ECW Hardcore TV (September 20, 1994)

 

Original Airdate: September 20, 1994

Your Host is Joey Styles

ECW World Champion Shane Douglas hangs out with Matt Borne, who is still shedding his Doink the Clown gimmick, but ready to do some more sinister ‘clowning around’ as Shane’s backup

ECW World Tag Team Champions Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck take a walk down memory lane, and remember all the injuries that Cactus has suffered. Jack is ready to lose more teeth, or maybe even another ear, at the hands of Public Enemy. Mikey… not so much. This pairing has been great

ECW World Tag Team Title Match: Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck v Chris Kanyon and Dino Sendoff: From Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 28. Fun to see Kanyon here. The match is a squash, though, until Public Enemy run in to attack the champions for the DQ at 2:09. That leads to a big brawl. DUD

2 Cold Scorpio wants a rematch with Shane Douglas for the ECW World title

2 Cold Scorpio v Stormin' Norman: From Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 28. Scorpio with the flying moonsault, but he lets off at two, instead wanting to finish with the flying 450 splash at 3:07. ¼*

ECW Television Title Match: Jason v Rockin' Rebel: From Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 28. Dean Malenko takes Rebel out before the bell, and Jason pounces after it. Jason stays on the arm that Dean hurt, and a leveraged pin retains at 1:30. DUD

Shane Douglas recently gave an interview to the Japanese media, talking about how he’s proud to be a champion who represents ‘wrestling,’ as opposed to a cartoon

ECW World Title Match: Shane Douglas v Osamu Nishimura: From Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 28. They feel each other out to start, and Nishimura manages a schoolboy for two, as Scorpio shows up to observe. Nishimura with a snapmare, leaving Douglas to hide out in the ropes for a bit. Shane manages to pound him into the corner, but he runs into a knee on a charge, and Nishimura bulldogs him for two. Nishimura grounds things in a chinlock/bodyscissors, and he shifts it into a cradle for two - reversed by Douglas for two. Shane with a side suplex, followed by a snap suplex, ahead of a headscissors hold. Nishimura counters to a toehold, and a big boot gets him two. A bridging German suplex is worth two, and a bodyslam leads to a flying dropkick for two. Nishimura hooks an abdominal cradle for two, and a small package is worth two. Backdrop, but Douglas manages to counter to a bridging fisherman suplex at 7:39. This was solid, and Nishimura going for pin attempt after pin attempt at the end was great. * ½ 

Tazmaniac v Ray Odyssey: From Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 28. Tazmaniac with a suplex at 2:34. ¼*

911 comes out to chokeslam some jobbers

BUExperience: Good stuff again this week. It’s hard to overstate just what a shot in the arm breaking away from the NWA has been for this promotion.