Issue # 126
Date:
Sunday January 10th, 1999
9:53 pm
The Wrestling
Booking Sheet
ECW GUILTY AS
CHARGED RESULTS
By Dave Scherer of
http://www.1wrestling.com
They will show Paul
Heyman early in the
show doing a promo
where he
says that the card
has been changed due
to the fact that
Masato Tanaka
is not at the show.
He also will say
that Jerry Lynn's
fractured
pelvis has not
healed enough to
work. He will also
say that they don't
want
Lynn to work hurt,
since he is a great
wrestler. He
promises that
Lynn will be back by
3/21, at Living
Dangerously. He said
that they
will change the card
around, and bring
the fans the best
show they can.
They preview for the
show went live at
7:30. Word filtered
back to the
building that the C
Band satellite
distributor TVN was
not airing the
pre-show. I know
that phone calls
were made to fix it.
Before the show
started, they did
promos with Taz, and
then Shane
Douglas and
Francine. I noticed
before the show that
Shane had a
contusion on his
head. Dunno where it
came from.
The show started at
the building at
7:37, when The One
Man Gang and
Rod Price hit the
ring. Their
opponents were Nova
and Chris Chetti.
Standard tag match
which saw the heels
get heat on Chetti
for the
first five minutes.
Nova came in and had
the match won, but
Bill Wiles
did his "time limit
has expired
gimmick". Gang
attacked Nova and
hit
the 747. Wiles said
that time was back
in, and Gang got the
pin.
Chetti got into it
with Wiles. Wiles
came in the ring and
said he
could have first
shot and said he
would turn his back.
When he did,
Nova nailed him with
a cool facebuster
and Chetti covered
him. Nova
counted a pin on
Wiles.
At 6 minutes of,
Paul Heyman came out
to ringside. The
crowd loudly
chanted his name. He
fired them up with a
mix of profanity and
ripping
on the WWF and WCW.
It was typical Paul,
and the crowd ate it
up. He
then made them aware
of the injury
situation that the
fans at home on
PPV would learn
about in a few
minutes. The fans
did not really react
about Jerry Lynn not
being here, but
booed when he told
them Tanaka is
not there. He said
that RVD got to pick
his opponent and the
fans will
be happy with who he
chooses. He then
brought out Joey
Styles, to a
huge pop. Joey
worked the crowd up,
until they went
live.
The opener will have
Danny Doring and
Roadkill vs. The FBI
(Tracy
Smothers, Little
Guido, Big Guido,
Sal E. Graziano, and
The Big Don,
Tommy Rich). Two
minutes in, out came
Balls Mahoney and
Axl Rotten,
with their chairs.
Axl took the mic and
said he was sitting
in the
back and it looked
like "a homosexual
dance party." Never
seen one of
them so I will just
have to take his
word for it! He said
they were
going to make this
match what put ECW
on the map, an
elimination three
way dance, and off
it went. Good stuff,
with guys all over.
Balls got
the first "ECW"
chant when he did a
splash from the top
onto all the
FBI guys on the
floor. Roadkill got
a two seven minutes
in with a nice
splash on Smothers.
Guido made the save.
The FBI eliminated
Doring and
Roadkill when they
hit a double
fisherman's suplex
on Doring in eight
minutes. The faces
got the pin when Axl
hit severe skull
trauma on
Tracy while Balls
hit the Nutcracker
on Guido in ten
minutes.
Afterwards, Big
Guido and Sal came
in the ring, before
they could do
anything, the faces
wasted them with
chairshots to the
head. Good
opening match.
They cut to a video
package where Terry
Funk did one of his
cool
parable interviews,
where he talked
about how his daddy
slit the
throat of his jack
ass. He said his
father did that
because his jack
ass turned on him.
He said he is going
to do the same thing
to Tommy
Dreamer because he
chose Jake Roberts
as his partner at
the N2R
instead of him. He
said he would
"juice" Tommy and
see how much blood
he had to bleed. He
told the cameraman
to get out.
Time to get crazy as
Yoshihiro Tajiri
took on Super Crazy.
If you want
a blow by blow on
this one, read Tim's
report tomorrow. I
am gonna sit
here and enjoy this
one. It was a very
good match that
Tajiri won with
a Dragon Suplex.
John Kronus came
out, followed by
Jeff Jones, who was
wearing a
judge's outfit. He
said that he was the
Judge, Jeff Jones.
He said
that he has already
decided that Bill
Clinton and OJ
Simpson were
Guilty as Charged.
