TV 1995-01-03 (Matches taped Holiday Hell 1994-12-17 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Dean Malenko
Tag: Public Enemy
Pitbulls/Bad Breed feud video to open up the show this week. White Zombie’s Thunderkiss ’65 video plays. These two teams had six matches against each other in 1994 none of which we saw but we get lots of clips are here. Seeing I don’t know ummm ANY of the matches would have been good to add a little bit to this feud other then the Rottens giggling at the Pitbulls and starting a fight.
Joey lets us know what’s going on tonight. He tells us Ron Simmons has a separated shoulder at the hands of Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko.
Mikey Whipwreck vs. Don E Allen, ref Jim Molineaux
JIP. Mikey in control and we cut away to Joey who talks more about what happened to Simmons. We cut back and Mikey hits a bulldog off the second rope for the win. Like .45 was shown. We go to a music video of Mikey’s 1994 to “Loser”. Joey interviews Mikey and ringside and says he was the third runner up in the PWI Rookie of the Year. That’s not really celebration material. 911 was the winner that’s awesome. Bob Holly and Abbudah Singh who would become Ball Mahoney also placed ahead of Mikey. At ringside is Paul Lauria, Mikey’s first tag team partner. Mikey and Paul talk about how they like each other and then Mikey gets attacked. Lauria nails Mikey with a chair and then announcers Jason as his manager. Jeez Lauria is shorter than Mikey. Mikey is busted open and Joey basically carries him to the back.
Opening video.
Joey freaks out about what just happened. Jason shows up and says that he went out and got Mikey’s best friend to destroy him. Joey tells Jason to just admit that he is jealous. Jason just wants to make sure Mikey pays his dues. Lauria and Mikey was just signed for this Saturday Night.
Woman hypes the Florida shows with Sandman against Cactus Jack.
Tod Gordon has told Joey Styles that we will learn who World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas faces on Saturday. Joey runs down how we made it to the 4 on 3 match between Taz, Sabu and 911 and Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko and Public Enemy. We go back last week’s wildness that ended the show.
Public Enemy threaten everyone this Saturday.
Tag Team Champions Public Enemy vs. Sabu & Tazmaniac (w/ Paul E Dangerously), ref John Finnegan
Sabu has Johnny Grunge pinned twice but the ref is out of position. Taz hits a half nelson suplex on “Flyboy” Rocco Roc but again the ref is distracted. Sabu puts Grunge through a table and Taz hits a belly to belly on Roc. Air Sabu on Rocco. Taz with a belly to belly on Grunge. Rocco gets a frying pan and nails both Sabu and Taz. T bone by Taz but Grunge gets his foot on the rope. Arabian face buster by Sabu another from the second buckle. Benoit and Malenko hit the ring and attack Sabu and Taz. Rocco tries to put Sabu through a table but Taz dives on top of Sabu. The beat down continues after the match until 911 hits the ring. Clipped down to 6.22.
Paul E promo to hype the upcoming Arena show. He’s so good at this.
Joey lets us know ECW TV is heading to New York. Douglas will be facing someone not currently on the ECW roster.
We go to Steve Richards recent obsession with Johnny Polo. Richards was recently defeated by Tommy Dreamer and has promised to bring the real Polo to the arena to straight this situation out.
World Champ Douglas hits the ring and talks about how last night Malenko and Benoit fractured Ron Simmons shoulder. We get some footage of the incident as Malenko holds him down and Benoit comes off the top with a head butt. Simmons comes out and nails Douglas with the mic.
World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs. Ron Simmons, ref Jim Molineaux
Simmons with his boot he beats Shane with it. Simmons takes off his belt and whips Shane. Shane gets the World Title and nails Ron with is and rips off the sling. Ron misses a corner charge and hits his shoulder in the buckle. Shane takes off the sling and goes to work on the shoulder. Shane whips Simmons now and hits him with the boot in the shoulder. Simmons ducks a line then Shane ducks on and hits a drop kick. Shane comes off the top rope but gets caught in the jaw by the boot. Simmons misses a corner charge and he gets pinned in 4.17.
This Saturday night Shane defends against Tully Blanchard!
My thoughts on the show…
Tag match was good. Nice to be able to see some of the match as it was pretty impossible on the fan cam. The Tully Blanchard match should be good guys right? Yea I know….
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TV 1995-01-10 (Matches taped 1995-01-07 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Dean Malenko
Tag: Public Enemy
Tully Blanchard says “Shane Douglas one of the horsemen may be afraid of you but this one’s not” OH SNAP!
Opening video.
Joey Styles is at ringside and he calls out Steve Richards. Styles wants to know where Johnny Polo is since Richards has been promising him. Richards says he can’t produce Johnny Polo, Scotty Flamingo or Scotty the Body. He says that Polo had to give up a double date with Eddie Vedder and he is upset with Tommy Dreamer. Richards says it’s the birth of Raven. Raven comes out and talks about how Richards suffered a minor set back last week. He talks about kids suffering and then sends Richards into the ring.
