Again, show remastered with full promos instead of recap. I'll let this show be the last I post for a bit in here, as this show has one of the bigger moments in the entire BTB.
ECW Hardcore TV
July 28th, 2001
Knoxville, Tennessee
Yeah, so no messing around tonight, we are kicking off with a title defense straight off the bat...
Match One
ECW Television Championship Match
Low Ki (c) defends against Jerry Lynn
After being an arrogant champion, Jerry Lynn seems to have learnt his lesson, looking like a man on a mission in the early stages tonight. He attacked Ki right from the bell, seemingly shocking the champion, and Lynn manages to maintain his dominance for quite a long time. The fans are silent, almost in shock with how well Lynn has started the match, with the only noise being Lynn grabbing Ki around the head and yelling at him, “THE TITLE BELONGS TO ME”!
Throughout the contest, there are numerous times where the camera cuts to the backstage area, showing The Network, and especially Cyrus, watching on intently. As you can expect, when Lynn is in control, they are content, however when Ki begins to show signs of life, the tension in The Network’s locker room certainly picks up.
Despite Low Ki making a comeback and seemingly on the verge of victory, Lynn manages to turn the match on its head. After a bunch of reversals and neither able to land a big move, LYNN SNEAKS A LOW BLOW TO LOW KI!!!
With Ki down, JERRY LYNN SETS HIM UP FOR THE CRADLE PILEDRIVER...
LYNN HOISTS KI INTO THE AIR...
BUT KI SOMEHOW FREES HIS HEAD...
AND WRIGGLES HIS BODY...
FORCING LYNN TO PLACE HIM OVER HIS SHOULDER... IN A POWERSLAM POSITION...
BUT LOW KI SQUIRMS FURTHER...
AND DROPS DOWN THE BACK OF LYNN...
TAKING JERRY DOWN WITH A SUNSET FLIP...
1...2...3!!!
Winner – Low Ki @ 12:26
As soon as the bell rings, Low Ki rolls underneath the bottom rope and to the outside, relieved with perhaps pulling off an upset yet again. Ki grabs his title, raises it above his head and leaves the ringside area, still the TV Champ.
Meanwhile, inside of the ring, Jerry Lynn is furious as he remains on his knees, slapping his hands on the mat, basically throwing a temper tantrum. A red faced Lynn begins arguing with referee Todd Hanson, who swears it was a three count...
SO LYNN KICKS HANSON IN THE GUT...
AND DRILLS HIM WITH A CRADLE PILEDRIVER!!!
The referee is down and out, so ‘Damage Control’ immediately rushes the ring to check on him. Lynn, still frustrated, just shakes his head, ignoring the cat calls from the fans, and heads to the back, a loser once again...
-COMMERCIAL BREAK-
Upon returning from the commercial break, we head to the backstage area where JOEY STYLES AND JOEL GERTNER are standing by. The two look rather gleeful surrounding the topic they are about to discuss.
Joey Styles: Well, we saw a heinous act from a desperate man in Jerry Lynn right before the break. After losing the ECW Television Championship to Low Ki at Heatwave two weeks ago, he had his rematch here tonight and lost yet again. What we saw after that, well, Jerry Lynn
snapped and is clearly wondering about his standing within The Network.
Gertner nods in agreement with Styles.
Joel Gertner: I was surprised that The Network and Cyrus were so forgiving after Lynn’s first loss. I can’t see the same happening again.
Styles takes back over.
Joey Styles: It already felt like he wasn’t a natural fit in the group, he is always
alienated from the others. The one thing that kept him in everybody’s good graces was at least he had the TV Title. That’s no longer the case; the title is
gone and he’s lost his rematch.
Now Gertner rubs his hands together, getting even more excited.
Joel Gertner: The Jerry Lynn situation is just one question, but there are
a lot of questions about The Network going into tonight’s Fatal Four Way. As a matter of fact, our camera man picked this up earlier today before, well, just take a look, you’ll see.
...
The video comes to life and shows RHINO AND STEVE CORINO having a discussion in the hallway, with Corino looking intimidated and the ECW Champ looking extremely animated. The camera clearly gets closer and closer, ever so slowly, allowing us to be able to pick up the volume of their conversation.
