ECW on TNN 1/7/00
The show starts with a recap of last week's title match. Joel "I've tried to beat the women off me with a stick, but it would truly be a waste 'cuz you know they like
CENSORED" Gertner and Joey Styles hype up Guilty As Charged. I think this is about the time when Paul really stopping giving a fuck. Cyrus being revealed as working with TNN and being the biggest douche in the world, making fun of Rollerjam, and now not even trying to tone down Joel, just throwing a big CENSORED bar on him.
A history of the ECW Championship is shown with every title change from Shane Douglas to Mike Awesome being covered.
TO THE BACK. Spike Dudley drops the GIMMICK and SHOOTS on Mike Awesome. Awesome and the Judge say Spike is going to be dead. The Impact Players talk about the Stairway to Hell match between Justin and Tommy. Justin's head/face doesn't fit his body at all.
Nova/David Cash vs Doring/Roadkill vs The Dupps
Match is joined in progress. It quickly goes into the floor. Kid Kash does a plancha. Roadkill teases one. There is a bunch of shit going on and it is hard to keep track. I forgot the Dupps were in ECW before TNA. It seems like such a TNA gimmick. Nova and Doring do a double team to eliminate the Dupps. Jazz and Elektra get into a YAK FIGHT!!! Fuck this shit. Chetti carries Elektra away. Nova gets thrown out of the ring and makes a disgusting splat on the floor. Doring and Roadkill hit their face buster/fameasser move for the win.
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Justin Credible vs Tommy Dreamer Stairway to Hell
A stairway to hell would mean this match is coming from below hell, right? Is there such a thing as below hell? Francine might be the trashiest woman in wrestling history. Tommy cries during ring intros because it is in his home town and his dad couldn't be there.
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"Just an asshole" isn't quite as good as "Just a pussy". The match actually starts off on the stage and Justin got tossed off. I believe the rules of the match are a ladder match with a Singapore cane hanging instead of a title belt. I thought it was barbed wire, but I guess that came later. It gets in the ring and Tommy hits a terrible spinebuster, mostly because Justin took terrible back bumps. Dreamer goes into a ladder in the corner and then eats a superkick. Justin takes a face buster on a ladder wedged in the corner.
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Decapitation slingshot with the ladder. For a big match in Tommy's home town, the crowd is pretty quiet. Tommy gets racked between the rungs trying to do a superplex.
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Chair drop toe hold. There are pins in this match? Then what's the point of the ladder and cane? This could just be a normal ECW match. I like how ECW just used a cheap paint ladder, certainly not able to withstand bodies crashing into it or two people climbing at once. Justin for no reason decides to try a moonsault, just so Tommy could get him on his shoulders and toss him on a ladder. Justin is in the corner, the ladder is placed between his legs, and Tommy swings for the fences with a chair.
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Tommy retrieves the cane. Jason hits him with an enziguri. Francine does a bronco buster to him. That's Incredible was attempted, but Tommy hit Justin with the cane. Tommy is about to piledrive Justin on a ladder when Lance hits a springboard clothesline. Raven gets rid of him. YAK FIGHT. Two fucking matches on this show and they both have cat fights. Attempted piledriver on Dawn is broken up with a cane shot. Another shot to the injured back leads to That's Incredible. Justin wins. Tommy is a loser even in the main event in his home town.
TO THE BACK. Rhino/Corino/Jack cut a promo on Sandman. A final run down of Guilty as Charged.
Kind of an odd show. It's the go home before Guilty as Charged, but only two story lines were touched at all (Raven/Dreamer vs Impact Players, Awesome vs Spike). More time was spent on the history of the ECW Championship than the 3 way tag match.
