NEWS: |Matt B| Backstage, Heyman praises Holly for his performance last week (09.26.06) and how tough he is. Holly doesn’t care and tells Heyman that he wants RVD tonight. Heyman tells Holly that he can’t risk it. If Holly gets hurt again then he could be in serious trouble with lawyers and insurance companies. Holly grabs Heyman and threatens to hurt him, but Test comes from behind and smacks chair into the back of Holly. Holly goes down fast and is squirming in pain. Heyman tells Holly that RVD will still be in action tonight and it’ll be against Test.

In our first match of the night, Sandman & Sabu take on Big Show & Matt Striker. Sabu and Show start the match. Two punches by Sabu and a clothesline by Show. Show follows with a head butt, chop to the chest and a tag to Striker. Striker kicks Sabu several times, delivers a forearm and Irish whip. But Sabu reverses it midway and throws Stiker into the corner. Sabu follows with a middle rope springboard leg lariat. Two drop kicks to the head by Sabu, but Show interferes and Sabu falls to the outside. Commercial. When we come back, Show and Sabu are going at it. Head butt by Show followed by a vertical suplex, a step on the chest and a tag to Striker. Striker goes for a cover, but Sabu kicks out. Striker drop kicks Sabu into the ropes. Sabu falls forward and hangs over the top rope. Striker then delivers a running drop kick right to Sabu’s chest and Sabu falls to the floor. Show throws him back in and Striker keeps going with a hard kick to the face and a head lock. Sabu fights to his feet, but Striker pulls him down by the hair. Striker leaps off the second rope, but Sabu hits leg lariat and tags in Sandman. Sandman comes in and brings the pain to Striker. Several right hands by Sandman and a top rope hurricarana. Cover by Sandman, but Show breaks it. Sabu jumps off the top rope, but Show bats him down and Sabu crashes into the mat. Sandman goes for the Russian Leg Sweep on Striker, but Show holds Striker up and Sandman goes down. Show pulls Striker out of the way and splashes Sandman. Striker then makes the cover and gets the win for his team.

Backstage, Kelly Kelly & Trinity remind everyone that next week there will be an Extreme Diva Strip Poker Game. Trinity moves her hair out of the way and says nothing beats a full house. Then Kelly asks Trinity of her full house beats two aces. Kelly takes off her shirt and reveals two ace cards on her breasts.

Our next match of the night is Tommy Dreamer versus Kevin Thorn. Hip toss by Dreamer, a high knee lift and Dreamer pushes Thorn into the corner. Dreamer climbs to the middle rope, but Thorn pushes his feet out and Dreamer falls to the floor hard. Thorn splashes Dreamer in the corner and then follows with kicks and punches. Windbreaker by Thorn and an Irish whip. Thorn misses the splashes as Dreamer moves and hits a neckbreaker. Barrage of right hands by Dreamer and a swinging neckbreaker. Dreamer goes for his DDT, but Thorn holds on to the ropes and Dreamer falls. Pin by Thorn, but the ref stops when sees Thorn’s legs on the ropes. Dreamer gets off the DDT this time, but the ref stops the count when he sees Thorn’s arm under the ropes. Thorn rolls to the outside and Dreamer tries to pull him back in, but Thorn nails him with the scepter. Cover by Kevin Thorn and the pinfall.

Maria from RAW says she’ll be here next week with Candice Michelle. The RAW superstars have been giving her advice and they told her to get rid of any cards that match. That way, everyone wins. Maria is excited and can’t wait till next week.

Punk starts strong by outmaneuvering Doring and delivering a backbreaker, a knee to the face and the two slaps and kick. CM Punk follows with his modified Rock Bottom and his submission for the win. Kelly Kelly gets on the mic and tells Punk that this is for him. Kelly starts dancing until Mike Knox stops her. He grabs the mic and tells Punk to stay from his girl. Punk tells Knox that his problem is Kelly staying away from him. Knox charges the ring, but then stops at the steel steps. He backs down and walks to the back.

Ashley and Kristal from Smackdown tell everyone that they’re ready for the Strip Poker Game next week.

