ECW/WCW Hardcore Heaven 2002
June 9, 2002
UIC Pavilion
Chicago, IL
Joey Styles: “Tonight, it’s a Barbed Wire Match for the ECW World Championship! I’m Joey Styles alongside former two-time ECW World Champion Tazz. Tonight, ECW World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar takes on the Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal Sabu with the title on the line!”
Tazz: “Joey, I’ve wrestled Lesnar. And of course Sabu was one of my greatest rivals. In any other type of match I feel Sabu would have had a lot of trouble taking down Lesnar…but in a Barbed Wire Match? Brock’s in trouble Joey.”
Joey Styles: “The New World Order is here as well Tazz. They invaded RISE just 10 days ago and have accepted ECW’s challenges.”
Tazz: “Nash, Hall, O’Haire. These guys think they’re tough. Well we’re going to find out tonight brother, that’s for sure!”
“Stayin’ Alive” by the Beegees with rapping vocals by N-Trance plays as the Full-Blooded Italians hit the ring!
“Where’s my pizza!”
*Clap Clap Clap*
“Where’s my pizza!”
*Clap Clap Clap*
The crowd roars as Metallica’s version of “Enter Sandman” plays! Through the crowd, it’s The Sandman, Spike Dudley, Tommy Dreamer with Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.! Look like Kidman brought someone along with him that has the crowd…excited is the word we’ll use.
Joey Styles: “Well, it looks like Torrie Wilson quickly figured out what ECW is all about!”
Tazz: “My god what a real tomato!”
The bikini-clad Torrie grabs a beer from the Sandman…and drinks it Sandman style while standing on the railing! The entire song plays through as the ten man tag starts.
The Full-Blooded Italians (Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke, Tracy Smothers, Big Daddy Vincenzo and Big Sal E. Graziano) vs. Rey Mysterio Jr., Billy Kidman, The Sandman, Spike Dudley and Tommy Dreamer
The FBI attack but all five are countered by their respective target! Sandman cracks Graziano with a Singapore Cane, then Dreamer does the same to Vincenzo! Triple dropkick knock Smothers, Mamaluke and Guido to the outside.
Spike and Rey come off the top rope with dives on Guido and Mamaluke in stereo with Kidman hitting Smothers with a springboard Shooting Star Press! In the ring Graziano heads to the outside and sends Kidman flying into railing, but the Sandman decides to fly himself with the ugliest looking Somersault Plancha you’d ever see, but he catches Sal nonetheless! Dreamer jabs at Vincenzo inside the ring, but runs into a sidewalk slam. Massive 500-pound elbow drop squashes Dreamer! 1…2…Spike dives off the top rope to break up the pin.
Vincenzo gets a laugh as little Spike Dudley attacking him. Spike hits a couple of forearms that have no effect, then runs right into the monster, who throws Spike on his back for a Samoan drop.
Vincenzo is distracted though as
Torrie Wilson gets on the apron! Vincenzo drops Spike and approaches, only to get his with stereo missile dropkicks from Rey and Kidman! Vincenzo stumbles backwards and Spike hits him with a low blow, followed by the
Acid Drop! Guido, Mamaluke and Smothers get back into the ring to avoid the pin and attack Kidman, Spike and Rey. As that happens Sandman levels Sal with a chairshot on the outside. The FBI have an advantage momentarily on the inside before Sandman cracks Guido, Mamaluke and Smothers with Singapore Cane shots! Smothers stumbles into Dreamer, and Dreamer plants him with the Death Valley Driver! Rey leaps onto the apron and gets Mamaluke with a springboard hurricanrana! Sandman sets Guido up and hits the White Russian Legsweep as Kidman heads to the top rope…
Shooting Star Press! 1…2…3!
Winners: The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Spike Dudley, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Kidman when Kidman pinned Little Guido in 6:31
The winning team celebrate some more as the fans chant for Torrie. Torrie obliges with dance and the crowd goes nuts!
Tazz: “My god Joey I know this is ECW but can we even air this!”
Joey Styles: “Enjoy it while it lasts partner, we have a long night ahead of us!”
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Paul Heyman: “You know, as I think about the years, the decade, that Extreme Championship Wrestling has existed on this earth. I always knew we had to be something different to make it. To survive. Perhaps it didn’t end up completely going the way I envisioned it, being run by a McMahon and all, but hey, we got farther than we had any right to. But to get to this point I needed special attractions, something that would catch the casual viewer’s eye whether they watched wrestling or not. And man was Sabu that guy. Here’s a guy with scars all over his body, with permanent burns etched into his skin. I went up and beyond to make sure Sabu had a home in ECW. But you see that was the 90s. Shock TV was all the rage. We’re a couple years into this new millennium and the whole over the top with violence, it’s not as unique anymore. That’s not extreme. What’s extreme is a 275-pound monster who can move as fast as anyone. An athlete who can literally rip someone’s body in-half. Eventually the fans, Stephanie, they’ll realize that ECW has to go through Brock Lesnar to thrive. You’ll all see that the likes of Sabu represent yesterday’s news. Brock Lesnar is the athlete of today. Brock Lesnar will rip Sabu into pieces using the very barbed wire that Sabu thinks is to his favor. Over the lifespan of ECW, Sabu has proven to be homicidal and genocidal no doubt. But tonight, he’s proven himself to be suicidal as well. Good luck Sabu and thank you for everything you’ve done for ECW. You’ve sacrificed your health and body over and over. But thank you for sacrificing your career tonight. I, and Brock, truly appreciate it.”
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Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Shelton Benjamin
Both men circle on another as Benjamin has a confident smirk on his face. Shinzaki fires a kick but Benjamin keeps his distance. They lock-up and Benjamin gets a side headlock. They transition into hammerlocks before Benjamin hits an armdrag. Benjamin runs at Shinzaki who ends up hitting an armdrag of his own. Side headlock from Shinzaki and Benjamin sends him off the ropes. Shinzaki knocks him down and comes off the ropes again. Leapfrog from Benjamin followed by a hip toss! Benjamin looks to cover but Shinzaki lifts up both of his feet and knocks Benjamin down. Both men get up quickly and in a fighting stance. Both men hit the ropes and Shinzaki hits Benjamin with a spinning heel kick! Shinzaki runs at Benjamin, but Benjamin backdrops him over the top rope and onto the floor. Benjamin comes off the ropes and hits Shinzaki with a baseball slide that sends him into the guardrail. Benjamin leaps onto the apron, only to dive off, missing Shinzaki and hitting the guardrail chin-first! Shinzaki slides into the ring and comes off the ropes…and he leaps over with a
Space Flying Tiger Drop that hits the target!
