James Caldwell, Torch Assistant Editor (7.0)

A solid thumbs up show to conclude ECW. There were only two real drawbacks for me. One was the opening of the Abraham Washington Show and two were the introductions for the new NXT wrestlers to be featured next week. I felt the introductions were barely passable for a superficial dating website, much less trying to introduce new stars to the WWE audience. I understand more details will be given next week, but the scripted two-sentence intros were laughable at times.

The final ECW TV match was bittersweet in that Christian closed out ECW by losing the title, but it was a good, fun match with good interplay with Christian and Regal, as well as Ryder, Rosa, and Tiffany in segment one. Ezekiel Jackson has also improved leaps and bounds working TV, PPV, and house shows with Christian for the last three months to help Jackson grow as a performer.

The Unified tag title match with ShoMiz vs. Yoshi Tatsu & Goldust at the top of the show was fine, but ultimately forgettable on, well, the final episode of a lame-duck show. Miz and Big Show as a tag team doesn't feel "natural" just yet, unlike Big Show and Chris Jericho. Part of it might be Miz being a younger heel rather than Jericho being the established star and veteran. We'll see how WWE builds that tandem over time.

Tony Donofrio, PWTorch.com Contributor (6.0)

A ho-hum final edition of ECW. It definitely wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. I liked the promotion of NXT throughout the show and was surprised that some of the "Pros" that will be featured have a strong history in the business (i.e. Christian and Chris Jericho). I am disappointed that Brett DiBiase and Joe Hennig won't be a part of the show. But hey, win some, lose some. As for the rest of the show, it had some good spots and some bad. The two matches were both solid. Everyone who is anyone, knew that the tag titles wouldn't change hands but it was still a strong showing for both teams. Christian losing the ECW was bitter-sweet for me. As a fan of Christian, I didn't want to see him lose the title. I think he could have made a fun heel turn out of carrying the defunct title around to Raw and Smackdown for a month or two before he was "forced" to defend and/or consolidate it with another title. However, I'm hoping that he moves onto bigger and bigger things on Raw or Smackdown even without the title because he just deserves that.

The title match itself, was a strong way to close out the brand. Ezekiel Jackson looks to have benefited from his run on ECW. He has improved both in the ring and on the mic (even if just slightly). Here's hoping that William Regal accompanies him wherever he goes because they are a good pairing...and Regal is great in a managerial role. I'm also assuming we'll see some type of feud now between Tiffany/a wrestler to be named later and Zack Ryder/Rosa Mendes. Tiffany actually looked strong during her run-in (I know, it was a ten second bit, but that's the most action we've seen out of her since her WWE debut!).

As for the Abraham Washington Show...R.I.P., please! No statement rang more true than when Shelton Benjamin said that show was hard to stomach, regardless of the guest! It will be interesting to see how WWE will disburse the "free agents" and who will be receiving a legit pink slip and how soon those slips will be sent out. I wouldn't be surprised if Vladimir Kozlov is one of the first to be "future endeavored." Another disappointment for this final edition was that ECW didn't get a proper send off video. It appeared as though it might get one to start the show but any hope of that quickly evaporated. Real fans will know that ECW legitimately died in 1999. However, since it was resurrected (at least in name), it should have been given its proper eulogy.

Dominick Mayer, PWTorch.com Contributor (7.0)

And so it ends, basically the way it began. By that, I mean sporadically good and mostly unimpressive. The tag match was serviceable, though I know no belts for Goldy and Yoshi means that Goldust will go back to the undercard and Yoshi will probably be dropping matches to Sheamus within two months. I'm mostly excited to see where everyone is redistributed come next week. The main event was probably Zeke Jackson's best match to date, and now he's retired the ECW belt, which will lead to a nice push wherever he ends up. I'm over skepticism, the man has upside. Christian's promo was easily the highlight of the show, though it almost felt hollow. This was very much a whimpering exit, and hardly a bang. At least ECW can rest.

Greg Parks, Torch Columnist (6.0)

The final episode of ECW didn't really end with a "bang!" that some expected. Ezekiel Jackson over Christian was somewhat surprising, if only because one would think they would want to go out on a high note with a babyface standing tall. Clearly though, to go against that grain is a sign that WWE believes in the potential of Jackson. I just hope WWE keeps William Regal with him; as much as I'd like to see Regal back in the ring, he's done a wonderful job as Zeke's mouthpiece.

Big Show & Miz vs. Tatsu & Goldust was a good way to get some big names on the final show, to try to draw in some extra viewers. As for the Abraham Washington Show: The only right way to end that abomination would've been for a select few ECW Originals to charge out through the crowd and to destroy Washington and his set. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. The pairing of Shelton Benjamin and Vladimir Kozlov was an awkward, yet fitting way to end the final Washington show on ECW.

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