ECW Presents “Natural Born Killaz” 1996-08-24 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA

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

Just three weeks removed from our last major Arena show we already get another one. Not sure what to expect from this show as basically none of it was ever advertised.

Louie Spicolli vs. Devon Storm (w/ Damien Kane & Lady Alexandra), ref John Finnegan
Before the match Taz is backstage shouting into the camera. He wants Sabu and now tells Rob Van Dam that he’s going to kill him to for getting in the way. During all this we hear the bell to signal the start of the match we are not seeing. To the match and Storm comes off the top with a head scissor. Spicolli goes to the floor and Storm comes off the top with a somersault senton. Spicolli gets a chair and slams it into Storm’s knee a bunch of times. Back in the ring Spicolli stays on the knee. Storm pushes Spicolli to the outside and Storm follows and gets the upper hand. Back in the ring Storm hits a slingshot leg lariat for 2. Storm comes off the top with a flying Diamond Dust for 2. Spicolli comes back and hits the DVD to the gasps of the fans for the pin in 5.43. About 15 seconds of that was during the Taz promo. Kane gets on the mic afterwards and wants to hire Spicolli. He offers Spicolli Alexandra, I guess it’s kind of signing bonus. They shake hands but Spicolli grabs him and hits a sick DVD. The crowd chants huge and asks for him to do it once more. He obliges and the fans pop HUGE. Now I realize that the ECW Arena crowd will chant for just about anything but this seemed like the type of pop that can get a guys career going in ECW.

European Junior Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck vs. Little Guido (JT Smith, Big Guido & Sal Bellomo), ref Jim Molineaux
Well these guys had a stinker of a match last night let’s see how round 2 goes. Back and forth for the first few minutes Mikey takes over with a rocker dropper and clothesline that sends Guido to the floor. Smith and Guido talk outside and Mikey planchas onto them. Mikey tries to jump on Big Guido with a frankensteiner but he catches him and puts him on the apron. Mikey kicks Guido into the crowd and goes up top. Mikey over leaps Big Guido on a frankensteiner attempt and crashes to the floor allowing Little Guido to gain the advantage. That almost looked like Big Guido bitched out on the move. Back in the ring Guido goes to work on the arm. Mikey ducks a clothesline hits a superkick and then misses a top rope splash. After a few minutes Mikey begins to mount a come back. Mikey hits a super monkey flip, basically he was going for a super rana and slipped followed by a top ropes elbow to get the win in 8.56. Mikey is on the ground holding his knee after the match and appears to be injured.

D-Von Dudley & Axl Rotten vs. Buh Buh Ray & Big Dick Dudley (w/ Sign Guy & Chubby Dudley), ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
D-Von Dudley and Axl Rotten are in the ring. D-Von is on the mic and trash talks the crowd for a bit. Buh Buh and Dick hit the ring and the fight is on. Buh Buh is all over D-Von while Big Dick beats on Axl. Buh Buh splashes D-Von through a table. About 3 minutes into the match and Buh Buh and D-Von on fighting in the crowd and up to the Eagle’s Nest. Axl and Big Dick join them. Buh Buh climbs all the way up to the top stage and then on top of a speaker and dives to the stage below with a cross body onto everyone including his partner. They all brawl back into the crowd. Buh Buh goes for a leg drop off the apron through a table but D-Von moves. Axl clips the knee of Big Dick in the ring and he gets double teamed. Dick fights out and has D-Von finally but Axl gets Dick from behind (during proof reading I see how dirty that sounds HA). Axl holds Dick (and there it is again) but he moves and D-Von hits Axl with a chair by accident. Dick throws Buh Buh onto Axl and they get the win at 8.16. The winners celebrate their victory in the ring. However with D-Von not getting pinned I think it’s a safe bet that this feud will continue you. Buh Buh goes after D-Von on the floor and smacks him with a chair. D-Von gets into the ring and throws a fit.

Missy Hyatt, Sandman, Lori Fullington, Stevie Richards, Blue Meanie and Super Nova are all in the ring. Ring Announcer Joel Gertner says he will not announce the match between Lori and Missy because Missy has a broken arm and he see no reason why he should let this match happen. Missy canes Joel and then so does Sandman. Meanie gets on the mic and gets caned by Missy. Stevie Richards is next and he talks about the sexual harassment law suit. Stevie says he will drop it if she denounces the Sandman. Missy gets on the mic and starts trash talking Sandman she turns and says her money is more important then the Sandman. OH GOD! Sandman canes her in the back of the skull and kills her.

