Though I was young, I had already grown very attached to the company. So, when WWE announced a one night revival for the company in the arena I saw them live at, I was stoked. I remember this show being an incredible nostalgia trip, while also very enjoyable from an in-ring perspective.
Though originally intended as a one time thing, the show was so successful, they ran it again and reopened their own version of ECW. The show exclusively featured former ECW wrestlers in action. Joey Styles was introduced and walked out to the old ECW theme.
Foley played up to the evening, wearing a Cactus Jack shirt and coming out to that theme. Chris Jericho vs. This opened in perfect fashion, as they exchanged quick offense and had a classic ECW standoff.
Oh, ECW fans. Great offense from Storm, including a beautiful dropkick and stalling vertical suplex. He also showed off athleticism with a leap to the top, only to get hit with a dropkick to the back of the head. Storm caught Jericho with a sweet superkick for a great near fall.
They began trading their signature submissions until Jason and Justin Credible ran in. Jericho stopped them and rolled up Storm. The kick out sent Jericho right into a cane shot from Credible that gave Storm the win in This is one of my favorite openers ever. Great action and stuff that perfectly fit the wrestlers and characters in front of the right crowd. Plus, we got an Impact Players moment and I always really liked them. The fans continued to chant for Candido, who had only passed away a little over a month earlier, at the young age of Super Crazy vs.
