TV 1994-09-20 (Matches taped 1994-08-28 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck
Back to the Tournament and we get the post match interview from “The Franchise” Shane Douglas. Douglas and Matt Borne are backstage and Douglas talks about how deep down he knew there was something about Doink deep down he was a wrestler. Douglas talks about taking wrestling to the outer limits. ECW is the only place for hardcore wrestling and the best champion in the world.
Opening video.
Joey Styles brings up back to last week and the end of the Tag Team Title Match. Tag Team Champions Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck are back stage and Cactus says they are going to be fighting champions.
Tag Team Champions Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck vs. Chris Kanyon & Dino Sendoff, ref Jim Molineaux
Kanyon and Mikey start off. Cactus and Mikey send both their opponents to the floor. Jack and Dino tag in. Cactus beats up Dino and throws him to the floor. Public Enemy hit the ring and beat down Cactus and Mikey. Cactus gets back up and hits a double DDT on PE. The brawl continues all the way back to the locker room.
2 Cold Scorpio vs. “Stormin” Mike Norman, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Before the match we go to pre recorded comments from 2 Cold and he talks about getting a rematch with Shane Douglas. Scorpio with a neck breaker and body slam. Leg drop almost gets a 3. Scorpio with a splash in the corner then he comes off the top with a moonsault. Scorpio follows it up with a super kick and 450 for the win in 3.04.
All major matches from the night of the Tournament will be getting rematches on October 1st at the Arena and Sabu will take on Chris Benoit.
We go back to last week when Jason and Chad Austin turned on Rockin’ Rebel.
TV Champion Jason (w/ Dean Malenko) vs. Rockin’ Rebel, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Malenko gets in the face of Rebel as the ref checks Jason. Rebel knows the deal so he goes after Malenko but gets taken down in single arm DDT. Jason goes to work on the arm but Rebel comes back even though he only has one good arm. Rebel misses a corner charge and hits shoulder first. Jason with a school boy and feet on the ropes for the win in 1.28.
World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas is backstage for a press conference from the night of his Tournament win. He talks about becoming a World Champion as a wrestler not an entertainer. Tag Team Champion Cactus Jack shows up and says tonight was probably the best night of both of their careers. Jack says that started together 12 years ago and maybe some day soon they can go at it to figure out who the better man is.
World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Borne Again) vs. Osamu Nishimura, ref John Finnegan
2 Cold Scorpio shows up at ringside as he is next in line for a Title Match. Nishimura with some mat work. Douglas comes back and hits a side slam and snap suplex. Douglas locks in a head scissor. Nishimura though hits a drop kick and gets a near fall. German with a bridge for another near fall. Nishimura with a slam and then he goes up top. Dropkick lands and Nishimura is inches away from the win. A few roll ups for near falls. Nishimura ducks his head and Douglas hits a fisherman with a bridge for the win in 7.40. Nice match. Douglas gets on the mic and tells Nishimura to go home with his head held high.
Tazmaniac vs. Ray Odyssey, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Bell rings at they go right after each other. Ray with a drop kick that sends Tazmaniac to the floor. Ray up and over with a plancha. Ray puts Taz against the ring post and hits a chop that rings out through the Arena. Ray goes for a drop kick but Taz moves and Ray crashes to the hard floor. Taz throws him into the guard rail and they go back into the ring. Ray with a low blow and then he goes up top. Ray with a somersault drop kick for 2. Interesting move. Slam and Ray goes up top again and hits a missile drop kick. Ray loves his drop kicks. Ray goes for a clothesline but Taz ducks and hits a half nelson suplex for the win in 2.34.
We come back from commercial and 911 is in the ring and ref John “Pee Wee” Moore and Chris Kanyon are laid out in the ring. Paul Lauria gets nailed with a chokeslam. Kanyon gets another on. Paul E Dangerously asks the fans who they want to get slammed next and the fans chant Pee Wee. Pee Wee gets slammed and the fans ask for one more. Pee Wee gets laid out once more to end the show.
