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Sir Peter Abram of Export	Posted on 09/30/06 at 14:09:13 Before I post my most recent card, I thought I would post my contracted talent roster. There will be occasional try-outs and one-off appearances by non-contracted talent from time to time. Faces (27): Balls Mahoney Danny Doring and Roadkill Dean Malenko Jerry Lynn Spanish Announce Team (Joel and Jose Maximo) Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) Kid Kash Mikey Whipwreck Mistico Nova Pac Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) Rob Van Dam Sabu Spike Dudley Super Crazy Taz The Sandman Tommy Dreamer Too Cold Scorpio Yoshihiro Tajiri Heels (17): Abyss Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) C.W. Anderson CM Punk Triple Threat (Shane Douglas, Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane) Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) Raven Rhino Simon Diamond Steve Corino Teddy Hart You can check out previous cards here: http://www.tnm7.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=tnmcircs;action=display;num=1156250508 On with the show...
Sir Peter Abram of Export	Posted on 09/30/06 at 14:11:33 ECW Orgy of Violence July 22nd, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA The show began with ECW World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam walking to the ring dressed in street clothes and without any music. He was also without his championship belt, which Rhino had stolen last month at Heatwave. The crowd chanted "Whole Fking Show", but the normally cool and confident Van Dam refused to play to the fans. He appeared serious and intense. RVD took the microphone and addressed Rhino. He demanded that the Man Beast stop playing games and bring out his ECW World Title right now. Rhino marched out from the back, dragging the championship along with him. Rhino had a mic of his own and claimed that he was the one who had the belt stolen from him in the first place. Rhino said that at Heatwave he took back what rightfully belongs to him and added that possession is nine tenths of the law. Rhino entered the ring and said if Van Dam wants the title so much, he can come and get it. RVD charged at Rhino, but the Man Beast laid him out with a belt shot to the head. The fans jeered Rhino out of the building as he beat his chest and held the championship aloft. Paul Heyman then entered the arena. He said that he and Rhino had been through all of this at Heatwave. Heyman reiterated that Rhino was not the recognised ECW World Heavyweight Champion and the only way he would get a title shot was by earning it. However, Heyman added that if Rhino didn't return the title belt to the rightful champion, he wouldn't hesitate to fire Rhino on the spot. Rhino looked thoughtfully at the gold, before turning straight into a Van Daminator from RVD, sending the championship into his face! Van Dam placed the belt on his shoulder and pointed to himself as the crowd said his name along with him. Heyman informed RVD that because the ECW fans were screwed out of a clean finish to the ECW World Title Ladder Match at Heatwave, Van Dam would defend the title against The Sandman again tonight - but this time it would be in a Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes Match!!! The crowd popped for that announcement. A gleeful Heyman then told Rhino to scrape himself off the mat and get ready for the opening match with Balls Mahoney! Balls Mahoney vs. Rhino Match highlights: Balls Mahoney seized the opportunity to take control of the dazed Man Beast. Balls kept Rhino down with stomps and forearms and laid him out with the Ballbreaker Spinebuster. Balls went for his steel chair to the joy of the crowd and dented it over Rhino's head. However, that just seemed to wake Rhino up as he shook off the force of the blow and yelled! Rhino hit Balls with the Gore. He then set up a table in the corner of the ring and sent Balls through it with another vicious Gore for the win. Rhino pinned Balls Mahoney with the Gore in 0:04:52. Rating: 3/4 Little Guido and Teddy Hart vs. Mistico and Pac Match highlights: Just like last month at Heatwave, Teddy Hart teamed up with the FBI's Little Guido again here to battle the high-flying tandem of Mistico and Pac. This one went all over the building, with huracanranas and flying headscissors being hit off all kinds of objects in scenes reminiscent of the Extreme Lucha Libre battles between Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio Jr in 1996. This match featured a dazzling array of aerial manoeuvres, capped off when Hart climbed on top of a soda machine and delivered a moonsault onto Pac. Teddy struck the ground with such impact that the match was briefly stopped while Hart stepped out into the parking lot to vomit! Back in the ring, Mistico and Pac doubled up on Guido and appeared to have him beaten. They dared Teddy to come into the ring and help his partner, but he simply dropped off the ring apron and retreated to the back! The crowd voiced their condemnation at Hart's cowardice as Pac finished Guido off with his jaw-dropping 630 senton. Mistico and Pac defeated Little Guido and Teddy Hart when Pac pinned L. Guido with the 630 Senton in 0:16:04. Rating: *** 1/4 [Sal E. Graziano interfered against Pac.] ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Kid Kash Match highlights: After some crisp mat exchanges in the early going of this bout, former TV champion Kid Kash began to dominate the current title holder CM Punk with a series of armdrags. Kash used an inverted DDT onto the knee and the Bank Roll, a fisherman brain buster also onto the knee. The tide of the match turned when Punk caught Kash on a flying rana attempt and power bombed him out of the ring through the timekeeper's table! The crowd popped big time for that spot. Punk was unrelenting in his attack on Kash's lower back. Kash made sporadic comebacks but Punk beat him down each time. He used a double underhook backbreaker and punished Kash with a Boston crab. Punk snap mared Kash over and dropkicked him in the back of the head. The Straight Edge Superstar blasted Kash with a Shining Wizard for a near fall. Kash blocked a uranage attempt and started to mount a comeback. Kash executed a brain buster, followed by a double springboard moonsault. He went for the Money Maker, but his back gave out and he couldn't complete his finisher. Punk quickly took Kash down with a series of knee strikes, a back fist, the uranage and applied the Anaconda Vice to win a great match. CM Punk made Kid Kash submit to the Anaconda Vice in 0:16:54. Rating: * 3/4 (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) Once again, CM Punk refused to shake his opponent's hand after the match in another blatant show of disrespect. The crowd let him know how much they disapproved. Simon Diamond made his way down to the ring for the first ever edition of his new interview segment, "Simon Says". Diamond's smirk turned to a scowl as the fans erupted in a "Shut the fk up!" chant. Diamond claimed that "Simon Says" would soon be the hottest and most electrifying part of each and every ECW show. Diamond introduced his very first guest - "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz. The crowd popped and goaded Diamond by chanting, "Taz is gonna kill you!" Without waiting to hear the first question Diamond could ask, Taz immediately choked out the wannabee talk show host with the Tazmission. Taz took the mic and told Rob Van Dam that he was gunning for him and the ECW Title. He said that Van Dam had been hiding from him long enough and he wanted his title shot. Suddenly, all the lights in the arena went out. When they came back on, Sabu was standing in the ring, pointing at the ceiling. Sabu was out to show that he felt that he was worthy of the next title shot. The two great rivals were poised to go at it but a posse of referees came out to separate the two before the first punch could be thrown. The fans jeered as they wanted to see them go at it. Bill Alfonso joined Sabu in the ring to prepare him for the upcoming four way dance. Taz yelled at Sabu that if he had to go through him to get his belt back, then he gladly would. Four Way Dance: C.W. Anderson vs. Sabu vs. Too Cold Scorpio vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri Match highlights: Sabu had something to prove tonight after that confrontation with Taz and he looked very impressive here in this four way dance. C.W. Anderson was the first man to head to the back after taking a flurry of stiff kicks and punches by Tajiri, followed by a brain buster. Sabu laid out Too Cold Scorpio with a springboard tornado DDT onto a steel chair and then eliminated Scorpio with an Arabian Facebuster. The crowd certainly enjoyed the resultant Sabu-Tajiri showdown. Tajiri took control by spitting mist into Sabu's eyes. The Japanese Buzzsaw hung Sabu in the Tree of Woe and hit him with a baseball slide. Tajiri went for a handspring elbow, but Sabu countered by throwing a chair into the back of his head. Sabu scored with a chair-assisted somersault legdrop, before setting the chair back up and connecting with the Triple Jump Moonsault for the victory. Four Corners Match: Sabu defeated Too Cold Scorpio, Yoshihiro Tajiri and C.W. Anderson: x Tajiri beat C.W. via the Brain Buster in 0:07:05 x Sabu beat Scorpio via the Arabian Facebuster in 0:11:04 x Sabu beat Tajiri via the Triple Jump Moonsault in 0:14:16 Rating: * 1/4 [Bill Alfonso interfered against C.W. Anderson.] [Bill Alfonso interfered against Too Cold Scorpio.] [Bill Alfonso interfered against Yoshihiro Tajiri.] Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane vs. The Spanish Announce Team Match highlights: This was a truly excellent fast-paced match between two of the young and hungry up and coming teams in ECW. After an early flurry by the Maximos, Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane were able to isolate Joel from his brother and they did a number on him. Shane Douglas spent most of the contest barking instructions at his new protégés. Joel made the hot tag to Jose after a miscommunication between the Triple Threat and he cleaned house. Joel came back in to join his brother in overwhelming Shane and Kazarian with their always innovative tandem offence. Joel wiped out both Frankie Kazarian and Shane Douglas at ringside with a crisp running somersault plancha dive. Joel tried to return to the ring, but Douglas jumped him from behind and ran him into the ringpost. That brought Mikey Whipwreck out from the back to defend his students. The referee left the ring to prevent Whipwreck from interjecting himself into the proceedings. Meanwhile, Jose planted Michael Shane with the Skull Driver and went for the pin, but the official was tied up keeping Whipwreck and Douglas apart. Jose went to see what was going on and Francine kicked him low from behind. The Triple Threat then took Jose down with the Modern Art to preserve their unbeaten run, while at the same time ending that of the SATs. The Triple Threat (Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane) defeated The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) when Kazarian pinned Jose after the Modern Art in 0:16:56. Rating: ** 1/4 [Francine interfered against Jose Maximo.] [Shane Douglas interfered against Joel Maximo.] ECW Tag Team Champions The Impact Players made their way down to the ring, accompanied as ever by Dawn Marie and Jason. Justin Credible took the microphone and cut a promo, proclaiming themselves to be the greatest tag champs in ECW history. Credible said that they had beaten everyone and craved tougher competition, before threatening to go "elsewhere" in order to find it. With that comment, White Zombie's "Thunderkiss '65" blared over the speakers and The Pitbulls made their way down to the ring. The Pitbulls had become greatly frustrated at the constant outside interference from Jason and Dawn Marie in the Impact Players' title matches, culminating in they themselves being screwed out of the gold at Heatwave. The Pitbulls had vowed to do something about it and they were going to do it now. The two teams brawled as soon as Pitbull 1 and 2 hit the ring. The Pitbulls gained the upper hand and took it to Justin Credible and Lance Storm with clotheslines and kicks. Pitbull 1 sent Jason flying off the ring apron and crashing into the railing with a roundhouse kick. Pitbull 1 planted Storm with a Death Valley Driver and Pitbull 2 laid out Credible with a power bomb. The Pitbulls held the title belts aloft to the joy of the crowd, while a tearful Dawn Marie begged them to stop. The roof almost blew off the ECW Arena as Pitbull 1 grabbed Dawn by the hair and Pitbull 2 left the ring. He pulled a table out from underneath the squared circle and set it up in the ring. Pitbull 2 sat on the top turnbuckle while Pitbull 1 hoisted the screaming Dawn Marie up onto his shoulders. Pitbull 2 then smashed the helpless Dawn Marie through the table with the Super Bomb!!! Dawn lay motionless in the broken table while the crowd chanted, "Holy sht!" The Pitbulls warned The Impact Players that "this isn't over" before returning to the back. Dawn Marie left the arena on a stretcher with a cervical collar around her neck. Bed of Thumbtacks Match:* Abyss vs. Tommy Dreamer Match highlights: This Bed of Thumbtacks match was all out war from bell to bell. They brawled around ringside to start, with Tommy Dreamer smashing several cups of beer over Abyss' head. Dreamer threw a handful of tacks into Abyss' face and rubbed his face in the tacks. Steve Corino and Jack Victory then jumped Dreamer from behind and the Extreme Monster took control. They took their fight all over the arena. Dreamer endured a dangerous choke slam off the sound stage through a table which brought the crowd to their feet. Back in the ring, Abyss set the tray of tacks up and went for the Black Hole Slam, but Dreamer blocked it and went for a DDT into the tacks. However, Corino saved Abyss by sliding the tray of tacks out of the ring and onto the (replacement) timekeeper's table, so Abyss took the DDT down to the mat instead. Dreamer started to go after the King of Old School but Abyss attacked him from behind. Abyss attempted to suplex Dreamer from the ring through the table with the tray of thumbtacks on it, but Dreamer managed to thwart Abyss' plans. Dreamer then pasted Abyss with a succession of Singapore cane shots to the cranium, the last of which sent Abyss falling off the ring apron and through the timekeeper's table and the tray of thumbtacks. The Extreme Monster was in agony and the Innovator of Violence stood victorious. Bed of Thumbtacks Match: Tommy Dreamer defeated Abyss in 0:12:51. Rating: ** 3/4 [Steve Corino and Jack Victory interfered against Tommy Dreamer.] ECW World Heavyweight Title Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes Match: Rob Van Dam vs. The Sandman Match highlights: This bout started slowly, but built into an enthralling contest that was perhaps slightly better than their war at Heatwave. Sandman hit punches early and Rob Van Dam responded with kicks and clotheslines. Then the weapons started to come into play. RVD draped Sandman over the barricade and hit his spinning leg drop off the apron. Sandman broke out his old table suplex spot on Van Dam. RVD dove into the crowd and laid out the challenger with a somersault senton dive. Sandman suplexed RVD from the ring through a table on the floor. The champion suplexed Sandman onto a chair, hit a monkey flip and used a kick off the top. Van Dam dropkicked a chair into Sandman's head and then sandwiched him between a chair and a ladder with Rolling Thunder. The Sandman connected with a senton onto a ladder placed on RVD's chest. Both men were more than willing to put their bodies on the line for the sake of the ECW Title. Rob Van Dam began ascending the ladder in an attempt to reclaim his championship, but The Sandman knocked him off the ladder with three cane shots to the head and The Whole F'N Show crashed through a table in the ring. The Sandman hit another wicked cane shot off the top rope. He then pushed Van Dam onto a ringside table and went for a rolling senton over the top rope, but RVD moved and The Sandman went through the table. RVD nailed Sandman with an inverted DDT onto the ladder. RVD went for the five star onto a chair, but Sandman threw it into his face. Sandman hit a diving legdrop with Van Dam's face under a chair. He drilled RVD with the White Russian legsweep onto a chair. The Sandman began climbing towards the title belt and was almost at the top when Bill Alfonso tossed him a chair. Sandman caught it, while Van Dam leapt to the top rope and blasted Sandman with the Van Daminator! The Sandman was sent flying off the ladder and over the top rope, through a stack of tables at ringside!!! The whole arena erupted in a "Holy sht!" chant. Barely pausing for breath, Van Dam quickly climbed up the ladder and snared the championship to retain. Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes Match: Rob Van Dam defeated The Sandman in 0:19:51. Rating: 3/4 (Rob Van Dam retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) [Bill Alfonso interfered against The Sandman.] Card rating: 3/4 Circuit information: Rob Van Dam has been through the mill and then some as of late. He won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship inside the Extreme Elimination Chamber and he has proved to be a fighting champion in the past few months, putting the title on the line in ladder matches and also tonight's tables, ladders, chairs and canes match. Through all of this Van Dam still stands proud with the gold around his waist, but who will be the next challenger for the title? Both Sabu and Taz have very good cases to be named the number one contender, so at our next arena show they will face off for the chance to challenge Rob Van Dam for the ECW Title at Hardcore Heaven. These two had an epic feud throughout the 1990s and clashed in some memorable battles. Their match next month in Philadelphia should be no different. Tommy Dreamer and Abyss will end their feud next month in a Barbed Wire Match. This match will undoubtedly be very bloody and barbaric and seems a fitting way to end the dispute between these two warriors. Dawn Marie was hospitalized with a serious neck injury as a result of the Super Bomb through the table by The Pitbulls. She will be out of action for an indefinite amount of time. The Impact Players and in particular Lance Storm are furious with The Pitbulls. It will be no surprise to see these two teams clash again in the near future. We hope you'll join us next time as we continue our build to the Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. Till then, so long everybody!
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 11/02/06 at 21:56:59 ECW Born To Be Wired August 12th, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA Tonight in the ECW Arena, the feud between Tommy Dreamer and Abyss will finally come to a bloody and barbaric end as the two rivals meet in a Barbed Wire Match. Also, Taz and Sabu clash in a match-up to determine who will challenge Rob Van Dam for the ECW World Heavyweight Title at the Hardcore Heaven PPV. RVD himself is in action this evening, while CM Punk defends his TV Title against Perry Saturn. Rhino vs. Danny Doring Match highlights: Still in the opening bout of the card, Rhino's arduous pursuit of an ECW World Title shot continued here with a quick victory over Danny Doring. Rhino overpowered the former tag team champion, press slamming Doring while on the floor and dropping him over the guardrail. The Man Beast got a couple of near falls with a powerslam and a TKO, before finishing the Dastardly One off with a devastating Gore. Total squash. Rhino pinned Danny Doring with the Gore in 0:04:22. Rating: 1/2 The Spanish Announce Team vs. The Dudley Boys Match highlights: The Spanish Announce Team were out to get back to winning ways against The Dudleys after tasting their first ECW defeat against the Triple Threat at our last arena show. The Maximos took control early on and wiped out Buh Buh and D-Von, along with their entourage, with a couple of stereo tope con hilos. The devious Dudleys came back into it though and mercilessly double teamed Jose. However, Jose blasted Buh Buh with a desperation enzuigiri out of nowhere and he made the hot tag to his brother Joel, who promptly cleaned house. Big Dick Dudley brought Joel's offence to an abrupt halt when he entered the ring and levelled Joel with a vicious lariat. That interference brought Mikey Whipwreck out from the back to come to the aid of his students. Jose rallied back though and dropped Big Dick with a missile dropkick to the back of the head, before taking the Dudleys down with an Asai moonsault bodyblock. The SATs set D-Von up for the Spanish Fly as Whipwreck threw Big Dick over the top rope. However, Big Dick's leg clipped the top strand causing Jose and Joel to lose their perch on the turnbuckles and crotch themselves! D-Von elbowed Jose back down to the mat, while Buh Buh rocked Joel with a Buh Buh Bomb. The Dudleys were then able to pick up the win with the 3-D. The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) when Buh Buh pinned Jose after the Dudley Death Drop in 0:15:27. Rating: 3/4 [Big Dick Dudley interfered against Joel Maximo.] Mikey Whipwreck was very apologetic to his protégés after the bout, having cost them a second match in succession. Frustrated with himself and at the sight of the celebrating Dudleys, Mikey took the microphone and issued a challenge to Buh Buh, D-Von and Big Dick for a six man tag team match at the Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. The challenge was accepted. Licking their wounds, Jose and Joel seemed a bit non-plussed about the whole series of events. Dean Malenko vs. Jerry Lynn Match highlights: We hadn't seen "The Iceman" Dean Malenko since Barely Legal, but he and Jerry Lynn put on an absolute technical masterclass here this evening. This was a wrestling purist's dream. After some tremendous chain wrestling, Malenko focussed his assault on Lynn's ribs after the New F'N Show missed a charge into the corner. The Iceman blasted Lynn with a gutbuster and another one from the second rope. Malenko used a spinning backbreaker, a leg lariat and a nice dropkick. Lynn came back with spinning headscissors, a tornado DDT and a running power bomb. Malenko blocked Lynn's brain buster attempt and scored with one of his own. Malenko got a near fall with a tiger driver. The Man of 1,000 Holds rocked Lynn with a spinning heel kick and then executed a double underhook power bomb, immediately transitioning into the Texas Cloverleaf. Lynn fought it all the way and finally made the ropes. Malenko went for it again, but Lynn cradled him for a near fall. Lynn got another two count with the Kryptonite Krunch and followed up with the cradle piledriver, but Malenko was too close to the ropes. Lynn went for it again, but Malenko trapped him in a tight small package for the three count. Outstanding. Dean Malenko pinned Jerry Lynn after an inside cradle in 0:15:00. Rating: **** 1/4 The crowd gave both men a standing ovation after the bout as they shook hands and embraced. Then, Dean Malenko shocked everyone by taking the mike and speaking! Malenko addressed the TV champion CM Punk, saying that Punk's actions in ECW made him sick. The Iceman vowed to teach Punk some respect. Non-Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Too Cold Scorpio Match highlights: After trading armdrags at the onset of this contest, Rob Van Dam took over with punches and kicks. RVD hit a somersault senton off the top rope but Too Cold Scorpio quickly kicked out of the pin. The ECW World Champion hit a kick off the top rope and rolling thunder, but Scorpio again kicked out. Scorpio hit a series of kicks, a diving legdrop, a double arm suplex and a moonsault leg drop, but the champion would not stay down. RVD connected with a corkscrew leg drop and monkey flipped Scorpio out of the corner onto a steel chair. Scorpio got his knees up on a split legged moonsault attempt and hit a springboard moonsault of his own. Scorpio missed a Tumbleweed and Van Dam scored with a flying thrust kick. RVD then hit the Five Star Frog Splash to earn a hard fought win. Rob Van Dam pinned Too Cold Scorpio with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:10:38. Rating: ** After the match, Rob Van Dam took the mike and cut a cocky promo. He said that it doesn't matter who wins tonight's number one contenders match between Sabu and Taz because he knows them both very well and he'll beat the winner at Hardcore Heaven. Why? Because he's Rob Van Dam, the ECW World Champion. And he's the Whole F'N Show. Justin Credible vs. Pitbull 2 Match highlights: This wasn't so much of a match as an all-out war. They brawled in the crowd early and Pitbull 2 ran into a wall when Justin Credible moved. Credible hit Pitbull 2 with a steel chair and then flung him through several rows of chairs. Pitbull 2 hurled Credible over the railing back to ringside. Credible struck Pitbull 2 repeatedly with his Singapore cane, busting him open. Credible set up for a DDT onto a chair, but Pitbull 2 reversed it into a Northern Lights suplex onto the chair. Pitbull 2 called for the Superbomb, but Lance Storm ran in to make the save for his partner. Pitbull 1 hit the ring to even the score and he was clutching a pair of dog collars. Justin Credible and Pitbull 2 battled to a no-contest in 0:07:34. Rating: * 3/4 [Lance Storm interfered against Pitbull 2.] [Pitbull 1 interfered against Justin Credible.] The Pitbulls busted open the ECW Tag Team Champions with the steel chains on the dog collars. As the Pitbulls choked out Credible and Storm, Jason tried to intervene by striking the aggressors with a pair of weak chair shots. Jason was put through the timekeeper's table with a Superbomb off the ring apron for his troubles. Pitbull 1 grabbed a microphone and challenged The Impact Players to put up their gold at Hardcore Heaven in a Dog Collar Match. ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Perry Saturn Match highlights: The intelligent CM Punk knew all about Perry Saturn's problems with his ACL in the past and he went straight to work on Saturn's knee. The Straight Edge Superstar was relentless, but Saturn refused to give it up. Punk used a slingshot senton onto Saturn's prone knee. Saturn fired back with a superkick, a Northern Lights suplex, a sitout suplex slam, a swinging fisherman suplex and a Death Valley Driver. The champion retaliated with a leg lariat, slaps and a spinning back fist. Punk assaulted Saturn with brutal knees to the head and body from a Muay Thai clinch. Punk floored the clearly groggy Saturn with a uranage and applied the Anaconda Vice for the win. CM Punk made Perry Saturn submit to the Anaconda Vice in 0:14:35. Rating: *** (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) Saturn was pretty badly busted up after the match, with noticeable swelling near his left eye. Punk had been out to prove a point and had no sympathy toward the Eliminator. Punk took the mike and cut a promo on Dean Malenko. He called Malenko an old man and accepted his challenge for Hardcore Heaven. Punk guaranteed to make an example out of Malenko. Number One Contenders Match: Sabu vs. Taz Match highlights: Taz was extremely focussed going in to this contest and was looking to end it early as he took Sabu down and hammered him with his ground and pound offence. The Human Suplex Machine brought Sabu down again with a judo throw and locked on a bodyscissors, before applying a choke. Sabu managed to make the ropes. Taz rocked Sabu with a big overhand right to the side of the jaw. Sabu took a big lariat from Taz and a Northern Lights Tazplex. Taz followed his nemesis out to ringside and whipped him into the guardrail repeatedly. He dared Sabu to fight back. Sabu reversed a whip into the post and then threw a chair at Taz's skull, opening him up. Sabu used a guillotine legdrop and a pair of chair-assisted legdrops, the last of which was to the back of Taz's head. Sabu went for Air Sabu in the corner, but Taz caught him and rocketed Sabu into the turnbuckles with a T-Bone Tazplex. Taz drilled Sabu with a sickening spinebuster onto a steel chair. Taz went for the Tazmission, but Sabu struck him low with a backward kick and planted him onto the chair with a springboard tornado DDT. Sabu hit Taz with a springboard plancha off the chair down to ringside. Sabu and Bill Alfonso bridged the ring and the guardrail with a table. Sabu executed a flying huracanrana off the top rope and followed up with a springboard leg lariat. Sabu went for the Triple Jump Moonsault, but Taz countered by sending Sabu face first into the chair with a drop toe hold. Taz brutalised Sabu with several stiff cross face punches. Sabu came back with a dropkick to the knee and tossed another chair at the head of Taz. The Human Highlight Reel locked in the camel clutch, but Taz wouldn't give. Sabu went to the middle rope and hit an atomic Arabian Facebuster. Sabu rolled Taz out onto the table and as Taz fought back to his feet, Sabu sprang off the top rope and sent him through the table with an amazing DDT! The crowd were loving every second of the action in this one!! When both men gingerly climbed back into the squared circle, Sabu covered Taz and the Human Suplex Machine only barely kicked out. Sabu set up two more chairs and draped Taz across them. Sabu ascended the turnbuckles, but then Taz popped up and sent Sabu through the chairs with an incredible overhead head and arm Tazplex!! Sabu was in agony and Taz was ready to go in for the kill. Taz destroyed Sabu with a release dragon Tazplex, a release German Tazplex and a release Tiger Tazplex. Taz propped up a table in the corner and put Sabu through it with a Tazmissionplex, a manoeuvre that had broken Sabu's neck in the past. Taz then quickly pulled Sabu out of the table wreckage and applied the Tazmission. Sabu fought it for what seemed like an eternity before ultimately succumbing and tapping out. Number-One-Contenders-Match: Taz made Sabu submit to the Tazmission in 0:24:04. Rating: **** 1/2 [Bill Alfonso interfered against Taz.] The crowd gave both men a richly deserved standing ovation after their war. Taz helped Sabu back to his feet and the two great rivals shared a handshake of respect. Barbed Wire Match: Tommy Dreamer vs. Abyss As the ring crew took down the ropes and replaced them with razor sharp barbed wire in preparation for tonight's main event, Steve Corino and Jack Victory accompanied "The Extreme Monster" Abyss out to ringside. Corino took the mike and denied reports that he had read on the internet claiming that Abyss was scared of barbed wire. The King of Old School vowed that Abyss would end Tommy Dreamer's career tonight. Abyss seemed quite tentative to climb through the barbed wire and into the ring. Match highlights: Abyss pounded Tommy Dreamer with a series of rights near the barbed wire ropes. The Extreme Monster backed up and charged, but Dreamer gave Abyss a drop toe hold right into the barbed wire! Abyss choke slammed Dreamer onto a chair for a near fall. Steve Corino slid a steel chair covered in barbed wire into the ring and Abyss placed it on Dreamer's chest. Abyss tried to jump on Dreamer, but the Innovator of Violence turned the chair and Abyss crotched himself on it! Dreamer hit Abyss twice with the barbed wire chair. Abyss rolled to the outside to regain some composure and Dreamer sent the barbed wire chair into his face with a dangerous baseball slide. Dreamer threw a large piece of plywood covered in barbed wire into the ring. Abyss gave Dreamer a front suplex on top of the barbed wire, leaving Dreamer hanging across the wire grabbing his chest in pain. Dreamer's shirt was ripped and his chest was covered in blood. Abyss tried to power bomb Dreamer onto the barbed wire board, but Dreamer blocked that and also an attempted choke slam. However, Abyss managed to lift Dreamer into the air and plant him chest first on the barbed wire! Abyss brought another barbed wire board into the ring and set it up in the corner. Abyss tried to whip Tommy Dreamer into the board, but Dreamer stopped himself. Abyss then charged and Dreamer moved as Abyss hit the board with force! Abyss rebounded from the corner with the barbed wire literally stuck to him. Dreamer kicked Abyss back onto the other board, so that the Extreme Monster was sandwiched on the mat between both barbed wire boards! Dreamer jumped and landed on the boards, but the referee only counted two before Steve Corino pulled him out of the ring! Dreamer was seriously pissed off and so were the crowd. With Dreamer's attention diverted, Abyss managed to free himself from the boards. Dreamer then turned right into a Black Hole Slam onto the barbed wire boards, ending the bloody and brutal match and giving the win to Abyss. Barbed Wire Match: Abyss pinned Tommy Dreamer with the Black Hole Slam in 0:12:48. Rating: Abyss, Steve Corino and Jack Victory continued to beat down Tommy Dreamer after the match ended. This bout was supposed to end the feud between Dreamer and Abyss, but it appeared that it had done anything but. Suddenly, "Enter Sandman" blared over the speakers and The Sandman hit the ring to a monster pop. Sandman was out to make the save for Dreamer and stop the three-on-one assault. He destroyed Abyss, Corino and Victory with several cane shots and sent them scurrying from the ring. The Sandman helped his friend back to his feet and they acknowledged the crowd support as Corino swore revenge. Card rating: 1/2 Match observations: After a night of typically crazy and unpredictable ECW action, the card is certainly shaping up for the upcoming Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. Taz won an ECW classic tonight against his old nemesis Sabu in order to earn himself a shot at Rob Van Dam's ECW Title at Hardcore Heaven. Taz and Sabu hit each other with everything but the kitchen sink here this evening but when it was all said and done, the Tazmission was too much for the Human Highlight Reel. However, after that brutal war, what shape will Taz be in for his match with Van Dam? Abyss scored the win over Tommy Dreamer in their disturbing Barbed Wire Match, but their feud rages on. It will continue at Hardcore Heaven as Abyss teams with Steve Corino to battle Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Dean Malenko has promised to teach CM Punk all about respect. He'll get that chance at Hardcore Heaven, as The Iceman challenges The Straight Edge Superstar for the ECW TV Title. Also signed for the PPV is a dog collar match for the ECW Tag Team Titles as The Pitbulls face champions The Impact Players. The Pitbulls have eliminated both Dawn Marie and Jason from the equation, so it will be a straight two-on-two contest for the belts at Hardcore Heaven. Mikey Whipwreck will try and make up for costing his students the Spanish Announce Team two straight matches as they team up and go for the win against Buh Buh Ray, D-Von and Big Duck Dudley in a six man tag team match. We hope you will join us for what promises to be an extremely memorable event. Till then, so long everybody!!
