Extreme Championship Wrestling House Show
Date: 6/9/2000
From: Erie, PA
They’re running this show in a Civic Center, which is easily a 5,000 seat venue and there’s nobody sitting in the upper sections. It looks as if there is only fans on the floor. I’m hoping they got a deal on the venue since there’s no way they would have sold a lot of tickets for this show.
Opening Contest: Kid Kash vs. Julio Dinero: The fans are insulting Dinero quite a bit before the bell sounds. Kash gains control with a wrist lock, but Dinero rolls through and counters with a wrist lock of his own. Kash rolls around and trips Dinero to the mat. Dinero regains control with wrist lock and a full nelson for a moment. Dinero lets go and delivers a few strikes, but misses a clothesline. Kash breaks free of a full nelson and mule kicks Dinero followed by an arm drag and dropkick to send Dinero to the floor. Kash leaps over the top to take Dinero out with a dive. Kash continues with a chop on the floor before rolling Dinero into the ring. Kash stomps on Dinero in the corner followed by a chop. Dinero kicks Kash in the corner and tries for a tornado DDT, but switches into a tornado cutter for a near fall. Dinero hits a fisherman buster for a near fall. Dinero boots Kash in the corner, but Kash messes up a springboard moonsault attempt as he didn’t fully rotate. Dinero nails Kash with a short arm clothesline. Dinero stops Kash with a swinging neckbreaker. Dinero climbs to the top and misses a moonsault. Kash clotheslines Dinero a few times, but Dinero tries to fight back with a powerbomb. Kash counters and hits the Money Maker for the win. (**. Not a bad start despite a couple of sloppy moments. Dinero showed some unique offense and Kash is usually enjoyable considering his style. The crowd is vocal and ready to insult heels all night.)
Prior to the next match, Simon Diamond cuts a promo about having a problem. Diamond and Swinger and blue chip athletes while Doring has multiple sex partners. The crowd loves this about Doring. Diamond thinks being blue chip athletes is pretty cool. Doring suggests Diamond shuts his mouth. It’s amazing how often they use the homophobic slurs on these shows whether is crowd or wrestlers. Jazz makes her way out to be in the corner of Doring and Roadkill for the match.
Second Contest: Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger vs. Danny Doring & Roadkill: Doring hammers away on Swinger while Roadkill beats on Diamond in the corner. Roadkill splashes both men in the corner and they bail to the floor. Doring leaps off Roadkill’s back to hit a somersault dive to the floor to take everyone out. Roadkill climbs to the top, but Tom Marquez low blows Roadkill and dumps Roadkill to the floor. Doring punches Swinger several times, but is met with a knee lift and a neckbreaker. Swinger plants Doring with a back suplex and rams Doring into the corner where Diamond tags into the match. They hit a side slam/reverse DDT combo for a two count on Doring. Diamond keeps control hammering away on Doring in the corner. Doring fights back with right hands, but misses a splash in the corner. Diamond stomps Doring and chokes Doring over the middle rope. Diamond takes Doring over with the Simon Series for a near fall. Doring gets a rollup on Diamond for a near fall. Doring delivers a jawbreaker and both men are down. Roadkill and Swinger tag in with Roadkill cleaning house. Roadkill side slams Swinger and does the same to Diamond.
Diamond sits in the corner and Roadkill signals for a stink face, but is instead met with a low blow by Prodigette. Jazz gets involved, but Marquez hits a release German suplex. Roadkill hits a top rope clothesline on Marquez. Swinger whacks Roadkill over the back with a steel chair. Diamond connects with a reverse DDT on Doring, but Roadkill hits a top rope leg drop for a near fall. Roadkill holds Swinger for the Hart Attack clothesline by Doring. Doring superkicks Diamond to the floor. Roadkill has Swinger in a wheelbarrow position and Doring hits a top rope leg drop for the win. (**. A decent tag match and they didn’t waste time with stalling or anything.)