My thoughts on the show…
Enjoyable show. Douglas with a nice first defense of the newly crowned World Title. All the other matches were short but fun. The Tazmaniac and Odyssey match being the best of the “squashes”. Plus they ended the show with a few 911 chokeslams!
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TV 1994-09-27 (Matches taped 1994-08-28 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck
Tommy Dreamer is in the locker room and he talks about his I Quit Match coming up against Sandman this Saturday. Dreamer says he is going to make the fans feel horror over the things he is going to do to Sandman.
Opening video. Thunder Kiss 65 debuts as the theme song. Because they are EXTREME now.
Sandman (w/ Woman) vs. Hack Meyers, ref Jim Molineaux
Back and forth Woman gets on the apron so Hack grabs her. Sandman attacks from behind but Hack unloads on Sandman. Woman leaves the cane near Sandman and distracts the ref as Hack celebrates. Sandman nails Hack with the cane and gets the win in 3.13. After the match with go to the highlight package from Dreamer’s 10 lashes with the cane.
2 Cold Scorpio tells World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas that he’s going to take him to the extreme and put his shoulders down for a 3 count. Highlight video of Scorpio airs.
We go back to see clips of TV Champion Jason’s title defenses from the past two weeks.
TV Champion Jason (w/ Dean Malenko) vs. Dino Sendoff, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
One would think the refs would get a clue after two weeks of this. Malenko attacks the neck this time and Jason gets the win in .24 after a knee drop. Malenko attacks after the match and Tazmaniac comes out. Malenko gets an arm bar on but Taz escapes and locks on one of his own. The jobber locker room empties out to break them apart. Taz starts hitting suplexes to get rid of all the jobbers as Malenko and Jason leave.
World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas highlight video airs to “Simply the Best”. Douglas takes on 2 Cold Scorpio this Saturday at the ECW Arena. Also this Saturday Public Enemy attempts to regain the Tag Team Titles from Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck, Sandman takes on Tommy Dreamer in an I Quit Match and Sabu goes up against Chris Benoit.
Public Enemy have some prerecorded comments. “Flyboy” Rocco Roc talks about how he hasn’t been right in the head since they lost the titles. Johnny Grunge says that Saturday they are taking the belts back.
Public Enemy vs. Chris Kanyon & Don E Allen, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
We are joined in progress and Johnny Grunge is ripping at the face of Allen. He throws him into the corner and allows him to tag. Kanyon comes in and he gets beat on. Suplex by Grunge as Roc comes off the top with a cross body at the same time. Kanyon gets thrown to the floor and Roc nails him with a chair. Grunge with a DDT on Allen. Roc stacks up two tables on the outside and they put Allen on the top one. Roc goes to the top buckle and hits the drive by through both tables! In the ring Grunge with the reverse DDT and Roc hits the drive by on Kanyon and PE pick up the win in 3.36. PE stand in the ring calling to the back for the champions. Cactus Jack has to drag Mikey Whipwreck down the aisle. Cactus on the mic and he pumps up Mikey and then they hit the ring. The two teams brawl into the crowd.
Chris Benoit vs. Osamu Nishimura, ref John Finnegan
They interlock fingers and go back and forth a bit with some arm work. Benoit misses a cross body from the top. Nishimura on the attack hits a bulldog and missile dropkick for 2. Power bomb gets another 2 count. Nishismura goes for a german but Benoit with a switch. Nishismura goes for a back elbow but Benoit ducks and hits a northern lights with a bridge for the 1, 2 and 3 in 2.49.
Paul E Dangerously hypes Sabu’s upcoming matches against Cactus Jack this Friday and Chris Benoit on Saturday. Paul says that even if Sabu doesn’t make it out alive it will be his finest weekend in professional wrestling.
Tag Team Champs Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck are backstage. Cactus talks to Mikey and talks about how neither of them are great but the PE are great. Cactus says they could be disenboweled and asks Mikey what he’s going to do. Mikey says run and goes to do so but Cactus grabs onto him.
Sandman says ECW is politically incorrect and proud of it.