lazy_duck	Posted on 11/04/06 at 04:18:10 Hey great card, tto tell you the truth I have never seen one ECW show so I have nothing to compare it to so just on your presentation alone it looked like a great show. the VAn Dam/ Taz match looks promising and hoping The Dam one holds on to the title. You can never go wrong with Dean Malinko but Punk can't be/wont be ignored another great match. Looking foward to more LD
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 11/19/06 at 13:49:13 ECW HARDCORE HEAVEN August 20th, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA Your commentary team is Joey Styles and Cyrus. Extreme Championship Wrestling's third pay-per-view since its restart, Hardcore Heaven, began with an excellent video package hyping up tonight's main event for the ECW World Heavyweight Title as Rob Van Dam defends against Taz. That isn't the only title match this evening, as CM Punk puts the ECW TV Title on the line against Dean Malenko and The Pitbulls challenge The Impact Players for the Tag Team Titles. Joey Styles and Cyrus welcomed viewers to the event as Rhino made his way out to the ring for the opener against Nova. Rhino vs. Nova Match highlights: Rhino wasted no time in going to work on Nova, flooring him with several stiff clotheslines and kicks. To his credit, Nova fought back, sending Rhino to the floor with a dropkick and connecting with a plancha. Back in the ring, Nova went for the Novacaine but Rhino elbowed his way out of trouble and hit back with a powerslam. Nova kicked out of a TKO, but as he climbed back to his feet Rhino struck with the match-winning Gore. Rhino pinned Nova with the Gore in 0:04:48. Rating: *** Rhino hadn't finished with Nova yet, though. The Man Beast pulled a table out from under the ring and slid it in under the bottom rope. Rhino set it up in the corner, looking to Gore Nova through it, but Stevie Richards hit the ring for the save. However, Richards was sporting a new look - he was dressed in attire modelled after the American flag and bore an uncanny resemblance to Captain America! The bemused Rhino was caught off-guard and Richards blasted him with the Stevie Kick! Rhino didn't go down though and as Richards went to check on Nova, Rhino lifted him up and Gored him through the table!! The Man Beast beat his chest and taunted the crowd, who jeered him out of the building. Shane Douglas was standing by backstage with the Triple Threat. Douglas vowed that the newly Franchised Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian would rise to the very top of the tag team division in ECW. He claimed that they would prove just how good they are tonight as they make examples out of three other ECW tag teams. Four Way Dance: Danny Doring and Roadkill vs. Eliminators vs. Full Blooded Italians vs. Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian Match highlights: Four of the top teams in ECW collided here in a solid encounter. It was very noticeable during the course of this bout that Michael Shane was making eyes at Francine, winking at her when he hit a sweet offensive manoeuvre. Shane Douglas didn't appreciate his protégé eyeing up his woman and told him to stay focused. Inevitably all hell broke loose with all four teams brawling at once and referee John "Pee Wee" Moore lost all control. Frankie Kazarian sent the Full Bloodied Italians packing with his spectacular Flux Capacitor (one man Spanish Fly) on Little Guido. Almost immediately after that, Danny Doring and Roadkill were eliminated after Doring took a power bomb/legdrop combo from the Eliminators. That meant it was down to The Eliminators and Shane Douglas' new Triple Threat. Francine ended up getting too close to the action and The Eliminators set her up for Total Elimination, but Michael Shane made the save. As Shane tended to Francine, Saturn and Kronus took care of Frankie Kazarian and then grabbed The Franchise. Shane was too preoccupied with the Queen of Extreme and failed to notice his mentor getting wiped out by Total Elimination to the delight of the crowd. Kronus went to finish off Kazarian with a 450 Splash, but Shane finally got his head back in the game and crotched Kronus on the top rope before he could complete the move. Shane then superkicked Saturn, before the Triple Threat pinned Kronus after their Modern Art German suplex/superkick combination. Four Corners Match: The Triple Threat (Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane) defeated Danny Doring and Roadkill, The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) and The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke): x Kazarian beat L. Guido via the Flux Capacitor in 0:10:08 x Kronus beat Doring via a legdrop in 0:10:32 x Kazarian beat Kronus after the Modern Art in 0:15:08 Rating: * [Francine interfered against John Kronus.] Michael Shane celebrated the victory with Francine after the match, while Frankie Kazarian helped Shane Douglas to the back. Douglas did not look happy with Shane. Simon Diamond came down to the ring for the second edition of his Simon Says interview segment. However, Diamond was interrupted by a commotion in the crowd as Eugene from WWE wandered in through the front door! Eugene walked through the crowd with his tongue out and scratching his head to ungodly abuse from the ECW faithful! Eugene awkwardly climbed over the guardrail and into the ring. He offered a handshake to Simon Diamond, who didn't have a clue what to make of all of this. Diamond took Eugene's hand, but Eugene hoisted him up onto his shoulders and gave him an airplane spin! Boos and jeers filled the ECW Arena. Suddenly, Eugene dropped Diamond back down to his feet and then rocked him with a vicious lariat! Eugene stared out at the crowd, deadly serious. The fans were silenced. Eugene then hit Diamond with a sickening release German suplex, right onto the back of Diamond's neck! Eugene brought a trash can into the ring and dented it over Diamond's head. Eugene took the mike and introduced himself to the ECW fans as Nick Dinsmore. He won over the crowd by burying his abysmal Eugene gimmick on the house microphone. Dinsmore tore off his Eugene jacket and dumped it in the trash can before setting it alight. Dinsmore swore that henceforth he was going to be true to his ass-kicker self and to hell with the brass. Nick Dinsmore added that he was in ECW because that's where legit wrestlers go to get serious. Dinsmore left the ring to a rousing ovation and the crowd chanted, "Nick Fking Dinsmore!" The next bout of the night featured three men who have been embroiled in a high-flying rivalry in ECW ever since the Barely Legal comeback show. Mistico, Pac and Teddy Hart have proven that they are three of the best death-defying and exciting wrestlers in the world, but tonight their feud will draw to a close in this Three Way Dance rematch from Barely Legal. Three Way Dance: Mistico vs. Pac vs. Teddy Hart Match highlights: Mistico dominated both men in the early going with a series of incredible armdrags. Pac blasted Teddy and Mistico with a springboard twisting moonsault from out of the corner. Teddy scored a two count on Mistico with a sitout power bomb and then almost pinned Pac with an Ace Crusher. Mistico hit Teddy with a 6-1-9 and as Teddy took a breather on the outside, Mistico sent him flying into the ringside barricade with a springboard plancha armdrag! Pac dived onto Mistico with an amazing Space Flying Tiger Drop, before Teddy wiped out both Pac and Mistico with a springboard shooting star press! The crowd were on their feet applauding the action! Back in the ring, Pac kicked out of Teddy's crisp split legged moonsault. Mistico trapped Pac in his La Mistica armbar, but just like he did at Barely Legal, Hart climbed to the top rope and went for the Open Hart Surgery on Mistico, who had left himself wide open. However, Mistico sensed the danger and rolled out of the way as Hart crashed to the mat. Mistico rolled up Hart but the Canadian kicked out. Mistico then hit Teddy with a sunset flip power bomb to eliminate him, much to the delight of the crowd. As Teddy Hart stormed back to the dressing room in a huff, the bout continued between Pac and Mistico. Pac hit a Falcon Arrow and followed up with a standing moonsault for a near fall. The Man Gravity Forgot went for his stunning 630 Senton, but Mistico jammed his knees into Pac's back. Mistico connected with a springboard dropkick and a springboard sunset flip for a two count. Pac used an Oklahoma roll for a near fall of his own and followed up with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Pac avoided Mistico's superkick and then pinned the masked Mexican superstar with an Asai moonsault bodyblock. Triangle Match: Pac defeated Mistico and Teddy Hart: x Mistico beat Teddy Hart via a high speed sunset flip in 0:07:58 x Pac beat Mistico via an Asai moonsault bodyblock in 0:12:25 Rating: 1/4 Backstage, Taz cut a promo regarding his ECW Title Match with Rob Van Dam later tonight. Taz said that he had worked too hard, bled too much blood and made too many sacrifices to blow his chance at becoming ECW Champion this evening. He acknowledged that he and RVD knew each other very well, but he vowed to not be denied in his quest. Taz said he would bust Van Dam up and then choke him out. He closed the promo by saying that he is Taz - the next ECW World Champion. "Beat me, if you can - survive, if I let you!!" The Dudley Boys - Buh Buh Ray, D-Von and Big Dick - were in six man tag team action next against Mikey Whipwreck and the Spanish Announce Team. This match came about when The Dudleys earned a tainted victory over the Maximo Brothers at our last arena show. Mikey wasn't happy and stood up for his students, challenging the Dudleys to this six man tag here this evening. However, some ECW fans and perhaps the Maximos themselves feel that Mikey made the challenge because he felt guilty for playing a part in the SAT's loss. Mikey Whipwreck and The Spanish Announce Team vs. The Dudley Boys** Match highlights: Mikey Whipwreck and his students the Spanish Announce Team cleared the ring of the Dudleys to open this match, but those damn Dudleys soon took over on Mikey after some interference by Joel Gertner and Sign Guy Dudley. Mikey was able to take Buh Buh down with a FrankenMikey out of desperation and then hit D-Von with an inverted suplex out of nowhere. With the fans willing him on, Mikey crawled over to his corner and went to tag one of the Maximos. However, Joel and Jose simply dropped off the apron and walked to the back! The crowd booed The Maximos for deserting their trainer in his hour of need as Whipwreck looked on in utter disbelief. The Dudleys seized this opportunity to complete destroy the third winner of the ECW triple crown. They took Whipwreck down with a double flapjack, before Buh Buh hit the Buh Buh Bomb and D-Von connected with a flying headbutt. After the Dudley Device and a combination belly to back suplex and falling neckbreaker, Big Dick Dudley got in on the action with the Total Penetration. The Dudleys finally put Whipwreck out of his misery with the 3-D, but surely the hurt of the betrayal from his students will be more painful than the beating Mikey suffered tonight. The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Big Dick Dudley defeated The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) and Mikey Whipwreck when Buh Buh pinned Whipwreck after the Dudley Death Drop in 0:07:10. Rating: * 1/4 [Joel Gertner and Sign Guy Dudley interfered against Mikey Whipwreck.] Mikey Whipwreck was helped to the back by the referee, his body ravaged with pain after the three on one beating from The Dudleys. Rob Van Dam was backstage with Bill Alfonso, preparing for the defence of his ECW Title against Taz. Fonzie claimed that he knows everything about Taz because he used to manage him. RVD said that Fonzie dumped Taz in order to manage him because he recognised that Rob Van Dam is the better wrestler and the Whole F'N Show. Van Dam said that everybody recognises that now as he holds the ECW World Championship. RVD vowed to beat Taz on his stage - pay-per-view - and remain the champion. Dean Malenko was set to take on CM Punk for the ECW World Television Championship in the next match of Hardcore Heaven. Malenko, a former two-time ECW TV champ, is disgusted with Punk's shows of disrespect to his opponents in ECW and has declared he will teach Punk all about respect tonight. ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Dean Malenko Match highlights: Dean Malenko wouldn't let CM Punk take him down at the outset of this contest and it visibly frustrated the Television Champion. Malenko dominated Punk with armbars and wristlocks, before stunning Punk with a nice snap suplex. Punk escaped Malenko's STF and fired back with a high knee. Punk struck with an enzuigiri and a dropkick to the back of the head. Punk used a series of bootscrapes in the corner and hit a double underhook backbreaker. Malenko returned fire with a sunset backslide and a Northern Lights suplex. The Shooter went for a Texas Cloverleaf, but Punk rolled him up for a near fall. Malenko almost took the championship with a tiger driver. Malenko used a brain buster and a German suplex, but Punk refused to stay down for three. Punk turned in mid-air on a superplex and rang Malenko's bell with a Shining Wizard. The Straight Edge Superstar used a series of slaps, a back fist, a uranage and then went for the Anaconda Vice, but Malenko blocked it. Malenko got two with a Northern Lights suplex. The Iceman went for another superplex, but Punk countered with the Pepsi Plunge! Punk covered, but Malenko draped a foot over the bottom rope to save himself. Punk took Malenko down again and scored with some elbows. However, Malenko defended well from his back and got a reversal. He locked in an old Japanese pro wrestling version of the triangle (from behind the guy's head instead of underneath) and also got an armbar. The crowd were excited as hell as Punk was trapped with nowhere to go! Punk was fading fast as Malenko continued to squeeze on the triangle with all the strength that his legs could muster. The fans yelled at Punk to tap. Suddenly, the bell rang to signal that the twenty minute time limit had expired. Dean Malenko released the hold, completely exhausted. CM Punk was incredibly close to tapping but had been saved by the time limit. The crowd voiced their disapproval at the finish, then chanted for five more minutes. Punk's competitive streak got the better of him and he challenged Malenko to fight to the finish so there could be a decisive winner. The Shooter, who had gotten up slowly after the bell - all that squeezing on the triangle must have zapped his legs completely - accepted Punk's offer. However, Punk didn't give Malenko a chance to recover and the Straight Edge Superstar connected at will with punches and low kicks, plus more knees and punches. Punk took Malenko down without much trouble, a far cry from the beginning of the match, and tied up The Iceman's legs with his arms in a crucifix position. This left Malenko's head as a target with him unable to move. Punk threw elbow after elbow at Malenko. Referee Jim Molineaux implored Malenko to move or find a way out or he was going to have to stop it. Molineaux didn't want to stop the match but The Shooter couldn't move nor protect himself, so the thrilling bout was waved off. CM Punk defeated Dean Malenko via referee stoppage in 0:22:18. Rating: **** 1/4 (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) CM Punk knew he had been in a battle and was seconds away from losing his title, but he refused to give Dean Malenko any credit. He simply looked down at the Shooter with disdain, kissed his championship and left the ring. Malenko limped to the back unassisted as the crowd chanted his name. The Pitbulls were backstage clutching a pair of dog collars. Footage rolled of The Pitbulls destroying Dawn Marie and Jason with Superbombs in recent weeks. Pitbull 1 asked The Impact Players how they would cope tonight without their managers around to interfere freely. Pitbull 2 said that after Justin Credible and Lance Storm get chained up to them, there will be no escape. Pitbull 1 added that they would become ECW Tag Team Champions for a second time tonight at Hardcore Heaven. The Pitbulls felt extremely aggrieved after outside interference cost them the tag belts at our last pay-per-view offering, Heatwave. Since then, The Pitbulls have ensured that that will not happen again as they put Dawn Marie and Jason on the shelf. It will be two on two tonight between The Impact Players and The Pitbulls in a Dog Collar Match, which means that the two members of one team are strapped to the necks of their opponents. There is a lot of bad blood between these two teams and you can guarantee that this one is going to be brutal. ECW Tag Team Title Dog Collar Match: The Impact Players vs. The Pitbulls Match highlights: This Dog Collar match for the ECW Tag Team Titles got off to crazy start as Justin Credible knocked out Pitbull 1 with a tag team title belt before their collars could be attached. Credible then attacked Pitbull 2 with his Singapore cane as his collar was being attached to Lance Storm's. The Impact Players connected with a double superkick on Pitbull 2, who was bloodied after all the cane shots. Pitbull 1 lay motionless and bleeding at ringside from the belt shot. Storm hit the PowerPlex on Pitbull 2 and Credible choked out the former TV champion with the chain on the dog collar. Pitbull 2 tried to fight back, but Credible knocked him back down with the empty dog collar. The two-on-one odds looked insurmountable for Pitbull 2. The champions continued their meticulous beatdown of Pitbull 2, with Credible planting him onto the chain with a spinning facebuster DDT. Credible followed up with a cutter and an inverted DDT. With the fans behind him, Pitbull 1 began to stir at ringside. He climbed up onto the ring apron, but Storm knocked him off by hitting him with the dog collar. Credible drilled Pitbull 2 onto one of the title belts with a sitout power bomb out of the corner, but the Pitbull kicked out! Showing incredible fight and determination, Pitbull 2 then kicked out of Storm's Deep Impact jumping piledriver. Storm knocked Pitbull 1 off the apron again with a superkick and Pitbull 1 hit the railing hard. With Storm assisting him, Credible used That's Incredible on Pitbull 2, but Pitbull 2 kicked out again to the disbelief of the Impact Players! Storm and Credible decided that enough was enough and went to finish off Pitbull 2 with their spike piledriver onto a steel chain from one of the collars. Storm hooked Pitbull 2 up, but then Pitbull 1 sent Justin Credible flying off the turnbuckles with a stiff chair shot as Pitbull 2 backdropped Storm. Pitbull 1 bloodied Credible with the ring bell and sent him over the guardrail with a well placed roundhouse kick. Pitbull 1 finally made it back to the ring and mauled Storm with a vertical suplex and a Death Valley Driver. Pitbull 1 brought a table into the ring as Pitbull 2 shook off the effects of the hellacious beating he had received since the opening bell. Pitbull 1 decked Lance Storm with the dog collar and then set up the table, while Pitbull 2 took up his perch on the top turnbuckle. Pitbull 1 passed Storm's limp body up to his partner's waiting arms and Pitbull 2 proceeded to blast the helpless Canadian through the table with the Superbomb! Three second later new ECW Tag Team Champions were crowned! Dog Collar Match: The Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) defeated The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) when Pitbull 2 pinned Storm after the Superbomb in 0:10:19. Rating: * (The Pitbulls won the ECW Tag Team Championship.) The Pitbulls celebrated their title triumph with the ringsiders, while the beaten former champions Lance Storm and Justin Credible headed to the back to lick their wounds. There seemed to be some kind of dispute going on between The Impact Players over whose fault it was that they lost the gold. Tommy Dreamer was teaming up with his good friend The Sandman in the next bout at Hardcore Heaven to do battle with Steve Corino and his Extreme Monster, Abyss. This one came about after Dreamer's Barbed Wire Match with Abyss at our last arena show. That contest was supposed to end the bitter feud between those two men, but instead, after Abyss' victory, he, Corino and Jack Victory continued to brutalise Dreamer. That brought out the Sandman to even the score and make the save for his friend. The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer vs. Steve Corino and Abyss Match highlights: This brawl got underway quickly when Steve Corino and Abyss attacked The Sandman while he was in the midst of his beer swilling entrance. Tommy Dreamer entered to even the odds and the four men brawled through the crowd. Dreamer and Sandman whipped Abyss into a wall and Dreamer slingshotted Corino into a steel post, busting the King of Old School open. Sandman smashed several cups of beer over Corino's head. Abyss powerslammed Sandman on the floor and then sent Dreamer from the sound stage through a stack of two tables with a sickening choke slam! Back in the ring, Abyss and Corino doubled up on The Sandman with Dreamer out of commission. Corino decked Sandman with a superkick and Abyss took the Extreme Icon down with a kick to the head and the Shock Treatment. Jack Victory slid a section of guardrail into the ring and Corino and Abyss power bombed Sandman onto it. Victory passed Corino a bag of thumbtacks and Corino spread them all over the ring. Abyss began to set up Sandman for the Black Hole Slam onto the tacks, but Dreamer stormed the ring wielding a Singapore cane and cleaned house. Sandman knocked Victory off the apron with a solid punch. Sandman took a swing at Abyss with his own cane, but Abyss countered by kicking Sandman in the gut. Abyss tried to power bomb Sandy on the tacks, but The Sandman slid down and took Abyss down into the tacks with the White Russian Legsweep! Abyss rolled out of the ring and thrashed around in agony. Meanwhile, Dreamer took a handful of tacks and shoved them down Corino's tights, before kicking him low!! As the fans winced at Corino's pain, Dreamer planted him with the DDT for the win. The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer defeated Abyss and Steve Corino when Dreamer pinned S. Corino after the Dreamer DDT in 0:11:32. Rating: 1/4 [Jack Victory interfered against Tommy Dreamer.] Main event time. Rob Van Dam versus Taz for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. The Human Suplex Machine has been on an incredible tear since failing to capture the vacant title at Barely Legal. He won an extremely hard-fought war over his perennial adversary Sabu at Born to be Wired to earn this title opportunity and few would bet against Taz capturing the gold tonight given the current form he's in. But Rob Van Dam will not give up the belt easily, having turned back recent challenges from Raven and The Sandman. The arena seemed split over who to support as both competitor's names were chanted as they entered the ring. Ring announcer Stephen DeAngelis introduced both men. Taz appeared completely focused and Rob Van Dam wasn't as cocky as usual, more preoccupied with the task at hand. The crowd was totally pumped up for this one. Referee John Finnegan read both men the instructions and called for the bell. It was on! ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Taz Match highlights: The electricity in the ECW Arena was unbelievable as Rob Van Dam and Taz contested the best match of the new ECW thus far. After some early chain wrestling, both men traded kicks and forearms. RVD found the mark with a spinning heel kick and a jumping side kick. Taz bailed to the outside and Van Dam hit him with a gorgeous running somersault plancha. RVD dumped Taz over the rail and went for a corkscrew guillotine legdrop, but Taz avoided the move and Van Dam struck the steel. Taz capitalised with a nasty overhead head and arm Tazplex on the floor. Taz worked over the champion's leg with a kneebar. Taz kicked away at Van Dam's knee, but RVD blocked one of the kicks and stepped through, flooring Taz with a kick to the face. Van Dam executed Rolling Thunder and a standing moonsault. After a takedown, Taz, from the bottom, threw an elbow which busted Van Dam open on the right side of his face. The blood was pouring out and Bill Alfonso nor the referee could get it stopped. Taz pushed the official down and went in for the kill. The ring was a mass of blood as the match kept going. Taz rocked Rob Van Dam with an STO and unloaded with repeated crossface punches, opening the cut further. RVD tried to fight off Taz with a kick, but Taz hooked him up and drove him down to the blood-stained mat with a leg capture Tazplex. Taz hit a spinebuster for a near fall. Taz locked in an STF, but RVD fought it all the way and finally reached the ropes. Taz used a bodyslam, a release German Tazplex, a release dragon Tazplex and a hard lariat for a very close two count. It appeared extremely unlikely that Van Dam could get back into the match as he was losing a lot of blood and absorbing an unholy amount of punishment. Taz was merciless though and sensed a title change. Taz went for yet another Tazplex, but Rob Van Dam countered by repeatedly kneeing the challenger in the head. As Taz staggered back, RVD hit him with a springboard side kick. Van Dam wasn't feeling the pain in his knee anymore as he rallied with a fisherman buster, a Northern Lights suplex and a corkscrew legdrop. RVD put Taz down with a somersault slam and tried to follow up with a springboard moonsault, but Taz got his knees up. Van Dam clutched his ribs in agony as Taz got back to his feet. Taz applied the Tazmission to the bloody champion, but he was distracted by Bill Alfonso rolling into the ring with a chair. The Human Suplex Machine threw Van Dam down and went after Fonzie. Taz grabbed Alfonso and began to rough him up, but Van Dam recovered and took the chair. RVD launched the chair at Taz who caught it, but that allowed Van Dam to waffle him with the Van Daminator. Van Dam sprang to the top rope, looking for the Five Star Frog Splash, but Taz grabbed the chair and threw it at RVD's head. Taz then sent Van Dam flying off the top rope and onto the chair with a vicious overhead belly-to-belly Tazplex! The crowd were on their feet as Taz stalked Rob Van Dam. Taz trapped RVD in the Tazmission again, but this time Van Dam kicked off the corner and rolled back into a pin (basically the Bret Hart-Steve Austin 1996 Survivor Series finish)! Taz was trapped and tried frantically to free himself, but his shoulders stayed down on the mat for the three count! Rob Van Dam defeated Taz via pinfall in 0:19:55. Rating: *** (Rob Van Dam retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) [Bill Alfonso interfered against Taz.] Taz was beside himself with anger after the match, yelling at the referee about Bill Alfonso's interference. He seemed very frustrated about the finish of the match as well. The bloody Rob Van Dam celebrated with the fans while Taz, normally such a good loser, stormed to the back. Card rating: * 1/2 Circuit information: Taz was absolutely livid after Hardcore Heaven went off air. He was adamant that Bill Alfonso had cost him the match and the ECW Title. Several members of the ECW locker room had to try and restrain Taz backstage and calm him down, otherwise he probably would have torn Fonzie's head clean off his shoulders. However, it was Rob Van Dam who emerged victorious, however controversial the match was. RVD required stitches for his badly lacerated cheek, but you can bet that he will be more than ready to take on the next challenger for his title. The big news coming out of Hardcore Heaven was The Pitbulls winning the ECW Tag Team Titles from The Impact Players. Justin Credible and Lance Storm have issued a challenge to the new champions. They want them to put the straps on the line at the next available opportunity in a steel cage match. Credible and Storm have added that if they fail to win back the gold, they will split up forever! CM Punk is the luckiest man in Philly tonight. He was seconds away from losing the TV Title, trapped in Dean Malenko's triangle choke with nowhere to go. However, the time limit expired and Punk's title was saved. Both men agreed to restart the bout though, even though Malenko's legs were spent after twenty minutes of non-stop action and applying all that pressure on the triangle. Punk destroyed Malenko with a succession of vicious elbows and the referee had to stop it because The Shooter couldn't defend himself. Malenko knows he has Punk's number though and is desperate for another crack at the Straight Edge Superstar. Mikey Whipwreck couldn't find the Maximo brothers after the show. The SATs had obviously done a runner after abandoning Whipwreck in their six man tag with The Dudleys. Mikey wants some answers from his students about their betrayal. Nick Dinsmore is the newest ECW superstar and he is a very disturbed and infuriated man after over two years trapped with an abysmal gimmick in Stamford. However, the former 8-time OVW Heavyweight Champion had joined the tribe of extreme to prove that he is one of the best technical wrestlers on the face of the earth. He'll make his debut next month against the man who feels he was embarrassed tonight by Dinsmore, Simon Diamond. We hope you enjoyed tonight's Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. Till next time, so long everybody!
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 11/23/06 at 22:06:02 ECW As Good As It Gets September 23rd, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA The ECW Arena was filled to capacity once again this evening for another captivating show from Extreme Championship Wrestling. There are two title matches scheduled on the card and they are two rematches from the Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. First, CM Punk faces Dean Malenko in a two out of three falls match for the ECW World Television Title. Also, The Pitbulls take on the Impact Players in a steel cage match for the ECW Tag Team Titles and if the former three-time tag champs the Impact Players lose, they will break up forever! Plus, Nick Dinsmore makes his official ECW in-ring debut! All that and much, much more tonight!!! Joey Styles was in the centre of the ring introducing fans to the show, when Taz burst through the entrance curtain dragging a terrified Bill Alfonso along behind him. Taz marched to the squared circle and threw Fonzie in under the bottom rope. Alfonso cowered into the corner and tried to escape, but Taz grabbed him by his t-shirt and levelled him with an Angry Man's Lariat. Taz was seething and he pounded Fonzie with a succession of vicious mounted punches to the face and head. Alfonso was busted open. Taz then choked Alfonso out with the Tazmission. Taz grabbed the house mike and informed the fans that Bill Alfonso had cost him the ECW World Title at Hardcore Heaven, so he was taking matters into his own hands. He addressed Rob Van Dam, demanding a World Title Match right now or he'd choke Alfonso to death! Taz reapplied the Tazmission to the already unconscious Fonzie, when RVD hit the ring. Van Dam tossed the championship aside, while Taz dumped Alfonso's limp carcass out to the ringside area. The two men clashed in the centre of the ring, while referee John Finnegan ran down and called for the bell! The ECW Title was on the line in this impromptu rematch from Hardcore Heaven! ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Taz Match highlights: Both competitors traded punches and kicks and brawled around ringside in the early going of this match. The fight spilled into the crowd, with both men whipping each other through rows of chairs and into walls. Van Dam connected with more well measured kicks, until Taz threw RVD into another chair. Taz stomped a chair into the champion's face. Taz took Van Dam down with a bodyslam type of takedown and did some ground and pound. The Human Suplex Machine took the champion down again, got out of his guard, manoeuvred to his back and applied an armbar. Van Dam managed to escape and fought back with punches, a thrust kick, a monkey flip and a kick off the top. RVD went for the Rolling Thunder, but Taz countered by pulling his knees up. Taz then sent Van Dam over the top rope and through the timekeeper's table with an incredible overhead belly-to-belly Tazplex, eliciting the first "Holy sht!" chant of the night. Taz worked Rob Van Dam's now injured back, hitting him with a chair and launching him into the guardrail. Taz lifted Van Dam up and drove him back first into the ringpost. The Human Suplex Machine used a spinebuster and applied an STF, but the champion made the ropes. Taz further punished RVD with a bow-and-arrow hold. Taz rocked Van Dam with a lariat for a near fall. The champion looked down and out and his charismatic manager Bill Alfonso wasn't there to help him tonight! Taz dominated RVD with a release tiger Tazplex and a release dragon Tazplex. However, Van Dam elbowed his way out of another Tazplex attempt and decked Taz with a spinning heel kick. RVD used a somersault slam into a springboard moonsault. Van Dam went for a split-legged moonsault, but Taz crotched him on the top rope and took him down with a super release German Tazplex! Taz went in for the kill and locked in the Tazmission. RVD tried to climb the corner and counter like he had at Hardcore Heaven, but Taz blocked it and hit a sickening Tazmission Plex!! Taz covered, but Van Dam got a foot on the bottom rope to save his title. Taz grew visibly frustrated. He wedged a chair in between the top and middle turnbuckles and tried to whip the champion into it, but Van Dam reversed and Taz hit the chair head-first, busting the challenger open. Van Dam connected with a corkscrew legdrop using the chair. RVD hit a standing moonsault onto the chair for a near fall. Van Dam went to the top rope, looking for the Five Star Frog Splash, but Taz kicked the official into the ropes, knocking the champion off balance. Taz tried to suplex RVD off the top, but the champion blocked it and took Taz down with an amazing super fisherman buster! RVD dragged Taz into the corner and used a skateboard kick to send a chair into Taz's face. Van Dam set the chair on Taz's face and executed the Van Terminator to a tremendous pop! Rob Van Dam then quickly hit the Five Star Frog Splash to retain the championship! Rob Van Dam pinned Taz with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:19:08. Rating: * 1/4 (Rob Van Dam retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) As the crowd voiced their approval for another superb encounter between RVD and Taz, The Human Suplex Machine grabbed the championship from the official. He looked at the title belt with a sense of longing and craving. Taz reluctantly handed the belt to RVD and shook hands with the champion to a standing ovation. Before the crowd could really settle down after that wonderful title match, Trey Parker's "America, Fk Yeah!" blasted over the P.A. system and "Real American" Stevie Richards stomped down to the ring, clad in his Captain America gear that he was wearing at Hardcore Heaven. Richards took the mike and addressed Rhino's attack on Nova at the pay-per-view. Rhino had also brutalised Stevie when he came to Nova's aid. Richards barked, "You hurt my friends, and you hurt my pride, I gotta be a man; I can't let it slide!". Richards then challenged Rhino to come out and face him, man to man! Rhino didn't need a second invitation. Rhino vs. Stevie Richards Match highlights: It certainly came crashing down and hurt inside for Stevie Richards tonight at the ECW Arena. Rhino completely pasted him. After taking Richards apart with a series of lariats, Rhino hit a powerslam and a TKO. Rhino almost caved Richards' skull in with a brutally stiff chair shot, before piledriving him on the chair and finally putting Stevie out of his mercy with the Gore. Rhino pinned Stevie Richards with the Gore in 0:06:08. Rating: 1/4 Chuck Taylor and Ricochet were both making their ECW debuts tonight and this was their first visit to Philadelphia, having made their names all over the Mid West and the South. Ricochet, who is perhaps the only man in history who can perform a Double Rotation Moonsault, spent 11 hours in a car to get to the ECW Arena, showing just what an opportunity in Extreme Championship Wrestling means to him. Taylor and Ricochet are common nemeses and have a great indy rivalry to the extent that their names are always mentioned in the same breath, a la Punk and Cabana, Reckless and Quack, Jacobs and Shelley. Tonight, their rivalry comes to the tribe of Extreme. Chuck Taylor vs. Ricochet Match highlights: Both men showed their quickness early. Ricochet took Chuck Taylor down with a pair of spinning headscissors, but Taylor began to work over his opponent's lower back with a spinning backbreaker and a belly-to-back suplex with a snap. Taylor connected with an absolutely gorgeous dropkick and followed up with a second rope moonsault for a near fall. Ricochet refused to submit to Taylor's bridging cobra clutch. Taylor nailed Ricochet with an overhead belly-to-belly throw. Ricochet tried to fight back with a shiranui, but Taylor countered into a somersault slam. Taylor attempted to follow up with a 450 Splash, but Ricochet rolled out of the way. Taylor landed on his feet though, but took a drop toe hold into the buckle. Ricochet used a lionsault and a tornado DDT, springing off the middle rope. He missed the Cancun Tornado however and Taylor hit him with an innovative jawbreaker using Taylor's own foot, which he calls the Foot Clan. The All Star then picked up the win by dropping Ricochet on his head with the Omega Driver. Chuck Taylor pinned Ricochet with the Omega Driver in 0:08:08. Rating: * 1/4 Chuck Taylor and Ricochet were rewarded for their impressive debut performances with a standing ovation from the notoriously hard-to-please Philly crowd, followed by a "Please come back!" chant. Everywhere they go these two men turn heads and tonight they did so too in ECW, the land of opportunity. The next bout featured the two teams that were left in the four corners tag team elimination match at Hardcore Heaven - The Eliminators and The Triple Threat. Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane ultimately came out on top in that encounter, but what would happen in this one? Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane vs. The Eliminators Match highlights: It appeared as if The Eliminators' explosive offence would carry them to a significant victory tonight, but they weren't banking on the skulduggery of Shane Douglas and Francine at ringside. The Franchise knocked out Perry Saturn with a chain-assisted punch as Saturn attempted a springboard move. Then, as Kronus bounced off the ropes for a move, Francine tripped him. Kronus turned around into a superkick from Michael Shane and that was all she wrote. The Triple Threat (Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane) defeated The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) when M. Shane pinned Kronus with the Sweet Shane Music in 0:10:49. Rating: * 1/4 [Shane Douglas interfered against Perry Saturn.] [Francine and Shane Douglas interfered against John Kronus.] Michael Shane celebrated with Francine after the match. They shared a hug and Francine reward him for scoring the pin by kissing him on the cheek. Shane Douglas did not seem pleased. Frankie Kazarian made sure everybody knew they were coming for the Tag Team Titles. It was time for another debut in the ECW Arena this evening. This time, it was that of Nick Dinsmore, eager to prove himself after a ghastly run in the WWE as Eugene. Dinsmore had made a statement by destroying Simon Diamond at Hardcore Heaven during Diamond's interview segment. Keen to avenge that embarrassment, Diamond requested he be Dinsmore's opponent for the latter's very first ECW match. Nick Dinsmore vs. Simon Diamond Match highlights: Nick Dinsmore showed everybody why he is considered one of the world's most talented technical wrestlers as he outgrappled Diamond at the outset, punishing Diamond with armbars and wristlocks. Dinsmore used a dropkick, a tilt-a-whirl side slam and a spinebuster. Dinsmore hit a double underhook suplex and quickly manoeuvred into a cross armbreaker, but Diamond reached the ropes. Diamond stopped Dinsmore in his tracks with a kick to the groin and executed the Simon Series. Dinsmore came back with an enzuigiri, a fisherman suplex, a series of elbowsmashes and a release German suplex. Dinsmore applied that Bob Backlund favourite, the cross-face chicken wing, for an impressive tap out victory in his ECW debut. Nick Dinsmore made Simon Diamond submit to the Cross-Face Chicken Wing in 0:10:33. Rating: 1/2 "Bombtrack" by Rage Against the Machine hit and a seriously pissed off Mikey Whipwreck made his way out to the ring. He addressed his former students the Spanish Announce Team, who had abandoned him mid-match at Hardcore Heaven and left him to face all three Dudleys by himself. Mikey said that he had been calling, emailing and texting the Maximos ever since the pay-per-view, but they hadn't returned any of his messages. He demanded that they come out to the ring and talk to him face-to-face. Mikey said that they better have a damn good reason for turning their back on him. Jose and Joel Maximo sauntered down to the ring to jeers from the crowd. Jose took the mic and said that they were sick and tired of Mikey getting involved in their matches and causing them to lose. He said that Mikey was like an overprotective mother and at Hardcore Heaven, they decided to cut the apron strings once and for all. Jose postulated that Mikey was jealous of the attention that the SATs were getting and wanted the limelight for himself. Jose went on to say that he and Joel are better than Mikey ever was or ever could be and that very thought ate Mikey up inside. Mikey lost his cool and slapped Jose hard across the face. Joel then jumped Mikey from behind and the Maximo brothers went to work on their former trainer. They hit Whipwreck with the Maximo Impact and continued to beat on him when Tajiri hit the ring for the save. Tajiri connected with some stiff kicks before the Maximos bailed out of the ring. Tajiri checked on his former tag team partner while the crowd chanted his name. Whipwreck looked disgusted with his former protégés as they smirked back at him. Four Way Dance: Pac vs. Sabu vs. Teddy Hart vs. Too Cold Scorpio Match highlights: This four way dance match was non-stop from bell to bell, which is what you would have expected since it featured four of the premier high flyers in the world. Scorpio scored with a moonsault plancha on Sabu, which kicked off an incredible series of dives. Teddy Hart hit a magnificent Stardust press to the outside and Pac followed that with a beautiful shooting star bodyblock. With the fans egging him on, referee Jim Molineaux then nailed all four men with a plancha to the outside!! Pac was the first man eliminated from the contest, somewhat surprisingly after his big victory over Mistico and Teddy Hart at Hardcore Heaven. Hart crotched Pac on the top turnbuckle after he was lining up a 630 Senton on Scorpio and then Hart drilled Pac with a DDT, taking Pac down from the buckle. Sabu promptly capitalised with the Triple Jump Moonsault on the cruiserweight sensation from the UK. Scorpio was next to go a couple of minutes later when Teddy hit him with the Hart Rate (release back suplex into a sitout power bomb) and followed that with the Open Hart Surgery. The crowd were thoroughly in to the resulting dream match between Sabu and Teddy Hart. Hart executed the Stu Hart Special onto a chair for a near fall. He went for the Open Hart Surgery again, but Sabu moved out of the way. The Human Highlight Reel rallied with a chair-assisted somersault legdrop, before setting the chair back up and nailing the Triple Jump Moonsault to win the match. Four Corners Match: Sabu defeated Teddy Hart, Pac and Too Cold Scorpio: x Sabu beat Pac via the Triple Jump Moonsault in 0:14:32 x Teddy Hart beat Scorpio via the Open Hart Surgery in 0:16:34 x Sabu beat Teddy Hart via the Triple Jump Moonsault in 0:19:16 Rating: * Teddy Hart did not take the defeat very well. Hart blasted Sabu with a series of vicious chair shots and then planted him onto the chair with a scoop slam into a cutter. As the fans booed him out of the building, Hart set the steel chair on top of Sabu and executed a shooting star press. Teddy flipped off the fans as Sabu clutched his abdomen in agony. A deafening "Fk you Teddy!" chant accompanied Hart back to the dressing room. Sabu fought back to his feet and sprinted after him. Dean Malenko had come so close to dethroning CM Punk at Hardcore Heaven and taking his TV Title, but the time limit expired while Punk was trapped in a triangle choke and his championship was saved. Punk went on to defeat Malenko in overtime but it was a less than convincing performance by the Straight Edge Superstar. This has led to tonight's two out of three falls match-up between the two men for the Television Title. ECW World Television Championship Two out of Three Falls Match: CM Punk vs. Dean Malenko Match highlights: This tremendous two out of three falls match evoked memories of Dean Malenko's battles with Eddy Guerrero in ECW in 1995. CM Punk and Malenko traded holds and reversals at the outset. Malenko took control with a dropkick and a leg lariat. He followed up with a backbreaker and a Boston crab, but Punk broke the hold. The TV champion came back with a rolling Samoan drop, a series of bootscrapes in the corner and a running low Yakuza kick in the corner. Punk hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a slingshot somersault senton. Malenko returned fire with a spinning heel kick and a gutbuster. The Iceman hoisted Punk up onto the top turnbuckle for a superplex, but Punk blocked it and executed the Pepsi Plunge out of nowhere to take the first fall! Dean Malenko refused to lose his cool and took over again with a tiger driver for a two count. Punk hit a neckbreaker over the knee and went for the Pepsi Twist, but Malenko ducked, kicked Punk in the gut and planted him with a brain buster. The Shooter nailed Punk with a double underhook power bomb and immediately tried to transition into the Texas Cloverleaf, but Punk rolled him up in an inside cradle! However, Malenko reversed into a small package of his own to square the contest at one fall apiece! The decibel level in the ECW Arena was unbelievable. Both men traded forearms in the centre of the ring, before Punk cut Malenko down with a dropkick to the knee and connected with a Shining Wizard for a near fall. Punk hit a delayed vertical suplex and a blockbuster. The Straight Edge Superstar went for a high knee, but he missed his intended target and hit the buckle. Malenko seized the opportunity and took Punk down with a dragon screw, before quickly locking Punk in a figure-four leglock. Punk was clearly in agony, but he fought the hold all the way and made the ropes. Malenko went for a triangle choke but Punk blocked it and nailed the challenger with an arm wrench mule kick. The Man of 1,000 Holds hit the mat hard on his shoulder and Punk went straight on the attack. Punk executed a shoulderbreaker on Malenko and brutally stomped the injured shoulder. Punk applied an armbar and Malenko yelled out in pain. He grabbed the middle rope to force a break. Punk threw Malenko shoulder-first into the ringpost. He hit The Iceman with the Devil Lock DDT and locked on a cross armbreaker in an attempt to pull Malenko's shoulder out of its socket. This time, Malenko touched the bottom rope with his foot for the break. Malenko was refusing to give up each time and it was getting to Punk. The Television Champion hit Malenko with a double underhook backbreaker and applied a Fujiwara armbar. Punk threatened to break Malenko's arm if he didn't tap out. Malenko was showing so much guts and the fans appreciated it. They roared with delight as Malenko made the ropes once more. Malenko was surely risking permanent injury to his shoulder, but he was determined not to give Punk the credit of making him give up. Punk then took Malenko down with a divorce court on the injured shoulder and pinned him for the anticlimactic victory. Two-out-of-three-Falls Match: CM Punk beat Dean Malenko 2 falls to 1: x Punk beat D. Malenko via the Pepsi Plunge in 0:09:41 x D. Malenko beat Punk via a small package in 0:12:05 x Punk beat D. Malenko via a single arm DDT in 0:26:55 Rating: *** 3/4 (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) Favouring his shoulder, Dean Malenko took the mike after the match and goaded CM Punk, saying that even though Punk won, he couldn't make him tap out tonight - and he never would be able to. It was time for the main event of the evening - a steel cage match for the ECW Tag Team Championship. The Pitbulls were defending their newly won titles against the team they defeated for the belts at Hardcore Heaven, The Impact Players. Remember, Justin Credible and Lance Storm have promised to break up as a team if they fail to bag the straps tonight. ECW Tag Team Championship Steel Cage Match: The Pitbulls vs. The Impact Players Match highlights: Both teams began brawling almost as soon as the bell sounded in this extremely dangerous match. The only way to win this contest was by pinfall or submission. Within minutes, all four men were bleeding. Pitbull 2 repeatedly sent Justin Credible head-first into the cage wall. Pitbull 1 drilled Lance Storm with a flapjack. The Impact Players connected with a double superkick on Pitbull 2. Credible planted Pitbull 1 with a spinning facebuster DDT. Storm trapped Pitbull 1 between the ropes and the cage and dropkicked him. Pitbull 2 sent Credible flying into the cage wall with a Gorilla Press throw. Pitbull 1 hiptossed Storm into the cage. Credible took Pitbull 2 down with an inverted DDT and hit him with a diving elbowdrop. The Impact Players used the Deep Impact on Pitbull 1, but Pitbull 2 made the save. Credible began climbing the cage, but Pitbull 1 followed him up. Soon, both men were perched on top of the cage, trading punches. Credible and Pitbull 1 grabbed a hold of each other and then both men went crashing from the cage through the (replacement) timekeeper's table! The crowd were on their feet in astonishment!! As Justin Credible and Pitbull 1 tried to regain their bearings at ringside, Jason made his return from injury and nailed Pitbull 1 from behind with a chair! The referee admonished Jason, but he punched out the official. Jason pick-pocketed the ref, stealing the key to the padlock on the cage door. Jason unlocked the door and handed Lance Storm a pair of handcuffs. Justin Credible returned to the ring with his Singapore cane, which he wore out on Pitbull 2. Storm dug the handcuffs into the cut on Pitbull 2's head. Jason shut the cage door and locked it again. The Impact Players handcuffed Pitbull 2 to the side of the cage so that he was now defenceless. Credible and Storm pummelled him, while every time Pitbull 1 tried to come to his partner's aid, Jason beat him back down. Eventually, Pitbull 1 hulked up and speared Jason. He ripped the cage door off its hinges and took on the former champions. Pitbull 1 ducked a wild swing from Justin Credible with the Singpore cane, before flooring him with a roundhouse kick. Pitbull 1 laid out Lance Storm with a Death Valley Driver and then broke off the 'cuffs that had shackled his partner. Pitbull 1 dragged a table out from under the ring and brought it into the cage. The Pitbulls ran Storm down with the table, before propping it up in the corner and bouncing Credible off it. The Pitbulls set up the table and blasted Lance Storm through it with the Superbomb, keeping their tag straps and ending the tag team career of the Impact Players. Cage Match: The Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) defeated The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) when Pitbull 2 pinned L. Storm after the Superbomb in 0:21:39. Rating: * 1/4 (The Pitbulls retained the ECW Tag Team Championship.) [Jason interfered against Pitbull 1.] Card rating: * 1/2 Circuit information: Justin Credible and Lance Storm career as a tag team in ECW is over and their frustration boiled over in the dressing room afterwards. The two men got into heated argument backstage and soon came to blows before they were separated by the rest of the locker room. Credible and Storm must now concentrate on singles competition in ECW, with each man eager to prove that they carried the other in the Impact Players team. A Submission Match has been signed between CM Punk and Dean Malenko for our next pay-per-view, November to Remember (Sunday night, November 26th at the Golden Dome in Monaca, PA!), with the ECW World Television Title on the line. Punk is hellbent on making Malenko tap out but he hasn't been able to do so thus far. However, he'll have to make Malenko submit if he wants to hold on to his championship. Also signed for November to Remember is a tag team match pitting Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri against the Spanish Announce Team. Whipwreck is determined to make the Maximo brothers pay for their betrayal and he'll get that chance with his former tag team championship winning partner the Japanese Buzzsaw by his side. This bout could be the show stealer. Bill Alfonso was taken to a local medical facility after he was brutalised by Taz this evening. However, even without his influential manager Rob Van Dam was able to turn back the challenge of the Human Suplex Machine once again and hold on to the ECW Title. RVD has been on an incredible roll and it appears he will hold on to that championship for a long time to come. It seems that Teddy Hart, the self professed "Saviour of Professional Wrestling", has decided to make a name for himself at the expense of the established ECW legend Sabu. Hart entered ECW with a blaze of glory but has gone off the rails recently. Has he bitten off more than he can chew with the Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal One? ECW management was extremely impressed with the performances of Chuck Taylor and Ricochet tonight. Paul Heyman was chatting excitedly with both men after the show and they will certainly be invited back for future dates. There will be a very special show at the ECW Arena on Saturday night, December 9th when the very best wrestlers from ECW and Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan come together for a night of incredible action. Already signed for that show is Rob Van Dam vs. KENTA and CM Punk vs. Takashi Sugiura. Those two matches alone already mean this will be a can't miss show and there is much more to be announced! Until next time, so long everybody!
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 11/28/06 at 16:31:03 ECW Ultimate Jeopardy November 4th, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA The show began with the voice of ECW, Joey Styles, in the ring. He claimed that he had just spoken to Paul Heyman backstage and had an announcement regarding the upcoming ECW November to Remember pay-per-view. Styles revealed that there would be a special "High Stakes" tag team match on the show, with the participant who scores the winning fall being rewarded with an ECW World Title Match against Rob Van Dam later on the pay-per-view. Styles disclosed that arch-nemeses Taz and Sabu would comprise one team, to face the team of "The Extreme Monster" Abyss and a mystery partner. Styles said that Paul E wouldn't divulge who this mystery participant was until the pay-per-view itself. As Styles began to speculate over the possibly identity of the mystery man, he was sent scurrying from the ring by the entrance of "The Man Beast" Rhino. Rhino picked up the microphone that Joey Styles had quickly discarded and after insulting the fans, Rhino said he was in the mood to deliver an ass kicking. He didn't care if it was Nova or Stevie Richards or both of them, Rhino wanted someone out there now. To the strains of "America, F*k Yeah!", both Nova and "Real American" Stevie Richards hit the ring. Let the carnage commence! Handicap Match:* Rhino vs. Nova and Stevie Richards Match highlights: Nova and Stevie Richards took it to Rhino at the outset of this impromptu handicap match, but the Man Beast soon came back. Rhino no-sold a double team clothesline attempt and then laid out both men with a double lariat. Rhino powerslammed Richards and nailed Nova with a TKO. He executed a piledriver on Richards onto a steel chair. Rhino set up a table in the corner, slumped the barely-conscious Richards against it, picked up Nova and Gored him through Richards and the table!! Rhino then simply covered Nova for the easiest three count of his career. Handicap-Match: Rhino defeated Stevie Richards and Nova when Rhino pinned Nova with the Gore in 0:04:18. Rating: 1/4 Chuck Taylor vs. Ricochet Match highlights: Chuck Taylor and Ricochet had absolutely rocked the house in their ECW debut just over a month ago. Taylor picked up the win in that one after avoiding Ricochet's Stardust Press and pinning him with the Omega Driver. Taylor came out wearing a ridiculous wig to poke fun at Ricochet's 'fro. Ricochet took Taylor down with a drop toe hold and hit a standing moonsault off his back. He nailed Taylor with a somersault plancha dive and scored with a springboard rana off the guardrail. Ricochet went for another springboard rana back in the ring, but The All Star caught him with a power bomb. Taylor used an inverted lung blower and a springboard moonsault for a near fall, before immediately locking in the cobra stretch. Taylor hit Ricochet with a step-up enzuigiri in the corner and a release German suplex. Taylor hung Ricochet over the top rope and blasted him with a flying double foot stomp. Ricochet came back with a sunset flip power bomb and a legsweep-standing shooting star press combo which earned a couple of two counts. Taylor blocked a swinging DDT attempt and drilled Ricochet with a package piledriver, but Ricochet got a foot on the rope to avoid being pinned. Taylor tried to drag Ricochet out of the corner with a power bomb, but with lightning-quick speed Ricochet reversed it into a rana! Taylor was trapped in a pinning combo out of thin air and stayed down for the three! Ricochet pinned Chuck Taylor after a rana in 0:12:04. Rating: * 1/2 ECW Tag Team Championship Match: The Pitbulls vs. The Dudley Boys Match highlights: This ECW Tag Team Title Match started off as an arena wide brawl, with both teams trading weapons shots through the crowd and in and around the ring. Big Dick Dudley and Pitbull 1 were decked when they got too close to the action. All four men bled. The Triple Threat of Shane Douglas, Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane, accompanied as ever by Francine, made an appearance. It became evident that they were on a scouting mission and their presence caused a momentary distraction for the Pitbulls. The finish came when The Dudleys tried to use the 3-D on Pitbull 1 onto a chair. However, Pitbull 2 speared Buh Buh Ray through a table when Buh Buh was setting up to deliver the move. Pitbull 1 then took D-Von down with a DDT onto the chair for the pin. The Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) defeated The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) when Pitbull 1 pinned D-Von with the DDT in 0:17:30. Rating: * 1/4 (The Pitbulls retained the ECW Tag Team Championship.) [Big Dick Dudley and Joel Gertner interfered against Pitbull 1.] The Pitbulls dared Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane to get in the ring and face them. They laid down their title belts as an incentive, but Shane Douglas held his charges back, opting to fight another day. That day will be at the November to Remember pay-per-view at the end of the month! Nick Dinsmore vs. C.W. Anderson Match highlights: Nick Dinsmore had rolled over Simon Diamond without too many problems in an impressive showing in his ECW debut on our last show, but C.W. Anderson was a much tougher prospect. Anderson rocked Dinsmore with a vicious left hand as Dinsmore entered the ring. Anderson kept the pressure on with a side suplex, a gutbuster, a superkick, a sitout power bomb and the Ferris Wheel T-Bone suplex. The Enforcer went for the spinebuster, but Dinsmore countered with a kneelift and took Anderson down with a swinging neckbreaker. Dinsmore used a dropkick, a double underhook suplex, an enzuigiri, a series of elbowsmashes and a release German suplex, before locking on the chicken wing for the tap out. Nick Dinsmore made C.W. Anderson submit to the Cross-Face Chicken Wing in 0:07:34. Rating: * 1/4 Four Way Dance: Abyss vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Kid Kash vs. Lance Storm Match highlights: This four way dance was notable because it featured the return of Lance Storm to singles competition, with Dawn Marie back by his side, after the break-up of the Impact Players team. However, it was the Extreme Monster Abyss who dominated this contest. Kid Kash was the first man eliminated after a white-hot series of reversals culminated in Jerry Lynn spiking him with the Cradle Piledriver. Lynn took Abyss down with a swinging DDT off the apron onto the concrete floor. Lynn went for a TKO on Lance Storm, but Storm reversed it into a DDT. Storm tried to capitalise with the Deep Impact, but Lynn blocked it and went for the Cradle Piledriver. Before he could complete the move though, Abyss struck him in the back of the head with his steel chain and Storm dropped on top of Lynn for the three count. The fans surprisingly started to get behind Lance Storm. Storm dropped Abyss with a springboard dropkick and a flying spinning heel kick. Abyss blocked the Deep Impact and hooked Storm up for the Shock Treatment, but Storm wriggled free and stunned the Extreme Monster with a superkick. Storm went for a springboard clothesline, but Abyss caught him and used Storm's own momentum to plant him with the Black Hole Slam for the pinfall. Four Corners Match: Abyss defeated Jerry Lynn, Kid Kash and Lance Storm: x Lynn beat Kash via the Cradle Piledriver in 0:09:54 x L. Storm beat Lynn via a foreign object in 0:12:19 x Abyss beat L. Storm via the Black Hole Slam in 0:15:37 Rating: * 1/2 [Steve Corino interfered against Kid Kash.] [Steve Corino interfered against Jerry Lynn.] At November to Remember, Mikey Whipwreck teams up with his old tag team partner Yoshihiro Tajiri to do battle with his former students Jose and Joel Maximo. The SATs turned their back on their mentor at Hardcore Heaven and gave him a right good kicking at our last arena show until the Japanese Buzzsaw made the save, so the pay-per-view match will be all about revenge for Mikey. Tonight however we were set to have a preview of that tag team match as Jose Maximo battled Tajiri in one-on-one competition. Jose Maximo vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri Match highlights: Jose Maximo more than held his own against Yoshihiro Tajiri in this one-on-one match. Jose used a bulldog, a flying double foot stomp, multiple high and low kicks and a flying DDT. Tajiri blocked an attempted Skull Driver and came back with a handspring elbow, a succession of stiff kicks and punches and a bridging German suplex. Tajiri trapped Jose in the Tarantula, which brought out Jose's brother, Joel. Joel took a steel chair and smashed the defenceless Tajiri in the face with it. That brought out Mikey Whipwreck to even the score and the referee threw the match out. Jose Maximo and Yoshihiro Tajiri battled to no-contest in 0:08:19. Rating: Tajiri slumped to the outside, dazed by the sickening chair shot. The SATs doubled up on their mentor and overwhelmed him with kicks and stomps. They nailed Mikey with a hard chair shot before Joel picked Mikey up in a fireman's carry and Jose struck him with a flying double foot stomp to the back of his head. The Maximos set Mikey up for the Spanish Fly onto the steel chair, but Tajiri scuppered their attempts by spitting mist in Jose's eyes, blinding him. Mikey then took Joel back down to the mat with the Whippersnapper. The Maximos took a hike to the back, with Jose frantically trying to wipe the mist from out of his eyes. Tajiri and Whipwreck embraced in the centre of the ring, grateful for each other's help, while the crowd cheered them. The upcoming tag team match was an interesting one, as the unlikely duo of Sabu and Dean Malenko combine to face the team of Teddy Hart and the ECW World Television Champion CM Punk. Sabu is desperate for a piece of Teddy after the self-proclaimed Saviour of Professional Wrestling attacked him after Sabu pinned Teddy to win a four way dance at our last arena show. The feud between Punk and Malenko over the TV Title is well documented and the two men will meet at November to Remember in a Submission Match. Punk is desperate to make Malenko tap - can he do it tonight? Sabu and Dean Malenko vs. Teddy Hart and CM Punk Match highlights: Four of the most talented men in ECW clashed here in a solid tag team encounter. The momentum swung in the favour of CM Punk and Teddy Hart when Sabu went for an early Triple Jump Moonsault on Hart, but Hart jumped up and sprang onto the ropes while Sabu was about to hit the moonsault and Teddy took Sabu with a sick-looking Russian legsweep onto the unfolded chair! Teddy and Punk went to work on Sabu's now injured back and neck. Punk locked Sabu in a Cavernaria submission hold and Hart hit Sabu's exposed midsection with a double foot stomp. Teddy missed a diving headbutt which allowed the Human Highlight Reel to make the hot tag to Dean Malenko. Malenko promptly cleaned house. Sabu regrouped and hit Teddy with a tope dive through the ropes to the floor. Sabu and Hart then brawled to the back, leaving Punk and Malenko alone in what was now a one-on-one match-up. Punk connected with a high knee, slaps, a back fist and a double underhook backbreaker. He went for the uranage, which is typically the set-up for the Anaconda Vice, but Malenko countered with a series of elbows. Malenko hit a leg lariat and a brain buster, but Punk kicked the Shooter off when Malenko went for the Texas Cloverleaf. Punk attempted a rana, but Malenko countered that with a power bomb and then immediately transitioned into the Texas Cloverleaf! Punk was trapped in the centre of the ring with nowhere to go and Malenko was sitting down tight on the hold. The crowd were yelling at Punk to tap, but he was fighting the hold with all he had. Punk inched closer and closer to the sanctuary of the bottom rope, but suddenly Malenko dragged him back into the middle of the ring! The crowd popped big time. Punk was risking serious injury to his legs and with a big TV Title submission match coming up at the end of the month, the Straight Edge Superstar decided it wasn't worth it and tapped out. Sabu and Dean Malenko defeated CM Punk and Teddy Hart when D. Malenko made Punk submit to the Texas Cloverleaf in 0:16:31. Rating: * 1/2 CM Punk grabbed his title belt and limped to the back as the fans mocked him. Dean Malenko snatched the mike and said that after taking Punk's dignity and pride tonight, he would take Punk's Television Championship at November to Remember. The main event of the evening was a non-title match between ECW World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam and the cruiserweight sensation from the United Kingdom, Pac. Van Dam's mind must surely be on that High Stakes tag team match at November to Remember. The champion's advantage goes right out the window here as not only does Van Dam not know who he will be defending his title against until the pay-per-view, he doesn't even know all of the participants in the High Stakes tag team match! Rob Van Dam vs. Pac Match highlights: Rob Van Dam blew a moonsault from the barricade on the outside. Pac took over with punches, a backflip kick, a vertical suplex and a kneedrop. Pac dived onto the champion with a stunning corkscrew plancha. Pac picked up a couple of near falls with a standing moonsault and a Blue Thunder Bomb. Pac missed an enzuigiri and Van Dam replied with a thrust kick. RVD followed up with clotheslines, rolling thunder and a monkey flip. The Whole F'N Show scored with a split-legged moonsault for two. Van Dam hit a rider kick, a springboard leg drop and a Gorilla press into a standing moonsault of his own. RVD went for a savate kick, but Pac caught his leg and whipped him down to the canvas with a dragon screw. Pac hit a flying double foot stomp, an Asai moonsault bodyblock and a reverse Frankensteiner. Van Dam blocked a tiger suplex attempt, but Pac hit him with a Falcon Arrow instead. Pac missed the 630 Senton and Van Dam hit the five star for the win. Rob Van Dam pinned Pac with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:14:23. Rating: * 3/4 Rob Van Dam and Pac shook hands after the match as the crowd voiced their approval for their efforts. As RVD began to play to the crowd, "War Machine" by KISS blared through the speakers and Taz entered the arena. The Human Suplex Machine headed to the ring and took the mike. He said that at November to Remember, he would earn an ECW World Title shot and he vowed not to waste a third opportunity at taking Van Dam's title away from him. Before Van Dam could answer, Steve Corino interrupted, leading out Abyss. Corino said that in the entire history of ECW, nobody had been more dominant than his Extreme Monster. Corino claimed that Abyss would destroy everything in his path and become the new ECW World Champion. Suddenly, Abyss was attacked by Sabu. Taz joined in on the brawl at ringside as Rob Van Dam stood alone in the square circle and looked on. Then, Van Dam wiped out all three men at ringside with an amazing springboard somersault plancha! Referees and other wrestlers came out to break up the brawl, much to the chagrin of the crowd. Card rating: * 1/2 Match observations: It will certainly be "high stakes" at November to Remember as Sabu and Taz team up to face Abyss and a mystery partner, with the winner of the fall challenging Rob Van Dam later in the evening for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. But who is this mystery man? Is it an ECW wrestler, or is it somebody from somewhere else? Has somebody made the jump from WWE or TNA? Or are they from a completely different country, like Mexico or Japan? Only Paul Heyman knows for sure and we will soon enough too. Olympic gold and bronze medallist in Greco-Roman wrestling Rulon Gardner will be attending the November to Remember pay-per-view as an invited guest of Paul Heyman. Rumour has it that Heyman plans to offer Gardner a long-term contract to wrestle exclusively in ECW. Could Rulon Gardner be the mystery man??? After making CM Punk tap out tonight, Dean Malenko certainly has the psychological advantage going into their submission match for the TV Title at November to Remember. Punk was livid after their match and is now more determined than ever to make Malenko submit. He'll have to do so or else he'll lose his gold, making it a November to forget for the Straight Edger. Chuck Taylor and Ricochet have earned ECW contracts with their recent performances and are now permanent members of the ECW roster. They will face off at November to Remember in what is the rubber match between the two. Here's the card in full for November to Remember 2006, held on Sunday, November 26th at the Golden Dome in Monaca, PA: ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Winner of the fall in the High Stakes Tag Team Match High Stakes Tag Team Match: Sabu and Taz vs. Abyss and a mystery partner ECW World Television Championship Submission Match: CM Punk vs. Dean Malenko ECW Tag Team Championship Match: The Pitbulls vs. Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. The Spanish Announce Team Nick Dinsmore vs. Justin Credible Chuck Taylor vs. Ricochet Predictions are welcomed!!** We'll see you at November to Remember! Till then, so long everybody!!
rey619	Posted on 12/06/06 at 20:58:19 Just read through Orgy of Violence, but thought I would drop a line or two. I think you are doing a great job of capturing the old ECW feel. A lot of crazy hardcore spots, tables, chairs and ladders, that's for sure. You've also complemented the old roster with new additions that would fit in (notably Abyss for the hardcore matches and Hart, Kazarian and Shane for the cw style). Even though you have a couple of deceased wrestlers thrown into the mix, I'm not deterred in reading it. I could always say that you're doing a lot better than the re-invented ECW, but they couldn't revive the dead or heal the injured... so... it's an unfair comparison, is all. Are you running monthly PPV's? No tv-shows in between?
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 12/07/06 at 18:02:27 Thanks for the feedback. Running monthly arena shows for now, with about five pay-per-views a year. I hope to add a TV show at some point in the future.
