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The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW TV 10/15, 10/22, & 10/29/96

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TV 1996-10-15 (Matches taped Ultimate Jeopardy 1996-10-05 ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)

Champions
World: Sandman
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas

We get highlights from last week’s Ultimate Jeopardy Match.

Opening video.

Joey Styles welcomes us to the show and tells us World Champion Sandman will join via satellite from Massachusetts. Lori Fullington now joins Joey via satellite and she just rubs her arm and acts like a heroin addict. Lori says Raven hasn’t just quit wrestling he has quit his life. She says that Raven has taken Tyler and left the country.

Back from break and Joey tells us that Sandman has walk off from his press conference after learning what just happened. Joey talks about the chokeslam Tommy Dreamer took last week. Coming up on October 26th it’s a High Incident Match. Dreamer and “Primetime” Brian Lee will be on a scaffold with the ring below filled with tables.

Submission Match: Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso & Team Taz) vs. Johnny Smith, ref Jim Molineaux
Rematch from last months Arena show. Taz won that one with the tazmission injuring Smith in the process. Mat wrestling to start. Taz drops into the collegiate wrestling position and Taz escapes. Smith does the same and then he escapes. Smith does it a second time but Taz stomps him. Taz takes it to the floor and then hits a northern lights back in the ring. Taz sends Smith into the corner and then locks in a submission but Smith gets to the ropes. Smith with a hip toss and he locks in a cross arm bar but Taz gets to the ropes. Smith stomps away on the arm. Taz ducks a clothesline and locks in a bow and arron type move that Joey calls the red hook ringer. Taz breaks the hold. Smith ducks a clothesline and locks in another arm bar. Taz gets to the ropes. Smith sends Taz to the corner charges but catches a boot to the face. Taz comes out but gets powerslamed and Smith locks in the STF. Taz to the ropes, Smith goes up top and hits a missle dropkick followed by a clothesline. After a body slam Smith goes back up top but Taz gets the knees up on a splash. Smith blocks a german but Taz hits a wheel barrel suplex instead. Taz quickly puts on the tazmission and Smith is forced to submit in 9.47. Taz and Alfonso want to know who can stop the path of rage. Pretty good match.

A highlights package of the feud between the Eliminators and Terry Gordy and Steve Williams is shown. The two teams will meet on October 26th.

The Eliminators vs. Samoan Gangsta Party, ref Paul Richards
Samoans attack before the bell but the Eliminators are able to fight them off. Sammy the Silk hits a double clothesline though to gain control. Big Matty Smalls is on Kronus, Sammy with Saturn. The Samoans hug and the Eliminators pop off the mat and hit total elimination and get the win in 2.03.

TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) vs. Pitbull 2 (w/ Pitbull 1), ref John Finnegan
Pitbull hits the ring and the fight is on right away. Pitbull nails Shane with the belt but Francine climbs into the ring. Shane picks up the belt and nails Pitbull with it. “She’s a whore” chant to Francine. DDT by Shane but no sold by Pitbull. Pitbull with a press slam into a brain buster! They go the floor. Pitbull puts Shane in a chin lock on the floor. What? Shane sent into the guard rail. Back in the ring a chokeslam by Pitbull gets 2. Pitbull attacking the neck of Shane as the fans chant for him to break it. These people are going to flip their shit if Pitbull ever takes the title from Shane. Shane sent into the corner but he comes out and hits a swinging neckbreaker and a piledriver. Suplex by Shane and then he attacks the neck. Pitbull tries to comeback by sending Shane into the corner but Shane moves out of the way of a charge and again hits a swinging neckbreaker. Pitbull comes back and puts Shane on the turnbuckle but the Eliminators hit the ring. Pitbull clotheslines both of them and then stands there pounding his chest while they give him total elimination. Shane comes off the top with an elbow drop but only gets 2. Again Pitbull tries to come back and sends Shane into the corner and charges but Shane gets a boot up 3 times in a row. Shane goes up top but is knocked down onto the buckle and Pitbull with a super fall away slam. Francine is seen taking something out of her dress. She throws it to Shane and Pitbull grabs her. Haha she goes to her knees to beg him off and the crowd begins to chant “suck his dick”, oh man. He hits her with a running powerslam instead of raping her. Shane throws powder in Pitbulls face. Pitbull can’t see and he belly to bellys the ref. Shane with a single arm DDT and then he puts the dog collar around Pitbull’s neck. Full nelson as Shane tries to break his neck. Pitbull 1 is on the apron cheering on his partner Shane hits a single arm DDT. Pitbull 1 gets in the ring and Shane grabs him by the halo that is screwed into his skull and shakes it!!! Shane goes after Tod Gordon who is now at ringside as multiple fans jump the rail and get tackled by cops and security. Shane is being led out of the back as the locker room empties. Tommy Dreamer goes after Shane in the locker room. Joel Gertner begins to announce Shane as the winner and Gordon punches him. Joey has been in the ring and we have had no commentary for a few minutes. Gertner gets the mic back and this time Paul E. Dangerously attacks him. Wrestlers now begin to threaten him so he leaves. Pitbull is stretchered out and leaves in an ambulance. Things fell apart at around the 17 minute mark.

My thoughts on the show…
Good opening match. With just the main event this was probably one of the best TV episodes I have seen so far. The Shane/Pitbull storyline has been heating up for weeks now and Douglas showed tonight that he will do what ever he can to make sure he hurts his opponents. The fans were so into the match that some even jumped the rail at the end. This is a must see episode!!!

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TV 1996-10-22 (Matches taped 1996-10-05 Ultimate Jeopardy at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)

Champions
World: Sandman
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas

Recap of last week’s main event.

Opening video.

Joey Styles welcomes us to the show. Joey is scheduled to interview TV Champions “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and Francine. Joey says that he has always done his job like a professional but he will not interview Douglas. Joey turns his attention to the Sandman and Raven. Next week it doesn’t get any easier for the Sandman as he faces the number 1 international contender and his good friend 2 Cold Scorpio. We then get the entire Scorpio and Chris Jericho match from The Doctor is In back in early August.

We go to Hype Central with Joel Gertner and he is outside of the hospital with Shane Douglas and Francine. They make fun of Pitbull 1 for being in the hospital and crippled.

Tag Team Champions The Gangstas vs. The Eliminators, ref Jim Molineaux
They brawl. Saturn hits a cutter on both New Jack and Mustafa and the Eliminators pose. The Gangstas get up and attack from behind. New Jack’s weapons tonight include a nightstick and crutch. Match gets clipped to a bloody New Jack. Mustafa with a running powerslam on Saturn. New Jack is a mess. Clip to the end Mustafa with a running powerslam on Kronus and New Jack comes of the top with the 187. 5.43 is shown and the announced time of the match is 11.13. Eliminators attack after the match and hit total elimination on both Gangstas. They lay a table across the top turnbuckle and Kronus jump off it with a splash to New Jack. Saturn opens a ladder and puts it on the table now! Kronus holds the ladder as Saturn climbs it. Saturn comes off the ladder with an elbow drop! Saturn climbs back up this time hitting a splash on Mustafa.

Hype for High Incident.

“Misirlou” promos. Tommy Dreamer, Bill Alfonso, Shane Douglas and Francine, Doug Furnas, Lori Fullington, Rob Van Dam, The Gangstas, Eliminators and Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams all hype there story lines.

My thoughts on the show…
Throw away episode. A two month old match that we have already seen and a brawl that is clipped like crazy. High Incident looks to be pretty good. Dreamer/Lee in a scaffold match, Furnas and Kroffat take on Van Dam and Sabu, Sandman against Scorpio for the belt and The Eliminators take on Gordy and Williams. That show looks good, this show was not. Skip it!

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TV 1996-10-29 (Matches taped 1996-10-26 “High Incident” at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)

Champions
World: Sandman
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas

They open with the end of the Tommy Dreamer “Primetime” Brian Lee scaffold match. Dreamer knocks Lee down and just as Lee hits the tables it goes to the opening video.

