TV 1994-08-16 (Matches taped Hardcore Heaven 1994-08-13 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
Heavyweight: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Public Enemy
We open with the opening of the Cactus Jack Terry Funk match.
Opening Video.
Joey Styles brings us stills the the match and video of the chair throwing. Jeru the Damaja’s “Da Original” music video plays with clips of Tag Team Champions Public Enemy. PE are backstage after Hardcore Heaven. “Flyboy” Rocco Roc says that Terry Funk didn’t like what they have done to him. Roc says this is no longer about competition or money. This time it’s about blood. Roc says Funk would never last 5 minutes on the streets. August 27th Funks blood will be on their hands. Real good promo.
August 27th PE take on Terry Funk and Cactus Jack and an NWA World Championship Tournament.
Terry Funk and Cactus Jack are backstage. Funk cuts an accidentally hysterical promo.
Video package on one of the top seeds to the NWA Title Tournament 2 Cold Scorpio is shown. WHOOMP!
The Jason Mikey Whipwreck match is shown. Joey is back stage with new champion Jason. Jason talks about how easy it was to beat Mikey. Nothing new about the ending was said.
Paul E. Dangerously talks about how ECW is going to go worldwide and the World Championship is coming to them. Paul E is mad as hell because there’s not a man in the wrestling world that is man enough to represent the world of wrestling. He’s so mad that on August 27th he’s calling 911. Heavyweight Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas says this is not about who can kiss the most ass and but who is the best wrester. Douglas names a bunch of old champions but says as of the early 90s he can’t name any champions because Ted Turner squashed the NWA. Douglas names WCW Champions and says he you want to see old men like that you can watch WCW but if you want to see a real wrestler to watch Douglas. Shane challenges Flair and Hogan. Douglas says he will challenge Flair as NWA Champion but Flair will be to chicken shit to respond. Douglas says he will even go to Atlanta.
My thoughts on the show…
All the promos tonight were good. As I said I liked the Jason Mikey match but that ending AWFUL!
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TV 1994-08-23 (Matches taped Heatwave 1994-07-16 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa and Hardcore Heaven 1994-08-13 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
Heavyweight: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Public Enemy
We get stills of the Tommy Dreamer and Sandman match from Hardcore Heaven. Sandman and Woman are backstage and Woman is made because Dreamer is comparing kissing her to kissing Peaches. Woman says Dreamer, Peaches and “Ironman” Tommy Cairo are probably together at Sandman’s house drinking his beer and hanging out. Sandman is mad at Dreamer because now he has to listen to her bitching.
Opening video.
To Joey Styles and he brings us the brackets for the NWA Title Tournament this Saturday. Heavyweight Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas takes on Tazmaniac, Dean Malenko versus Osamu Nishimoura, 2 Cold Scorpio up against Chris Benoit and 911 goes at it with an unnamed wild card entrant. Dean Malenko introduces himself to those that don’t know him and talks about all the great names and says that you can’t help but get excited to think that your name might get added to the list. He says this completely monotone and not very excited like. Malenko says he knows the names of the seven other competitors and it gets his blood pumping thinking about the competetion. Apparently Dean knows who the wild card is but isn’t telling. Man oh man that was a bad promo.
We head all the way back to Heatwave and see the Tazmaniac and a mystery partner that turned out to be Sabu beat the Pitbulls.
2 Cold Scorpio hypes the tournament.
To Hardcore Heaven we go for the battle of the big men as 911 defeats Mr. Hughes and chokeslams Angel a few times too.
Paul E Dangerously talks about how the NWA is going to become the 3rd World Champion. Paul E talks about how the great wrestlers that are going to be in the tournament. Paul E hypes the card hard. He is so damn good at this.
Shane Douglas cuts a promo that I thought was just a re airing of last weeks promo until Mr. Hughes also talked. Douglas tells everyone to take out a second mortgage and empty there bank accounts and put it all on Douglas to become Heavyweight Champion of the World. These Paul E and Douglas promos sound very foreshadowy lately.
Cactus Jack tells a story about how he first met Terry Funk. Jack talks about how he has build up aggression after being in WCW recently and Tag Team Champions Public Enemy are the ones that are going to suffer for it.
We get the same stills and footage of the Funk Jack match as last week.
PE talk about all the violent things they are going to do to Funk and Jack on Saturday.
My thoughts on the show…
Almost all matches we saw already so I didn’t pay much attention to those. As for promos Paul E of course steals the show. Douglas right behind him though. Nothing stood out as any good and then there was Dean Malenko. Terrible promo. When we next meet up things will be very different for ECW.
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TV 1994-08-30 (Matches taped 1994-08-27 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa & 1994-08-28 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
Heavyweight: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Public Enemy
911 (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs. Doink. ref Jim Molineaux
“Kill the clown” chant rings out. Doink avoids the chokeslam twice but can’t get out of the way the third time. Fans chant one more time and Doink goes up again. Fans again ask for another. Three chokeslams are enough for Doink and 911 advances in the tournament after 1.58. ECW fans help make some things so awesome.
