Review:-Show begins with Matt Striker and Josh Matthews who is returning to live broadcasts after Tazz left quietly last week. Apparently, Todd Grisham is temporarily on Smackdown with "Good Ole JR."
- ECW General Manager Theodore Long comes out (*Note: He should bring back his old catchphrase,"That's tabernacle" because well.....that's tabernacle!) He addresses Vickie Guerrero's decision to stay on RAW and the void as General Manager she leaves on Smackdown. As could be expected, he then said he was moving to Smackdown with his assistant GM Tiffany taking over the reigns on ECW. Out comes the new GM Tiffany followed by ECW Champion Jack Swagger. He basically says 'don't mess with me.' She says that he might not be here after the draft (how could she possibly know that), and that he should be worried about the next challenger for his ECW strap. Tiffany furthered by saying that an "elimination chase" would be conducted to determine his challenger at Backlash (*Note: the "chase" consists of a four way, three way, and one-on-one matches, each occuring in consecutive weeks with the loser getting eliminated, the winner of the final match is the challenger.) The "chase" compeitors are as follows: Finlay, Tommy Dreamer, Mark Henry, and Christian.
- The Colons (Carlito and Primo) and Evan Bourne def. Tyson Kidd, The Miz, and John Morrison in 14 minutes. Bourne hit the "Shooting Star Press" on Kidd for the win. It was a solid match and Bourne/Kidd is a nice match that you would actually expect to take place in ROH not WWE. Unified Tag Champs The Colons edged out Miz & Morrison for the third straight time.
- Main Event: "Elimination Chase": In around 10 minutes, Mark Henry was eliminated from the chase by Finlay who advances along with Christian and Dreamer. Finaly decked Henry with the shillelagh to get the pin. Decent match that served its purpose. A three-way will be the main event next week.
Reaction: Overall a nice, round show. Matthews' return on live vocals was quite good. They've got him with Striker who fits him much better than Bill DeMott did on Velocity years ago. ECW has some really nice talent, young and old. Everybody is treated like a main-eventer and rightfully so because there are very few rough spots on the roster, other than the new GM. Tiffany as GM isn't that bad, though as ECW General Manager is essentially an obsolete position. On a last note, it was good that they booked only the two matches which allowed them to run their due time. However, if the Wrestlemania recaps would've been nixed, another match could've fit easily. Their talent was really streched last night, though. The only stars not used were DJ Gabriel, Paul Birchall, and Ricky Ortiz.
Rating: As according to ECW standards, 3.5 out of 5.
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