One Night Stand 2006 ECW One Night Stand 2006 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was held on June 11 , 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City , New York . The main event was John Cena versus Rob Van Dam for the WWE Championship , which Van Dam won by pinfall after performing a Five Star Frog Splash following interference from Edge . The predominant match on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship , which ended in a no contest after Sabu hit Mysterio with a Triple Jump DDT through a table on to the floor rendering both men unconscious , as a result , Mysterio retained the title . Another match on the undercard was Edge , Mick Foley , and Lita versus Terry Funk , Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a Hardcore Intergender match . Background . The build - up for One Night Stand occurred on both " Raw " and " SmackDown " heading into the pay - per - view , but build - up behind the scenes began several months earlier , as WWE was bringing back ECW full - time . The news that " WWE " was planning to bring back ECW was leaked in the middle of April as Vince McMahon decided to revive ECW as a full - time brand . Reports beforehand stated that WWE was prepared to bring back ECW immediately after WrestleMania 22 . WWE opted to cancel its webcast " Velocity " and replace it with the new " ECW " program . The new brand was officially confirmed by WWE on May 25 , 2006 , with its debut show airing on June 13 , 2006 on the Sci Fi Channel . The main feud heading into One Night Stand was between John Cena and Rob Van Dam over the WWE Championship . At WrestleMania , Van Dam competed in a six - man Money in the Bank ladder match , in which Van Dam won and earned the right to face the champion of his choice anytime he wanted to in 12 months . On the May 22 episode of " Raw " , Cena defeated Chris Masters . After the match , Van Dam came out to the ring and announced that he was cashing in his opportunity for the WWE Championship at One Night Stand . The two exchanged lefts and rights , with Masters getting involved . The distraction allowed Van Dam to toss his briefcase into Cena ' s face and then hit him with the Van Daminator . The two had a contract signing for their match on the June 5 , 2006 episode of " Raw " . Before signing the contract , Van Dam told Cena that he would win the WWE Championship at One Night Stand and rename it the ECW World Heavyweight Championship . ECW representative Paul Heyman told Cena that the ECW fans can ’ t wait to boo him out of the Hammerstein Ballroom . Cena signed the contract and wished Van Dam luck . Heyman , however , told Cena that he had brought some people from ECW and at that point , Balls Mahoney , Terry Funk , Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman came to the ring . Cena attempted to fight them off , but Sandman hit Cena with his Singapore cane . ECW ' s Sabu then came out and sent Cena through the table with his Atomic Arabian Facebuster move . Several " Raw " superstars ran out to attempt to fight off the " ECW " Originals . Because of this , a match was booked for the " WWE vs . ECW Head to Head " special that aired on the USA Network on June 7 , 2006 between Cena and Sabu . The match ended in a no contest after ECW ' s newest wrestler , The Big Show attacked Cena , sparking a brawl between WWE and ECW superstars . The other main match on the card was a Hardcore Intergender match , as Edge and Mick Foley faced Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer . The rivalry started between Edge and Foley , when the two faced in a Hardcore match at WrestleMania 22 . Edge won the match after a spear off the apron and through a flaming table on the outside . Foley was a guest on the " Cutting Edge " on the May 1 , 2006 episode of " Raw " , and the two agreed to a WrestleMania Hardcore rematch the following week . Before the match began on the May 8 , 2006 edition of " Raw " , Foley announced that the match was now a triple threat match , with Tommy Dreamer added as the third person . During the match , however , Foley turned heel for the first time in over eight years and attacked Dreamer with a barbed wire baseball bat . Foley handed Edge the bat and Edge hit Dreamer with it , busting him open . Foley hit the Mandible claw on Dreamer and Edge simultaneously speared Dreamer , with Foley getting the pinfall . The two , along with Lita celebrated up the entrance ramp . On the May 15 , 2006 episode of " Raw " , Foley wanted to apologize to Dreamer for what happened the previous week ; however , Dreamer was not in the arena , so Foley brought out Terry Funk . Funk asked Foley to apologize for what happened to Dreamer . Instead , Foley started bashing ECW . In an attempt to get into a fight with Foley , Funk made comments about Foley ' s family , calling his wife a whore and his kids bastards . When the two exchanged punches , Edge and Lita came out , with Lita low - blowing Funk . Edge and Foley double - teamed Funk , with Edge hitting Funk with a barbed wire baseball bat . A week later , on the May 22 , 2006 edition of " Raw " , Edge and Foley announced themselves as co - holders of