No Rules Bad Street Death Match: “Primetime” Brian Lee vs. Terry “Bamm Bamm” Gordy, ref John Finnegan
Gordy does his run the ropes to warm up thing and Lee steps in front and nails him with a clothesline. Lee follows it up with a powerslam. Gordy comes back with a clothesline of his own and they brawl into the crowd. They go out to the crowd where they set off some car alarms. These guys are all over each other with stiff shots. Lee slams the back of Gordy’s head into a garage door a few times. They fight back to ringside. Lee charges Gordy and gets back dropped through a table. Into the ring Gordy with some clotheslines in the corner and a DDT for 2. Big boot by Lee but Gordy doesn’t go down. Gordy blocks a chokeslam with a low blow. Gordy locks on the Asiatic spike and gets the pin in 5.13.

Doug Furnas vs. Rob Van Dam, ref Jim Molineaux
It seems Van Dam has begun his stalling tactics that will lead to me despising him. Furnas hits a SICK looking release german before the 2 minutes mark. Rob with some flips and kicks. Furnas catches him bouncing off the ropes in a stun gun but instead just drops him over the top rope. Van Dam climbs back on the apron and Furnas charges and sends him flying into the crowd. Furnas follows and takes it to the extreme! They go to the top bleacher and Furnas press slams Van Dam and throws him across a gap onto a stage behind. Van Dam takes tons of chair shots and the fans are going extra nuts for this. Furnas kills Van Dam with a clothesline that sends him over the guardrail back to the ringside area. Furnas goes back into the ring and Van Dam suplexes Furnas from inside the ring to the outside. Van Dam does the slingshot leg drop with the chair on Furnas’ face. Van Dam with a double leg drop from the top rope for 2. Van Dam misses a spin kick and Furnas throws him over head with a belly to belly suplex. Big powerslam by Furnas for 2. Van Dam comes back with a springboard kick for 2. Van Dam goes for the super fisherman buster but Furnas blocks and front suplexs Van Dam to the mat. Furnas comes off the top with a flying clothesline. Van Dam rolls to the floor and gets a chair and smacks Furnas with it. Van Dam comes off the top Furnas catches and tries to powerslam him but lands oddly and Van Dam gets 2. Van Dam goes for a cross body and Furnas catches him again flips him around and tombstones him on a chair for 2. Van Dam goes for a monkey flip on a chair but Furnas blocks it and spin busters Van Dam on the chair. Oh god Furnas puts a huge dent in a chair with Van Dam’s skull. He hits Van Dam again then pushes the ref away. Van Dam hops up and kicks the chair into Furnas’ face and covers him for the win in 13.06. After the match Van Dam gets on the mic and tells Furnas he respects him and wants to shake hands. They do but then Furnas levels Van Dam with a clothesline and a release german suplex that flips Van Dam all the way over and he lands stomach first! Van Dam is stretchered out.

Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso & Team Taz) vs. Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah), ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Taz gets on the mic before the match and says the fans won’t see any hardcore shit or brawling out of the ring just wrestling and Taz choking out Dreamer. Dreamer comes out and they go nose to nose. They quickly come to blows and we get the bell. Taz throws Dreamer to floor right away and throws him into the rail and starts slamming his head into it. Chair to the back and into the rail again goes Dreamer. Taz throws him back in and charges Tommy getting toe hold and hip tossed. Taz hangs back and we slow things down a bit. They go back and forth early on but Tommy is clearly still beat up from the start of the match. Taz pulls up Dreamers shirt and we see that Tommy came into the match with taped ribs. Taz with a T-Bone. Alfonso screams into the camera that they knew about the injury. Taz works over the ribs with a few submissions and stomps. They go to the floor where Team Taz hold Dreamer on the rail so Taz can hit him with a chair. Dreamer comes back and nails Taz with a chair. Back in the ring Dreamer with a bulldog onto a chair. Tommy goes for a DDT onto the chair but Taz sweeps his legs out from under him and Dreamer hits the chair. Taz goes for a super belly to belly but Dreamer holds onto the buckle and Taz crashes to the mat. Dreamer with a top rope dive onto all of Team Taz on the floor. There’s like five or six. Tommy then leans a table on the bottom rope and baseball slides it all into Team Taz he baseball slides Alfonso. Taz comes from behind and hits a german suplex. Taz grabs a chair but the ref wanted to stop the damage to Dreamer takes it away. Urinagi on the ref and Taz props a table up in the corner. Taz belly to bellies Dreamer through the table. Taz sets up full nelson suplex but Dreamer goes low and then goes for a DDT. Taz reverses into a northern lights and then locks on the Tazmission. Beulah gets in the ring and begs for Taz to stop. Alfonso comes in and threatens Beulah with a chair. Terry Gordy comes to save her but the Eliminators follow him and give him Total Elimination. Brian Lee now hits the ring and puts Gordy in the Asiatic spike. Referee Paul Richards, “El Puerto Ricano” Pablo Marquez, Don E. Allen, Bad Crew all get total elimination. Bad Crew at the same time. Lee chokeslams Marquez over the top rope to the floor. Buh Buh Ray Dudley comes out and gets very little offense before Lee grabs and chokeslams him. Sign Guy Dudley tries to help out but the Eliminators both just jump up and kick him hard in the face and back of the head. Hack Meyers shows up and gets in a few shots before getting t-boned and hit with total elimination. Lee then puts him in the spike. The heels all pose in the ring over the carnage they left.