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 12/18/06 at 19:55:42 ECW NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER November 26th, 2006 Golden Dome, Monaca, PA Your commentary team is Joey Styles and Cyrus ECW's November to Remember pay-per-view began with Paul Heyman excitedly entering the ring, ready to announce who the mystery participant is in the opening High Stakes tag team match. In this bout, the winner of the fall will earn an ECW World Heavyweight Title Match against Rob Van Dam in the main event of the show. The match will see Taz and Sabu joining forces to do battle against Abyss and a mystery man, the identity of whom has been kept a closely guarded secret and has been the subject of much speculation throughout message boards all over the internet. Gleaming, Paul E took the microphone and thanked all the fans in the Golden Dome for buying a ticket and all the viewers at home for purchasing the show and supporting the ECW product. Heyman said that he wasn't going to keep everybody in suspense for a minute longer and prepared to announce the final fourth participant in the High Stakes tag team match. However, before he could get another word out he was interrupted by the strains of "Debonair" by Dope blaring over the sound system. Rhino made his way out to the ring and Heyman looked extremely pissed off with the intrusion. The crowd welcomed the Man Beast with a "F*k you Rhino!" chant. Rhino was clutching a bunch of papers in his hand. Heyman asked Rhino what the hell he was doing out here. Rhino grabbed the mike away from Paul E and shoved him back into the corner. Rhino told Paul Heyman and all the fans to shut up as he had something important to say. Rhino said that he and his lawyers had been looking over his contract - the very same contract that Heyman had tricked him in to signing back in June at Heatwave. Rhino revealed that there was some small print in the contract, small print that he thought would have a negative effect on his career. Rhino now realised that this was not the case at all - this small print would be very beneficial to him. Rhino disclosed that there was a stipulation in his contract that for six months after signing it, he would have to wrestle in the opening match of every show ECW promotes. The Man Beast had done exactly that since Heatwave and Rhino said that since the six months are not up yet, the stipulation is still in effect! Heyman was crestfallen - he knew what Rhino's point was. Rhino said that since the High Stakes tag team match was the opening match of the show, he would team with Abyss to face Taz and Sabu. Rhino told Heyman it didn't matter a damn who the mystery guy was, because he wasn't needed anymore as Rhino was taking his spot! The fans were jeering mercilessly. Heyman agreed that Rhino had him by the balls, but he vowed to make sure that Rhino would never wear the ECW World Heavyweight Title around his waist again. Rhino demanded that the other three men involved in the High Stakes tag team match get out to the ring now as a disgruntled Paul Heyman looked on, helpless. High Stakes Tag Team Match:* Taz and Sabu vs. Abyss and Rhino Match highlights: This bout began as an all-out brawl, with all four men taking the fight all the way around the arena. The fans were enjoying every second of the melee as the combatants traded chair shots and threw each other into walls. Taz sent Rhino flying into the concession stands and Abyss put Sabu through the merchandise table with a choke slam. When the action finally returned to the squared circle, all four men were holding nothing back in order to take the winning fall and earn a World Title shot. Taz hit Rhino with an overhead belly-to-belly Tazplex. Abyss used an avalanche in the corner on Sabu and executed a vertical suplex. Rhino planted Taz with a TKO. Sabu floored Abyss with an Asai leg lariat and Taz dropped Rhino on the back of his head with a release German Tazplex. Sabu nailed Rhino with a springboard legdrop. Abyss executed a Gorilla Press into a flapjack on Taz. Relations between both sets of tag team partners became strained as the bout went on. Rhino lined up a Gore on Sabu, but the Human Highlight Reel dodged the blow and Rhino took Abyss down instead. Unhappy, Steve Corino hopped onto the ring apron to complain. Rhino didn't want to hear Corino whine and decked him, which lead to a confrontation with Abyss. Later, Taz managed to slide out of Abyss' Shock Treatment attempt and he quickly applied the Tazmission. Meanwhile, Rhino ducked Sabu's springboard leg lariat and Sabu connected with the back of Taz's head. Forgetting that this was a tag team match, Sabu and Taz traded hard shoves. Later, Sabu hit Abyss with a ropeflip moonsault after Taz had taken the Extreme Monster down with a release tiger Tazplex. However, Taz dragged Sabu off when Sabu covered Abyss because Taz wanted to claim the fall. As the battle raged on, Abyss laid out Sabu with the Black Hole Slam onto a steel chair, but Taz broke up the pin. Taz hit Abyss with a T-Bone Tazplex onto the chair, but Rhino made the save. Rhino power bombed Taz through a table and made the cover, but Sabu then rocked the Man Beast with an Arabian Skullcrusher! While Taz and Abyss brawled around ringside, Sabu decked Rhino with a wicked chair shot to the head. Sabu slammed Rhino onto a section of guardrail and went for the Triple Jump Moonsault, but Teddy Hart came out of nowhere and launched a chair at Sabu's head as he was springing off the middle rope! Completely disorientated, Sabu stumbled into a devastating Gore from Rhino! Rhino then set up the railing in the corner and Gored Sabu into it before covering the Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal One for the three count and a title shot against Rob Van Dam later tonight! [High Stakes Tag Team Match]: Number-One-Contenders-Match: Abyss and Rhino defeated Sabu and Taz when Rhino pinned Sabu with the Gore in 0:21:04. Rating: ** [Teddy Hart interfered against Sabu.] Rhino was pumped up after that win and he called for the mike. Joey Styles laid in to Teddy Hart for sticking his nose into other people's business and costing Sabu a shot at the title. Cyrus put over how Rhino had outsmarted Paul E. Rhino climbed back into the ring and screamed that he would beat Rob Van Dam within an inch of his life and take back his ECW World Title later tonight and there was nothing anybody, not even Paul Heyman, could do about it! The crowd continued to boo loudly while he taunted them all. Rhino then looked around the building, spotting the special guest, Olympic Gold Medal Winner Rulon Gardner. Rhino asked Gardner if he didn't like what he was saying and then dared him to jump into the ring and do something about it. Gardner jumped up and started to run toward the ring, answering Rhino's challenge. ECW security stopped him, but Rhino kept taunting him. After a few more minutes, Rhino went back to the locker room, while security kept Gardner away from the Man Beast. The crowd were unhappy - they wanted to see Rulon Gardner go! Joey Styles and Cyrus recovered from the wild start to the pay-per-view and began to settle down in the commentary booth. They recapped tonight's card, which sees Rhino challenge Rob Van Dam for the ECW Title in the main event. Also, CM Punk faces Dean Malenko in a submission match for the TV Title and the Triple Threat of Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian go up against the Pitbulls with the ECW Tag Team Titles on the line. Speaking of which... Shane Douglas and Frankie Kazarian were backstage and the Franchise didn't look happy. He revealed that Michael Shane and Francine still had not arrived at the building. Douglas said that this was no way to prepare for a tag team title match that was just a couple of hours away. Kazarian said that he had seen Michael Shane earlier this afternoon but hadn't spoken to him since. Kazarian suggested that Francine might be with Shane. Douglas didn't seem comfortable with that idea and said that Francine's phone was switched off. Ever since debuting in ECW last month, Chuck Taylor and Ricochet have scored a victory over one another. This contest tonight at November to Remember is the rubber match between the two men. They have turned heads everywhere they've been with their exceptional talent and exciting matches. Tonight should be no exception. Chuck Taylor vs. Ricochet Match highlights: These two perennial adversaries know each other so well and it showed as they traded armdrags, takedowns, legsweeps and reversals which all ended in a stand off. Ricochet dropkicked Chuck Taylor out of the ring and hit him with a tope con hilo. Ricochet, described by many as the future of high-flying wrestling, went for a slingshot rana but Taylor rolled through and power bombed his foe. As the bout progressed Ricochet decided to introduce a ladder into the proceedings to the approval of the crowd. Ricochet tried to whip Taylor into the ladder but the All Star put on the brakes and superkicked Ricochet. Ricochet backdropped Taylor onto the ladder. Chuck Taylor sent Ricochet into the ladder with a slingshot. He followed up with a nice tornado DDT off the ladder and held on to apply his bridging cobra clutch submission, but Ricochet wouldn't give up. Taylor balanced the ladder between two chairs and laid Ricochet out on it before blasting his prone opponent with a springboard double foot stomp. Taylor hit Ricochet with an inverted suplex onto the ladder. Taylor tried to power bomb Ricochet onto the ladder, but Ricochet countered with a sunset flip power bomb. Ricochet then nailed Taylor with a springboard somersault senton onto the ladder. Ricochet set up the ladder and climbed, before taking Taylor down with a flying rana off the ladder. Taylor took control of the match with a dangerous superplex off the ladder. Chuck Taylor launched Ricochet towards the ladder, but Ricochet landed on the rungs and balanced himself before drilling Taylor with a flying swinging DDT! Ricochet floored Taylor with a shiranui and then hit the most incredible manoeuvre in wrestling today, the Double Rotation Moonsault, to win this tremendous contest! Ricochet pinned Chuck Taylor with the Double Rotation Moonsault in 0:15:10. Rating: As the referee raised the victorious Ricochet's hand, Chuck Taylor showed what a sore loser he is by attacking Ricochet from behind. He stomped the hell out of Ricochet and then planted him with the Omega Driver. The All Star stormed out of the ring to an incredibly negative response from the ECW faithful. Nick Dinsmore vs. Justin Credible Match highlights: Justin Credible returned to singles action in ECW tonight with a match against the impressive and undefeated Nick Dinsmore. Credible had no answer for Dinsmore's technical wrestling ability, as Dinsmore dominated Credible with a hiptoss, an inverted atomic drop and a double underhook suplex. However, Credible is sneaky and he stopped Dinsmore's momentum with a thumb to the eye. Credible choked Dinsmore with his boot and used an inverted DDT and a sidewalk slam. Credible taunted Dinsmore by yelling, "Come on Eugene!" at him. Credible was short of the mark with a flying fistdrop and Dinsmore made him pay with a bulldog and a swinging neckbreaker. Dinsmore missed an enzuigiri though and Credible hit him with a stunner and a Hotshot. Credible went for a superkick, but Dinsmore caught his foot and took him down with a wicked dragon screw. Dinsmore immediately applied an Achilles tendon hold, but then Jason tried to run in to save his charge. Dinsmore took care of Jason with a release German suplex and then planted Credible with a fisherman suplex, but Credible kicked out. Dinsmore then trapped Credible in the Chicken Wing and after fighting the hold briefly, Credible tapped. Nick Dinsmore made Justin Credible submit to the Cross-Face Chicken Wing in 0:10:01. Rating: * 1/2 Mikey Whipwreck was backstage with Yoshihiro Tajiri, who would be teaming with him again for the first time since 2001. Whipwreck cut a scathing promo on his former students the Spanish Announce Team. Mikey called them ungrateful punks and vowed to put them in their place tonight with the help of the Japanese Buzzsaw. The Spanish Announce Team vs. Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri Match highlights: Although it had been many years since Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri last teamed up, it was like they had just tagged yesterday as they took apart the SATs with several beautiful double team manoeuvres. Mikey took both Maximo brothers down with a double Whippersnapper for a near fall. The SATs managed to isolate Tajiri from the Whipwreck and they punished the Japanese Buzzsaw. Joel used a springboard enzuigiri and Jose hit a flying legdrop, but Tajiri would not stay down for three. Tajiri finally made the hot tag to Mikey and Mikey proceeded to clean house on his former students. The match soon broke down and the official lost control. The SATs used the Maximo Explosion on Mikey, but Tajiri broke up Joel's pinfall attempt with a flying double foot stomp to the back of Joel's head. Mikey went for a top rope Whippersnapper on Jose, but Joel held on to his brother's leg and Mikey hit the deck hard. Tajiri went for the mist on Joel, but Joel ducked and referee John "Pee Wee" Moore took the mist to the eyes, blinding him! Joel struck Tajiri with a low blow and the Maximos dragged Tajiri out on to the ring apron. The Spanish Announce Team then drilled Tajiri with an extremely dangerous Spanish Fly from the apron to the concrete floor!! The crowd erupted in a loud "Holy sht!" chant while the Japanese Buzzsaw lay motionless at ringside. Jose and Joel double teamed Whipwreck and spiked him with a double brain buster onto a steel chair. The SATs then planted Mikey onto the chair with the Spanish Fly. Joel helped "Pee Wee" Moore wash the mist out of his eyes with a bottle of water and then Jose covered Whipwreck for the three count. The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) defeated Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri when Jose pinned Mikey after the Spanish Fly in 0:18:24. Rating: *** 1/4 EMTs tended to Yoshihiro Tajiri after the match, who was clearly in a lot of pain at ringside. He still had not moved, which was a scary sign. Mikey Whipwreck and the paramedics carefully placed Tajiri onto a stretcher and wheeled him out of the arena, while the crowd gave the Japanese Buzzsaw a standing ovation. Mikey swore revenge on the Maximos for attempting to end Tajiri's career. Backstage, Michael Shane and Francine eventually arrived at the arena. Shane Douglas berated them for being so late, while Frankie Kazarian tried to calm him down. Francine said that her car had broken down and Michael Shane had helped her fix it. Shane corroborated her story, saying that Francine had asked her to get her motor running(!). Douglas asked both of them if they had heard of cellphones and they simultaneously answered that their batteries were dead. The Franchise said that they couldn't waist any more time talking and told Shane and Kazarian to go and get ready for the Pitbulls. Francine attempted to soothe Douglas with a kiss on the cheek. Backstage, ECW World Television Champion cut a promo regarding his imminent submission match with Dean Malenko. Punk reiterated the fact that he was determined to make Malenko submit, something he had failed to do so far. The Straight Edger claimed that he had found just the hold to do it - a manoeuvre that apparently had caused everybody to tap out in training. Punk said that when he locked on this hold - named the Devil Lock - Malenko would have no choice but to give up and show the world why he is better than Malenko. ECW World Television Title Submission Match: CM Punk vs. Dean Malenko This submission match started off with some crisp chain wrestling. Both men are now so familiar with one another that they can counter each other's counters. CM Punk and Dean Malenko both teased going for their submission finishers, the Anaconda Vice and the Texas Cloverleaf respectively, early on. Malenko caught a break when Punk missed a high knee in the corner and hit the turnbuckle. Punk feared that he had blown his knee out and was screaming out in agony. Malenko used a kneebreaker and applied a kneebar, before driving Punk's knee into the mat repeatedly. Punk tried to get some feeling back into his knee by limping around ringside, but the Shooter followed him and dropped him knee-first onto the guardrail. Malenko then took a swing at Punk's injured leg with a steel chair. Malenko was relentless and the fans seemed to appreciate this new side of the Iceman. Malenko trapped Punk's knee inside a steel chair and went for a flying elbow onto the prone body part, but Punk escaped and Malenko connected with the chair. Punk quickly applied a Kimura, but Malenko wouldn't give up. The Shooter kicked away at Punk's knee and locked on a figure-four leglock. The Straight Edge Superstar used all his strength to reverse the hold, but Malenko turned it again and Punk eventually forced a rope break. Punk had a go at the official, yelling, "Referee! You break that hold when I reach the rope! Are you retarded?!" Malenko used a triangle choke, a manoeuvre that had nearly defeated Punk in the past, but Punk power bombed his way out of it. That counter came at a cost though, as it had put a lot of strain on Punk's injured knee and he was clearly favouring it. Punk hit the Pepsi Twist and used a reverse Indian deathlock surfboard, a hold he calls the .45 Special. Punk used a snap mare and followed up with a dropkick to the back of the head. After a series of bootscrapes, the ECW TV Champion applied the Anaconda Vice. Malenko managed to reach the ropes. The Iceman used a guillotine choke, but Punk this time used the ropes to escape. Malenko swept Punk's legs away and tried again for the Texas Cloverleaf. Punk fought it all the way, but after hammering Punk's injured knee with forearms and kicks he eventually locked in the hold. Punk was scratching and scraping his way towards the bottom rope, but his legs were racked with pain. Punk made the bottom rope, but Malenko sat up and pulled him back into the centre of the ring to an almighty pop! The Television Champion appeared that he may pass out at any second as the excruciating pain was ravaging his entire body now. Punk refused to give it up though and got his second wind, using all the strength he had to power out of the hold! Punk overwhelmed the shocked Malenko with slaps, a back fist and the uranage. Punk destroyed Malenko on the mat with a series of wicked elbowsmashes which opened up the Iceman. The Straight Edger applied the Anaconda Vice once more, but again Malenko found sanctuary in the ropes. Punk used knees to the head to bust open Malenko further and he went to a rear naked choke. The blood was pouring into Malenko's eyes and as Punk applied more and more pressure, more blood squirted out of Malenko's head wound. Blood flow to Malenko's brain was restricted and he was facing temporary unconsciousness. Malenko then suddenly fought back to his feet and collapsed through the ropes, sending both men to the floor. Sensing that the end was near, Punk threw Malenko back into the ring and hit him with a slingshot senton. Punk used an arm wrench, then stepped a leg over the wrenched arm and performed a mule kick to Malenko's face. Malenko was defenceless as Punk connected with three straight Shining Wizards with his good knee. Punk went for his own version of the Texas Cloverleaf and the move he had put over before the contest, the Devil Lock, even though Malenko was in the ropes. Referee Jim Molineaux asked Punk to release the hold, but Punk wouldn't do it. Punk yelled at the official that it was a submission match, so he couldn't disqualify him! The fans were jeering Punk out of the building. Punk screamed that he would release the hold when Malenko quits. The bloody Malenko had stopped responding to the official and was out cold. Even though Malenko hadn't verbally given up, Molineaux had no option but to call for the bell and stop the epic contest. Even though he had retained his championship, CM Punk was irate. Submission Match: CM Punk defeated Dean Malenko via referee stoppage in 0:38:02. Rating: *** 3/4 (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) After the match, CM Punk was again aggravated that Dean Malenko had not actually submitted. Punk took a bottle of water from the timekeeper's table and poured it over Malenko's face, reviving him. Punk told Malenko that he stretched the Iceman everyway he could, yet Malenko refused to give up. Punk said that for showing all that heart, that intensity, that drive, that determination - he respects Dean Malenko. The crowd showed their appreciation as unbelievably, Punk extended his hand to the Shooter. Malenko seemed pleased that he had finally taught Punk all about respect and went to shake his hand, but Punk slapped him hard across the face! The fans jeered Punk and chanted "CM Pussy" as the TV champion laughed about what he had done. Malenko took Punk's championship belt and decked him with it as the crowd erupted! Punk was out cold. Malenko took this opportunity to take Punk's limp arm and shake his hand before leaving the ring. Backstage in their locker room, Bill Alfonso was preparing Rob Van Dam for the main event of November to Remember, where he defends his ECW World Heavyweight Championship against the Man Beast, Rhino. Fonzie was blowing his whistle ceaselessly when suddenly Van Dam snapped and told him to cut it out. Van Dam proceeded to cut an intense promo, acknowledging the history of bad blood between the he and Rhino and their previous battles. Van Dam said that he knew Rhino was on a mission to take the title and he would do everything he could to become champion, but equally RVD would do anything to hold on to the strap. Van Dam added that he had been champion for seven months now and had grown attached to the title belt. He claimed that Rhino would have to break his spirit and tear out his heart if he wanted to take his championship away from him. ECW Tag Team Title Match: The Pitbulls vs. Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian Match highlights: The challengers attacked the Pitbulls as they entered the ring, but the champions soon seized control of the contest and Pitbull 2 Gorilla pressed Michael Shane over the top rope and onto Frankie Kazarian and Shane Douglas at ringside. The Triple Threat came back into the bout though and isolated Pitbull 1 from his partner. Frankie Kazarian used a springboard back elbow, a springboard legdrop and a flying forearm for a succession of near falls. Michael Shane hit Pitbull 1 with an enzuigiri, a back suplex, a slingshot legdrop and a swinging neckbreaker, but he couldn't pin the Pitbull. Pitbull 1 managed to block Shane's superkick though and he spun him around before wiping Shane out with a vicious lariat! Pitbull 2 proceeded to clean house with clotheslines, suplexes, a powerslam, a backbreaker and a fallaway slam. Pitbull 1 returned to the ring as all four men brawled. Shane Douglas pulled Pitbull 1 out of the ring and Michael Shane took him down with a nasty looking single arm DDT to the concrete floor! It appeared that Shane deliberately made sure that Pitbull 1 landed on his head instead of his shoulder - exactly the same way that The Franchise had broken Pitbull 1's neck ten years ago. Pitbull 1 was immediately favouring his neck as he lay prone at ringside. Meanwhile, Francine grabbed Pitbull 2's leg as he went to nail Frankie Kazarian with a power bomb. With Pitbull 2 distracted, The Franchise passed a biker chain to Michael Shane, who came down from the top rope with a chain-assisted punch to the back of Pitbull 2's neck. Shane quickly covered Pitbull 2 and three seconds later new ECW Tag Team Champions were crowned. The Triple Threat (Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane) defeated The Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) when Shane pinned Pitbull 2 after hitting him with the chain in 0:19:58. Rating: *** 1/4 (The Triple Threat won the ECW Tag Team Championship.) [Shane Douglas and Francine interfered against Pitbull 2.] [Shane Douglas interfered against Pitbull 1.] The new champions of Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane celebrated their victory with Shane Douglas and Francine while Pitbull 2 demanded that somebody come out and help his partner. The paramedics arrived on the scene for the second time this evening and gingerly loaded Pitbull 1 onto a stretcher. Pitbull 1 was ominously claiming that he couldn't feel his legs. Pitbull 2 helped the EMTs wheel his tag team partner out of the arena while the fans showed their appreciation. The Triple Threat looked on from the ring, clearly finding the whole situation hilarious. ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Rhino Match highlights: Rhino did not want to wait for the introductions as he attacked Rob Van Dam while he made his entrance. Rhino ripped the title belt off from around Van Dam's waist and whipped him with it, before threatening Bill Alfonso with the strap. That sent Fonzie diving for cover. Rhino tossed RVD into the ring and the bell rang. The ensuing brawl spilled out of the ring again and through the crowd. Van Dam clotheslined Rhino over the guardrail back into the ringside area and then dumped the Man Beast over the railing, setting him up for his trademark spinning legdrop off the apron. Rhino drove the champion back-first into the ringpost and powerslammed him on the concrete floor. Back in the ring, Rhino used a side suplex and a backbreaker for a couple of two counts. Rhino put pressure on Van Dam's back with a bearhug, but the champion broke free. Rhino cut RVD's comeback short with a vicious spinebuster. Rhino used a vertical suplex and a belly-to-belly suplex. The Man Beast went for another spinebuster, but RVD countered with a nice DDT. Van Dam took over with some well placed kicks and punches. The Whole F'N Show dropped Rhino with a somersault slam and followed up with a springboard moonsault. RVD measured Rhino for the Rolling Thunder, but Rhino rolled out of the ring. Van Dam then hit Rhino with a pescado! The two men returned to the squared circle, with the champion bringing a chair in with him. RVD tossed the chair to Rhino to set up for the Van Daminator, but Rhino launched it straight back at Van Dam's head. Rhino swung the chair at Bill Alfonso when he tried to interfere. Rhino drilled RVD with a DDT and uncharacteristically went to the top rope. The challenger went for a flying headbutt, but RVD moved and Rhino hit the canvas hard. Van Dam took the opportunity to rock Rhino with a flying spinning leg lariat. RVD covered Rhino, but Rhino draped his foot over the bottom rope. However, the official in charge Mike Kehner failed to notice this and counted the fall! Rob Van Dam retains the title! Rob Van Dam pinned Rhino after a flying spinning leg lariat in 0:12:07. (Rob Van Dam retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) Needless to say, Rhino was beside himself with rage. As Rob Van Dam celebrated his victory with those fans about ringside, The Man Beast had a fit of anger in the ring. Rhino Gored referee Mike Kehner and began smashing a steel chair against the ring mat. Rhino jumped to the outside and turned the timekeeper's table over, sending ECW staff running for cover. Just then, Rhino noticed Van Dam's wife Sonya at ringside, who was eager to rejoice with her victorious husband. Rhino set the table back up and then grabbed a hold of Sonya's hair! Rhino dragged Sonya over the guardrail and hoisted her up on top of the table with him. Rhino took the mike and warned RVD, who had just noticed what was going on and was ready to dash to his wife's aid, not to move a muscle. Rhino screamed that his foot was on the bottom rope when the referee counted the fall. He said that he wasn't beaten fairly and demanded that the bout be restarted. Rhino threatened to break Sonya's neck by piledriving her through the table if he didn't get his wish! As several officials arrived on the scene to try and pacify Rhino, RVD threw his belt down and demanded that one of them get in the ring and call for the bell. Smiling, Rhino discarded Sonya back down to the ringside floor, delighted that he had gotten his way. The bell sounded to restart the ECW World Title Match and now John Finnegan was in charge of proceedings. RVD then sprinted across the ring and dived onto Rhino with a somersault plancha, sending both men crashing through the table!! Match highlights: The atmosphere inside the arena was electric as Rob Van Dam relentlessly pounded away on Rhino for daring to lay a hand on his wife. Van Dam hammered Rhino with punches and kicks and then destroyed the Man Beast with a steel chair, busting him open. After checking that his wife was okay, RVD whipped Rhino hard into the railing. Back in the ring, Van Dam floored Rhino with a stiff roundhouse kick and then tried to cave in Rhino's skull with a chair-assisted corkscrew legdrop. RVD dumped Rhino in the corner and used the chair as a skateboard to drive it into Rhino's face. The champion was a man possessed and picked up a couple of near falls with a split-legged moonsault and a Rolling Thunder onto the chair. Van Dam wedged the chair in the corner and tried to slingshot Rhino into it, but the Man Beast kicked RVD off and he connected with the chair with the back of his head. Rhino used a Death Valley Driver and a TKO for two counts. Rhino hit a sickening power bomb and was about to go for the cover when Bill Alfonso jumped onto the ring apron. Rhino knocked Fonzie off the apron and into the railing, before turning his attentions back to the champion. Rhino measured RVD for the Gore, but Van Dam moved at the last split-second and Rhino hit the steel chair that was still in the corner. Rhino was out on his feet and Van Dam dropped him with a springboard leg lariat. Van Dam pointed to himself while the crowd said his name with him. The Whole F'N Show leapt to the top rope, looking for the Five Star Frog Splash, when suddenly Bill Alfonso shocked the world by shoving RVD off his perch! Van Dam crotched himself on the top rope and fell back into the ring. The crowd instantly turned on Fonzie, who flipped Van Dam off and yelled, "Fk you Van Dam!" Alfonso slid a table into the ring and then headed to the back as the fans hurled abuse at him. Rhino set up the table in the corner of the ring and Gored Van Dam through it. However, Van Dam kicked out of the resulting pin attempt at two and a half! The crowd popped big time! Frustrated, Rhino left the ring and returned with a section of steel guardrail, a weapon that had served him well earlier in the night. Rhino bounced Van Dam's head off the rail with a sick piledriver, but again Van Dam kicked out!! The crowd were once again rallying behind the popular champion. Becoming ever more enraged, Rhino drilled RVD with a phenomenally dangerous piledriver off the second rope onto the guardrail and covered him. This time, Rob Van Dam could not kick out and Rhino was the ECW World Heavyweight Champion again. Rhino pinned Rob Van Dam with a super piledriver in 0:10:29. Rating: 1/4 (Rhino won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) [Bill Alfonso interfered against Rob Van Dam.] Rhino snatched the championship belt from the referee and shoved him to the ground. He strapped the title around his waist and screamed, "Who's the man? Who's the fkin' man?". The crowd jeered the new ECW champion and threw trash into the ring. Rhino exited the squared circle, leaving Rob Van Dam lying broken and disconsolate. Card rating: **** Circuit information: In an historic night here in Extreme Championship Wrestling, Rhino captured the World Heavyweight Title from Rob Van Dam in the main event of November to Remember in what was an exceptionally controversial match-up...and that's putting it mildly. If Paul Heyman had had his way, Rhino would have been nowhere near the World Title picture. However, the Man Beast discovered a loophole in his contract that stipulates that he must be in the opening match of the card. The opening match of November to Remember just happened to be the High Stakes tag team match, with the winner of the fall receiving a World Title shot later in the show. Rhino stole a spot in the bout and ended up pinning Sabu to earn his title shot. Not satisfied with pissing off Paul Heyman and the ECW fans, Rhino caused more uproar by challenging Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner, the invited guest of Heyman, to a fight. Gardner had to be held back and I doubt we've heard the last about that state of affairs. Rhino and Rob Van Dam threw everything at one another in a hellacious battle. RVD thought he had pinned the Man Beast and retained his title with a leg lariat off the top, but Rhino had his foot on the bottom rope so the fall should not have counted. The official missed this however and Rhino snapped, Goring referee Mike Kehner and threatening to piledrive Van Dam's wife Sonya through the timekeeper's table if the bout was not restarted. RVD had no choice but to grant Rhino his wish. After Rhino accidentally knocked himself silly by Goring a steel chair in the corner, Van Dam looked to be heading for the victory as he positioned himself for the Five Star Frog Splash. But then Bill Alfonso double crossed Rob Van Dam, pushing him off the top rope and bringing their ten year friendship to an end. Rhino capitalised, ending Van Dam's seven month title reign with a piledriver off the turnbuckles onto a section of guardrail. Why has Bill Alfonso done this? Why has he turned his back on the Whole F'N Show? The whole world wants an explanation from the Man Who Calls It Right Down The Middle, especially Van Dam himself. We haven't been able to contact either man about these circumstances, but you can be sure RVD will want a piece of Fonzie when we return to the ECW Arena next month. In their Submission Match over the ECW World Television Title, CM Punk and Dean Malenko waged war on one another for almost forty minutes, stretching, choking and bending each other in every way possible. Punk ultimately came out victorious after Malenko passed out in Punk's new Devil Lock submission hold, despite the fact that the Iceman was in the ropes. The rulebook gets thrown out the window in a Submission Match though, so Punk couldn't be disqualified. Punk showed his impertinent side after the contest, asking Malenko for a handshake and then slapping him in the face. Malenko got the handshake he always wanted out of the Straight Edger though after KOing Punk with his own title belt. Despite his arrogant and disrespectful attitude, Punk will be a star to watch in ECW in 2007. We have only seen the tip of the iceberg with this guy. Pitbull 1 was taken to a local medical facility immediately after the tag team title match, where he was diagnosed with a stinger as a result of Michael Shane's divorce court onto the concrete floor. This was the same move that Shane Douglas used to break Pitbull 1's neck ten years ago and it was feared that history had repeated itself. Pitbull 1 will be out of action for an indeterminate length of time. The Pitbulls lost their tag straps to Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian, but the tactics used by the Triple Threat were absolutely reprehensible. Another man taken to hospital tonight was the Japanese Buzzsaw Tajiri, who suffered a concussion after being hit with the Spanish Fly from the ring apron to the concrete floor by the Maximos. After turning on their trainer Mikey Whipwreck, the SATs have now further infuriated Whipwreck by putting his friend on the shelf. There will be hell to pay for the Maximo brothers, you can bet on that. Sabu is someone else with revenge on his mind after Teddy Hart cost him a shot at the ECW World Championship when he interfered in the High Stakes tag team match. Sabu looked to have Rhino beaten until Teddy interjected himself into the proceedings, smashing a steel chair into Sabu's skull. The ill-feeling between Sabu and Hart has been brewing over recent weeks and you can be sure it will come to a head sooner rather than later. That's all from November to Remember here in the Golden Dome in Monaca, Pennsylvania! We hope you'll join us in a couple of weeks' time for our jointly promoted show with Pro Wrestling NOAH, an event that everybody in ECW is extremely excited about! Till then, so long everybody!
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 12/18/06 at 19:58:25 BREAKING NEWS... The following matches have been announced for the ECW NOAH Limits show on December 9th, 2006: KENTA vs. Rob Van Dam ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Takashi Sugiura Taz vs. Takeshi Morishima ECW Tag Team Title Match: Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki Plus much more!!
Jake	Posted on 12/18/06 at 22:45:35 RE: November to Remember Wow. Just wow. I wish you were really booking ECW. :P Only fault with the show... Becoming ever more enraged, Rhino drilled RVD with a phenomenally dangerous piledriver off the second rope onto the guardrail and covered him. This time, Rob Van Dam could not kick out and Rhino was the ECW World Heavyweight Champion again. Rhino pinned Rob Van Dam with the Gore in 0:10:29. Rating: **** 1/4 (Rhino won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) [Bill Alfonso interfered against Rob Van Dam.]
