 26 episode of SmackDown!, Kurt Angle stated that ECW was a low-class promotion, and that he would be part of the WWE invasion of One Night Stand, taking SmackDown! volunteers with him.[16] A week later, Angle asked Tazz to join him in the invasion and on the same episode of SmackDown!, John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) announced he would be joining Angle in invading the pay-per-view.[17] When Tazz rejected the offer, Angle reacted by assaulting Tazz and leaving him bleeding in the ring.[18]

On the June 6 episode of Raw, Benoit defeated Snitsky in an ECW Rules match by performing a diving headbutt and pinning him. The ECW Originals made their debut on WWE programming, as Tommy Dreamer, Rhyno, Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten, The Sandman, and other ECW Originals attacked Bischoff's Raw invaders, with ECW Originals, The Dudley Boyz, hitting a 3D on Raw invader Maven.[19][20] Benoit was drafted to SmackDown! on its June 9, 2005, episode, and faced JBL in the main event with the ECW Originals at ringside cheering him on. JBL's Cabinet was also at ringside, as well as Carlito, Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle. After Benoit locked in the Crossface on JBL, Angle interfered and broke the submission hold, resulting in a disqualification and a brawl breaking out between the ECW Originals and WWE Invaders, with ECW coming out on top.[18]

Event

Other on-screen personnel[21]
Role: Name:
Commentators
 Joey Styles
Mick Foley
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewer
 Joel Gertner
Ring announcers Stephen DeAngelis
Bob Artese
Referees John Finnegan
Jim Molineaux
John "Pee Wee" Moore
Mike Kehner

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, an episode of

Spike TV, showing footage from the build-up to the event.[22] The event started with a speech from ECW commentator Joey Styles,[23] who was greeted with an "ECW" chant. Styles welcomed the fans to One Night Stand before introducing the color commentator for the evening, Mick Foley.[24]

The first match of the event was Lance Storm versus Chris Jericho. Storm was accompanied to the ring by Dawn Marie.[23] During the match, a "Chris Candido" chant broke out, a reference to the recently deceased wrestler who was a tag team partner of Lance Storm in ECW.[24][22] Jericho locked in the Walls of Jericho on Storm, but Marie jumped on the ring apron and distracted the referee. This allowed Storm's former Impact Players teammate, Justin Credible, along with Jason Knight, to interfere, with Credible hitting Jericho with a kendo stick. Storm got the pinfall on Jericho for the victory.[24][23][22]

A tribute video played next, highlighting the wrestlers from ECW that had died between the promotion's end in 2001 and One Night Stand.

The Sinister Minister and Mikey Whipwreck, and Guido was accompanied by his fellow F.B.I. members. One of the highlights of the match occurred when Super Crazy delivered a moonsault off the balcony onto all the members of the F.B.I. Guido was the first eliminated when Whipwreck delivered a Whipper Snapper from the second rope while the referee was distracted. Tajiri picked up the three count to eliminate Guido. Super Crazy won the match after performing a moonsault off the top rope onto Tajiri, getting the three-count in the process.[24][23][22]

Next was

619, followed by the West Coast Pop.[23] The two later revealed that they were disappointed with the way their match panned out.[26] After the contest, the SmackDown! crusaders entered the Hammerstein Ballroom. They consisted of Kurt Angle, John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) and his Cabinet, Carlito and Matt Morgan. The crowd chanted, "You suck dick" and "Fuck you SmackDown!" as they entered the arena.[24][22] Joel Gertner attempted to interview the invaders, but Angle took the microphone out of his hand and JBL pushed him to the ground. JBL and Angle cut a promo, with the crowd continuing to chant, "You suck dick", to which Angle replied with "Your MOTHER taught me how!". Angle stated, "The last time I was at an ECW event, I walked out halfway through because it sucked!" (referring to the High Incident show from 1996, where The Sandman was crucified by Raven
). The crowd continued to chant, "Shut the fuck up", while JBL spoke.

