ECW Hardcore TV (November 8, 1994)

 

Original Airdate: November 8, 1994 

Your Host is Joey Styles

Tommy Dreamer v Tommy Cairo: From November to Remember in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on November 5. We now have the ‘classic’ Dreamer look, with the black pants, and the ECW t-shirt - suspenders be damned. Although, he may be wearing them under the shirt, we can’t know. They slug it out right away, and it spills to the outside, where Dreamer uses a chair. Dreamer with a suplex on the floor, and he takes it back inside for a piledriver - nicely delivered. Back to the outside, where Dreamer smacks him with a frying pan a few times, then finds a kayak oar, but Cairo blocks, and they spill into the crowd to brawl. Dreamer lands a DDT on the floor out there, and he delivers another one back in the ring. Dreamer takes his t-shirt off to choke Cairo with, and what do you know: suspenders! Dreamer with a neckbreaker, but Cairo fights back with a (sloppy) flapjack. That looked like the kind of ‘move’ you’d do to your friend as a kid, when you’re trying to slam them, and then just collapse in a heap. Cairo grabs the kendo stick, but Dreamer takes it away, and unloads. Cairo bleeds as Dreamer delivers shots to the head with the stick, and Dreamer swings a nasty shot to the balls for good measure. Luckily, Jerry Lawler wasn’t in the house this night. Dreamer keeps beating him, until the referee finally just stops the match at 8:28. This was basically a squash. Afterwards, Cairo teases a stretcher job, but walks out on his own power. ¾*

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From November to Remember, Tod Gordon brings Sandman (in a suit!) out for a retirement ceremony, since he’s blind, and can no longer compete. He gives a farewell speech, and notes that Woman left him when he’s down, which makes him realize what he had in Peaches. That draws Peaches out, and Sandman makes his case to reconcile, but here comes Woman - and she’s wielding a kendo stick. Woman whacks Peaches over the head with it, and she targets Sandman next, but Tommy Dreamer cuts her off. As he’s dealing with her, Sandman pulls off his bandages (revealing that he was never blind to begin with), and he goes to town on Tommy with the kendo - and reunites with Woman along the way! They’ve been developing this angle for a while, and this was a great twist/segment

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Tommy Dreamer, covered in bruises and welts, will never forget November to Remember. And he’s going to make sure Sandman never does either. But, what he’s really mad about is that Sandman wasting the fans’ time! Their time, man. Joking aside, Dreamer’s fire made this a good promo 

Sandman and Woman share a cigarette, and laugh at Dreamer’s indignation 

2 Cold Scorpio v Mr. Hughes: Also from November to Remember. Joey is still going on about how Hughes dominated Undertaker that one time back in 1993. He didn’t even win the feud! They feel each other out, and it turns into a slugfest, won by Hughes. Hughes adds a hiptoss, and he puts the boots to Scorpio from there. Hughes with a headvice and a pop-up flapjack, followed by an elbowdrop for two. Another pop-up, but Scorpio counters with a dropkick this time, and another dropkick knocks Hughes out of the ring. He goes out with a plancha, but Hughes catches him with a backdrop for two on the way back in. A charge in the corner gets blocked, however, and Scorpio dives with a flying 450 splash at 7:22. ½*

ECW World Title Match: Shane Douglas v Ron Simmons: Also from November to Remember. Ron kickstarts things, but Shane outmoves him during a criss cross, and delivers a dropkick for two. Ron kicks out with such authority that Douglas bails to break the momentum, and he stalls for a bit. Back in, Simmons keeps the hurt coming in the corner, but Shane blocks a powerslam, and hooks a rollup for two. Douglas bails again to stall things out, but Ron muscles him back in from the apron for another criss cross - won by Douglas with a bodypress for two. Despite that, Douglas bails again, continuing to frustrate his challenger. Ron chases after him this time, so Shane hides behind a photographer, but Simmons manages to deck him. Simmons feeds him the guardrail, and a clothesline on the floor follows. Inside, Ron tries a backdrop, but Douglas counters to a facebuster. That allows Shane to go to the top for a flying bodypress, but Ron catches him in a powerslam on the way down. Ron with a gutbuster, and a slam follows. Simmons delivers a headbutt drop to the ribs, and a backdrop driver follows. Simmons with mounted punches, and he goes to the top for a flying headbutt drop, but the champion dodges. Shane comes after him with chops, but Ron no sells, and chokeslams him. Douglas responds by hooking a crucifix, and Simmons is unable to block, giving Shane the pin at 6:37. Not surprisingly, this was the most complete and professional looking match on the show thus far. Afterwards, Simmons goes after him, so Shane hits him with the title belt, but that draws 2 Cold Scorpio out to back Ron up. They beat Douglas down, and leave together. *

Ron Simmons and 2 Cold Scorpio remind Shane Douglas that he may have been trained to fight, but guys like Ron were born fighting

BUExperience: Into every life, a little crap must fall. If you watch ECW, there’s enough crap for all.