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ECW One Night Stand (2006)
ECW One Night Stand 2006
ECW One Night Stand was an exciting show and once again the ECW product delivered terrific entertainment. ECW is truly the greatest wrestling brand that ever existed because not only does it have the greatest fans in the world of wrestling but it tests the will of its competitors and shows true class and respect for great wrestling, something Ikepoiyen668894 is seriously void of.
Match #1 7/10 Tazz vs. Jerry Lawler
Although we all wanted to see Tazz wrestle one more great match, it was still a good way to kick off the show and get a reaction out of the crowd with Tazz's immediate choke out.
Match #2 7/10 Randy Orton vs. Kurt Angle
This was a decent wrestling match which pitted two phenomenal competitors face to face not delivering their best. What upset me most was the slow pace that Orton seemed to dictate throughout the match. In response to what Ikepoiyen668894 said about the fans, I think it simply pisses him off knowing that ECW fans actually care about and are paying attention to what is going on in the ring while WWE-fans sound half asleep during 95% of the shows all year long! God forbid there's an interactive crowd!! Anyway, the adjustment to the 18x18 ring didn't help these two wrestlers either.
Match #3 9/10 F.B.I. vs. Super Crazy and Tajiri
No, this is not what you get on Smackdown every week because if WWE officials ever caught Super Crazy doing a Moonsault to the outside on a regular televised Smackdown program, he would probably be fired! This was a phenomenal wrestling match with all 4 competitors dishing out unique and interesting holds as well as great high-impact wrestling. Crowd, once again, made this match even better by showing tremendous respect for the in-ring skills of these men and their appreciation for great submission as we actually heard an "ECW" chant for the double Tarantula submission. Only disappointment was not seeing Super Crazy do a balcony dive.
Match #4 9/10 Rey Mysterio vs. Sabu
A dream match it was, and had everything gone through smoothly and didn't end the way it did we probably would have had a perfect 10 here. These two wrestled a great match and, no, Sabu, with his excelled amateur wrestling background and top-notch training from the legendary original Shiek, is not just a glorified stuntman but a willful warrior who makes sacrifices for the only people who count; the fans. The crowd was obviously against Mysterio but showed respect for him when he deserved it, again just more proof that these fans actually care about and respect wrestling.
Match #5 10/10 Mick Foley, Edge, and Lita vs. Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer, and Beulah
This match is the definition of hardcore. It's probably one of the best hardcore matches we've seen this decade. Here we see 4 men who give a damn, and two gorgeous women who are there to back them! This was all-around fantastic entertainment and the ending was perfect. Edge truly is the Rated-R Superstar, and the rest of them have been there and done that in ECW wrestling and showed just why they still deserve to be there. My heart goes out to Terry Funk who has now evolved from middle-aged and crazy to quite simply old-aged and psychotic!
Match #6 5/10 Balls Mahoney vs. Masato Tanaka
It really sucks that management decided Tanaka should be punished instead of rewarded for his show-stealing performance last year against Mike Awesome. This match started off great and ended the way WWE would end it.
Eugene meets Sandman 4/10
Eugene was annoying and it was nice to see Sandman beat the crap out of him, but the fact that Sandman has new music and didn't wrestle a match on an ECW PPV is incredibly disappointing.
Match #7 3/10
This was an awful match as John Cena really limited RVD to doing what Mr. PPV does on PPV! John Cena is god-awful and might be the single worst wrestler that ever lived. It was great to see RVD win as he really deserves it, but it's a shame this match ever took place in the ECW. The ECW fans gave Cena what he deserved, hopefully more arenas will recognize this in the future.
Skyscraper Symphony (1929)
Spectacular
"Skyscraper Symphony" is such a unique perspective by filmmaker Robert Florey on the emotions that can be created by the precense of New York City skyscrapers. Their mass and bulk are truly astonishing and Florey captures this in the most captivating fashion, utilizing angles and ideas for cinematography and editing that weren't used till decades later. It's silent, it's short, and it's a masterpiece. This one is hard to get a hold of though. Perhaps the only way it can be seen is if one were to order TCM's "More Treasures From American Film Archives." And even that is very expensive, so if anybody can find out how it's possible to see just this film, put up a post and let us all know. It's a great piece and should not be forgotten in history.