Third Contest: Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Hellfire: If you couldn’t guess, Justin Hellfire is a local wrestler that is not an ECW regular by any means. Hellfire tosses Lynn to the mat to start the match and taunts the crowd. Hellfire shoulder blocks Lynn to the mat and delivers an axe handle over the back. Hellfire continues with left hand strikes and chokes Lynn over the top rope. Lynn ducks a clothesline and hits a head scissors and dropkick to send Hellfire to the floor. Lynn hits a slingshot crossbody to take Hellfire out on the floor. Hellfire sends Lynn into the guard railing, but runs into a big boot. Hellfire regains control in the ring and chokes Lynn on the mat. Hellfire hits a side slam and chokes Lynn some more on the mat. Hellfire hits a side Russian leg sweep and a middle rope axe handle. Hellfire hits a running clothesline in the corner and taunts the crowd some more. Lynn avoids Hellfire in the corner and nearly wins with a rollup. Hellfire plants Lynn with a side walk slam for a two count. Hellfire controls Lynn on the mat with a sleeper. Lynn elbows Hellfire, but is yanked down by his hair. Lynn hits a hurricanrana and a spinning back elbow strike. Lynn pummels Hellfire in the corner and hits a tornado DDT for a near fall. Hellfire spikes Lynn with a cradle piledriver, but Lynn kicks out at two. Lynn counters a powerbomb with a head scissors for a near fall. Lynn hammers away on Hellfire and ends up hitting the cradle piledriver for the win. (*. This is kind of a waste of Lynn on a live event to be saddled with a local guy that nobody knows. Hellfire doesn’t get a gig out of this, by the way. I just looked it up and Hellfire is actually Bam Neely, who had a brief run on WWE/ECW. I was not expecting that.)
Fourth Contest: Bill Wiles & CW Anderson vs. Nova & Chris Chetti vs. Da Baldies (Spanish Angel & DeVito) in an elimination match: All six men are in the ring brawling to start the match. Chetti heel kicks Wiles to the floor and they continue to brawl. DeVito nails Anderson with a spinning heel kick. Nova bulldogs DeVito. Wiles sends Chetti into the railing, but Chetti gets back into the ring to kick Wiles. Chetti is decked by DeVito after punching Angel a few times. Anderson clotheslines Angel and DeVito. Anderson tosses Angel with an overhead suplex for a near fall. Nova hits a dive over the top to the floor. Chetti catapults DeVito into a superkick. Angel nails Anderson with a slapjack and pins Anderson for an elimination.
Nova is double teamed by Da Baldies as they hit a double flapjack for a near fall. Angel misses a splash in the corner and Nova decks Da Baldies . DeVito is sent into Angel in the corner and Chetti hits a sit out slam leading to a Swanton by Nova and Chetti pins DeVito for the win while Angel was stuck in a tree of woe. (*. I honestly didn’t care about this one, at all.)
Fifth Contest: EZ Money vs. Balls Mahoney: Mahoney shoulder blocks Money and hits a hip toss followed by an arm drag. Mahoney keeps control on the mat with an arm bar. Money breaks free with a few strikes, but misses a clothesline. Mahoney jabs Money several times and decks Money to the mat. Money dumps Mahoney to the floor where Chris Hamrick gets a few strikes in. Money works over Mahoney in the corner with several strikes and a clothesline. Money low blows Mahoney in the corner and hits a powerbomb. Money hits a top rope moonsault for a near fall. Mahoney misses a crossbody off the ropes and Money delivers a superkick for a two count. Money keeps a sleeper on Mahoney, but doesn’t win the match. Mahoney hits a sit out spinebuster, but doesn’t quickly followup on the advantage. Mahoney jabs Money several times and punches Money into the corner. Mahoney superkicks Money, but Hamrick prevents Mahoney from using a chair. Money stomps on Mahoney Hamrick uses a hammer on Mahoney to bust him open.
New Jack makes his way out to make the save. Hamrick cuts Jack off with right hands in the corner while Money works over Mahoney in the corner. Mahoney uses a fork on Money. Hamrick uses a chair on Jack in the corner. Money has been busted wide open, as well. Jack nails Hamrick with a staple gun and uses the hammer on Hamrick to bust him open, too. Mahoney and Money brawl into the crowd where Money is bleeding a ton. Money drop toe holds Mahoney into the guard railing face first. Money and Mahoney continue to brawl into the crowd. Mahoney smashes Money over the head with a steel chair. Money rams Mahoney into the wall several times. Money whacks Mahoney with a chair shot, but Mahoney no sells it. Jack drops Hamrick over the railing chest first and returns to the ring with a spike to jab Money over the head. Mahoney destroys Hamrick with a vicious chair shot. Mahoney hits the Nutcracker Suite on Money and Jack leaps off the top to hit a chair assisted forearm drop to pin Money. (*1/2. These kinds of matches come across better when it’s not every match on the card. I think this shows that ECW evolved over time. The crowd wanted blood and they got their fix of it quite a bit here.)
