-LAST WEEK: CM Punk defeated ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero in a Gulf of Mexico match. I think this is the exact same video that they aired during the No Way Out 2008 pay-per-view.
-Chavo Guerrero comes out, and wwe.com exclusive video shows him being rescued from the Gulf of Mexico. He complains that after last week he has a sinus infection, migraines, an annoying rash (which he keeps scratching at and does show up on his neck), and that he was stung by a jellyfish. Chavo says he wants the title rematch against Punk to take place tonight, but ECW GM Armando Estrada comes out and says he can't allow it to happen, but CM Punk will get a "tune up" match against Mark Henry tonight.
-LAST WEEK: Joey Styles interviewed the returning Stevie Richards. He makes his in-ring return tonight.
-Match 1: Stevie Richards VS Rory Fox
-IIRC, Fox is the same guy that was on an old MTV special about wrestling, as he was having his first matches. Quick squash. Nice reaction for Stevie. Fox is very vocal in the ring. A bunch of kicks and the Stevie-T (double underhook into an elevated DDT) finish for Richards.
-Mark Henry video.
-Match 2: Kelly Kelly VS Layla (w/Lena Yada)
-Match is shockingly decent. Kelly tries headlocks while Layla comes back with arm work. Kelly fights back, and a flying cross body gets two. Rocker dropper finishes soon after. The crowd was hot for this show, and it's helping everything. The fact that this was better and given more time than the Divas get on RAW today helped a lot too.
-Match 3: Kofi Kingston VS Mike Knox
-Knox, who was at one point getting a push, gets less offense than the jobbers Kofi has beaten. Boom drop and a slightly botched Trouble in Paradise finish for Kofi.
-Match 4: WWE Tag Team Champion John Morrison (w/The Miz) VS Tommy Dreamer (w/Colin Delaney)
-Dreamer starts off with a fallaway slam and a clothesline on the floor, but a distraction by Miz allows Morrison to take control. Morrison misses a slingshot kick and crotches himself. Another Miz distraction allows Morrison to hit the flying Chuck/flash kick, but Dreamer counters the Moonlight Drive into the Dreamer DDT for the pin. Miz and Morrison dump Dreamer and demolish Delaney after the pin, finishing Colin with a Death Sentence (powerbomb/neckbreaker combo). Not bad.
-Mark Henry says his match with Punk isn't going to be a match...it's going to be a funeral. I would think he meant a murder, since someone has to be dead for there to be a funeral.
-Match 5: CM Punk VS Mark Henry
-Chavo Guerrero comes out before the match starts. Really short match as Henry overwhelms Punk with his power, but refuses to break a hold while Punk is in the ropes, and actually gets DQ'd for it. Punk manages to floor Henry with a couple kicks, then KO Chavo with the GTS afterward.
-FINAL THOUGHTS: Not much to say here, as it was all short matches. Nothing bad, nothing worth going out of your way to see either.
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