Rhino: DID
YOU SET THIS UP?
‘The King Of Old School’ holds his hands up, proclaiming innocence.
Steve Corino: No, of course not. I had no idea Cyrus would put me in the match. We’re on the same team; I
don’t want to go after
your title.
Rhino clearly doesn’t believe that and the slimy Corino decides to keep talking.
Steve Corino: Don’t get me wrong, I’m
not going to lie to you, simply for the fact that I consider you a
friend.
Rhino’s expression doesn’t soften, apparently not buying the ‘friend’ comment.
Steve Corino: I’m just like every other person in the locker room, I
want the ECW Title. But I’m happy to bide my time, right now is
your time, we are a part of the same team, so when you lose the title,
THEN I’ll go after it.
Corino offers a reassuring nod but the mention of Rhino losing the title seems to have driven Rhino bananas. He shakes his head in absolute disgust.
Rhino: When I lose it? I’m
never going to lose it…
The furious champion takes a threatening step towards Corino, however Corino nods in agreement with him.
Steve Corino: Okay, okay, fair point, I
know how good you are. After all, that’s the reason
I brought you to ECW.
Rhino begins nodding like a crazy person now.
Rhino: You’re right, I owe you that.
Suddenly, Rhino loses his mind with rage.
Rhino: You brought me into ECW, I owe you that one thing… AND THAT’S THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN’T BROKEN YOUR FUCKING NECK AND TURNED THIS MATCH BACK INTO A THREE WAY!!!”
Corino’s eyes go wide as Rhino gets closer...
Rhino: I’m warning you, don’t screw me…
AND RHINO GRABS CORINO BY THE THROAT...
ONLY TO TURN HIS HEAD...
AND NOTICE THE CAMERA...
SUDDENLY, RHINO ASSUMEDLY GRABS THE CAMERA MAN AND RAMS HIM INTO THE HALLWAY...
A GLASS SHATTERING NOISE IS HEARD...
AND OUR FEED CUTS AWAY...
...
Match Two
Christian York and Joey Matthews vs. Hot Commodity w/Julio Dinero
This is simply a showcase match for York and Matthews, whilst they aren’t winning the titles right now, this win is just for you, Wolfy. Oh hey, I didn’t have to adjust that opening sentence because whilst he has a worse username, Wolfy is now here at WS. Yay. Anyway, York and Matthews easily take care of both men, and for the last few moments of the match, they isolate EZ Money.
To his credit, EZ does what he can, BUT MATTHEWS TAKES HIM OUT WITH A MASSIVE FRANKENSTEINER FROM THE TOP ROPE!!!
ONLY FOR YORK TO COME OFF WITH A FLYING ELBOW DROP FROM THE TOP ALSO!!!
YORK PINS EZ MONEY...
1...2...3!!!
Winners – Christian York and Joey Matthews @ 2:30
After the match, York and Matthews have their hands raised by the referee, and they celebrate to the cheers of the fans...
ONLY TO BE ATTACKED...
BY THE FULL BLOODED ITALIANS!!!
LITTLE GUIDO, TONY MAMALUKE AND SAL E. GRAZIANO BEGIN PUMMELLING YORK AND MATTHEWS!!!
Guido directs traffic and Mamaluke drops Matthews with a DDT, whilst Sal just Body charges York.
Guido heads to the top rope...
AND COMES OFF WITH A SICILIAN SLICE, TAKING OUT MATTHEWS!!!
Meanwhile, BIG SAL LANDS A BODY SPLASH ONTO YORK!!!
The FBI celebrates with rude hand gestures to the booing fans, having sent the message that they wanted to tonight...
-COMMERCIAL BREAK-
We return from the commercial break with real grainy footage, hearing some yelling and screaming taking place in the arena’s parking lot. Eventually, the camera man zeroes in on the reason for the commotion as DA BALDIES AND THE HARRIS BROTHERS ARE FIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT!!!
All four men are doing all they can to ram the others into cars and cause all sorts of mayhem...
UNTIL TWO POLICE CARS THAT ARE DRIVING PAST PULL OVER AT THE SCENE!!!
A barrage of police officer’s enter the scene, and despite all four wrestler’s scratching and clawing to get at each other, the police men manage to stop the carnage for the meantime...