Sixth Contest: ECW Television Champion Rhino vs. Jean Pierre Lafitte: They lockup, but they let go quick with neither man getting a clear advantage. Rhino hammers away on Lafitte’s arm and takes Lafitte over with a headlock for a moment. Lafitte shoulder blocks Rhino and waits in the corner for Rhino to get up. Rhino kicks Lafitte and gains control for a moment. Lafitte headbutts Rhino’s arm while in a hammerlock. Lafitte and Rhino trade hammerlocks and Lafitte takes Rhino down to the mat. Rhino controls Lafitte on the mat with a hammerlock. Lafitte elbows Rhino, but Rhino drop toe holds Lafitte to the mat and continues with strikes in the corner. Rhino shoulder blocks Lafitte out of the corner. Lafitte tries for a hip toss, but Lafitte takes Rhino down to the mat for a near fall. Lafitte dumps Rhino to the floor and they brawl on the floor for a few moments. Rhino grabs a table from under the ring and sets it up on the floor. Lafitte lays Rhino on the table and goes back into the ring, but is tripped by Jack Victory. Rhino punches Lafitte in the corner. Lafitte and Rhino brawl to the floor where Lafitte fights off Rhino and Victory. Rhino sends Victory into the railing. Lafitte lays Rhino onto the table. Lafitte hits a somersault dive over the ropes and puts Rhino through the table! Lafitte gets a two count in the ring. Rhino stops Lafitte with a spinebuster for a two count. Lafitte hits a slam for a near fall. Rhino elbows Lafitte in the corner and Victory tosses a chair to Rhino. Lafitte whacks Rhino over the back and head with a chair shot for a near fall. Lafitte heads to the top rope missing a swanton attempt. Rhino nails Lafitte with a clothesline. Lafitte punches Rhino in the corner several times. Rhino nails Lafitte with a short arm clothesline. Rhino hits the GORE and a piledriver to win the match. (**. There were a couple of decent spots by Lafitte, but there was never a doubt here. Lafitte probably would have fit in well with ECW at this point.)
Seventh Contest: Steve Corino & Scotty Anton vs. Raven & Tajiri: Raven and Corino kickoff the tag match. Corino punches Raven in the corner and backs off proud of himself. Raven backs Corino into a corner and Corino hides under the ropes. Corino punches Raven again the corner and taunts the fans. Raven punches Corino several times in the corner and delivers a strike. Raven pummels Corino in the corner several times. Raven blows his nose and rubs it into Corino’s face. Tajiri gets tagged in and Corino recovers in the corner. Tajiri slaps Corino and delivers a kick to the thigh to knock Corino to the mat. Tajiri slams Corino and hits a standing moonsault for a near fall. Tajiri hits a spinning heel kick and taunts Rhino. Tajiri knee drops Corino and puts Corino in the tree of woe. Tajiri nails Corino with a sliding dropkick. Tajiri delivers another sliding dropkick to drop Corino as Raven held Corino’s legs. Corino fights back with a few chops to gain control of the match. Tajiri manages to get the tarantula on Corino, but is forced to let go. Tajiri stomps Corino on the groin and continues with a chop in the corner several times. Corino superkicks Tajiri out of the corner and tags in Anton. Anton controls Tajiri with a front face lock, and knee lifts Tajiri several times. Victory chokes Tajiri while the referee is distracted by Anton taunting Raven.
Anton punches Tajiri several times and Corino delivers a strike from the apron. Anton dropkicks Tajiri coming off the ropes. Tajiri low blows Anton from behind followed by a kick. Tajiri hits a handspring back elbow, but is decked by Anton quickly. Corino returns to the match and stomps Tajiri. Corino spits at Raven on the apron. Raven spits at Corino, but Corino works on Tajiri, who also spits at Corino. Corino works over Tajiri with a strike and tags in Anton to deliver a double back elbow for a near fall. Anton misses a clothesline and Tajiri hits a dropkick on the knee to both Anton and Corino. Tajiri kicks Corino and Raven tags in to clean house with right hands and a knee lift. Tajiri kicks Corino as Raven plants Anton with the Evenflow DDT for the win. (*1/2. The definition of what you’d expect from a house tag match. They kept it simple and basic. It shouldn’t be surprising since it’s a rather low crowd number.)
