2/15/19: ECW Hardcore Happening #24

Interview:
Kamikaze interview

("Attack on the Shuttle" by Vince DiCola played as Callis led his Kamikaze
stable: Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji and KENTA to the ring to boos from
the crowd.)

Don Callis: Guilty As Charged has come and gone and in my opinion, the man that
is guilty in the court of Callis is still CM Punk. Punk, I can't personally
even believe that you got past the machine that is Takeshi Morishima, but alas
you did. Let's all give CM Punk a big round of applause...ok, that's enough.
Punk, you're not a champion and you never will be. Sure, you may be in
possession of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, but in the end, you're
nothing more than a safe keeper of that very strap of gold until the times
comes for the likes of the Kamikaze to strike and take what is theirs.

(The fans booed Callis.)

Don Callis: The topic of the hour is not ECW World Heavyweight Championship
gold, unfortunately. ECW UltraClash is on the horizon and Paul Heyman has put
together a Three Way Dance featuring CM Punk and Samoa Joe against Randy Orton
and Rhino against Umaga and Kamikaze's own Takeshi Morishima. The topic is a
potentially volatile one. Why in the world Takeshi Morishima is forced to tag
team with Umaga is beyond me. There's absolutely no telling from one moment to
the next what Umaga is going to do and Heyman tells us that Morishima is to
trust Umaga as his tag team partner. Bullshit is the response from this contingent. Heyman thinks he's clever. He's thinks he's cunning, but in the
end, all he's done is sealed the fate of the ECW World Heavyweight Champion,
because every man in the ring wants a piece of CM Punk, tag team partner or
not.

(Kamikaze left the ring to boos from the crowd.)

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Lance Storm pinned Jerry Lynn with the Deep Impact Piledriver in 0:20:05.
Rating: ****

Interview:
CM Punk interview

("Miseria Cantare - The Beginning" by AFI played as ECW World Heavyweight
Champion CM Punk came to the ring to more cheers than boos from the crowd.)

CM Punk: As previously stated by Don Callis, ECW UltraClash pairs me up with
Samoa Joe. It's not my choice and it's not Joe's choice, but in life, sometimes
things are the way they are for a reason and in this case, Joe and I teaming up
to fend off Takeshi Morishima, Umaga, Randy Orton and Rhino is fitting. Each
one of those men would gladly pick me up, drop me on my head and pin me; that
includes Samoa Joe.

("The Champ is Here" by Jadakiss played as Samoa Joe came to the ring to cheers
from the crowd.)

Samoa Joe: Punk, don't act like you wouldn't be deserving of being dumped on
your head by me. Punk, you put me through a lot of bullshit. I'm the one who
should be out here stating my case for being teamed with you, but I'm not. Why?
Because in the end, it's not going to matter. In the end, it's going to come
down to me and you, one on one for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and
I'll have free reign to drop you straight on your head, taking the title with
me.

CM Punk: That's a novel idea, but that's not part of the game come UltraClash.
Joe, we're tag team partners and partners have to co-exist to make it work. Joe, all I'm asking for is one night as a team and after that, I'll gladly
defend MY title against you.

(Joe put his hand out for Punk, who shook it and walked off.)

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Rhino pinned Jeff Hardy with the Gore in 0:15:59.
Rating: *****

KENTA pinned Mark Briscoe with the Go 2 Sleep in 0:20:18.
Rating: **** 1/4

Interview:
John Cena interview

("The Time is Now" by John Cena played as John Cena came to the ring to cheers
from the crowd.)

John Cena: Guilty As Charged should have the start of something big for The
Champ, but it wasn't. It wasn't, because MVP, Shelton Benjamin and Theodore
Long. We've got three on one. Three frightened, fearful, panic-stricken
assholes who know they can't seal the deal by themselves, so they come at me
all at once. MVP, I'd like to ask you one question. How does it feel to be a
coward? Really, it's an honest question. How does it feel to be a poser? Huh?
You flaunt yourself like some badass thug and then you fall back like a rapper
and have someone else do it for you. MVP, you're nothing, but a scared-ass
coward who can't stand toe to toe with me!

(As Cena concluded his sentence, MVP, Benjamin and Long hit the ring. MVP and
Benjamin doubled teamed Cena and began beating him down. Frankie Kazarian hit
the ring and came to the aid of Cena. Cena and Kazarian fended-off MVP and
Benjamin, sending them to the aisle way with Long and eventually backstage.
Cena and Kazarian shook hands as the fans cheered.)

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Umaga pinned Christopher Daniels with the Samoan Spike in 0:15:07.
Rating: ****

Extreme Horsemen (Randy Orton and C.W. Anderson) defeated CM Punk and Matt Hardy when Anderson
pinned M. Hardy with the Anderson Spinebuster in 0:25:08.
Rating: *** 1/2

Samoa Joe and Jay Briscoe defeated
Kamikaze (Naomichi Marufuji and Takeshi Morishima) when J. Briscoe pinned
Marufuji with the J-Driller in 0:32:41.
Rating: **** 1/4


(Card rating: ****)



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ECW Hardcore Happening #24
February 15, 2019
Event #55

-During the event, the card for ECW UltraClash 2019 was announced:

*ECW World Tag Team Championship match: The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. Kamikaze (Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA
*CM Punk & Samoa Joe vs. Takeshi Morishima & Umaga vs. Extreme Horsemen (Randy Orton & Rhino)
*Ken Kennedy & Necro Butcher vs. Bryan Danielson & Davey Richards
*Extreme Horsemen (Jerry Lynn & C.W. Anderson) vs. The Hardy Boyz (Jeff & Matt Hardy)
*Montel Vontavious Porter & Shelton Benjamin vs. John Cena & Frankie Kazarian
*Lance Storm vs. Christopher Daniels