Shinzaki rolls Benjamin in and quickly covers, 1…2…Benjamin kicks out. Shinzaki chops at Benjamin in the corner, before bringing him out and setting him up for a powerbomb. Benjamin rolls over Shinzaki and hits an armdrag. Shinzaki catches the following kick, but Benjamin connects with the enzugiri! Cover from Benjamin, 1…2…Shinzaki kicks out. Benjamin comes off the ropes and Shinzaki misses the clothesline, then catches Benjamin on the way back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker! Shinzaki drags Benjamin to the corner and climbs onto the turnbuckles, but misses a
Vader Bomb! Shinzaki rolls to the outside and Benjamin comes flying over with a
somersault Plancha! Benjamin slams Shinzaki into the apron before sliding him into the ring. Benjamin leaps over the top rope and Shinzaki with a sunset flip, but Shinzaki holds onto the top rope and prevents being rolled over. Shinzaki punches away at Benjamin then hooks the leg. No count as they’re in the ropes. Shinzaki whips Benjamin off the ropes but Benjamin ducks the clothesline. Benjamin comes flying back with a leg lariat, but Shinzaki blocks and drivers Benjamin straight down! 1…2…Benjamin kicks out.
Shinzaki looks to finish this as he suplexes Benjamin. Shinzaki heads to the top rope and begins his praying motion…but Benjamin is up in a mere moment and leaps up to meet Shinzaki on the top rope. They punch away at one another, but Benjamin gets the advantage and hits a superplex! Benjamin tries to float over and somewhat does, 1…2…Shinzaki kicks out. Benjamin sends Shinzaki off the ropes and goes for the backdrop, but Shinzaki puts on the brakes and powerbombs Benjamin right in the center of the ring! Instead of going for the cover, Shinzaki heads to the top rope once again. He completes the Praying motion this time…and hits the
Flying Headbutt! 1…2…Benjamin kicks out to Shinzaki’s shock! Shinzaki picks Benjamin up and sets him up for another powerbomb, but Benjamin counters into the Northern Lights suplex! 1…2…Shinzaki kicks out. Shinzaki hits a back kick, then comes off the ropes. Shinzaki cartwheels towards Benjamin, but Benjamin quickly grapples him and plants him with the
T-Bone Suplex! 1…2…3!
Winner: Shelton Benjamin via pinfall in 12:03
Shelton Benjamin audibly exclaims “I told you so” as he walks up the ramp victorious.
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Joey Styles: “Let’s go back to RISE just 10 days ago. With the New World Order running roughshod over the ECW locker room Total Impact came out to restore order. It was then when Justin Credible, a former ECW World Champion himself mind you, turned his back on Total Impact when he whacked Lance Storm with his kendo stick. Two days later Chris Candido showed up on Hardcore TV offering his help to Total Impact against the NWO. Triple H told Credible and Sean Waltman, X-Pac, that thanks to the divorce settlement money he’s receiving from ECW Owner Stephanie McMahon, he’s been able to relaunch NWO Japan and a member of that organization will team up with Waltman and Credible. Let’s see what happens!”
The new Total Impact, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm and Chris Candido (as well as Dawn Marie) make their way to the ring. X-Pac and Justin Credible are back using the “What You Lookin’ At?” by Uncle Kracker.
“ECW!”
“ECW!”
“ECW!”
“ECW!”
X-Pac and Justin Credible look confident though, and when their teammate comes out, the passionate ECW crowd switch to a new chant…
Joey Styles: “My god Tazz, that’s The Great Muta! Former NWA World and All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Champion!”
“HOLY SHIT!”
“HOLY SHIT!”
“HOLY SHIT!”
“HOLY SHIT!”
Total Impact (Lance Storm, Chris Candido and Mike Awesome) w/Dawn Marie vs. The New World Order (X-Pac, Justin Credible and The Great Muta)
Lance Storm dares Justin Credible to stand face to face with him in the center of the ring. Credible stands right up in his face. Credible shoves Storm and gets a slap in the face in return! Credible and Storm go at one another before Storm takes him down. Storm continues to punch away at Credible before Credible slides to the outside and regroups behind his corner. Chris Candido calms Storm down before making a tag. Credible tags in X-Pac as well. X-Pac keeps his distance before running at Candido, but Candido gets a hip toss. Big slam from Candido. Candido misses a running elbow drop and X-Pac stomps away. Candido counters an Irish Whip and hits X-Pac with a Belly-to-Belly Suplex! Cover, 1…2…Credible runs in and breaks it up. Candido takes a shot at Credible, but Muta kicks Candido in the head from the apron and X-Pac takes him down with a flying lariat!
X-Pac props Candido up in the corner and hits a couple of hard kicks, followed by a spinning back jump kick that drops Candido. X-Pac dances around the ring before giving
Dawn Marie the “Suck It” gesture…then hits Candido with a
Bronco Buster! Credible is tagged back in and he stomps away at Candido in the corner. Credible goes for a superkick, but Candido ducks out of the way, then catches Credible with a full rotation powerslam! Candido crawls over to his corner and makes the tag to Mike Awesome…while Credible tags out to the Great Muta! Muta and Awesome circle around one another before Muta begins to fire kicks. Awesome backs away but Muta catches him with a high kick nonetheless. Muta kicks Awesome in the corner, then whips him off the ropes. Awesome runs right over Muta on the way back! X-Pac runs in to attack Awesome, but Awesome sees him and X-Pac backs away. Muta kicks Awesome in the back, but when he jumps at him Awesome counters with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex! Both Credible and X-Pac come into the ring and nails Awesome with
X Marks the Spot! Storm and Candido attack X-Factor and the brawl is on!
