The 2006 ECW One Night Stand was the second annual

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(PPV)

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produced by

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(WWE). It was held on June 11, 2006, at the

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in the

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borough of

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. Like the previous year's event, although wrestlers from WWE's

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and SmackDown! brand divisions had appeared on the show, it was primarily held as a reunion show for wrestlers from the former

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(ECW) promotion, the assets of which WWE acquired in 2003. Just prior to the event, WWE also established a third brand dubbed

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for wrestlers of the former promotion and newer talent. The event was in turn WWE's first PPV to feature the ECW brand. The

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was

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versus

Rob Van Dam Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD). He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling ...

for the

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, which Van Dam won by

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after performing a Five Star Frog Splash following interference from

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. The predominant match on the

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was

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versus Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship, which ended in a

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after Sabu executed a

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on Mysterio through a table on to the floor rendering both men kayfabe unable to wrestle, as a result, Mysterio retained the title. Another match on the undercard was Edge,

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, and Lita versus

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, and

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in a

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Production

Background

After the success of 2005's ECW One Night Stand

(PPV),

(WWE) decided to hold another

reunion show for June 11, 2006, establishing the hardcore-based PPV as an annual show for the promotion. Just like the previous year, the 2006 event was held at the

in the

borough of

. The build-up for the 2006 ECW One Night Stand occurred on both ''

'' and '' SmackDown!'' heading into the pay-per-view, but build-up behind the scenes began several months earlier, as WWE was bringing back ECW full-time. The news that WWE was planning to bring back ECW was leaked in the middle of April as

Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (; born August 24, 1945) is an American media proprietor and retired professional wrestling promoter, executive, and performer. From 1982 to 2022, he served as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WWE, the w ...

decided to revive the promotion as a third

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alongside

and SmackDown!, dubbed

. Reports beforehand stated that WWE was prepared to bring back ECW immediately after

WrestleMania 22 WrestleMania 22 was the 22nd annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took ...

. WWE opted to cancel its

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'' and replace it with the new ''

'' program. The new brand was officially confirmed by WWE on May 25, 2006, with its debut show airing on June 13 on the

Sci Fi Channel Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Lau ...

. The 2006 ECW One Night Stand was in turn WWE's first PPV to feature the ECW brand.

Storylines

The main

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heading into One Night Stand was between

and

over the

. At

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, Van Dam competed in a six-man

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, in which Van Dam won and earned the right to face the champion of his choice anytime he wanted to in 12 months. On the May 22 episode of ''Raw'', Van Dam announced that he would be cashing in his opportunity against Cena for the WWE Championship at One Night Stand. The two exchanged lefts and rights with

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(who Cena had just defeated in a match) also getting involved. The distraction allowed Van Dam to toss his briefcase into Cena's face and then hit him with the Van Daminator. The two had a contract signing for their match on the June 5, 2006 episode of ''Raw''. Before signing the contract, Van Dam told Cena that he would win the WWE Championship at One Night Stand and rename it the

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. ECW representative

Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, former promoter, photographer, and executive. He is currently signed to WWE, appearing on the SmackDown brand as manager for Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweig ...

told Cena that the

fans can't wait to boo him out of the Hammerstein Ballroom. Cena signed the contract and wished Van Dam luck. Heyman, however, told Cena that he had brought some people from ECW and at that point,

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, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman came to the ring. Cena attempted to fight them off, but Sandman hit Cena with his

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. ECW's Sabu then came out and sent Cena through the table with his Atomic Arabian Facebuster move. Several ''Raw'' superstars ran out to attempt to fight off the ''ECW'' Originals. Because of this, a match was booked for the '' WWE vs. ECW Head-to-Head'' special that aired on the

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on June 7, 2006 between Cena and Sabu. The match ended in a no contest after ECW's newest wrestler, The Big Show attacked Cena, sparking a brawl between WWE and ECW wrestlers. The other main match on the card was a

, as Edge and

faced

and

. The rivalry started between Edge and Foley, when the two faced in a Hardcore match at WrestleMania 22. Edge won the match after a

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off the apron and through a flaming table on the outside. Foley was a guest on the ''Cutting Edge'' on the May 1, 2006 episode of ''Raw'', and the two agreed to a WrestleMania Hardcore rematch the following week. Before the match began on the May 8, 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Foley announced that the match was now a

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, with Tommy Dreamer added as the third person. During the match, however, Foley turned

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for the first time in over eight years and attacked Dreamer with a

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baseball bat A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than in diameter at the thickest part and no more than in length. Although histor ...

