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The relaunch of ECW: photos
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John Cena defended his WWE Championship against Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand 2006.
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The event served as the starting off point for ECW as WWE's third brand.) ^3 A% n. F9 F, O
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Edge ran in and speared Cena out of his shoes.$ C& E& |$ J* O" G `% V
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3 U# {' e" y4 D. w' b2 @& ?, UPaul Heyman took advantage of ECW's extreme rules and counted the fall for RVD himself.* ~/ [9 L% M. W, v+ C' ~9 E
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+ N: d3 G+ Y! I4 Q$ IHeyman also declared RVD the ECW Champion on the first edition of ECW on Syfy.9 b9 F+ H5 p7 `; Q# \8 u7 U: W
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The ECW Originals celebrated with Rob Van Dam in the ring.
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0 C+ c: C% z$ r0 k* S/ kTommy Dreamer and Terry Funk teamed up with Beulah to take on Mick Foley, Edge and Lita.& _0 J! D8 X" V+ h
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$ P8 |; i3 o1 Q) v; F! RRob Van Dam's first challenge as ECW Champion came from Big Show, who was drafted to the new brand., _4 c3 ]( `" j" k L( d4 w9 S) \
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Heyman turned his back on Van Dam and helped The World's Largest Athlete capture the title.
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The Philadelphia crowd of original ECW fans pelted the new champion with garbage as he celebrated.
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$ j$ ^% m+ U6 b$ X+ [The ECW faithful chanted The Straight Edge Superstar's name from the moment he stepped into the ring.3 e% o- F: ?- |' K9 e9 V6 Z
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Punk flustered Justin Credible with hard-hitting strikes and an array of submission holds.
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The main event featuring ECW Champion Big Show taking on Batista wasn't as well-received.
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Fans got back into things when ECW Original Sabu attacked the giant champion.) @# x# g1 N( d) c0 b% G2 U
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- K8 O& O/ w2 n/ TECW got another chance on pay-per-view with December to Dismember 2006.
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+ q8 u; k" g' j4 r6 h% A) z% iFans were a little disheartened by the performance of ECW Originals on the show., W6 [* s5 j: w* ]& [6 j7 }8 j1 U
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! z; f0 R7 q% |* \Though Balls Mahoney was victorious in his match against Matt Striker, his compatriots weren't so successful.
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The ECW Original had to pay attention to Daivari and The Great Khali, who was at ringside.$ v/ Z+ X- \1 { w; N: Q( P
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3 w w6 v4 ]+ ^ EKelly Kelly hit the ring with her then-boyfriend, Mike Knox, to take on the frightening duo of Kevin Thorn and Ariel.
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Still fairly new to squared circle competition, Kelly was mismatched against the vampire woman.- L1 `$ e! g7 @5 u# F
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Kelly, who wished CM Punk luck in the evening's main event, was ditched by Knox.
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After Knox's abandoning, it was open season on Kelly. Ariel sealed the victory for her team.
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Rob Van Dam sought to regain his ECW Championship in the Extreme Elimination Chamber.
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Many thought CM Punk was the favorite to emerge with the championship.
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Hardcore Holly, Test, Bobby Lashley and Big Show were also trying to get hold of the ECW Title./ c0 H7 H6 I _ J
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