As Candido, Storm, X-Pac and Credible fight on the outside, Muta traps Awesome in the corner and hits stiff kicks and crescent shots to the throat. Awesome counters an Irish whip, but Muta rolls under a clothesline and catches Awesome with a dropkick. Muta whips Awesome off the ropes. Muta leapfrogs over Awesome…but
Awesome leaps over the top rope with a suicide dive that takes out all four of the other competitors, although it looks like he mostly missed Storm. Storm comes around the ring and tries to superkick Muta, but Muta was ready for it and he blocks, then trips Storm. Muta runs at Storm but Storm backdrops him over the top rope onto Awesome! Storm turns around right into a Justin Credible kendo stick shot! Cover, 1…2…Storm kicks out! Credible hits Storm with a spinning DDT and covers again, 1…2…another kickout from Lance Storm. Storm counters an Irish whip into the corner and Credible flips over the top rope…and Storm hits a dropkick that sends Credible flying into the guardrail! X-Pac jumps Storm behind and locks in the
Buzzkiller! (There’s a move we haven’t seen in a long time!) Candido slides in and stomps away on X-Pac to force him to break the hold. Candido kicks X-Pac and sets him up for a powerbomb or piledriver…when Muta gets up on the apron and hits him with the
Green Mist!
Muta stomps away on Candido who rolls out of the ring.
Dawn Marie tends ho him and hops onto the apron, only to get hit with the
Green Mist! Storm comes off the top rope with a flying spinkick that sends Muta flying! Justin Credible attacks Storm from behind then sets him up for
That’s Incredible…but Awesome knocks them both down. Awesome has had a table set-up on the outside and he grabs Credible. Credible realizes he has nowhere to go as Awesome sets him up and Storm assists…he’s
Awesome Bombed through the table on the outside! Awesome hits Muta with a flying tackle as Storm drags Credible back into the ring and makes the cover, 1…2…3!
Winners: Total Impact when Lance Storm pinned Justin Credible in 15:54
Joey Styles: “Damn right! Total Impact has sent a message to the New World Order tonight!”
X-Pac collects Justin Credible as Lance Storm and Mike Awesome tend to Dawn Marie and Chris Candido. The Great Muta still looks like he wants to fight, although X-Pac convinces him otherwise.
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We cut to a dark room, where in the darkness we see two women, although it’s unclear who they are…
“Heheeheehahahahahaheeehaaa”
One of the women shrieks loudly…and the camera zooms in and we see that she has purple eyeliner…and now it’s clear that it’s Daffney. The camera pans away towards a sign that reads Daffney & Victoria: A Horror Show Coming To You.
We hear one last shriek before we come back to live action…
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ECW World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn © vs. Kid Kash and Jamie Noble
Kash and Noble attack the champions right away, with Noble stomping away at Styles in one corner and Kash pounding on Lynn in the other. Styles fires back at Noble and catches him with a kick to the side of the head. Kash misses a clothesline on Styles, and Styles catches him with a single leg dropkick. Lynn clotheslines Noble down. Lynn sends Noble to the outside as Styles kicks Kash in the corner. Lynn flies over the top rope and takes out Noble with a dive! Styles leapfrogs over Kash, then catches him with a beautiful dropkick! Styles leaps over the top rope onto the apron, just to springboard back in with a twisting splash on Kash! Cover, 1…2…Kash kicks out. Styles sends Kash on the ropes and hits a drop toe hold and Kash retreats under the bottom rope to the outside. Styles gives Kash no time to breathe though as he jumps to the outside and takes him out with a springboard Asai Moonsault!
Lynn brings Noble back into the ring and kicks Noble in the corner. He gets Noble up for a vertical suplex, but changes it up midway and drops Noble with a neckbreaker. Kash has gotten the upperhand on Styles on the outside as he stunguns Styles across the railing. Kash gets up on the apron, but Lynn leaps off the second rope and knocks Kash right off with a triangle dropkick. Noble is backed into the corner and Lynn monkeyflips him out, sending Noble across the ring! Lynn props Noble on the top rope then climbs up himself…and takes Noble out with a Flying Bulldog! Cover, 1…2…Kash drags Lynn out of the ring and slams him into the railing. Styles leaps onto the apron and dives at Kash, but Kash moves out of the way and Styles crashes onto the floor! Kash rolls Styles into the ring and then pulls Noble to his corner to make a tag.
Joey Styles: “Oh now tags suddenly matter!”
Kash chops Styles then takes him down with a snapmare…followed by a stiff kick to the back! Cover from Kash, 1…2…Styles kicks out. Kash stomps on Styles a bit more before coming off the ropes and hitting him with a somersault legdrop. Kash pounds on Styles’ back then plants him with a bridging German suplex! 1…2…Styles just kicks out. Kash sends Styles off the ropes and catches him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker as the challengers have complete control of the match. Kash tags in Noble. Double headbutt followed by a double chop from Noble and Kash. Noble sends Styles off the ropes and takes him out with a flying leg lariat! Another cover, 1…2…Styles kicks out again, showing a lot of resilience. Noble locks Styles’ arm in a weird variation of a headlock and shoulder trap before suplexing Styles over his head! Cover again, 1…2…Styles just gets the shoulder up as Jerry Lynn gets hyped on the apron, begging to get back in there. Noble locks in a side headlock and Styles is able to send him off the ropes and catch him with with a leaping enzugiri! Styles crawls over to Lynn, but Noble tags in Kash and Kash runs over and knocks Lynn off the apron!
Kash chokes Styles in the corner before lifting him up for a belly-to-back suplex. Kash holds him up there before releasing the suplex as opposed to driving Styles down. Kash mocks Styles as Styles slowly gets to his feet…and Kash knocks him right back down with a springboard dropkick! Figure-four from Kash and Styles is in a lot of trouble here! Styles screams in pain as Lynn yells at him not to give up! The crowd gets behind Styles as he turns the Figure-Four around and puts the pressure on Kash! Eventually they break free of one another, but Kash is smart enough to rehook Styles’ leg and make a tag to Noble. Noble elbowdrops Styles in the back of the head. Noble props Styles back up in the corner and kicks away at him before hitting him with chops. He sends Styles off the ropes and knocks him right back down with a double axe to the chest! Noble puts Styles in the tree of woe, then heads to the outside and pulls Styles’ neck back! Kash jumps into the ring and dropkicks Styles’ exposed midsection! Boston Crab from Noble and Styles is barely moving at this point. Noble releases and stomps on Styles’ back. Noble sends Styles off the ropes, but Styles ducks a clothesline then comes flying back with a flying forearm! Styles again crawls towards Lynn to make the big tag…but Kash runs into the ring to attack Lynn again. Lynn nails Kash with a straight shot to the face. Styles dives and makes the tag to Lynn!