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 12/22/06 at 19:32:33 ECW NOAH Limits December 9th, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA Paul Heyman entered the ring to open the show as the ECW theme blared in the background. Heyman certainly had a spring in his step this evening, excited about the prospect of his tribe of extreme going to battle with the superstars of Pro Wrestling NOAH. There were many Japanese photographers and journalists huddled around the ring. Heyman took the microphone and waited patiently for the chants of "Paul E!" to die down. The Mad Scientist of Professional Wrestling claimed that this was an historic night for Extreme Championship Wrestling. He said that tonight the best talent ECW had to offer would participate against some of the finest Japanese wrestlers on the planet. Heyman added that although it didn't really matter who wins or loses the matches this evening, the real winners will be the fans. The crowd cheered. Heyman graciously thanked Pro Wrestling NOAH for coming over to the United States and making this show possible. Heyman acknowledged Mitsuharu Misawa, the founder and owner of NOAH, who was in the crowd. The led to chants of "Mi-sa-wa!" and "NO-AH!". Paul E bowed courteously to Misawa and prepared to hype up the card, when he was interrupted by the strains of "Debonair" by Dope, ruining one of ECW's greatest moments. That signalled the entrance of the new ECW World Heavyweight champion and perennial thorn in Paul Heyman's side, Rhino. The Man Beast stormed to the ring and got in Heyman's face. Heyman would not back down though as he was enormously irate about Rhino's intrusion. Rhino pulled the mike away from Heyman and demanded to know why he hadn't been booked on tonight's card. He asked Heyman if he had really flown over some of the best Japanese wrestlers in the world and couldn't find opposition for the ECW World Champion. Rhino said that he was here tonight to kick some fking ass and ordered Heyman to find him one of those "slant-eyed bastards" for him to Gore! A "Fk you Rhino!" chant went up. Rhino caught sight of Mitsuharu Misawa seated in the front row. Rhino asked Heyman, what about him? Misawa stood up and was ready to go, but Heyman wouldn't allow it. That angered Rhino, who backed Heyman into the corner of the ring. Rhino knew that Heyman was desperate to see him lose the title, so Rhino dared him to try and take it off him! Rhino shoved the championship belt in Heyman's face and begged him to do something about it. The fans were chanting, "Fk him up, Paul E, fk him up!" Suddenly, Tommy Dreamer hit the ring wielding a steel chair. He was sick of seeing Rhino trying to steal the spotlight during ECW's big moment and he decked the Man Beast with a wicked chair shot! The crowd was going crazy as Dreamer spread his arms apart and yelled, "E-C-Fking-W!!!" Paul Heyman took the microphone and said that if Rhino wanted a match so badly tonight, then he would defend the ECW World Heavyweight Title against Tommy Dreamer...right fking now!!! ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer Match highlights: Tommy Dreamer threw Rhino out of the ring and they brawled in the stands for a few minutes. At one point Dreamer whipped Rhino into a wall and the Man Beast broke the wall with the impact. Rhino gave Dreamer a high backdrop from the crowd over the guardrail and Dreamer landed hard on his hip. Back in the ring, Rhino missed a charge in the corner and the Innovator of Violence scored with a swinging neckbreaker. Dreamer hit an inverted atomic drop and a bulldog, but Rhino got his knees up to counter a frog splash. They were soon back at ringside, with Rhino giving Dreamer a belly-to-belly on the cold concrete floor. Rhino worked Dreamer's back with a powerslam and a spinebuster. Dreamer backdropped out of a piledriver attempt and went for the DDT, but Rhino held on to the referee to block the move! Ever the opportunist, Rhino kicked Dreamer low and Gored him to retain the title. Rhino pinned Tommy Dreamer with the Gore in 0:12:04. Rating: ** 1/4 (Rhino retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) After the match, Rhino gave Tommy Dreamer a piledriver on the title belt for good measure. As ever, The Man Beast received a hostile reception from the ECW fans. Gauntlet Match: Kid Kash vs. Pac vs. Too Cold Scorpio vs. Ricochet vs. Teddy Hart vs. Chuck Taylor Match highlights: This winner-stays-on gauntlet match featured six of the best high-flying wrestlers in ECW. Kid Kash and "The Man Gravity Forgot" Pac were the first two men to start and they traded an incredibly fast-paced series of armdrags, headscissors and ranas to open the contest. Pac used a springboard shooting star bodyblock dive and Kash responded with a springboard corkscrew plancha. Kash sent Pac crashing into the guardrail with a flying rana off the apron and then he hurled a chair at the UK cruiserweight sensation's head. Back between the ropes, Kash missed a double jump moonsault and Pac rolled him up for the pin in what was somewhat of an upset. Kid Kash was visibly frustrated by the loss as Too Cold Scorpio made his way out. Pac had no chance to recover from his battle with Kash and Scorpio took advantage with a superkick, a double underhook suplex and a springboard moonsault. Pac came back with a Falcon Arrow for a near fall, but Scorpio power bombed him when he went for a Frankensteiner. Scorpio then hit the Flying Scorpio 450 Splash to send Pac, ahem, packing. Out next was the man people are calling the future of high-flying wrestling, Ricochet. Scorpio missed a corkscrew plancha to the outside and Ricochet responded with a Space Flying Tiger Drop. Ricochet ducked a kick and nailed Scorpio with an enzuigiri to the face. Scorpio used a somersault legdrop and a standing moonsault to soften Ricochet up for the Tumbleweed, However, Ricochet moved out of the way and then swept Scorpio's legs out from under him. Ricochet then connected with a standing shooting star press to pin the veteran! That was the second huge upset in this Gauntlet Match. Teddy Hart entered the ring to take on Ricochet, but suddenly Sabu hit the ring and chased Teddy out of the ring. The crowd were cheering wildly as Hart hopped the railing and hotfooted it through the masses with Sabu in hot pursuit! Teddy was counted out and thus eliminated from the gauntlet. The last entrant in the gauntlet was Chuck Taylor, who came out ready to revive his rivalry with Ricochet. Taylor had lost the best of three series with Ricochet after tasting defeat at November to Remember, but after the bout the All Star had attacked Ricochet, so there was a score to be settled here. Ricochet delivered a leg lariat and went for a spinning headscissors, but Taylor turned it into a backbreaker. Taylor dropped Ricochet with his beautiful trademark dropkick and followed up with a springboard moonsault. Taylor tried to power bomb Ricochet out of the corner, but Ricochet countered with a headscissors. The All Star crotched Ricochet on the top rope and tried to take him down with a belly-to-back superplex, but Ricochet flipped out of it. Ricochet pulled Taylor down off the top rope and hit the shiranui. He went for a shooting star press, but Taylor brought his knees up. Taylor then drilled Ricochet with a package piledriver to win the gauntlet. [Gauntlet Match]: Pac pinned Kid Kash with an Oklahoma side roll in 0:07:10. Rating: ** Too Cold Scorpio pinned Pac with the Flying Scorpio Splash in 0:04:48. Rating: ** 1/4 Ricochet pinned Too Cold Scorpio after a standing shooting star press in 0:04:26. Rating: ** Ricochet defeated Teddy Hart by countout in 0:00:21. Rating: Chuck Taylor pinned Ricochet after a package piledriver in 0:08:04. Rating: * 1/2 (Chuck Taylor won the Gauntlet Match.) Nick Dinsmore vs. Steve Corino Match highlights: Nick Dinsmore was still undefeated in ECW and he was hoping to keep that run alive here against Steve Corino. Dinsmore worked over Corino's right arm with a series of armbars and hammerlocks. Corino went to the eyes and choked Dinsmore with his boot and the middle rope. Corino used a superkick, a sitout power bomb and a fisherman suplex. The King of Old School went for a T-Bone Suplex, but Dinsmore elbowed his way out and struck with an enzuigiri. Dinsmore followed up with a swinging neckbreaker and a spinebuster. After hitting Corino with a release German, Dinsmore signalled for the chicken wing but then C.W. Anderson, Simon Diamond and Justin Credible - the three men Dinsmore had defeated in his short ECW tenure - hit the ring, forcing the official to throw the match out. Nick Dinsmore and Steve Corino battled to a no-contest in 0:07:09. Rating: *** 1/4 [C.W. Anderson, Simon Diamond and Justin Credible interfered against Nick Dinsmore.] Steve Corino, C.W. Anderson, Simon Diamond and Justin Credible put the boots to Nick Dinsmore and dished out a savage four-on-one beating. The fans were jeering the four assailants out of the building. Credible superkicked Dinsmore straight into a spinebuster from Anderson. Diamond nailed Dinsmore with the Simonizer and then Corino laid out Dinsmore with the Old School Expulsion. Corino called for the mike, stood over Dinsmore and slapped him across the face. Corino introduced Dinsmore and the entire world to his new stable - The Extreme Horsemen. Corino said that this alliance would become the greatest faction ever assembled in professional wrestling. Corino claimed that starting tonight with Nick Dinsmore, the Extreme Horsemen would run over everybody in Extreme Championship Wrestling. The King of Old School added that the only time this much havoc had been wreaked by this few a number of people, you need to go all the way back to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse! With the fans cheering them persistantly, The Extreme Horsemen each climbed a corner of the ring and held up four fingers while Dinsmore was helped to the back. It was now time for ECW to do battle with Pro Wrestling NOAH, as the team of Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji were set to challenge Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian for the ECW Tag Team Titles. Minoru Suzuki pursued amaresu (amateur wrestling) during his high school days, acquiring skills that would assist him throughout his career. In March 1987, Suzuki was initiated into New Japan and debuted the following June against Takayuki Iizuka. He attracted great attention and was seen as one of New Japan's greatest prospects. He was blessed with the chance of having a singles match against Antonio Inoki barely two years into his career and expectations were high. Suzuki reigned as the second King of Pancrase Openweight Champion in 1995, defeating Ken Shamrock to win the title. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion, but returned to regular puroresu in 2003, where he has become a perennial top contender for all major Japanese heavyweight championships. In 2005 Suzuki jumped to Pro Wrestling NOAH to challenge the talent there. Turning to tag teams, he found an unlikely ally in Naomichi Marufuji, whose style was Lucha Libre rather than shoot-style. Nonetheless, Suzuki taught Marufuji some of what he knew and they clicked, winning the GHC Tag Team Titles from Too Cold Scorpio and Doug Williams. One of the pioneers of Japanese fighting culture in the 1990s, Suzuki insists that he is an "original" pro wrestler, and seeks to bring back the forgotten Strong Style, the pro wrestling that was strong. With his cocky, foul attitude and unorthodox way of wrestling, Suzuki's style is one of a kind. An amaresu combatant during his school days in Saitama, Naomichi Marufuji competed in inter-high school championships. He decided to become a professional wrestler and joined All Japan, showing glimpses of future greatness early in his career with a high risk style. After the NOAH split, Marufuji truly broke out as a young junior heavyweight superstar, debuting a new costume and becoming a spectacular high-flyer. He won great popularity, and became a leader of NOAH's upstart junior heavyweight division. One of NOAH's biggest hopes for the future, Marufuji will be counted on to help lead the company one day. Alongside KENTA, Marufuji captured the GHC Jr. Tag Championship belts in a tournament to crown the first champions during the month of July 2003. Marufuji followed up this success in sensational fashion when he became the 2004 Super J Cup champion, beating Takehiro Murahama in February 2004 for the honour. On September 9, 2006, Naomichi defeated Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at the Budokan Hall, utilizing the Perfect Inside Cradle. In doing so he has become the first wrestler to 'sweep' all five GHC titles in NOAH. He is the youngest and the smallest GHC Heavyweight Champion of all time aged 26 and weighing around 185 lbs. Marufuji is also credited as being the inventor of the Shiranui (sliced bread #2). ECW Tag Team Title Match: Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian vs. Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji Match highlights: This was a solid tag team encounter, with the NOAH duo of Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji posing a serious threat to Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian's titles. Suzuki destroyed Shane and Kazarian with stiff kicks to the back and chest. Marufuji dropped Kazarian with a springboard dropkick. Michael Shane hit Marufuji with a superplex and an enzuigiri. Kazarian took Marufuji down with a Flatliner and hit Suzuki with an overhead belly-to-belly. Suzuki choked Shane in the corner and nailed him with a bullet dropkick. Suzuki choked out Shane with a sleeper whilst both men were hanging in the ropes, but Kazarian broke the illegal hold. Kazarian drilled Suzuki with a slingshot into a DDT and a springboard back elbow. Shane got a near fall with a German suplex on Marufuji. Marufuji jumped over the top rope to the floor while Kazarian was on the side of the ring and he gave Kazarian a DDT on the apron on his way down. Marufuji followed that with a dropkick off the apron while Kazarian was down near the guardrail, driving Kazarian into the railing. In another spectacular spot, with Shane on the apron, Marufuji ran from the centre of the ring, jumped onto the top rope and dropkicked Shane to the floor. He then put Shane over the guardrail, moved the railing in and did a top rope quebrada which nearly killed both men! Marufuji used a capture suplex on Kazarian. With Kazarian on the top rope, Marufuji leapt up with him and jumped off to the floor, holding Kazarian's head and posting him on top of the ringpost! Kazarian tried to put Suzuki away with the Flux Capacitor, but Suzuki countered into an octopus hold while both men were perched on the top rope. Michael Shane intervened though and knocked Suzuki down to the floor. Marufuji trapped Shane in the Perfect Inside Cradle, but Francine distracted the referee. Shane and Marufuji fought back and forth and Marufuji attempted the shiranui. However, Shane flipped over and rolled Marufuji up. Shane grabbed a handful of tights and kept Marufuji down for the three count! The Triple Threat (Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane) defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki when Shane pinned Naomichi Marufuji with a rolling reverse cradle in 0:16:30. Rating: *** 1/2 (The Triple Threat retained the ECW Tag Team Championship.) [Francine interfered against Naomichi Marufuji.] The Triple Threat celebrated their tainted victory when suddenly Pitbull 2 stormed the ring armed with a steel chair, out for revenge for his tag team partner. Pitbull 2 swung the chair wildly but the Threat got out of dodge quickly. Shane, Kazarian, Douglas and Francine quickly retreated to the back with Pitbull 2 chasing them. The next bout on the card saw ECW World Television Champion CM Punk defend his title against the current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and one half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, Takashi Sugiura. Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined NOAH's dojo in 2000, making his pro debut on December 23 and thus becoming the first NOAH trueborn. Sugiura has also dabbled in mixed martial arts, given his very extensive and prolific amaresu background. Punk's title will be the only one on the line here. ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Takashi Sugiura Match highlights: CM Punk and Takashi Sugiura began this match-up with some fantastic chain wrestling, with Sugiura coming out on top for the most part. Sugiura rocked Punk with some vicious forearms and a lariat. Sugiura used a gutwrench suplex and went for an ankle lock, but Punk rolled through the hold. Punk connected with a springboard dropkick and executed a double underhook backbreaker and the Devil Lock DDT. Punk repositioned the timekeeper's table and tried to power bomb Sugiura from the ring through the table at ringside, but Sugiura slid down and floored Punk with a lariat. Sugiura used a release dragon suplex and a spinebuster slam. The Straight Edge Superstar came back with a Shining Wizard and applied a Boston crab. Punk used a succession of facewashes in the corner and went for a running bootscrape, but Sugiura countered with a running high knee! Sugiura hit a belly-to-belly and three rolling Germans, followed by the Crash Thunder Buster. Sugiura went for a high-angle Olympic Slam, but Punk slid off his shoulders. Punk nailed Sugiura with a reverse neckbreaker onto the knee and then both men traded stiff forearms in the centre of the ring. The crowd were on their feet, loving every second of the slugfest! Both men's pride wasn't allowing them to show the other if they were getting hurt. Punk desperately raked Sugiura's eyes and tossed him out onto the ring apron. They traded hard slaps on the apron and then Punk blasted Sugiura through the timekeeper's table with a release German suplex from the apron! Both men lay motionless in the table wreckage and weren't responding to the official. The referee reluctantly stopped the match, to the dismay of the fans. Takashi Sugiura and CM Punk battled to a no-contest in 0:17:36. Rating: * (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) Both CM Punk and Takashi Sugiura received treatment from paramedics for the better part of ten minutes. They were helped to the back to a standing ovation from the respectful ECW faithful. Scheduled up next at NOAH Limits was somewhat of a dream match, with "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz facing the huge former GHC Tag Team Champion, Takeshi Morishima. Morishima pursued judo during his school days and after graduation he joined All Japan, his height and physique making him a natural for professional wrestling. He was beginning to make his way up the All Japan ladder before the NOAH split, which he was part of. In NOAH, he rose up the ranks, forming a new generation tag team named Wild II with Takeshi Rikio and the two made waves by taking down more established stars. A very big and bulky man, Morishima will be one of the fighters counted on to lead NOAH in its next generation. Taz vs. Takeshi Morishima Match highlights: This match got off to a tentative start with a long feeling out process. The contest broke down rather quickly, with both men using hard forearms and elbows. Each man didn't want to give the other the satisfaction of knocking the other down. Takeshi Morishima hit a succession of nasty headbutts and almost took Taz's head off with a Yakuza kick. Taz came back and went after Morishima's left leg, taking him down with a dragon screw and applying a half crab. Taz transitioned into an STF, but Morishima made the ropes. Morishima used a side slam, a vertical suplex and a spinebuster. Taz avoided a flying shoulderblock and unloaded with an STO, an overhead belly-to-belly Tazplex and a pumphandle Tazplex. Morishima blocked a T-Bone Tazplex and responded with hard slaps and knees to the face. The big man went to the top rope for a missile dropkick, but Taz took him down with a super overhead head and arm Tazplex!! The crowd was loving this strong-style action. Taz executed a release German Tazplex, a release dragon Tazplex and a release tiger Tazplex. Taz rocked Morishima with a lariat, but Morishima got right back up and screamed at Taz! Morishima went for a lariat of his own, but Taz ducked and quickly applied the Tazmission! Morishima rammed Taz back into the corner and dropped him on his head with a backdrop suplex! Completely no-selling the move, Taz got up and hit Morishima with a backdrop suplex of his own! This time, Morishima got back up immediately and the two men laid into each other with forearms! Morishima used the Amaze Impact, but Taz kicked out! Morishima hit a dropkick, a devastating lariat and another Jumbo Tsurata-style backdrop suplex for the win. What a match! Takeshi Morishima pinned Taz with the Backdrop Suplex in 0:18:37. Rating: * 3/4 Taz and Takeshi Morishima showed the mutual respect they have for one another as they shook hands after the match. Morishima bowed to the fans as they chanted, "Please come back!" Taz made it clear he wanted a rematch sooner rather than later. The main event of the evening was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated bout on the whole card, as former ECW World Champion Rob Van Dam went up against one of the biggest stars in Japanese wrestling, KENTA. KENTA was one of the last two trainees of the All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo before the Pro Wrestling NOAH split, which he followed. He made quick progress as a wrestler, refining his style and image until he became one of the most exceptional young combatants in wrestling. A very athletic and skilled junior heavyweight, KENTA combines high-flying with some deadly strikes and has already gained a big fan following (particularly with female fans!). Spunky, with an attitude reminiscent of Akira Maeda's, he has even challenged heavyweights like Genichiro Tenryu to staredowns and feuds despite often being on the losing end of attacks. 2003 was a big year for KENTA as he, alongside his partner Naomichi Marufuji, became the first winners of the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Titles after they defeated Jushin 'Thunder' Liger and Takehiro Murahama in the finals of the title tournament. KENTA continued to make waves in NOAH in 2004 when he embarked on a 7 match singles trial, where he was a more than credible opponent for such heavyweights as Yoshihiro Takayama, Jun Akiyama, Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi. The future looks bright for KENTA. Before the match, Rob Van Dam challenged Bill Alfonso to show up next time they were at the ECW Arena on December 23rd. He said Alfonso owed him an explanation for screwing him and if he had any balls whatsoever, he show up and face RVD man-to-man to explain himself. KENTA was given a tremendous ovation from the ECW fans, who threw streamers into the ring. Rob Van Dam vs. KENTA Match highlights: These two men throw some of the most lethal kicks in wrestling and they showed exactly that in the early exchanges of this contest. KENTA took control with a powerslam and a springboard dropkick. KENTA power bombed Van Dam and then sent RVD into the turnbuckles with an inverted power bomb. KENTA picked up a couple of near falls with a fisherman buster and a flapjack into a cutter. KENTA went for a Death Valley Driver, but RVD countered into a swinging DDT. Van Dam used a flying thrust kick, a corkscrew legdrop and a somersault slam followed by a springboard moonsault. There were duelling "Let's go KENTA! Let's go Van Dam!" chants in the ECW Arena. Van Dam did seem a bit lost out there at times in his first match without the management of Bill Alfonso. RVD almost pinned KENTA with a split-legged moonsault. RVD executed a Northern Lights suplex. Van Dam threw KENTA to the outside and clotheslined him over the guardrail. RVD then climbed to the top rope and dived off into the crowd, nailing KENTA with a somersault plancha. Van Dam dropped KENTA over the barricade and hit him with a spinning legdrop off the ring apron. RVD scored two with a slingshot legdrop. KENTA made a comeback using a double kneedrop off the top followed by a choke while holding Van Dam steady in a body scissors. They teased suplexing each other off the apron until KENTA delivered a German suplex to the floor, but RVD landed on his feet and gave KENTA a thrust kick. KENTA used a Falcon Arrow off the apron to the floor. RVD was in agony and may have suffered untold internal injuries. KENTA then, from the ring, did a springboard into a double foot stomp on Van Dam who was still in anguish on the floor. KENTA used a double-arm suplex sending Van Dam into the buckles. He got a near fall with a tiger suplex and another with the busaiku knee kick. Both men traded back suplexes and then traded two sets of German suplexes before they collapsed. RVD started wearing down KENTA with stiff kicks to the head. RVD got a near fall with a lifting double underhook facebuster. Van Dam went to the top, but KENTA jumped up with him and took him down with a tiger superplex for a near fall. KENTA scored with the Go 2 Sleep, but his knee sent the Whole F'N Show flying near the ropes and he got his leg on the bottom rope to avoid the pin. KENTA used another busaiku knee when both were bouncing off the ropes. Both men were trading hard forearms and high kicks before Van Dam got the better of the exchange. RVD finished with three stiff spin kicks to the head and then drilled KENTA with the Van Daminator. Van Dam came off the top rope looking for the Five Star Frog Splash, but in an amazing spot KENTA caught him on his shoulders and executed a second Go 2 Sleep to capture the victory in this enthralling match. KENTA pinned Rob Van Dam with the Go 2 Sleep in 0:25:16. Rating: ** 1/4 The fans showed both men their appreciation for their efforts as KENTA helped Rob Van Dam back to his feet. They shook hands and hugged in the centre of the ring to bring a classy end to a phenomenal night of wrestling. Card rating: * 1/2 Match observations: What a tremendous night of action we witnessed here this evening in the ECW Arena. The starts of ECW and Pro Wrestling NOAH held nothing back tonight to put on a show that wrestling fans will be talking about for many years to come. In the main event, KENTA narrowly edged out Rob Van Dam when he caught Van Dam on his shoulders and delivered the Go 2 Sleep. RVD certainly did not look himself tonight. The whole situation with Bill Alfonso is weighing heavily on his mind and he has challenged Fonzie to show up and explain himself in three weeks' time. It was a war of attrition between Taz and Takeshi Morishima, but Morishima came out on top in the end after surviving one of the stiffest and most hard-hitting matches in ECW history. A rematch between these two warriors is something many would pay to see. Both CM Punk and Takashi Sugiura were badly shaken up after the German suplex off the ring apron through the timekeeper's table, but thankfully neither man was seriously injured. That issue is not over either and if ECW and NOAH get together again you can bet that Punk and Sugiura will be anxious to settle the score with one another. Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane used their trademark skulduggery to turn back the challenge of Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji and retain the ECW Tag Team Titles. However, Marufuji stole the show in that bout and is certainly a star for the future. Pitbull 2 ran in after the match to remind the Triple Threat that he is out for revenge for them injuring Pitbull 1's neck. Steve Corino introduced the Extreme Horsemen of himself, C.W. Anderson, Simon Diamond and Justin Credible to Nick Dinsmore in the most violent way possible. Dinsmore hold victories over Anderson, Diamond and Credible and they got their retribution tonight. Corino says that the Extreme Horsemen will be dominant in ECW. One thing is for sure though - Dinsmore is going to need some soldiers of his own if he wants to wage war on this new faction. On the subject of Steve Corino, reports indicate that he has sold Abyss' contract to a mystery buyer. We have no idea who has purchased the contract of the Extreme Monster. Watch this space. Thanks for joining us this evening for NOAH Limits! In the mean time, and in between time, that's it for another edition of ECW. So long, everybody! (Thanks to Green Destiny http://noah.puroresufan.com/ for info on the NOAH guys!)
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 01/23/07 at 20:43:40 ECW Holiday Hell December 23rd, 2006 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA The final ECW show of 2006 began with Metallica's "Enter Sandman" heralding the entrance of the Hardcore Icon, The Sandman. With a cigarette hanging from his mouth and Sinagpore cane in hand, The Sandman made his way through the crowd to the ring, stopping only to pour a Bud down a lucky fan's throat. The Sandman took the microphone and called out ECW World Heavyweight Champion Rhino. Sandman said that back at Barely Legal when ECW restarted, Rhino stole his spot in the Extreme Elimination Chamber and a shot at the title. He added that at the next show, when then-champion Rob Van Dam was set to defend his title against him, Rhino again attacked him before the match, ruling him out of the contest. Sandman made it clear that he had a big score to settle with the Man Beast and he wanted to do it right now by winning the ECW Title from him. The crowd were 100% behind their Hardcore Icon. The Sandman downed another beer as he waited patiently for Rhino. However, instead of the ECW World Heavyweight Champion, it was the ECW World Television Champion CM Punk who sauntered out from the back with a mike. Sandman didn't seem impressed with the appearance of the Straight Edge Superstar and the fans taunted him with a loud "CM Pussy" chant. Punk told The Sandman that if he didn't know who he is then he should and introduced himself as straight edge - drug free, alcohol free and better than you. Punk said that he was especially better than the Sandman and lorded his superior lifestyle over that of the Hardcore Icon. Punk claimed that Sandman was a shell of his former self and blamed all the alcohol that Sandman drinks for breaking him down. Punk added that Sandman must have had way too many beers if he thought he was capable of beating Rhino for the World Title. As he walked to the ring, CM Punk proceeded to cut a scathing promo on The Sandman, claiming that Sandman reminds him of his alcoholic father. Punk said that the reason in his heart of hearts why he hates Sandman, is he didn't know any better when he was a little kid. When his dad came home smelling like beer. He thought it was a hard day's work that his father was doing. He didn't realise that his dad was out at a bar. He didn't realise 'work' meant 'unemployment office.' Punk didn't think it was strange for someone to come home and take an old style up into the shower. He didn't think it was strange for somebody to pass out. He thought an old style, a pack a day, was the norm. The TV champion stated that his father is exactly like Sandman. Punk said that he hates Sandman for everything he's pissed away! Everything that Punk's scrapped and clawed for that he hasn't even earned yet! That Sandman got handed to him and Sandman flushed down the toilet! For what? For pills? For booze? For alcohol? For women? Punk said that he was born of Sandman's poison society. The Straight Edger vowed to become a monster to fight the monsters of the world and to end Sandman's time in ECW - "That is a promise. This is true! This is real! This is straight edge!" The Sandman had heard enough talk and dared CM Punk to get in the ring and fight him now. He wielded his Singapore cane menacingly, but Punk thought better of it and dropped off the ring apron. The crowd were all over Punk, but as Sandman turned his back, Punk immediately jumped him from behind. However, the Hardcore Icon held his own and went for the DDT, but Punk escaped Sandman's grip and bailed out of the ring! Punk made his way to the back, claiming he would wrestle Sandman when it suited him on his own terms. The Sandman decided to follow Punk to the back and continue their "discussion" there. The Full Blooded Italians, Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke, along with Big Sal E. Graziano, made their way out for the opening match of the night, a tag team bout against the SATs. Before the Maximos came out, Guido took the mike and said that he had something to say. Guido said that as much as he enjoyed teaming with Mamaluke, it was time for him to forge a singles career for himself in ECW and informed the other FBI members that he had a match with Nick Dinsmore later tonight. Mamaluke appeared disappointed but Guido said that he had found a new tag team partner for him. Guido introduced the newest member of the FBI, from Cambobasso, Italy (by way of Montreal, Quebec, Canada!), Dan Paysan! Paysan swaggered down the aisle giving the Italian salute and greeted Mamaluke with a hug and kissed him on both cheeks. The Full Blooded Italians vs. The Spanish Announce Team Match highlights: This was a high-flying duel between two young and hungry teams in ECW. Dan Paysan looked impressive in his ECW debut tonight and on the basis of this showing this new incarnation of the FBI will be a successful one. The fans were taking to Paysan, who entertained them with his over-the-top stereotypical Italian mannerisms and gestures. Paysan took it to his opponents with a spinning heel kick, a springboard enzuigiri and a swinging fisherman suplex. Paysan nailed both SATs with a twisting plancha. The Maximo Brothers were able to isolate Paysan and work him over with some devastating double team offence. Jose and Joel took out Mamaluke at ringside and then threatened to do some serious damage to Paysan with a steel chair. However, before Jose could put the chair to use Mikey Whipwreck ran in and sent the chair into Jose's face with a springboard dropkick. While Joel went after Mikey, Paysan surprised Jose with the Wop Drop to give the win to the FBI! The Full Blooded Italians (Dan Paysan and Tony Mamaluke) defeated The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) when Paysan pinned Jose with the Wop Drop in 0:11:12. Rating: *** 1/2 [Mikey Whipwreck interfered against Jose Maximo.] After the match, Joel Maximo and Mikey Whipwreck brawled at ringside. Jose Maximo made the odds two-on-one and the SATs destroyed their former trainer. They hit Whipwreck with the Washing Machine onto the steel chair and then set the chair upright, looking to execute the Spanish Fly onto it. However, before they could complete the move, Mistico ran in to make the save. He seized possession of the chair and cracked both Maximos across the back with it, knocking them to the floor. Jose and Joel backed off, opting to fight another day. Mikey shook Mistico's hand and thanked him for his help. Four Way Dance: Kid Kash vs. Pac vs. Ricochet vs. Too Cold Scorpio Match highlights: This four way dance which featured four of the premier cruiserweights in ECW was fought at a breakneck pace. Kid Kash hit an incredible Asai twisting plancha on Pac while at the other side of the ring, Scorpio took out Ricochet with a moonsault plancha. Kash drilled Ricochet with a twisting moonsault. Scorpio used a running somersault legdrop on Pac. Ricochet backdropped his way out of Kash's Money Maker attempt, then swept his legs and hit a standing shooting star press to eliminate the former ECW TV Champion. Scorpio followed him back to the dressing room after tasting a reverse Frankensteiner from Pac and a 450 from Ricochet. Ricochet and Pac then went at it in a clash of perhaps the two freshest and most exciting high flyers in professional wrestling today. Pac used a backflip kick, a standing moonsault and a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Ricochet wouldn't stay down. Pac missed a Skytwister Press and Ricochet capitalised with a shiranui, before finishing Pac off with the awesome Double Rotation Moonsault. Ricochet was dominant here tonight. Four Corners Match: Ricochet defeated Kid Kash, Pac and Too Cold Scorpio: x Ricochet beat Kash via a standing shooting star press in 0:12:01 x Ricochet beat Scorpio via a 450 splash in 0:15:23 x Ricochet beat Pac via the Double Rotation Moonsault in 0:18:34 Rating: * 1/2 Rob Van Dam purposely made his way down to the ring without even acknowledging the fans - he obviously had things on his mind. RVD remarked that it has now been a month since "that son of a bitch" Bill Alfonso screwed him out of the ECW World Championship and he still doesn't have an explanation as to why he did it. Van Dam knew that Alfonso was in the Arena tonight, so he called him out and demanded that he give his reasons for turning on him. Bill Alfonso crept out from the entrance way to a booming "Fk you Fonzie!" chant. Van Dam was ready to kick his ass right there and then, but Fonzie said that if RVD wanted an explanation, then he'd stay in the ring and hear him out. Alfonso wouldn't dare venture any further than the middle of the aisle. He revealed that he turned on Van Dam because he was sick of staying in RVD's shadow and not getting any credit whatsoever, when it was in fact him who led Van Dam to the top of ECW. Alfonso said that it was down to him that Rob Van Dam became the Whole F'N Show. It was down to him that RVD won the World Television Title and held it for a record 23 months. He said it was down to him that Van Dam realised his dream and captured the ECW World Heavyweight Title. Alfonso asked Van Dam where the recognition and gratitude was. Alfonso claimed that not once did RVD thank him. Fonzie said that he thought he and RVD were friends, but that was obviously bullshit after what had happened these past few months. Alfonso remembered that he had saved Van Dam's title when it looked like Taz has the match won and at the next show Taz beat the hell out of him. Alfonso asked Van Dam where he was when Taz was kicking his ass and he needed Van Dam's help. Alfonso speculated that Van Dam was probably sitting in the back, getting high. Alfonso then asked Van Dam where he was when Rhino attacked him at November to Remember during the World Title Match. Fonzie said that again Van Dam had no answer for him. Alfonso said his actions at November to Remember, when he shoved RVD off the top rope when he was going for the Five Star Frog Splash, spoke for themselves - and what they said were, "From the bottom of my heart, fk you Van Dam!" The crowd popped as Rob Van Dam went for Bill Alfonso, but Alfonso stopped him in his tracks. Fonzie said that they didn't have to fight right now. He said that he knew Van Dam wanted a piece of him, but the fact is that he still has a score to settle with RVD! Fonzie challenged RVD to a match later on the show, which Van Dam accepted gleefully. The Eliminators vs. C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond Match highlights: The duo of C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond, representing the Extreme Horsemen, informed the crowd before this bout started that they would now be known as the New Brain Busters. The fans voiced their disapproval. Their opponents The Eliminators wasted no time in going to work on C.W. and Simon, sending them scurrying to ringside to consult with the leader of the Horsemen, Steve Corino. Anderson and Diamond managed to isolate Kronus from his partner. Diamond used the Simon Series and Anderson pasted Kronus with a superkick and the Ferris Wheel. Diamond and Anderson would point to the side of their heads after a manoeuvre well done, signalling that they were smarter than their opponents. After a miscommunication on the part of the Brain Busters, Kronus made the hot tag to Saturn and all hell broke loose. The Eliminators appeared on course to pick up the win when Corino shoved Saturn off the top rope as he set up for a frog splash. The Brain Busters hurled Kronus out of the ring and then drilled Saturn with a Spike Piledriver for the win. The New Brain Busters (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) defeated The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) when Diamond pinned Saturn with after the Spike Piledriver in 0:10:32. Rating: * [Steve Corino interfered against Perry Saturn.] Justin Credible joined the rest of his Extreme Horsemen stablemates in giving the Eliminators a good pasting after the match. However, a baseball bat wielding Nick Dinsmore hit the ring and cleaned house. Corino warned Dinsmore he had made a grave mistake as Saturn and Kronus joined Dinsmore's side. Lance Storm vs. Chuck Taylor Match highlights: This intriguing contest saw the young upstart Chuck Taylor face off with the wily veteran Lance Storm. Storm outwrestled Taylor at the outset, but the All Star turned the tide by avoiding a handspring clothesline in the corner and taking Storm down with a lung blower. Taylor used a rana, an overhead belly-to-belly, a flying double foot stomp and a moonsault from the second turnbuckle. Storm fought out of Taylor's bridging cobra clutch. Taylor went for the Foot Clan jawbreaker but Storm blocked it and locked in a half crab. Taylor crawled to the ropes and forced a break, but then decided to complain to the referee about something. Storm then hit the Cradle Piledriver to defeat Taylor. Lance Storm pinned Chuck Taylor with the Cradle Piledriver in 0:14:48. Rating: 3/4 After the match, the incredulous Chuck Taylor took the microphone and claimed that what just happened was a fluke. He said that Lance Storm couldn't beat him, not even on his best day. He challenged Storm to a rematch, which Lance Storm gladly accepted. Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Credible Match highlights: This bout between two old rivals evoked memories of their classic battles from the summer of 1998. The Extreme Horsemen's Justin Credible went to the eyes to take control of the contest and beat Jerry Lynn down. Credible used a sitout power bomb out of the corner and a swinging DDT, but Lynn refused to be pinned. Lynn returned fire with a tornado DDT and a guillotine legdrop over the middle rope. The New F'N Show teased going for the Cradle Piledriver, but Credible escaped. Lynn hoisted Credible up and planted him with a TKO, but in the process Credible's flailing legs decked referee John "Pee Wee" Moore. Lynn made the cover, but there was no official to count. Jason took this opportunity to seize Credible's Singapore cane and try and attack Jerry Lynn, but Nick Dinsmore made his way out from the back to thwart Jason's plans. Dinsmore did a number on the self-professed "Sexiest Man Alive" at ringside, but Steve Corino, C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond arrived on the scene and outnumbered Dinsmore. As Lynn watched the mugging from the ring, Credible rolled him up and grabbed a handful of tights for the victory! Justin Credible pinned Jerry Lynn with a rolling reverse cradle in 0:10:24. Rating: * After the bout, Jerry Lynn protested with the ref about Justin Credible's cheating, but Credible decked him with a wicked Singapore cane shot. The Extreme Horsemen turned their attention to Jerry Lynn and proceeded to deliver a vicious four-on-one assault. The Eliminators then hit the ring to even the score somewhat, followed soon after by Nick Dinsmore. The fans were loving the near riot that was ensuing before their very eyes as they chanted, "ECW!" After the wild brawl had been eventually broken up by other wrestlers and officials, Taz made his way down to the ring to a nice ovation from the crowd. Taz took the microphone from the ring announcer and acknowledged that he has been on somewhat of a losing streak in recent months. Taz stated that it was time for the old Human Suplex Machine to come back, the Taz that when he is in the ring he scares everyone, because he's the scariest, most dangerous motherfker on the planet. The crowd popped. Taz knew just how to return to form. He said that he had heard a lot about Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner and how rumours were abound that Gardner was going to sign with ECW. Taz said that whether or not Gardner was a part of ECW, he wanted to challenge him to a match! The crowd seemed to certainly approve of the challenge but as they cheered Taz on, The Sinister Minister, an old face from ECW's past, entered the ring. The Sinister Minister said that he had been watching Taz over the past few months and had come to the conclusion that Taz had lost his focus. The Minister claimed that he was just the man to help Taz rediscover it. The Minister talked about how Taz needed to show his dark side like he had in the past. The Minister offered to be Taz's new manager and invited him to walk down the Highway to Hell together. Taz was suspicious of the Sinister Minister's intentions and declined the offer, saying that the last thing he needed right now was to make a deal with the devil. The Minister said that he was making a mistake, a mistake that could cost him very dearly. Taz didn't appreciate being threatened and stalked the Minister into a corner. Suddenly, Abyss hit the ring and Taz ran in to a Black Hole Slam from the Extreme Monster!! Abyss stood over Taz and flexed, while the Sinister Minister revealed that he was in charge of the Extreme Monster now - and all hell was going to break loose in ECW! Guido Maritato vs. Nick Dinsmore Match highlights: Little Guido returned to ECW singles action here this evening with a tough battle against Nick Dinsmore, who was not showing any ill-effects from the beatdown at the hands of the Extreme Horsemen minutes earlier. Guido returned to his Sicilian Shooter roots in this match-up, working over Dinsmore's left arm with a variety of submissions. Guido used a hammerlock bodyslam and then hit a slingshot somersault splash on Dinsmore's prone arm. Dinsmore came back with a spinebuster and a swinging neckbreaker, but when he went for a butterfly suplex Guido grabbed his injured arm and applied a Fujiwara armbar. Dinsmore was able to make the ropes. Dinsmore reversed Guido's Kiss of Death attempt into a backslide, but Guido kicked out. After two unsuccessful efforts, Dinsmore eventually applied the cross-face chicken wing, but that brought out the Extreme Horsemen for a closer look. Dinsmore threw Guido down and challenged Steve Corino's group, who promptly rushed the ring. The referee threw the match out as the Horsemen attacked Dinsmore. Nick Dinsmore and Guido Maritato battled to a no-contest in 0:12:38. Rating: * 1/4 [The Extreme Horsemen interfered against Nick Dinsmore.] Jerry Lynn and the Eliminators hit the ring and the two warring foursomes brawled for the second time this evening. Nick Dinsmore, Lynn, Saturn and Kronus soon got the upper hand and cleared the Extreme Horsemen from the ring. Dinsmore took the mike and said that if the Extreme Horsemen wanted a war, then he had found three soldiers - Jerry Lynn, Perry Saturn and John Kronus - who were willing to go into battle with him. Corino held his men back, choosing to regroup and fight at a later date. Bill Alfonso came prancing out wearing a tracksuit and blowing his whistle, seemingly ready for his match with Rob Van Dam. "Walk" by Pantera hit and RVD made his entrance, but this wasn't the usual cocky, brash, high-fiving the fans entrance by the Whole F'N Show. Van Dam sprinted out from the back and grabbed Fonzie, ready to pound him into oblivion. Rob Van Dam vs. Bill Alfonso Match highlights: Rob Van Dam backed Bill Alfonso into the corner of the ring. Fonzie's desperate pleas fell on deaf ears as RVD began to rain down punches on his former manager. Teddy Hart then hit the ring and jumped Van Dam from behind as the official called for an unpopular no-contest. Rob Van Dam and Bill Alfonso battled to a no-contest in 0:00:05. Rating: * [Teddy Hart interfered against Rob Van Dam.] Teddy Hart and Bill Alfonso put the boots to Rob Van Dam while the fans jeered and threw plastic cups into the ring. Teddy dragged RVD up to hit feet and Fonzie booted his former charge between the legs. Teddy drilled RVD with a Gory special into a sitout power bomb, while Alfonso brought a chair into the ring. Alfonso placed the chair over Van Dam's face and Teddy hit the Whole F'N Show with the Open Hart Surgery onto the chair. Blood was streaming from Van Dam's nose and eye. Teddy and Alfonso shook hands and hugged, before Fonzie stood over RVD's broken body and pointed to himself, mocking the man he used to manage. Just then, Sabu sprinted in to the ring holding a chair and ran Teddy Hart and Bill Alfonso off. Sabu threw the chair at the duo, who were on their way to the back. Sabu checked on his friend while Teddy and Fonzie stopped to admire their dirty work. ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer Match highlights: Tommy Dreamer attacked Rhino as he made his way to the ring and the fight was on immediately. Rhino had used a low blow en route to defeating Dreamer two weeks ago at NOAH Limits, so revenge was on the Innovator of Violence's mind. Dreamer sent Rhino into the guardrail and hit him with a barrage of stiff chair shots. Rhino choked Dreamer with a piece of cable. They brawled through the crowd, with Dreamer using a suplex onto the bleachers. Dreamer hit Rhino with a trash can and slingshotted him into a pillar. Rhino sent Dreamer flying through several rows of chairs with a Gorilla press and then used a facebuster onto a chair. The Innovator of Violence splattered Rhino over the concrete floor with a dangerous swinging neckbreaker. Dreamer went under the ring and brought out a sack, which contained a selection of Christmas presents! Dreamer returned to the ring and unwrapped each one, revealing a road sign, a toaster, a computer keyboard and a toy wrestling ring! Dreamer used each weapon on Rhino, but the Man Beast wouldn't stay down for three. Rhino choked Dreamer with the ropes from the toy ring. Rhino brought a chair into the ring, but Dreamer hit Rhino with a drop toe hold onto it and then used a piledriver onto the chair for a near fall. Rhino kicked out of a Death Valley Driver. The match spilled to the outside once more. Dreamer charged at Rhino with the toaster but Rhino countered with a powerslam in the aisle! Dreamer and Rhino brawled up to the sound stage. Rhino missed the Gore and connected with the wall. Dreamer then used a DDT on the stage. Dreamer went for another piledriver, but once again Rhino struck Dreamer low to counter the move. Rhino then set Dreamer up and as the crowd rose to their feet, Rhino destroyed Dreamer with a sickening piledriver off the sound stage through two tables to the floor below!!! A booming "Holy sht!" chant reverberated through the ECW Arena. A groggy Rhino dragged the limp body of Tommy Dreamer back to the ring and covered him. The three count was academic. Rhino pinned Tommy Dreamer via pinfall in 0:14:51. Rating: 3/4 (Rhino retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) Rhino stood over Tommy Dreamer's unconscious carcass and held his championship belt aloft. He shoved it in Dreamer's face and claimed that he would have to kill him to take the title away from him. The Man Beast taunted the fans as he stormed to the back. Dreamer refused medical assistance after the match, shoving down the stretcher that had been wheeled out for him in frustration. Dreamer's neck was bothering him but the fact that he had failed in his quest to win the ECW Title was what was really eating away at him. Card rating: * 1/4 Circuit information: After tonight's war with Rhino, Tommy Dreamer was seriously upset backstage. Dreamer claims that he can beat Rhino and says that he knows he can win the ECW World Championship. The Innovator of Violence is now clamouring ECW management for one last shot at the title. Following tonight's memorable and emotive confrontation, a match has been signed for our next pay-per-view, Guilty As Charged, which will see CM Punk square off against The Sandman. Punk has challenged Sandman to a pure wrestling encounter and dared the Hardcore Icon to leave the weapons at home. We all discovered this evening that Teddy Hart is now under the tutelage of The Manager of Champions, Bill Alfonso. Hart will take on Sabu, another of Alfonso's former charges, at Guilty As Charged is what will surely prove to be a mouth-watering encounter. You can bet that Rob Van Dam will be eager to get his hands on Teddy as well after the self-professed Saviour of Professional Wrestling interjected himself into RVD's feud with Fonzie. Considering the effect that Bill Alfonso had on the careers of Taz, Rob Van Dam and Sabu, you have to think that the future looks bright for Teddy Hart. Also signed for Guilty As Charged is an eight-man tag team match which sees The Extreme Horsemen of Steve Corino, Justin Credible, C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond battle the newly-formed group of Nick Dinsmore, Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators. Dinsmore's team joined forces tonight to wage war with the Horsemen after Corino and his cronies used questionable tactics to pick up some cheap victories. Speaking of Corino, it emerged tonight that he had sold Abyss' contract to none other than The Sinister Minister. After Taz spurned the advances of the Minister, Abyss came out and did a number on the Human Suplex Machine. Taz wants to get his career back on track after a series of disappointing losses and he'll get that chance when he faces Abyss in a match just signed for Guilty As Charged. With Tajiri on the shelf for a while, Mistico returned tonight from a spell back in Mexico to help Mikey Whipwreck in his battle with the Spanish Annouce Team. As a result of tonight's events, The Maximos will face Mikey and Mistico in tag team action at Guilty As Charged. Paul Heyman claims that he has announcement, which he will make on the first show of 2007, that will rock ECW to its very foundations. Heyman says that throughout the whole history of Extreme Championship Wrestling, there has never been a more earth-shattering piece of news. What has the Mad Scientist of Professional Wrestling cooked up? Is it another match for Guilty As Charged? Join us next month to find out! It just leaves me to wish all our ECW fans a Happy Holidays and a great New Year! Till next time, so long everybody!
