Extreme Championship Wrestling House Show
Date: 7/8/1999
From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Before the first match begins, Simon Diamond grabs a microphone and says he needs the fans to shut up and knew the fans would resort to profanity when they insult him.
Opening Contest: Simon Diamond vs. Vito LoGrasso: They trade go behinds until Vito arm drags Diamond to the mat and they have a standoff where Diamond complains to the referee. Vito gains wrist control, but Diamond counters quickly. Vito somersaults through and suplexs Diamond. Vito spits on Diamond for complaining and Diamond decks Vito with a right hand followed by stomps. Diamond comes off the ropes and Vito arm drags Diamond followed by a chop. Vito Vito elbows Diamond coming off the ropes and continues to taunt the fans. Vito scoop slams Diamond and removes his elbow pad to mock The Rock. Vito runs the ropes and stomps Diamond. Vito elbow drops Diamond on the knee and continues to taunt the fans some more. Diamond atomic drops Vito followed by a clothesline. Diamond stomps Vito on the mat several times. Diamond forearms Vito to the mat and continues with stomps on the mat. Diamond connects with a reverse DDT for a near fall. Diamond stomps Vito, but Vito responds with a few chops. Diamond eye rakes Vito in the corner to regain control. Diamond clotheslines Vito in the corner followed by a running dropkick and taunts the crowd again. Vito charges out of the corner to nail Diamond with a clothesline of his own.
Vito powerslams Diamond coming off the ropes and delivers a leg drop for a two count. Vito takes Diamond over with a suplex and heads to the top rope hitting an elbow drop. Diamond avoids a suplex and hits a sit out spinebuster for a near fall. Diamond strikes Vito several times against the ropes. Diamond tries for a rollup, but Vito breaks free. Diamond misses a clothesline and Vito hits a lifting DDT for the win. (*1/2. There wasn’t too much to this one. It was a bit weird as they were seemingly both playing heels and there wasn’t a guy to get behind. They are also both very unlikable, so there wasn’t even a guy who the fan could get behind because he had a likable personality or something.)
Second Contest: Super Crazy vs. Little Guido: Guido backs Crazy into a corner and cleanly backs off. Guido puts a wrist lock on Crazy and keeps control for a moment. Guido yanks Crazy to the mat, but Crazy pops up quick. Guido dumps Crazy to the apron, but Crazy drops Guido over the top rope and hits a moonsault for a near fall. Guido kicks Crazy and delivers a swinging neckbreaker for a two count. Guido overhand chops Crazy in the corner, but Crazy responds with an overhand strike and punches in the corner. Guido elbows Crazy in the corner and delivers a few punches. Crazy stops Guido with a powerbomb and gets a two count. Crazy moonsaults off the top to take Big Sal out on the floor. Guido spikes Crazy with an Un-Prettier for a two count. They trade chops until Big Sal gets in the ring and chokebombs Crazy to the mat. Guido tries for a cover, but Crazy kicks out at two. Guido hits a middle rope leg drop over the back of Crazy for a near fall. Guido tries for a Boston Crab, but settles for splashing Crazy and connecting with an elbow drop to the knee. Big Sal gets on the apron to hold Crazy. Guido plants Crazy with a powerbomb for a two count. Guido tosses Crazy through the ropes to the floor. Sal tosses Crazy back into the ring where Guido gets another two count. Crazy kicks Guido before spiking Guido with a DDT for a near fall. Crazy misses a springboard moonsault and Guido comes off the middle rope to hit a leg drop for a near fall. Guido sends Crazy into the corner, but Crazy overhand chops Guido followed by a slam and a series of moonsaults for the win. (**. A decent match, but they didn’t get a lot of time to develop a meaningful match.)
