Brian Hoops, PWTorch.com Contributor (7.5)

Really strong show, highlighted by a great ECW Title match. This show arguably has the best bell to bell wrestling of any program on TV. Gabriel's loss and physique makes me wonder if a wellness failure is in his future. Kidd looked good in another squash and it was nice for Dreamer to get a win. Swagger and Christian put on a really strong main event, and told a great story by working over Christian's arm.

Dominick Mayer, PWTorch.com Contributor (7.5)

Enjoyed this week's show overall, though there wasn't a lot going on. Tommy Dreamer's losing streak finally ends, though only with help from Boogeyman. At least they're turning him around. DJ Gabriel got fed to Mark Henry, which is interesting. This show was, above all else, the Christian & Jack Swagger show, as they got half the show for their ECW Title match. As far as the match goes, it was very good. This only further begs the question, however, of whether it wouldn't have been wiser to save them for Wrestlemania. This was an excellent match, and would have been even better on the big stage if developed. Now, with over a month ago, and Swagger getting a clean and decisive win tonight, I'm really interested to see where they go from here.

Greg Parks, PWTorch.com Contributor (7.0)

I couldn't believe Swagger vs. Christian got 20 minutes, but I'm not complaining. It was one of the best TV matches I've seen in some time. I thought we'd get that match at Wrestlemania, but they'd struggle to top this one they gave away for free. They could still do Swagger vs. Christian or perhaps find a way to get Tommy Dreamer in there, who got back on the winning side this week. I'm sure the pep talk by Ricky Ortiz last week helped him get over the hump.

Like Dominick, I thought it was interesting they jobbed Gabriel to Mark Henry. Henry didn't really NEED a win unless they plan on putting him back in the title picture, and Gabriel had been relatively protected thus far. Tyson Kidd continued to impress, albeit in squash matches. Then again, that's what they're designed to do.

Michael Simmons, PWTorch.com Contributor (8.0)

I felt this was a really good show, which was boosted by an excellent main event between Christian and Jack Swagger. The match told a tremendous story with Christian selling his arm injury late in the match. I'm highly surprised WWE let them go for 20 minutes, as I'm now worried they may go in a different direction for an ECW Championship match at Wrestlemania, especially with Tommy Dreamer picking up his first win this week since beginning his "title reign or retirement" storyline a month ago.

I don't subscribe to the theory that Christian is being punished for his days in TNA. In his first three weeks on ECW, he's pinned the ECW Champion twice and lost a quality title match in which neither man was truly damaged. However, if they do proceed in a different direction with the title picture for Wrestlemania, I would mind seeing Christian in Money in the Bank ladder match again (the announcers subtly noted this week he was in the first one at WM21).

It was interesting to see DJ Gabriel of all people get squashed by Mark Henry, considering WWE Creative was seemingly behind Gabriel, while Ricky Ortiz is still on the roster. Speaking of which, it looks like Ortiz's umm.....pep talk lit some fire under Dreamer as he was more aggressive than we've seen in weeks. I'm not looking forward to anything Boogeyman-related, and it's a shame Paul Burchill is stuck in a feud with him. Tyson Kidd continues to impress and I can't wait for his ready-made feud with Evan Bourne. With heavy emphasis on in-ring action and little video packages, ECW comes roaring back after a ho-hum show last week.

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