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 01/23/07 at 20:45:51 Yes, the pending CM Punk - Sandman feud in my ECW circuit will bear more than just a passing resemblance to that between Punk and Raven in ROH. Think of mine as a tribute to one of the greatest rivalries I have ever seen.
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 02/19/07 at 20:03:45 ECW House Party January 6th, 2007 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA The very first ECW show of 2007 opened with announcer Joey Styles telling the audience, in breathless tones, that he was promised by Paul Heyman there was huge news to announce before the end of the night. This had been reported over the past week on ecwwrestling.com and there was certainly an air of expectation around the ECW Arena as Mrs Heyman's baby boy had claimed that this news would rock ECW to its very foundations. The first match of the evening saw a continuation of the feud between the Extreme Horsemen and the group of Nick Dinsmore, Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators as Simon Diamond went up against Perry Saturn. These two warring factions are set to clash in an eight-man tag team match at Guilty as Charged. Simon Diamond vs. Perry Saturn Match highlights: Simon Diamond and Perry Saturn were accompanied to the ring by their respective tag team partners, C.W. Anderson and John Kronus. Anderson attempted to get involved early on, but Kronus stopped him in his tracks. Saturn used a beautiful springboard spinning leg lariat and a release German suplex. Saturn tried to finish Diamond with a Death Valley Driver, but C.W. grabbed one of Saturn's legs. Kronus attacked The Enforcer and as the ref was distracted by the two men fighting at ringside, Diamond struck Saturn low and pinned him after the Simonizer. Simon Diamond pinned Perry Saturn with the Simonizer in 0:10:35. Rating: 1/2 [C.W. Anderson interfered against Perry Saturn.] The New Brain Busters of Simon Diamond and C.W. Anderson gloated over Diamond's tainted win after the match, but The Eliminators attacked them. Simon was knocked out of the ring and as Kronus pounded on C.W., he demanded that the official call for the bell, signalling the beginning of an impromptu singles bout! C.W. Anderson vs. John Kronus Match highlights: C.W. Anderson cut short John Kronus' onslaught by going to the eyes and The Enforcer began to work over Kronus' left arm. Meanwhile, Saturn and Simon Diamond fought to the back. C.W. used a powerslam and the Ferris Wheel straight into the turnbuckles. Kronus slid out of a fireman's carry armbreaker and connected with a series of stiff kicks and a standing moonsault. Kronus missed a flying corkscrew splash though and Anderson took his head off with a superkick. C.W. set up for a superplex, but Kronus fought him off with headbutts and a kick to the head. Kronus then regained his balance and hit a 450 Splash to take the victory. John Kronus pinned C.W. Anderson with the Flying 450 Splash in 0:08:38. Rating: 1/2 Kronus was given no time to enjoy the win as Steve Corino and Justin Credible hit the ring via the crowd and assaulted him. Nick Dinsmore and Jerry Lynn were soon out to even the odds, followed closely by Perry Saturn and Simon Diamond. Referees and other wrestlers struggled to break up the eight man gang fight as the bad blood continued to flow between these two groups. On our Holiday Hell show last month, high-flying Mexican sensation Mistico came to the aid of Mikey Whipwreck in his dispute with former students the Maximo Brothers. Whipwreck's regular partner Tajiri was sidelined at the hands of the SATs back at November to Remember. This led to a singles bout being booked for tonight between Mistico and Joel Maximo. Mistico vs. Joel Maximo Match highlights: Mistico took out both Maximos with a corkscrew plancha to get the contest off to a frenetic start and dominated Joel with a series of armdrag variations. Joel sat out on a Mistico spinning headscissors attempt, driving Mistico's masked face into the mat. Joel scored a couple of near falls with a springboard enzuigiri and the Maximo Spin. Joel went for a crucifix power bomb DDT, but Mistico turned it into a sunset flip power bomb for a near fall. Mistico then took Joel down with the La Mistica armbar and Joel quickly tapped. Mistico made Joel Maximo submit to the La Mistica in 0:06:46. Rating: * 1/4 With his brother still trapped in the armbar, Jose came off the top rope with a double foot stomp onto the back of Mistico's head. The SATs double teamed Mistico and then set up for a Spanish Fly off the ring apron onto the concrete floor, the same move that had put Tajiri on the shelf. Fortunately, a chair-swinging Mikey Whipwreck made the save before any further damage could be done. At Guilty as Charged, it will be Whipwreck and Mistico vs. The Spanish Announce Team in a tag team duel. Kid Kash and Too Cold Scorpio vs. Pac and Ricochet Match highlights: Over the past few weeks, the young high-flyers Pac and Ricochet had been getting the better of veterans Kid Kash and Too Cold Scorpio, which set up this tag team match. Scorpio and Kash proved that they could still hang with the youngsters, as Kash dived onto Pac with a springboard somersault plancha and Scorpio took out Ricochet with a tope. Pac hurt his knee when he missed a plancha and Kash and Scorpio went to work on the injury. Pac eventually made the hot tag after nailing Kash with an enzuigiri and Ricochet cleaned house, blasting Kash with an inverted lung blower and hitting sliced bread #2 on Scorpio. Pac knocked Scorpio out of the ring with a backflip kick as Ricochet laid out Kash with a springboard leaping swinging DDT, setting him up for Pac's match winning 630 Senton. Ricochet and Pac defeated Kid Kash and Too Cold Scorpio when Pac pinned Kash with the 630 Senton in 0:19:14. Rating: 3/4 After the match, Kid Kash and Too Cold Scorpio shook hands and congratulated their younger adversaries, symbolically passing the torch to Ricochet and Pac. The fans applauded all four men for their efforts. Last month, "The All Star" Chuck Taylor had the audacity to claim that Lance Storm's victory over him was a "fluke". Taylor then challenged Storm to a rematch this evening, which Storm gladly accepted. Chuck Taylor vs. Lance Storm Match highlights: Chuck Taylor looked the most determined we've ever seen him in his short ECW career. Taylor had clearly done his homework, blocking two attempts by Lance Storm at the Cradle Piledriver. Taylor used an overhead belly-to-belly throw and a moonsault off the second turnbuckle. The All Star hit the Foot Clan jawbreaker and followed up with a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Storm came back with a handspring clothesline and a jackhammer. He went for a half crab, but Taylor kicked him off. Storm superkicked Taylor but then missed a flying back elbow, leaving him wide open for a flying double foot stomp. Taylor went for the Omega Driver, but Storm rolled him up with a sunset flip for the three count. Lance Storm pinned Chuck Taylor after a sunset flip in 0:10:03. Rating: ** 3/4 Chuck Taylor had a fit after the match, beside himself with anger at losing again to Lance Storm in what had been another great wrestling match. Taylor took the mike and said that in his heart he knew he could beat Storm. He demanded on more match against Storm in order to prove that to the entire world...and himself. CM Punk shocked a lot of people last week when he got in The Sandman's face about his life of debauchery and alcohol abuse, claiming that Punk's own straight edge lifestyle was more righteous and virtuous. It seems that Punk feels this way because The Sandman reminds him of his own abusive and alcoholic father. Punk took the microphone before his ECW World Television Championship defence against Nova and insulted the fans for needing a pill or a little weed to get them through their miserable lives. Punk said he knew what it was like to be outcast and shunned from an early age and vowed to be a thorn in the side of a poisoned America. Punk again claimed that he was better than The Sandman and that was why he challenged him to a match at Guilty as Charged. Punk said he wanted a technical wrestling match and doubted that The Sandman would even show up for the pay-per-view. ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Nova Match highlights: This was a cracking encounter and Nova gave CM Punk all he could handle and then some in a performance that nobody was expecting, especially the Television Champion. Nova hit Punk with a double knee charge in the corner and sent him out of the ring with spinning headscissors, before wiping him out with a tope. Punk used a thumb to the eye to swing the advantage back in his favour. The champion used a leg lariat, a double underhook backbreaker, a Russian legsweep and a series of bootscrapes. Punk executed the Devil Lock DDT and wore Nova down with an STF. Nova ducked the Pepsi Twist and hit back with an enzuigiri to the face. Nova connected with the Sledge-O-Matic, but Punk blocked the Novacaine and hit a Shining Wizard which made Nova's liver quiver and his knees freeze. Punk applied the Anaconda Vice after nailing a uranage, but Nova made the ropes. The Sandman appeared in the crowd and made his way to ringside. CM Punk was clearly affected by the presence of the Hardcore Icon. Sandman took a seat, sparked up a cigarette and took in the rest of the match. The challenger rallied with the One-Arm Bandit spinning neckbreaker and the Scream Machine, an inverted power bomb. Nova missed a spear and Punk punished him with a Northern Lights suplex. Punk went for the Pepsi Plunge, but Nova knocked him off the turnbuckles and scored with a beautiful swanton bomb. Nova used the Novacaine, but Punk got a foot on the bottom rope. Nova tried to finish it with the Kryptonite Krunch, but Punk slid out of the manoeuvre and dropkicked Nova in the knee. The Straight Edge Superstar quickly locked in the Devil Lock which forced Nova to tap out. CM Punk made Nova submit to the Devil Lock in 0:15:36. Rating: ** (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) CM Punk had retained his gold once again in a superb match with Nova, but The Sandman did not seem overly impressed. Sandman defiantly stubbed out his cigarette on Punk's TV Title belt and walked to the back, while Punk almost had a seizure between the ropes. Nick Dinsmore vs. Guido Maritato Match highlights: After their match last month was rudely interrupted by an unwelcome appearance from The Extreme Horsemen, Nick Dinsmore and Guido Maritato met one-on-one in a rematch here this evening. Guido picked up right where he left off before Christmas by working over Dinsmore's left arm and shoulder after running him shoulder-first into the ringpost twice. Guido grapevined Dinsmore's arm and punished him with an armlock hammerlock submission. Guido used a shoulderbreaker and a single-arm DDT. The now one-armed Dinsmore fought back with an inverted atomic drop and a tilt-a-whirl side slam, but his injury was slowing him down. Guido executed a springboard cross body and applied a Fujiwara armbar, but Dinsmore made the ropes. As Dinsmore gingerly got back to his feet, Guido laid him out with the Sicilian Slice. Guido missed a flying clothesline and Dinsmore capitalised with a butterfly suplex, a swinging neckbreaker and a spinebuster. Dinsmore went for the chicken wing, but Guido ran him back into the corner and broke the hold. Guido took Dinsmore down with a drop toe hold and used an Oklahoma roll for a near fall. Dinsmore went back to the cross face chicken wing, but Guido continued to fight in all the way. Dinsmore ran Guido into the ropes and rolled him up, bridging back to add extra leverage and secure the pinfall. Nick Dinsmore pinned Guido Maritato after a rolling reverse cradle with a bridge in 0:13:44. Rating: * 1/4 Nick Dinsmore and Guido Maritato shook hands after their hard-fought encounter, but their show of mutual respect and sportsmanship was cut short by Steve Corino, who was leading out the rest of The Extreme Horsemen. Corino and his henchmen hit the ring and disposed of Guido, who landed awkwardly on his ankle at ringside, before assaulting Dinsmore. Dinsmore had no chance with the four on one odds strongly against him. Corino removed the belt from his jeans and whipped Dinsmore's back repeatedly while the rest of the Horsemen held him in place. Huge red welts were appearing on Dinsmore's back. Corino wrapped the belt around his fist and punched Dinsmore in the head with the buckle, busting him open. The Horsemen positioned Dinsmore so that he was facing Corino and Justin Credible choked Dinsmore with the belt. Corino took the mike and warned Dinsmore that he and his band of lackeys couldn't stop The Extreme Horsemen. Corino revealed that Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators were locked in the dressing room and that Dinsmore was helpless. The King of Old School predicted that come Guilty as Charged, Lynn, Saturn and Kronus would all end up beaten up, laid out and bloody, just like Dinsmore is now. Suddenly, Lynn and The Eliminators burst through the entrance curtain, with Saturn and Kronus carrying the locker room door that had just been forcefully removed from its hinges. They rushed the ring, sending the Horsemen fleeing. A smirking Corino led his men to the back as The Eliminators threw the door at them. Lynn checked on the condition of Dinsmore, who was in a severe amount of pain. On our last show, it was revealed that The Sinister Minister had bought Abyss' contract from Steve Corino and instructed The Extreme Monster to attack Taz after The Human Suplex Machine after Taz refused to let the Minister manage him. In three weeks' time at Guilty as Charged, Taz and Abyss will meet one on one. Abyss vs. Stevie Richards Match highlights: Abyss completely destroyed Stevie Richards in this total squash while The Sinister Minister cackled at ringside. Abyss used a backbreaker, a back suplex and a powerslam on the Real American. The Extreme Monster nailed Stevie with the Shock Treatment, before planting him with the Black Hole Slam for the easy win. Abyss pinned Stevie Richards with the Black Hole Slam in 0:04:31. Rating: * 3/4 After the bell, The Sinister Minister handed Abyss a bag full of thumbtacks and told his Extreme Monster to drive Stevie Richards down into them. Abyss spread the tacks over the mat, but then Taz hit the ring and attacked him. Taz rocked Abyss with a series of hard forearms and then launched Abyss into the tacks with a T-Bone Tazplex! The crowd popped for that one. Taz sent The Minister a chilling warning that he would be next as Abyss thrashed around in agony. Sabu, who has had major problems with Teddy Hart recently and will face off with him at Guilty as Charged, was set to challenge Rhino in the main event of the show for the ECW World Title. It was opportunity that Sabu felt he was screwed out of - by Teddy Hart as it happens - at the November to Remember show. Rhino turned back the challenge of Tommy Dreamer in an all-out war at the Arena last month and Dreamer is still beating himself up over the fact that he couldn't get the job done. ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rhino vs. Sabu Match highlights: Sabu wasted no time in taking it to Rhino with his usual reckless abandon. Sabu used a spinning leg lariat, a slingshot legdrop and a rana on the Man Beast, which sent Rhino out to the floor for a breather. The Human Highlight Reel leapt onto Rhino with a tope suicida. Rhino took over by whipping Sabu into the guardrail repeatedly. Sabu came back with two wicked chair shots and went for Air Sabu off the chair at ringside, but Rhino caught him and dumped him into the crowd. After taking the fight through the fans, Rhino sent Sabu flying back into the ringside area with a Gorilla press over the railing. Sabu hit Rhino with the ring bell. Back in the ring, Sabu executed an enzuigiri and a somersault legdrop onto a chair. Sabu missed a slingshot legdrop and Rhino scored with a legdrop of his own. Rhino used a belly-to-belly suplex and went for the Gore, but Sabu countered with a dropkick. Sabu appeared to be on the very top of his came this evening. Sabu drilled Rhino with a springboard DDT and then tried to place the ECW World Champion on the timekeeper's table, but Rhino would not stay down. Sabu belted Rhino between the eyes with a chair, laying Rhino out on the table. Sabu proceeded to put the Man Beast through the wood with a running somersault plancha which popped the crowd. Sabu made the cover when both men returned to the ring but Rhino kicked out. The Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal One went for another springboard manoeuvre, but Rhino caught him and planted him with a spinebuster. Rhino executed a TKO and then erected a table in the corner of the ring. Rhino attempted the Gore once again, but Sabu side-stepped the move and Rhino crashed through the table. The fans sensed a title change. Sabu set up a chair in preparation for the Triple Jump Moonsault. However, as he was doing so Teddy Hart and Bill Alfonso wandered out from the back. Sabu leapt off the chair and sprang onto the top rope, but instead of moonsaulting on to Rhino he jumped onto Hart and Fonzie at ringside! Sabu went to return to the ring, but Hart grabbed his foot and prevented him from doing so. As Sabu struggled to free himself on the side of the ring, Rhino got back up and Gored him off the ring apron! Sabu hit the guardrail hard. Teddy threw Sabu back into the ring, allowing Rhino to piledrive Sabu onto the remains of the table and cover him for the win. Rhino pinned Sabu after a piledriver in 0:14:23. Rating: ** 1/4 (Rhino retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) [Teddy Hart interfered against Sabu.] Teddy Hart had shafted Sabu again and he and Bill Alfonso were delighted about it. However, Rob Van Dam arrived on the scene to a loud pop and he attacked the dastardly duo. Sabu joined RVD in brawling to the back with Teddy and Alfonso. Meanwhile, Rhino had been reunited with his championship belt and he called for the mike. Rhino claimed that the reason he still didn't have an opponent for Guilty as Charged was because there was nobody in the company that could take the gold away from him. The words, "I beg to differ!" sounded over the P.A. system and Tommy Dreamer appeared on the sound stage. Dreamer was wielding a Singapore cane. Rhino dared Dreamer to get in the ring and the Innovator of Violence was happy to oblige. Dreamer ducked under a Rhino clothesline and struck him three times in the head with the cane. Dreamer then took Rhino down with a drop toe hold onto the chair before spiking the champion with the DDT! Dreamer held the World Title belt aloft and dropped it on Rhino's body, before standing over the Man Beast and spreading his arms apart. The crowd chanted, "Next World Champ!" as Dreamer exited the ring. A groggy Rhino left the arena as Paul Heyman made his way out to the ring to a giant ovation from the ECW faithful. Heyman excitedly took the microphone and revealed that it was time for his huge announcement. Paul E reminded everybody that at the November to Remember pay-per-view, Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner had been introduced to the crowd as his special invited guest. Heyman said that he had spoken to Gardner after the show and - as he held up a group of papers held together by staples - he added that Rulon Gardner's signature was at the bottom. Heyman announced that Gardner had signed a two-year contract to compete here in ECW. The fans were whipped up into an incredible frenzy as Heyman proclaimed, "The best amateur wrestler in the entire world is turning pro, and he's doing it right here - in E! C! Double-You!" Card rating: * 1/2 Circuit information: So it's official - Rulon Gardner has signed for Extreme Championship Wrestling! It has since emerged that Gardner has been training in the ECW Dojo for the last month. He has become the best student, just as everyone expected, but his trainers had no idea just how fast he could pick stuff up. While most students are in training for a minimum of six months (those who stayed with it, that is), Gardner will make his debut in just three weeks at ECW Guilty as Charged! But who will his opponent be? That will not be revealed until the night itself. We have seen and heard Rhino and Taz issue challenges to Gardner in recent weeks. But rest assured, history will be made in ECW's first pay-per-view offering of 2007, which is shaping up to be the most eagerly anticipated event that the company has ever staged! Rhino was left bitterly embarrassed by Tommy Dreamer this evening and the Man Beast has vowed that Dreamer will pay the ultimate price. Rhino is determined to hit Dreamer where it hurts the most. Quite what Rhino plans to do to Dreamer is unknown, but we do know that Rhino will defend the World Title against the Innovator of Violence at Guilty as Charged in what will be Dreamer's last chance to take the strap from Rhino. But this won't be just any match - it will be a Last Man Standing Match! The only way to win is to beat up your opponent so badly that they cannot answer a ten count. You can rest assured that these two men wouldn't want it any other way. Bill Alfonso has been busy with his lawyers and has succeeded in putting a stipulation in place that will see Rob Van Dam barred from ringside for the Sabu vs. Teddy Hart match at Guilty as Charged. I, for one, am looking forward to this match-up between two of the biggest risk-takers in our sport, but the odds look to be stacking up against the Human Highlight Reel. There is no way that Nick Dinsmore can be at 100% for the pay-per-view but there is little chance that he will miss the eight man war against the Extreme Horsemen. This feud between Corino's Horsemen and the foursome of Dinsmore, Lynn and The Eliminators needs to end soon before somebody ends up hurt permanently. ECW Tag Team Champions Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian, along with Shane Douglas and Francine, are currently out in Japan defending the belts in Pro Wrestling NOAH and making them World Titles. Shane and Kazarian have successfully defended the gold against the teams of Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura and KENTA & Atsushi Aoki. They still have defences against Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori and Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin before they return to the States and word is that they'll be showing up at Guilty as Charged. Here's the card in full for ECW November to Remember on January 28th, 2007 at the ECW Arena: ECW World Heavyweight Championship Last Man Standing Match Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer Sabu vs. Teddy Hart CM Punk vs. The Sandman Taz vs. Abyss The Extreme Horsemen vs. Nick Dinsmore, Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico vs. The Spanish Announce Team Plus! The ECW debut of Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner! Until then, so long everybody!!
JeepGuy	Posted on 02/19/07 at 23:37:53 Great show! I am looking forward to Rulon Gardner's first appearance.
