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Originally Written: March 7, 2002 - April 21, 2002

"ECW HeatWave '98" Video Review

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Copyright MM HHG Corporation & MMI Pioneer. All Rights Reserved.

Released in 2001, this video was made by Pioneer Entertainment, who produces and distributes the national line of ECW Home Videos. The card was great, and the nationally-televised Pay-Per-View was exciting. So, without further ado, let's get on to the video review...

"ECW HeatWave '98," Copyright 2001, by MM HHG Corporation & Pioneer Entertainment. All rights reserved.

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- An ECW promo vignette is shown to the tunes of one of the ECW themes, featuring highlights of all their greatest superstars, including (in no particular order) Justin Credible, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Mike Awesome, Sandman, Taz, Sabu, RVD, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, Rhino, Jerry Lynn, Bigelow, etc.

- The show starts with a big view of the Hara Arena in Dayton, OH. It's August 2, 1998, and ECW's on national Pay-Per-View! The fans are shouting their trademark "EC-Dub!" chant. Joey Styles introduces it in the ring: "Hello everyone, and welcome to the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio..." Before we got the next segemnt, something that you may find interesting is that the entrance ramp leading to the ring is like WCW used for a few weeks during it's last few months in early 2001. It's elevated so that it's as high as the ring apron goes. So, anotherwards, one walks down the ring apron and they're about five feet above the fans. All they have to do is step through the ropes to enter the ring, as they don't have to climb up onto the apron first because the entrance ramp is so elevated. Now, onto the next segment...

- The usual "Extreme...Championship...Wrestling" music video ("This is Extreme III" remix, by Harry Slash & Roderick Kohn) hits, and we hear Paul E. Heyman doing the voice-overs on the vignette. This is the same theme that was used as ECW's theme during the 2001 Alliance Invasion storyline in the WWF. The music is really cool, and the vignette features some of ECW's top superstars, including (in no particular order) Sandman, Spike, Sabu, RVD, Raven, The Dudleyz, Bigelow, Taz, Dreamer, New Jack, The Eliminators, the bWo, Credible, and more. Heyman says it best: "This...is extreme..."

- We start off with Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn in the ring. Credible has Bass, Chasity, and Jason in his corner. Both are introduced. These two had been engaged in a series of matches over the summer of '98, and, says Joey Styles: "Whoever wins this match wins their feud." Bragging rights are on the line. Styles, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, and Francine (although she almost never talks throughout the whole video) are your color commenators and play-by-play men (and women).

1. JERRY LYNN vs. JUSTIN CREDIBLE (w/ Chasity, Jason, & Nicole Bass)

Trash-talking. Tieup. Lynn w/ a nice armdrag. A "Justin Asshole" chant to begin. Another tieup. JC gets a hammerlock into an armringer, but Lynn uses a luchadore-like rolling reversal and armdrags JC. Another tieup. JC w/ a kneelift. Both trade stiff chops and chest slaps in the corner. Lynn tipups over the incoming JC, coming down by rolling JC up into a twisting sunset-flip. KO. Lynn hits an RVD-like single-jump turnbuckle crossbody. KO. Lynn's caught on JC's shoulder after another attempted tipup. JC tries reversing it into his That's Incredible (corkscrew tombstone), but Lynn locks his legs, taking him down w/ a victory roll. 2. Lynn w/ a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. He stunguns JC out and flies out with a plancha! Back in, Lynn w/ a vertical front suplex and side headlock takeover, transitioning into a front headlock hold. Meanwhile, a ringside fan does some crotch-chops toward Bass and Chastity! JC soon escapes and the usual dropdown/leapfrog combo's done (JC does the dropdown/leapfrog part). In the end, while dropping out of a corkscrew pickup, JC drops Lynn w/ a picture - perfect Inverted Reverse DDT. He then running side knee smashes a chair Jason is holding into Lynn's face. His corner sitout powerbomb on a chair gets 2. JC tosses him out. Chastity distracts the ref while JC's goons attack Lynn on the floor. Back in, JC lands feet-first on the apron after a cool turnbuckle "Flair Flip," ducks a lariat, and hits his own! Lynn catches JC coming off the top and hits a flapjack, but is soon hit w/ a spectacular Spinning Cobra Clutch Sideslam! JC locks on a front headlock hold. Lynn soon sunset-flips over JC, who drops down on him for a pin. Lynn reverses it into a cradle. JC escapes, grabs both legs, and "rolls over," and they transition into a rolling/twisting bridge, ending up w/ JC's head between Lynn's legs. Lynn w/ a Tigerbomb (sitdown powerbomb), but JC KO's. Lynn w/ a top-rope frankensteiner and sidewalk slam, but JC counters a top-rope flying midair 'rana w/ a stepout powerbomb. Lynn eventually DDT's JC onto a chair. Chastity puts JC's leg on the rope, distracting Lynn. JC charges him from behind, but Lynn turns and backdrops him over the ropes. JC holds on, landing on the apron, but Lynn gives him a hard Stunner, bringing his chin and neck down on the ropes. JC hangs onto the apron. Lynn climbs back onto the apron and sits JC down on the top-rope! Lynn climbs to the very top and Frankensteiners JC off the top and through a nearby table onto the concrete! An "EC-Dub!" chant begins as Joey uses his "Oh my god!" line. Back in, Chastity distracts the referee during Lynn's pin, allowing Jason to smack him w/ a chair. Lynn flips out of an attempted powerbomb, and hits a Tigerbomb! He drops out of Bass' Fireman's Carry, low blows her, and chairshots her back. JC attacks Lynn from behind, but some miscommunication sees Chasity kicking JC in the crotch, allowing Lynn to hit her w/ a That's Incredible! He lifts JC onto the top-rope and climbs up himself, but JC low blows him, causing him to fall into a Tombstone position. He gets his head drilled hard into the mat courtesy of the second-rope flying That's Incredible. 1-2-3 (14:36).