. Foley handed Edge the bat and Edge hit Dreamer with it, busting him open. Foley hit the

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on Dreamer and Edge simultaneously speared Dreamer, with Foley getting the pinfall. The two, along with Lita celebrated up the entrance ramp. On the May 15, 2006 episode of ''Raw'', Foley wanted to apologize to Dreamer for what happened the previous week; however, Dreamer was not in the arena, so Foley brought out Terry Funk. Funk asked Foley to apologize for what happened to Dreamer. Instead, Foley started bashing ECW. In an attempt to get into a fight with Foley, Funk made comments about Foley's family, calling his wife a

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and his kids

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s. When the two exchanged punches, Edge and Lita came out, with Lita low-blowing Funk. Edge and Foley double-teamed Funk, with Edge hitting Funk with a barbed wire baseball bat. A week later, on the May 22, 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Edge and Foley announced themselves as co-holders of the

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. Paul Heyman came out and made a challenge to Edge and Foley to face Funk and Dreamer at One Night Stand, which Edge accepted. The two, along with Lita, went after Heyman up the ramp, before Dreamer and Funk attacked them with several weapons, sending the trio out of the arena. On the ''WWE vs. ECW Head to Head'' special that aired on June 7, 2006, Edge faced Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match. Dreamer hit Edge with a Dreamer Driver through the table. Lita interfered, and hit Dreamer repeatedly with a cane. Dreamer was not hurt by the shots, and he got Lita up for a powerbomb, before Edge

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Dreamer. Edge got the pinfall and won the match. During the match, Foley and Funk were fighting outside the ring, with Funk busting Foley open. After the match, Foley sat in the middle of the ring and stated his

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thoughts on ECW. One of the main undercard matches on the card was between

and Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship. ECW representative

announced that Mysterio had accepted the challenge for One Night Stand on the June 2, 2006 edition of ''SmackDown!''. Before the June 9, 2006 edition of ''SmackDown!'', Heyman

revealed to WWE's official website that he was trying to get Mysterio to join the new ECW brand. Mysterio turned down Heyman's offer on the June 9, 2006 edition of ''SmackDown!''. In the main event on that edition of ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio faced

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. Mysterio was about to

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Finlay, when Sabu, who was holding a steel chair, climbed onto the ring apron. Mysterio

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ed the chair into Sabu, which distracted the referee. This allowed Finlay to hit Mysterio with his

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, and the

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for the victory. After the contest, Sabu set up a table on the outside of the ring, and hit Mysterio with a

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legdrop that sent Mysterio through the table.

Event

began the event as it aired on pay-per-view, coming to the ring to "ECW" chants. Heyman stated that "this CW's resurrectiondidn't happen because of me and it didn't happen because of

. This happened because of you

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And on behalf of every single one of us, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you!" The first match on the card was a match between ECW Original

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and ''WWE Raw'' commentator

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. In what was a

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, Lawler slapped ECW commentator Joey Styles in the face en route to the ring. Tazz won after 35 seconds by making Lawler pass out to the Tazzmission. After the match, Tazz joined

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on commentary for the rest of the show. In the second match ECW's

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faced Raw's

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. Despite Angle's participation as an anti-ECW crusader from last year's ''One Night Stand'' he was met with raucous cheers from the ECW faithful. Randy Orton, by contrast, received an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the fans in attendance, and was subjected throughout the match to several derogatory chants including "Go fuck Cena" and "Orton's a homo". Orton gained the main advantage in the match after Angle missed a Running Shoulder Tackle, which sent him into the ringpost. The crowd inside the Hammerstein Ballroom chanted " Boring!" as Orton applied a rear choke on Angle. Angle executed a series of German suplexes, before executing an Angle Slam for a near-fall. Orton attempted an

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, but Angle countered, locking on the

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. Orton submitted, giving Angle the victory. The

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( Little Guido Maritato and

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) versus

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and Tajiri was next. After Guido propelled Crazy into the crowd, Guido and Mamaluke executed the

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on Tajiri for the victory. After the contest,

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entered the ring and executed the cobra clutch backbreaker on Mamaluke and kicked F.B.I.'s

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in the head.

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made a surprise appearance, cutting a

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. Just over a week earlier, he announced on his

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that he was not going to return to

. JBL recalled his (legitimate) assault on

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from One Night Stand 2005 and referred to himself as "The King of Hardcore". He announced that he was replacing

as the

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of ''SmackDown!''.

versus Sabu was next in an

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with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line. The match started with several

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shots from both competitors. Sabu had the upper hand for most of the match, executing an Arabian Facebuster and a Triple Jump Moonsault, but Mysterio kicked out of both moves. Mysterio regained the upper hand, as he executed a

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that sent both men through a table at ringside. Sabu countered a second Seated Senton attempt, and put Mysterio on a second table at ringside. Sabu proceeded to execute a Triple-Jump Somersault Splash, but Mysterio made it to his feet while on the table. This turned the move into a

, sending both men through the table at ringside. Although neither men were legitimately hurt, Dr. Ferdinand Rios came out and

declared that the match could not continue. This meant that Mysterio retained the World Heavyweight Championship.