Lynn punches away at Kash, then knocks Noble down. Dropkick sends Kash to the apron, then Lynn nails Noble with a back elbow. Lynn boots Noble and plants him with a DDT. Lynn then dives over the top rope and over Kash who’s still on the apron, getting a sunset flip through the timekeeper’s table! Lynn is slow to get up and Noble dives through the ropes to take him out. Styles, still struggling to get back to a vertical base, suddenly finds a second wind and backflips over the top rope hitting Noble with the Fosbury Flop! All four men are out on the outside, although Lynn is the first to get to his feet. Lynn slides Noble back in and Styles gets back on the apron. Lynn hits Noble with an inverted atomic drop and holds him in place as Styles hits a springboard forearm! Cover by Lynn, 1…2…Kash pulls Lynn to the outside just in time to break up the count. Kash runs in and chopblocks Styles. Noble gets back to his feet and sets Styles up, and plants him with a Tiger Powerbomb! 1…2..Lynn slides in and dropkicks Noble in the face to break up the count!
Lynn and Kash trade shots. Kash tries to pick up Lynn, but Lynn slides behind him and drops him with a reverse DDT! Lynn sends Kash back to the outside, then hits him with a baseball slide! As Lynn and Kash fight on the outside again Noble tries to powerbomb Styles again, but Styles counters by landing on his feet and hitting Noble with a high kick to the side of the head. Styles springboard backflips over Noble and drops him with his own reverse DDT! On the outside Kash reverses a whip and sends Lynn into the guardrail, then throws a chair at his face for good measure! Kash heads to the top rope, where he hits a double jump corkscrew bodypress on Styles! Kash sets Styles up and plants him with the Money Maker (double underhook piledriver). Kash goes for the cover, but Lynn comes off the top with a flying legdrop to stop him!
Noble gets a fireman’s carry but then hits a double knee gutbuster on Lynn. Noble covers Lynn, 1…2…Lynn kicks out. Noble sends Lynn off the ropes and goes for the backdrop, but Lynn puts on the brakes! Lynn has him set up…Cradle Piledriver! 1…2…Kash just breaks up the pin! Lynn and Kash trade shots, but Styles catches Kash in the back of the head with the Pelé Kick! Styles boots Noble and then has him setup…and plants him with the Styles Clash! Lynn tosses Kash to the outside and drags Noble to the corner as Styles heads to the top rope…Spiral Tap! 1…2…3!
Winners: Jerry Lynn and AJ Styles when Styles pinned Noble in 30:02 (Retains)
Styles and Lynn get a standing ovation, that turns into an even bigger one when Kid Kash and Jamie Noble get back on their feet. While there’s no handshake, there’s clearly a sign of respect between these two teams who just went at it for a half-hour!
Tazz: “God damn Joey what a match we just saw!”
Joey Styles: “You’re damn right partner! What an absolute clinic from Jerry Lynn, AJ Styles, Kid Kash and Jamie Noble, giving it all they had for the ECW World Tag Team Championship!”
Tazz: “I somehow don’t think we’re going to get the same deal in this next match.”
Joey Styles: “I still can’t believe I’m going to call an ECW match with Glacier in it.”
***
Raven and Malice make their way to the ring first, and Raven grabs a mic.
Raven: “Tonight, it has become apparent that I’ve reached the gates of Purgatory. The souls that I’ve trapped within me fill the coldness in my heart. Tonight Mortis, judgment comes as I see fit. My heart is now as black as ice…and I promise you, my blood runs cold. Quote the Raven…Nevermore!”
The UIC Pavilion turns blue as Glacier makes his way out to the ring, although somewhat hilariously, he’s booed out of the building. Who knew ECW fans would hate a gimmick like that?
The Unholy Alliance make their way out to the ring next, with Mortis slowly walking behind The Sinister Minister, Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri.
Raven, Malice, and Glaicer vs. Mortis, Mikey Whipwreck, and Yoshihiro Tajiri
Raven sits in the corner. Mortis approaches but he’s cut off by Malice. Mortis wins that exchange with hard rights and sends Malice over the top rope with a clothesline. Whipwreck dives over the top rope onto Malice, but Malice somewhat sidesteps and Whipwreck crashes to the floor. Tajiri gets onto the apron and back kicks Malice, then hits him with a springboard Asai Moonsault. In the ring Mortis eyes Raven, who’s still sitting in the corner, but Glacier steps in between them. Glacier attacks but Mortis gets the upperhand easily, punching and kicking Glacier in the corner. Mortis tries a high chop that’s blocked by Glacier. Glacier tries a roundhouse kick that’s ducked by Mortis, then Mortis hops over a sweep attempt. Mortis grabs a straight side kick from Glacier and lays him out with a superkick.
Mortis puts Glacier in the fireman’s carry, sends him high up and drops him face-first on the top turnbuckle! Mortis sets up Glacier for the Flatliner, but now Raven attacks and pounds away on Mortis. Raven kicks Mortis low and plants him with the Evenflow DDT! Raven covers, 1…and that’s it as Mortis powers out! Mortis grabs Raven and Raven tries to get out of the ring, and Malice slides in with a chairshot to the back to make the save! Tajiri and Whipwreck slide in and dropkick the chair in Malice’s face, sending him and Raven scurrying out of the ring and up the ramp. Glacier tries a superkick to Tajiri, but Tajiri ducks and hits a Buzzsaw Kick of his own that staggers Glacier. Whipwreck puts Glacier on the second rope…and comes down with a Whippersnapper! Raven and Malice watch from the entrance as The Sinister Minister slides in a table. Whipwreck and Tajiri set it up as Mortis carries Glacier in the samoan drop position. Mortis climbs to the second rope and samoan drops Glacier through the table! Mortis covers Glacier, 1…2…3!
