TV 1993-06-29 (Matches taped 1993-05-15 from ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)
Champions
Heavyweight: Magnificent Don Muraco
TV: Superfly Jimmy Snuka
PA State: Tommy Cairo
Tag: Suicide Blondes
Jay Sulli and Paul E. Dangerously are with Tod Gordon to open the show and they begin to hype a major show coming up in September. They run down the matches for the show. Gordon says that he’s not going to stand for what happened at the end of last week’s TV show.
Back from commercial Sulli is having a sit down interview with Gordon backstage and they discuss Super Summer Sizzler’s main event.
Jay Sulli is backstage and he talks a little bit more about the chain match and brings us to very brief highlights of the match.
Tod Gordon is backstage with Terry Funk. Funk says it was one of the toughest matches he was ever involved in. Funk wants Gilbert and the Dark Patriot in a hair versus mask match.
They replay the Koloff interview from last week.
Ivan & Vladimir Koloff vs. Glen Osbourne & Herve Renesto, ref Jim Molineaux
Ivan did a few ECW shows back in 92 but this is both Koloffs first TV appearance. Vlad starts with Renesto and Ivan yells from the apron for him to break the arm. Vlad works over the arm and tags in Ivan. Ivan continues to work over the arm. Vlad back in he buts on a hammerlock and then a hard belly to belly slam. Vlad ends up getting the submission win in 3.21 as Osbourne spends the whole match standing on the apron.
Same Paul E. Dangerously “production truck” interview as last week. This time we get footage of “Hotstuff” Eddit Gilbert around town. Gilbert found Jay Sulli at the bar and dragged him outside to conduct an interview. Gilbert also found Tod Gordon and trashes both Gordon and Sulli. Sulli and Gordon eventually walk away from Gilbert
Tony “The Hitman” Stetson vs. Larry Winters, ref Joe Dinoli
Winters hits the ring and goes right after Stetson. They go right to the floor and Winters uses a chair and the guard rail. Back in Winters and Stetson brawl with each other. Stetson gets control and they go back to the floor where Stetson now uses a chair. Back in the ring Stetson and Winters both push and punch the ref and get DQed at 3.23. Rockin’ Rebel and Max Thrasher come down and hold Winters so Stetson can get some more shots in until the rest of the locker room clears out to try to break it up.
TV Champion “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka (w/ Don Muraco & Dark Patriot) vs. PA State Champion “Ironman” Tommy Cairo, ref Kevin Christian
Only the TV Title is on the line in this match. They criss cross and Cairo with a hip toss, body slam and spin kick sends Snuka to the floor. Back in Snuka chops Cairo down to the mat. Cairo fights back with a suplex and high back body drop. Snuke with a high knee gets 2. Muraco trips up Cairo off an irish whip. Snuka with a backbreaker and Superfly splash for the win in 4.32. Terry Funk comes to the ring and tells the ref what happened in the match. The ref reverses the decision and Tommy Cairo wins by DQ.
“Wildman” Sal Bellomo is backstage and he wants one of the Tag Team Champions Suicide Blondes for what they did last week. Bellomo is going to put a crack in their heads.
Paul E. Dangerously is backstage with Richard Michaels and Hunter Q. Robbins III. Robbins and Michaels call Bellomo and the Super Destroyers and Three Musketeers. Michaels is taking Bellomo down.
“Wildman” Sal Bellomo vs. Richard Michaels (w/ Hunter Q. Robbins III), ref Jim Molineaux
Things have really been heating up between the Blondes and Bellomo and The Super Ds the past few weeks. Michaels gets the early advantage with a slam and drop kick. Michaels shoves a three-musketeer bar into Bellomo’s mouth. They fight back and forth. Bellomo misses a corner charge and Michaels tries to get the win by putting his feet on the ropes but the ref sees it. Michaels now misses a charge and Bellomo gets the win with his feet on the ropes in 4.12. Christopher Candido and Jonathan Hotbody charge the ring and attack Bellomo until the Super Destroyers come down to even things out. The Destroyers and Bellomo dump the Blondes to the floor as we end this weeks show.
My thoughts on the show…
Wishing I watched these in order of taping instead of how they aired. The Destroyer/Bellomo versus the Blondes feud is really getting interesting and we know that the blow off that took place at Super Summer Sizzler (which I will be posting this weekend) was not very good. Another pretty good episode this week so check it out.
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TV 1993-07-06 (Matches taped 1993-05-15 from ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)
Champions
Heavyweight: Magnificent Don Muraco
TV: Superfly Jimmy Snuka
PA State: Tommy Cairo
Tag: Suicide Blondes
Jay Sulli, Paul E. Dangerously and Tod Gordon open up todays program and run down the card. Titles versus Mask Match as the Tag Team Champion Suicide Blondes go up against the Super Destroyers. Gordon threatens Paul E. with fines and storms off.
Hunter Q. Robbins III is backstage with two little girls. Robbins says there is a rumor going around that the Suicide Blondes are not popular. The little girls pretend to be the Super Destroyers. The Destroyers show up and run off Robbins and then hug the kids.
After commercial Paul E. is back stage with Robbins, Christopher Candido and Jonathan Hotbody. Robbins says he made the Destroyers and he can destroy them.
