ECW One Night Stand 2006

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ECW One Night Stand 2006
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Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand	Extreme Championship Wrestling
Date	June 11, 2006
Venue	Hammerstein Ballroom
City	New York City, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
Judgment Day 2006	ECW One Night Stand 2006	Vengeance 2006

ECW One Night Stand 2006 was a pay-per-view event promoted by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York on June 11, 2006. This event featured former wrestlers from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, whose holdings WWE purchased in bankruptcy court. The event was announced by Paul Heyman and Tazz at a house show in Long Island, New York on February 18, 2006. Paul Heyman and Tommy Dreamer booked the event and were in complete control of the ECW PPV this year, however all ideas had to be run by Vince McMahon before the final product hit the airwaves. WWE claimed that tickets for the event sold out within 90 minutes on April 15, 2006.

The event was criticized for the fact that the roster available for the show was very limited, due to some big-name ECW alumni (such as Raven, Shane Douglas, Rhino, and the Dudley Boyz) being signed to contracts with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). However, Paul Heyman has said that there were no issues in regards to getting enough talent to appear at the PPV.

The One Night Stand DVD was released on July 11, 2006, and features the WWE vs. ECW Battle Royal from WWE vs. ECW- Head to Head, post-show comments from fans, and the opening segment from the premier edition of ECW on Sci-Fi as extras. It also comes with a second disc, featuring the first ever ECW pay-per-view, ECW Barely Legal.

[edit] Match results

Tazz def. Jerry "The King" Lawler (0:31)
- Lawler gets choked out by the Tazzmission after interference from Joey Styles
Kurt Angle def. Randy Orton (15:09)
- Randy Orton tapped out to the Ankle Lock
The FBI (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) def. Tajiri and Super Crazy (12:25)
- Tony Mamaluke pinned Tajiri after a Double Fisherman Buster
- After the match, the Big Show came in and attacked The FBI, Tajiri and Super Crazy.
World Heavyweight Championship Match: World Champion Rey Mysterio vs. Sabu ends in a no contest (9:11)
- Sabu nailed Mysterio with a Triple Jump DDT through a table on to the floor. Dr. Ferdinand Rios came out and called off the match.
Mick Foley, Edge & Lita def. Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer & Beulah McGillicutty (18:47)
- Edge pinned Beulah McGillicutty following a Spear
- This match was changed from Tag Team Match into Mixed Tag Team Match.
Balls Mahoney def. Masato Tanaka (5:02)
- Balls Mahoney pinned Masato Tanaka after a steel chair shot.
WWE Championship Match: Rob Van Dam def. John Cena to win the WWE/ECW Championship. (20:39)
- Edge speared John Cena through a table while the referee was knocked out and Rob Van Dam nailed the 5-Star Frog Splash to become the WWE/ECW Champion; Paul Heyman counted the pinfall.
- Despite Paul Heyman saying either World Championship win would be rechristened the ECW World Championship, the event ended with the announcers saying Rob Van Dam must defend against Edge at WWE Vengeance.
- Announcer Joey Styles referred to Van Dam as the WWE/ECW Champion. The One Night Stand results page on ECW.com also used this name.

All the superstars that entered first to the ring won their match, Tazz, FBI, Mick & Edge, Balls Mahoney and RVD enter before their opponents with the exception of Kurt Angle. Orton came out first.