Winners: Mortis, Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck in 5:57 when Mortis pinned Glacier
Raven and Malice watch in horror at the entrance as The Sinister Minister heeds a warning! “Your time is coming Raven!”
Joey Styles: “I can’t believe that of all the WCW hacks Raven could come up with to help him he picked Glacier. Glacier! I know Mortis and Glacier have had their issues in the past but I mean come on, Glacier?!”
Tazz: “I don’t know what’s going through that crazy mind of Raven’s, Joey. But you know he has to have a plan…hey Joey what’s going on?”
Joey Styles: “Hey that’s Regal! And Finlay? These two were just beating the crap out of one another a few weeks ago!”
As the Unholy Alliance walked up the entrance and were about to exit, Tajiri was jumped by Finlay! William Regal blasted Mikey Whipwreck with brass knuckles before doing the same to The Sinister Minister! Finlay and Regal take Tajiri and run as Mortis goes after them…walking right into an attack by Malice and Raven! Malice slams Mortis into some backstage equipment before Raven hooks him and plants him on the concrete floor with an Evenflow DDT!
Tajiri tries to fight Finlay and Regal, but Finlay stuffs him in the trunk of their car and Regal drives off!
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Joey Styles: “What the hell was that?”
Tazz: “I know William Regal was frustrated about Tajiri after all he’s done for him, but that seemed like a little much Joey. And he’s got Finlay back in the fold?”
Joey Styles: “I guess we’ll get an update on Nitro or RISE, but I can’t help but feel like Raven is playing with fire. Nevertheless we have to move on, and coming up next, we saw a preview earlier, the NWO continues its attack, its invasion of ECW. But can Sean O’Haire? Can the Outsiders? Can they deal with one of the greatest teams in ECW history in the Eliminators…and with one pissed off former world champion in Kurt Angle? We’re about to find out!”
“Ready Or Not” by the Fugees plays as the New World Order: The Outsiders and Sean O’Haire make their way to the ring. While Nash and Hall clearly have their confident strut down, O’Haire still looks somewhat awkward coming down to the ring as part of the group. Scott Hall grabs a mic.
Scott Hall: “Hey yo.”
“I know this is the big-time ECW…ooooo…but regardless, we have to do a little survey. Are you here to see these freaks here in ECW?...”
“Or are you here to see the N…W…O?!”
The ferocity of the crowd’s response even silences Scott Hall.
“ECW!”
“ECW!”
“ECW!”
“ECW!”
Scott Hall: “Heh, whatever man.”
At that moment, the crowd erupts…it’s not Kurt Angle…it’s the BLUE WORLD ORDER in the house!
Joey Styles: “Oh man. You know the BWO was taken out by the NWO on RISE as well. Maybe it’s revenge time? It’s Big Stevie Cool...Da Blue Guy…and what’s Nova’s pants say…Simon “The Wig” O’Hair?”
Big Stevie Cool: “You’ve disrespected ECW for the last time! You’ve disrespected the Blue World Order for the last time! You need to know there’s no place for you here, because WE’RE TAKING OVER!”
Da Blue Guy: “Say hello to DA BLUE GUY! And let me introduce you to my new partner….Simon “The Wig” O’Hair!”
Before “The Wig” can say anything Sean O’Haire attacks The Blue Meanie, before a full scale beatdown of the BWO commences. Scott Hall plants “The Wig” with an Outsiders’ Edge…but that’s when things get serious. A mash-up of “Medal” and “Total Elimination” plays as Kurt Angle and The Eliminators walk down to the ring!
“Angle’s Gonna Kill You!”
“Angle’s Gonna Kill You!”
“Angle’s Gonna Kill You!”
“Angle’s Gonna Kill You!”
Kurt Angle and The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) vs. The New World Order (Sean O’Haire, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)
The Outsiders back away, but O’Haire jumps right at Angle, Saturn and Kronus and the match is on! Nash and Hall drag Saturn and Kronus to the outside as O’Haire and Angle trade rights in the ring! O’Haire misses a wild punch and Angle quickly gets a German suplex! Hall comes in and gets a couple of punches, but he too misses a roundhouse right and Angle hits him with a German suplex as well! Nash runs over Angle with a clothesline to the back of the head. Saturn and Kronus attack Nash. Nash slugs Saturn away, then hits Kronus with a big forearm. Angle tackles Nash into the corner and punches away at him. Kronus comes back with a garbage can and puts it on Nash, then Saturn comes flying in with a spinning heel kick that sends Nash, still wearing the garbage can, flying to the outside! O’Haire grabs Kronus by the arm, but Kronus ducks the clothesline and gets a superkick that sends O’Haire to the outside as well. Kronus climbs to the top rope, then leaps hits Nash and O’Haire with a moonsault all the way to the floor!
Scott Hall knocks Angle down from behind, then trades blows with Saturn. Saturn punches away at Hall, but Saturn misses one and Hall gets him back with a discus punch of his own. Hall sends Saturn off the ropes and hits a back body drop. Angle grabs Hall from behind and hits him with another German suplex, but Nash comes in with that same garbage can from earlier and wipes out Angle. Nash hits Angle with a knee to the midsection, then lifts him up and hits snake eyes! Nash comes off the ropes and nails Angle with a big boot! Cover, 1…2…Angle kicks out. On the outside O’Haire slams Kronus into the guardrail, then hits him with a roundhouse kick that sends him into the crowd. In the ring Nash pounds away on Angle before hitting him with a massive Sidewalk slam! Another cover, 1…2…Angle kicks out again.