My thoughts on the show…
Everything from the end of the TV Title Match on down was good. Only four matches announced for the Arena show coming up makes that show feel like a throw away. This show however is worth watching.
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TV 1994-10-04 (Matches taped 1994-10-01 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck
Joey Styles is on location at a hospital as he tells us one superstar has taken it to the extreme.
Opening video.
Back to Joey and he tells us more details about the injured wrestler will be given later in the show.
TV Champion Jason (w/ Dean Malenko) vs. Hack Meyers, ref John Finnegan
Dean leaves the ring so we might actually get a real match. We go to pre recorded comments from Jason but Tod Gordon shows up and says that if Dean interferes in the match he will be barred from ringside going forward. Hack beats on Jason. Jason goes low but Hack shakes it off and they go to the floor. Hack sends Jason into the guard rail. Back in the ring Hack beats on Jason and the ref backs him away. Jason grabs onto the ref and Malenko takes his towel and wraps it around the neck of Hack and snaps him to the mat. Jason covers and gets the 3 count in 3.41.
Last week on TV Malenko and Tazmaniac had a showdown. Taz was able to break out of a Malenko arm back. The two men had to be pulled apart by a bunch of guys from the locker room.
Dean Malenko (w/ TV Champion Jason) vs. Dino Sendoff & Don E Allen, ref Jim Molineaux
Double undertook sit out power bomb on Allen right the bat. Allen gets nailed with a awesome looking samoan drop. Malenko covers and gets the victory in .29. Malenko goes after Sendoff and hits a reverse DDT. Jason is on the apron calling out Taz and out he comes. Taz goes for a half nelson suplex but Dean blocks it. Dean goes for a clothesline but gets caught in a urinagi. Dean up quickly and hits a double undertook sit out power bomb again. Dean springs up and Taz is back to his feet. Dean hits the ropes but Taz catches him with a fall away slam. Dean ducks a line and hits a release northern lights. Taz reverses a corner whip and then nails Dean with a belly to belly as the locker room again empties to break it up. Malenko leaves. Taz chases a photographer around the ring and Malenko comes back out and they brawl again and again get pulled apart.
Tommy Dreamer is in the locker room preparing for his I Quit Match with Sandman. Dreamer says he would never say it and the only way he is going to lose the match is if he gets taken out in a body bag. Woman yells at Sandman and tells him that no one quits on her. She berates Sandman and tells him he better not quit. To Joey we go and he tells that one of the participants from the I Quit Match is at the hospital and then goes to the match
I Quit Match: Sandman (w/ Woman) vs. Tommy Dreamer, ref John Finnegan
Dreamer as a car panel. Sandman attacks him in the aisle but Dreamer uses that car piece. Dreamer jabs Sandman low with the metal. Dreamer with a few chair shots to Sandman. Dreamer taking the ten lashes the last time they were in the Arena has really put the fans on his side. Sandman with a suplex and then he brings it into the ring and locks on a cross face chicken wing. Back and forth with chairs, crutches and frying pans they go but neither man quits. Sandman hits some of the worst looking elbows from the top rope but Dreamer won’t give up. Dreamer moves out of the way of a third one and then hits a DDT. Piledriver on the chair. Sandman though comes back and hits a piledriver of his own. Sandman lights himself a cigarette and then hits another piledriver. Sandman beats on Dreamer and gets in his face. Dreamer slaps the cigarette into the eye of Sandman. Woman comes in the ring and hits Dreamer with the cane he doesn’t flinch and grabs it from her and slams Sandman in the face with the cane. Sandman is rolling around on the ground in pain as Woman freaks out. Sandman quits giving Dreamer the win after 12.49. A few refs run down to ringside and Dreamer checks on Sandman who is bleeding from the eye. Tod Gordon hits the ring and calls for more help as Sandman gets stretchered out. Backstage Dreamer wants to check on Sandman as Gordon tells him to just get away. Woman cries and screams at Dreamer. Woman tells Sandman that an ambulance is on the way. A lot of wrestlers surround Sandman after a few minutes Gordon yells at the camera man and tells him to leave.
