ECW One Night Stand 2005 (2005)

Absolutely amazing

The first must-see film of the year.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Let me say that this is the best Pay Per View of 2005 because it marks the reunion with all those who helped ECW get to where it was at in the 1990s return in 2005 for a great big event.The matches were just a pure classic each match has something that make it worth watching.Also great cameos from legends like Stone Cold Steve Austin and all the legends of Extreme Championship Wrestling like ECW Hottest women Francine and Beulah Mcgillicutty.Also ECW One Night Stand show some of the classic moments from ECW Past.Now on to the matches each match is worth watching on this pay per view.1.Lance Storm with Dawn Marie vs Chris Jericho. The match shows how well both Storm and Jericho can work good matches as they both always put on great matches in their careers. The match is a great opening match and a lot of great spots. Justin Credible makes a Cameo in this match.Final Rating: 9 out of 102.Super Crazy vs Tajiri with The Sinster Minister and Mikey Whipwreck vs Little Guido with the FBIA great triple threat match with a lot of great high flying moves in this battle.Final Rating 8 out of 103.Rey Misterio vs Psychosis. Another reason why fans of ECW shows were always into the matches was because Rey and Psychosis and others put on a lot of great wrestling matches. This match was no different this is a great match to watch with two legends.Final Rating 8 out of 104.Sabu with Bill Alfonso vs Rhyno. This match came up during Rob Van Dam shoot promo about how much it hurts him that he was not going to be able to wrestle on the card. Rhyno gored RVD only for Sabu to come out.The match is just as wild as Sabu is always know for having wild matches in wrestling. Final Rating 8 out of 105.Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero. Two men that always work well together in the ring no matter who they face or face each other.Final Rating 8 out of 106.Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka. Listen to Joey Styles on this match is wild because Mike Awesome was known for walking out on ECW with the title. Overall a good match.Final Rating 7 out of 107.The Dudley Boyz vs The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer. This is the main event and it was a great way to end the show and a lot of wrestlers like the Blue World Order made cameos along with Kidd Kash, Francine,Beulah Mcgillicutty and the Impact Players and Spike Dudley.The match show how extreme ECW got every night at all their shows. They use about everything you could image. The match had one of the best finishes in a match ever.Then after the show the ECW stars beat up the Raw and Smackdown guys who were at the show.So overall I'm glad to say that this is the best Pay Per View of 2005 and should be watched by all fans of Wrestling.I give ECW One Night Stand 2005 a 9 out of 10

This was a FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT, UNBELIEVABLE PPV! I LOVED everything about this PPV, and I just hope McMahon does another one, one day.Joey Styles was clearly emotional as he entered the ring at the beginning, and he shouted the famous catch phrase "Oh, My God!" The fans were shouting "Joey!" and "ECW, ECW!" Match one kicked off as Lance Storm took on 'Lionheart' not 'Y2J!' Chris Jericho in a fantastic battle. The Lance Storm and Dawn Marie partnership brought back fond memories. This was a fantastic technical battle, and that's a shame when you think about it because WWE will not allow Jericho to use this kind of wrestling in the WWE. Storm won when Justin Credible hit Jericho with a kendo stick. All perfectly legal! Next up one of the best Cruiswerweight matches I have seen in my 13 years as a wrestling fan, Yoshiro Tajiri took on Little Guido and Super Crazy in a crazy match! Highlights included Super Crazy jumping off the balcony onto Guido and The FBI! and Mikey Whipwreck took Little Guido out with a neck breaker off the top rope! Crazy won this amazing battle! Even though this was good, it featured too much interference from Mikey Whipwreck and The Sinister Minister and was 6 minutes long. Then the Smackdown! invaders which consisted of JBL, Kurt Angle, The Basham Brothers, Carlito, Matt Morgan and Orlando Jordan 'invaded' the arena. The fans shouted " You suck d*cks" and Angle shouted back " Yes I got that off your mothers!" This was brilliant and then RVD's music hit the arena as he made his way out with Bill Alfonso! RVD's mic skills were ace during this, as he said things like "Remember when I had a vocabulary?!" and " This is EC f*ckin W!" But then Rhyno ran in and gored RVD out of his boots until the fans shouted "Sabu, Sabu!" The lights went out and there he was the man himself! The match was on, Rhyno vs Sabu, this was a fantastic battle, which saw RVD getting involved despite his injured leg. He hit Rhyno with a Van Terminator, and this caused Sabu to jump on top off Rhyno on a table for the win! Brilliant! Next up Rey Mysterio battled Psycosis. It wasn't that good. It featured a sleeper hold from Psycosis which was booed and a non ECW move 619 which was also booed. Mysterio won. Then Eddie Guerrero battled Chris Benoit in a fantastic battle. Benoit won with the cross face. One funny moment during this match was when half the arena shouted "Lets go Benoit" whilst the other half shouted " Lets go Eddie!" LOL! Next up I just could not believe my luck. Mike Awesome took it to Masato Tanaka in a cracking battle. To be honest this was probably the best match of the night. Awesome flew out of the ring onto Tanaka, he powerbombed Tanaka out of the ring onto a table and powerbombed him again on a collapsed table in the ring! Awesome won, and the fans loved this match up, and so did I! This match was...... Awesome! Then the main event took place as the Dudley Boyz took on The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer in a blood filled match. The fans were all over The Sandman who whacked his head several times with beer cans! This was hardcore, bloody and damn right dangerous! They used cheese graters, kendo sticks and even put Tommy Dreamer through a FLAMMIN TABLE! for the win! Then at the end, the Raw and Smackdown! invaders got in the ring and had a BIG fight with the whole of the ECW locker room. But the story was that JBL actually beat up The Blue Meanie for real during the brawl. Then they all beat the crap out of Bischoff, and they all drank beers! Thank you Paul Heyman, Thank you Vince McMahon and thank you to all the wrestlers who made this very special.The only real disappointments on the PPV were Mick Foley's awful commentary. Even though Joey Styles was fantastic, Foley wasn't. It reminded me of Art Donovan at King of the Ring 1994, but old Art had an excuse he was meant to be clueless. Secondly the repeated camera shots of the Raw and Smackdown! invaders and thirdly a WWE version 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin coming to the ring. But these details aside this was awesome.A tribute video to those wrestlers who are no longer with us, was touching and upsetting, but thank you for showing this and making sure that are still not forgotten.Overall Grade A**