Nash calls for the end and sets Angle up for the Jackknife, but Angle rolls over with a sunset flip, then quickly grabs the ankle for the Ankle Lock! Nash flails like a fish trying to get out of the ring and Hall grabs his arm trying to pull him out, but Angle won’t let go. O’Haire climbs up to the top rope and comes down on Angle with a flying knee drop to break the grapevine on the Ankle Lock! O’Haire puts Angle on his shoulders for the Prophecy, but Angle breaks free and whips O’Haire into the corner. O’Haire leaps up to the top rope and backflips over Angle, then hits Angle with an elbow to the midsection and a kneelift. O’Haire turns around and Saturn launches himself off the top rope and gets a flying bodypress! 1…2…O’Haire kicks out. O’Haire lunges at Saturn, but Saturn catches the arm and drives O’Haire down…locking him in the Rings of Saturn! O’Haire screams in pain, refusing to give up! Nash tries to get back into the ring, but Angle pulls him down the apron and prevents any help. Hall attacks Angle from behind and the Outsiders double-team him as O’Haire is still trapped in the hold!
Hall slides in and stomps on Saturn repeatedly to help O’Haire escape, but clearly damage has been done. Nash and Angle fight on the outside, but Nash is able to stungun Angle into the steel guardrail as they continue to brawl up the entrance way. Kronus runs into the ring and tries a bodypress to Hall, but Hall catches him and hits a Fall Away Slam. Saturn quickly hooks Hall and hits him with the Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza! On the outside Nash and Angle continue to fight on the stage. Angle has Nash staggered, but he misses a charge and Nash sends him into the ECW set, knocking most of it down! Nash then boots Angle and sets him up, he’s at the edge of the stage! Nash jackknife powerbombs Angle off the stage through several tables 10-12 feet below!
Joey Styles: “Oh My God!”
Saturn and Kronus pound away on O’Haire in the ring before hitting a double front kick…then taking him out with Total Elimination! Saturn covers, 1…2…Hall breaks up the three! Kronus and Saturn look to take out Hall the same way. Kronus comes off the ropes but Hall ducks and Kronus nails Saturn with a spinning heel kick by accident! Hall kicks Kronus and sets him up…planting him with the Outsiders’ Edge! Saturn tries to get back in the ring but Nash has come back down and drags him out. Nash beats the hell out of Saturn on the outside as Hall gives Kronus to O’Haire. O’Haire has Kronus up and slams him right down with the Prophecy! The fans want the Seanton Bomb, but O’Haire has no interest in giving them what they want as he covers Kronus, 1…2…3!
Winners: Sean O’Haire, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall when O’Haire pinned John Kronus in 15:42
Joey Styles: “I have to say I can’t help but be disappointed in the result here Tazz.”
Tazz: “I understand Joey. Look, they’re getting the stretcher for Angle. He took a nasty fall off that stage. Considering Nash’s height, he probably went flying 15 feet or so.”
Joey Styles: “One day we’ll get this damn NWO.”
Kurt Angle is stretchered out as Saturn and Kronus slowly follow. There’s obvious disappointment that they couldn’t defend ECW tonight. ECW Owner Stephanie McMahon runs over as Angle is being wheeled into the ambulance with tears in her eyes. She asks a couple times if “Kurt is okay?” and Angle does seem to give her a thumbs up.
***
Tazz: “Well partner we still have some business left tonight, a couple of title matches.”
Joey Styles: “That we do Tazz. First of the two, the ECW World Television Championship is on the line in a match featuring, for my money, perhaps the best two athletes in the entire world. It’s Rob Van Dam challenging Eddie Guerrero!”
While Guerrero comes out to his old WCW theme, Rob Van Dam comes out to Kilgore’s version of “Walk”!
“RE-
“-SEPCT!”
“WALK!””
“WHAT DID YOU SAY?”
ECW World Television Championship
Eddie Guerrero © vs. Rob Van Dam (w/Bill Alfonso)
Guerrero cockily gets in RVD’s face as they stand toe-to-toe. RVD has one response to that as he does his “Rob Van Dam” taunt. Guerrero piefaces RVD and RVD knocks him down with a forearm! Guerrero sends RVD off the ropes but RVD runs right over him with a shoulder tackle. Quick cover, 1…2…Guerrero quickly kicks out. Guerrero gets a side headlock but RVD sends him off the ropes. RVD does a split which Guerrero leaps and rolls over, but he ends up just turning around into a clothesline! Another quick cover from RVD, 1…2…Guerrero kicks out again! Guerrero off the ropes, and RVD catches him with a full rotation powerslam! One more cover, 1…2…Guerrero kicks out again and slides to the outside in frustration. RVD doesn’t give Guerrero any time to rest as he hits him with a baseball slide! RVD sends Guerrero into the guardrail, but Guerrero moves out of the way when RVD leaps at him. RVD crashes into the guardrail and Guerrero hooks him up and tries to suplex him on the floor, but RVD blocks and impales Guerrero on the guardrail. RVD leaps onto the apron as Bill Alfonso puts a chair on Guerrero’s back. Spinning heel kick off the apron hits the chair and Guerrero on the guardrail!
RVD rolls back into the ring as Guerrero writhes in pain on the floor. Guerrero struggles to get to his feet as RVD hits the ropes and comes flying over the top rope with a somersault Plancha…only Guerrero grabbed Alfonso and put him in the way! RVD takes out his manager to his horror, but before he can do anything Guerrero smashes him over the head with a chair! Guerrero gets back into the ring as RVD looks to be out on the floor. Guerrero grabs hold of the top rope and hits a senton from inside the ring over the top rope onto RVD’s prone body on the floor! Guerrero rolls RVD back into the ring and makes the cover, 1…2…RVD kicks out. Guerrero locks in a tight rear chinlock, squeezing the life out of RVD before propping him up in the corner. Guerrero hits some stiff European uppercuts. Guerrero whips RVD into the corner, but runs into RVD’s foot when charging in! RVD leaps onto the turnbuckles but fakes a corkscrew body press…which hilariously leads to Guerrero dropping down to the canvas to avoid it. RVD just hits Guerrero with a Split-Legged Moonsault to the back instead!
