John Cena defended his WWE Championship against Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand 2006.
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The event served as the starting off point for ECW as WWE's third brand.
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Edge ran in and speared Cena out of his shoes.
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Paul Heyman took advantage of ECW's extreme rules and counted the fall for RVD himself.
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Heyman also declared RVD the ECW Champion on the first edition of ECW on Syfy.
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The ECW Originals celebrated with Rob Van Dam in the ring.
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Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk teamed up with Beulah to take on Mick Foley, Edge and Lita.
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Rob Van Dam's first challenge as ECW Champion came from Big Show, who was drafted to the new brand.
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Heyman turned his back on Van Dam and helped The World's Largest Athlete capture the title.
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The Philadelphia crowd of original ECW fans pelted the new champion with garbage as he celebrated.
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Fans were excited when CM Punk made his debut on Aug. 1, 2006, at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
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The ECW faithful chanted The Straight Edge Superstar's name from the moment he stepped into the ring.
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Punk flustered Justin Credible with hard-hitting strikes and an array of submission holds.
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The main event featuring ECW Champion Big Show taking on Batista wasn't as well-received.
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The match received an extremely negative reaction.
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Fans got back into things when ECW Original Sabu attacked the giant champion.
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ECW got another chance on pay-per-view with December to Dismember 2006.
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Fans were a little disheartened by the performance of ECW Originals on the show.
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Though Balls Mahoney was victorious in his match against Matt Striker, his compatriots weren't so successful.
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Tommy Dreamer took on Daivari at the event.
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The ECW Original had to pay attention to Daivari and The Great Khali, who was at ringside.
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Daivari grabbed a handful of tights for the win. The Great Khali followed up by powerbombing Dreamer.
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Kelly Kelly hit the ring with her then-boyfriend, Mike Knox, to take on the frightening duo of Kevin Thorn and Ariel.
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Still fairly new to squared circle competition, Kelly was mismatched against the vampire woman.
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Kelly, who wished CM Punk luck in the evening's main event, was ditched by Knox.
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After Knox's abandoning, it was open season on Kelly. Ariel sealed the victory for her team.
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Rob Van Dam sought to regain his ECW Championship in the Extreme Elimination Chamber.
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Many thought CM Punk was the favorite to emerge with the championship.
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Hardcore Holly, Test, Bobby Lashley and Big Show were also trying to get hold of the ECW Title.
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Despite Punk and RVD's best efforts, Lashley emerged as the champion. Disagreements about the brand's direction after his win led to Paul Heyman's departure from WWE.