Title vs. Mask Match: Tag Team Champions Suicide Blondes (w/ Hunter Q Robbins III) vs. Super Destroyers (w/ “Wildman” Bellomo), ref Jim Molineaux
Hotbody and Richard Michaels defending the titles in this match. Michaels starts off with Destroyer 2. Destroyer with a pump handle slam and he takes out to 1. He doesn’t do much and tags back to 2. Hotbody gets tagged in and both get slammed. Sulli points out that Candido is not even at ringside right now. Michaels get flung back into the ring and both Destroyers hiptoss him. Super D 1 in the ring now lands an enziguri. 2 back in the ring and he gets cut off and Hotbody gets tagged in. The Blondes switch off a few times and we go to commercial. Back from commercial and D 1 is in the ring and in control of Michaels. Michaels is able to fight back with a swinging neck breaker. Both men are down when Candido comes down and switches places with Michaels while the ref is distracted by Hotbody and Robbins. Super D gets a small package and the ref turns around and counts 3. We have new tag team champions with 6.28 shown. After the match the Blondes argue a bit with each other and all throw a fit.
Sandman and Peaches are backstage and Sandman is talking about how he respects Ivan Koloff for what he has accomplished but doesn’t like the way he treats the American people so he’s going to do something about it.
Paul E. is backstage with Ivan and Vladimir Koloff. Ivan puts over Vlad and then Vlad says they have something special in store for Sandman.
The Sandman (w/ Peaches) vs. Ivan Koloff (w/ Vladimir Koloff), ref Joe Dinoli
Koloff works the arm to start. Sandman gets a head lock take over and works on that for a bit. Sandman ducks an elbow after an irish whip and gets a crossbody for 2. Koloff up quickly with a clothesline and then a 2nd. Sandman with a corner whip Koloff gets the feet up on a corner charge. Sandman throws Koloff off the top rope when Rockin’ Rebel comes down and throws something into Peaches eyes. Sandman doesn’t see whats going on. Sandman with a back elbow and then he goes after Vlad. Ivan with a knee to the back and he gets the pin at 4.50. Sandman now sees what happened to Peaches and wants to know what happened as they stretcher her to the back.
Stevie Wonderful is backstage with Hunter Q. Robbins III and Tod Gordon. Robbins says he will they will leave town if they can’t win the belts back and he is willing to be handcuffed to Sal Bellomo.
Heavyweight Champion Don Muraco, “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert, & The Dark Patriot (w/ TV Champion “Superfly” Snuka) vs. Glen Osbourne, “Ironman” Tommy Cairo, & Larry Winters, ref Kevin Christian
Patriot starts off with Cairo. Cairo with a press slam but Patriot fights right back and tags in Gilbert. Suplex by Gilbert and a flying clothesline. Cairo tags in Winters. Winters attacks the arm of Gilbert. Winters team makes a few illegal switches behind the refs back. Gilbert is able to tag Muraco but the ref doesn’t see it so he won’t allow it. Gilbert able to fight off Winters and tag in Muraco. Muraco comes in and powerslams Winters then tags Patriot. Leg drop and DDT by Patriot. Snuka gets in some shots at ringside. Gilbert in the ring and he eventually misses an elbow drop. Osbourne and Patriot and tagged in. Osbourne comes in firing away. Osbourne goes for corner punches but Gilbert runs across the apron and uppercuts Osbourne in the jaw sending him crashing to the mat. Patriot climbs up top and comes off with a flying shoulder tackle to get his team the win in 5.53.
“Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert is on the street with Jay Sulli. Gilbert says that he is more loved then all the Philadelphia sports teams. Gilbert talks about his brother Freddie. We see clips of Gilbert around town meeting with various people.
Jay Sulli conducts a sit down interview with Eddie and Freddie Gilbert. Eddie’s family didn’t want Freddie to follow in his footsteps and get into wrestling but Eddie had other plans. When Freddie graduated college he grabbed him up and got him to join Hotstuff International in ECW.
Stevie Wonderful is backstage with Tod Gordon. Gordon has signed Tag Team Champions Super Destroyers versus the Suicide Blondes with Sal Bellomo handcuffed to Hunter Q Robbins III. If the Blondes lose they must leave town. The Champions and Bellomo show up and talk about how they are going to retain the titles.
Christopher Candido (w/ Hunter Q. Robbins III) vs. “Wildman” Sal Bellomo, ref Jim Molineaux
Paul E. gets a phone call while on commentary at the beginning of the match from someone telling him that Peaches is at the hospital and can’t see anything. The other two Blondes hit the ring at 1.57 causing a DQ win for Bellomo. Tony Stetson and the Super Destroyers also come down. Stevie Wonderful comes down and Robbins hits him with his cane for some reason. The Destroyers get the cane and slam it into Candido’s arm and they commentators think it might be broken.
My thoughts on the show…
It’s really silly that these shows are airing after the Super Summer Sizzler, as they’re still showing the lead in angles yet the event has already happened. They’re showing matches that were taped 6 weeks ago. Although I guess with this being a local promotion you were probably live at this TV taping in May and Sizzler in June. Even if you didn’t see Sizzler live and ordered the home video you probably wouldn’t receive it until after all these episodes have aired. It’s odd to run interviews with Freddie Gilbert and then have matches that he refs as Kevin Christian. The main event here explains the changes that took place in the tag match at Sizzler since it was never explained by the commentary team that night. Another recommended episode as it prominently featured the tag team title feud, which I’m really into. ECW continues to pick up with fun TV.