He said that Kronus
was Guilty too and
he was here
to face charges. He
said that Kronus
laid him out last
week in
Lebanon, PA and he
is Guilty as
Charged. He said
that he will face
his
executioner. He said
he was a little but
Psycho. Kronus said
no one is
as crazy as him, and
out came Sid Eudy,
to a big pop. Sid
took a few
shots from him and
then chokeslammed
Kronus over the top
rope, through
a table on the
floor. Sid killed
him with chairshots
on the floor. The
fans chanted
powerbomb and he
obliged, killing
Kronus. Fans loved
it.
They then aired a
video package which
chronicled the Taz
vs. Shane
Douglas feud, along
with Taz taking out
Sabu.
Out next were the
Dudley Boys. Bubba
said to send out
anyone they
want, and they will
nail them with 3D.
New Jack and Spike
Dudley took
them up on the
challenge. Joel
Gertner cut a
fabulous, profane,
Orlando based tirade
that was just super.
The Crowd popped
huge for
it. Bubba then told
the crowd that they
did not have a match
on the
show, and they were
not supposed to be
on the PPV. They
said that the
people don't deserve
to see them fight.
They challenged
anyone in the
building to fight
them Dudleyville
style, get out there
now. New Jack
and Spike took the
challenge, to a big
pop. Spike came out
dressed up
like Mustapha. Wild
violence early.
Bubba pressed
Spike WAY into the
crowd. They
bodysurfed him a
bit. Bubba got him
and threw him into
the
other side of the
crowd, but the fans
let him drop. Ouch.
The teams
faced off chairs
against guitars, but
Big Dick got nailed.
The heels
then took the faces
out with chairs.
Bubba KILLED Spike
with a Tiger
bomb off the second
rope. Jack piledrove
D-Von in the floor.
Jack was
fighting both on the
floor when D-Von hit
Bubba by accident.
Somehow,
the Duds hit a
variation of 3D on
Jack on the floor.
Dick went to hit
Spike with a
chokeslam, but Spike
hit the Acid Drop on
Dick, then
D-Von. Then Bubba.
He went to the well
on Dick and missed.
They hit 3D
on Spike and got the
win. Good match.
Afterwards, they
handcuffed Spike to
the ropes. They
picked up Jack.
Dick held him. D-Von
read the
commandments of
Dudleyism and Bubba
nailed him with a
chair after all
three of them. Jack
juiced buckets.
There were puddles
in the ring. D-Von
hit Jack with the
187. Bubba
took the mic and
said Spike and Jack
were dead. He talked
about every
tag team that they
had run out of ECW
and then said that
RVD and
Sabu's days as tag
champs were
numbered. They said
there is only one
tag team left for
them to beat to
prove they are the
greatest tag team
in ECW history, and
they challenged to
the Public Enemy to
show up at
the ECW Arena on
1/16, which all
signs point to
happening, since the
PE has reportedly
agreed to work at
least that date.
On TV they aired an
RVD video package.
At the building,
Damage Control
and Dr. Marque Allen
came out to attend
to the fallen Jack
and Spike.
as Jack was walking
to the back, he fell
off of the rampway.
Joey Styles came
back and said that
Lance Storm will now
take on RVD
in the match for the
TV Title.
And out Lance came,
with Tammy Lynn
Bytch. Lance took
the stick and
said that there
would not be a Three
Way Dance with him,
since Spike
already took a
beating and that
Jerry Lynn was in
the back crying
about a cracked him
that he gave him. He
said that he is a
champion
from
Calgary, and he
wants a belt. Then
RVD came out, to a
huge pop.
Toward the end, the
ref took an erreant
Van Daminator and
Storm had
the pin. RVD then
hit a Van Daminator
from the top, but
only got a
two. A few minutes
later, at about 18
minutes, RVD got the
pin with a
German Suplex, with
no release. Good
match, with a lot of
strong spots.
After a cool video
package covering the
Justin Credible vs.
Tommy
Dreamer feud, Justin
came out with
Chastity, Jason, and
Jazzmyn (who
ECW has not given a
name to yet but will
probably be calling
"Jazz").
No Terry Funk
though. Tommy came
out next, dragging
the ladder which
would lead to the
"Stairway to Hell",
a.k.a. the
Singapore cane that
was hanging over the
ring. Lots of psycho
stuff as you would
expect,
and an enjoyable
bout. They did a
cool spot where a
bloody Tommy got
another ladder and
both men climbed
them to get the cane
and Tommy hit
a Stunner on Justin.
Finally, Tommy got
the cane and tied up
JC in the
ropes and was about
to cane him when
Terry Funk came out
and nailed
Tommy with a
trashcan shot to the
head. Justin hit
"That's Incredible"
on the ladder, and
got the pin. Funk
began beating him
senseless with
the trashcan. Funk
chewed him out. Joey
Styles begged Tommy
to fight
back.
Steven Prazak then
did his interview
with Taz, followed
by Shane's bit.