Eighth Contest: ECW World Champion Justin Credible vs. Mikey Whipwreck: Whipwreck stops Credible from leaving and they brawl on the floor to start. Whipwreck sends Credible into the railing and then into the crowd to continue brawling. Credible sends Whipwreck into the wall and pummels Whipwreck with right hands. Credible taunts the crowd while tossing Whipwreck over the railing to the floor to the lower level. Credible nails Whipwreck with an axe handle. Credible tosses Whipwreck over the railing to the ringside area. Credible stomps on Whipwreck several times and chokes Whipwreck. Credible stomps Whipwreck several times and tries for a double under hook, but Whipwreck catapults Credible into the corner for a near fall. Credible nails Whipwreck with a clothesline and taunts the fans. Whipwreck sends Credible into the corner and hits a side Russian leg sweep for a two count. Credible tries to use a chair, but Whipwreck hits a Whippersnapper with the chair for a near fall. Francine hits Whipwreck with a kendo stick over the back and Credible hits a superkick for a two count. Credible almost hits Francine and Whipwreck nearly wins with a rollup. Credible knee lifts Whipwreck and sets a chair up in the ring. Whipwreck delivers a DDT onto the chair for a near fall. Francine gets involved and Whipwreck shows her ass to the live crowd. Credible tries for That’s Incredible, but Whipwreck counters with an inside cradle for a near fall. Credible nails Whipwreck with the championship and wins the match. (**. I enjoyed the brawling and the action was non-stop. It just seems like they are all mailing it in tonight.)
Main Event: Rob Van Dam vs. Little Guido: Guido takes RVD down to the mat and they trade some mat wrestling until Guido rolls to the floor to regroup. Guido returns to the ring and gets a headlock on RVD. Guido misses a clothesline and RVD forearms Guido. Guido hits a fireman’s carry on RVD and they have standoff. Guido taunts RVD saying he’s the whole show. RVD responds by taunting Guido. Guido takes RVD down to the mat, but they pop up quickly. Guido almost wins with a rollup and they have another standoff. Guido keeps a headlock on RVD, but RVD nails Guido with a spin kick. RVD plays to the crowd and stomps Guido on the mat. RVD slams Guido to the mat and tries for a springboard crossbody, but Guido counters with an arm bar, but RVD reaches the ropes. RVD press slams Guido and hits a standing moonsault. RVD hits a twisting splash off the middle rope for a two count. RVD continues to stomp Guido several times and delivers a boot to the midsection. RVD spin kicks Guido to the mat and hits a handspring splash for a two count.
Guido forearms RVD and hits a neckbreaker. Guido dropkicks a seated RVD for a near fall. Guido sends RVD through the ropes to the floor. Guido sends RVD into the railing. Tony Mamaluke misses a running attack and goes over the railing. Big Sal splashes RVD against the railing. Guido hits a middle rope leg drop for a near fall. Guido grabs a chair on the floor and jabs RVD from the apron. Guido hits a slingshot leg drop onto the chair for a two count. Guido hammers away on RVD and leg drops RVD while RVD attempted a split. Guido hits a back suplex onto the chair for a near fall. Guido stomps on RVD and delivers another leg drop for a two count. RVD lifts Guido into the air and delivers a dropkick in midair. RVD spin kicks Big Sal off the apron. RVD misses a spin kick and nails Guido with a spin kick. RVD works over Guido with strikes in the corner. RVD grabs a chair and monkey flips Guido onto the chair. RVD stomps Guido in the corner and continues with right hands. RVD atomic drops Guido into a corner and gets a chair from Alfonso. RVD nails Guido with a running dropkick with a chair into the corner. Alfonso lays a chair over Guido and RVD hits the rolling thunder. RVD covers Guido for a near fall. RVD punches Guido on the top turnbuckle, but Guido hits a middle rope side Russian leg sweep for a near fall. Guido climbs to the top rope, but RVD stops Guido with strikes. RVD crotches Guido over the top rope, which the fans got disappointed about. Alfonso holds a chair in front of Guido’s head and RVD kicks the chair into Guido’s face. RVD kicks Big Sal off the apron. Mamaluke is caught on the top rope and just drops down to the floor. RVD hits the Five Star Frog Splash and pins Guido for the win. (***. RVD gave effort and Guido had his working boots on as well to provide a quality main event to end the show. I thought the interference would be more involved, but I’m glad they didn’t overdo it here.)
Final Thoughts:
The card looked to be an interesting one on paper, but this ended up under-delivering for me. There’s some decent wrestling, but it’s the definition of a house show effort for ECW. So, it’s a disappointing show, but I should have expected this considering it’s not televised.
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