Sandman is in the ring with a dog collar on. He is pretty sad because he has no wife, no kid, no manager and worst of all no partner because TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas put the Pitbull in the hospital last night. Sandman says he does have his life though and that he is the King of Extreme and if World Champion Raven and Douglas want his life they can come get it. Out comes Raven, Lori and Tyler Fullington, Blue Meanie, Nova, Richards, Douglas and Francine. Meanie, Nova and Douglas get caned, Reven gets in the ring and with get a bell. I’ll let you know who’s in the match when I figure it out. Lori canes Sandman from behind and Raven hits a DDT for 2. Douglas wraps the chain from the dog collar around his fist and nails Sandman. I think we are watching…..

Double Dog Collar Match: World Champion Raven & TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/Lori & Tyler Fullington, Blue Meanie, Nova, Richards, Douglas & Francine) vs. Sandman, ref Jim Molineaux
Raven puts on his side of the collar. Sandman is busted open. Douglas wraps the chain around Sandman’s face. Pitbull 1 comes to ringside as Douglas and Raven just beat down Sandman. They clothesline Sandman with the chain and then hang him over the top rope. Sandman pulls Raven by the chain out of the ring. Douglas follows and they beat on Sandman some more. Lori canes Sandman a bunch. Piledriver by Douglas but it’s not enough to put Sandman away. They post Sandman crotch first. Pitbull 2 hits the ring in a neck brace and he’s all over Douglas and Raven. Belly to belly on Douglas and a DDT on Raven. Another belly to belly on Douglas but Raven breaks up the pin. Raven with a piledriver on Pitbull 2. Sandman chokes Douglas with the chain. Pitbull 2 puts on the other collar and locks Douglas in it. Sandman holds Douglas but Douglas moves and Pitbull 2 hits Sandman with the chain. Pitbull 2 back on Shane and he busts him open. Meanie comes into the ring and misses a meaniesault. Raven and Sandman crash through a table together. All four men brawl on the floor. The brawl continues as we pass 12 minutes. Chokeslam by Pitbull 2 on Douglas gets a 2 count. Douglas and Raven hit a superbomb onto Sandman. Sandman some how kicks out at 2. Pitbull 2 with a full nelson on Douglas. Raven gets the loaded boot but misses. Pitbull 2 gets the boot and nails Raven. Douglas bails and Raven gets pinned in 15.16. After the match Meanie gets canned and Raven hides behind Tyler. A loud “cane your kid” chant from the fans. Tyler walks to the center of the ring and Sandman drops to his knees. Tyler reaches his hand out for the cane. Sandman hands it to him and he hits Sandman a few times and Raven attacks Sandman. Raven lays him out with a few cane shots.