Third Contest: Rhino vs. CW Anderson: Rhino shoves Anderson to the mat to start the match and delivers a snapmare followed by a shoulder block. Rhino tosses Anderson through the ropes to the floor. Anderson takes a moment to regroup. Rhino controls Anderson with a wrist lock. Rhino keeps a wrist lock on Anderson to keep control for a few moments. Anderson counters with a wrist lock and puts a headlock on Rhino. Rhino fights free with forearms to the midsection. Anderson tries for a hip toss, but Rhino decks Anderson with a clothesline. Rhino overhand strikes Anderson and runs the ropes to block a hip toss. Anderson clotheslines Rhino again followed by a strike. Anderson leaps off the middle rope to clothesline Rhino. Anderson drop toe holds Rhino to the mat. Anderson monkey flips Rhino out of the corner, but Rhino counters a second attempt and drops Anderson over the top turnbuckle. Rhino kicks Anderson and clotheslines Anderson to the floor. Rhino sends Anderson into the railing and misses a spear hitting the railing shoulder first. Anderson comes off the ropes and is caught with a powerslsm for a near fall. Rhino forearms Anderson into the corner and delivers a spear in the corner. Rhino presses his knee into Anderson’s back and pulls back on his arms. Anderson tries for a sunset flip, but Rhino avoids it. Anderson decks Rhino with a clothesline. Anderson overhand strikes Rhino in the corner. Rhino boots a charging Anderson in the corner. Rhino heads to the top rope, but Anderson slams Rhino off the top. Anderson goes for a cover, but Rhino kicks out at two. Rhino ducks a strike, but runs into a spinebuster for a two count. Rhino plants Anderson with a pump handle slam for the win. (*1/2. There were a couple of rough moments, and these two never stood a chance to win over the crowd considering they aren’t well known and they were going to be given a hard time. Rhino came across as having far more potential than Anderson did, though.)
Fourth Contest: Chris Chetti & Nova vs. Danny Doring & Roadkill: Chetti and Roadkill kickoff the match. Roadkill back elbows Chetti, but Chetti responds with a couple of kicks and a heel kick. Roadkill strikes Chetti in the corner a few times. Nova braces Chetti in the corner and Chetti forearms Roadkill. Chetti kicks Doring over the top turnbuckle and Chetti scissors kicks Roadkill. Doring tries to get involved, but is met with a double hip toss. Chetti elbow drops Doring and hits a springboard moonsault. Doring bails to the floor to regroup. Chetti springboard dives onto Roadkill on the floor while Nova takes out Doring on the other side. Nova strikes Doring several times before returning to the ring to battle Roadkill. Roadkill holds Nova for the Hart Attack clothesline by Doring. Roadkill splashes Nova in the corner and Doring nails Nova with a jawbreaker. Doring covers, but Nova kicks out at two. Doring strikes Nova in the corner, but Nova battles back with several strikes. Doring drives Nova to the mat with the Stroke and tags in Roadkill. Roadkill delivers an elbow drop from the middle rope for a two count. Roadkill punches Nova against the ropes a few times followed by a side slam. Doring nails Nova with a springboard elbow drop for a near fall. Doring strikes Nova against the ropes, but Nova plants Doring with a powerbomb and an elbow drop on the way down. Chetti gets the tag and cleans house with clotheslines. Chetti springboards off the ropes to heel kick Roadkill and sit out slams Doring for a two count. Chetti strikes Roadkill in the corner several times as Nova and Doring go at it, as well. Nova hits a reverse DDT/stunner combo for a near fall.
Roadkill strikes Chetti in the corner and decks Nova over the back several times. Nova monkey flips Chetti out of the corner to clothesline Doring and Roadkill. Nova puts a figure four on Roadkill in the middle of the ring. Chetti and Doring climb opposite corners and hit stereo leg drops. Chetti plants Doring with a slam and hits a double springboard moonsault. Chetti grabs a microphone and says he feels as good as he looks. Chetti says there is a party in his pants and it is time to dance. Chetti proceeds to dance to Ricky Martin music. Doring’s girlfriend gets in the ring to dance with Chetti. Nova gets in the ring and is frustrated with Chetti for not staying focused. Nova gets slapped by Doring’s girlfriend and Nova plants her with the Kryptonite Crunch. Doring delivers a double clothesline and Roadkill splashes Nova from the top to pickup the win. (***. I enjoyed this one. I thought the action was solid and it held my interest. I don’t mind the finish as Chetti is obsessed with himself and it plays into his character development fairly well. It was a solid tag team bout.)
