3/15/19: ECW Hardcore Happening #26

Interview:
CM Punk-Samoa Joe 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: Let's start first with the on-going situation between Randy Orton and
I. Orton, you won the Battle Royal. You pinned my shoulders at UltraClash.
Orton, you are the number one contender. You want your title shot, you come and
find me and take it. I'm not worried about looking over my shoulder. I'm not
worried about you or your Extreme Horsemen. Orton, you've got plenty to prove
to me and everyone else in ECW because I am the ECW World Heavyweight Champion
until I get beat for it. Now, moving on to Living Dangerously. At Living
Dangerously, it's Samoa Joe against CM Punk for my ECW World Heavyweight
Championship. Joe, UltraClash was a one time deal. We were a team for one night
and in the end, we failed as a team. Joe, it's not about that and it's not
about anything else, aside from the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

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

Samoa Joe: Punk, you're right, all this is about is the ECW World Heavyweight
Championship. It's your title as of right now, regardless of the bullshit you
went through to keep it. I don't forget about all of that and I'm not going to
go on and on out here. I'll save my energy for Living Dangerously and let my
thoughts be heard as I put you through the ring and become ECW World
Heavyweight Champion.

(Joe began to leave as Punk stood in his way.)

CM Punk: Joe, it's been you and I from the start and it's going to be you and I
until the end. You still don't seem to understand that it can only be you or I,
not both us. Joe, rest up for Living Dangerously, because I intend upon showing
you why I AM the ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

(Punk left the ring, leaving Joe staring out at him.)

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Necro Butcher pinned Frankie Kazarian after a tiger driver in 0:20:50.
Rating: **** 1/4

KENTA pinned Jerry Lynn with the Go 2 Sleep in 0:20:18.
Rating: *****

C.W. Anderson pinned Naomichi Marufuji with the Anderson Spinebuster in 0:23:41.
Rating: *** 1/4

Takeshi Morishima pinned Christopher Daniels with the Backdrop Driver in
0:34:41.
Rating: **** 3/4

Umaga and Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy)
when Tajiri pinned M. Hardy with the Brain Buster in 0:30:12.
Rating: **** 3/4


(Card rating: **** 1/2)

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ECW Hardcore Happening #26
March 15, 2019
Event #60

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

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