He contacted several people, including The Sandman,[4] Sabu, Justin Credible,[5] and ECW commentator Joey Styles.

In the middle of the match, however, Bischoff came out to stop it, and announced anything related to ECW was banned from Raw.

In a rematch from the last week's Raw, Benoit defeated Tajiri in an ECW Rules match after locking in the Crippler Crossface.

[18] On the June 6 episode of Raw, Benoit defeated Snitsky in an ECW Rules match by performing a diving headbutt and pinning him.

on its June 9, 2005, episode, and faced JBL in the main event with the ECW Originals at ringside cheering him on.

Styles welcomed the fans to One Night Stand before introducing the color commentator for the evening, Mick Foley.

[23] During the match, a "Chris Candido" chant broke out, a reference to the recently deceased wrestler who was a tag team partner of Lance Storm in ECW.

[22][23][24] A tribute video played next, highlighting the wrestlers from ECW that had died between the promotion's end in 2001 and One Night Stand.

Super Crazy won the match after performing a moonsault off the top rope onto Tajiri, getting the three-count in the process.

They consisted of Kurt Angle, John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) and his Cabinet, Carlito and Matt Morgan.

[22][24] Joel Gertner attempted to interview the invaders, but Angle took the microphone out of his hand and JBL pushed him to the ground.

Van Dam's former tag team partner Sabu then appeared following the lights turning off, and had a match with Rhyno.

[23][24] The Raw crusaders, which included Eric Bischoff, Jonathan Coachman, Edge, Christian, Tyson Tomko, Snitsky, La Résistance and William Regal, entered the building.

At one point during the match, after Awesome delivered a suicide dive, Styles said, "And it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!".

"[27] The match was also notable for the large number of unprotected chair shots to the head that both men took, as well as several risky bumps.

Awesome won the match after powerbombing Tanaka through a table on the outside of the ring and followed it with a suicide dive, getting the pinfall.

After thanking several people, including Tod Gordon, Heyman turned his attention to the Raw and SmackDown!

[22] Heyman then commented that the only reason JBL was WWE Champion for a year was because Triple H didn't want to work Tuesdays (a reference to the day SmackDown!

As the match was about to begin, the bWo, a stable consisting of Hollywood Nova, Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie entered the ring.

Kid Kash interfered, and Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten then came to the ring with steel chairs and took out the bWo.

"[22] When the match eventually started, it involved trash cans, cheese graters and street signs.

Dreamer's other valet and real life wife, Beulah McGillicutty, returned to wrestling for the first time in over seven years, sparking a catfight with Francine.

[24][23] Stone Cold Steve Austin then made his way to the ring, with the ECW Originals coming out moments later.

[29] According to reports, many people backstage were very happy with the way One Night Stand went and many former ECW wrestlers that had worked the pay-per-view described it as a "fun" event.

[31] WWE adopted One Night Stand as an annual pay-per-view event and continued the theme of featuring hardcore-based matches on the show.

[32] Just prior to this 2006 event, WWE established a third brand dubbed ECW for former wrestlers of the original promotion, as well as newer talent, to compete on.

[33] One Night Stand would continue for another two years (dropping the "ECW" name in 2007 and just being promoted as WWE), until it was replaced by Extreme Rules in 2009.