ECW Review, 4/14

I'm tired of coming up with alternate names for the new not-so-ECW, so we're just gonna go with little e, CW. eCW.

First up we have John Morrison going against Evan Bourne. Early on the announcers keep talking about how Morrison will adjust to life as a singles wrestler. Um, did we forget the four-month reign as Intercontinental Champ? Or how about the solid run he had as eCW Champ? I mean, that's gotta be one of my biggest pet peeves with wrestling: the lack of long term memory. I'm not saying we need a history lesson every week, but come on.

Good back and forth match, really fast paced. That's what I really love about this newer crop of guys: rarely ever are there slow periods in matches. Morrison gets the win after a Moonlight Drive from the turnbuckle, and oh, hey, yeah he can wrestle by himself. Morons.

Vladimir Kozlov makes his eCW debut next, against some poor local jobber. I give it 45 seconds. Nope, 1:03. Oh, yay, he's gonna speak... something about him dominating eCW (at least until creative finds some storyline for him on one of the big shows).

Man, I want that WWE Encyclopedia.

Triple threat match next, in which the loser gets eliminated from the eCW Championship Chase. I suppose I'd like to see Christian get the push, although I really want him on another brand. Anybody but Finlay, really. Well, there goes Tommy Dreamer, doesn't look like he's accomplishing that goal of winning the eCW Title before his contract runs up in June. Guess WWE is trying to kill off ECW completely.

That's it, short, but two solid matches. I think Kozlov is just wasting away here and taking away screen time from guys like Swagger, Tyson Kidd and DJ Gabriel, but that's just me.