It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's ECW brand division and was WWE's only non-One Night Stand PPV to be ECW-exclusive.

The six participants were defending champion Big Show, Bobby Lashley, Rob Van Dam, Hardcore Holly, CM Punk, and Test.

[5] WWE revived this event as a pay-per-view (PPV) for their ECW brand, and it was scheduled to be held on December 3, 2006, at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia.

[7] At this time, the main storyline on the Raw brand featured tag teams, D-Generation X and Rated-RKO,[8] and the SmackDown!

[10] The main event at December to Dismember featured an Extreme Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Championship.

brand, attacked Holly and signed the contract himself to gain the sixth and final place in the Extreme Elimination Chamber.

[15] Although the six spots in the bout were filled, Heyman announced an Extreme Rules match, between Van Dam and Holly, on the November 21, 2006 episode of ECW.

[18] The other main rivalry heading into December to Dismember was between the Hardy Boyz and MNM (Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro and Melina).

Unlike the Extreme Elimination Chamber rivalry, this one did not include ECW superstars and only featured members of the Raw and SmackDown!

[8] The Hardy Boyz had just teamed up for the first time since 2002, when they defeated Tony Mamaluke and Little Guido Maritato on an episode of ECW.

[23] The next day at the December to Dismember press conference, The Hardy Boyz announced an open challenge for the pay-per-view.

[27] The first match that aired was the tag team encounter between MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) and The Hardys (Jeff and Matt).

[8][33] WWE chairman Vince McMahon wanted to put Hardcore Holly in Sabu's place, so Bobby Lashley would have more villains to overcome.

Paul Heyman was legitimately unhappy with the decision, saying that Sabu's high-flying wrestling would be "the ideal showcase" inside the Extreme Elimination Chamber.

[29] Before entering the ring, Heyman had a conversation backstage with Big Show, that was unseen by television viewers, with him revealing that for the first time in his professional career he was not motivated to give the promo.

[25] Rob Van Dam and Holly were the first superstars to begin the match and one of the other four competitors were then released from their pod every five minutes afterward.

Punk was the first eliminated from the match, after Van Dam performed a Five Star Frog Splash from the top turnbuckle and covered him for the 3-count.

Van Dam was the third person eliminated, after Test delivered a diving elbow drop from the top of a pod and pinned him.

When it was Bobby Lashley's turn, his pod would not open and he could not exit it because Heyman's Security Force had bolted the door shut.

Big Show, was the final man to exit his pod and had a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire in tow.

Lashley was able to block Big Show's swing of the barbed wire bat with a folding chair and then threw him into the pod, causing him to bleed.

Lashley managed to reverse a chokeslam into a DDT and then delivered a spear to win the match and become the new ECW World Champion.

[7] Not long after December to Dismember, Big Show was offered a long-term contract extension by WWE, reported to be around $1 million a year.