Steve Richards (w/ Raven) vs. “Shah” Hack Meyers, ref Jim Molineaux
Hack comes out with a neck brace courtesy of Chris Benoit. They do some really cool short video packages about each guy and what they have involved in lately. I wonder if they hit those new markets and they are introducing the characters to a new audience. Whatever it is I think they are great and will be sad when they stop them. Richards attacks right at the bell and rips of the neck brace. Richards beats on Hack then hits a swinging neck breaker and suplex. Richards remains in control until Hack kicks Richards low then punches away. Joey makes cocaine jokes about Raven. Hack with his elbow to the back of the head leg drop from the apron. Hack busts out his finisher and it looks cool. Richards goes to the floor and distracts the ref. Raven comes in the ring stomps his boot to “load it up” and boots Hack in the head. Richards comes back in the ring covers and gets the 3 in 4.42.
Joey runs down the last match then talks about the recent injuries to Hack, Sabu and Ron Simmons. We go to Club Expo this past week where ECW made its NY debut on TV and Tag Team Champions Public Enemy crashed the party. Douglas showed up with a bunch of broads. Joey recaps what happened with Paul Lauria and Mikey Whipwreck last week and we go to the footage.
The Extreme Encyclopedia makes it’s debut (I think). I fucking hate these.
Douglas parties at the club. Joey catches up with Douglas and he talks about hot girls that are with him. We see highlights of last weeks main event. Ron Simmons says that Douglas is tough and if he was black he would have been accepted in the hood. Simmons hypes the Florida shows.
2 Cold Scorpio is in the ring and he calls out Benoit and Dean Malenko. Scorpio says next week in Florida Benoit’s ass is his. Scorpio ends up attacking but Benoit hits a full nelson suplex. Double team slingshot. Malenko then hits a double underhook power bomb and Benoit comes off the middle rope with a leg drop. They continue the beat down and then Sandman’s music hits to his match with Scorp. Sandman takes like five hours getting into the ring so Scorpio should be fine by the time the match starts.
Sandman (w/ Woman) vs. 2 Cold Scorpio, ref Jim Molineaux
Sandman finally decides he should attack and the match is underway. Hanging vertical by Sandamn. Top rope leg drop by Sandman. He tosses Scorpio to the floor but then Scorpio fights back and leaps off the apron with a chair shot. In the ring Sandman nails Scorpio with the chair. Scorpio fights back and hits a splash off the top followed by a piledriver. Second splash attempt misses. After some brief back and forth Scorpio hits a moonsault from the top to a standing Sandman and gets the pin in 6.13. Benoit and Malenko attack after the match.
My thoughts on the show…
Well… I mean Raven debuted so thats worth something.
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1995-01-14 at Davie Rodeo Arena in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Dean Malenko
Tag: Public Enemy
Joe Malenko vs. Stevie Richards
Malenko backs Richards to the ropes and breaks clean. Headlock and Malenko sent off the ropes and he knocks Richards down with a shoulder tackle. Malenko again backs Richards to the ropes but doesn’t break clean this time and then goes to work on the arm. This is a handheld so we see a lot of the back of a chair. Malenko continues with some submission work. Richards tries to mount a comeback but Malenko cuts it short and goes right back to the arm. Most of this match has taken place on the mat so we can’t really see much. Malenko takes it to the floor. Back in the ring for more submission stuff. Malenko with a samoan drop around the 11 minute mark for a 2 count. Powerslam by Malenko for a 2 count. We get a bell and a draw at 15.48.
Hack Meyers vs. Kendall Windham
Kendall brings it to the mat early on. They go into the crowd. Kendall misses a corner charge in the ring. We are missing all of the action here. Kendall catches a knee to the gut as he comes off the ropes. Kendall gets whipped into the ropes and Hack ducks his head. Windham hits a DDT followed by two clotheslines. Bulldog by Windham ends things in 8.23.
Jason vs. Mikey Whipwreck, ref Jim Molineaux
I hate the guy filming this. Mikey ducks a line and hits one of his own then sends Jason into the corner. Mikey follows with a clothesline. Jason comes back with a belly to belly. Mikey with another clothesline. Jason cuts Mikey off and sends him through the ropes. Jason drops Mikey on the top rope. Back elbow by Jason. Gutwrench power bomb for 2. Awful looking drop kick from Jason followed by an elbow drop. Jason with a reverse razors edge that looks awesome. Jason goes up top but Mikey slams him off and locks in a boston crab. TV Champion Dean Malenko hits the ring and attacks Mikey hitting him with a flap jack and gut buster. Mikey tries to fight back but Dean floors him with a double undertook power bomb. The ref finally decides that he should DQ Jason at 10 minutes. Dean with a superplex and texas cloverleaf. Tazmaniac comes in and goes after Malenko. Taz hits a tbone.
TV Champion Dean Malenko vs. Tazmaniac, ref Jim Molineaux
This seems to have turned into an official match. Dean hits a snap suplex. Malenko with a rib breaker. Abdominal stretch by Malenko and he uses the ropes for some added leverage. Taz comes back with a release german that puts Malenko on his stomach. Taz goes up top but gets shoved off by Chris Benoit and the ref calls for the DQ. 911 and Jason come out. Jason gets chokeslammed and hit with a half nelson suplex.
