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Devon Storm vs. Jerry Lynn
Storm is better known as Crowbar. He did have an ECW run in 1996. He's replacing Justin Credible, who was here but pulled off the show. I'll have more on that later.
There was a HUGE "Save the show" chant.
They went back and forth, locking up and going back and forth with some nuce reversals. Lynn locked on an armbar. Storm reversed and they went back and forth working on the arm. Crowbar went to work on the leg but Lynn slipped out and grabbed a headlock. The fans chanted, "This is wrestling."
Lynn whipped Storm into the corner. He nailed Storm and whippped him into the opposite corner. Storm reversed and went up and over but Lynn turned it into a flying headscissors, sending him to the outside. Lynn went for a sliding kick but Storm slipped out of the way and nailed him. He knocked Lynn off the apron to the floor and slammed him into the guard rail.
Back in the ring, Storm peppered him with a series of kicks to the chest and choked him against the ropes. Storm nailed a flying leg lariat. Lynn was locked in a chinlock but fired back with a series of elbows to the gut. Storm went for a back suplex but Lynn turned it into a bodypress for a two count. Storm nailed him and kicked him with a punting kick.
Lynn fired back with forearms but was nailed and whipped into the ropes. He charged Storm who went for a powerbomb but they tumbled over the ropes to the floor. They battled on the floor with stiff chops. Lynn did Flair mannerisms as they battled up the aisle. Storm grabbed a piece of guard rail and brought it to the ringside area. He bridged it between the ring and the guard rail.
Lynn grabbed a fan's cane and hit Storm with it. They brawled around the ringside area. Homicide was out there. Storm trashed Lynn and tossed him into the ring. He went to use a chair but Lynn stomped his hands. Lynn went to nail him with it but Storm nailed him and hit a Northern Lights suplex on the chair for a two count.
They battled back and forth. Lynn nailed a tornado DDT on the chair for a two count. Lynn went for the cradle piledriver but Storm nailed a double leg takedown and legdropped Lynn between the legs. They battled to the floor, where Storm nailed a standing vertical suplex through the guard rail. The crowd popped and chanted ECW.
Storm used a chair on Lynn on the outside. He placed Lynn on a table. He went to the ropes but Lynn nailed him with a chair and hit a top rope hurancanrana on the outside through a table on the floor. The crowd chanted, "Thank you Jerry." They then chanted, "Thank you Crowbar."
Back in the ring, Crowbar took control and set up two chairs facing each other, then another on top. He went for a move but Lynn reversed it into a suplex on the chair. Big ECW chair. Lynn nailed the cradle piledriver on two chairs for the pin.
Your winner, Jerry Lynn!
Huge chant for Lynn. Far and away the best match on the show. The crowd loved it because they gave them an ECW style match and brawl and highspots, which is all they wanted all night and never really got.
The crowd chanted, "That was awesome."
Lynn took the mic and said, "No, No, you guys are f***ing awesome." He noted that he was retiring at the end of the year and the crowd chanted No and told him that he's still got it. He said it was his 24th year and he has to be smart and listen to his body. The crowd applauded. The crowd thanked him with chants. He told them that he thanked them. He said he was told 5-6 years ago to retire and he didn't because he didn't listen. He said that ECW fans were awesome and came to have fun and make it a party. He thanked them once again.
Far and away the best thing on the show. That was incredible.
Both guys deserve a hell of a lot of credit.
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