ECW (21/4/2009) Review: A Great, Simple Wrestling Show

After weeks of RAW masquerading as Smackdown and Smackdown stars showing up in droves on RAW, and general outrageous porosity of the brand borders, this week's ECW was pleasing in that all the wrestlers featured were on the ECW roster. With the exception of Hornswoggle, of course, who was drafted to RAW in the Supplemental Draft. But even he got a farewell match. It was a nice, well laid-out show, and I think RAW and SD could actually take a few lessons in going back to the basics, which ECW has been doing well lately.

So here are my quick thoughts on the show:

• The Evan Bourne- Paul Burchill match was the highlight of the night, and the second consecutive week in which Bourne was given a pretty long match. WWE's obviously high on Bourne, but I was also really impressed with how well Paul Burchill performed in this match. ECW really has some good, solid talent.
• Natalya shined in her brief verbal confrontation and match with Hornswoggle. It was ridiculous that she lost, but hopefully she'll move on to bigger and better things.
• The contract signing between Christian and Jack Swagger was decent, but it could have been better if Christian had been given more mic time. Swagger seems a little awkward and rehearsed on the mic. I am looking forward to their match though. I expcct Christian to win soon now that Vladimir Kozlov has declared he's going after the belt.
• How great does Tiffany look in that suit?
  

So, the best of the night-
Best Performer: (1) Evan Bourne (2) Paul Burchill (3) Natalya
Best Match: Evan Bourne vs. Paul Burchill
Best Promo: Jack Swagger