Steve Corino cuts a promo about having a great match last time with Tommy Dreamer and now he’s going to wrestle another Tommy in Tom Marquez. Corino is going to give Marquez a great match as Marquez has only wrestled six matches and promises to not beat him up too badly.
Fifth Contest: Steve Corino vs. Tom Marquez: Corino backs Marquez into a corner and slaps Marquez before backing off into a corner. Corino keeps a wrist lock on Marquez before delivering another slap and taunts the crowd. Corino puts a hammerlock and Marquez and drop toe holds Marquez to the mat. Corino puts a headlock on Marquez and comes off the ropes to deliver a shoulder block. Marquez drop toe holds Corino, but Corino eye rakes Marquez to regain the advantage. Corino ducks a chop, but doesn’t duck a clothesline. Marquez hip tosses Corino over the top to the floor. Marquez dives over the ropes to take out Corino. Marquez sends Corino into the railing before returning to the ring. Jack Victory and Rhino pummel Marquez on the floor. Corino strikes Marquez in the corner and taunts the crowd. Corino misses a splash in the corner and Marquez spikes Corino with a tornado DDT. Marquez tries to slingshot Corino into the ring, but Marquez stops Corino on the top rope to deliver a slam. Marquez tries for a clothesline in the corner, but Corino eye rakes Marquez and delivers a right hand in the corner followed by chops. Corino superkicks Marquez coming out of the corner. Corino heels kicks Marquez and taunts a female in the crowd, who proceeds to show her ass to Corino leaving Victory stunned. The fans loved that.
Corino works over Marquez with right hands in the corner as the fans chant for the girl. Marquez plants Corino with a DDT and a backdrop. Marquez goes for a cover, but Corino kicks out at two. Corino yanks Marquez down from behind and yells at the female again. Corino tries for a suplex, but Marquez nearly wins with an inside cradle. Marquez sunset flips Corino for a two count and nearly wins with a rollup. Corino hits a fisherman suplex for the win after yelling at the fan again. (*1/2. Corino has great heel work, no doubt about it. This was better than I was expecting as they kept a decent pace and the action was solid enough.) After the match, Tajiri comes out and dropkicks Marquez leading to the ECW World Champion Taz coming out.
Taz calls Corino the f-word and says that Corino is getting a shot at the title. Taz asks if the fans want to see Corino get killed tonight. Corino says he was ready to win the title, but thinks he tore a muscle during the match. Taz mocks Corino for having a tough time with a guy who had six matches. Taz cusses a bunch because Corino hates it. Corino asks how many of them paid their hard earned money to see him compete tonight. Corino reveals that he’ll give Taz an opponent tonight. Taz promises to give Corino an old school ass whooping tonight. Corino repeats himself that he’s not well enough to compete. Corino promises to get Taz an opponent in a lights out match. Corino promises his guy will win the ECW World Championship. Taz walks off after delivering his catchphrases.
Sixth Contest: ECW Tag Team Champions Dudley Boys vs. Jerry Lynn & Spike Dudley: Lynn and D-Von kickoff the match with Lynn taking D-Von down to the mat and they trade some mat wrestling for a moment. Lynn gains wrist control and arm drags D-Von. D-Von strikes Lynn followed by a headlock. D-Von shoulder blocks Lynn and misses a clothesline. Lynn nails D-Von with an elbow strike coming off the ropes. Lynn forearms D-Von and delivers a running dropkick in the corner causing D-Von to bail to the floor to regroup. Bubba regroups with D-Von. D-Von returns to the ring and taunts the fans before tagging in Bubba. Spike wants to be tagged in and enters the match, as well. Bubba boots a charging Spike in the corner. Bubba forearms Spike to the mat a few times. Bubba headbutts Spike and delivers a backdrop. Bubba strikes Spike to the mat and continues to taunt the crowd. Bubba sends Spike into the corner and continues with strikes. D-Von chokes Spike in the corner while the referee is distracted. Bubba chokes Spike over the ropes while yelling at a couple of women in the crowd. Bubba tries to press slam Spike to the floor, but Spike eye rakes Bubba. Spike tries for a sunset flip, but Bubba reaches the ropes, but the referee knocks his hands off. Spike dropkicks Bubba on the back of the head followed by a bulldog off the ropes. Lynn enters the match and strikes Bubba. Dudley’s deliver a back suplex/neckbreaker combo on Lynn. D-Von stomps Lynn on the mat several times. D-Von nails Lynn with a spinning elbow strike off the ropes.