Van Daminator on Rhyno before Sabu delivered the Arabian Skullcrusher on Rhyno through a table for the victory.[24][23]

The Raw crusaders, which included Eric Bischoff, Jonathan Coachman, Edge, Christian, Tyson Tomko, Snitsky, La Résistance and William Regal, entered the building. Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero followed, with Benoit making Guerrero submit to the Crippler Crossface.[23] During this match, several anti-Lita chants could be heard, including "Lita's got herpes" and "I fucked Lita".[22] After the Benoit/Guerrero match was over, Gertner again tried to interview the crusaders and begged Bischoff for a job. He was not successful, and Bischoff poured his drink over Gertner, saying, "ECW sucks!".[24][22]

Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka followed, and Joey Styles made derogatory comments during the match about Awesome regarding Awesome's controversial departure from ECW in April 2000. At one point during the match, after Awesome delivered a suicide dive, Styles said, "And it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!".[22] 20 months after the match, Awesome would commit suicide by hanging himself on February 17, 2007. Styles has since confirmed that this comment, as well as several other comments he made, were actually shoots. He said if the original ECW was ending, he was "going to say whatever the hell I wanted."[27] The match was also notable for the large number of unprotected chair shots to the head that both men took, as well as several risky bumps. Awesome won the match after powerbombing Tanaka through a table on the outside of the ring and followed it with a suicide dive, getting the pinfall.[24][23]

The Sandman, along with Tommy Dreamer, faced The Dudley Boyz at One Night Stand.

ECW booker Paul Heyman then cut a promo in the ring, with the crowd chanting, "Thank you Paul" and rising for a standing ovation. After thanking several people, including Tod Gordon, Heyman turned his attention to the Raw and SmackDown! invaders. He first spoke to Eric Bischoff, stating that Bischoff was in "our (ECW's) house". Heyman turned to Edge and said, "Hide your wives, it's Edge!", with Heyman also saying that he had two words for Edge "Matt 'Freaking' Hardy!", both references to Edge's real-life affair with Matt Hardy's long-term girlfriend, Lita. At the time of One Night Stand, Hardy was not employed by WWE, having been fired as a result of his internet rants against Edge and Lita, but Hardy was soon hired back shortly after the event. A huge "We want Matt" broke out in the Hammerstein Ballroom following Heyman's comments.[22] Heyman then commented that the only reason JBL was WWE Champion for a year was because Triple H didn't want to work Tuesdays (a reference to the day SmackDown! is taped).[24][23]

The Dudley Boyz then faced Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in the main event.

legitimately attacked Blue Meanie, causing him to bleed.[29] The Originals came out on top, as The Dudley Boyz performed a 3D on Bischoff, Benoit delivered a diving headbutt to Bischoff, and Mysterio performed a 619 on Bischoff. Austin asked for Bischoff's thoughts on the event while on the ground, and Bischoff replied, "Fuck ECW!". Austin then executed the Stone Cold Stunner on Bischoff to end the show.[24][23][22]

After the show went off the air, the ECW wrestlers left the ring one at a time, but Dreamer stayed in the ring. He bowed to the ECW logo as the crowd chanted, "Thank you Tommy". The Dudley Boyz came back to the ring and hugged Dreamer, with Bubba Ray saying to Dreamer, "This is all for you".[29]

Reception

According to reports, many people backstage were very happy with the way One Night Stand went and many former ECW wrestlers that had worked the pay-per-view described it as a "fun" event.[25][26] 325,000 people bought the event on pay-per-view.[30] Many tried to order it through WWE's official website, but the website was shut down because not enough bandwidth was available.[31]

Aftermath

WWE adopted One Night Stand as an annual pay-per-view event and continued the theme of featuring hardcore-based matches on the show. The event returned to the Hammerstein Ballroom for ECW One Night Stand 2006.[32] Just prior to this 2006 event, WWE established a third brand dubbed ECW for former wrestlers of the original promotion, as well as newer talent, to compete on.[33] One Night Stand would continue for another two years (dropping the "ECW" name in 2007 and just being promoted as WWE), until it was replaced by Extreme Rules in 2009. One Night Stand was originally just renamed to Extreme Rules for 2009, but in 2010, WWE declared that Extreme Rules was its own chronology, one that was no longer part of the One Night Stand chronology. Extreme Rules, however, continued the hardcore-based theme.[34]

Results

No.Results
Tag team match
10:13

Notes

  1. ^ Originally, Chris Candido was scheduled to wrestle Storm, but died less than two months before the event; Jericho was announced as his replacement after.

See also

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