WINNER: Justin Credible

- After the match, Credible sells his knee injury, gets a big hug from Jason, and celebrates, before exiting the ring. He gets a mixed reaction, as there's actually some cheers. Meanwhile, back in the ring, officials check on the neck of Lynn, who's laid out. Justin Credible has defeated Jerry Lynn, winning their classic "Summer Series" feud. These two, though, would feud over the ECW World Heavyweight Title in late 2000 and January '01, so their rivalry was far from over.

POST-MATCH THOUGHTS: This showed how underrated these two are. Unlike most other ECW matches, this bout actually had a considerable amount of psychology. It had a flow (not a great one, but not a bad one), as the two told a pretty good story. There were some great bumps, like the ringside frankensteiner, Lynn's plancha and tigerbomb, and the finishing second-rope tombstone. The selling could've used a bit of help (mainly on JC's part), and there were a some moves that were botched or messed up. The good outweighs the bad, though, as the athletecism and psychology was good. The Inverted Reverse DDT, Spinning Cobra Clutch, and Tombstones were picture-perfect. There was solid mat wrestling, w/ some submissions and nice manuevers used. The cradle/rolling/twisting bridge/tigerbomb sequence was done very well.While the selling and timing could've used some work, the athletecism, emotion, flow, and bumps were done very well. Also, the commentary was great, as Douglas did a good job, considering he's a wrestler. So, the only real problems I saw was the selling and timing. Great opener, w/ very crisp-looking moves.
RATING: ***1/8

- We skip straight to the next match, where former-ECW Tag Champs Lance Storm and Chris Candido will go one-on-one. Artese introduces Storm first, who gets booed, but then Tammy Lynn Sytch (who's wearing a red skirt with no sleeves, and is looking really, really hot, and is also Candido's valet and real-life wife) takes the mic: "Ya' know, I think everybody here, Mr. Artese, thinks I can do this better than you can. From Spring Lake, New Jersey, ready, wear (I think that's what she said, but I can't make out the next few words, as it's really muffled)...as he damn well pleases, weighing two hundred and forty of the hardest pounds I've ever felt, he is 'Mr. No Gimmicks Needed,' Chris Candido." Candido gets booed, and it should be noted that he had part of his ear torn off by RVD and Sabu a few weeks before this event, so he's wearing some dorky-looking headgear on his head to protect them. Oh, and, by the way, did I mention that Tammy looks hot?