Bubba knocks Spike off the apron, but Spike strikes Bubba until the referee stops him. Bubba keeps control on Lynn and delivers a scoop slam. D-Von leaps off the middle rope to deliver a diving headbutt to Lynn’s groin. D-Von scoop slams Lynn and comes off the ropes to leg drop Lynn for a two count. Bubba returns to the match and Lynn is met with a double shoulder block and elbow drops. Dudley’s come off the ropes to deliver a double falling headbutt. Bubba jabs Lynn several times and delivers an overhand chop in the corner. Bubba continues to beat on Lynn in the corner with strikes and a stomp. Bubba blows snot onto the referee. Bubba jabs Lynn against the ropes and chokes Lynn for a moment. Lynn dropkicks Bubba on the knee a few times and continues with right hands. Bubba sends Lynn into the corner and connects with a big boot. D-Von tags into the match and jabs Lynn in the ribs. D-Von backs Lynn into a corner and delivers a few strikes. Lynn boots a charging Lynn and avoids a splash. Lynn gets a rollup out of the corner for a two count. D-Von stops Lynn’s momentum with a low blow. D-Von elbow drops Lynn and tags in Bubba. Bubba overhand strikes Lynn over the back followed by a scoop slam.
Bubba comes off the ropes missing a splash. Lynn forearms Bubba several times and runs the ropes, but is caught with a Samoan Drop. Bubba goes to the middle rope and Lynn low blows Bubba. Lynn sits Bubba on the top turnbuckle, but Bubba plants Lynn with a middle rope powerbomb for a two count! Lynn spikes Bubba with a DDT and both men are down. D-Von tags into the match as does Spike. Spike fights back with a flurry of strikes. Spike boots D-Von in the corner and hits a middle rope head scissors. Spike kicks Bubba and delivers a bulldog. Spike dropkicks D-Von through the ropes to the floor. Spike takes Bubba over with a hurricanrana and Lynn missile dropkicks Bubba to the floor. Lynn and Spike dive off the top to take the Dudley’s out on the floor with a crossbody. Bubba sends Spike into the railing back first. Lynn sends D-Von into the railing, as well. Bubba headbutts Spike as the match has turned into brawling on the floor. Bubba and Spike get onto the stage where Bubba hits Spike with a drink and gets a cheese grater. Bubba uses the grater on Spike’s forehead. Spike low blows Bubba and dives off of Bubba’s back onto D-Von on the floor.
Lynn sends Bubba into the ring post while D-Von backdrops Spike over the railing into the crowd. Bubba smashes Spike over the head with a chair shot. Spike and Lynn hit stereo neckbreakers for a two count on the champs. Lynn side slams D-Von and Spike bulldogs Bubba on top of D-Von for a near fall. Bubba and D-Von gain control with strikes, but the challengers deliver stereo facebusters for a two count. D-Von is met with a double flapjack. Bubba is stopped on the top rope and taken over with a double vertical suplex. D-Von is double teamed with forearm strikes. Lynn tries for a piledriver, but Sign Guy whacks Lynn over the back. Dudley’s manage to hit the 3D on Spike as Lynn is held by Gertner leading to the three count. (***. The action started a little slow, but once it got going it turned into a quality tag match. The match lacked a bit of drama and true near falls as Lynn and Spike are a thrown together tag team, and thus it didn’t come across as if they truly had a shot to dethrone the champions. Regardless, they had a fun, solid tag match.)