...
Right before our main event, we head backstage to JOEY STYLES AND JOEL GERTNER, ready to promote some stuff.
Joey Styles: Ladies and gentlemen, tickets are still on sale for the next set of ECW TB Tapings which will take place in Birmingham, Alabama next weekend. Some of the confirmed matches for the next few weeks include:
Eye Balls vs. Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible
Kid Kash vs. Steve Corino
Low Ki will once again defend the ECW Television Championship
Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer
And just like that, it’s time for the main event of the evening...
Match Three
ECW Championship Match – Fatal Four Way
Rhino (c) defends against Steve Corino w/Dawn Marie and Jack Victory, The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer
The match almost starts off as a traditional ECW tag brawl, with no tags actually taking place, but this is just a two on two slugfest. Obviously, it’s Rhino and Corino taking on The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer. There is fighting in the crowd, Singapore Cane shots and other weapons being used all over the place, and not a lot of teamwork or double team moves take place. However, a few times Rhino is so zeroed in on beating the hell out of The Sandman that Tommy sneaks from behind with a Roll Up, and another time he attempts to Piledrive Rhino off of the apron, but both times, the crafty Corino makes the save.
When saving Rhino from the Piledriver, he drags Rhino back into the ring, but Corino then immediately gets grabbed by Dreamer. From the apron. TOMMY HOOKS CORINO UP...
AND SUPLEXES HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE AND THROUGH THE TIME KEEPER’S TABLE OUTSIDE OF THE RING!!!
On that huge spot, we head to a commercial break...
-COMMERCIAL BREAK-
After the break, we come back to the scene of a struggling Rhino being double teamed by both Sandman and Dreamer. They end up pinballing him around, taking turns smashing him across the head with Singapore Canes, much to the delight of the fans. Unfortunately neither man can put Rhino away, and out of frustration, they throw him outside of the ring.
The Sandman looks set to follow Rhino to the outside...
BUT TOMMY AMBUSHES THE SANDMAN WITH A CHAIR SHOT TO THE FACE!!!
TOMMY QUICKLY FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A DREAMER DRIVER BEFORE MAKING THE COVER...
1...2...3!!!
NO!!! A RECOVERED CORINO BARELY MAKES THE SAVE!!!
Corino attacks Dreamer now, whilst Rhino gets back into the ring, and Corino and Rhino seem to agree to team up together. Corino looks to send Tommy in Rhino’s direction...
BUT DREAMER REVERSES, SENDING CORINO SMASHING INTO RHINO...
WHICH CAUSES RHINO TO TUMBLE THROUGH THE ROPES AND TO THE OUTSIDE...
WHILST CORINO STAGGERS STRAIGHT INTO A SPICCOLI DRIVER FROM TOMMY!!!
TOMMY HOOKS THE LEG...
1...2...3!!!
NO!!! THIS TIME THE SANDMAN MAKES THE LAST SECOND SAVE!!!
Now it’s Tommy and The Sandman having a face off, but this time, The Sandman wins out, teeing off on Dreamer. Being that he is The Sandman, he then goes to work with a Singapore Cane, really beating the shit out of Dreamer. A frustrated Rhino sees this and gets back into the ring...
RHINO CHARGES AT SANDMAN...
WHO SIDESTEPS HIM...
AND THE SANDMAN IMMEDIATELY HOOKS AND DROPS RHINO WITH THE WHITE RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!!!
THE SANDMAN MAKES THE COVER...
1...2...RHINO KICKS OUT JUST AS DREAMER BREAKS UP THE FALL!!!
The battle continues between all four men, with Corino yet to even try and win the match, but that’s about to change. Rhino sets up Dreamer...
FOR A PILEDRIVER FROM THE MIDDLE ROPE...
TOMMY REVERSES INTO A BACK BODY DROP, WHICH CAUSES RHINO TO LAND BACK FIRST ONTP THE APRON!!!
With Tommy still on the ropes, CORINO TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAND AN OLD SCHOOL BOMB TO DREAMER!!!
Corino looks around, considering taking the victory, and with Dawn Marie and Jack Victory cheering him on, CORINO GOES FOR THE PIN...
1...2...3!!!
