ECW One Night Stand (2005) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Writers:

Paul Heyman (writer)
Ed Koskey (writer)

Release Date:

12 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Reunion | Enemy | Cheese Grater | Chair

Cast

Paul Heyman	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
C.G. Afi	...	Tony Mamaluke
Bill Alfonso	...	Himself
Michael Alfonso	...	Mike Awesome
Kurt Angle	...	Himself
Steve Austin	...	Himself
Doug Basham	...	Himself
Chris Benoit	...	Himself
Eric Bischoff	...	Himself
Jeff Bradley	...	Dudley Dudley (archive footage)
Terry Brunk	...	Sabu
Charlie Bruzzese	...	Himself
Michael Bucci	...	Nova (also archive footage)
Ron Buffone	...	Himself
Chris Candido	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Cash	...	Kid Kash
Dionico Castellanos	...	Psicosis
Chris Chetti	...	Himself
Jonathan Coachman	...	Himself
Rob Conway	...	Himself (as Robert Conway)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge (as Edge)
Lou D'angeli	...	Sign Guy Dudley (archive footage)
Nancy Daus-Sullivan	...	Woman (archive footage)
Michael Depoli	...	Amish Roadkill
Shane Douglas	...	Himself (archive footage)
Anthony Durante	...	Pitbull #2 (archive footage)
Michael Durham	...	Johnny Grunge (archive footage)
Edward Farhat	...	The Original Sheik (archive footage)
Mick Foley	...	Himself
Francine Fournier	...	Herself (also archive footage) (as Francine)
Jim Fullington	...	The Sandman
Dory Funk Jr.	...	Himself (archive footage)
Terry Funk	...	Himself (archive footage)
Terry Gerin	...	Rhino
Joel Gertner	...	Himself
Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Eddie Guerrero	...	Himself
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio
Trisa Hayes	...	Beulah (as Beulah McGillicutty)
Brian Heffron	...	The Blue Meanie (also archive footage)
Dan Hollie	...	Danny Basham
Maven Huffman	...	Himself
Devon Hughes	...	D-Von Dudley (also archive footage)
Matt Hyson	...	Himself (as Spike Dudley)
Mike Iorio	...	Big Guido
Francisco Islas	...	Super Crazy
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Jason Knight	...	Himself
Brian Knighton	...	Axl Rotten
Tom Laughlin	...	Tommy Dreamer
John Layfield	...	Himself (as John Bradshaw Layfield)
Michael Lockwood	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark LoMonaco	...	Bubba Ray Dudley (as Bubba Ray Dudley)
Jerry Lynn	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Manna	...	Stevie Richards
Darren Matthews	...	William Regal
James Mitchell	...	The Sinister Minister
Jim Molineaux	...	Referee Jim Molineaux
Matt Morgan	...	Himself
Dan Morrison	...	Danny Doring
Jamal Mustafa	...	Mustafa Saed (archive footage)
Ted Petty	...	Flyboy Rocco Rock (archive footage)
Al Poling	...	911 (archive footage)
Dawn Marie Psaltis	...	Herself (also archive footage) (as Dawn Marie)
Jonathan Rachner	...	Balls Mahoney
Alex Rizzo	...	Big Dick Dudley (archive footage)
Charles Scaggs	...	2 Cold Scorpio (archive footage)
Peter Senerchia	...	Taz (also archive footage) (as Taz)
John Smith	...	JT Smith
Tracy Smothers	...	Himself
Gene Snitsky	...	Himself
Al Snow	...	Himself
James Stone	...	Little Guido Maritato (also archive footage) (as Nunzio)
Lance Storm	...	Himself
Joey Styles	...	Himself
Yoshihiro Tajiri	...	Himself
Masato Tanaka	...	Himself
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself
P.J. Walker	...	Justin Credible
Mikey Whipwreck	...	Himself
Steve Williams	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gary Wolfe	...	Himself
Jerome Young	...	New Jack (archive footage)

Also Known As:

ECW One Night Stand 2005 (Australia)
One Night Stand (International: English title) (alternative title)
WWE One Night Stand (International: English title) (alternative title)

Runtime:

USA:180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 (DVD) | New Zealand:R13 | USA:TV-14 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center - 311 West 34th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

On the DVD release of the PPV, Sandman's entrance music, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, was fuzzed out. This scrapped much of Mick Foley and Joey Styles' comments during Sandman's entrance. However, if you listen closely during Mick Foley's original commentary on the DVD, you can hear some parts of "Enter Sandman" playing.

Quotes:

Joey Styles: There is Edge, I'm made up I haven't bought my wife tonight, that is a wife stealer!

Movie Connections:

References "Sanford and Son" (1972)

The Right Way to give ECW a WWE produced event

This was a hell of a lot better than that crap December to Dismember show in December 2006. This is the right way to utilize the ECW talent in one night.

Match 1: Lance Storm vs Chris Jericho - Great opener. Both these guys pull off some impressive high flying action. Jericho was only in ECW for awhile, but since he was contracted WWE talent at the time and originally worked ECW he was put into this show. Storm really did great for his first match in a long time. In the end Justin Credible gives Jericho a Singapore cane shot so Storm can pick up the win. Nice opener.

Match 2: Super Crazy vs Tajiri vs Little Guido - It was nice to see Nunzio using his original ECW name in this match. A truly incredible match. These three since the original ECW have put on classic three way dances. Guido is the first to go and then we are down to Crazy and Tajiri. Crazy hits all three of his moonsaults off the ropes to take the win. He also did an incredible balcony dive earlier in the match. Great candidate for match of the night.

Match 3: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Psychosis - In the good spirit of WWE wrestlers taking their original ECW names we have Rey Mysterio competing as Rey Mysterio Jr. once again. These two tore the roof off the place. ECW didn't take time to slow down the event, instead they put on this classic contest between two fantastic luchadors. Rey in the end takes the win, but he earned it after some of the maneuvers he pulled off in this one.

Match 4: Sabu vs Rhino - I know WWE pronounces it as Rhyno, but I will refer to him by his truly spelled named, Rhino. This was the first hardcore extreme match of the evening. Rhino attacks the injured Rob Van Dam during a shoot promo, Sabu then defends his former friend and takes Rhino on in the ring. In the end Sabu his the Arabian Skull Crusher off the top rope through the table, getting him the well needed win over ECW's last World Champion Rhino.

Match 5: Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero - As if the matches couldn't get any better we now have Benoit vs Guerrero once again. It would have been cool if Dean Malenko would have come out of retirement for this event or even participated as a special guest referee, but still this match was great either way. Guerrero and Benoit both shine like they used to in the old ECW. In the end Benoit picks up the win, but both shake hands in respect for one another.

Match 6: Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka - These two stole the show once more. Many were upset with Mike Awesome after he left ECW for WCW in 2000, but he made them take that bad taste out of their mouth after some of the things he did in this particular contest. Tanaka was in top form as well for this one. They did so many table spots that I really couldn't count. In the end Awesome wins the final encounter match between these two. He then Awesome Bombs referee John Finnegan for the hell of it.

Match 7: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von) vs Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman - This was the greatest match of the evening. All four of these guys have respect for each other and it played into this memorable main event. Spike Dudley even comes down to help his brothers. The match takes awhile to start because many ECW alumni ensue in a huge brawl before the match. In the end the Dudleys put Tommy Dreamer through a flaming table for the win. Incredible finish.

Then in the end Stone Cold comes down to the ring with the ECW alumni to wage war on the WWE invaders. In the end Taz makes a surprise appearance and chokes the hell out of JBL.