RVD kicks Guerrero a couple of times in the back and then whips him into the corner. RVD follows up by monkey flipping Guerrero out of the corner! With a full head of steam RVD charges at Guerrero backed up in the corner, but Guerrero moves and RVD goes flying between the turnbuckles into the ring post. Guerrero rolls him up, 1…2…RVD kicks out. Guerrero stomps away on RVD and follows up with punches. RVD tries to fight back, but Guerrero gets a basement dropkick to the knee to send RVD back into the canvas. Guerrero quickly locks RVD in the Lasso From El Paso! RVD tries to get to the ropes, but Guerrero is able to hold RVD in place. Guerrero is close enough to the ropes though that Bill Alfonso, recovered from the earlier mishap, is able to get on the apron and blow his whistle in Guerrero’s ear! Guerrero collapses in pain as he holds his ear and Alfonso tosses RVD a chair. RVD tosses the chair at Guerrero for the Van-Daminator, but Guerrero ducks and smashes RVD over the head with it! Cover, 1…2…RVD just kicks out. Guerrero’s still distracted about earlier though as he yells at Alfonso but the whistle.
Guerrero still has control and he locks RVD in the middle of the ring in the Gory Guerrero Special! RVD has nowhere to go as Guerrero has it locked in the middle of the ring, but RVD’s flexibility allows him to unhook one of his legs, and he armdrags Guerrero to escape! Guerrero ducks a dropkick though and RVD lands in a sitting position, to which Guerrero dropkicks him in the back of the head! Eddie Guerrero says “that’s it” and quickly goes up to the top rope. He leaps but rolls through as RVD moves out of the way! RVD misses a clothesline and Guerrero gets a lucha-style roll-up, 1…2…RVD kicks out! RVD blocks a kick and hits a stepover spinning heel kick! RVD off the ropes, Rolling Thunder! 1…2…Guerrero just saves his title with a last second kickout! RVD leaps to the second rope, but Guerrero is right on him and crotches him up there, then drives him down to the canvas with a powerbomb!
Guerrero makes no attempt to pin RVD as he slowly heads to the top rope. Guerrero plays to the crowd, but the Frog Splash misses! Guerrero struggles to get to his feet and RVD does too. Guerrero tries a clothesline, but RVD ducks and hits a roundhouse kick. Now RVD heads to the top rope…Five Star Frog Splash just misses as Guerrero moves out of the way! Guerrero covers RVD and puts his feet on the ropes…1…2…Bill Alfonso shoves Guerrero’s feet off to break the count. Guerrero realizes what happened and follows Alfonso (who has another chair) around the ring. Referee is distracted by all this as Chavo Guerrero Jr. runs into the ring and plants RVD with a Tornado DDT! Alfonso eventually backs into Chavo on the outside, and Eddie shoves Alfonso down while grabbing the chair. Eddie gets ready to blast RVD with the chair to finish him off. RVD dazily gets to his feet, but ducks the chair shot and nails Eddie with the Van-Daminator! Cover, 1…2…3!
Winner: Rob Van Dam by pinfall in 23:07 (New Champion)
Chavo collects Eddie as Eddie asks him in a daze “what the hell happened?” Rob Van Dam and Bill Alfonso celebrate as RVD has finally regained the title he never lost, the ECW World Television Championship!
Joey Styles: “What a match-up between Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero, but it was Van Dam with the victory."
Tazz: “Eddie gave Van Dam everything he had and Chavo too, but it wasn’t enough Joey!”
***
Backstage the New World Order are heading towards their stretch limo (with X-Pac claiming he got unlucky while Nash makes fun of him for losing earlier in the night) when Total Impact and Saturn jump them! A brawl breaks out with the highlight being Scott Hall being slammed into the limo by Mike Awesome! The Big Bossman is there too and tries to help before Sandman, Dreamer and Spike jump in too! Justin Credible shoots off a fire extinguisher and this allows the NWO to escape!
***
Joey Styles: “ECW will never give in to these punks!”
Tazz: “It looks like things between ECW and the New World Order are far from over! But we still have unfinished business left tonight Joey.”
Joey Styles: “That’s right Tazz. Coming up next is our main event. Right now the production and ring crew are taking off the ropes and adding barbed wire to replace them. Brock Lesnar has had a hell of a run as ECW World Heavyweight Champion, but I can’t help but feel he’s about to really learn what the term extreme means as he defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Sabu momentarily. It’s a no-rope barbed wire match. Five years ago, Sabu won his second ECW World Heavyweight Championship in this type of match against Terry Funk. He’s an ad we used to run that showed a little bit from that match."
Sabu makes his way to the ring with Bill Alfonso, barbed wire chair in hand. Brock Lesnar makes his way out with Paul Heyman, and his ring gear is quite different than what we’re used to.
Joey Styles: “You’ve got to be kidding me, Brock Lesnar is out here in a full football uniform, pads, helmet and all!”
Tazz: “I gotta admit Joey. I don’t like Brock, but that’s a smart move!”
Ring announcer Bob Artese makes the ring introductions.
Bob Artese: “This match is your main event, and is a Barbed Wire Match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship!”
“Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by the man who calls it right down the middle, the manager of champions Bill Alfonso. Weighing in tonight at 220 pounds. From Bombay, India. He is suicidal. He is homicidal. He is genocidal. He is a former two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Sabu!”
“SABU!”
“SABU!”
“SABU!”
“SABU!”
“His opponent. At 24 years old he has taken Extreme Championship Wrestling by storm. Accompanied to the ring by the General Manager of ECW Paul Heyman. He weighs in tonight at 272 pounds. The ECW World Heavyweight Champion. This is Brock Lesnar!”
ECW World Championship – Barbed Wire Match
Brock Lesnar © w/Paul Heyman vs. Sabu w/Bill Alfonso
Despite completely dressed and geared up as a football player, helmet and all, Lesnar still feels weary about even coming close to the barbed wire. Sabu throws the barbed wire chair at Lesnar, who bats it down, but as a result allows Sabu to dive and grab Lesnar’s leg. Lesnar tries to wrestle Sabu off, but Sabu is relentless until Lesnar crashes to the mat just inches away from the wire. Sabu tries to get the football helmet off Lesnar, but Lesnar shoves him off and Sabu ends up in the wire already! A piece of the helmet broke off so Lesnar takes it off in frustration and bashes Sabu, who’s still stuck in the wire, over the head with it! Lesnar continually bashes Sabu with the helmet until the wire gives way and Sabu crashes to the floor on the outside. Lesnar follows Sabu to the outside, to which Sabu takes a piece of the wire and whips it in Lesnar’s face, with Lesnar reacting like he’s been shot! Sabu still has some wire on him as he launches his entire body at Lesnar and they crash into the guardrail! Lesnar’s already bleeding from the whip, and Sabu has cuts from several parts of his body.