Seventh Contest: Jazz vs. Jason Knight: Jason controls Jazz with a headlock and a shoulder block. Jazz puts a headlock on Jason, but Jason drives Jazz to the mat with a back suplex. Jazz tries for a cover, but only manages a two count. Jazz hits a crossbody, but Jason stops Jazz with a kick to the head. Jason knocks Jazz to the mat with a chop to the chest. Jason comes off the ropes with a forearm drop and a clothesline for a two count. Jason scoop slams Jazz followed by an elbow drop for a two count. Jason keeps control on the mat and taunts the crowd. Jason tries for a slam, but Jazz breaks free and low blows Jason leading to a near fall. Jazz punches Jason several times in the corner. Jazz grabs a couple of chairs and lays the chair on Jason’s groin. Jazz proceeds to smash Jason’s nuts with a chair shot. Jazz low blows Jason again and wins with an inside cradle. (DUD. Filler.) After the match, Justin Credible slides into the ring and whacks Jazz over the back with a kendo stick shot. Sabu runs into the ring and scares the heels from the ring. Credible declares that Sabu has been banned from wrestling and can’t compete. The referee reveals that Sabu is banned, but he can still compete in a unsanctioned match. Judge Jeff Jones comes out and says Sabu is banned no matter what anyone says about it. Jones is there to enforce the NY State commission. Jones tries to escort Sabu out of the ring, but instead gets decked for his troubles. Sabu tries for a springboard, but Credible drop toe holds Sabu onto the chair and we’re starting the match now.
Eighth Contest: Sabu vs. Justin Credible: Credible jabs Sabu in the midsection with a chair shot and continues with stomps in the corner. Credible strikes Sabu in the corner, but runs into a boot. Sabu springboard heel kicks Credible for a near fall. Sabu delivers a moonsault for another two count. Sabu slides to the floor where Credible gets sent over the railing into the crowd. Sabu dives into the crowd and takes Credible out with a dive. Sabu strikes Credible several times and yanks Credible to the mat by the arm. Sabu leg drops Credible on the arm and covers for a near fall. Alfonso sets a table up on the floor, but Credible baseball slides Sabu and lays Sabu onto the table. Credible heads to the top rope only to be crotched by Sabu. Sabu somersault head scissors Credible off the middle rope to the mat. Sabu delivers a leg drop and puts a camel clutch on Credible. Credible stops Sabu with a low blow and leaps off the middle rope to deliver a forearm drop for a near fall. Credible controls Sabu on the mat with a chin lock while taunting the fans. Credible stomps Sabu on the mat and keeps a chin lock on Sabu. Credible splashes down onto Sabu’s back while taunting Alfonso and goes back to the chin lock. Sabu blocks a splash by getting his knees up and drop toe holds Credible. Jason enters the ring and kicks Sabu to help Credible. Alfonso tries to clothesline Jason, and fails. Sabu chop blocks Jason and Alfonso kicks Jason. Sabu kicks Jason onto a table and springboard splashes Jason through the table!
Credible has gotten up and misses a kendo stick shot. Sabu springboard heel kicks Credible for a near fall. Sabu tries for a tombstone, but Credible counters with a stunner. Credible tosses Alfonso to the floor. Credible sets up a table in the corner. Credible eye rakes Sabu in the corner followed by a jab. Sabu sends Credible into the corner and delivers a chair shot to the face. Sabu springboard head scissors Credible out of the corner. Sabu splashes Credible through a table in the corner. Sabu leg drops the table on top of Credible for a two count. Sabu springboards off a chair and misses Credible in the corner. Credible drives Sabu face first onto the chair. Credible misses a baseball slide and hits the post groin first. Sabu slingshots into the ring to leg drop Credible for a near fall. Alfonso tosses a chair to Sabu and Sabu connects with a springboard leg drop to win the match. (*1/2. It wasn’t horrible, but the it was obvious that this was mostly going to be Sabu just beating up Credible and Jason for a few minutes before getting the obvious win.)
Lance Storm is sporting a do-rag and sunglasses, which is certainly a new look for him.
