The bell sounded and Angle went straight for Flair's legs, hoping to lock in a quick Ankle Lock and end the match early. Flair would have none of it as he sidestepped Angle. When Angle got up, he was met by some of Flair's patented knife edge chops, backing him into the corner. After about three chops, Flair whipped Angle to the opposite corner. Flair charged, but Angle sidestepped him, causing him to hit the turnbuckle.
Angle tried once again for the Ankle Lock, but Flair was smarter and grabbed Angle's legs. Angle made the mistake of letting go of Flair's ankle, which allowed Flair to lock in the Figure Four Leg Lock. Flair released the hold after about a minute and did a little "stylin' and profilin'". Now it would be Flair's turn to pay as Angle hit the Angle slam. Angle then tried a third time for the Ankle lock and, this time, got it locked in.
The ECW championship was in Angle's grasp as Flair looked ready to tap, when Angle received a big boot to the face. The ref threw the match out as the Big Show hit angle with the Showstopper Chokeslam. Then, Bobby Lashley hit Show with the Spear. Lashley did his signature taunt before Terry Funk's music played and the ECW G.M. came out.
"Show, Lashley, I'm not too happy with either of the two of you. You ruined the ECW championship match and left the brand without a champion. Now, I should punish you, but instead I'm going to reward you." The fans got quite not knowing where Funk was going with this.
"Next week, in this very ring, we will see Bobby Lashley taking on the Big Show….taking on Kurt Angle and the "Nature boy" Ric Flair." The Fans cheered at this announcement. "Now the man who is pinned or is made to submit will be eliminated and the next week, the three survivors will face off, with the loser of that getting eliminated. The two who survive both matches will face off at Backlash for the ECW World title." Lashley smirked and looked at his three downed opponents as ECW went off the air.
Next week preview:
Bobby Lashley vs. Big show vs. Ric Flair vs. Kurt Angle
Kevin Thorn vs. The Undertaker
O.K. Chapter 10 and ECW's first week are finally done. Smackdown is coming soon.
A/N: I apologize for the short title match and how it ended. I know it wasn't the title match you were looking forward to, but I had to set up the ECW title match to include Lashley and Big Show. so please R&R and flames will be sent to hades