Lesnar rolls Sabu back into the ring and carefully gets back in himself. Parts of the football jersey he wore to the ring has already ripped. Lesnar stomps away on Sabu but Sabu gets a lowblow! Sabu hits Lesnar with a frankensteiner, 1…2…Lesnar shoves Sabu off and Sabu goes face first into the barbed wire again! Lesnar doesn’t know what to make of this as he hits Sabu with some punches, then whips Sabu into the wire! Sabu crumbles to the canvas as Lesnar covers, 1…2…Sabu kicks out. Lesnar audibly calls Sabu a ”sick fuck” as he asks Heyman how he should finish this off. Lesnar turns his attention back to Sabu though and Sabu again tosses the barbed wire chair in Lesnar’s face! The wire definitely caught Lesnar this time! Blood drips from Lesnar’s head as Sabu dropkicks him into the corner. Sabu sets up a chair and goes for Air Sabu…only Lesnar moves and Sabu goes flying into the barbed wire and violently bounces off it!
Joey Styles: “Oh my God! That’s…that’s how he ripped his bicep open five years ago!”
Heyman calls for someone in the back and C.W. Anderson makes his way out and sets up a table at ringside. Lesnar picks up Sabu and plants him with a powerbomb in the middle of the ring! 1…2…Sabu kicks out. Lesnar can’t believe this match is even continuing as Sabu is already a cut-up mess. Lesnar sets up for the F5, but Sabu counters into a swinging DDT! Anderson gets up on the apron and Sabu hangmans him cross the top wire! Sabu rips off Lesnar’s football jersey, then whips him into the barbed wire! Sabu then launches himself at Lesnar and the wire gives way, causing both men again to crash onto the floor tied up in barbed wire! Sabu puts Lesnar on the table that Anderson set-up on the outside, then climbs onto the top of the ringpost (after struggling to free himself of some of the wire that tied he and Lesnar together). Alfonso hands Sabu the barbed wire chair…Arabian Facebuster with the barbed wire chair off the top of the ringpost misses as Anderson pulls Lesnar off the table! Sabu crashes through the table on the floor, landing right on his barbed wire chair!
Joey Styles: “Oh My God!” Tazz I think, we’ve seen Sabu do some insane thing but there’s no way he’s coming back from that!”
As Anderson helps Lesnar get back in the ring new TV Champion Rob Van Dam runs down and attacks Anderson! RVD evens the odds as he and Anderson go at one another up the rampway! Somehow Sabu, who by all accounts should be broken in pieces, gets back into the ring. Lesnar doesn’t give him an inch though as he hits Sabu with a stiff kick and sets up the F5…but drops Sabu in the F5 on the barbed wire ropes! Sabu violently flips into the ring after landing on the wire and Lesnar covers him, 1…2…Sabu still gets a shoulder up and Lesnar is absolutely stunned (as is Heyman)! Lesnar sees that Heyman has the football helmet and demands Heyman give it to him. Lesnar also adjusts his gloves…and he starts to rip off the remaining barbed wire ropes and stuff them in the helmet. Sabu tries to get to his feet, but Lesnar smashes the helmet over his head once again. Lesnar has the football helmet stuffed with barbed wire, and forces it on Sabu’s head, making him wear it!
Joey Styles: “That sick son-of-a-bitch!”
Lesnar has the helmet on Sabu and we can clearly see the blood pouring from the face mask. Lesnar puts Sabu in a camel clutch position, with his knee firmly in Sabu’s back as he presses on the helmet, driving the barbed wire further into Sabu’s skull! Referee Jim Molineaux can’t get a response from Sabu anymore and ends the match!
Winner: Brock Lesnar via referee stoppage in 16:42 (Retains)
Lesnar rips the helmet off of Sabu’s head and what remains is a bloodied Sabu with some of the wire stuck in his head and hair. Lesnar spikes the helmet down as he’s handed the ECW World Title belt. He takes some of Sabu’s blood and paints his own chest with it, before raising the title above his head. Paul Heyman looks happy about Lesnar’s victory, but also seems very concerned as Bill Alfonso and officials work on Sabu.
Tazz: “Joey, we can say whatever we want about Lesnar, but tonight man, tonight proved that Lesnar’s different man.”
::END SHOW::
Quick Results
Rey Mysterio Jr., Billy Kidman, The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer and Spike Dudley defeated Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke, Tracy Smothers, Big Daddy Vincenzo and Big Sal E. Graziano when Kidman pinned Guido
Shelton Benjamin pinned Jinsei Shinzaki
Lance Storm, Chris Candido, and Mike Awesome defeated X-Pac, Justin Credible, and The Great Muta when Storm pinned Credible
ECW World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn defeated Kid Kash and Jamie Noble when Styles pinned Noble to retain the title
Mortis, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Mikey Whipwreck defeated Raven, Malice, and Glacier when Mortis pinned Glacier
Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean O’Haire defeated Kurt Angle and The Eliminators when O’Haire pinned John Kronus
ECW World Television Championship
Rob Van Dam pinned Eddie Guerrero to win the title
ECW World Championship – Barbed Wire Match
Brock Lesnar defeated Sabu via ref stoppage to retain the title
Champions
WCW World Champion
Triple H (Defeated Kurt Angle on 5-12-02)
ECW World Champion
Brock Lesnar (Defeated Rob Van Dam on 12-30-01)
WCW United States Champion
Christian (Defeated Tazz on 1-27-02)
ECW Television Champion
Rob Van Dam (Defeated Eddie Guerrero on 6-9-02)
WCW World Tag Team Champions
Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant (Defeated the Dudley Boyz on 3-11-02)
ECW World Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn (Defeated R-Killa and Mark Henry on 4-14-02)
World Cruiserweight Champion
Super Crazy (Defeated Eddie Guerrero on 5-13-02)
World Women’s Championship
Jazz (Defeated Molly Marvel on 4-14-02)
Roster Updates
None