Joey Styles is in the ring and he welcomes us to the show. Joey says ECW is hardcore but they also like amateur sports. Joey welcomes 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle to the ring. Little Guido comes to the ring and Joey says he is a good amateur wrestling also. Guido says it’s an honor to meet Angle. Joey then introduces Guido’s opponent Taz. Taz shakes Angle’s hand and tells him he is one of the greatest amateur wrestling ever. Taz said he once thought about joining the Olympic team but he would rather do it on TV and make money. Taz is glad Kurt is there to commentate on his match so he can tell the world what a great wrestler Taz is. Taz again says Kurt is a great amateur but that he is a great pro.

Shoot Fight: Taz (w/ Team Taz & Bill Alfonso) vs. Little Guido, ref John “Pee Wee’ Moore
Angle questions why Taz has such a bad attitude. Taz dominates with different submissions and hits a wheel barrel suplex. Taz follows that up with a tbone and locks in the tazmission getting the win in 4.10. Angle talks about how great of a job Taz did. Taz gets on the mic and says that even Angle must agree that it was a gold medal performance. Taz then turns his attention to Sabu. He says for over a year he has been asking for him. His patience is running out and he wants Sabu.

Joey says he and ECW were honored to have Angle there with them after he turned down offers from WWF and WCW.

TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) vs. Cody Michaels, ref Paul Richards
Douglas gets the mic and talks about how he broke Pitbull’s neck again last time he was in the arena. Pitbull 2 hits the ring right after the introductions but he is held back by a bunch of guys. We go to break and when we get back we are joined in progress and Michaels hits a inverted atomic drop and flying forearm. Michaels goes up top and hits a drop kick for 2. After a body slam he goes up again and hits a nice cross body that nearly gets 3. Michales back drops Shane over the top ropes to the floor and knocks him back into the guardrail with a baseball slide. Michaels nails Douglas with a chair and then sits him in it and dives off the apron with a crossbody. Michaels sends Shane into the rope but Douglas drops him with a single arm DDT and then a tombstone. The ref goes to stop the match because Michaels is out but Francine won’t let him. Shane picks up Michaels and ends it with the belly to belly. 3.32 of the match airs. After the match Douglas puts Michaels in the full nelson. Pitbull 2 hits the ring chasing off Douglas. A bunch of guys follow Pitull into the ring to calm him down but he beats them all up. Douglas comes in the ring with a chair but Pitbull no sells that shot to the head. Douglas again runs as Pitbull chases him around the ring. Francine is in the middle of the ring watching and Shane jumps into the ring and bumps into her knocking her down. Pitbull goes after her but all the other wrestlers are back up and hold him back. Francine and Douglas are able to escape. Joel Gertner gets in the ring to announce Douglas as the winner. Pitbull gets in his face and he actually shoves him back. Pitbull grabs him and throws him out of the ring onto all the other wrestlers. A good showing by Michaels and the fans were into this.

Spike Dudley vs. Chris Candido, ref John Finnegan
Candido makes his return to ECW for the first time in 3 years and after an unsuccessful run in the WWF as Skip. “Skip is dead” chant from the fans. Spike with a head scissor but Candido ducks and clothesline and drops Spike on his head with a german. Spike sent hard into the corner. Snap suplex by Candido followed by a leg drop. Candido picks Spike up for a suplex but hangs him over the top rope instead. Candido puts Spike on the turnbuckle and goes up with him. Candido hits a power bomb off the top rope as the fans go crazy and he gets the win in 3.25. Candido says that the WWF gave him a lot so he isn’t here to complain about them but he is proud to be back in the place that gave him his first big break. He is here to bring ECW to the top and out of the shit hole that it’s in.

World Champion Sandman vs. 2 Cold Scorpio, ref Jim Molineaux
Joined in progress in the opening moments of the match. Former partners facing off tonight. After some back and forth Scorpio gets a chair and Sandman takes his cane. They put down the weapons and hug but Scorpio knees him in the stomach and takes over. Scorpio gets the cane and nails Sandman with it. Scorpio with a side slam and he goes up top. Big leg drop gets a 2 count. He goes back up and hits a moonsault but only gets 2. He goes up again but Sandman nails him with the cane. Super rana gets 2. Scorpio with a powerslam. Scorpio misses the moonsault leg drop and Sandman covers for the win in 6. Tyler Fullington shows up in the ring and he hugs his father. Jus then Raven shows up behind Sandman hits him with the cane and DDTs him. Tyler and Raven pose as we go off the air.

My thoughts on the show…
This was a very good episode. The Douglas Pitbull feud continues to go full steam ahead. Candido returns with a bang. And Raven throws himself right back into his feud with Sandman.

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WWE Tribute To The Troops Results 12/17/14

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Credit: Sean Ross Sapp

– The show stars with a tribute package featuring the Osbournes, Taylor Swift, Bradley Cooper, Will Ferrell, Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan and a ton of other celebrities and WWE superstars thanking U.S. military for their service.

– Hulk Hogan comes out to thank the the troops to a great ovation. The Miz and MizDow interrupt him and The Miz says he was honored to portray a Marine in a film, but says he’s sure the Marines were more honored. John Cena comes out and clowns The Miz. They argue for what seems like forever before they finally get into it, with Cena coming out on top and Sandow mimicking Miz.

Seth Rollins, Kane, Luke Harper, Big Show and J & J Security all come out and surround the ring. Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback all come out to even the odds and clear the ring.

– A message from Angelina Jolie is shown.

The Usos vs. Gold & Stardust
Stardust avoids a few moves from Jimmy Uso and dances to taunt him. Stardust and Goldust start working him over, but then Uso works out of the corner and avoids a move from Goldust and dances himself. Both Usos then fly on to Gold & Stardust for a suicide dive before the commercial. Back from the break Stardust is controlling Jey Uso, locking on an armbar. As Uso tries to arm drag out, Stardust hits the Rhodes family uppercut and tags to Goldust. Uso knocks Stardust off the apron and tosses Goldust over the top rope to the floor, then makes the hot tag to Jimmy. Jimmy is fired up and totally launches Stardust with a Samoan drop. Uso then utilized the running hip bump in the corner as Jey goes over the top rope onto Goldust. As Jimmy turns around, Stardust hits the Beautiful Disaster kick but only gets two. Jimmy Uso gets a two off Whisper in the Wind. The Usos land a set of superkicks and splashes for the pin.
Winner: Usos via pinfall (Superfly Splash)

– Florida-Georgia Line performs. Oh.

Santa’s Helper Divas Battle Royal with Naomi, Cameron, Emma, Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Paige, Natalya, Summer Rae

Emma and Rosa are pulling all the shenanigans in the middle of the ring, but then Rose eliminates her. Then Summer challenges Rosa to a dance off while everyone watches, then tosses them out. Naomi boots a screaming Cameron from the ring, and this is a total comedy match. Paige, trying to bring back some semblance of wrestling to this contest headbutts Naomi in the face. The Bella Twins bounce Alicia Fox and then focus on Paige. Paige tries to distract them with mistletoe, which unfortunately doesn’t go as planned. Paige eliminated. Brie tries to baseball slide Natalya, but she moves and Brie slides right out of the ring. Nikki tries to attack, but Naomi comes up from behind and tosses both of them out.
Winner: Naomi

– Sgt. Slaughter wants you to stay tuned for the Boot Camp match!

– Katherine Heigl wishes the troops Happy Holidays. Sgt. Slaughter is out to do the ring announcing for the match.

Boot Camp Match
Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt

Ambrose gets the upper hand with a dropkick, but Wyatt quickly strikes him down, then body slams him. Wyatt works Ambrose over in the corner, but Ambrose floors him with a huge bulldog that sends Wyatt outside. Ambrose follows with a suicide dive, and starts dragging Wyatt all around the ring, beating him with anything he can grab. Ambrose throws a bunch of weapons in the ring but Wyatt starts lighting him up with kendo stick shots. Wyatt runs Ambrose into a chair before the commercial.

Back from the break Wyatt is still in control and runs right through Wyatt. Ambrose gets to the cane, and Wyatt begs off. It doesn’t do him any good as Ambrose beats him down with the cane. Ambrose even busts out the White Russian Leg Sweep, Sandman’s old finish! Ambrose gets two off a second rope elbow drop with a chair. Finally after being chanted at the whole match, Ambrose sets up a table, but gets put right through it by a Wyatt uranage. Ambrose kicks out at two. Wyatt goes out and gets another table as Slaughter looks on. Ambrose rolls Wyatt up for two, but then hits the rebound clothesline for two. Slaughter tosses Ambrose the steel toed boot! Ambrose connects, and Wyatt is on the table. Elbow drop from the top for the win!
Winner: Dean Ambrose via pinfall (top rope elbow drop through the table)

– Ambrose salutes Slaughter after the match.

– Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz salute the troops, as do the Kardashians.

– Rusev and Lana are in the ring and Rusev says he’s crushed all of the American heroes and proven Russia’s dominance. This gets a huge “USA” chant.

Daniel Bryan comes out and leads the crowd in “Yes” chants! He says Americans don’t back down and fight for what they believe in. He tells Rusev to go back to Russia if he doesn’t like it. Rusev challenges Bryan, but Bryan says proud Americans can come from anywhere including over the wall and from the sky. Military members come out of the crowd and repel from the ceiling as Bryan enters the ring. Rusev backs down and the crowd goes wild as Bryan celebrates with the military.

– All members of The Today Show give their thanks to the troops.

– Florida-Georgia Line is back singing about windows being down. So is Larry the Cable Guy. Grumpy Cat apparently doesn’t care about our troops.

John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan vs. Seth Rollins, Big Show, Luke Harper and Kane

Ryback and Rollins start off, and Rollins puts the boots to Ryback. Rollins is lifted, carried across the ring and slammed into the buckles before Ryback tosses him overhead and tags Rowan.

Rowan with a big body slam and splash to Rollins and tags in Ziggler. Dolph hits a big neckbreaker as Rollins tags Harper. Ryback comes in and uses a delayed vertical suplex on Harper then tags Ziggler back in.

Harper tags Rollins, who attacks Ziggler with elbows. Ziggler counters a Curb Stomp attempt with a big DDT, but the count is broken up. All hell breaks loose and everyone brawls.

Back from the break Big Show is controlling Ziggler, then tags Kane who applies a chinlock. Ziggler boots Kane, but runs in to a sidewalk slam and tags Rollins, who taunts Cena.

Rollins is punching and stomping Ziggler as the crowd tries to motivate Ziggler to get back in to the match. He does, landing a Fameasser and hot tags Cena.

Shoulderblock, shoulderblock, belly-to-back slam, Five Knuckle Shuffle, STF on Harper, but Kane breaks it up. Everyone comes in the ring, which ends in Ryback pressing Rollins onto his teammates. Show chokeslams Ryback, but Ziggler superkicks him into an AA from Cena. Cena AA’s Harper on Show and pins him.

Winners: John Cena, Ryback, Dolph Ziggler and Erick Rowan via pinfall (Attitude Adjustment)

Hulk Hogan comes out and celebrates with the winners to close the show.

Rey Mysterio Return Update, Tag Team Turns Down WWE Tryout, WrestleMania 32, More

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Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

– There has been a lot of speculation about WWE signing top indie star Uhaa Nation. Word is that he has been offered a developmental deal and there’s no word yet if he has accepted the deal. There is some talk on the indies that Nation is not taking dates past a certain point.

– We noted a while back that WWE creative was told to start working on a return storyline for Rey Mysterio. The storyline was supposed to run from the Survivor Series pay-per-view and end at WrestleMania 31. With Survivor Series long gone, the return storyline is now off. No word yet on if Rey will still be returning to WWE TV as was expected.

– Top indie tag team The Young Bucks were invited to WWE’s tryouts back in September but they politely turned it down.

– The December 13th WWE live event in Wheeling, West Virginia drew 4,000 fans. Monday’s RAW from Detroit drew a near sellout of 11,800 fans.

– We noted before that former TNA Knockout Brittany (Santana Garrett) was backstage at last week’s NXT Takeover special. She was actually scheduled to wrestle NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte at the Friday night NXT TV tapings but Charlotte was booked twice already so the match was nixed. The entire set of NXT TV tapings were actually re-written that afternoon.

TNA Makes Another Play For Alberto Del Rio, Rumor On What Money They Offered Him, More

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Brian Grey
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Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

– TNA recently made another play for former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio (El Patron). Apparently they made a very serious money offer – a rumored one-year deal for $400,000.

TNA is reportedly asking for exclusivity, which could be a problem as Del Rio is planning to work with El Rey and AAA’s Lucha Underground in 2015. TNA may have to drop the request for exclusivity or up the money to get Del Rio. TNA is trying to sell Del Rio on the idea that he will have more US TV exposure with TNA than with anyone else.

TNA is trying hard to get Del Rio due to John Gaburick working closely with Del Rio in WWE.

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Fighting Spirit Review: “Tenryu Project 19” from 8/5/14

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Date:  August 5th, 2014
Location:  Shin-Kiba 1st RING in Tokyo, Japan
Announced Attendance:  Unknown

PuroresuCentral.com

During the summer, Tenryu decided to throw a little “tag team” tournament together.  I am not going to bother post the brackets since I have no idea how many matches took place in the tournament and if they were all taped, but all the tag team matches on this card are part of the Mizuchi R Tag Team League.  Only the wrestler that gets the pin gets the points and it looks like they are teamed together randomly.  That’s all I got.  There were six matches, but one was won via forfeit.  Here is the card:

– Mitsunobu Kikuzawa  vs. Ricky Fuji
– BUKI and Winger vs. Kengo and NOSAWA Rongai
– Arashi and Kazuki Hashimoto  vs. Classic Kid and Masao Inoue
– Genichiro Tenryu and Kengo vs. Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami
– BUKI and YASSHI vs. Dragon JOKER and TARU

This shouldn’t take too long.

Mitsunobu Kikuzawa  vs. Ricky Fuji
Kikuzawa is Kikutaro, not sure why he wrestled here under his real name.  They dance around to start the match, but Kikuzawa hits Fuji from behind.  Kikuzawa puts his foot against Fuji’s throat and kicks Fuji, chops by Kikuzawa in the corner but Fuji switches positions with him and elbows Kikuzawa in the head.  Kikuzawa switches things back and punches Fuji in the head but Fuji blocks one and punches him back.  Kikuzawa distracts Fuji and punches him in the head, stomp by Kikuzawa and he clubs Fuji in the back.  Fuji punches Kikuzawa back and hits a series of mounted punches in the corner.  Kikuzawa switches positions with him, he straddles Fuji in the corner and shakes the ropes.  Kikuzawa picks up Fuji, snapmare, and Kikuzawa rakes Fuji in the eyes before hitting a kneedrop.  Side headlock by Kikuzawa, Fuji gets out of it and they trade hammerlocks.  Fuji pushes Kikuzawa into the ropes and he gives a clean break.  They lock knuckles, wristlock by Kikuzawa and he hits an armbreaker.  Snapmare by Kikuzawa and he hits a rolling senton.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Kicks to the leg by Kikuzawa and he applies a figure four leglock.  Fuji gets to the ropes, and Kikuzawa kicks Fuji in the leg.  Punches by Kikuzawa and he hits a shoulder tackle in the corner.  Kikuzawa mounts Fuji in the corner and hits a series of punches, Irish whip by Kikuzawa but Fuji kicks him as he charges in.  He tries again with the same result, he then throws the referee into Fuji and that works.  Kikuzawa charges in but Fuji kicks him back, punches by Fuji and Kikuzawa falls to the mat.  Fuji picks up Kikuzawa, he puts him on his shoulders but Kikuzawa slides off and dropkicks Fuji in the knee.  Shining Wizard by Kikuzawa, cover, but Fuji kicks out.  Kikuzawa picks up Fuji and goes for a vertical suplex, but he talks too much and Fuji reverses it into a suplex of his own.  Fuji puts Kikuzawa on his shoulders and hits a rolling fireman’s carry followed  by a trapped DDT.  Cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winner:  Ricky Fuji

Match Thoughts:   A typical Kikutaro match.  Kikutaro has been doing this for a long time, and his matches generally start the show and gets the crowd into the event.  He used the same cute spots he always does and Fuji of course played along because that is what you do when you are against Kikutaro.  So it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t anything new either, one day Kikutaro is going to do something that surprises me but today was not that day.  Score:  5.0