Ninth Contest: ECW Television Champion Rob Van Dam vs. Lance Storm: Storm gets wrist control on RVD to start the match. RVD counters, but Storm regains wrist control. RVD puts a hammerlock on Storm for a moment before Storm gets a rope break. RVD shoulder blocks Storm and monkey flips Storm across the ring before playing to the crowd and Storm begs off in the corner. Storm backs RVD into a corner to get out of a waist lock. Storm elbows RVD a few times followed by right hands. Storm chops RVD in the corner. RVD avoids a charging Storm and leaps off the middle rope to nail Storm with a kick to the face. RVD stomps Storm a few times to keep the advantage. Storm ducks a clothesline and delivers a modified Stroke. Storm dropkicks RVD to the floor. Storm sends RVD back first into the railing. Storm rolls RVD back into the ring and continues to work over RVD with strikes and chokes RVD over the middle rope. RVD kicks Storm, but runs into a superkick for a near fall. Storm trades punches with RVD, but gets the advantage. RVD sends Storm upside down into the corner and knocks Storm off the apron into the railing chest first. Storm pulls RVD to the floor and delivers a short arm clothesline. Storm rolls RVD back into the ring and hits a springboard clothesline for a near fall.
Storm stomps RVD on the mat several times. Storm clubs RVD over the back, but runs into a big boot. RVD nails Storm with a kick and leg sweeps Storm to the mat before hitting a leg drop on Storm with a chair over his face. Storm regroups in the corner where RVD dropkicks a chair into Storm’s face for a near fall. Storm kicks RVD and tries for a piledriver. Storm manages to spike RVD with a piledriver for a near fall. RVD avoids a spin kick and nails Storm with a spin kick. RVD nails Storm with a rolling thunder splash for a near fall. RVD stomps Storm on the mat followed by a forearm strike. RVD sits Storm on the top turnbuckle and tries for a superplex. but Storm shoves RVD off. Storm leaps off the top rope taunting the fans to deliver a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Storm is tossed a chair and continues to yell at fans in the crowd. Alfonso shoves Storm onto the top rope and RVD delivers a kick. Alfonso holds a chair in front of Storm’s face and RVD leaps off the top to kick the chair into Storm’s face. RVD hits a split legged moonsault to pin Storm for the win. (**. It was obvious they pulled back and didn’t let everything fly, but it was a still a decent match. I can’t get over seeing Storm wearing a do-rag.)
Main Event: ECW World Champion Taz vs. Tajiri: Taz starts off with a clothesline, but Tajiri comes back with a handspring back elbow to gain the advantage. Tajiri strikes Taz against the ropes and delivers a spinning heel kick. Tajiri tries for a cover, but Taz kicks out at one. Taz tries for a German suplex, but Tajiri lands on his feet and dropkicks Taz on the knee. Tajiri keeps control on the mat with a headlock. Taz stops Tajiri with a suplex and taunts Corino at ringside. Taz sends Tajiri into the corner and delivers a double leg slam. Taz stomps Tajiri in the corner, but is met with a kick. Taz tosses Tajiri overhead with a suplex. Taz plays to the crowd and takes a bow. Taz demands Tajiri get up and Tajiri gets frustrated. Tajiri drops Taz with a kick to the chest. Tajiri kicks Taz again, but Taz only stumbles. Taz tells Tajiri to kick him in the face. Taz counters with an overhead leg trapped suplex. Taz stomps Tajiri on the mat. Tajiri low blows Taz and delivers a kick to the head a few times. Tajiri dropkicks a kneeling Taz for a two count. Tajiri strikes Taz in the corner and delivers a kick from the apron. Taz avoids a moonsault and locks in the Taz Mission to force a submission to win the match and retain the title. (*1/2. A bit of a disappointment as it was a quick main event. It has to be expected that you’re not going to get substantial matches on non-televised shows, but they could have done a bit more here.)
Final Thoughts:
An overall average house show for ECW, but I’d be leaning more so towards a mild recommendation. The undercard delivered a few quality bouts and the crowd was amped for most of the action. So, it was a fairly easy viewing experience.
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