Opening video.
Joey Styles is very flustered as to how to introduce the show. He says it will all make sense later.
We see highlights of the feud between Tommy Dreamer and Sandman with narration by Styles. Woman tells Sandman that she wants Dreamer bloody and his knees looking up at her begging. Sandman again complains that Woman has to many wants.
Singapore Canning Match: Tommy Dreamer vs. Sandman (w/ Woman), ref Jim Molineaux (1994-08-28)
Dreamer posts Sandman and then has a fan hold a chair and ram Sandman into it. Commercial break. We come back and Dreamer still in control and he brings it back into the ring. Dreamer with a DDT but Sandman’s thumb pokes the ref. Woman comes into the ring and Dreamer goes to kiss her but Sandman attacks from behind. Dreamer moves and Sandman stops from hitting Woman. Dreamer goes to attack but he stops when Sandman moves. Woman nails Dreamer with the cane and Sandman hits the DDT. Tod Gordon comes down and says they will restart the match cause Woman cheated. Dreamer says no and prepares for his ten lashes. Woman says she will call it all off if he bows to her and kisses her feet. Dreamer choses the lashing. After each shot Woman offers him his out and Dreamer keeps telling Sandman to hit him. Dreamer takes all ten shots never giving in to Woman. Dreamer gets up and gets in the face of the Sandman and tells him he took Sandman’s best shot and is still standing and there is nothing Sandman can do about it. Dreamer turns and gets BLASTED, Dreamer however gets back up as Sandman and Woman leave. And just like that the fans have taken to Tommy Dreamer and chant his name. Props to the creative decision on this match. They have been trying for some time now to get Dreamer over as not just a pretty boy and nothing was working. This had a lot of time to unfold and was real good. Woman was a big part of this with her being the only one on the mic the whole time.
It’s now time for the finals of the tournament but first highlights of how we got here. Heavyweight Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas beat Tazmaniac with a roll up and a hand full of tights. 2 Cold Scorpio and Chris Benoit appeared to have a double pin after a Benoit superplex however the ref awarded the match to Scorpio saying he get a shoulder up. Douglas beat Dean Malenko in the second round no finish is shown. Scorpio beat 911 by count out after Doink came out and attacked Paul E Dangerously and 911 went out after him. Matt Borne comes out and attacks 911 with a chair. Doink pulls off his wig and is revealed to be Douglas. Really they show everything except Malenko and Osamu Nishimura.
The NWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals
ECW Heavyweight Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs. 2 Cold Scorpio, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
This is it, time to crown a new NWA Heavyweight Champion. Lots of wrestlers out of the locker room and at ringside to watch. Some back and forth stuff for the first five minutes nothing great. Scorpio with a cross body from the top for 2 and into a chin lock. Douglas up and turns into the chin lock and hits a belly to back. Shane with a camel clutch. Scorpio stands up and as Douglas on his shoulders and drops back. Scorpio with a leaping clothesline and slingshot splash. Scorpio covers 1,2 but no Shane kicks out. Scorpio goes up top now and hits a drop kick. They go into the crowd and brawl a bit. Scorpio goes for a suplex on the floor but Shane reverses and drops Scorpio on the guard rail. Shane brings Scorpio in the hard way with a suplex from the inside out. Douglas goes for a cross body but Scorpio ducks. Tombstone by Scorpio and then he goes up top and misses a moonsault! Douglas with a belly to belly and Shane Douglas is the NEW NWA WORLD CHAMPION in 12.48! Scorpio tells Douglas he will be on his ass for the belt. Douglas says he will not hide. This is it the moment that REALLY put ECW on the map. Douglas names former NWA Champions. Douglas looks up and speaks to his father. Douglas names a few more champions and says they can all kiss his ass. Douglas throws down the title and says he will not be handed the torch of a dead promotion! Douglas says he is going to ignite the new flame of the SPORT of pro wrestling. Douglas grabs the ECW Title and declares himself ECW Heavyweight Champion of the WORLD! Shane says tonight starts the era of ECW. Big “ECW” chant from the fans. Scorpio gets in the ring and talks on the mic but the fans are either to loud or it’s turned off. They shake hands. Scorpio’s a dick and trying to take away Shane’s spotlight. Shane even doesn’t want the spot light and has gone into a corner to give the glory more to the company then himself. “Flair is dead” chant by the fans.
Dennis Corraluzzo says he is on his way to have a conference call with other board members. Corraluzzo says Douglas IS champion wether he likes it or not. Then he says they are going to talk about stripping Douglas of both the NWA and ECW Titles. Right after he said he WAS champion.