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 02/26/07 at 22:50:11 ECW GUILTY AS CHARGED January 28th, 2007 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA Your commentary team is Joey Styles and Cyrus The show began with an opening video building up tonight's main event of Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer for the ECW Title in a Last Man Standing Match, as well as the ECW debut of Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner, all set to "Click Click Boom" by Saliva. A sombre looking Joey Styles welcomed viewers to the show and said that he had some chilling footage to show that was filmed last night. He warned that it was not for the faint-hearted. The scene opened with a shot of a suburban town house late at night. A mysterious figure was prowling around outside the house, banging on the windows. It soon became apparent that the figure was none other than ECW World Champion Rhino, dressed in a hoodie and street clothes. Rhino hammered on what appeared to be the window of the back door of the property with his elbow. The window smashed and Rhino reached in and unlocked the door, letting himself in to the house. Screaming could be heard as the cameraman followed Rhino inside. The screams belonged to Beulah McGillicutty, the wife of Tommy Dreamer. Rhino was in Tommy Dreamer's house! Beulah had a phone in her hand and she confronted Rhino, yelling through tears that she had called the police. Rhino pulled Beulah by the hair and demanded to know where "they" were. Beulah didn't know who or what he was talking about, so The Man Beast threw her into the kitchen wall. Rhino began to search every room in the house, until he arrived at the children's bedroom. Inside, Dreamer and Beulah's two twin daughters, Brianna and Kimberly, were terrified having been awoken from sleep. Her bottom lip bleeding, Beulah grabbed Rhino and begged him not to hurt them as the children cried. Rhino was distracted by the wail of police sirens in the background. Rhino grasped Beulah's face and instructed her to tell Tommy to hug his little girls a little tighter when he comes home and kisses them goodnight, because it will be the last time he'll ever see them. Rhino vowed to end Tommy Dreamer's career, before quickly leaving the house. Shaking, the hysterical Beulah quickly grabbed her girls and cuddled and kissed them, relieved that the nightmare was over. Joey Styles condemned Rhino's actions, calling them completely over-the-top and unnecessary. Cyrus thought that this was now the most personal rivalry we'd ever seen in ECW. Footage was shown of a stone-faced Tommy Dreamer arriving at the ECW Arena earlier in the evening along with his wife, Beulah. Gary Michael Cappetta tried to grab a word with Tommy on his arrival but Beulah advised Cappetta not to as it wasn't a good idea. The Full Blooded Italians vs. Pac and Ricochet Match highlights: This bout began with both teams hitting moves at breakneck speed. Pac attempted to take Big Sal out at ringside with a springboard twisting cross bodypress, but the big unit caught him. Ricochet then followed up with a springboard shooting star press onto his tag team partner which sent Big Sal down, bringing the crowd to their feet. The FBI managed to cut Pac off from his corner and they began to punish him. Tony Mamaluke hit Pac with a German suplex and Dan Paysan followed up with a flying double foot stomp to the high-flying Brit's chest. Mamaluke used a back suplex, a Northern Lights suplex, a flying legdrop and a springboard leaping swinging DDT, while Paysan kept the FBI in control with a spinning heel kick, a swinging fisherman suplex and an overhead belly-to-belly suplex into the turnbuckles. Pac got his knees up on a standing moonsault from the cocky Paysan and made the hot tag to Ricochet. Ricochet floored the FBI with dropkicks and spinning headscissors, while Pac came back in to give him a hand. Ricochet nailed Mamaluke with a springboard rana, but Paysan rocked him with a superkick. Paysan set up for the Wop Drop, but Ricochet countered with a sunset flip power bomb out of nowhere to win the match for his team. Ricochet and Pac defeated The Full Blooded Italians (Dan Paysan and Tony Mamaluke) when Ricochet pinned Paysan after a high speed sunset flip in 0:11:25. Rating: 3/4 [Sal E. Graziano interfered against Ricochet.] There were handshakes all round between these two young and talented teams. "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple then played over the speakers and Shane Douglas and Frankie Kazarian made their way out to the arena. The Triple Threat had just finished a very successful tour of Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH, where they defended the ECW Tag Team Titles and established them as World Titles. Shane Douglas took the microphone and explained that Michael Shane and Francine's flight back from Japan had been cancelled, which is why they weren't out there with them. Joey Styles pondered why Francine and Michael Shane had been booked on a separate flight as the fans laughed at The Franchise. Everyone can see what's been going on behind Douglas' back in recent weeks, except it seems Douglas himself. Shane Douglas motioned to the FBI and the team of Ricochet and Pac and condescendingly asked if this was the best ECW had to offer. The Franchise said that he had taken his new Triple Threat to Japan in order to get some competition and they beat everybody there. Douglas threatened to take his team "elsewhere", as they had destroyed every team that had dared stand in their path. With that comment, "Thunder Kiss '65" by White Zombie hit and Pitbull 2 rushed the ring, swinging a steel chain! Shane Douglas and Frankie Kazarian bailed out immediately and backed up the aisle. Smirking, Douglas taunted Pitbull 2 about the injury that Pitbull 1 had suffered at the hands of the Triple Threat. Pitbull 1 then emerged from behind the entrance curtain, also carrying a steel chain. The crowd were going nuts. Douglas and Kazarian slowly turned round and were met with the sight of a seething Pitbull 1 tearing off his neck brace. Douglas and Kazarian quickly hopped the guardrail, ran through the crowd and out of the arena. Pitbull 1 joined his partner in the ring and they struck their trademark pose as the crowd chanted their name. The feud between Sabu and Teddy Hart began when a defeat to Sabu didn't sit too well with the petulant Hart and he attacked the Human Highlight Reel afterward. Hart went on to cost Sabu a shot at the ECW Title at November to Remember, before hooking up with Sabu's old manager Bill Alfonso. At our last show, Hart and Sabu conspired to cause Sabu to lose to Rhino in an ECW Title Match, a match many feel Sabu should have earned in November. Sabu has many scores to settle here, but Bill Alfonso has thrown a spanner in the works by adding a stipulation barring Rob Van Dam, a man who also has serious issues with Teddy and Fonzie, from ringside for this contest. Sabu vs. Teddy Hart Match highlights: Sabu was all over Teddy Hart at the outset of this contest, scoring with a spinning leg lariat, a slingshot legdrop and then a running somersault plancha to the outside. Sabu erected a table at ringside, but Bill Alfonso attacked him from behind. Fonzie's weak blows had no effect on Sabu and the Human Highlight Reel went after his former manager, giving Teddy the opportunity to sneak up from behind and deliver an Ace Crusher on the concrete floor. Hart stayed in control when the action returned to the ring, using an inverted DDT, a shooting star elbow and a reverse top rope Frankensteiner. However, he missed a Skytwister Press and Sabu capitalised with a springboard DDT. Sabu executed a piledriver and hit a chair-assisted somersault legdrop to Hart's face. Sabu planted the chair on the canvas in preparation for the Triple Jump Moonsault, but Bill Alfonso climbed up onto the ring apron as Sabu went to vault off the ropes. With Sabu perched precariously on the middle rope, he and Fonzie traded punches. Teddy Hart then dropkicked Sabu from behind, sending him crashing over the top rope and through the table that he had earlier set up. Fonzie threw Sabu back into the ring and held him in place as Teddy hit the Open Hart Surgery for the three count. Teddy Hart pinned Sabu with the Open Hart Surgery in 0:13:40. Rating: * 3/4 [Bill Alfonso interfered against Sabu.] After the match, Bill Alfonso helped Teddy Hart bring a table into the ring and they set it up. Alfonso dragged Sabu onto the table and held him down as Teddy climbed the turnbuckles, looking to hit another Open Hart Surgery and put Sabu through the wood. However, Rob Van Dam arrived on the scene and chased Teddy and Fonzie off. RVD helped Sabu off the table and then threw the table out of the ring in anger. Backstage, Nick Dinsmore revealed that from now on, the group of himself, Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators would be known as "The Hard Corps". He said that he was leading his soldiers into a war tonight against Steve Corino's Extreme Horsemen, but the only casualties would be on Corino's side. Steve Corino's Extreme Horsemen singled out Nick Dinsmore after Dinsmore defeated Simon Diamond, C.W. Anderson and Justin Credible in his first three singles outings in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Dinsmore found allies, or "soldiers" as he likes to call them, in Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators to join his side and take on Corino's group. There is a lot of bad blood between these two factions - expect some to be spilt in this battle. The Hard Corps (Nick Dinsmore, Jerry Lynn and The Eliminators) vs. The Extreme Horsemen (Steve Corino, Justin Credible, C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) Match highlights: Each member of the Hard Corps waited until they had all made their entrance and then rushed the ring, sending The Extreme Horsemen running for cover. Nick Dinsmore used a release German suplex on Justin Credible, Jerry Lynn floored Simon Diamond with a springboard cross body and Perry Saturn took C.W. Anderson down with a springboard spinning leg lariat. As the Horsemen regrouped on the outside, John Kronus dived onto them with the Space Flying Kronus Drop. The crowd were totally behind Dinsmore's group. Pretty soon though, Jerry Lynn found himself in trouble and the Extreme Horsemen used questionable tactics to cut the ring in half and isolate Lynn from his partners. The New Brain Busters worked over Lynn with a double clothesline and double stomachbreaker, Credible used a sitout power bomb out of the corner and a spinning DDT and Steve Corino worked him over with a superkick, a fisherman suplex and a T-Bone suplex. Things looked bleak for the New F'N Show and the Extreme Horsemen appeared to have the bout firmly under control. However, Corino's constant gloating meant that he took an eternity to hit the Old School Expulsion neckbreaker and Lynn managed to shove him off into the ropes. Lynn then drilled Corino with a swinging DDT out of nowhere and he made the hot tag. All hell soon broke loose. In the closing stages of the contest, Justin Credible caned Nick Dinsmore and planted him with the That's Incredible, but Kronus broke the pin. Kronus hit a handspring elbow on Credible, but walked straight into a beautiful spinebuster from C.W. Anderson. Saturn used a Death Valley Driver on C.W., but then Simon Diamond attacked Saturn from behind and hit him with the Simonizer. Jerry Lynn executed the TKO on Diamond, but then Corino rattled him with a vicious lariat. Dinsmore took advantage and applied the cross-face chickenwing to Corino, but Corino used a backwards kick to Dinsmore's family jewels and then rolled him up with a handful of tights to make sure the Extreme Horsemen went home victorious. The Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson, Justin Credible, Simon Diamond and Steve Corino) defeated The Hard Corps (John Kronus, Perry Saturn, Nick Dinsmore and Jerry Lynn) when S. Corino pinned N. Dinsmore after a rolling reverse cradle in 0:20:44. Rating: * 3/4 [Jack Victory interfered against John Kronus.] [Jason interfered against Jerry Lynn.] ECW World Champion Rhino cut a trademark intense promo backstage. The gist of it was that violence gets him off more than Beulah sucking his cock. The dispute between CM Punk and The Sandman is well documented. The drug-free, alcohol-free, straight edge CM Punk hates The Sandman and his existence of alcohol, womanising and debauchery. Punk feels that Sandman reminds him of his own alcoholic and abusive father and he despises how The Hardcore Icon chooses to live his life. As CM Punk looked on from his perch on the turnbuckles, The Sandman made his customary entrance through the jam-packed crowd inside the ECW Arena. When The Sandman finally reached the ringside area, he dropped his Singapore cane on the floor and entered the ring. Perhaps he really was going to comply with Punk's wishes for a technical wrestling match? CM Punk vs. The Sandman Match highlights: CM Punk took The Sandman down in the early going with a couple of hiptosses and a dropkick, which he looked very pleased about. However, The Sandman came back with a series of armdrags, two headlock takedowns, a hiptoss and a dropkick of his own which sent Punk out to the floor. Sandman followed up with a plancha onto Punk! Sandman called for the microphone and said that he had shown everybody that he can outwrestle Punk, so now it was time to bring out the plunder! The crowd seemed to approve of that decision, but it was Punk who used a steel chair to attack The Sandman. The Straight Edger whipped The Sandman into the guardrail and they fought into the crowd. Sandman used a reverse suplex on the floor. Back in the squared circle, Punk suplexed The Hardcore Icon and then sent him head first into a chair that was wedged in the corner. Punk bodyslammed Sandman, but missed the target with a flying legdrop. Sandman came back with a back suplex, but Punk caught him in a sleeperhold. Sandman reversed the hold, so Punk broke it with a jawbreaker. Sandman rallied with punches and clotheslines, but an attempt at the Rolling Rock was blocked. The Sandman pulled out a table from underneath the ring, but Punk used a baseball slide to send the table into Sandman's face. Punk then hit Sandman with a tope and put him through the table with a flying legdrop! The ECW World Television Champion used a reverse neckbreaker onto the knee and followed up with a Shining Wizard, but only got a two count. Punk applied the Devil Lock submission, but Sandman reached the ropes. Sandman ducked a clothesline and Punk hit the referee, flooring him. Sandman hit the DDT, but there was no official to count the fall. While Sandman tried to revive the ref, Punk low blowed the Hardcore Icon and went back to the Devil Lock again in the centre of the ring. This time, The Sandman tapped after fighting the hold gallantly. CM Punk made The Sandman submit to the Devil Lock in 0:14:49. Rating: * 1/4 After the match, CM Punk offered a handshake, mocking the crowd by shouting, "You like all this bullsht, don't ya?!" The Sandman shook Punk's hand, but then Punk attacked him. The referee tried to separate the two men as The Sandman fought back. Sandman hooked in the DDT, but the ref stopped Sandman completing the move and Punk escaped. Pissed off, The Sandman DDTed the official and caned the hell out of him. A vignette was shown for Raven, who had been away from ECW for some time. He was wearing a long black trenchcoat and standing outside in the pouring rain. Raven said that the time is finally at hand - time to open a chapter in his vindication. Raven claimed that for years he'd been scorned and been scoffed at by people, people like you, as he looked into the screen. And yet quietly, he's been biding his time. Raven said he'd bided his time until the pieces came together. And now, the picture is clear. Raven stated that the time for his voice to be heard is now - he will be silent no longer! Raven vowed to open some eyes that have been blinded to him. He said that it is time to begin his masterpiece and he will make people see - quote the Raven, nevermore! Ever since Joel and Jose Maximo, The Spanish Announce Team, turned on their trainer Mikey Whipwreck this past summer, Mikey has been determined to teach his former protégés a lesson. Tajiri joined his former tag team partner Whipwreck in the feud, but The SATs put Tajiri on the shelf with a sick Spanish Fly from the ring apron to the concrete floor. In Tajiri's absence, Mistico came to Mikey's aid last month, which set up tonight's tag team match. Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico vs. The Spanish Announce Team* Match highlights: The Spanish Announce Team attacked Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico as they made their way to the ring, but Mikey and Mistico managed to weather the early storm and turn the tide of the match-up in their favour. The Maximo Brothers opted to fight another day and started to take a walk, but Mistico launched himself onto them with an awesome corkscrew plancha! As Joel and Jose hauled themselves back off the ground, Mikey dived onto them with a flying cross body press! Mistico attempted to end the match early with La Mistica on Joel, but Joel stopped him mid-move by dropping him across the top rope, guillotining Mistico's throat. The SAT began to double team Mistico like no other tag team in ECW can do. They hit Mistico with a double team running bulldog and then Jose tied Mistico up in a surfboard as Joel came down with a flying double foot stomp. Mistico slid out of Joel's Maximo Overdrive attempt and made the tag to Mikey, but the referee missed it after Jose had distracted him. Jose then knocked Mikey off the ring apron and the Maximos nailed Mistico with the Washing Machine double face plant. The SAT went for a Spanish Fly onto a steel chair, but Mikey foiled their plans by power bombing Joel off the ropes onto the chair. Mistico then took Jose down with an amazing spinning armdrag off the ropes! Mistico used a 6-1-9 and a springboard rana on Jose, while Mikey hit Joel with a FrankenMikey from the top rope. Joel staggered into La Mistica while Jose took a Whippersnapper. Joel quickly tapped out and the make-shift team of Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico came out on top. Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico defeated The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) when Mistico made Joel submit to the La Mistica in 0:18:47. Rating: * 1/2 Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico celebrated their victory after the bell and Mikey thanked Mistico for helping him take out his former students. Yoshihiro Tajiri then made his return and joined in the celebrations. Mikey was overjoyed to see Tajiri back and hugged him. Tajiri then shocked everyone inside the ECW Arena by dropping Mistico with a vicious kick to the jaw!! Mikey asked Tajiri what the hell was wrong with him, but the Japanese Buzzsaw responded by giving him the finger and marching off. Seems that being replacing did not sit well with Tajiri. Backstage, CM Punk cut a promo in which he suggested that despite his victory this evening, his issue with The Sandman is not over. Punk described how he'd been discriminated against since he was very young because of his style of dress, the colour of his hair or because he didn't go out and get drunk every Friday and Saturday night like everyone else. Punk said that at an early age he learned how to use his fists because his life is a war. The Straight Edger added that he then realised he had a greater weapon - his mind. Punk said that to obtain food animals use force. He went on that man was brought onto earth unarmed and because man has no fangs or claws he has to fight for everything he has. Everything he's about, Punk said, comes from that one reason in mind. Punk said that at that early age he was taught to live life by the X, which is a symbol against Sandman's poisoned society. Punk warned that he will always be one step ahead of the Sandman - when Sandman throws a stone, Punk will throw a brick. Back in December, The Sinister Minister offered to manage Taz, who was stuck in a bit of a slump in ECW competition. Taz turned him down in no uncertain terms and as a result felt the wrath of the Minister's Extreme Monster, Abyss. Taz and Abyss are set to collide in a special challenge match next. Backstage, The Sinister Minister was preparing Abyss for his showdown with Taz. The Minister made fun of Taz's recent losing streak. The Minister asked what do Rob Van Dam, Takeshi Morishima and soon Abyss have in common? The answer is that they've all beaten the Human Suplex Machine. The Minister closed that if Taz isn't careful then tonight he will get burned. Taz vs. Abyss Match highlights: Taz began this match like a house of fire, levelling Abyss with a hard lariat and pounding him with vicious crossface punches. Taz summoned all his strength to take Abyss over with an overhead belly-to-belly, but the Sinister Minister soon got in his face. Taz took off after him but ran into a big boot courtesy of the Extreme Monster. Abyss worked Taz over with a steel chair at ringside, much to the delight of the Minister. Abyss used a backbreaker, a powerslam and a Gorilla press into a flapjack, but he couldn't put away the Human Suplex Machine. Abyss laid out Taz with a choke slam and then hit the Shock Treatment, but again Taz wouldn't stay down for a three count. Abyss was starting to become frustrated. The Sinister Minister tried to calm his charge down and pointed under the ring. The Extreme Monster understood and pulled out a barbed wire board, which brought the crowd to their feet. Abyss set up the board in the corner of the ring, but Taz fought him off and hit him with an overhead head and arm Tazplex. Taz used a release German Tazplex and then went for a tiger Tazplex, but Abyss kicked him low. Abyss attempted to run Taz into the barbed wire board, but Taz managed to put on the brakes and then sent Abyss crashing through the board with a T-Bone Tazplex! Massive crowd pop for that one. As Abyss thrashed around in the barbed wire, Taz signalled for the Tazmission. However, The Sinister Minister hopped up onto the ring apron and launched a fireball at Taz! Taz had been blinded by the fire and Abyss, who had freed himself from the barbed wire, went in for the kill. Abyss executed the Black Hole Slam on the visually-impaired Taz to win the match. Abyss pinned Taz with the Black Hole Slam in 0:10:28. Rating: * [The Sinister Minister interfered against Taz.] Paramedics quickly arrived down to the ring to help the blinded Taz, but Taz began suplexing the paramedics when they got too near. Taz fell out of the ring and guided himself back to the dressing room with the aid of the guardrail. Joey Styles and Cyrus hyped up the Last Man Standing Match between Rhino and Tommy Dreamer for the ECW World Title, which was scheduled up next. Styles said that the championship had taken a back seat to this heated personal issue. Cyrus thought we were about to witness the most brutal and barbaric match in the history of ECW. Styles added that Dreamer didn't press charges after Rhino broke into Dreamer's house and thought that The Innovator of Violence would prefer to carry out his own brand of justice in the ring. ECW World Heavyweight Title Last Man Standing Match: Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer Match highlights: Tommy Dreamer went straight after Rhino as the bell sounded and he had extreme payback on his mind. Dreamer destroyed Rhino with a succession of strikes with his Singapore cane, before caning the Man Beast between the legs. Dreamer dragged Rhino crotch-first into the ringpost repeatedly. Dreamer missed a chair shot and connected with the post, which gave Rhino a much needed breather. Rhino cracked the chair across Dreamer's back. Rhino set up a table in the corner of the ringside area and tried to whip Dreamer into it, but The Innovator of Violence reversed it. However, Rhino pulled him back in and planted him with a spinebuster on the floor. Rhino dragged Dreamer up and Gored him through the table. Rhino told the official to put the count on Dreamer, who made it back to his feet at nine. Tommy Dreamer spat at Rhino and dared him to fight. Rhino charged, but Dreamer broke a piece of table over the champion's head. Dreamer clocked Rhino with a television camera and the ring bell. Rhino was busted open for the first time in his ECW career. The sight of his own blood spurred Rhino on and he struck Dreamer with a low blow. Rhino choked Dreamer out with an electrical cable and then set up another table. The Man Beast dragged Dreamer's limp body up on the ring apron and attempted a belly-to-belly suplex through the table, but Dreamer blocked it. Dreamer then blasted Rhino through the table with a Spicolli Driver from the apron of the ring! The crowd were going crazy, but Rhino managed to climb gingerly back to his feet just before the ten count. This very personal and bitter battle spilled into the crowd. They made their way over to the merchandise table, where Tommy Dreamer nailed Rhino with a tray full of DVDs. Rhino power bombed Dreamer through a table and choked him with an "Innovator of Violence" T-shirt. The fight finally returned to the ring, where Dreamer pulled out a ladder. Dreamer set the ladder across the corner of the ring and sent Rhino's head straight into it with a slingshot. Dreamer choked Rhino with the rungs of the ladder and warned him never to come near his children again. Dreamer sandwiched Rhino's bloody head in between the sides of the ladder and stomped it. Rhino reversed a suplex on the ladder and opened up Dreamer's forehead with a wicked chair shot. Rhino climbed up to the top turnbuckle - unknown territory for him - for perhaps what would have been a flying headbutt, but Dreamer crotched him on the top turnbuckle and took him down with the TommyHawk. Dreamer bridged the guardrail and the ring with the ladder and then superplexed Rhino off the turnbuckles onto the ladder, which crumpled on impact sending both men crashing to the floor. The crowd were on their feet in amazement. Both men had struggled back to their feet at the nine count. Tommy Dreamer slowly set up yet another table at ringside. Rhino and Dreamer traded punches back in the ring. Rhino lifted Dreamer up for a TKO, but Dreamer slid down and charged...straight into a Gore! Rhino pulled Dreamer back up and used an Awesome Bomb from the ring through the table at ringside. The fans erupted in one of the many "Holy sht!" chants heard throughout this contest. The referee put the count on Dreamer, but Rhino shoved the official down and dragged Dreamer back up to his feet. Rhino hauled Dreamer up onto the sound stage with only one cruel intention in mind - to piledrive him through a stack of tables just like he had done before Christmas. However, before Rhino could complete the move Beulah came out to distract him! That allowed Dreamer to strike Rhino low and backdrop him from the stage through the stack of tables!! The unstoppable Rhino would not stay down for the referee's ten count though. He was back to his knees at eight when Tommy Dreamer jumped him. With Beulah cheering her husband on, Dreamer pounded Rhino all the way back to the ring. Dreamer hit the DDT, but to the shock of everyone Rhino popped straight back up and Gored the challenger! Rhino caught sight of Beulah at ringside and went after her. He snatched her by the hair and dragged her into the ring. Rhino climbed the corner and gave Beulah a super piledriver off the second turnbuckle!!! The crowd couldn't believe the levels of carnage that they were witnessing. Rhino brought another table into the ring and propped it up in the corner. A distraught Dreamer saw his wife lying unconscious on the canvas and crawled over to tend to her. Dreamer lifted up Beulah and cradled her in his arms, just as Rhino blasted the couple through the table with a devastating Gore!!! This time, Dreamer did stay down for the ten count and the war was thankfully over. Last Man Standing Match: Rhino defeated Tommy Dreamer in 0:17:35. Rating: * 1/4 (Rhino retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.) [Beulah McGillicutty interfered against Rhino.] As the fans began to settle down after that brutal and violent ECW World Title Match, the ECW theme started to play and Paul Heyman entered the arena. The "Paul E" chants were deafening. Heyman climbed into the ring and took the mike. He thanked the fans for all their support and put them over for their patience and kindness. Heyman said that tonight the waiting ends and we were all about to witness the most eagerly-anticipated debut in Extreme Championship Wrestling history. The noise started as a low roar and gradually built as the crowd started to realise what the main event of the show was. Paul Heyman said that after announcing this man's debut a few weeks ago, he has been in training since that time. Heyman added that he had spoken to him backstage and for the first time since his last match in Sydney, he is nervous. Heyman smiled while waiting for the "Rulon Gardner!" chants to die down enough to follow up on that greatest of crowd-inducing chant lines. While they were the "smartest" wrestling crowd, they were also willing to be led to a conclusion, like an ox with a ring through its nose being tugged to the water trough. Heyman, right in the middle of his part-Barnum-part-Koresh act, knew they loved it too and waited just long enough before starting the next part of his sales spiel. Paul E put Rulon Gardner over as the hottest free-agent in professional wrestling. Heyman said that he could have gone to the big bucks in New York - loud boos, as the crowd acknowledged their groupthink of Vince McMahon's company - but he didn't. Heyman added that instead, he came to the one wrestling promotion that appreciates hard-hitting, hard-nosed, and, yes, hardcore wrestling. Heyman then said that he was pleased to introduce - as the crowd was reaching a rabidity rarely seen, even in the small arena in Philadelphia - the ONLY Olympic wrestling gold medallist with big enough balls to ever wrestle in Extreme Championship Wrestling. From Afton, Wyoming, "The Hardcore Olympian" ... RULON... GARRRD-NER!" The Olympic Theme blared over the loudspeakers as Gardner made his way to the ring. With simple black boots, a red-white-and-blue singlet, a mouth guard and a white towel, he made a very simple statement: I dare you to beat me. Gardner climbed into the ring, grabbed the microphone from Heyman and started to talk. "I am Rulon Gardner..." - he paused slightly, and turned his head toward the locker room - "...and I am the greatest wrestler in the world today." The crowd, which hushed in respect when Gardner took the microphone, started oohing and aahing. They could sense where he might be going with his speech, but there was no agreement. Could he be preparing to accept the challenge from Taz? What about Rhino, the current ECW champion? Possibly Sabu, who was, after all, suicidal, homicidal, and genocidal? Rulon Gardner continued that when he was here in November, he was challenged by a few guys - one was named Taz - chants - and one was named Rhino. Now that he had named the two who dared to call him out before he had even agreed to join the company, there were cheers and chants of "GARD-NER! GARD-NER! GARD-NER!" around the ECW Arena. Gardner said that Taz and Rhino challenged him, the best wrestler in the world. Gardner added that he was honoured that even before he had a match, he is one of the most feared men in professional wrestling. The crowd burst into applause. Gardner continued that despite that, there was someone else in the locker room that he wanted to wrestle - not because he's scared of the other two, but because he didn't think that they present much of a challenge right now. The audience gasped at the thought of an outsider lumping two of the best in the locker room as "not much of a challenge". The Hardcore Olympian said that he wanted a real challenge. He challenged the one man that he thought can take him farther than anyone else in the back. Rulon Gardner then called out Rob Van Dam! The crowd gasped again, then started cheering when they realised they were about to see something special. It was a good thing that this was an ECW pay-per-view, because people would want tapes of this match for years to come. Rulon Gardner vs. Rob Van Dam Match highlights: Rulon Gardner and Rob Van Dam put on a twenty-five minute match that was part high-flying, part ground wrestling. The atmosphere inside the ECW arena was electric and the fans were on their feet. They knew they were about to witness something extra special. Rulon Gardner and Rob Van Dam locked up and Gardner took his opponent down effortlessly with a series of amateur-style takedowns and reversals. Gardner sent Van Dam through the ropes with another perfect takedown and then dared him to get back in and fight. The ECW fans were taking to the former Olympic Gold Medallist and realised that he was the real deal. The two men traded hard kicks in the centre of the ring. Rulon Gardner began to dominate RVD with a takeover suplex and a waistlock suplex. Gardner went for a back suplex but Van Dam kneed him in the head. Van Dam went for a springboard move, but Gardner caught him and hurled him over the top rope to the floor with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex! The crowd popped for that. Gardner whipped RVD hard into the railing and then dropped him gut-first across it. Van Dam feared that he had broken a rib but Gardner showed him no mercy, ramming him back first into the unforgiving ringpost. Back in the ring, Gardner drove his shoulder repeatedly into Van Dam's midsection. Gardner dropped the Whole F'N Show stomach first across his knee and then followed up immediately with a backbreaker. Gardner stretched Van Dam as he lay prone across his knee. Sensing that the submission was not forthcoming, Gardner pressed Van Dam over his head and dropped him gut first over the top turnbuckle! The powerhouse Gardner was not letting up for a second and he further punished Van Dam's injured ribs with a bearhug. RVD fought out of it, but ran straight into a vicious spinebuster. Gardner applied a Boston crab to wear down the former ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Van Dam reached the ropes and forced a break. Gardner used a double underhook suplex and went back to the bearhug. Gardner decided to give up with the hold and went for another takedown, but RVD stunned him with a knee to the face! Van Dam followed up with a kick to the face for a two count. The momentum was shifting. Rob Van Dam dropkicked Rulon Gardner in the knee, taking the big man down. RVD followed up with a springboard legdrop and Gardner rolled to the outside. Van Dam sent Gardner into the rail with a baseball slide and then used his spinning legdrop off the ring apron and onto Gardner who was draped over the barricade. With Gardner in the crowd, Van Dam nailed him with a springboard somersault plancha from the ring! The "E-C-W!" chants were deafening. Back between the ropes, Van Dam showed incredible strength to lift the 264 pound Gardner onto his shoulders for a somersault slam and then followed up with a springboard moonsault. RVD used a jumping side kick and a spinning heel kick, before earning a near fall with a Northern Lights suplex. Van Dam scored another two with a fisherman suplex and then went for Rolling Thunder, but it was countered with a powerslam from Gardner in a cool spot. Rulon Gardner used a belly-to-belly suplex and blasted Rob Van Dam with a series of super hard kicks to the chest. Gardner went to the mount and used a barrage of elbows. Van Dam backed up in the corner and Gardner charged, but RVD caught him with a boot to the face. RVD leapt up to the second turnbuckle, but Gardner whipped him back down with a dragon screw. Gardner went straight to the ankle lock. Van Dam was in agony but refused to quit. He inched his way over the ropes and forced another break. Frustrated, Gardner tried to go for the ankle lock again but RVD countered with an enzuigiri. Van Dam pulled a steel chair into the ring and hit a corkscrew legdrop with the chair. A split-legged moonsault earned RVD another two count. Van Dam went for the Van Daminator, but Gardner caught the chair, threw it down and planted Van Dam with a T-Bone suplex onto the chair! Gardner went for a running powerslam, but RVD slid down and retrieved the chair, before flooring Gardner with the Van Daminator. With Gardner lying prone on the mat, RVD took time out to point to himself and then leapt to the top turnbuckle with all the agility of a cat in order to hit the Five Star Frog Splash. However, as Van Dam prepared to jump, Gardner sprung to his feet, caught RVD, and, using Van Dam's momentum, suplexed him overhead. Rulon Gardner had won his first professional match. Rulon Gardner pinned Rob Van Dam after a super overhead belly-to-belly suplex in 0:25:56. Rating: * After Rob Van Dam had struggled to his feet, Rulon Gardner shook his hand in a sign of good sportsmanship and left the ring. The fans chanted Gardner's name as he acknowledged the rabid crowd before exiting the arena. Card rating: ** 1/4 Match observations: They are calling it the greatest event ever in the history of Extreme Championship Wrestling. In the main event of Guilty as Charged, Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner made his professional wrestling debut against Rob Van Dam after he called RVD out. Gardner and Van Dam put on what arguably was the best match ever seen in an ECW ring. In the end, Gardner came out on top and made the whole world of professional wrestling sit up and take note. He unquestionably won over every single person at the ECW Arena and watching live on pay-per-view. Rulon Gardner has arrived. And he's in E-C-F'N-W. The Man Beast Rhino retained the ECW World Championship in a stiff, hardcore Last Man Standing Match with Tommy Dreamer. Rhino was his usual ruthless self, piledriving Dreamer's wife Beulah McGillicutty and Goring the married couple through a table. Can anybody stop Rhino? Taz refused medical attention after the show, so we cannot provide you with an update on his condition. We can only surmise that it wasn't as serious as first thought. Abyss and The Sinister Minister better watch their backs, because when the Human Suplex Machine catches up with them it could be those two that get burned this time. CM Punk defeated The Sandman, but this reporter feels that the issue between those two is far from being settled. This is a very personal issue for CM Punk and I doubt it'll be over for him until he rids the Hardcore Icon from ECW. Many have tried though and it's easier said than done. Nothing was resolved tonight between The Extreme Horsemen and Nick Dinsmore's newly-christened "Hard Corps". Also, Rob Van Dam and Sabu still have scores to settle with Bill Alfonso and Teddy Hart. More on these situations in the coming weeks. Pitbull 1 and Tajiri made their returns from injury tonight. The Pitbulls made it clear that they are coming for the Triple Threat and their World Tag Team Titles, while Tajiri took exception to Mikey Whipwreck replacing him with Mistico while he was on the shelf and he almost decapitated Mistico with a wicked buzzsaw kick. We hope you enjoyed this wonderful night of mayhem and violence, ECW style!! We're back at the arena next month with the usual suspects, plus the return of New Jack! Till then, so long everybody!!
syxxpakk	Posted on 03/02/07 at 00:13:53 This is really awesome and I intending on stealing the idea. Great stuff man.
degenerationx619	Posted on 03/02/07 at 03:32:59 I'm not sure I'd admit to stealing peoples ideas but...Well, at least he's honest.
syxxpakk	Posted on 03/07/07 at 08:19:15 On 03/02/07 at 03:32:59, degenerationx619 wrote:I'm not sure I'd admit to stealing peoples ideas but...Well, at least he's honest. Yeah, I suppose. I just like his style really. I won't be posting the write-ups here, of course. That'd be kind of shady.
