Reported By Patrick W. Boucher on Nov 5, 2008 - 3:39:02 AM

[Q1] The opening video aired and fireworks lit up the stage. Todd Grisham and Matt Striker welcomed us to the show. Striker said it was an "Election Day special ECW." Actually, the show and the election both just take place on Tuesdays...

1. Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely in a non-title match in 5:16. Grisham pointed out that Chavo Guerrero has not been seen since his casket match with The Undertaker on Smackdown. I hope that thing has oxygen being pumped through it. Bam has a JBL-like tummy going on.

Bam showed some life after a putting a well placed kick into the lower back of Hardy. He continued to work on the lumbar region. Hardy went for a high crossbody but Bam caught him and hit a "swinging Bossman slam" according to Striker. Nice to see they named that. You could have called it a swinging Side Effect.

Hardy regained the advantage in the match and hit about eight moves in a row. Hardy hit a jumping tornado DDT from the middle rope for the two count. Neely quickly recovered and hit a superplex for a nearfall. Neely looked like he was trying another superplex, but Hardy hit a Twist of Fate out of nowhere for the win...

Finlay and Hornswoggle's music hit and they made their way out to confront Hardy... [C]

Coming back from the break, Finlay told Hardy that while he has taken on all comers since becoming the ECW Champion, he has never faced Finlay one-on-one. Finlay challenged Hardy and Hardy said he knew this day was coming. Mark Henry's music hit and he came out with Tony Atlas.

[Q2] Henry said Finlay would not take his title shot. Finlay told Henry no one wanted to see him get another title shot because if they did, Henry would have received more than four votes at Cyber Sunday. Funny. Finlay said Henry and Atlas voted for Henry. Hardy said he did too. Funnier.

Teddy Long came out to the stage and informed us Matt Hardy would defend the ECW Title next week against the winner of tonight's main event of Finlay vs. Mark Henry. Henry looked very pleased...

A video aired for the return of The Boogeyman... [C]

I like how they have a countdown clock; not for Wrestlemania itself, but for when you can buy Wrestlemania tickets. Unofficially, the countdown clock for the next episode of Dot Net Weekly is at 39 hours...

2. Ricky Ortiz defeated Jon Davis in 1:18. Striker pointed out that Davis was trained by Dory Funk Jr. Nice. I am embarrassed to write this, but Ortiz won the match with "The big O; the climax of the match" splash...

A commercial aired for "WWE Authentic Wear." These shirts resemble those tight ones that guys wear to the clubs. I am sure some young college guy wearing a Triple H shirt gets all of the ladies...

Some ridiculous graphic was shown about how WWE beat college football on ESPN by 150%. Whatever...

[Q3] Jack Swagger came out to the ring to deliver a promo. Man, you could fold this guy's tongue into an origami swan. Swagger reminded us of the night Tommy Dreamer became the respected man he is today (or was in the original ECW); when The Sandman repeatedly beat him with a Singapore Cane and Tommy kept asking for more.

Swagger then showed us the old ECW Title and said Tommy was old too. He said Tommy was ECW Champion for less time than tonight's show has been on the air. That is very true. Swagger then held up a picture of Beulah McGillicutty. Funny; we talked about her on the Forum today. For the record, I called Beulah the most beautiful and sexy woman in the history of professional wrestling.

Swagger told us that Beulah was "Tommy's in ring girlfriend and out of ring wife." They have two beautiful twin daughters, but since Tommy was a loser, the kids would grow up to be losers too. He said they could look up to him. Dreamer could not sit back any longer and ran down to spoil the party. He chased Swagger off with the Singapore Cane...

Striker plugged tonight's main event... [C]

Footage aired of last night's very good cage match with Chris Jericho regaining the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista. A Survivor Series graphic of Jericho vs. Cena was shown. The match graphics are pretty cool; they have the picture and silhouettes in the background...

[Q4] 3. Finlay (with Hornswoggle) defeated Mark Henry (with Tony Atlas) in 14:54 to become the number one contender for the ECW Championship. Grisham made an obvious statement and Striker said the following: "I feel like I am sitting next to Susan St. James at Wrestlemania 2." Striker is a historical machine. I cannot even begin to describe how funny that was. If you understood it, you know what I am talking about.

The first few minutes of the match were slow and plodding. In a cool spot, Finlay tried a clubbing closeline but Henry blocked it like you would a punch in a boxing match. He then grounded Finlay with a huge closeline of his own... [C]

Henry worked extensively on the left shoulder and arm of Finlay, who sold it like a pro. Finlay turned the tides and worked on the leg of Henry. Henry quickly regained the advantage and threw Finlay to the floor. Finlay knocked out Tony Atlas. Finlay scored a nearfall after Hornswoggle distracted Henry by jumping at him from the top rope. The referee was busy with Tony Atlas.

Henry chased Hornswoggle around the ring and was met by Finlay. He disposed of him. Henry threw both Finlay and Hornswoggle into the ring. He tried a splash but both men moved out of the way. The referee tried to get Hornswoggle out of the ring and yes, you guessed it, Finlay hit Henry with the shillegleh for the win...