They killed the
lights and brought
out Taz, in a good
intro. Shane
Douglas, with
Francine, followed.
At this point, they
had 27 minutes
left of airtime.
They brawled all
around the building,
stiff and wild.
Both got busted
open, and some of
the fans were
getting a little too
active, enjoying it
a little too much,
if you know what I
mean. They
finally came back to
ringside and Shane
placed a table
upright in the
corner. Taz
eventually took a
great bump into the
table, breaking it
in two. Shane
brought another
table in and Taz
suplexed Shane
through
it. At this point,
the lights went out
and pyrotechnics lit
the
building up. Amidst
them was Sabu, who
hit an AWESOME
double
springboard
clothesline on both
men. He hit a
springboard
moonsault on
Taz. A springboard
legdrop on Shane,
putting through the
table. He
then did a nice
twisting splash on
Taz, putting him
through a table.
The crowd was
popping huge,
chanting ECW. Sabu
left, and Shane got
a
two count. Just
then, Chris Candido
and Tammy Sycth came
out of the
crowd, into thr
ring. Tammy and
Francine faced off.
Their "men" pulled
them apart. Francine
was damn near naked.
Candido nailed Shane
and he
and Tammy left. Taz
stood up and locked
on the choke on
Shane. Shane
tried to fight his
way out but Taz
finally choked him
out. The ref
dropped his arm
three times, leading
to the NEW ECW
Heavyweight
champion. Great
match.
After the show went
off the air,
Francine helped
Shane too the back
as
the fans clapped and
chanted ECW.
Overall, a really
strong show. I
got to watch the
show on monitor and
unless their were
system farts in
the uplink, this
show was leaps and
bounds better than
the N2R in
production. And as a
show too. Good
rebound for the
company.
By Dave Scherer of
http://www.1wrestling.com
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SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT
Report for
January 10, 1999.
San Antonio, TX.
by: Mark George (attkdonkey)
HEAT opens with a
recap of Mankind's
victory over The
Rock for the WWF
World Title on the
previous RAW.
The Corporation
(Vince, Shane,
Patterson &
Briscoe), come to
the ring
for the customary
in-ring intro. Still
angered over Mankind
winning
the belt, Vince vows
action against
Mankind on RAW. The
Stooges then
get their usual
lecture about being
obedient as the
Titan Tron shows
the beating they
received from Kane
last week. Vince
then mentions
that Triple H will
face "Hard Time"
tonight. Not one of
Vince's better
interviews, as he
seemed a bit off
kilter.
Before leaving the
ring, HBK's mentor,
Jose Lothario, is
spotted at
ringside by Vince
and is asked to come
up to accept an
apology for the
beating Michaels
took on the last
RAW. Unwilling to
accept, Lothario
tells Vince "He
Sucks" which results
in an attack from
Team Corporate.
Christian defeats Al
Snow w/Blue Meanie
via pinfall.
Still upset over the
Bloodbath, Snow gets
distracted when
Golddust
appears and steals
Head allowing
Christian to deliver
a reverse DDT
for the win.
Michael Cole
interviews Sable
from the River Walk
in
San Antonio.
Discusses her rise
from former valet to
Triple H, to WWF
Women's Champ.
When asked about
Shane McMahon she
mentions "What comes
around, goes
around". She then
says she will meet
Luna @ Royal Rumble
for the belt.
Steve Blackman vs.
Owen Hart. (Dan
Severn special
referee)
In a Lion's Den
Match, Blackman and
Hart engage in a
"submission only"
match that ends in a
no contest. The ring
appearance reminded
me of a
UFC setup. After the
two trade submission
holds,
Severn rips off his
neckbrace and
attacks Blackman. A
group of referees
enter the Lion's
Den and save
Blackman from
further damage.
Oddities defeat Head
Bangers via pinfall.
In a match for the
mythical "Tag Team
Champions of the
Universe",
Golga pins Mosh to
gain the title.
Sometimes I wonder
why this sorry
act is allowed t.v.
time at all.
A video tribute to
Mick Foley is shown.
EXCELLENT. Some
clips from
his video "Three
Faces of Mick Foley"
are shown. A brief
timeline
from his days as a
young boy to where
he is today gives us
a
perspective on how
dedicated Foley
truly is. No matter
how often you
see clips of his
matches, Foley never
fails to amaze.
Triple H vs. Big
Bossman.
A match that takes
place in the Lion's
Den ends in a no
contest. Triple H
dominates Bossman
early until Shane
McMahon arrives with
the
nightstick. The two
beat Triple H,
before DX comes for
the save. Kane
joins the malay as
an all out brawl
insues. Patterson
and Briscoe
pull Shane from any
harm as HEAT goes
off the air.
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