the WWE Hardcore Championship . Paul Heyman came out and made a challenge to Edge and Foley to face Funk and Dreamer at One Night Stand , which Edge accepted . The two , along with Lita , went after Heyman up the ramp , before Dreamer and Funk attacked them with several weapons , sending the trio out of the arena . On the " WWE vs . ECW Head to Head " special that aired on June 7 , 2006 , Edge faced Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match . Dreamer hit Edge with a Dreamer Driver through the table . Lita interfered , and hit Dreamer repeatedly with a cane . Dreamer was not hurt by the shots , and he got Lita up for a powerbomb , before Edge speared Dreamer . Edge got the pinfall and won the match . During the match , Foley and Funk were fighting outside the ring , with Funk busting Foley open . After the match , Foley sat in the middle of the ring and stated his kayfabe thoughts on ECW . One of the main undercard matches on the card was between Rey Mysterio and Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship . ECW representative Paul Heyman announced that Mysterio had accepted the challenge for One Night Stand on the June 2 , 2006 edition of " SmackDown " . Before the June 9 , 2006 edition of " SmackDown " , Heyman kayfabe revealed to WWE ' s official website that he was trying to get Mysterio to join the new ECW brand . Mysterio turned down Heyman ' s offer on the June 9 , 2006 edition of " SmackDown " . In the main event on that edition of " SmackDown " , Mysterio faced Finlay . Mysterio was about to 619 Finlay , when Sabu , who was holding a steel chair , climbed onto the ring apron . Mysterio dropkick ed the chair into Sabu , which distracted the referee . This allowed Finlay to hit Mysterio with his shillelagh , and the Celtic Cross for the victory . After the contest , Sabu set up a table on the outside of the ring , and hit Mysterio with a springboard legdrop that sent Mysterio through the table . Paul Heyman began the event as it aired on pay - per - view , coming to the ring to " ECW " chants . Heyman stated that " this [ ECW ' s resurrection ] didn ' t happen because of me and it didn ' t happen because of Vince McMahon . This happened because of you [ the fans ] . And on behalf of every single one of us , from the bottom of my heart , thank you , thank you , thank you ! " The first match on the card was a match between ECW Original Tazz and " WWE Raw " commentator Jerry Lawler . In what was a squash match , Before the beginning Lawler slapped ECW commentator Joey Styles in the face . Tazz won after 35 seconds by making Lawler pass out to the Tazzmission . After the match , Tazz joined Joey Styles on commentary for the rest of the show . ECW ' s Kurt Angle versus Raw ' s Randy Orton was next . Orton had the main advantage in the match after Angle missed a Running Shoulder Tackle , which sent him into the ringpost . The crowd inside the Hammerstein Ballroom chanted " Boring ! " as Orton had the upper - hand on Angle . Angle hit a series of German Suplexes , before hitting an Angle Slam . Orton attempted an RKO , but Angle countered , locking on the Ankle lock . Orton tapped out , giving Angle the victory . The Full Blooded Italians ( Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke ) versus Super Crazy and Tajiri was next . After Guido propelled Crazy into the crowd , Guido and Mamaluke hit Tajiri with the Muscle Buster for the victory . After the contest , The Big Show entered the ring hitting Mamaluke with the cobra clutch backbreaker and kicked F . B . I . ' s enforcer Big Guido in the head . After the match , Big Show came to low blow Big Guido . John " Bradshaw " Layfield made a surprise appearance , cutting a promo . Just over a week earlier , he announced on his radio show that he was not going to return to professional wrestling . JBL recalled his assault on Blue Meanie from One Night Stand 2005 and referred to himself as " The King of Hardcore " . He announced that he was replacing Tazz as the color commentator of " SmackDown ! " . Rey Mysterio versus Sabu was next in an Extreme Rules match with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line . The match started with several chair shots from both competitors . Sabu had the upper part for most of the match , hitting an Arabian Facebuster and a Triple Jump Moonsault , but Mysterio kicked out of both moves . Mysterio regained the upper hand , as he hit a Seated Senton that sent both men through a table at ringside . Sabu countered a second Seated Senton attempt , and put Mysterio on a second table at ringside . Sabu proceeded to hit a Triple - Jump Somersault Splash , but Mysterio made it to his feet while on the table . This turned the move into a DDT , sending both men through the table at ringside . Although neither men were legitimately hurt , Dr . Ferdinand Rios came out and kayfabe declared that the match could not continue . This meant that Mysterio retained the World Heavyweight Championship . Edge and Mick Foley versus Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk was next in what was a Hardcore Tag Team match . Before the match began Edge and Foley entered the ring , accompanied