We go to Joey at the hospital and we see footage of Sandman being lead back out through the arena to the exit so he can go to the hospital. Joey tells us that one eye is swollen shut and was burned and that the other one was torn off!
My thoughts on the show…
AWESOME. Loved the angle for the main event that few minutes right there made this whole episode worth it. The Taz Malenko stuff was also lots of fun with them countering back and forth. Another show worth checking out.
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TV 1994-10-11 (Matches taped 1994-09-30 at Fieldhouse in Hamburg, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck
We see some clips from the 10-01-1994 Arena taping. Paul E Dangerously tells us not to miss November to Remember.
Opening video.
Joey Styles welcomes us to the show tonight.
Public Enemy vs. Dino Sendoff & Don E Allen
PE attack with baseball bats. PE hits a suplex top rope cross body combo. Johnny Grunge with the reverse DDT and “Flyboy” Rocco Roc comes off the top with the drive by for the win in 2.21. We go to pre recorded comments from PE walking on the streets. Roc talks about how the street used to be there life until one year ago when they became wrestlers and rose to the top quick. They don’t want to be back on the streets so they are going to bring the street to Tag Team Champions Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck and win the titles back.
Joey says tonight we will get comments from Tommy Dreamer. Call in to ECW and leave a message for the Sandman they will air next week!
Borne Again (w/ Mr. Hughes) vs. 2 Cold Scorpio, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Pre recorded comments and Scorpio trash talks both Borne and World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas. Borne wrestles in the Doink costume with half his face painted and no wig. He plays it pretty crazy doing the Doink laugh and such. I like this. Nice back and forth for the first five minutes. Scorpio uses his quickness to control the arm of Borne. Borne bites the nose of Scorpio. Scorpio goes up top and gets 2 off a cross body. Scorpio goes back to the arm. We go to commercial and when we come back Scorpio planchas out of the ring onto Hughes. Borne and Hughes double team Scorpio but a miscommunication keeps Scorpio in control. Scorpio with an atomic drop but then he misses a corner charge. Borne gets a chair and then throws the ref out of the ring. Borne nails Scorpio with a the chair and then hits the whoopee cushion. Scorpio win the match by DQ. Borne puts the Doink wig on Scorpio. Borne asks Scorpio what it feels like to live in his hell. Hughes stomps on Scorpio as more referees come to the ring to stop it. Borne keeps telling Scorpio that he’s a clown. 9.21 was shown. We go to commercial and when we come back Scorpio is beating up Rockin’ Rebel who Joey tells us came to the ring to mock Scorpio.
Borne Again is backstage and he talks about staying close to your enemies so that you will always know what they are doing. Borne goes off about how there are so many Doinks and about how he feels so good.
TV Champion Jason vs. Tag Team Champion Mikey Whipwreck
Mikey tries to regain the TV Title here tonight! The match gets going and we go to commercial. We come back and Jason is in control. Jason with a piledriver but he doesn’t go for the cover. Jason goes to the top but Mikey stops him. Mikey this time off the top with a clothesline and the ref gets knocked down by Jason. Mikey covers but there’s no ref. Public Enemy hit the ring and attack Mikey and throw Jason on top. Johnny Grunge drags the ref over and he makes the count. PE continue the attack after the match until Cactus Jack makes the save. 6.29 of the match was shown.
Joey tells us next week Sabu and Cactus Jack will go one on one in the main event. We go to Tommy Dreamer and he is watching what he did to Sandman in slow motion in his living room. Dreamer is very upset and looks like he is going to cry. He says he sees what happened every time he closes his eyes. Dreamer is an emotional wreck and tells Sandman that he didn’t mean to blind him. Dreamer says he wanted to give the fans a hardcore match and if him not wanting to take out someones eye makes him not hardcore well then he’s not hardcore. Dreamer tells Sandman he is trying to get a benefit show going and that from now on every time he wrestles he does it for the Sandman. Dreamer then cries like a pussy.
My thoughts on the show…
I liked the Borne Again / Scorpio match. Borne was a great talent that played crazy awesomely. The Dreamer crying stuff was decent but over the top.
