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10/14 ECW RESULTS FROM TUCSON, AZ

ECW finally made it west to Tucson, AZ tonight. I just got back and I'm ashamed to be a wrestling fan in Tucson. I was lucky enough to get to attend an autograph signing with Tommy Dreamer and Sandman earlier in the day. They were both extremely nice. There was not much of a turnout and unfortunately very few people had a clue who these legends of wrestling were. One group even had the audacity to ask where Cena was and if Big show were signing. I had to explain no on both counts and that they were very fortunate to get the autographs of two legends. I should have seen this was a sign of things to come.

As for tonight's show, we get there and we see lots of DX shirts and I again had to explain to someone with a Triple H foam hand that no he was not going to be there. The show itself was held in a very small facility used for Bingo and exhibitions of 4H during the county fair. It was small but they still did not sell out the 1000 seats they had set up. There were maybe 800 people there. I thought this was going to be great as I never got to Philly for ECW. (I had to rely on Dave's wonderful reports and whatever bootlegs or feed I could get my hands on back then.) 

At this point 7:30 pm rolls around and the first match we get is Dreamer vs. Rene Dupree. It was a good technical match but you could have heard a pin drop. We attempted to start the chants but the crowd wasn't buying it. Tommy Dreamer and Renee Dupree sold it the best they could but they could not get this crowd into it. 
Winner Tommy Dreamer

Second match: Stevie was Richards vs. Eric Cortez. I had never heard of Cortez and I may still have the name wrong but he is developmental talent. Long of the short of it he looked like Konan. He also did the viva la raza ganster schtick like Konan. Richards sold the match and made it look like he was going to get beaten but of course that was not the case. Winner Stevie Richards. By the way the crowd was still quiet at this point.

Third Match: FBI vs. Heyman's Enforcers.  Enforcers come out and the crowd has no clue what to think.  FBI comes out and we start a "Where's my pizza" chant. Crowd does not get it. They look at us but do not get it.  FBI sold the match well, very technical no usual FBI tricks or tag team tricks, period. It was just a standard, run of the mill technical match.  The 
FBI wins and then the enforcers attempt to beat them up and the crowd does not really react.

Fourth Match: Shannon Moore vs. Balls Mahoney.  Balls comes out and we finally get the crowd involved with a "Balls" chant.  He does everything possible to get this crowd going and is doing a great job.  They actually booed Shannon Moore and it was a very good straight technical match. No chairs or anything out of the ordinary. 
Winner Balls.

Fifth match: CM Punk vs. Mike Knox.  CM was very over with the crowd thanks to Balls waking them up earlier.  Another good technical match, just straight wrestling.
Winner: CM Punk

Now we have a 30 min intermission to sell merchandise. 

We dame back to Matt Striker cutting down the University of Arizona before bringing the Divas in.  I could have done without the Divas. I don't need porn at a wrestling event. One of the ladies in this contest proceeded to cover themselves in nothing but caution tape. Crowd was happy but I enjoy the wrestling.  Matt Striker proceeded to banter after the contest and Sandman went behind him and hit him with the cane a couple times. He then handed the winning Diva a beer which she promptly poured on herself.  Sandman then goes into the crowd spraying various sections with beer but he did not wrestle tonight.

Sixth Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Kevin Thorn, with Ariel.  They kill all the light and Kevin Thorn comes out with Ariel. Crowd is again clueless.  RVD comes out and they go wild (he has been here with the WWE before).  RVD kept having to check clearance before doing any splashes. It even made me nervous as they were close on clearance. Few Frog Splashes, Rolling Thunder and some of Ariel interfering and it was done. 
Winner RVD. 

Main Event: Sabu vs. Test.  We finally get some chairs and a table in this one.  Test seemed to have a hard time selling it but he did his best. Sabu was hardcore as always with the finish being Test through a table. Match was all of 5 minutes. 
Winner Sabu.

Overall the ECW guys did their best and they were awesome.  It was the crowd that sucked. They just could not get into the show. I love ECW and have been a fan since it first started but this was just not a good experience. I did every chant we could to try and get the crowd going but they had no clue. What was even worse was that we could be heard. This was supposed to be ECF'nW not a night at the opera.

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