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 03/11/07 at 17:10:55 ECW CyberSlam February 11th, 2007 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA The show began with an appearance from Raven, who was dressed in that long black trenchcoat and perched up in the sound stage. He told the people to cease their mindless babbling. Raven said that there had been inquisitive chattering regarding his masterpiece ever since he announced it at Guilty as Charged. Raven surmised this was because we as humans are naturally curious - and curiosity leads to temptation - and temptation leads to sin. Raven revealed that sin is what his masterpiece is all about! Raven ripped into the fans for looking at him like he was a freak over the years and calling him immoral and depraved. Raven branded the crowd a festering mass of hypocrisy with no right to call him immoral and challenged them to take a good long look at themselves. Raven quipped that this was impossible, because they're too busy living lives of quiet desperation, without the courage to stand up to their own filthy convictions. Raven said this was why he had to complete the masterpiece; to bring salvation to their souls and open eyes that are so blind to the truth! Quote the Raven, nevermore. The Dudley Boys vs. The Full Blooded Italians Match highlights: This tag team match was designed to help sort out the tag team rankings in ECW and it pitted the up-tempo, high-paced style of the FBI against the wily powerful brawlers, The Dudley Boys. Dan Paysan wiped out the entire Dudley posse early on with a wicked corkscrew plancha. The Dudleys soon took over and dominated Paysan, with Buh Buh using a Gorilla Press and a sitout Buh Buh Bomb, while D-Von used an inverted DDT. However, D-Von missed a flying headbutt which allowed Paysan to tag in the fresh Tony Mamaluke. Mamaluke used his superior quickness to take the Dudleys down with dropkicks, armdrags and headscissors. It was the Dudleys who emerged victorious though when D-Von countered a springboard leaping swinging DDT attempt from Mamaluke into a vicious powerslam for the three count. The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated The Full Blooded Italians (Dan Paysan and Tony Mamaluke) when D-Von pinned Mamaluke after a powerslam in 0:19:32. Rating: * [Sign Guy Dudley interfered against Dan Paysan.] [Big Dick Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley interfered against Tony Mamaluke.] [Sal E. Graziano interfered against D-Von Dudley.] [Sal E. Graziano interfered against Buh Buh Ray Dudley.] Yoshihiro Tajiri made his return to ECW at last month's Guilty as Charged PPV, appearing after the team of Mistico and Mikey Whipwreck were victorious against the SATs. Tajiri had been injured at the hands of the Maximo brothers and was none too pleased that Mikey had chosen to replace him with Mistico. Tajiri knocked out Mistico with a sickening kick to the head, which sets up this bout between the two men tonight. Mistico vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri Match highlights: Mistico was all over Yoshihiro Tajiri at the opening bell, taking him down repeatedly with armdrags and headscissors variations. Mistico used a springboard dropkick and scored near falls with a springboard sunset flip and a top-rope Frankensteiner. Tajiri managed to slow the pace of the bout down and punished Mistico with an octopus hold. Tajiri used a handspring elbow and a Northern Lights suplex before locking in the dreaded Tarantula. Tajiri caught Mistico on a rana attempt and tried to power bomb him over the top rope, but Mistico ended up getting tangled-up head first between the top and middle strand. The referee desperately tried to free Mistico, who was being choked by the tension in the cables. Showing no remorse whatsoever, Tajiri fired off a series of vicious kicks to the defenceless Mistico's head. Tajiri was getting a mixed reaction. The Japanese Buzzsaw then retrieved a steel chair from ringside, but Mikey Whipwreck ran in and prevented Tajiri from putting it to use. Tajiri threw Whipwreck out of the ring, just as the official finally freed Mistico from his precarious position. Tajiri hoisted Mistico up and planted him with a dangerous brain buster on the chair to win the match. Yoshihiro Tajiri pinned Mistico with the Brain Buster in 0:09:05. Rating: * Chuck Taylor and Lance Storm have been contesting an enthralling pure wrestling rivalry in recent weeks, but Taylor is yet to record a victory over the experienced Canadian. Taylor has seemingly become obsessed with inflicting a defeat on Storm and he gets another opportunity to do so tonight. Chuck Taylor vs. Lance Storm Match highlights: After their series of recent matches it was obvious how familiar each man was to each other as they reversed a succession of holds at the outset of this contest. Lance Storm struck with a leg lariat, a handspring clothesline and a backbreaker. Chuck Taylor countered a flying back elbow with a dropkick and went to work with a kick to the back, a springboard moonsault and an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. The All Star executed the Package Piledriver, but Storm got a foot on the bottom rope. Taylor's disappointment at his inability to defeat Lance Storm was starting to get the better of him and he brought a steel chair into the ring, wedging it into the corner. Storm blocked a whip into the corner and decked Taylor with a superkick. Taylor slid out of a jackhammer attempt and hit the Foot Clan jawbreaker, but Dawn Marie distracted the official long enough so that Storm could recover and kick out. Frustrated, Taylor went after Dawn Marie and pulled her up onto the ring apron by her hair. Storm tried to make the save but Taylor threw her back down to the floor. Concerned, Storm checked on his manager, who seemed to have hurt her ankle during the fall. With Storm distracted, Taylor pulled the chair out from between the ropes and nailed Storm between the eyes with it. Storm was busted open hardway and there was blood all over the place. Taylor then put away the bloody Storm with the Omega Driver, finally breaking his duck against Lance Storm in singles competition, but resorting to shady tactics in order to do so. Chuck Taylor pinned Lance Storm with the Omega Driver in 0:12:54. Rating: * [Dawn Marie interfered against Chuck Taylor.] Chuck Taylor was booed out of the building after the match, but he was clearly pleased with himself. Lance Storm was a bloody mess in the middle of the ring. The Triple Threat put Pitbull 1 on the shelf for two months after injuring his neck at the November to Remember PPV, when they defeated the Pitbulls to capture the ECW Tag Team Titles. Since then, the talented duo of Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian have toured Japan with Pro Wrestling NOAH and successfully defended the straps on several occasions, making them World Tag Team Titles. Pitbull 1 returned at Guilty as Charged to join his partner in attacking Frankie Kazarian and making it abundantly clear that they are out for revenge. Tonight, Pitbull 2 meets Kazarian in singles competition. Pitbull 2 vs. Frankie Kazarian Match highlights: Pitbull 2 was clearly up for this one as he bounced Frankie Kazarian around with clotheslines, kicks and punches. Pitbull 2 crushed Kazarian in the corner with a spinning heel kick, but then Francine jumped up onto the apron to cause a distraction. Pitbull 2 went after the Queen of Extreme, leaving him wide open to a hard enzuigiri from Kazarian. Kazarian seized control with a slingshot into a DDT, a swinging neckbreaker and a flying legdrop. Kazarian went for a springboard cross body, but Pitbull 2 countered with a powerslam. Pitbull 2 Gorilla pressed Kazarian onto his partner Michael Shane at ringside. Pitbull 2 went under the ring for a table, but Shane Douglas attacked him. That brought out Pitbull 1 to make the sides more even. Pitbull 2 went for the Super Bomb, but Francine hit him with a low blow. Kazarian went for the Wave of the Future, but as the referee was dealing with Francine, Shane Douglas and Michael Shane, Pitbull 1 rolled into the ring and levelled Kazarian with a clothesline to the back of the head. Pitbull 2 then power bombed Kazarian and pinned one half of the tag champs. Pitbull 2 pinned Frankie Kazarian after a power bomb in 0:11:04. Rating: 1/4 [Francine interfered against Pitbull 2.] [Pitbull 1 interfered against Frankie Kazarian.] Michael Shane attacked Pitbull 2 with a steel chair after the match and the ECW World Tag Team Champions went to work, with Shane Douglas directing the assault. Pitbull 1 tried to make the save, but Shane cut him off as he entered the ring and put the boots to him. Michael Shane put Pitbull 1 in a full nelson, hoping to reinjure his neck. Pitbull 2 blocked Kazarian's Wave of the Future attempt onto the chair and dropped Kazarian face-first on the chair. Pitbull 2 then broke up the full nelson with a chair to Shane's back. Pitbull 2 took the mike and warned the Triple Threat that they were after the rematch that they never got and they were determined to reclaim their Tag Team Titles. New Jack vs. Broadstreet Bully Match highlights: New Jack was making his triumphant return to ECW competition tonight and as "Natural Born Killaz" blared over the sound system, Jack gave the Broadstreet Bully the beating of a lifetime. Jack emptied his garbage can full of plunder and destroyed Bully with a variety of objects, such as a toaster, a road sign, a golf club and a laptop. The Original Gangsta stapled the Bully between the eyes and in his crotch, before putting him out of his misery with the 187 flying chair dive. New Jack pinned Broadstreet Bully with the 187 in 0:05:51. Rating: 1/2* New Jack called for the mike after the bout to address the fans that hadn't seen him in such a long time. However, before he had the chance to say anything he was attacked from behind by a 350-pound man dressed in a bus driver's uniform, who clocked him with a garbage can! People in the crowd started to whisper, then speak out loud. They knew who this man was. It was Mass Transit! As everybody knows, ten years ago in Revere, Massachusetts, an aspiring wrestler named Eric Kulas, who used the pseudonym "Mass Transit", was severely beaten and carved up by New Jack at a house show in the city. Three years after the incident, New Jack was tried on charges of assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and later sued by the Kulas family. A jury later acquitted Jack of all charges in the criminal trial and he was later declared not liable in the civil trial, but now it seems Mass Transit has returned to ECW to garner an extremely violent form of retribution. With the crowd jeering him out of the building, Mass Transit lifted New Jack up and slammed him onto a road sign. Transit laid the garbage can on top of the Original Gangsta and splashed him. Transit then attempted to replicate what New Jack had done to him nearly a decade ago by pulling out an exacto knife blade embedded in a piece of wood and slicing Jack across the forehead!! As New Jack lay in the ring, bleeding profusely and not moving, Mass Transit took the mike and exclaimed, just as New Jack had, "Look at this motherf*ker! As far as I'm concerned, that piece of sht can bleed to fking death, because I don't give a fk!" Transit left the ring and gave the audience the finger as he passed them by, while three EMTs rushed down to the ring to tend to New Jack. In the most awaited and anticipated debut in the history of Extreme Championship Wrestling, Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner defeated Rob Van Dam in a five star classic match in the main event of last month's Guilty as Charged PPV. Tonight Gardner looks to keep that momentum going against Little Spike Dudley. Rulon Gardner vs. Spike Dudley Match highlights: 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner looked extremely impressive in his second outing here tonight in ECW. Gardner shook off Spike Dudley's forearms and took the runt of the Dudley litter down easily several times. Gardner applied several armbar variations. The Hardcore Olympian used a gutwrench suplex, a powerslam, a release German suplex and a backbreaker. Spike came back with a flying dropkick and a swinging DDT, but when he went for the Acid Drop Gardner blocked it and crotched Spike on the top rope. Gardner then pinned Spike with the same overhead belly-to-belly superplex that he had used to beat Rob Van Dam, now christened the "Olympic Torch". Rulon Gardner pinned Spike Dudley with the Olympic Torch in 0:06:16. Rating: 1/4 Rulon Gardner barely had a chance to celebrate his second victory in ECW as Rhino burst out from the back and tried to get in the ring. However, his path was quickly blocked by a group of security guards and police officers. Rhino was screaming that he wanted a piece of Rulon Gardner, and Gardner didn't seem intimidated by the snarling Man Beast. The fans wanted to see the two men go at it, but Paul Heyman showed up in the aisle holding a microphone. Paul E demanded that Rhino back off and said that he would not be facing Rulon Gardner tonight. Heyman said that he wasn't stupid enough to give that match away right here, right now - he was saving it for a later date. However, Heyman said that he had another opponent in mind for Rhino - someone who would challenge the Man Beast for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at our next pay-per-view offering, Living Dangerously. Heyman wouldn't reveal the identity of Rhino's opponent, but did divulge that it was a former ECW World Champion. Heyman told Rhino to go away and think about that, before telling the security force to escort Rhino out the door. The Eliminators vs. Steve Corino and Justin Credible Match highlights: The feud between The Extreme Horsemen and The Hard Corps rumbled on here as Justin Credible and Steve Corino teamed up to face The Eliminators. Saturn and Kronus dominated the early going of this one and tried to end it early with the Total Elimination on Corino, but Credible cracked Kronus in the back of the head with his Singapore cane while Jason took out Saturn's knee with a chopblock. The Horsemen went to work on Saturn's injured knee, wrenching and stomping the body part mercilessly. Saturn managed to kick Corino off into Credible as Corino went to apply a figure-four, which let him make the hot tag to Kronus. Kronus proceeded to clean house using a back heel kick, a savate kick and a spinning leg lariat. Feeling that the bout was slipping away, Corino called for the troops and the New Brain Busters of C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond made their way down to the ring. They were soon followed by the remaining members of the Hard Corps, Nick Dinsmore and Jerry Lynn. However, Jason and Jack Victory cut Lynn and Dinsmore off in the aisle and a brawl ensued. As the referee tried to restore order at ringside, The Horsemen put the official's distraction to good use and destroyed The Eliminators. The New Brain Busters delivered the spike piledriver to Kronus and then Corino hit him with the Old School Expulsion for the tainted win. The Extreme Horsemen (Justin Credible and Steve Corino) defeated The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) when S. Corino pinned Kronus with the Old School Expulsion in 0:16:54. Rating: * 1/4 [Jason interfered against Perry Saturn.] [The New Brain Busters interfered against John Kronus.] The Extreme Horsemen went to work on The Eliminators after the bell, making the most of their four-on-two advantage. However, Nick Dinsmore and Jerry Lynn soon hit the ring to even the odds and send the Horsemen running. Dinsmore took the mike and said that nothing was settled between the two factions at Guilty as Charged, because Steve Corino had to cheat to get the job done. That didn't prove who the better group of wrestlers was. Dinsmore had an idea to determine who the better faction was and challenged The Extreme Horsemen to an elimination match at a date to be determined. Corino and his Horsemen seemed up for the challenge. ECW World Television Title Match: CM Punk vs. Pac Match highlights: CM Punk put his ECW World Television Championship on the line here against the high-flying sensation from the UK, Pac. Pac took it straight to the champion, stunning him with chops, knees, a dropsault and a backflip kick. Pac dived onto Punk with a jaw-dropping springboard shooting star bodyblock. Pac missed a Skytwister Press and Punk planted the challenger with the Devil Lock DDT. Punk snap mared Pac and dropkicked him in the back of the head. Punk began to work over Pac's knee in order to ground the cruiserweight. The Sandman appeared in the crowd to watch the match and Punk was certainly distracted by his presence. Pac seized the opportunity and rolled Punk up, but the TV champion kicked out. Punk hit a series of slaps, a back fist and a roundhouse kick. The Straight-Edge Superstar went for a split-legged moonsault, but Pac brought his knees up. Pac came back with a Frankensteiner, a standing moonsault, a tiger suplex and a Falcon Arrow. Pac went for the 630 Senton, but Punk rolled out of the way. Punk then used the Go 2 Sleep on Pac before cradling him for the win. CM Punk pinned Pac after an inside cradle in 0:16:47. Rating: 1/2 (CM Punk retained the ECW World Television Championship.) CM Punk took the microphone after the match and addressed The Sandman, who was irritating the TV Champion with his presence. Punk took exception to The Sandman being out there and acknowledged that the Hardcore Icon had been in a lot of wars, but then told Sandman to ask Dean Malenko who the toughest man in ECW is. Punk told him to ask Malenko who has the most determination. Punk said he could also ask Takashi Sugiura, who couldn't even finish a match with the Straight-Edge Superstar. Punk went on to say that Sandman has had a lot of knock-down drag-out fights, but added that Punk's own life is a war - a war that Sandman is not going to survive. With that, The Sandman made his way into the ring and faced off with CM Punk. Sandman drew an imaginary line on the ring canvas and dared Punk to cross it, before popping open a cold one. Punk slapped the beer out of Sandman's hand into the crowd and bailed out of the ring before Sandman could respond. Sandman picked up the mike and said he was tired of Punk's constant talking and running. He challenged Punk to a match where he couldn't run - a Dog Collar Match - in order to settle this once and for all. Abyss vs. Sabu Match highlights: This match got off to a crazy start as Sabu swiped a chair from ringside and launched it at Abyss. Sabu used a springboard leg lariat and a chair-assisted legdrop, but Abyss caught him when he went for Air Sabu and dumped him over the top rope. Abyss used an overhead belly-to-belly suplex on the concrete floor. The Extreme Monster dominated Sabu with a vertical suplex, a choke slam and a power bomb. Abyss planted a chair on Sabu and went for a splash from the second rope, but Sabu threw the chair at him. ECW's Evel Knievel drilled Abyss with a springboard tornado DDT onto the chair. Sabu pulled a table out from under the ring and set it up, which brought Teddy Hart and Bill Alfonso out from the back. Sabu went to put Abyss through the table with the Arabian Facebuster, but instead threw the chair at Teddy and Fonzie. Abyss got off the table and caught Sabu as he jumped. Abyss then slammed Sabu through the table. Abyss picked up the victory with a Black Hole Slam into the table wreckage. Abyss pinned Sabu with the Black Hole Slam in 0:12:57. Rating: * 1/4 [The Sinister Minister interfered against Sabu.] Bill Alfonso and Teddy Hart gave Sabu a damn good kicking after the match. Rob Van Dam attempted a run-in, but he was stopped by a Black Hole Slam from Abyss! Alfonso and The Sinister Minister shook hands as Abyss joined Teddy in the assault on Sabu and RVD. Teddy put Sabu through another table with the Open Hart Surgery and then Abyss planted Van Dam into the table wreckage with another Black Hole Slam. Alfonso whispered something to the Minister and he clearly found it amusing as it caused the Minister to cackle. It became obvious what Fonzie had suggested as Teddy and Abyss held Sabu in place as the Sinister Minister prepared to light up a fireball! However, the evil machinations were dashed as Taz hit the ring! Taz's eyes were bandaged up, the left one a lot more heavily than the right, still feeling the effects of the Minister's fireball attack. Taz was calling for Abyss. The Human Suplex Machine then snapped and began dishing out suplexes to Sabu, Teddy Hart and Rob Van Dam. Taz's vision was obviously impaired and he was attacking anybody he could lay his hands on, with the hope that one of them was Abyss or the Sinister Minister. Taz managed to get his hands on the Minister, but Abyss attacked Taz from behind. Abyss lifted Taz up for the Shock Treatment, but Taz slid down and applied the Tazmission! The Minister then kicked Taz between the legs and Abyss laid Taz out with a Black Hole Slam. Abyss stood over the blinded Taz, while the Sinister Minister stood beside his man and laughed evilly. Card rating: *** Circuit information: Tonight, we revisited a black day in ECW history. Mass Transit made a shocking return to ECW and attacked New Jack, slicing up the Original Gangsta's forehead with an exacto knife. Two arteries in New Jack' forehead were severed and the wound took thirty-one stitches to close. As far as we know, Mass Transit does not have a contract with Extreme Championship Wrestling. However, New Jack will not let this one slide. Paul Heyman has a special opponent picked out for Rhino for our next PPV, Living Dangerously, in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Heyman's lips are sealed as to the identity of the wrestler, but it will be a former ECW World Champion no less. Rhino is irate that Heyman is refusing to reveal who the mystery man is, but it's going to be somebody good as Paul E hates seeing the ECW World Title around the Man Beast's waist. Although Taz's vision is not anywhere near 100% yet, he made it clear tonight that it won't stop him from getting to Abyss or the Sinister Minister. Abyss and the Minister also helped out Teddy Hart and Bill Alfonso in taking out Rob Van Dam and Sabu this evening - these are two feuds that look like raging on for a long time yet. They will spill over again on our next arena show, as Abyss teams up with Teddy Hart to battle RVD and Sabu. The Pitbulls will meet the Triple Threat of Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian at Living Dangerously for the ECW World Tag Team Titles. Also on that show, CM Punk and The Sandman will hope to bring an end to their rivalry in a Dog Collar Match. Although it is not official yet, it is expected that the Elimination Match between the Hard Corps and The Extreme Horsemen will take place at the PPV. Lance Storm is livid with the actions of Chuck Taylor this evening, as Taylor turned their pure wrestling rivalry nasty by using a steel chair to bust open Storm and finally defeat him. Storm is keen to get his hands on The All Star at the next available opportunity. Rulon Gardner is bringing a lot of mainstream attention to Extreme Championship Wrestling and his performances are making the entire wrestling world is sit up and take note of the promotion like never before. The Hardcore Olympian is really beginning to make waves in the company. ECW will start running house shows again within the next month. Thanks for joining us tonight. Till next time, so long everybody!
King_Of_Old_School	Posted on 05/02/07 at 20:37:12 ECW Hostile City Showdown February 25th, 2007 ECW Arena, Philadelphia, PA Danny Doring and Roadkill vs. The Spanish Announce Team Match highlights: Former ECW Tag Team Champions Danny Doring and Roadkill went up against the SATs here in another bout to sort out the tag team rankings. The Maximo brothers hit a couple of stereo topes during this one. In the end, the experienced team of Doring and Roadkill emerged victorious. They took out Jose with the Lancaster Lariat of Lust before nailing Joel with the match-winning Buggy Bang. Danny Doring and Roadkill defeated The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) when Doring pinned Joel after the Buggy Bang in 0:06:12. Rating: * 1/4 After the match, ECW World Champion Rhino hit the ring and went on the rampage. He Gored Roadkill and then destroyed Danny Doring with a piledriver. The Man Beast took out both Maximos with another vicious Gore. He dumped Jose Maximo onto the timekeeper's table and then piledrove Joel Maximo off the ring apron through his brother on the table to the floor! Rhino grabbed the mike and demanded to know who he would be facing at Living Dangerously for the title right now, or else there would be more casualties. Rhino grabbed a member of the ring crew and dragged him into the ring to dish out more punishment, when out from the back came...BAM BAM BIGELOW!!! The crowd erupted as Bam Bam hit the ring! Rhino discarded the ring crew guy and invited Bigelow to bring it on. The two behemoths collided in the centre of the ring. Rhino and Bigelow traded punches, with the fans firmly on the side of the Beast from the East. Bigelow got the upper hand and then clotheslined Rhino over the top rope to the floor to an almighty ovation! An army of security personnel then arrived on the scene to prevent any further physicality between the two men. The fans wanted to see them go at it again. Bigelow took the microphone and informed Rhino that he was coming back to Asbury Park, New Jersey - Bigelow's hometown - to take Rhino's title at Living Dangerously. Dean Malenko vs. Guido Maritato vs. Nova vs. Ricochet Match highlights: This excellent four way elimination match featured some of the most talented grapplers in ECW in Dean Malenko, Guido Maritato, Nova and Ricochet. Ricochet hit an amazing shooting star bodyblock from the ring onto the other three men at ringside. Malenko picked up a couple of two counts; first on Ricochet with a tiger driver and then on Guido with a devastating brain buster. Nova laid out Guido with a jumping front kick and almost decapitated him with a flying legdrop. Ricochet drilled Guido with a springboard leaping swinging DDT. Malenko trapped Guido in the Texas Cloverleaf, but Ricochet then blasted The Shooter with an inverted lung blower and Nova followed up with the Kryptonite Krunch to eliminate Malenko. Guido Martitato took Nova down with a springboard cross body and then spiked him with a wicked DDT. Ricochet only got two with a dragon rana on Guido and got the same result after nailing Nova with the Cancun Tornado. Nova went for the Scream Machine on Ricochet, but the youngster tried to slither out into a sunset flip. Nova blocked it and turned it into another Kryptonite Krunch to send Ricochet back to the dressing room. Guido Maritato was all over Nova, blasting him with a perfectly executed German suplex and then locking in a Fujiwara armbar. Nova made the ropes, but then Guido floored him with the Sicilian Slice. Nova came back with the Novacaine for a near fall, before going for the swanton bomb. However, Guido countered by getting his knees up and then executed the Kiss of Death to win the match-up. Four Corners Match: Guido Maritato defeated Dean Malenko, Ricochet and Nova: x Nova beat D. Malenko via the Kryptonite Krunch in 0:12:02 x Nova beat Ricochet via the Kryptonite Krunch in 0:14:08 x Maritato beat Nova via the Kiss of Death in 0:18:31 Rating: * 3/4 Mass Transit vs. Chad Austin Match highlights: Mass Transit's second match in ECW went an awful lot better than his first. Transit completely destroyed the hapless Chad Austin during this short and poorly-received squash. Transit busted open Austin with a vicious steel chair shot and squashed him in the corner with an avalanche. Mass Transit finally finished Chad Austin off with a torture rack drop called the Train Wreck. Mass Transit pinned Chad Austin with the Train Wreck in 0:05:14. Rating: -* 3/4 After the match, Mass Transit retrieved his exacto knife blade that he had brought with him to the ring and threatened to open up Chad Austin further in the same way he had sliced New Jack two weeks ago. As the fans chanted for Jack, "Natural Born Killaz" blasted over the sound system, signalling the entrance of the Original Gangsta. New Jack's head was still bandaged up from Mass Transit's vicious attack at Cyber Slam. Before New Jack could get to Mass Transit though, almost a dozen police officers and security guards hit the ring and got between them to the dismay of the crowd. Mass Transit decided to back off as New Jack proceeded to cut a profanity laced promo describing in unnecessarily gratuitous detail exactly what he was going to do to Mass Transit - if the ECW match-makers had big enough balls to sanction the bout. The New Brain Busters vs. Nick Dinsmore and Jerry Lynn Match highlights: The Hard Corps duo of Nick Dinsmore and Jerry Lynn collided here with the New Brain Busters in an extremely heated tag team match. The Extreme Horsemen had defeated the Eliminators at Cyber Slam so this was a chance for the Hard Corps to even the score. Lynn and Dinsmore teased their finishers early on and the New Brain Busters decided to take a breather at ringside and ponder their next move. That didn't sit well with the New F'N Show, who wiped them both out with a running somersault plancha. The match began to swing in the favour of the Busters, who began viciously attacking Jerry Lynn's neck, probably in order to set him up for their spike piledriver. Anderson and Diamond used neck snaps and rear chinlocks with their knees firmly jammed in Lynn's back in order to apply more pressure to Lynn's neck. Anderson placed Lynn head-first against the second turnbuckle and then dropkicked him in the ass, jarring his neck against the buckle. Diamond and Anderson took turns applying camel clutches to Lynn, with the other man illegally providing extra leverage behind the referee's back. Dinsmore was going absolutely berserk on the apron. Diamond tried to end it with the Simonizer on Lynn, but Lynn flipped over and then hit a desperation TKO out of nowhere! Dinsmore tagged in and cleaned house on the Horsemen. He used a couple of Scott Steiner-esque tilt-a-whirl slams and a release German suplex each for Diamond and Anderson. Lynn came back in and drilled Diamond with a swinging DDT. Dinsmore went for a double underhook suplex on Anderson, but the Enforcer gave him a low blow and then laid out Lynn with a spinebuster. The New Brain Busters went for the spike piledriver on Lynn, but Dinsmore recovered enough to shove Diamond off his perch on the turnbuckles. Lynn then backdropped Anderson into the buckles and then hit the match-winning cradle piledriver. The Hard Corps (Jerry Lynn and Nick Dinsmore) defeated The New Brain Busters (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) when Lynn pinned Anderson with the Cradle Piledriver in 0:18:59. Rating: ** This defeat didn't sit too well with the Extreme Horsemen as Steve Corino and Justin Credible hit the ring to beat down Jerry Lynn and Nick Dinsmore. However, The Eliminators, who were armed with 2x4s, ran in to even the score. After the Hard Corps cleared the ring, Nick Dinsmore took the microphone and warned that after their elimination match at Living Dangerously, it will be the Extreme Horsemen who are eliminated from ECW. Raven came out for his match with Super Crazy and cut a promo on the Insane Luchador. He said he would explain to Crazy and everyone else out there who were too simple minded two weeks ago to follow why he is compelled to pursue this masterpiece. Raven revealed it's because Crazy and everyone out there are filthy immoral degenerates who refuse to admit it. He said that they hide behind a mask of normalcy and call people like Raven depraved! People who aren't afraid to be who they are, in order to defect the tension from themselves. Raven promised to use the seven deadly sins as a backdrop to illustrate the hypocrisy of mankind - this, Raven said, would be his masterpiece! Raven added that before he begins, he would give Super Crazy a chance to achieve salvation first. Raven told him to admit that Crazy's life is a lie, that he's a different person than he claims to be, and to take his first step towards salvation. Raven told Crazy to not have any doubt that if he must, he will hurt Crazy. Raven said he is a righteous man on a mission, and he will HURT Super Crazy, if he has to. Super Crazy simply shrugged his shoulders and looked out at the crowd. Raven closed by telling Super Crazy that, "This is going to hurt me a lot more than it's gonna hurt you - Quote the Raven, no more." With that, Raven attacked Crazy with the microphone and the match was on! Raven vs. Super Crazy Match highlights: This was Raven's return to ECW competition and he appeared to be in very good shape. Raven dodged a dive from Super Crazy and then drove the Insane Luchador into the guardrail with a side Russian legsweep. Raven used a clothesline and a bulldog before smashing Crazy's face into a steel chair with a drop toe hold. Crazy came back with a springboard leg lariat and a springboard dropkick, but Raven avoided a moonsault and struck with the Evenflow DDT for the three count. Raven pinned Super Crazy with the Evenflow DDT in 0:07:57. Rating: * 1/4 After the match, Raven held Super Crazy down and grabbed his hand before breaking two of his fingers. Raven yelled in Crazy's face, "That hurt me more than it hurt you!" Lance Storm, Mikey Whipwreck and Mistico vs. CM Punk, Chuck Taylor and Yoshihiro Tajiri Match highlights: Chuck Taylor spent most of this match-up trying to avoid Lance Storm, who still had stitches in his head from the brutal chair shot courtesy of Taylor two weeks ago. Taylor only tagged in when Storm was down on the mat and took some free shots. Mistico spent the majority of the bout on the receiving end of some major punishment, but when Taylor went for an overhead belly-to-belly Mistico astonishingly landed on his feet and then nailed The All Star with an Asai moonsault bodyblock! That allowed Mistico to tag in Storm, whereupon Taylor immediately made a beeline for the dressing room. Storm followed him to the back in hot pursuit and we were down to a regular tag team match. Punk and Yoshihiro Tajiri took over on Mistico, with the Japanese Buzzsaw tying Mistico up in the Tarantula. Punk then sent Mistico flying out of the ring with a Shining Wizard. Punk utilised one of The Sandman's trademark moves and connected with a somersault bodyblock off the apron! The ECW World Television Champion struck The Sandman's trademark pose, which brought out the Extreme Icon! The crowd went crazy as the dog collar wielding Sandman chased Punk out of the arena. Mikey Whipwreck and Tajiri then did battle in the centre of the ring. Whipwreck ducked the Buzzsaw kick and went for the Whippersnapper, but Tajiri shoved him off into the ropes. Tajiri attempted the brain buster but Mikey slid down and rolled Tajiri up in a tight small package for the win. Mikey Whipwreck, Lance Storm and Mistico defeated CM Punk, Chuck Taylor and Yoshihiro Tajiri when Whipwreck pinned Tajiri after a small package in 0:20:02. Rating: 1/4 [The Sandman interfered against CM Punk.] After the bell, Tajiri spewed a mouthful of green mist into Mikey Whipwreck's eyes. Blinded, Mikey decked the referee before Tajiri blitzed Whipwreck with a flurry of fists and kicks. Mistico returned to the ring and sent Tajiri flying with a spinning headscissors. Tajiri crawled out of the ring and slithered off to the back, while Tajiri checked on Mikey. Rulon Gardner vs. Balls Mahoney Match highlights: This bout saw a real change in Balls Mahoney's attitude as Mahoney, originally seen as an amateur champion who liked swinging chairs, went back to the amateur style that was said to have made him a New Jersey high school champion for this contest with Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner. Gardner and Mahoney's early mat exchanges were well received by the ECW faithful. The Hardcore Olympian punished Mahoney with a gutwrench suplex, a butterfly suplex and a powerslam. Gardner tried an Olympic Slam but Mahoney slid down and decked him with a superkick. Mahoney connected with the Ballbreaker Spinebuster. Mahoney set up Gardner for the New Jersey Jam, but Gardner popped up and went for the Olympic Torch. Mahoney fought him off and knocked him back down before scoring with a frog splash for a near fall. Balls was tempted to use his steel chair but thought better of it. Gardner blocked the Nutcracker Suite and this time landed the Olympic Slam to preserve his undefeated streak. Rulon Gardner pinned Balls Mahoney after the Olympic Slam in 0:08:57. Rating: 1/2 Rulon Gardner helped Balls Mahoney back to his feet after the match and shook his hand. Balls raised Gardner's arm aloft and the two men hugged in a great display of sportsmanship. Sabu and Rob Van Dam vs. Abyss and Teddy Hart Match highlights: This wild and crazy brawl kicked off with Sabu launching himself onto Teddy Hart and Abyss at ringside with an incredible triple jump somersault senton! Rob Van Dam used a baseball slide to send a steel chair into Abyss' face. As Sabu fought with Teddy and Abyss behind the guardrail, RVD jumped into the crowd onto them with an amazing springboard somersault plancha!! Abyss sent Sabu flying through a row of chairs. Teddy Hart leapt from the sound stage onto the other three participants with a scintillating shooting star press! Teddy was soon busted open at the hands of Sabu. Sabu put Abyss through a ringside table with a sunset flip power bomb off the ring apron. The referee eventually restored some semblance of order and the battle raged on in the ring. Rob Van Dam used the rolling thunder on Abyss. Sabu drilled Abyss with a springboard swinging DDT and a chair-assisted somersault legdrop. Teddy Hart hit Sabu with a shiranui and planted RVD with the Dungeon Bomb, a release belly-to-back suplex into a bulldog. RVD went for the Van Daminator on Teddy, but Bill Alfonso intercepted the steel chair before he could complete the move. Abyss almost broke Sabu's spine with a release overhead belly-to-belly into the turnbuckles. The Extreme Monster choke slammed Sabu over the top rope through a table. The Sinister Minister passed a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire to Abyss who went to use it on Van Dam, but RVD kicked it into Abyss' face with a sickening Van Daminator!! With Abyss slumped in the corner, Van Dam used the barbed wire chair as a skateboard to send it into the Extreme Monster's face. RVD then set up for the Van Terminator, but Teddy crotched him on the top rope. Teddy used the Stu Hart Special on RVD, but Sabu then blasted Hart with a springboard leg lariat. Sabu hit Teddy with Air Sabu and then he and RVD set up a table in the ring with intentions of putting the self-proclaimed Saviour of Professional Wrestling through it with the 4:20 simultaneous flying leg drops. However, after they had both found their perches on the top rope, Bill Alfonso dragged Teddy off the table and led him to the back. The fans voiced their disapproval as RVD and Sabu took off after them. That left Abyss alone in the ring, with the Sinister Minister tending to him and helping to pull the barbed wire out of his mask and face. Suddenly, the arena came alive as Taz hit the ring wearing an eye patch over his left eye. His vision had seemingly improved markedly as he hit the ring and went after Abyss, pummeling him with a succession of hard forearms. Taz sent Abyss crashing through the table with a T-Bone Tazplex and gave the cut-throat sign, signaling that he was going in for the kill with the Tazmission. However, the Sinister Minister got in Taz's way and begged him not to do any more damage. Taz responded by flooring the Minister with a lariat and then busting him open with a flurry of punches to the head and face. Abyss got back up and dragged Taz off his manager and the two men brawled. Referees and security personnel hit the ring to try and break up the fight but the crowd wanted to see them go. Taz and Abyss began punching out and throwing around officials and security guards as they tried to get at each other. The feud between these two warriors must end soon as it has now got completely out of control! Sabu and Rob Van Dam and Abyss and Teddy Hart battled to a no-contest in 0:18:19. Rating: 3/4 [Bill Alfonso and The Sinister Minister interfered against Sabu.] [Taz interfered against Abyss.] Taz floored Abyss with a double-leg takedown and hammered him with a series of crossface punches. The bloodied Sinister Minister then sneaked up behind Taz and dug his long fingernails into Taz's injured left eye, dragging him off the Extreme Monster. Taz threw the Minister down but was jumped again by Abyss and the two men continued their brawl. Other wrestlers spilled out from the back to help the referees and security guards separate the two men as the show drew to a close. Card rating: 3/4 Circuit information: Let's run down the loaded card for the ECW Living Dangerously pay-per-view, comin' atcha live on March 11th from the Convention Center in Asbury Park, New Jersey... ECW World Heavyweight Title Match: Rhino vs. Bam Bam Bigelow Speculation had been running rife in ECW for the past couple of weeks after Paul Heyman announced that he had a mystery opponent in mind for Rhino, but refused to reveal his identity. All Paul E would say was that the mystery man was a former ECW World Champion. That man was revealed tonight to be none other than the Beast from the East, Bam Bam Bigelow! We all know that Heyman wants nothing more than Rhino to lose the championship and what a masterstroke the Mad Scientist of Professional Wrestling has pulled here, booking a match in the challenger's hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey! The fans will be firmly behind Bigelow and the odds are firmly stacked against Rhino. Will Rhino leave Living Dangerously with the belt still around his waist? It certainly does not appear likely. Taz vs. Abyss This contest will be a rematch from Guilty as Charged, where Abyss defeated Taz after The Sinister Minister burned Taz with a fireball to the face. Taz hasn't wrestled since and has had severe vision problems, but he showed tonight that he is more than ready to fight. This one is surely to be brutal and physical. Dog Collar Match: CM Punk vs. The Sandman The personal feud between TV champion Punk and The Extreme Icon The Sandman continues in a Dog Collar Match, requested by The Sandman to stop Punk from running from him. This has been one of ECW's most bitter rivalries in 2007 and I doubt it will be over until one man rids the other from the land of Extreme. That could happen on March 11th. ECW World Tag Team Title Match: Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian vs. The Pitbulls Back at November to Remember, the Triple Threat defeated The Pitbulls for the titles and in doing so, put Pitbull 1 on the shelf with a badly injured neck after Michael Shane nailed him with a single-arm DDT on the concrete floor. Pitbull 1 has been out of action since then, but will return to the ring at Living Dangerously for the Pitbulls' long awaited rematch. This match-up is about so much more than the titles though. As far as the Pitbulls are concerned, it's about revenge and causing as much pain and misery to the Triple Threat as possible. Elimination Match: The Hard Corps vs. The Extreme Horsemen ECW's two warring factions have been embroiled in an intense feud since late 2006 and not much was settled at Guilty as Charged when the Extreme Horsemen used questionable tactics to emerge victorious in an eight-man tag team match. Nick Dinsmore, the leader of the Hard Corps, challenged the Horsemen to a rematch in the form of an elimination rules match and the Horsemen duly accepted. This bout will feature eight of the most talented wrestlers in the company and it could be a classic. New Jack vs. Mass Transit Mass Transit made his shocking return to ECW two weeks ago and attacked New Jack, slicing up the Original Gangsta's forehead with an exacto knife. It was Transit's way of paying Jack back for severely beating and carving him up over a decade ago on that infamous night in Revere, Massachusetts. ECW reluctantly signed Mass Transit to a short-term contract after Cyber Slam earlier this month, but the company has refused to sanction this match at Living Dangerously. Paul Heyman is not stupid enough to let ECW be held responsible for the inevitable carnage in this brawl. Mistico vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri During Mikey Whipwreck and Tajiri's feud with the Maximo brothers, Tajiri was injured at the hands of the SATs when they hit him with a Spanish Fly off the ring apron at November to Remember. Tajiri took exception to Whipwreck replacing him with Mistico while he was on the shelf and when Tajiri returned at Guilty as Charged, he almost decapitated Mistico with a wicked buzzsaw kick. Tajiri has also turned on Whipwreck in recent weeks after Mikey showed his disgust at Tajiri's behaviour. These two men could steal the show at Living Dangerously. Rulon Gardner vs. Guido Maritato Fresh off a huge win tonight in that four way elimination match, Guido Maritato will be the next man to try and end Olympic Gold Medallist Rulon Gardner's impressive undefeated streak. In other news, ECW will resume running house shows on March 2nd and 3rd. We hope you'll join us next month for Living Dangerously, live on pay-per-view! Till then, so long everybody!!

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