Mikey Whipwreck vs. Steve Richards

[2.0] "Both these guys can be good in the right scenario but I wasn't feeling them against each other, kind of a battle of the weaklings. A little of Richards goes a long way in this era."

[4.0] "This was a nothing special opening match that kept the crowd entertained. I liked Hack directly countering Raven and the crowd liked chanting Sha so really that worked out well for everyone involved. There was a post match attack that set up a Pitbulls-Public Enemy match later in the show. This whole thing felt workmanlike and fine. **- A perfectly good opener that got the crowd into things and didnt try to do anything more."

[4.0] "Basic wrestling match with not much of note really happening. Raven interferes in order to help Richards so Mikey brings out Myers to do it for him. They go through the motions well enough for this match to be passable. Post-match Raven beats on Mikey, then Myers beats on Raven, then Pitbulls beat up Myers and then Public Enemy beats up Pitbulls, classic ECW overbooking."

[3.0] "i spent the entire match waiting for Raven to do something. it's a basic match they don't do anything of note"

[3.0] "This match sucked. There was nothing notable about it because it was just an Irish whip and then a move over and over again. Hack Myers interfered on the part of Whipreck to counteract Raven interfering for Richards. This led to Mikey getting the pin with a hurricanrana."

[2.0] "Pretty boring match, only thing redeeming about it is the ending with the interference with Hack Myers, Raven etc."

[7.0] "A pretty good opener, with a nice dynamic and chemistry between Richards and Whipwreck. I like when Mikey returns backstage to bring Hack Myers ringside to got his back against Raven. The way that the crowd loudly cheers Whipwreck at every single match is simply outstanding."

[3.0] "A dull opener here, neither of these were great wrestlers and a resthold based match at this point was outdated in the mainstream, let alone in ECW. Some nice individual moves and some semblance of a story after the match stop it from being unbearable, but it's still bad."