This is possibly the best PPV I have seen since WrestleMania X-Seven. I was never a 'fan' of ECW to say the least, because when I started watching wrestling again, ECW was over. 4 and a ½ years later we get an ECW re-union. I was looking forward to a PPV, which is something I haven't had since about Wrestlemania 19. There were some great moments and quotes from the shows by RVD, Paul Heyman and the awesome Joey Styles. The best moment of the show was the shoot (real life) promo by Heyman with quotes like "I have 2 words to say to you (Edge).. Matt Freakin Hardy", which what Matt got sacked for, Paul E. must have some balls to say. Joey's best quote was "That's gotta hurt more than being Simon Dean on TV! I know I'm sacked, I lasted one night!". Great matches were Tanaka-Awesome; Storm-Jericho and the main event for the balls the dudes had. Benoit-Guerrero was extremely poor for what they can do, but almost everything else was solid if a little short. If you want a re-union show. THIS is it. A very fun show for all the smarks to mark out for, and although we didn't get Raven, Stevie or RVD wrestling, this was a great show. ECW with a touch of WWE, but it was great!!

my thoughts.1.Lance storm with dawn Marie vs Chris Jericho.Great way to open the show lance storm gets the win in his last match.8.5/10 2. 3 way dance Tajiri vs Lil Guido vs super crazy. Another short match but it didn't need to be long they used the time they were given in this great match. super crazy does a crazy moon salt off the balcony on to the FBI. this match should open the company's eyes to there little guys.Lil Guido is pinned first then its down to tajiri and super crazy. super crazy wins with a beautiful moon salt off the ropes. 9/10.3.Rey vs Psicosis. Another short match that was great. This match had a lot of back and forth action in it. When psychosis doing a crazy leg drop on Rey while he was laying on the guardrail. A lot of high flying moves in this match. Rey even got booed for doing the 619 but he got the pin.9/10.Smackdown and raw invade. Jbl talks trash about the ecw fans calls himself a wrestling god. Kurt angle talks trash to. that promo was actually good. not to long just strait to the point.Rob comes out with bill Alfonzo and does a shoot about wee not giving him a chance on the Mic. And how he held the belt for a year. He basically tells the truth in his shoot promo. Rhyno comes out a takes out Rob. The lights go out and its Saba setting up the next match.4. Sabu vs Rhyno. THis match was short but it had a lot of good hardcore action including a hard chair shot from Saba. And tables getting involve in the match. Rob even kicks the chair in rhinos face. Sabu does a leg drop from the top rope with the chair underneath him while he puts rhino threw the table. 7/10 match because of the length but it was good for what it was.5. Paul hey-mans awesome shoot on the wee,edge,WC,and Eric brushoff. This is the best shoot I've ever heard. He also tells the truth. IN the shoot he shoots on edge saying he takes peoples wife's, and he says Matt freaking hardy. to a massive you screwed Matt chant.He says that Bradshaw was the champ for a year because triple h didn't want to work on smack down. And he said many things about Eric. Basically saying that this was Ec F****** W. 10/10 for the shoot fest.Match of the night-Mike awesome vs Tanaka- This match rules chant during the match. Need I say more. Tables,crazy dives,Hard shots with the chairs.Mike wins. 10/10.Second match of the night.THe Dudley boys vs sandman and dreamer. This match had everything. Tables,ladders,chairs,barbwire,cheese graters. And plus is had tons of interference in the match but that didn't hurt the match it actually made it better. THe ending was tommy going threw a Flaming table.Holy s*** chant rang threw the arena.At the end of the show. stone cold came out. And said he wanted it to be wee vs ecw. ecw won and beat the H*ll out of Eric brushoff. Stone cold drunk beer with sandman. Joey styles said-ECW's alive................ the show was great.Better than wrestlemania 21.