ECW III: Six Days and Counting

Backlash is really turning out to be a major Pay-Per-View Event.

In his final ECW Match, the loudmouth Dolph Ziggler took on The Phenom, The Undertaker.  While many expected this Main Event Match to be a warm-up Match for The Deadman, it proved to be just the opposite as it was actually Ziggler that picked up the win.  After about fifteen minutes of back and forth fighting, The Deadman looked to put Ziggler away with a Chokeslam.  After The Deadman hit the Chokeslam, Jack Swagger came out to the ringside area and taunted him.  Taker exited the ring and nailed Swagger with a Left Hand.  As The Phenom went to finish the match, Swagger blasted him with a Right Hand before throwing him in the ring.  This allowed Ziggler to hit a Schoolboy Pin and pick up the biggest victory of his career before heading over to Smackdown.

"The Fighting Irishman" Finlay informed Josh Matthews that he planned on winning the Battle Royal and winning the ECW Championship for the first time in his career.  Will Finlay's plans work out?

John Morrison's final match on ECW was Zack Blaze's first match on ECW.  Blaze, trained by Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, went toe-to-toe with Morrison, and ended up defeating "The Shaman of Sexy" after a mid-air Roundhouse Kick followed by a Corkscrew Flip from the top rope.  Zack Blaze definitely has a positive future ahead of him.

"The Ultimate Opportunist" Edge paid a visit to ECW to make a speech about the Tri-Branded Battle Royal.  He was interrupted by his former "associate" Zack Ryder, who informed Edge and the WWE Universe that he wants to make a name for himself in ECW.  Edge said he was going to win the Battle Royal, but Ryder informed him that that was impossible because he was going to win it.  Edge slapped Ryder and a brawl ensued between the two.  After the commercial, "The Rated-R Superstar" demanded that ECW General Manager Theodore Long make a match between Edge and Ryder, and Long did just that.  Ryder came very close to victory, but a reversed STO caused Ryder to crash into the Referee and temporarily take the Official out.  Edge took advantage of the opportunity and hit Ryder with the Intercontinental Championship Belt before pinning him to win the match.