BUKI and Winger vs. Kengo and NOSAWA Rongai
BUKI and Kengo start things off.  BUKI and Kengo tie-up but they break cleanly.  Tie-up, waistlock by BUKI but Kengo gets into the ropes but BUKI clubs him in the chest.  BUKI and Kengo trade elbows and BUKI hits a double chop.  BUKI and Kengo trade chops, and BUKI knocks Kengo into the corner.  BUKI kicks Kengo against the ropes but Kengo kicks him back.  BUKI kicks Kengo into the corner and he applies a front facelock, and BUKI tags in Winger.  Winger applies a wristlock to Kengo but Kengo gets a foot on the ropes.  Kengo rolls out of the ring but returns after a moment, and Kengo locks knuckles with Winger.  Wristlock by Kengo to Winger but Winger reverses it into an armbar.  Winger gets in the mount, Kengo gets back up and Winger tags in BUKI.  Club to the ribs by BUKI to Kengo and he rakes him in the eyes.  Kicks by BUKI and Kengo elbows him back as they trade blows.  Side headlock by Kengo, BUKI Irish whips out of it and they trade unsuccessful shoulderblocks.  Elbow by Kengo, he goes off the ropes but BUKI knocks him down with a shoulderblock.  BUKI goes off the ropes but Rongai knees him from the apron.  Kengo tags in Rongai, double Irish whip and they hit a drop toehold/dropkick combination.  Cover by Rongai but the referee doesn’t count as he never saw the tag (if there was one).  Rongai and Kengo tag in and out, and Rongai chops BUKI against the ropes.  Snapmare by Rongai and he kicks BUKI in the back of the head.  Headbutts by Rongai and he hits BUKI in the back of the head.  Cover, but it gets a two count.

Rongai applies a wristlock to BUKI and applies an arm submission hold, with Kengo coming in to help.  Stomps by Rongai and he tags in Kengo.  Snapmare by Kengo to BUKI and he kicks him in the back.  Kengo applies a facelock, cover, but it gets a two.  Kengo picks up BUKI and throws him into Rongai’s boot.  Rongai is tagged in and he kicks down BUKI in the corner.  Rongai chokes BUKI in the corner, wristlock by Rongai and he headbutts BUKI in the arm.  Rongai applies a keylock, cover, but it gets a two count.  Rongai picks up BUKI and hits a vertical suplex, cover, but it gets a two count.  Rongai tags in Kengo, and Kengo hits a kneedrop.  Headscissors by Kengo, he picks up BUKI, snapmare, Kengo goes up to the top turnbuckle but BUKI avoids the diving doublestomp.  BUKI punches down Kengo and tags in Winger.  Winger clubs Kengo and knocks Rongai off the apron before hitting a vertical suplex on Kengo.  Winger picks up Kengo and he hits a backdrop suplex.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Winger picks up Kengo and applies a wristlock before putting Kengo in a stretch hold, but Rongai breaks it up.  Irish whip by Rongai, reversed, and Winger hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker before kicking Rongai out of the ring.  Winger picks up Kengo and hits a side Russian leg sweep.  Winger tags in BUKI, BUKI picks up Kengo and hits a vertical suplex.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  BUKI throws Kengo into the corner and hits a jumping elbow smash.  Dropkick by BUKI, he picks up Kengo, snapmare, and BUKI kicks Kengo in the back.  Lariat by BUKI, cover, but Kengo gets a shoulder up.  Irish whip by BUKI and he hits a superkick, cover, but Rongai breaks it up.  Rongai holds BUKI for Kengo, but BUKI ducks and Kengo hits Rongai by accident.  Winger comes in and throws Kengo out of the ring, BUKI and Winger kick Rongai but Kengo trips Winger from the floor.  Rongai applies La Magistral onto BUKI and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Kengo and NOSAWA Rongai

Match Thoughts:  Guess the referee lost track of the legal man but it made sense as basically Rongai stole the win from his partner so he could score the points.  None of these wrestlers are very good which naturally hurt the match quality, but it wasn’t a bad match.  Nothing special about the structure or the action itself, just middling throughout.  I can’t point to one moment that was poorly done, the wrestlers just didn’t stand out.  A thoroughly average match.  Score:  5.0

Arashi and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Classic Kid and Masao Inoue
Hashimoto and Classic Kid start things off.  Waistlock by Hashimoto but Classic Kid reverses it into a hammerlock.  Hashimoto reverses it back, wristlock by Classic Kid and they trade submissions.  Wristlock by Hashimoto, snapmare, and he applies a side headlock.  Classic Kid quickly gets out of it and applies a hammerlock, punches by Hashimoto and he applies a side headlock, Classic Kid Irish whips out of it but Hashimoto shoulderblocks him down.  Backslide by Classic Kid, but it gets a two count.  Side headlock takedown by Hashimoto, they jockey for position but neither can get an advantage so both tag out.  Arashi and Inoue circle each other, Arashi pushes Inoue into the ropes and he gives a clean break.  Tie-up, side headlock by Inoue, Arashi Irish whips out of it and they collide with no result.  Inoue tries to shoulderblock Arashi, but it doesn’t work.  Arashi goes off the ropes and he shoulderblocks Inoue, sending him staggering.  Irish whip by Inoue and Arashi shoulderblocks him to the mat.  Scoop slam by Arashi and he hits an elbow drop.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Stretch hold by Arashi and he tags in Hashimoto.  Hashimoto and Inoue circle each other, kick by Inoue and he elbows Hashimoto in the back of the head.  Inoue tags in Classic Kid, and Classic Kid elbows Hashimoto in the back of the head.  Irish whip by Classic Kid and he hits a lariat, cover, but Hashimoto kicks out at two.  Classic Kid picks up Hashimoto and throws him into the corner before tagging in Inoue.  Inoue kicks Hashimoto down in the corner, he picks him up and applies a side headlock.  Punches by Inoue and he elbows Hashimoto, but Inoue rakes him in the eyes.

Inoue tags in Classic Kid, and Classic Kid kicks Hashimoto in the stomach.  Chop by Classic Kid but Hashimoto elbows him back and they trade shots.  Classic Kid goes off the ropes and hits a sliding kick, cover, but it gets a two count.  Kicks by Classic Kid in the corner and he tags in Inoue.  Inoue stomps on Hashimoto and elbows him in the back of the head.  Eye rake by Inoue and he elbows Hashimoto in the back of the head.  Hashimoto throws Inoue into the corner but Hashimoto kicks him back and hits a lariat.  Hashimoto tags in Arashi, Arashi picks up Inoue and clubs him in the side of the head.  Irish whip by Arashi and he lariats Inoue in the corner.  Uranage by Arashi, cover, but it gets a two count.  Arashi applies a chinlock to Inoue but Classic Kid breaks it up.  Inoue tags in Classic Kid, Classic Kid elbows Arashi repeatedly but Arashi punches him to the mat.  Arashi picks up Classic Kid and he tags in Hashimoto.  Hashimoto throws Classic Kid into the corner and hits a jumping kick followed by a front suplex.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Reverse chinlock by Hashimoto and he applies a sleeper, but Classic Kid gets into the ropes.  Classic Kid and Hashimoto trade elbows, Hashimoto goes off the ropes but Classic Kid hits a jumping kick.  Backdrop suplex by Classic Kid, cover, but it gets a two count.  Vertical suplex by Classic Kid, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving headbutt.  Arashi and Inoue get in the ring but Arashi hits them with a double shoulderblock.  Arashi charges them both but Classic Kid dropkicks him out of the ring.  Inoue hits a lariat onto Hashimoto, Classic Kid grabs Hashimoto and he hits a Blue Thunder.  Cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Classic Kid and Masao Inoue

Match Thoughts:   Oddly I enjoy Arashi now that he is in the grumpy fat veteran phase of his career, I find it amusing, and I like the match ended with a real finish as so many matches I have watched the last few days have just had flash pins instead of a definite winner.  When Inoue and Arashi were in there it slowed down, but Hashimoto and Classic Kid looked fine even if neither are memorable.  I have a feeling all these tag matches are going to be a bit dull, but this one was a bit better as Arashi was fun and Hashimoto/Kid kept the match going at a decent pace.  Certainly a watchable match, might have been better without Inoue.  Score:  5.5

