The 186th edition of ECW on Syfy was the final ECW of 2009 and it came to you from the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ. Two more ECW Homecoming Qualifying Matches would take place as Matt Hardy & Evan Bourne returned to ECW to vie for their spots in the ECW Homecoming Finale in two weeks time on January 12.
Match Results
- ECW Homecoming Qualifying Match: Matt Hardy def. Finlay by pin following the Twist of Fate to advance.
- ECW Homecoming Qualifying Match: Evan Bourne def. Mike Knox by pin following Air Bourne to advance.
- Tommy Dreamer Must Win To Remain On ECW: Zack Ryder (with Rosa Mendes) def. Tommy Dreamer by reversing a back superplex off of the top rope into a pinning situation; as a result, Tommy Dreamer is off of ECW and out of the WWE.
Match Quality
- Zack Ryder Vs. Tommy Dreamer
- Evan Bourne Vs. Mike Knox
- Matt Hardy Vs. Finlay
Detailed Results
With ECW Champion Christian on commentary at ringside, ECW on Syfy kicks off with an ECW Homecoming Qualifying Match as SmackDown Superstars Finlay & Matt Hardy go one-on-one for a spot in the ECW Homecoming Finale Battle Royal on January 12. In the end, it was Matt Hardy who overcame some knee issues to defeat “The Fighting Irishman” Finlay to join Kane, Ezekiel Jackson, Yoshi Tatsu, & Vance Archer in the ECW Homecoming Finale Battle Royal! Three spots remain in the ECW Homecoming Finale Battle Royal. Who will face Christian for the ECW Championship at the Royal Rumble?
Backstage, Zack Ryder confronts Tommy Dreamer and asks “The ECW Original” why Tommy is still there. An irate Dreamer gets in the face of Ryder and says he is “sick and tired” of facing guys like Zack Ryder each and every week. A determined Tommy Dreamer then shockingly tells Ryder that, if Ryder can beat him, Dreamer will leave ECW forever! Can Tommy Dreamer defeat Zack Ryder or will Ryder end the storied ECW career of Tommy Dreamer?
Ezekiel Jackson makes an appearance on ECW and states that he and William Regal decided to “rid” themselves of a “traitor” in Vladimir Kozlov. “Big Zeke” says their goal was to “dominate” ECW and Kozlov was a “liability” to the group. An angry Vladimir Kozlov interrupts Ezekiel and knocks “Big Zeke” out of the ring!
In the second ECW Homecoming Qualifying Match, RAW Superstar Evan Bourne would return to ECW to face a fellow returnee in SmackDown’s resident evil genius, Mike Knox. The smaller Evan Bourne was able to overcome the sheer size and power of Mike Knox to win the match and qualify for the ECW Homecoming Finale Battle Royal in just two weeks time on January 12?
Next week on ECW on Syfy, three former ECW Champions will return to ECW to face each other in a Triple Threat ECW Homecoming Qualifying Match as CM Punk, Mark Henry, & Chavo Guerrero return to vie for the seventh spot in the ECW Homecoming Finale Battle Royal! Who will join Kane, Ezekiel Jackson, Yoshi Tatsu, Vance Archer, Evan Bourne, & Matt Hardy in the Finale Battle Royal for a shot at the ECW Championship at the Royal Rumble?
In what could be the final ECW for “The ECW Original”, Tommy Dreamer went one-on-one with Zack Ryder in the main event and, if Dreamer loses, he will leave ECW forever. At one point in the match up, it looked like Tommy Dreamer had kept his ECW career alive following his signature DDT, but the referee nullified the decision after discovering that Zack Ryder’s foot was under the bottom rope. From the brink of success to the ultimate loss, Tommy Dreamer was defeated by Zack Ryder and, by Dreamer’s own decree, will never step foot in ECW or the entire WWE again.
After his most significant loss, Dreamer told all the WWE fans that he considers all of them his “family”. With his wife and daughters in tears in the front row, Tommy Dreamer gives his heartfelt goodbye to all the fans who have supported him in his life and career before carrying his two daughters and exiting the arena for the final time.