Written by: Heels Inc.
TV 1996/08/013 (matches taped from “The Doctor is In” 1996-08-03 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)
Champions
World: Raven
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Gangstas
The 8/6 review covers the unique angles and interviews from the fallout of The Doctor Is In Arena show. Match details for this specific show can be found in their entirety in my “The Doctor Is In” OMG Review found here.
The 8/13 TV episode features action from Japan will all new review material.
JT Smith comes out to the ring to open the show and tells us there is a great band in the arena tonight. Smith calls KISS to the ring. Out come Stevie Richards, Blue Meanie, Super Nova and Don E. Allen in KISS face paint. They come out to “I Wanna Rock and Roll”. They strut, dance, sing, and pretend to play their instruments until the Sandman comes out and canes everyone. Raven comes out with Lori and Tyler Fullington. Stevie with a steviekick from behind and Raven hits him with the cane right in the eye.
We go to Joey Styles as he runs down tonight’s card, which features action from The Doctor is In. You can catch my full review of that show here.
We go to our opening match of Axl Rotten taking on D-Von Dudley. Buh Buh Ray attacks D-Von before the match even gets underway. Axl and D-Von form an alliance and leave together.
Joey again hypes the action that’s coming including the 4 way dance tag team title match. Raven says that he won’t be defending the title tonight because of Sandman’s injuries.
We head to the Raven interview which leads into Stevie Richards defending the title for Raven against Sandman. Raven ends up coming into the match at the very end and pins Sandman to retain the title.
Tonight’s main event is the four way dance. The Gangstas come out on top to win the ECW Tag Team Championships. The other participants in the match were the Samoan Gangsta Party, Bruise Brothers and of course the former champions Eliminators. After the match the Eliminators argue and push each other as the Gangstas celebrate in the ring.
My thoughts on the show,
As I was not a fan of the whole Doctor is In show I was also not a fan of this episode of TV. I have been into the Dudley family saga but I’m ready for the payoff to happen and adding Axl into the whole thing doesn’t do anything for me. The Sandman Raven stuff was ok. I hate New Jack so the Gangstas getting the straps doesn’t make me happy. Thumbs down.