Genichiro Tenryu and Kengo vs. Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami
Kengo and Kawakami start things off.  Tie-up, Kawakami pushes Kengo into the ropes and he gives a clean break.  Tie-up again, Kengo gets Kawakami into the ropes this time and he elbows him in the face before backing off.  They lock knuckles, Kawakami pushes Kengo to his knees but Kengo breaks out of it and elbows Kawakami.  Kawakami chops him back and they trade shots, side headlock by Kawakami, Kengo Irish whips out of it but Kawakami shoulderblocks him down.  Kawakami goes off the ropes but Kengo hits an armdrag.  Kengo tags in Tenryu, Tenryu wants Kojika so Kawakami tags him in.  Kojika pushes Tenryu into the ropes and he chops him in the chest.  Tie-up, Tenryu pushes Kojika into the ropes this time but he lets him go.  Tie-up, side waistlock by Tenryu but Kojika gets into the ropes to force a break.  Tie-up, wristlock by Tenryu but Kojika rolls out of it.  Kojika punches Tenryu against the ropes and chops him, but Tenryu punches him back.  Kojika tags in Kawakami as he has had enough, chops by Tenryu to Kawakami but Kawakami hits him back.  Hard elbow by Kawakami, Kawakami tags in Kojika and Kojika knees Tenryu in the ribs.  Knee drops by Kojika to Tenryu and he clubs Tenryu in the chest.  Kojika tags in Kawakami, Kengo comes in the ring but Kawakami elbows him.  Kawakami kicks Tenryu and chops him in the chest.  Kawakami tags in Kojika, and Kojika chokes Tenryu with his knee.  Kojika chokes Tenryu against the ropes, Kawakami comes in the ring and stomps on Tenryu.  Kawakami chops Tenryu in the chest, he goes off the ropes but Tenryu chops him and hits a lariat.  Tenryu tags in Kengo, and Kengo stomps on Kawakami.  Kengo picks up Kawakami, Irish whip, and he hits a back elbow.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Kengo applies a reverse chinlock but Kawakami gets a foot on the ropes.  Elbows by Kawakami and he tags in Kojika.

Kojika picks up Kengo and chokes him in the corner.  Kojika picks up Kengo, punches by Kojika and throws Kengo into the corner.  Kojika tags in Kawakami, and Kawakami punches Kengo down into the corner.  Scoop slam by Kawakami, cover, but it gets a two count.  Stomps by Kawakami, he picks up Kengo and throws him into the corner.  Kawakami tags in Kojika, double Irish whip to Kengo and they hit a double chop.  Cover by Kojika, but it gets a two count.  Kojika picks up Kengo and throws him into the corner.  Kojika tags in Kawakami, Kawakami picks up Kengo and clubs him in the back.  Kawakami picks up Kengo and they trade elbows.  Kawakami tags in Kojika, Kojika picks up Kengo, Irish whip, and Kojika connects with a knee.  Kojika picks up Kengo and they roll around the ring, Kengo gets close to his corner and he tags in Tenryu.  Tenryu chops Kojika but Kojika chops him back.  Eye rake by Kojika, double underhook by Kojika and he pushes Tenryu into the ropes.  Tenryu chops Kojika and punches him, but Kojika chops him back.  Punches by Tenryu, and Kojika falls to the mat.  He slowly gets back up, punches to the stomach by Kojika as Tenryu continues punching him.  They trade chops for a bit longer before tagging in Kengo and Kawakami.  Kengo goes for a suplex on Kawakami, Kawakami blocks it but Kengo hits a DDT.  Big kick by Kengo, he goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a diving double kneedrop.  Kengo goes up top again, but Kawakami grabs him and throws him off the top turnbuckle.  Single leg crab hold by Kawakami but Kengo makes it to the ropes.  Kawakami picks up Kengo, Irish whip by Kawakami and he hits an elbow.  Knee by Kojika to Kengo, Irish whip, and Kojika hits another knee.  Kawakami goes off the ropes and he hits a hard elbow, cover, but it gets a two count.  Kawakami picks up Kengo but Kengo hits a dropkick.  Lariat by Tenryu to Kawakami, roll-up by Kengo but it gets a two count.  Punches by Kengo, he goes off the ropes but Kawakami hits a hard elbow.  Kawakami picks up Kengo but Kengo rolls him up and gets the three count.  Your winners:  Genichiro Tenryu and Kengo

Match Thoughts:   Speaking of things slowing down, I have no idea why a 72 year old wrestler is wrestling so much this year. I just have trouble getting into a match with a senior citizen in it, his offense didn’t look good and other wrestlers were afraid to hit him too hard in case he would break. Not quite at Giant Baba levels, but too close for comfort. The match was also way too long, the longest on the card when it probably should have been the shortest. Kengo and Kawakami did what they could but they couldn’t make this match entertaining, and while I respect Tenryu as a legend he didn’t do a lot for me here. Just too long and too slow without enough interesting action. Score: 3.5

BUKI and YASSHI vs. Dragon JOKER and TARU
TARU and YASSHI knock their own teammates out of the ring to start the match, so they can face off against each other.  Tie-up, and TARU trades elbows with YASSHI.  They both go off the ropes but their teammates trip them from the floor and beat them up.  Now BUKI and Dragon JOKER are facing off, waistlock by Dragon JOKER, reversed by BUKI and BUKI elbows BUKI in the arm.  Side headlock by Dragon JOKER but BUKI gets out of it.  Stomps by Dragon JOKER, he picks up BUKI and drives him back into the corner.  YASSHI applies a neck crank to Dragon JOKER and hits a snapmare before hitting a rolling neckbreaker.  Cover by YASSHI, but it gets a two count.  YASSHI drives Dragon JOKER back, and TARU tags himself in.  TARU punches YASSHI, kicks by TARU and YASSHI falls out of the ring.  YASSHI rolls back into the ring, and TARU throws YASSHI into the corner.  Dragon JOKER tags in, and Dragon JOKER hits an armbreaker to YASSHI.  Stomps by Dragon JOKER, but YASSHI rakes him in the eyes.  Dragon JOKER knees YASSHI in the arm, elbows by YASSHI and he goes off the ropes but TARU hits him from the floor.  YASSHI falls out of the ring and TARU hits him repeatedly with a pole.  TARU picks up YASSHI and throws him into the crowd, and they battle around the ring.  TARU throws YASSHI back in the ring, cover by Dragon JOKER but it gets a two count.  YASSHI is bleeding everywhere while Dragon JOKER stomps him in the face.  Dragon JOKER tags in TARU, and TARU kicks YASSHI in the corner.  TARU applies a chinlock to YASSHI before kneeing him in the arm.  Elbow to the arm by TARU, he picks up YASSHI and twists on his fingers.  Armbar by TARU but YASSHI gets a foot on the ropes.  TARU picks up YASSHI, Irish whip, YASSHI kicks TARU when he charges in but TARU plants him with a chokebomb for a two count.

TARU gets a steel chair but YASSHI ducks the swing and hits TARU in the head with it.  Another chair shot by YASSHI but the referee fights him for it and gets the chair out of the ring.  YASSHI picks up TARU, who is bleeding now too, and elbows him in the head.  YASSHI goes off the ropes and hits a lariat, he goes off the ropes again and hits another one but TARU stays up.  He tries a third time but TARU hits a lariat of his own.  Headbutt by YASSHI, and both men are down.  YASSHI tags in BUKI while TARU tags in Dragon JOKER, kick by Dragon JOKER to BUKI and he hits a DDT.  Cover by Dragon JOKER, but it gets a two count.  Dragon JOKER elbows BUKI but BUKI elbows him back and they trade shots.  Vertical suplex by BUKI, cover, but it gets two.  BUKI picks up Dragon JOKER, snapmare, and he kicks Dragon JOKER in the back.  Lariat by BUKI, cover, but YASSHI breaks it up.  TARU comes in the ring and lariats Dragon JOKER, he then punches both BUKI and YASSHI.  TARU goes off the ropes but he eats a double chop, YASSHI then kicks BUKI in the corner and tags himself in.  YASSHI pulls TARU into the ring, he picks him up and goes off the ropes, but he is kicked in the chest.  Scissors kick by TARU and he hits a Buzzsaw kick.  Cover, but Dragon JOKER breaks it up.  Dragon JOKER throws TARU in the corner and tags himself in, BUKI comes in the ring, Dragon JOKER and BUKI Irish whip TARU and hit a double elbow.  They then do the same to YASSHI, Dragon JOKER picks up YASSHI and hits a jumping knee followed by a running knee.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Falcon Arrow by Dragon JOKER, cover, but it gets another two.  Dragon JOKER goes out to the apron and goes for a swandive splash, but YASSHI gets his knees up.  YASSHI goes off the ropes but Dragon JOKER connects with a jumping kick, waistlock by Dragon JOKER but YASSHI sneaks in La Magistral for a two count.  German suplex by YASSHI but Dragon JOKER rolls through it, Dragon JOKER goes off the ropes but TARU hits him with the metal pipe from ringside.  German suplex hold by YASSHI, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners: BUKI and YASSHI

