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ECW on TNN 10/1/99
LATE BREAKING NEWS: Raven and Dreamer got into a fight in the locker room. Joel "Never before in Detroit Rock City has a man looked this pretty" Gertner and Joey Styles break the news that Mike Awesome will defend his title tonight. Joel's tag lines are getting lamer and lamer by the week.
Mike Awesome vs Rhino ECW Championship
The first title defense for the new champ. I used to be such a Rhino mark. And Rhyno. I think it was mostly from Paul E. screaming RHYYYNNNOOO and GORE GORE GORE. He was never the same after his neck surgery, but he was definitely one of my favorites during the Invasion. I think he pinned everyone besides Austin in a month span or so. Awesome hits a lariato and his walk up back elbow. He then dumps Rhino to the floor and does a dive where his head goes under the guard rail.
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Back in the ring, Rhino gets out of a powerbomb and hits a spinebuster. He also does a diving headbutt, Benoit style. Big German suplex from the champ. Awesome Bomb through a table on the floor. Poor dudes. I hope Paul E. paid them extra for stupid bumps like that. Lol. Or just wrestling at all. Frog splash for the win. Title retained.
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A clip of Sunny plays and Joey wonders who put that in the show.
Big Sal vs Spike Dudley
Fucking again? This is either the 3rd or 4th time. Just so they can have a 2 minute or less match to get over the Giant Killer thing. They could at least have him beat other giants once in a while. In fact, this was shown as one move. They showed clips of Spike hitting the Acid Drop on dudes and came back mid Acid Drop. Little Guido hit the ring and now this is a handicap match. Or a singles match. I'm not sure. I have to be honest in saying I never cared for Spike. Not in ECW, not in WWE, not in TNA. I liked Spike and Molly, but that's about it. And getting murdered by Mike Awesome. Spike beats the FBI by himself with little issue.
Joey and Joel announce that Sunny will be making her ECW return next week. They then play a RVD hype video.
CW Anderson/Bill Whiles vs Doring/Roadkill
This is from Anarchy Rulz. Interesting to see Lita without implants. This isn't the kind of match that should be on a PPV anyway. I think it might have been a dark match, actually. I don't understand how Doring or Wild Bill got jobs in ECW. They're both pretty fucking awful. Roadkill won with a splash.
Tommy Dreamer vs Tajiri
Tommy is in street clothes because he came to fight. How can you tell the difference between street clothes and his wrestling gear? I'll tell you. His wrestling gear is a black shirt and black athletic pants. His street gear is a gray shirt and great athletic pants. Totally different things. One is for wrestling. The other is for fighting. Tajiri hits his hand spring elbow, but Tommy hits a slingshot splash. For a dude with a terrible back, he sure didn't seem to have a problem doing stuff like that. I think he tried a moonsault, but he got crotched. Tajiri went for the baseball slide, but Dreamer moved. Tommy then did one to Tajiri.
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A kick to the dome sends Tommy to the floor, but he gets back in the ring and puts Tajiri in the Tarantula. Dude has a Borked back, remember, yet he can do all of this stuff and goof off against a guy like Tajiri. Makes sense. They brawl into a penalty box. They get back to the ringside area where Tommy spits beer in Tajiri's face, mocking the mist. It's hard to believe that this guy is in such terrible shape that he shouldn't be walking, let alone wrestling, when he's spent most of the match on offense goofing off and mocking his opponent. Tommy hits the DVD, but Corino pulls the ref out. Corino and Francine get in a cat fight that ends with her hitting a pedigree. Raven comes in and DDTs Tommy. Tajiri hits a basement dropkick and pins Dreamer.
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I really don't understand anything with Dreamer on this show. At the start, they said Tommy was in a terrible mood because he and Raven got into a fight before the show started. Then he comes out to the ring in "street clothes" because he's there to fight, not wrestle. He also has 2 bulging discs and can barely walk. Despite all of that, he spent 80% of the match goofing off and trying shit like slingshot splashes and moonsaults. He also did a hanging sit up. And never once sold his back being in pain.
