Dot Net reader Nick Fox attended the WWE Smackdown taping in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday and filed the following report on the ECW taping.

Dark Match

1. Kaval defeated Paul Burchill (w/Katie Lea). Kaval worked previously as Low-Ki. He won the match with a standing stomp off turnbuckle.

ECW Taping

Rosa Mendes and Zack Ryder delivered a promo criticizing Bridgeport's economic status. Ryder said he'll beat Shelton Benjamin tonight.

It was announced that Matt Hardy would be the special guest on the Abraham Washington Show.

1. Shelton Benjamin defeated Zack Ryder (w/Rosa Mendes). Shelton won with Paydirt after he threw Ryder into turnbuckle. Good match.

Christian came out afterward and told Benjamin that he's been overlooked. He challenged Benjamin to a ladder match at the TLC pay-per-view. Shelton accepted and said he would be the new ECW Champion after TLC.

William Regal, who came out with Ezekiel Jackson, and Vladimir Kozlov, did a promo saying that he deserves to be Champion. He said that after beating Yoshi tonight, he'll fight for the ECW Championship.

2. Vance Archer defeated Alex Wettles. Wettles is a local wrestler. Archer used his finisher for the win. Quick match. Alex took a nasty clothesline.

The Abraham Washington Show was next. He called the people of Bridgeport "dogs" after the werewolves in Twilight. Matt came out. Abe says he's disappointed he's not Jeff Hardy. They showed a clip of Matt Hardy on Scare Tactics. Tony Atlas scared Washington. Abe asked Hardy what he's afraid of. Hardy said nothing. Abe said the show's over and before they go to break, Matt and Tony Atlas did the Hardy entrance hand motion.

There was a vignette of Yoshi coming to ring.

3. Yoshi Tatsu defeated William Regal. A quick match. Tatsu kicked Regal and then threw him down for the 1-2-3. After the match, Regal said he wanted answers from Kozlov and Jackson. Kozlov pointed at Jackson, who hit uranages on both men to close the show.

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