Match Thoughts: This was a really entertaining brawl and what more of the matches should have been. These aren’t real teams, they are just paired together to make the matches more interesting (in theory). TARU and YASSHI were the only ones on the card that really demonstrated that, and immediately beating up their own partners set the tone. Any time the match started to fall into a rut of feeling like a normal tag team match, TARU or YASSHI would do something to remind you that it wasn’t, whether it be attack their own teammate or start using various weapons on anyone within reach. I am not sure at the end why TARU decided to help YASSHI but I saw it as TARU just didn’t like anyone in the match and cared more about causing carnage than getting two points. After the first four matches this was a breath of fresh air, it won’t hold up compared to matches on other cards but it was just what this event needed. Score: 7.5

Final Thoughts:

Best Match: BUKI and YASSHI vs. Dragon JOKER and TARU. As I just said above, and will say below, this was far and away the best match on the card. Not only was it different but it was smarter, if the Voodoo Murderers came in and just wrestled a normal tag match it would have come across as incredibly silly as that just isn’t their style. Brawls with blood and creating random madness is what the Voodoo Murderers are all about, and that is what they did here. BUKI and Dragon JOKER were game but this was about TARU and YASSHI, and they delivered here.

MVPs:   TARU and YASSHI.  I couldn’t separate these two as they both contributed about the same to the main event. Immediately attacking their own teammates quickly showed where they stood in this match, and even though they were friends before and after the match, during the match they just tore into each other. It really made the tournament feel important that these two attacked just about anyone to try to win the match. BUKI and JOKER played their roles but it was TARU and YASSHI that made the main event so fun.

Overall:  The card was just limping along until the main event came around, but that was a great brawl which really helped the card. I was worried that Tenryu Project was just going to keep being simple tag matches, like the other event I have reviewed so far was, but then TARU rolled in and mixed things up a bit. If you miss Voodoo Murderers and their brand of matches, you will likely enjoy the main event, but the rest is just middling indy stuff that doesn’t require anyone’s attention.

Grade: C-

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW In Bensalem, PA 10/19/96

By
Heels Inc
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1996-10-19 at Boomerangs in Bensalem, PA

Champions
World: Sandman
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas

JT Smith, Axl Rotten & D-Von Dudley vs. Buh Buh Ray Dudley, Spike Dudley & “Shah” Hack Meyers (w/Sign Guy Dudley), ref Jim Molineaux
Oh boy. Four of my least favorite ECW guys in one ring! Hack and Axl start off but D-Von tags in before anything happens. Buh Buh tags in they get nose to nose and they slap each other across the face crazy hard. They come to blows and Buh Buh ducks a clothesline and hits a cutter. D-Von goes low and all six men jump in and brawl. Hack gets taken out by Axl. Some refs and Louie Spicolli come to check on Hack. Smith shit talks Spicolli from in the ring and slaps him. Spicolli joins the match!!! Smith with a powerslam but Spicolli no sells it hits a DVD and lets Spike get the pin in 4.15. Axl hits Spike with a DDT and short arm clothesline after the match. They brawl after the match with the heels having the upper hand. Big Dick Dudley shows up and hits a chokeslam on all three of them. Well that was short enough to be painless. I feel cheated out of some Louie Spicolli though.

Doug Furnas vs. Hard Rock Hamilton, ref John Finnegan
Hamilton is a HUGE black guy. I google him and learn that he used to own Soul City Wrestling in the late 90s. They ran shows of the family variety. I also learn that he was a cool guy giving away free tickets to troubled kids and offering them counseling, as that was his previous job. Unfortunately for him here though he will be getting his ass kicked. Fan chant “You fat fuck” at Hamilton. I am now upset with the fans for being mean to that nice man. Furnas hits a drop kick and an overhead belly to belly on the 300 plus pound Hamilton. Hamilton comes back with a clothesline and body slam. Hamilton misses a corner charge and Furnas with a school boy for the win in 2.56.

Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs. Roadkill, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Roadkill has some shirt on that Alfonso talks shit to him about wearing. Roadkill tries to shake Taz’s hand. Taz rips off Roadkill’s shirt. Roadkill awkwardly throws his hands up to be all “Hey man what’s that all about”. Roadkill swings Taz ducks german suplex and tazmission end this in .29. Taz talks lots of shit on Sabu and the fans. He argues with a fan and gets in his face.

Tag Team Champion New Jack vs. Kronus, ref Jim Molineaux
They fight in the bar of the arena and over to the merch area. In the ring New Jack with a piledriver and the 187 with what looked like a typewriter instead of his usual chair. Time of the match was 4.34.

Saturn vs. Mikey Whipwreck, ref John Finnegan

We should finally get a match that’s over five minutes tonight. Mikey controls the arm to start. Saturn breaks away but Mikey keeps going back to the arm drag takedown. Fans getting restless and we are only 3 minutes in. Mikey with a top rope drop kick. Mikey goes for a back drop but Saturn with a swinging neck breaker. Mikey comes back with a tornado bulldog for 2. Saturn right back in control though. Russian leg sweep from Saturn. Mikey ducks a line, Saturn ducks one from Mikey and hits a superkick. Saturn goes for a superplex but Mikey knocks him down and hits a crossbody for 2. Mikey with a tornado DDT for 2. Mikey leaps off the top rope and lands on Saturn’s shoulders going for a rana but he gets power bombed instead. Saturn now going up top and he hits a diving headbutt that almost gets a 3 count. Mikey with a roll up for 2 and Saturn hits a super kick. Big elbow drop from Saturn off the top but Mikey kicks out. Saturn goes back up he comes off the top but Mikey drop kicks him and gets a 2 count. Mikey ducks a clothesline and hits a reverse rana that looks like garbage for 2. Saturn with a small package as he’s getting up gets the win in 9.12.

“Primetime” Brian Lee vs. Pitbull 2, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Lee goes on the attack early but Pitbull fights back with a clothesline. Lee comes right back though and lands a swinging neck breaker. They go to the floor and a chair comes into play with both men taking a shot to the back. Lee misses a corner charge in the ring and Pitbull scoops him up into a running powerslam. Lee kicks out at 2. Lee takes back over and hits a big boot for 2. Suplex by Lee, Pitbull no sells it and then gets kicked in the nuts. Lee beats away on Pitbull. He goes for a big boot but it’s caught and Lee gets kicked low. Pitbull fires away at Lee. Spin kick in the corner. Pitbull charges in the corner again. Lee moves though and tries to pull the ref in the way. The ref doesn’t move in front fast enough and fucks up the spot. Lee goes up top but Pitbull cuts him off and hits a super fall away slam. This is clearly the part the ref was supposed to down for as it takes him about 10 seconds just to get down to count and then he hesitates once on the ground. HAHAHA they fuck up another ref bump spot! Pitbull sends Lee into the ropes and charges after to clothesline him. Lee ducks and the ref is supposed to be behind him to get hit but he again doesn’t move fast enough. Pitbull just grabs him and shoves him down. Pitbull hits Lee with a clothesline and goes for the pin but there’s no ref now! TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas comes out and hits Pitbull with the belt. Now remember fans the ref was only PUSHED to the mat about 45 seconds again. Chokeslam by Lee gets the win in 9.42. What a mess.