In the main event of the night, Rob Van Dam takes on Test in an Extreme Rules Match. Forearms by RVD and a kick to the guy by Test. Test throws RVD to the outside and follows. RVD slammed into the steel steps and choked on the barricade. Test tries to suplex RVD, but RVD blocks it and hangs up Test on the barricade. RVD goes for the spinning leg drop from the apron, but Test moves and RVD hits all barricade. Test picks up the steel steps and tries to slam them into RVD’s face, but RVD moves. Test nails the ring post and falls backward. The steps fall on Test as soon as he lands which gives RVD the advantage. RVD kicks Test and Test is laying on the steps. RVD then backs up and goes for Rolling Thunder. He connects with Test and then sets up a table. The match goes back inside. Shoulder blocks by RVD, but Test explodes out of the corner with a clothesline. Cover by Test…One…Two…Kick Out. Test throws four chairs into the ring and then kicks one of them into RVD’s face. Test can’t get the cover afterwards, but he wedges two chairs in opposing corners. Knees by Test and a forearm. Test plants a chair in the middle of the ring and tries to suplex RVD on to it. But RVD lands on his feet, picks up the chair and throws it into Test’s face. Test crawls to the apron and is on the outside of the ropes. The two exchange blows and Test tries to suplex RVD from the inside to the outside through the table. But RVD keeps fighting out of it. He does a sunset flip and then powerbombs Test from the apron through the table. Test crashes over the table as we go to commercial. When we come back, Test is getting to his feet as Heyman & his guards come to the ring. RVD throws Test into the ring and then stares down Heyman. RVD gets into the ring too and Test gives him a low blow. RVD thrown back outside where the guards throw him into the ring post and nails his knee with a nightstick. The guards finalls throw him back in and Test makes the cover…One…Two…Kick Up! Both wrestlers slow to their feet, but Test grabs RVD and throws him into the corner. RVD’s head smacks the chair and the chair goes flying out of the corner. Cover by Test…One…Two…Kick Up! Test places a chair in the middle of the ring and puts RVD in a bear hug. RVD fights out of it and bounces off the ropes. But Test quickly picks up the chair and throws it into RVD’s face. Cover by Test…One…Two…Kick Up Again! Test is pissed and he takes off the padding on the top turnbuckle. Both men try to smash each other’s head into it, but each block it. Running leg lariat by RVD and both men are down again. They get to their feet and exchange blows. Irish whip by RVD and he follows with another leg lariat. RVD goes over Test and comes down to the outside on his feet. He grabs a chair and threatens to hit the guards. He gets back in and lays a chair on Test and goes for Rolling Thunder. But Test slides out of the way and RVD lands back first on the chair. Test places the chair on RVD’s face and grabs another chair. Test leaps off the top rope and slams the chair into the second chair that’s draped over RVD’s face. Cover by Test…One…Two…KICK UP! Test is cannot believe it so he grabs a table and slides it into the ring. Test sets up the table and tries to powerbomb RVD through it, but RVD reverses it with a sunset flip, but he can’t get the cover. Test clotheslines RVD down and tries to snake eyes him on the exposed turnubckle, but RVD wiggles out and throws Test into it chest first. Side kick by RVD off the top rope and he sets up Test on the table. The guards trie to get inside the ring, but RVD kicks them out and leaps over the top rope. He splashes the guards and then runs back in and goes for the Five Star Frog Splash on Test. But Show runs in and pushes him off. RVD falls forward and crashes through the table just as Test gets out of the way. Test follows with his swinging neckbreaker and gets the pinfall.

The first tag match was decent. Nothing too great about it. Striker did look impressive in the ring. But he when Striker jumped off the ropes to take the leg lariat, he completely looked stupid. Striker just jumped off the ropes and was waiting for Sabu’s leg the whole time. It looked bad. Other than that, Striker was good and worked well with Big Show.

The Test/RVD match was good. Rolling Thunder on the steel steps was pretty cool. Test looked pretty good in the ring tonight. He’s looked pretty good in his past matches, but tonight he came off better. Maybe it was because RVD made him look a lot better, I don’t know. But either way the match was really good. Not better than Holly/RVD last week, but damn close.