Tod Gordon says as of noon today Eastern Championship Wrestling has folded. They are now Extreme Championship Wrestling and Douglas is recognized as their champion.
Tag Team Champions Public Enemy sneak onto the set and spray Extreme on the “Eastern Championship Wrestling” banner. Johnny Grunge even tries to cross out the “Eastern” but the spray paint is the same color as the lettering so it does nothing at all. “Flyboy” Rocco Roc says that if we thought they were hardcore before now they are taking it to the extreme.
My thoughts on the show…
I wish more of the tournament matches were shown. Would have been interested in seeing them all besides the 911 Scorpio match. The title match was just eh but it’s what happened after that was more important anyway. Cool Shane Douglas promo and the birth of Extreme makes this a must see episode!
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TV 1994-09-13 (Matches taped 1994-08-27 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa & 1994-08-28 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)
Champions
World: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Jason
Tag: Public Enemy
This week’s episode opens with a highlight video of Tag Team Champions Public Enemy. Cactus Jack and Terry Funk were supposed to tag and take on PE for the titles but Funk missed his flight. Tommy Dreamer the protege of the Funk brothers came out to be Jack’s partner but he was attacked by PE and beaten down. Jack went back to the locker room and emerged with Mikey Whipwreck.
Tag Team Champions Public Enemy vs. Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck, ref Jim Molineaux (1994-08-27)
Mikey starts with “Flyboy” Rocco Roc and Mikey tries to leave. Cactus grabs him and pulls him back into the ring. Mikey begs Jack and let him go so Jack tags in. Mikey drops off the apron and runs away. Jack goes out to get him but PE attack him on the floor. Jack fights back in the ring. Mikey comes back out and nails PE with a board. Roc and Jack the legal men now. Jack tags Mikey and whips him into Roc. Jack picks up Mikey and rams him into Roc. Johnny Grunge comes in and eats a few drop kicks. Mikey on a roll. Jack with a neck breaker on the floor to Grunge. All four men brawl on the floor. Back in the ring Grunge with a DDT to Mikey on a chair. Grunge with a vertical suplex but Cactus breaks up the pin at 2. Grunge beats on Mikey but Mikey keeps kicking out. Sideslam top rope elbow combo by PE for a 1,2 but NO Mikey kicks out. Cactus in the ring and they all go to the floor and Roc and Jack into the crowd. Mikey gets laid out in the ring and PE beat on Jack in the crowd. PE brings a table into the ring. Roc moonsaults Cactus through the table. PE go for the drive by Jack breaks up the senton portion of it. Roc crotches on the ropes and Mikey school boys him to become the new Tag Team Champions in 14.02! Fans go wild.
Cactus and Mikey are backstage and Mikey says he promised his mother he would never win another title again so he didn’t end up like Cactus. Cactus says he could have picked so man other people from the locker room but he picked Mikey because he saw himself in Mickey. Jack says he will talk to Mikey’s mom and straighten this all out but Mikey can not give back the belts because PE is coming after them now.
We go back to the Singapore Cane Match from last week when Tommy Dreamer became a man. A rematch has been signed between the two men and this time it’s an I Quit Match. Woman starts rant at Sandman about how he better not quit on her. She keeps going on and on and Sandman freaks out and says Dreamer is worse then his divorce and it’s time to divorce Dreamer from ECW.
Chris Benoit vs. Chad Austin (TV Champion Jason & Rockin’ Rebel), ref John Finnegan
Match starts and we cut away to a Tommy Dreamer promo. Dreamer says he’s going to make Sandman say I quit. Benoit beats on Austin. Austin bails to the floor and seems to argue with Rebel. Back in the ring a snap suplex hits. Benoit hits the ropes but Rebel trips him up. Rebel gets on the apron Austin charges at Benoit but he moves and Rebel and Austin crash. Benoit with a tombstone and top rope head butt gets him the three in 3.35. Austin and Rebel argue and Jason tries to calm things down. Rebel pushes away Jason’s hand. Jason gets pissed and nails Rebel with the belt. Austin and Jason attack the shoulder of Rebel.
TV Champion Jason (w/ Dean Malenko) vs. JT Smith, ref John Finnegan
Malenko is now in Jason’s group. As the ref checks Jason for weapons Malenko attacks and looks on a leg lock. We get the bell and Jason goes to work on the knee of Smith. Smith fights back and goes to send Jason into the ropes. Jason changes the way he is running and goes into the turnbuckle. HAAAHAA idiot. Jason comes back out of the corner and Smith goes for a slam but his knee gives out. Jason falls on top and retains in 1.37.
Highlights from last weeks NWA Tournament. World Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas introduces us to his new backup Matt Borne. Borne turns and laughs evilly.
My thoughts on the show…
Mikey with another huge upset that makes every one love him more and thats about it. I wonder if Funk really missed his flight or if this was the plan the whole time.