NO!!! TOMMY JUST ROLLS A SHOULDER UP!!!
Rhino happens to roll into the ring just as the pinfall attempt ends, and his eyes bug out, losing his shit at the fact that Corino tried to screw him. ‘The King Of Old School’ begs off...
BUT RHINO GRABS HIM BY THE THROAT...
UNTIL THE SANDMAN LEAPS FROM THE TOP ROPE...
RHINO MOVES OUT OF THE WAY...
AND SANDMAN LANDS ON CORINO WITH A SLOPPY CROSSBODY!!!
As soon as The Sandman gets up...
RHINO NAILS HIM WITH A VICIOUS GORE, SENDING HIM CRASHING THROUGH THE TABLE IN THE CORNER OF THE RING!!!
The champion then drags Sandman’s lifeless body to the middle of the ring...
AND FINISHES HIM OFF WITH A PILEDRIVER!!!
RHINO HOOKS THE LEG...
1...2...3!!!
...
NO!!! DREAMER PULLS RHINO OFF OF THE COVER!!!
Dreamer beats on Rhino for the next minute or so, with right hands before going insane with steel chair shots to the champ. When Tommy sets up Rhino for the DDT...
CORINO NAILS HIM WITH AN OLD SCHOOL KICK!!!
CORINO ENCOURAGES AN UNTRUSTING RHINO TO MAKE THE COVER...
AND RHINO HESITANTLY DOES...
1...2... THE SANDMAN SOMEHOW MAKES THE SAVE!!!
An irritated Corino throws Sandman out of the ring, before motioning towards the back and CW ANDERSON makes his way from the back with evil intentions on his mind.
CW starts brawling with The Sandman on the outside, but Sandman was ready...
SO HE MANAGES TO RAM ANDERSON HEAD FIRST INTO THE RING POST!!!
JACK VICTORY TRIES TO ATTACK SANDMAN NOW... BUT VICTORY GETS DROPPED WITH A RIGHT HAND!!!
Meanwhile, inside of the ring, RHINO GOES FOR THE GORE ON DREAMER...
BUT TOMMY GETS A STEEL CHAIR UP INTO THE FACE OF RHINO!!!
A stressed out Corino charges at Dreamer...
ONLY TO GET DROPPED WITH THE DDT!!!
The Sandman slides back into the ring now, Singapore Cane in hand, only to be confronted by Rhino.
THE SANDMAN SWINGS THE SINGAPORE CANE...
RHINO DUCKS...
AND THE CANE SHOT TAKES OUT DREAMER!!!
THE SANDMAN THEN SWINGS AGAIN...
AND THIS TIME RHINO CAN’T AVOID IT...
AND HE FALLS FACE FIRST TO THE CANVAS AFTER A SINGAPORE CANE SHOT!!!
Corino is staggering to his feet, using the ropes to stay standing...
AND THE SANDMAN LINES HIM UP FOR A CANE SHOT...
BUT HE GETS TRIPPED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE RING BY CW ANDERSON!!!
THE SANDMAN LANDS ON TOP OF RHINO...
AND CW HOLDS THE SANDMAN’S LEGS...
ENSURING BOTH RHINO AND THE SANDMAN CAN’T MOVE...
AS A DAZED CORINO, STAGGERS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE RING...
AND COLLAPSES ONTO THE LIFELESS BODY OF TOMMY DREAMER...
1...2...3!!!
Winner – Steve Corino @ 17:28
HOLY SHIT!!! Nobody can believe it. The fans are in a stunned silence as the dominant reign of Rhino is over, and Steve Corino is the NEW ECW Champion.
Victory, Dawn Marie and CW Anderson all step into the ring, and drag Corino to his feet, handing him the title. Corino is initially in shock as he raises the title above his head, BEFORE HE LETS OUT A SHIT EATING GRIN!!!
He’s finally accomplished his goal. The quartet celebrate inside of the ring for a few moments, with the heat from the fans beginning to pick up, until Rhino begins making his way to his feet.
They immediately hightail it from the ring and disappear to the back, happy to get out of this situation in one piece.
Meanwhile, inside of the ring, a defeated Rhino has gotten back to his feet, looking VENGEFUL as fuck, as the show fades to black...
END OF SHOW
