1996-10-11 at Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, MA
Champions
World: Sandman
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas
ECW makes their debut in town tonight so I’m sure the fans will be hyped. The ring announcer lets the fans know that Sandman is the new ECW World Champion and that Raven has taken a leave and will not be appearing tonight in case anyone wants a refund. Bill Alfonso hits the ring and calls out Tod Gordon. The commissioner hits the ring and after some words between the two they brawl. A bunch of ref and wrestlers come from the back to break things up.
Tag Team Champions The Gangstas vs. The Samoan Gangsta Party, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Good way to get the crowd hyped to start the show. The Samoans get more offense in than usual. New Jack pins Matty Smalls with the 187 chair shot in 3 minutes.
Johnny Smith vs. Doug Furnas, ref Jim Molineaux
Some mat wrestling back and forth for the first two minutes until Smith takes over on the arm of Furnas. Smith hits the ropes but Furnas catches him with an overhead belly to belly to take over. Furnas with some attacks in the corner and then a drop kick for 2. Powerslam but again Smith is able to kick out at 2. A high Boston crab but Smith gets to the ropes. Smith reverses a corner whip and powerslams Furnas coming out for 2. A 2nd rope drop kicks gets another 2. Nice looking German from Smith, Furnas just able to get out. Swinging neckbreaker but Furnas again sneaks out. Smith hits the ropes but Furnas hits a rana out of no where to pick up the victory in 6.57. Decent power match between the two international stars.
“Dangerous” Devon Storm vs. Louie Spicolli, ref Paul Richards
Things quickly go to the floor and Spicolli sends Storm into the guardrail. Back in the ring Spicolli hits a hip toss but Storm kicks up and flips off the crowd. He then turns into a northern lights for 2. Storm able to come back with a springboard leg lariat for 2. Suplex for another 2. Storm spends the next few minutes working over the leg of Spicolli and then dumps him to the floor and follows with a somersault plancha. Back in the ring Storm goes up top but Spicolli cuts him off and hits a superplex. Both men up at the same time and Spicolli fires away. Storm hits the ropes and gets spinebustered but kicks out at 2. Storm fires back but gets nailed with the DVD and it’s all over in 9.38. Spicolli again gets a huge reaction from the crowd as the fans just love this guy.
The F.B.I. (JT Smith & Little Guido) vs. Dudley Boys (w/ Sign Guy Dudley), ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Spike Dudley is held back by Buh Buh Ray Dudley as Little Guido gets held back by JT Smith. They each jump and kick to try to get at each other as the fans chant “let them go”. It’s pretty humorous. Smith and Buh Buh eventually start. Buh Buh slaps Smith and again Spike and Guido charge the ring and have to be held apart. They do it a few more times and at this point it is much less humorous. Buh Buh hits a side slam. Smith tags out to Guido and then the F.B.I. try to get Spike to tag in. The crowd wants it to so in comes Spike. Guido slaps Spike hard across the face. Guido takes over with some stomps and a clothesline. Suplex gets a 2 count and Smith tags back in. Double team irish whip as Spike hits sternum first and hard. Smith hits the handspring moonsault for 2. Spike tries to mount a comeback but gets clotheslined down. The F.B.I. tag back and forth a few times until Spike is able to duck a double clothesline attempt. Buh Buh press Spike from the apron and throws him into both Guido and Smith. Spike able to make the tag to Buh Buh. Buh Buh comes in and hits a bossman slam on Smith. He then sits on the top rope as Spike climbs to his shoulders and jumps off with a splash. Guido breaks up the pin and then D-Von Dudley shows up in the ring with a chair. Big chair shot to the head of Buh Buh allows Smith to make the cover and pick up the victory for his team in 11.59. F.B.I. and D-Von continue the beat down after the match until Big Dick Dudley shows up. Dick chokelsmas both Guido and Smith. D-Von of course bails. Buh Buh dives over the top rope onto all three men. Took things a long time to get going but had a pretty hot ending. I was surprised that the F.B.I. picked up the win.
Mikey Whipwreck vs. Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso), ref Jim Molineaux
If I counted them all correctly this is the 9th meeting between these two men this year. Taz with an Alabama slam early on and then a head and arm Tazplex. Taz just beating the crap out of Mikey as we are 5 minutes into the match. Northern lights with a bridge for 2. Alfonso’s whistle is extra annoying today. Mikey able to get in a belly to back and a super kick both getting him a 2 count. Mikey with a slam and he goes up top but gets caught in a belly to belly suplex and then taken over with a wheel barrel slam. Taz locks in the Tazmission and Mikey passes out in 6.50. Taz trash talks the crowd and threatens to kill people in the crowd because he is an angry troll. Things get so heated between Taz and one fan that Tommy Dreamer actually comes into the crowd to talk to the fan and keep him from jumping the rail. This actually seemed pretty legit.
– Tag Team Champions the Gangstas are in the ring and New Jack hypes up the crowd and trash talks the WWF and WCW.
TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) vs. Pitbull 2, ref Paul Richards
Douglas gets the mic but the crowd is all over him making it difficult to hear him. Pitbull hits the ring and gets right on Shane a clothesline sends him over the top rope and through a table. We cut to them brawling at the merch table briefly and then cut to them getting back into the ring. Pitbull with a suplex and terrible looking spin kick. Shane goes low to take control of the match. Swinging neck breaker and a piledriver are followed by a brain buster. Pitbull no sells it and is right back up to beat on Shane. Pitbull with a piledriver of his own has Shane down. Pitbull beats on Shane in a corner and ends up pushing the ref out of the way a few times. He eventually punches him to stop him from getting in his way. Francine comes in to distract Pitbull allowing Shane to take out the knee. Pitbull also no sells this and goes right back at Shane. A few wrestlers come out from the back and we get a bell after 7.13 of the match is shown. Pitbull hits a fallaway slam on John Moore who also came out. Match is officially ruled a DQ. I guess even in ECW you can’t hit a ref. Paul Richards is a bitch.
Weapons Match: Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah) vs. “Primetime” Brian Lee (w/ Blue Meanie & Super Nova), ref Jim Molineaux
Four garbage cans full of weapons are placed in each corner in the ring. Lee jumps Dreamer as he slides into the ring and the fight is on. They brawl all over the arena, to the outside, back into and through the arena again and then into the ring. Once back in the ring Dreamer immediately hits a DDT and gets the pin in 6.33. Nova and Meanie eye Beulah after the match and also get DDTed. Lee chokeslams Dreamer after the match and then again through one of the merch tables.
The Eliminators vs. Erotic Experience, ref Paul Richards
This is what we call a cool down match. “Precious” Pat Day dances to the ring while G.Q. Gorgeous Quartermaine (Chris Chetti) simply walks showing zero emotion or charisma. Many gay slurs being thrown their way by the fans and the Eliminators. If these guys could actually work they might have been able to do something in ECW. Saturn starts with Day. Day side steps Saturn a few times on a lock up attempt. I have a feeling that’s just going to piss off Saturn. Day with a hammer lock and he slaps Saturn across the face. GQ tags in and the Eliminators hit a double clothesline on him. Kronus with a fall away slam and hand spring elbow in the corner. Tag to Saturn Kronus with a rolling Samoan drop and Saturn comes off the top with a splash. Day breaks up the pin at 2. GQ able to make the tag and Day hits a drop kick then dances. The Experience with the advantage for a bit. Saturn tries to make a come back with a falcons arrow but is cut off. I’m getting confused as to what’s taking this match so long. Day with a crossbody off the top and then he tags out. GQ hits a pretty nice leg drop from the top but Kronus breaks it up. They tag back a forth a few more times until Saturn is able to make a come back and tag Kronus. Kronus is fired up and nails both opponents with a spin kick and then tags Saturn. Kronus puts Day across his knee and Saturn comes off the top with a knee to the throat. GQ breaks up the pin. GQ thrown to the floor and Saturn planchas onto him. Total elimination to Day and it’s all over in 13.29.
Sabu vs. Too Cold Scorpio, ref Jim Molineaux
Scorpio returns to ECW after nearly 2 months out. The last time we saw him was on August 18th against Saturn. Scorpio with the early advantage as he beats down Sabu. Sabu hits a back kick that sends Scorpio to the floor and he follows him out with a plancha. Scorpio sent into the crowd and Sabu comes flying out of the ring with a triple jump chair shot to Scorpio’s face. Scorpio is on the apron now and Sabu tries to hit a rana but Scorpio powerbombs him into the ring. Scorp with a flying clothesline for 2. Sabu floats over a clothesline and then springboards off the ropes with a leg lariat. Scorpio comes back with a crossbody and superkick. Scorpio places Sabu on the turnbuckle but Sabu is able to leap off the second one and hit a tornado DDT and moonsault for 2. Powerbomb from Scorpio and he comes off the top with a leg drop for 2. Back drop sends Sabu over the top rope and to the floor. They go into the crowd and through out the building. Back in the ring Scorpio gets his knees up on a moonsault press and then hits a top rope splash for 2. Scorpio goes to the apron and tries to flip into the ring the Sabu moves. Sabu now goes to the apron and hits the somersault leg drop back in for 2. They go back to the floor and Scorpio uses a chair a few times. Sabu fights him off and puts him on a table. Sabu charges but Scorpio slides back into the ring. Sabu is on the apron and Scorpio now charges and tries to crossbody block Sabu through the table. Sabu ducks and Scorpio basically splashes the table. This spot looked really cool. Sabu goes for a triple jump leg drop back in the ring but Scorpio moves. Scorp goes up top and misses a moonsault. Sabu now hits a triple jump DDT! He gets the pin in 18.28 and a loud “Sabu” chant breaks out. Scorpio attacks after the match and they fight to the back. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.
World Champion Sandman vs. Stevie Richards (w/ Blue Meanie & Super Nova), ref Paul Richards
We have 12 minutes left in the show and still have to sit through Richards and gang on the mic and Sandman’s entrance so not sure how we are going to fit in a match here. Sandman charges with the cane but misses Stevie. Stevie hits a stevie kick followed by a bunch of cane shots. Sandman throws Stevie out of the ring and follows. After some brawling on the floor the tape ends before the end of the match. We get 1.42 of actual match time. As you can probably figure out, Sandman would go on to win.
My thoughts on the show…
Pretty decent show. Not at all upset over the missing main event. Sabu/Scorpio was good, as was Smith and Furnas. Mildly recommended.