and

versus

and

was next in what was a violent and bloody Hardcore Tag Team match. Before the match began, Edge and Foley entered the ring accompanied by Lita, while Dreamer and Funk entered the ring accompanied by

, turning the match into a Hardcore six-person tag-team match. Lita's appearance at the event was received very negatively, with the crowd chanting "You're a crack whore" and "She's got herpes" at her. During the course of the match, Funk was taken backstage halfway through the match as Foley wrapped

around his fist and raked it across the forehead and eyes of Funk. A bandaged Funk returned to the match a few minutes later, hitting Edge and Foley with a Barbed Wire Bat. Funk then set the bat on fire and left it at ringside. Funk hit Foley, and Foley fell onto a Barbed Wire Board. Foley's shirt was on fire, but was put out by a ringside attendant. Dreamer and Funk got the upper-hand after Dreamer

'd Edge. Dreamer then locked a Modified Crossface onto Edge, using Barbed wire against Edge's face. Lita broke the hold up only to have Dreamer give her the Dreamer Driver. Edge blindsided Dreamer wrapping Barbed Wire around his head, before dropping him with the Inverted DDT. McGillicutty entered the ring to check on Dreamer, but Edge

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McGillicutty and pinned her with a cover that resembled the "legs up" version of the missionary position.

faced Masato Tanaka in the second Extreme Rules match of the night. Mahoney got the early advantage after throwing a

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in the face of Tanaka. Tanaka gained the advantage after executing a

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off the top rope. Mahoney won the match after hitting Tanaka with a steel chair. Before the

match, Eugene came to the ring to cut a

. He reminded the fans that he was

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's nephew, before being interrupted by The Sandman. Sandman hit Eugene repeatedly with his

, leaving Eugene to run to the back, with The Sandman chasing after him. In the

faced

for the

. It was evident that the crowd was decidedly anti-Cena even before the match began; in keeping with his traditional entrance, Cena threw the T-shirt he wore to the ring out into the crowd, only to have it thrown back at him a number of times. Loud, insulting chants were directed at Cena throughout the match, such as "Fuck you, Cena", "Same old shit", "Overrated" and "You can't wrestle". The action quickly went to ringside, and Van Dam got the advantage on Cena, with a Moonsault Press off the steel steps. Van Dam continued his offense when the action went back inside the ring as he placed a chair on Cena's stomach before executing the Rolling Thunder. Cena later managed to get the advantage, executing a DDT on a steel chair. Cena went for his finishing move, the FU, but Van Dam blocked the attempt. Van Dam would then set up a table in the corner, but Cena got Van Dam in the STFU. When John Cena refused to break the hold after Van Dam got to the ropes, Cena clotheslined the referee, after they had a push and shove. Cena proceeded to deliver Van Dam with a Superplex off the top rope and then hitting Van Dam with steel steps. Replacement referee Nick Patrick officiated the remainder of the match, with Van Dam kicking out of two. As Cena got up he went to deliver Van Dam an FU, Van Dam grabbed onto the rope, which leads Cena to deliver Van Dam an FU out of the ring. As Cena turned around, someone in a

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interfered and

Cena through a table. The person was revealed as

, who won a number one contender's match to challenge for the WWE Championship at Vengeance on June 25, 2006. Edge also knocked out Nick Patrick. The Hammerstein Ballroom crowd chanted "Thank you Edge". Van Dam then executed the Five-Star Frog Splash on Cena, but there was no referee as Patrick was knocked out.

ran to the ring, and counted the pinfall to three, giving Van Dam the victory. The ''ECW'' locker room came to the ring to celebrate with Van Dam, but it was unclear at the time whether Van Dam was "officially" WWE Champion.

Reception

The overall reaction to the pay-per-view was very good, with 280,000 people ordering the event, down from the 325,000 orders the previous year.

Aftermath

On ''Raw'' the next day

addressed the controversy of

win. He announced that

ruled Van Dam's WWE Championship win as official and that the WWE Championship would be rechristened as the

on the premiere of ''ECW on Sci Fi''. On the debut episode of ''ECW'' on June 13, 2006, Heyman presented Van Dam with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Van Dam said that he had opted to keep the spinner belt (sarcastically remarking that "this one spins!"), making him both WWE Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

, who was the number one contender for Van Dam's WWE Championship at Vengeance appeared, and speared Van Dam. Soon after,

came through the crowd and attacked Edge, followed by a punch to Heyman, before being chased out by ''ECW'' Originals. At Vengeance, Van Dam defeated Edge to retain the WWE Championship while Cena defeated Sabu in an Extreme Rules lumberjack match. The 2006 One Night Stand would be the last to include the "ECW" initialism in its title, as in 2007, the event was promoted as WWE One Night Stand, and was held as an event for wrestlers from all three of WWE's brands.

Results

References

External links

Official One Night Stand 2006 website
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