ECW December to Dismember :2 years ago WWE had a good idea- a one night only PPV featuring the stars of the now defunct ECW in a special PPV event.Between the PPV buys and the sales of the DVD -WWE went ahead with a second PPV- which was fine- although it lacked the one night only luster of the first.Of course Vinny Mac felt the need to capture this buzz and manages to convince the sci-fi network to carry his retooled ECW brand.Things start to go sour- first Rob Van Dame the extremist that first mentioned the ECW One Night Stand concept and the most successful and over of the ECW champs and the ECW/WWE champ gets pulled over with pot(not a huge surprise for a grappler featured in High Times magazine).So WWE decides to strip him of the belt - and decide to import the Big Show to the ECW to be champ- this enrages the hardcore ECW fans-which leads to an infamous match in NYC - where the fans belittle the product during the main event of a live broadcast- chanting "change the channel" and "TNA" during the awkward main event of the ECW show.This all leads to this turd of a DVD- the second ECW brand PPV this year and the first utilizing the extremists of the minor league brand of the WWE corporation.Going into this PPV - only 2 matches were announced- a one night only tag team reunion between the Hardy Boys and MnM and the 6 man extreme elimination chamber match for the ECW strap.The opening tag-team match had some good spots and got the crowd into the event.Sadly things go from bad to worse- we are told that Sabu is injured and won't compete- which is fine - I guess- except he is featured in the cover art of the DVD.Either way after one match- there is a lot of time to fill-so we get a retread of what is on the ECW TV show- no special matches- just the roster full of folks that aren't charismatic or talented enough to be featured on Smackdown or Raw.After and hour plus of sub-par matches- it is time for the main event.The 6 man extreme elimination chamber- featuring crowd favorites RVD and CM Punk and Bobby Lashley and a heel contingent.Sure there are some nasty spots throughout the main event - but a match featuring a huge cage,weapons ,3 legit headliners and tons of spots- still manages to enrage the crowd so much that they are chanting "change the channel" and"TNA(a rival rasslin' league).The DVD does include extra interviews and a rematch between 2 of the wrestlers the following Tuesday.Not worth getting unless you are a collector or masochist. D- Jobber Joe -Roundtable Wrestling Radio

Truly trulet awful. This event was one of the worse WWE have ever put on. I just can't believe Vince McMahon let it happen...then again this is the man who gave us King of The Ring 1995 and the World Bodybuilding Federation. It was just terrible beyond belief. Living in England I got this for free on Sky Sports so I stayed up to watch it...how terrible a move it was for me. OK so after match one The Hardyz vs. MNM which was a poor effort from both teams (but turned out to be the best match of the night) expectations were not so high. I was hoping that the main event would be good as my favourite wrestler is Sabu. Oh hang on whats this.... Sabu is injured....and who's his replacement....Not So Hardcore Holly. I respect Holly. I think his comeback from a life threatening illness was very brave of him but that dosen't make him a good wrestler. OK next match. Matt Striker vs. Balls Mahoney in a Strikers Rules Match. Strikers Rules basically means crap. Mahoney won in a poor match. This was followed by 3 awful matchs Sylvester Terkay and Elijah Burke def. The F.B.I., Daivari def. Tommy Dreamer...awful the worst...then Kevin Thorn and Aerial def. Kelly Kelly and Mike Knox, all four fighters looked terrible. Paul Heyman came out and put on a brave face for the cameras but you could tell he was gobsmacked at how crap it was. Finally the Extreme Elimination Chamber which turned into the RVD Show. He was third eliminated and it just went downhill from there. Winner and new ECW Champ Bobby Lashley. Paul Heyman looked gutted and disgusted and it looked like he meant it and it just wasn't for kayfabe. Shocked and appalled at the new ECW Heyman walked out on WWE the next week. Good on Paul. ECW hopefully will be cancelled in the next month or so. It so bad...