Steel Cage Weapons Match: Tag Team Champions The Gangstas vs. Eliminators, ref John Finnegan
Gangstas for once don’t charge the ring to start the brawl. There are 4 guys in black hoods with weapons in each corner on the outside of the ring. A wrestler must call for a weapon and will have it thrown to them. The Eliminators try to sneak up behind on the outside of the ring but the Gangstas see them and attack first. Into the crowd they go. Saturn climbs to the top of the cage and dives to the floor onto all three guys!!!!! Into the ring Saturn again on the top of the cage and he comes off with a clothesline onto New Jack. Mustafa takes down Kronus then goes after Saturn. All four men bleeding. Saturn with a falcon arrow on Mustafa. He again goes to the top of the cage and comes off with a splash. New Jack gets a garbage can from one of the guys in the corner and jumps off the top rope and smashes it into Kronus’ head. Saturn off the top of the cage with an elbow onto Jack for 2. Pump handle fall away slam for 2 by Kronus. Saturn again jumps off the top but this time Jack throws a garbage can at him. New Jack comes off the top with a key board but gets drop kicked. Butterfly suplex by Mustafa onto Saturn. Kronus is completely covered in blood. New Jack calls for another weapon and the masked man climbs the cage to hand him a guitar. He hits Jack with the guitar and unmasks to reveal that he is Shane Douglas. Saturn AGAIN off the cage with a splash. Kronus holds Mustafa and Saturn comes off the cage ANOTHER time but Jack throws the garbage can at him again. Saturn goes to the tope of the cage and Jack again throws the garbage can him this time knocking him off the cage through a table to the floor. Running powerslam 187 chair combo and New Jack pins Kronus in 15.03. Saturn and Kronus again argue on the floor and get into each others faces. Douglas gets between them and throws up the triple threat signal to them and they calm down and leave.

My thoughts on the show…
I thought this show was really good. Usually the ECW shows that I really like have a good brawl or two and get balanced out with one or two solid wrestling matches. This show was all about the brawling. Spicolli had a nice “star building” reaction from the crowd and I’m looking forward to where they take him. Furnas KILLED Van Dam and I loved every second of it. For all the shit I talk about Van Dam and for how much I hate him I have to say he has been really solid so far since coming into ECW. It’s only a matter of time however before he spends every match doing nothing but pointing to himself and rolling around on the ground. The last two matches were some nice bloody battles although Saturn should have stopped jumping off the top of the cage after the 500th time as it lost all of its cool factor by then. A must see show here.

TV 1993-08-24 (Matches taped 1993-08-07 and 1993-08-8 from ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)

Champions
Heavyweight: Magnificent Don Muraco
TV: Superfly Jimmy Snuka
PA State: Tommy Cairo
Tag: Vacant

Jay Sulli is in the studio and he runs down todays card. Two more 1st round matches in the Tag Title Tournament and both Tito Santana and “Fabulous” Shane Douglas debut tonight. “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert is lying on the floor for some reason. They talk about UltraClash a bit and we go to commercial.

Eddie Gilbert and Dark Patriot are backstage. Tonight they face JT Smith and “Ironman” Tommy Cairo in the Tag Team Tournament. Dark Patriot is going after Smith.

Tag Team Title Tournament Round 1 Match (1993-08-07): “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert & Dark Patriot (w/ Freddie Gilbert) vs. PA State Champion “Ironman” Tommy Cairo & JT Smith, ref John Finnegan
Cairo and Patriot start the match. Cairo with a few arm drags, a hip toss and a spin kick. Patriot bails to the floor to slow the pace down. Back in the ring Cairo goes back to the arm and tags Smith. Patriot able to make the tag. Smith goes right to the arm of Gilbert now. Patriot distracts the ref allowing Smith and Cairo to make the illegal switch a few times. Cairo hits the ropes and Freddie trips him up. This brings out Sherri Martel and she chases Freddie back to the locker room. Meanwhile back in the ring Patriot is in control of Cairo. Paul E. Dangerously comes down to ringside. Patriot throws Cairo to the floor and comes off the top rope onto him with a double axe handle twice. Eddie tags in but misses an elbow drop. Cairo tags Smith and he comes in and lands a fall away slam on both his opponents. Paul E. distracts the ref as Eddie tries to hit Smith with a chain. Smith moves and Patriot gets nailed with it. Smith covers and gets the win at 6.54. Gilbert tackles Smith and puts the chain in his tights and then points it out to the ref. The ref reverses the decision and DQs Smith and Cairo. Gilbert and Patriot argue and shove each other.

