ECW One Night Stand 2005 (Wrestling Review)

A short but sweet start to the PPV. Storm looked great for not having wrestled in a while. The typical fast back and forth action you’d expect from these two. Keeping it under 10 minutes meant it never slowed down much and the crowd was behind it. 

3 / 5

Moonsault from the balcony was fantastic. A six minute match that was super fast paced and fun but almost too chaotic for its time. Hard to follow at times due to everything happening. 

2.75 / 5

Another quick fun match. Both guys got their stuff in quickly before RVD jumped in to help Sabu. Crowd was super into it and gave everyone a little chance to shine some. 

2.75 / 5

 A match that I thought I’d like a lot more but didn’t. Slower paced than everything else but still good. You wouldn’t expect anything else from these two though. At 10 minutes it was a faster match than these two would normally go for. 

2.5 / 5

10 minutes of Awesome and Tanaka trying their best to break each other in half or crack each others skulls. A fantastic match and by far the best of the night. One I revisit and think of often. This was hard hitting, little actual wrestling, and instead just these two forces of nature doing their best to wreck the other. 

4.5 / 5

 Before the match a few other teams come out to some pops from the crowd and get everything started with some quick spots. Once the match begins we get 4 ECW faces fighting which doesn’t matter because this was a physical match that had the crowd cheering for everything. All 4 guys gave it their all here with tons of crazy spots. Dreamer bled like a pig here and the flaming table spot was vicious. This match showcased ECW and their style perfectly. 

4 / 5