December to Dismember was/is by far the worst Pay Per View that the WWF/WWE has done. Let down by crap feuds, strange commentery from Tazz and Joey Styles and a weird speech cut by Paul Heyman this was a proper shambles. The best match was between The Hardyz and MNM but WWE put these two teams on the card because they realised that the card stank even before it got aired.The Elimination Chamber Match was supposed to have Sabu taking part, but WWE shot a p*ss poor angle were we meant to believe that Hardcore Holly had attacked Sabu backstage which was met by chants of "bull s*it" from the crowd.Joel Ross and Simon Rothstein from The Sun (www.thesun.co.uk) conducted an interview with Paul Heyman about this fiasco and Heyman stated that his original plan was to have CM Punk defeat The Big Show with the Anaconda Vice to lift the ECW Championship which meant perfect sense right? Well not in the eyes of Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn, as we all know they wanted muscle man Bobby Lashley to lift the gold which he did, some fans actually turned their backs on Lashley when he won and rumour has it Rob Van Dam's wife Sonia was one of these fans.And what gets me is that McMahon has fired Paul Heyman for this but McMahon is the one who makes all the decisions about PPV outcomes. Results from the show: The Hardy Boyz defeated MNM in a thrilling match.... Daivari defeated Tommy Dreamer in a boring match.... Balls Mahoney defeated Matt Striker in a mediocre match.... Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay defeated The FBI in a crap squash.... Kevin Thorn and Ariel defeated Mike Knox and Kelly Kelly in a p*ss poor match which was the worst match of 2006.... Bobby Lashley won the ECW championship defeating Test, Rob Van Dam, Hardcore Holly, Big Show and CM Punk in a poor Elimination Chamber match.Overall Grade - E

I have to tell you, I was looking forward to this event for weeks, mainly because of the huge main event, The Extreme Elimination Chamber. Well I can tell you this, I was shocked. I was shocked at how poor this event was. It's definitely up there with the Great American Bash and Cyber Sunday as worst ppv of the year. Well here are the match results from DTD: Match 1:The Hardy Boyz vs. MNM. This match was very impressive. In my opinion, this was the best match of the night. They were at it for nearly thirty minutes!!! I normally hate tag team matches, but I was enthralled with this one. The Hardyz won when Jeff delivered a swanton bomb to both Mercury and Nitro. Winners: The Hardy BoyzMatch 2:Matt Striker vs. Balls Mahoney. This match showed just what was wrong with this ppv. Only two matches were on the card until the day of the event. This match did not deserve to be on any card for any ppv. It was absolutely abysmal to say the least. Mahoney won, but no-one seemed to care. Winner: Balls MahoneyMatch 3:Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay vs. The FBI. Wow. This match was incredible. I couldn't believe how.....AWFUL THIS WAS. It was just an excuse for Burke and Terkay to beat the snot out of the FBI, who in my opinion deserve better than this. Winners: Burke and TerkayMatch 4:Tommy Dreamer vs. Daivari (with the Great Khali). I'm beginning to get bored telling you how bad these matches are, but this took the status for worst match of the night. In true WWE style, Dreamer lost by getting rolled up and having the tights pulled. Considering this is supposed to be Extreme wrestling, getting rolled up is a ridiculous way to end a match. Khali beat the hell out of Dreamer at the end, but I lost interest. Winner:DaivariMatch 5:Mike Knox and Kelly Kelly vs. Kevin Thorn and Ariel. Another horrible match, can you notice a pattern?? Knox left his girlfriend at the mercy of the wannabe vampires. Kelly Kelly can't wrestle to save her life. Fact. Sandman interrupted the beating, and knocked the crap out of Thorn with his Singapore cane. That woke the crowd from it's coma. Winners:Thorn and ArielMatch 6:The Extreme Elimination Chamber. Sabu was originally supposed to be in this match. The fact that he was removed from this match and replaced by the mega star Bob Holly effectively killed it. Heyman made a big speech before the start of the match about ECW outliving Hogan and Flair. I think someone should slap some sense in to him after this catastrophic event. Anyway, RVD and Bob started the match. A dull five minutes. C.M Punk was then introduced with the weapon that was in his chamber, a steel chair. Before you knew it RVD was busted open above his left eye. Punk, the fan favourite was eliminated first by RVD to the five star frog splash. What the hell??? Bob soon followed after Test entered the match with a crowbar, and nailed Bob with the big boot. What happened next was another travesty. RVD was eliminated. Test placed the chair on RVD's head, went to the top of Big Show's chamber, and delivered a huge elbow drop on the chair. That just about killed the ECW faithful. Lashley was next in, he beat the hell out of Test by throwing him through two chambers, and hit him with a spear. Big Show was released last with a barbed wire baseball bat. The bat was not used at all. Show got busted open after clattering into the chain wall. He was then thrown through another chamber by the powerhouse. They got back in the ring for about two minutes, before Lashley won by spearing the big man. Lashley won, but the ECW fans were rightfully p****d off because of how this match panned out. Winner and new ECW champion: Bobby LashleyWell thats about it. A word of warning though. If you are a fan of ECW and you have not seen this event, then I suggest to you not to go anywhere near it. DTD is absolutely terrible. This event has practically put one of the final nails in ECW's coffin. Unless something drastic is done, we can once again, reluctantly, say goodbye to Extreme Championship Wrestling.