Tod Gordon is in the ring and he introduces Shane Douglas who is making his ECW debut. The Dangerous Alliance come out right away and interrupt him before he can really say anything. Paul E. runs down all of Shane’s accomplishments’ and then they hug. Shane Douglas has joined the Dangerous Alliance and Tod Gordon is very upset. Shane puts out an open challenge for $10,000.00 if anyone can beat him.

$10,000.00 Challenge Match (1993-08-07): Shane Douglas (w/ The Dangerous Alliance) vs. Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal, ref Jim Molineaux
The team of Don E. Allen and Herve Renesto answer the challenge. Super kick onto Allen sends him to the floor. Belly to belly on Ernesto gets the win in .33.

The Super Destroyers are backstage and they make fun of the Suicide Blondes and call them Smurfs. The two teams face off in the Tag Team Title Tournament next.

Tag Team Title Tournament Round 1 Match (1993-08-07): Super Destroyers vs. Suicide Blondes (w/ Hunter Q Robbins III), ref Jim Molineaux
Robbins is out without the Blondes. He says that he made a huge mistake by not sticking with the Destroyers. He forfeits the match and the Destroyers move on to the next round. Robbins says it was his guidance that brought them the titles. He has a check back stage for $25,000.00 if they sign back with him. Super D 1 says they don’t need him.

Terry Funk vs. Canadian Wolfman, ref Joe Dinoli (from the 1993-07-27 episode review is taken directly from that episode)
Heavyweight Champion “Magnificent” Don Muraco is on commentary with Jay Sulli for this match. They criss cross and Funk stops but Wolfman keeps running. Wolfman gets Funk in the corner and gives him some shoulders and eye rake. Funk fights back and slams Wolfman three times. He follows that up with a leg drop for 2. Spinning toe hold gets Funk the win in 3.13.

Stan Hansen is backstage hyping the tag match coming up at UltraClash. We see the same Tito Santana promo from two weeks ago. “Magnificent” Don Muraco and Freddie Gilbert praise the Dangerous Alliance and running down Santana.

Heavyweight Champion “Magnificent” Don Muraco (w/ Freddie Gilbert) vs. Tito Santana, ref John Finnegan (1993-08-08)
They fight before the bell. Santana throws Freddie into Muraco and they go out of the ring. Muraco backs Santana into the corner but Santana fights out. Muraco goes to work on the arm. Santana fights back after about 4 minutes in an arm bar but misses a corner charge. Muraco slams Santana’s arm into the ring post and then hits a shoulder breaker. Santana reverses a piledriver into a back body drop. Double clothesline sends both men to mat. Tito with a small package but they end up in the ropes. Muraco thumbs Tito in the eye and hits the tombstone but Freddie gets on the apron and distracts the ref. DDT by Muraco and Freddie jumps up again. Muraco is getting pissed. He goes to slam Tito but he slips behind and pushes Muraco into Freddie. Muraco slaps Gilbert turns around and gets nailed with the flying forearm and we have a new ECW Heavyweight Champion in 10.04! Freddie runs to the back before Muraco can get to him.

Jay Sulli is back in the studio to end the show but first he sends us to an interview with Paul E. Dangerously and Eddie Gilbert. Paul E. talks about all the matches that involve his guys coming up at UltraClash. Gilbert says he will not hide behind Abdullah the Butcher and that he will once again prove that he is the ring of Philly wrestling.

My thoughts on the show…
I loved the ending to the opening match. Shane Douglas makes his debut tonight and as we all know he will go on to become one of the greatest ECW wrestlers of all time. Big Heavyweight Title change also gets this show a thumbs up!

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TV 1993-08-31 (Matches taped 1993-08-07 and 1993-08-08 from ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)

Champions
Heavyweight: Tito Santana
TV: Superfly Jimmy Snuka
PA State: Tommy Cairo
Tag: Vacant

We open the show with a promo from Stan “The Lariat” Hansen hyping UltraClash.

Jay Sulli and “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert are in the studio and they welcome us to the show and run down the card. Eddie Gilbert has given Jay a bottle of alcohol for the past three weeks. You see cause it’s funny when someone has a drinking problem. Sulli questions Gilbert about what happened during his tag match last week. Gilbert suggests that Sulli was drunk and didn’t see what happened properly. Gilbert explanation of what he says happened is pretty funny. Gilbert shoots on Jerry Lawler being so old and needing to retire. Gilbert says after the show today he has a date with 6 different women and names the wives of Tod Gordon, Jay Sulli and a few other ECW employees.