2 Cold Scorpio vs. Sabu, ref John Finnegan
Could it actually be a match worth looking at? At about 2 minutes in Sabu goes for a springboard leg lariat but the middle rope is loose and he just falls. They go to the floor and Sabu hits a triple jump dive into the crowd. Table is set up but Sabu ends up coming back into the ring with a spring board DDT after some back and forth on the table. Scorpio takes over and locks in a boston crab. Scorp off the top with a crossbody for 2. Scorpio throws Sabu out of the ring and then comes off the apron with a clothesline. Back in the ring Sabu with an Arabian press for 2. Sabu with a spin head scissor after some back and forth action. Scorpio comes back and gets a 2 count after a top rope splash. Scorpio bulldogs Sabu on a chair. They fight back and forth Sabu with a spring board standing moonsault for 2. He goes for another moonsault but Scorpio gets the knees up. Scorp now misses a leg drop. Sabu goes for another springboard leg lariat but gets caught and hit with a belly to back suplex. Sabu comes back and hits the triple jump moonsault for 2. Sabu comes off the top with a rana for 2. Urinagi by Scorpio as we cross the 15 minute mark. After another back and forth spot of trying to put each other through the table Sabu gets splashed through. Very rare that’s it’s not Sabu as the one that uses the table. In the ring Scorpio misses a corner charge and Sabu hits a clothesline and then triple jump leg drop for 2. Scorpio stops Sabu from going up top and hits the super powerbomb/sunset flip for 2. Scorpio goes up but again Sabu cuts him off. Scorpio throws Sabu to the mat hits the moonsault leg drop and gets the win in 18.15. One of the more boring matches I have seen these two have together.

TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs. Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah), ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Dreamer hits the ring and they go at it. Why does Dreamer get a title match and not Pitbull 2? Dreamer baseball slides a chair into Shane’s face. A terrible camera angle as you can see Shane peeking around the chair so he knows when to set himself. Shane comes back with a swinging neck breaker. Piledriver gets 2 for the champ. Shane bulldogs Tommy onto a chair. Good job doing a spot that was just done in the last match! Shane puts the chair on Tommy’s face and comes off the top but Tommy puts the chair into Shane’s face. Dreamer with a powerslam and piledriver onto the chair. Each get him a 2 count. Dreamer tries to run Shane into a chair but Shane puts on the breaks and sends Shane in. They reverse a belly to belly a few times and Dreamer hits a DDT. Beulah and Francine fight on the floor, which distracts Dreamer. Shane with a single arm DDT followed by a tombstone. He locks in the full nelson and Dreamer starts to fad but he kicks Shane low and locks in a full nelson himself. Brian Lee comes which distracts Tommy. He turns into another single arm DDT. Chokeslam by Lee as Pitbull 2 now hits the ring and press slams Douglas. Lee and Douglas bail. Joel Gertner gets in the ring but Beulah hits him with the mic and he gets super bombed. Call this one a no contest in a bit over 8 minutes.

World Champion Sandman vs. Stevie Richards (w/ Blue Meanie & Super Nova), ref Jim Molineaux
Stevie gets on the mic before the match and talks shit about Raven. Sandman attacks Meanie and Nova and Stevie hits him with a super kick. To the floor they go and Sandman takes over suplexing a table onto Richards. Sandman gets in the ring with a chair and goes after Meanie but Stevie superkicks that chair into him. Meanie hits a meaniesault. Nova goes for a top rope drop kick but Sandman moves and it hits Richards. Sandman nails Nova with the chair and then suplexes him out of the ring. Stevie with a school boy for 2. Sandman throws Stevie to the floor and planchas onto everyone. Sandman puts a piece of guardrail in the ring and suplexes Stevie onto it for a 2 count. After some back and forth Meanie accidentally splashes Richards in the corner. Richards hits another steviekick and rocker dropper for 2. Sandman with an irish whip sends Richards into the rail. Richards then sends Sandman in and Meanie follows with a splash that gets Richards 2. Nova now with a top rope drop kick and Richards gets another 2. Sandman now getting overwhelmed but Sandman is able to get his cane low blow Richards with it and hit a DDT for the win in 9.13.

My thoughts on the show…
This was a pretty bad show. The first four matches were just over a total of 12 minutes. Not at all worth seeing here.

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Lucha Underground Results 12/17/14

By
Jim Somers
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Credit: Sean Ross Sapp

Prince Puma vs. Fenix vs. Mascarita Sagrada vs. Drago vs. Super Fly vs. El Mariachi Loco vs. King Cuerno vs. Son of Havoc vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Big Ryck

This action is crazy, and quickly all competitors end up outside the ring after attacking Big Ryck. Pentagon hits Sagrada with a mini-lung blower, then monkey flips Sagrada onto the opponents. Havoc fakes a dive outside, but Prince Puma attacks and the two trade reversals in insane series that sees Puma hit a backflip headscissors. Puma then springboards from inside the ring to the outside with a flip over the top.

Ryck comes in the ring and cleans house, destroying everyone in sight before Puma and Fenix bounce him rom the ring. Puma and Fenix then go at it, and the crowd is really into it as they trade big kicks. Fenix goes up top, but then Puma, Cuerno and two others join in on a Tower Of Doom. Son of Havoc hits Fenix with a shooting star press but the count is broken up at two.

Drago tries to score a pin with Dragon’s Tail but it’s broken up. Cuerno lands his finish but the pin is broken up. Mariachi Loco totally misses a superkick and gets punted in the face by Pentagon, followed by a package piledriver. Sagrada breaks up the three count, but Prince Puma tosses him in the air and drills the little fella with a big kick.

Ryck clotheslines Puma, and somehow they’re the only two in the ring. Puma escapes Ryck’s finish, and everyone else in the match comes in and kicks Big Ryck. As soon as the teamwork stops, half of the field does flip dives to the outside. It is total anarchy. Finally Fenix pins Puma with a Rikishi Driver.

Winner: Fenix via pinfall (over-the shoulder belly-to-belly piledriver)

– A vignette for Cage is shown.

– Konnan is in the back berating Prince Puma for losing the ten man match. Puma stands up for himself shortly, but backs down. Konnan was really good in this segment.

Boyle Heights Battle Royal
Chavo Guerrero vs. Cortez Castro vs. Mr. Cisco vs. Bael vs. Johnny Mundo vs. Sexy Star vs. Pimpinela Escarlata vs. Ricky Mandell vs. Famous B vs. Mil Muertes

Muertes eliminated Pimpinela quickly and Sexy Star and Chavo continue their feud in the middle of the ring, while everyone else brawls along the sides, but Chavo eliminates her. Johnny Mundo is then attacked by Castro and Cisco, but hangs on by skinning the cat, then eliminates Bael and Cortez.. Right after that, Muertes tosses Cisco.

The three remaining participants are Mundo, Chavo and Mil Muertes. The three hit a really cool monkey flip spot into a slam. Mundo knocks Chavo off the top and hit a kick to eliminate him. Muertes and Mundo stared each other down until Muertes hit a big spear. Muertes throws some hideous punches after too. Both guys end up on the apron but Mil escapes. He tries to untie Mundo from the ropes, but no dice.

Mundo slides between Muertes’ legs to get back inside, then unloads a kick. Mundo went up top, but Muertes got his knees up. Muertes then eliminated Mundo and got the win.

Winner: Mil Muertes

– Danny Trejo is shown as Dario Cueto unveils a championship belt. He said the winner of an upcoming “Aztec Warfare match” would become the first Lucha Underground champion. He said since Fenix and Muerted were the winners of the big matches tonight, they’ll face off and the winner goes into Aztec Wafare last, while the winner goes in first.

Mil Muertes vs. Fenix

Fenix goes at Muertes immediately with an awesome springboard arm drag, but gets dropped by Muertes. Fenix gets worked over for a while, but knocks Muertes from the ring and does another awesome corkscrew to the outside. Muertes makes it in just in time to avoid being counted out.

Muertes blasts Fenix with a spear and follows up with a running powerslam but only gets two. He hits another slam and overpowers Fenix, but gets caught with a cutter for two. Fenix goes up top but gets caught with a huge uppercut. Muertes hits the Flatliner for the win.

Winner: Mil Muertes via pinfall (via Flatliner)

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: Major League Wrestling “Underground TV” – July 2003

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Underground TV 2003-07-07 (Matches taped Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)

Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson

Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.

The show opens with a video package highlighting the rise of the Extreme Horsemen in MLW.

Opening Video.

Joey Styles welcomes us to the show and discusses what went down last week in the main event.