Falls Count Anywhere Match: Cactus Jack vs. Sandman (w/ Woman), ref Jim Molineaux
Sandman jumps Cactus at ringside and they fight into the crowd. Our camera man takes off and gets us right into the action at ringside. Sandman beats on Cactus then hits a fameasser from the top rope. Cactus fights back and hits a swinging neck breaker. Woman on the apron with the cane. Sandman comes from behind but Cactus moves. Woman stops before hitting Sandman. Sandman moves out of the way and she nails Jack. DDT by Sandman and he gets a 2 count. Cactus fights back and brings it to the floor. Cactus gets a chair and nails Sandman over and over again but Sandman won’t go down. Cactus finally gets him down by duplexing a table onto him. Sandman bleeding and he fights back and gets the cane and nails Cactus. Cactus now busted open and Sandman hits a piledriver. Cactus now gushing blood. Sandman charges Jack in the corner but catches a foot to the face. Jack beats away on Sandman and gets the cane. Sandman takes a few cane shots and stumbles to the floor. Jack follows and we lose sight of th exaction for a bit. Sandman with a chair to the back of Cactus. Sandman falls off the big rodeo gate. Camera fan films a bunch of dudes asses. A fan tries to get involved in the action and gets kicked out. Cactus with a front suplex off the gate. Back to ringside they go. Cactus with a sunset flip off the apron and he gets the 3 count in 13.42.
2 Cold Scorpio vs. Chris Benoit
Not sure how many times these guys wrestled but their match at WCW Superbrawl 3 was amazing. Scorpio uses his speed to avoid Benoit and Benoit goes to the floor. Benoit on the apron and he rams Scorpio’s head into the turnbuckle then comes off the top with a cross body. Benoit follows it up with a clothesline and sleeper hold drop. Benoit with some chops and a slam and he goes into a boston crab. Scorpio gets to the ropes to force a break. Belly to back gets 2 from Benoit. Benoit beats on Scorpio for a bit but then he fights back and hits a power bomb. Scorpio goes up top and hits a big splash for 2. Front flip leg drop for 2.5. Waist lock by Scorpio but Benoit reverses and hits a bridging german for 2. Power bomb for 2. Scorpio sent into the ropes Benoit ducks his head. Scorpio with a leap frog and kicks Benoit low. Leg drop between the legs and then he crotches Benoit on the top rope. Scorpio misses a splash in the corner but then ducks a line from Benoit. Scorpio goes for a tombstone but Benoit reverses it and hits one of his own. Benoit goes up top and hits the head butt but only gets a 2. Slam and leg drop from the second rope but Scorpio kicks out again. Benoit goes for a super belly to back but Scorpio reverses mid air and lands on top getting a 2 count. Slam by Scorpio followed by a nice looking moonsault but he can’t put Benoit away. Scorpio with a kick to the back of the head. He goes for a suplex but Benoit flips behind and locks in a full nelson. Scorpio slips out and drops to the mat and goe for a roll up but Benoit drops down hooking the legs and getting the 1, 2 and 3 in 13.30. They trash talk each other mic after the match.
Tag Team Champions Public Enemy vs. Death Row 3260 & Mr. President, ref Jim Molineaux
Johnny Grunge hops into the crowd and tries to start a fight. “Flyboy” Rocco Rock on the mic talks shit about the fans. Rock starts with President. PE leave because the fans chant “jailbird” so the ref threatens to count them out and give their titles away. Five minutes in and it’s been all mic work and playing with the crowd. Some type of edit on the tape. Sound system keeps going off. President hits cross body and they both go over the top rope. Grunge and Deahtrow come in and fight a bit. Rock and President brawl in the crowd. God this has been going on forever. Rock getting killed with a chair. Not seeing much of the action here. What we do see is just a giant brawl. President fucks up the bump on a reverses DDT and Rock hits a drive by for the win in 19.20.
World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs. Ron Simmons, ref Jom Molineaux
Douglas on the mic before hand. Loud “We want Flair” chant. Douglas attacks Simmons before the bell but quickly gets powerslammed. Simmons with a press slam for 2. Power bomb and we clip to Smmions hitting a football tackle and clothesline over the top. Few more clips of the brawl outside the ring. Douglas works over the hurt shoulder. TONS of clipping and now 2 Cold Scorpio is in the ring with Simmons and the match gets stopped as Simmons can’t continue. Douglas on the mic again he calls everyone in Florida a loser. Lots of clipping in his interview then apparently Tully Blanchard hit the ring. More clipping and that’s it. Just over 4 minutes of the match was shown.
My thoughts on the show…
The show was filmed fairly well for once. Didn’t see much of the two brawls but with the action everywhere those would be tough to film. Nothing is need to see here but if you do check out this show make sure you mute it as the guy filming was ridiculously annoying.