Sandman and “Wildman” Sal Bellomo are backstage and they tell the Koloffs to get out of the country if they don’t like it.

Ivan and Vladimir Koloff are going to take about Sandman and Bellomo and move on in the tournament.

Tag Team Title Tournament 2nd Round Match (1993-08-07): Ivan & Vladimir Koloff vs. Sandman & “Wildman” Sal Bellomo, ref John Finnegan
Bellomo and Koloff start. Bellomo with a mule kick and a drop kick and then he tags out. Sandman comes in and gets a 2 count on a school boy. Ivan tags out and Vlad comes in and lands a bulldog. The Koloffs double team behind the refs. Vlad hits his belly to belly finisher but Bellomo and Ivan come in. The ref pulls away Ivan allowing Bellomo to take off his boot and hit Vlad with it. Sandman rolls on top and gets the win in 3.39.

An UltraClash promo airs that gives away stuff that is going to happen on upcoming TV shows. I won’t spoil it for you guys though.

Tod Gordon is in the ring and he introduces all of the competitors that will appear in the $5,000.00 Inter-gender Battle Royal at UltraClash. Peaches, Hunter Q. Robbins III, Tigra, Angel, and Freddie Gilbert all come out cut very quick promos about the battle royal. Everyone leaves the ring once Sherri comes down. Freddie Gilbert returns with flowers for Sherri. Angel comes back down and says that she thought she was Freddie’s women and drags him to the back.

2nd Round Of ECW Tag Title Tournament (1993-08-07): The Super Destroyers vs. “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert & The Dark Patriot (w/”Fabulous” Shane Douglas), ref Jim Molineaux
Gilbert pulls the plug on the match and we go back to the studio. The same guy that Gilbert tried to bring in last week to replace Sulli shows up with donuts for Sulli and asks Gilbert for his autograph. Gilbert plugs his tshirt that you can buy from the hotline. Back to the match which is joined in progress now Dark Patriot hits a DDT on Super D 2 and then makes a tag. Super D fights off Gilbert and makes a tag. D 1 loads up his mask and head butts Gilbert. He makes a tag and hits a running powerslam and covers but the ref is distracted. Hunter Q Robbins III runs up and hand something to Super D 2. #2 drops a head butt on 1 and puts Gilbert on top for the pin at 1.58 shown. Super D 2 helps up #1 and pretends like he doesn’t know what happened.

W*ING Tag Team Champions The Headhunters vs. Miguelito Perez & Mr. Danger, ref John Finnegan (1993-08-07)
They go right to the floor to brawl. Back in the ring Danger is power bombed but he kicks out. Perez is bleeding within the first minute of the match. Perez with a superplex and then he goes up top. Perez comes off with a missile dropkick. The Headhunter rolls to the floor and Perez hits a plancha. Perez nails the Headhunter with a chair to the head that busts him open. Tag to Mr. Danger and all 4 men come into the ring. Perez misses a 2nd rope senton. Headhunter with a moonsault he goes for the cover but Danger and the other Headhunter come in the ring. The first Headhunter gets off his cover and Danger gets a small package. Splash on Perez and NOW the ref counts. Each team has a man pinned and the match is declared a no contest at 4.59. So the legal man had a pin attempt but the ref didn’t count it. Then the illegal man had a pin and the ref didn’t count that then both teams had pins and he counts that?

Heavyweight Champion Tito Santana & Stan Hansen vs. “Fabulous” Shane Douglas & “Magnificent” Don Muraco, ref John Finnegan (1993-08-08)
Hansen and Douglas start off. Hansen with the early advantage and he makes the tag. Santana sends Douglas to the floor and he tags Muraco when he gets back in. Santana takes over on Muraco tags into Hansen and we break away to go to the highlights of Abdullah the Butcher. Back to the match and Douglas has control over Santana and tags in Muraco. Douglas and Muraco tag in and out a few times neither man doing much. Santana reverses a suplex and both men make tags. Hansen throws Muraco to the ropes for the lariat but the ropes break. The rest of the Dangerous Alliance hit the ring causing a DQ in 5.27. Eddie Gilbert goes to throw fire into Hansen’s face but he moves and it hits the Dark Patriot.

My thoughts on the show…
A major heel turn today as the longest running tag team in the company split up. A wild brawl from the wrestlers of W*ING, and a literal hot ending to the main event gets this show a solid thumbs up.