“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels (w/ Jerry Lynn) vs. Billy Fives
TV exclusive! Two weeks in a row! Fives gets a really big reaction Joey tells us he’s a local. Fives slaps Daniels. Daniels gets mad. Fives takes down Daniels and puts on a headlock. Daniels comes out and takes control of the arm as we go to commercial. We come back and Fives blocks a urinagi and hits a neckbreaker. Fives fires away on Daniels and hits a back body drop and clothesline. Fives runs up Daniels knee and then leg drops him down to the ground. It looks cool. Daniels with a downward spiral and best damn moonsault ever. Fives barely kicks out. Fives blocks a suplex and then hits a reverse brainbuster for 2 and a half. Fives blacks a slam and hits the last rites on Daniels. Lynn hops up on the apron to distract Fives. Daniels hits a last rites of his own and gets the win. 4.23 was shown.

Back to Joey and he talks about the Paul London and Jerry Lynn feud. Next match is at the next taping and Joey acts like this match wasn’t supposed to happen a month ago. Some strippers and the Extreme Horsemen come out of a limo and don’t say much.

Footage of Sandman’s return at Hybrid Hell is shown. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams pulls up to the arena and is attacked from behind by the Global Tag Team Crown Champions. CW Anderson and Simon Diamond attack him from behind. Williams gets busted open in one of the weakest looking beat downs I have ever seen. They slam his hand on a plastic dumpster top, hit him with his duffle bag and slam him onto a pile of dirt. None of this seems like it would hurt, his hand might sting a little but that’s it. CM Punk meets up with Simply Luscious back stage and he trash talks Raven to her. He tries to get her to go straight edged. Joey tries to figure out which of the two men she has history with.

Francine was backstage getting ready to film a commercial for MLW.com when Norman Smiley snuck up behind her and pretended to bang her. Michael Shane runs in and yells at him to get out of there. Some nonsense from Joey. Homicide talks about how he’s paid his dues after being in prison.

Mike Awesome is in the parking and is angry about losing the MLW Title. He says that at Rise of the Renegades he is going to knock out Corino. Mike Awesome and Terry Funk are tied for the number one contendership. Steve Corino gets to pick who his next opponent will be. We go to Corino and he lets us know that it will be Awesome who gets the next shot. Corino says that if Funk wants the next chance they will do it the old school way with a contract signing.

Main event time. La Parka didn’t show up for his match with Sabu so Mikey Whipwreck took his place. Sabu won the match but afterwards Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn attacked and seemed to join forces with Mikey and Sinister Minister.

My thoughts on the show…
Thumbs in the middle. We get an exclusive match so that’s cool. The Mikey/Sabu match was alright.

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Underground TV 2003-07-14 (Matches taped Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)

Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson

Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.

Highlights from the main event last week. Bill Alfonso says he’s tired of getting sent to the hospital every time he comes to MLW. He goes to get stitched up as Sabu heads to the parking lot. Sabu gets jumped by Jerry Lynn and Mikey Whipwreck and has his face slammed into their car door a few times. They get in the car and drive off.

Opening video.

Joey runs down what’s happening tonight. We go to the opening match. Homicide and Michael Shane had a nice back and forth match. Homicide pulled out a victory with a quick roll up. After the match Shane and Francine argued in the ring. Shane grabs Francine and makes like he’s going to punch her but instead the hug.

A Raven and CM Punk video airs to hype the shows main event.

Sinister Minister talks about how Mikey Whipwreck was abandoned by all his friends. Mikey plays with a rubber ducky and they laugh like crazy people at the end. This was so very awesome.

Sandman and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams take on CW Anderson and Simon Diamond in singles matches at Rise of the Renegades. If they win they will get a tag title match in August.

We learn about the feud between Jerry Lynn and Paul London. They are set for a 2 out of 3 series. If London wins 2 he gets a contract and Lynn wins London is gone for good. Bill Alfonso says they are out for revenge at Rise of the Renegades. Sandman and Dr. Death bust into the Extreme Horsemen’s locker room and attack them. A bunch of other guys run in and pull them out.

Next week Los Maximos takes on the Samoan Island Tribe.

CM Punk with help from Michael Shane beat Raven in the main event. Afterwards a tag team match was made between Raven and Norman Smiley against CM Punk and Michael Shane.

Champion Steve Corino says that he will take on everybody in the locker room. He puts a bounty on Terry Funk

My thoughts on the show…
Thumbs up on this episode… Two good matches and a great Sinister Minister promo.

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Underground TV 2003-07-21 (Matches taped Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)

Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson

Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.

Joey Styles of course welcomes us to the show and runs down Rise of the Renegades. Los Maxioms are backstage and they dump a bunch of thumb tacks on the floor and then go kick in the door of the Samoan Island Tribe’s locker room. The Samoans charge and step in the tacks hurting their feet. They chase Los Maximos to the ring and that starts our first match. The Maximos were able to sneak out a victory by pinning Mana. We see footage that wasn’t on the home video of Joel and Samu fighting outside of the arena. Joel locked Samu out of the building and that’s why Los Maximos were able to get the win.

CM Punk says Raven has lost his edge and is not the same man he used to be. Simon Diamond and CW Anderson say they will face Sandman and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams anytime and any where if they can first beat them in singles matches.

Da Hit Squad make their debut this Saturday at Rise of the Renegades. Paul London will again not be there to face Jerry Lynn so Lynn has put out an open challenge. Lynn and Christopher Daniels cut an awesome promo where Lynn is attacking so over the top it’s just great. Sinister Minister and Mikey Whipwreck enter the room. Mikey still has his duck. Minister says they have things to talk about and should have a meeting soon.

Joey Styles interviews Homicide but just gets pushed off camera. Homicide says the same thing he’s been saying the past few weeks. Josh Daniels says he’s coming to MLW this Saturday. Ugh I’ve trained with him and I can’t stand him.

Joey talks about the Terry Funk bounty. Raven is backstage and he says that he has not lost his edge and he has picked a partner that Raven will have to be twice the man with in order to beat Punk and Michael Shane.

Joey runs down the card for Rise of the Renegades. The Extreme Horsemen are backstage celebrating Corino’s title win from a few weeks ago. They talk about how great they are.

Mike Awesome says that on Saturday he’s taking out the Horsemen and Corino. He then pretends to get on a motorcycle and makes motorcycle noises but then “rides” backwards off camera.

Los Maximos yelling about how they kick the Samoans ass. They have signed an open contract for Saturday.

In the main event Kenzo Suzuki beat Norman Smiley. Joey hard sells Rise of the Renegades and wego to a video package for the show.

My thoughts on the show…
The only thing on this show that was any good was the Sinister Minister promo. Leave this episode behind.

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Underground TV 2003-07-28 (Matches taped Revolutions 2003-05-09 from Tabu Night Club in Orland, Fla & Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)

Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson

Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.

A very long recap of last week airs which is weird because nothing that was actually important happened. Wow we don’t even get to Joey Styles until 10 minutes into the show.

We go to the ring and get the three way Texas Wrestling Academy match from Revolutions. Masada deated Fasted Eddie and Don Juan in a match that had about 374 blown spots and should have never been allowed on TV.

Global Tag Team Crown Champions CW Anderson and Simon Diamond are in the locker room. Diamond says people should be thanking them for bringing back tag team wrestling. Anderson says the wrestling world should be prepared for them. A video package of the feud between CM Punk and Raven airs. They show Simply Luscious in the video also. I’m not entirely sure how she fits in here.

Kenzo Suzuki cuts a backstage promo with subtitles. I didn’t read it. Joey talks about the issue taking place between Sabu and Mikey Whipwreck. Bill Alfonos walks about how him and Sabu keep getting sent to the hospital but keep coming back. Joey hypes Hybrid Wrestling. Los Maximos call themselves the best team in the world. They challenge anyway to a match. Generic promos by both Homicide and Josh Daniels. For some reason the World Champion Satoshi Kojima video package airs even though he lost the title on TV weeks ago.

We go to the presentation of the Global Tag Team Crown Championship. I wonder if since it has aired on TV they will get actual belts now. The ceremony was interrupted by “Dr. Death” Steve Williams. Williams and D-Lo Brown challenged for the titles but were unsuccessful.

My thoughts on the show…
Ten minutes of replays from last week and a terrible opening match makes this week one to skip over for sure.

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