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One Night Stand 2006
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
DateJune 11 2006
CityNew York, New York
VenueHammerstein Ballroom
Attendance2,460
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ECW One Night Stand 2006 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 11 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.[1] The official theme song was "Bodies" by Drowning Pool.[2] The promotional poster featured Rob Van Dam.

The main event was for the WWE Championship between Rob Van Dam and John Cena, which Van Dam won after Edge interfered and speared Cena through a table.[3] The main matches on the undercard were Rey Mysterio versus Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship and Edge, Mick Foley, and Lita versus Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a Hardcore Intergender match.[4][5]

Report

Background

The build-up for One Night Stand occurred on both RAW and SmackDown! heading into the PPV, 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 decided to revive ECW as a full-time brand.[6] Reports beforehand stated that WWE was prepared to bring back ECW immediately after WrestleMania 22.[7] WWE opted to cancel its webcast Velocity and replace it with the new ECW program.[8] The new brand was officially confirmed by WWE on May 25 2006, with its debut show airing on June 13 2006 on the Sci Fi Channel.[9][10]

John Cena as WWE Champion.

The main feud heading into the PPV was between Rob Van Dam and John Cena, with the two battling over the WWE Championship. Van Dam earned a championship opportunity after winning the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 22, defeating five other men to win the match.[11] After Cena defeated Chris Masters on the May 22, 2006 edition of RAW, Van Dam came out to the ring and announced that he was cashing in his opportunity for the WWE Championship at One Night Stand. The two exchanged lefts and rights, with Masters getting involved. The distraction allowed Van Dam to toss his briefcase into Cena's face and then hit him with the Van Daminator.[12] The two had a contract signing for their match at the PPV on the June 5, 2006 edition 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 ECW World Championship. ECW representative Paul Heyman told Cena that the ECW fans can’t wait to boo him out of the Hammerstein Ballroom. Cena signed the contract and wished Van Dam luck. However, Heyman told Cena that he had brought some people from ECW and at that point, Balls Mahoney, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman came to the ring. Cena attempted to fight them off, but Sandman hit Cena with his signapore cane. 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.[13] Because of this, a match was booked for the WWE vs. ECW Head to Head special that aired on the USA Network on June 7 2006 between Cena and Sabu.[14] The match ended in a no contest after ECW 's newest wrestler, The Big Show attacked Cena, sparking a brawl between WWE and ECW superstars.[15]

Mick Foley, who teamed up with Edge to take on Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk at One Night Stand.

The other main match on the card was a Hardcore Intergender match, as Edge and Mick Foley faced Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer. The rivalry started between Edge and Foley, when the two faced in a Hardcore match at WrestleMania 22. Edge won the match after a spear off the apron and through a flaming table on the outside.[16] Foley was a guest on the Cutting Edge on the May 1 2006 edition of RAW, and the two agreed to a WrestleMania Hardcore rematch the following week.[17] Before the match began on the May 8 2006 edition of RAW, Foley announced that the match was now a Triple Threat match, with Tommy Dreamer added as the third person. However, Foley turned on Dreamer and attacked him with a barbed wire baseball bat. Foley handed Edge the bat and Edge hit Dreamer with it, busting him open. Foley hit the Mandible Claw on Dreamer and Edge simultaneously speared Dreamer, with Foley getting the pinfall. The two, along with Lita celebrated up the entrance ramp.[18] On the May 15, 2006 edition 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 apologise 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 whore and his kids bastards. 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.[19] A week later, on the May 22, 2006 edition of RAW, Edge and Foley announced themselves as co-holders of the WWE Hardcore Championship. However, Paul Heyman came out made a challenge to Edge and Foley to face Funk and Dreamer at One Night Stand, which was 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.[12] 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 speared 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 kayfabe thoughts on ECW.[15]

You think I loved ECW? I loved ECW, but they didn’t love me back. She was like the girl I couldn’t let go of, but the one that makes me sick upon seeing her. She wanted too much blood, too much of my heart, too much of my life, so I left and I found fame and fortune in WWE. Edge and I are prepared to take the beatings of our lives, and I will do that to exercise the sick, twisted whore that is ECW. I want her out of my life. You’ve seen me thrown off cells, slammed into tacks, put through burning tables. It is nothing compared to the horrors I will unleash on Dreamer and Funk at ECW (One Night Stand). You stepped on my soul. You took everything I worked for and through it all away. When I walk into the Hammerstein Ballroom as a WWE Legend, you Terry Funk and you Tommy Dreamer will learn about loss…Have a nice day.

— Mick Foley on his kayfabe thoughts on ECW - transcript at WWE.com

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