by Lita and Dreamer and Funk entered the ring , accompanied by Beulah McGillicutty , which turned the match into a Hardcore six - person tag - team match . Despite McGillicutty and Lita being added to the match , they stayed out of the action for most of the contest . Funk was taken backstage halfway through the match as Foley wrapped barbed wire around his fist and raked it across the forehead and eyes of Funk . Funk later returned to the match , hitting Edge and Foley with a Barbed Wire Bat . Funk then set the bat on fire and left it at ringside . Funk hit Foley , and Foley fell onto a Barbed Wire Board . Foley ' s shirt was on fire , but was put out by a ringside attendant . Dreamer and Funk got the upper - hand after Dreamer DDT ' d Edge . Dreamer then locked a Modified Crossface onto Edge , using Barbed wire against Edge ' s face . Lita broke the hold up only to have Dreamer give her the Spicolli Driver . Edge blindsided Dreamer wrapping Barbed Wire around his head , before dropping him with the Inverted DDT . McGillicutty entered the ring to check on Dreamer , but Edge speared McGillicutty and pinned her with a cover that resembled the " legs up " version of the missionary position . Balls Mahoney faced Masato Tanaka in the second Extreme Rules match of the night . Mahoney got the early advantage after throwing a beer can in the face of Tanaka . Tanaka gained the advantage after hitting a superplex off the top rope . Mahoney won the match after hitting Tanaka with a steel chair . Before the WWE Championship match , Eugene came to the ring to cut a promo . He reminded the fans that he was Eric Bischoff ' s nephew , before being interrupted by The Sandman . Sandman hit Eugene repeatedly with his Singapore cane , leaving Eugene to run to the back , with The Sandman chasing after him . The main event was reigning champion John Cena defending his WWE Championship against Rob Van Dam . It was evident that the crowd was decidedly anti - Cena even before the match began . In keeping with his traditional entrance , Cena threw the T - shirt he wore to the ring out into the crowd , only to have it thrown back at him a number of times . Loud , insulting chants were directed at Cena during many moments in the match , such as " Fuck You , Cena ! " and " You Can ' t Wrestle ! " The action quickly went to ringside , and Van Dam got the advantage on Cena , with a Moonsault Press off the steel steps . Van Dam continued his offense when the action went back inside the ring as he placed a chair on Cena ' s stomach before hitting the Rolling Thunder . Cena later managed to get the advantage , hitting a DDT on a steel chair . Cena went for his finishing move , the FU , but Van Dam blocked the attempt . Van Dam would then set up a table in the corner , but Cena got Van Dam in the STFU . When John Cena refused to break the hold after Van Dam got to the ropes , Cena clotheslined the referee , after they had a push and shove . Cena proceeded to deliver Van Dam with a Superplex off the top rope and then hitting Van Dam with steel steps . Replacement referee Nick Patrick officiated the remainder of the match , with Van Dam kicking out of two . As Cena got up he went to deliver Van Dam an FU , Van Dam grabbed onto the rope , which leads Cena to deliver Van Dam an FU out of the ring . As Cena turned around , someone in a motorcycle helmet interfered and speared Cena through a table . The person was revealed as Edge , who won a number one contender ' s match to challenge for the WWE Championship at Vengeance on June 25 , 2006 . Edge also knocked out Nick Patrick . The Hammerstein Ballroom crowd chanted " Thank You Edge ! " . Van Dam then hit the Five - Star Frog Splash on Cena , but there was no referee as Patrick was knocked out . Paul Heyman ran to the ring , and counted the pinfall to three , giving Van Dam the victory . The " ECW " locker room came to the ring to celebrate with Van Dam , but it was unclear at the time whether Van Dam was " officially " WWE Champion . Aftermath . On " Raw " the next day Paul Heyman addressed the controversy of Rob Van Dam ' s WWE Championship win . He announced that Vince McMahon ruled Van Dam ' s WWE Championship win as official and that the WWE Championship would be rechristened as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on the premiere of " ECW on Sci Fi " . On the debut episode of " ECW " on June 13 , 2006 , Heyman presented Van Dam with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship . Van Dam said that he had opted to keep the spinner belt ( sarcastically remarking that " this one spins ! " ) , making him both WWE Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion . Edge , who was the number one contender for Van Dam ' s WWE Championship at Vengeance appeared , and speared Van Dam . Soon after , John Cena came through the crowd and attacked Edge , followed by a punch to Heyman , before being chased out by " ECW " Originals . At Vengeance Van Dam defeated Edge to retain the WWE Championship . Reception . The overall reaction to the pay - per - view was very good , with 280 , 000 people ordering the event , down from the 325 , 000 orders the previous year .