2. CHRIS CANDIDO (w/ Tammy Lynn Sytch) vs. LANCE STORM

Trash-talking. After two tieups, Storm catches an airborn Candido with an awesome high spinning heelkick. A corner chop exchange's followed by Storm pummeling Candido into a corner sitting position. Storm takes off the headgear, but he's soon backdropped over the ropes and out of the ring. Candido catches him with a nice top-rope plancha! They soon go back into the ring, where Candido uses a snapmare and a surfboard stretch on Storm's arms. Storm starts rising, and he swings the hold around a few times before hitting a double-leg Jeff Hardy-like spinning upside-down dropkick. Tammy trips Storm, but he high leaping leg lariats Candido and then chases Tammy awhile before clotheslining Candido down. Storm leaps up for a 'rana, but Candido catches him and drops him with a hard running Tigerbomb. Candido hits a delayed vertical suplex (about 10 seconds!) and a New Jersey Jam (Second-Rope Leg Drop). Mudhole stomps. Candido gets the boot up into a corner charging Storm, who then charges right back into a Superkick. Candido w/ a swinging neckbreaker off the whip. Sleeperhold on Storm. He eventually releases and runs the ropes, but gets powerslammed. Joey and Douglas have a funny exchange, as Tammy's yelling loudly on the outside. Joey asks: "He (Candido) lives w/ her?" Douglas responds: "He does more than that w/ her..." Oh, how I'd love to be Chris Candido.... Tammy: "(Referee John) Molinno, you suck! You suck!" HAHA! Douglas cracks up, too. Candido with a front suplex on the ropes. Another, but Storm lands on the apron and suplexes Candido over the and onto the floor! Baseball slide sends Candido over the rail! Storm w/ a Springboard Crossbody over the rail and into the first row! "EC-Dub" chant! They brawl a bit, and back in the ring, a creative slugfest leads to Candido hitting a shoulderblock, bouncing off the ropes, and landing on Storm. He goes up top, but is superplexed off! Storm w/ a top-rope spinning heelkick and Tigerbomb for 2. Candido catches a springboarding Storm w/ a powerslam. Storm w/ a top-rope flying back elbow. Tammy gives Candido powder, but Storm hits it into Candido's eyes! Candido iss swinging blindly, and eventually hits the ref. Superkick by Storm, who then helps up the referee. Storm goes up top, w/ his back to the ring. Tammy comes in (the ref's still recovering) and crotches him. She fixes her skirt as Molinno rises and pushes her! Candido gets up and, still "blinded," sloppily schoolboys him, just as Tammy's skirt slips down!!! She covers up and, w/ Storm on the top, it's only a matter of time before Candido hits him w/ the Blonde Bombshell (avalanche-style powerbomb), just as an official gives Tammy a towel to cover herself up, prompting tons of boobs...Oops!...I mean boos. 1-2-3 (11:00). Candido has beaten his former partner, Lance Storm.

WINNER: Chris Candido

- After the match, Candido and Tammy celebrate. She's so hot! Where's Wrestling Vixxxens when we need it?! Where's Jerry Lawler when we need him?! Oh yeah...he was here about a year ago at Wrestlepalooza '97. Damn...

POST-MATCH THOUGHTS: Another great match. Once again, it shows how underrated these two are. The flow was just about as good as the opener, and it was full of athletecism. Some of the brawling dragged a bit. The finish was great, and Tammy played a significant part in it. This was about as good as the opener, except for the flow, which could have been a little better. There were some nice highspots (especially Lance) and bumps by both. The selling was better than in the first match, but still could've been a bit better. I don't know what role Candido's headgear played, as it was taken off early in. The match had some good moves, but the only problem that I really have with it is all the highspots. At one point, I think Storm did three straight highspots. There were some nice counters and some funny moments. Each man was able to use their usual repertoire of moves, and most were done well. So, I'd say this was an above average match. Good bout and a good effort by both. Hilarious commentary, too.
RATING: ***

- Joey says that there's some footage that's gonna' be shown that he didn't think would be aired. So, we go to an occurrence earlier today. In the parking lot, New Jack, who's scheduled to take on Jack Victory later in the event in a "Weapons Match," cuts a promo, w/ the fans surrounding him and going nuts for "The Original Gangsta." Jack looks into the camera and says that this pay-per-view is gonna' go to the extreme, and that Jack Victory's gonna' get his ass whooped. The Dudley Boyz (Big Dick, Buh Buh Ray, & D-Von drive up in a maroon S.U.V. and, along w/ Victory, who has appeared, beats up Jack. Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten try to help him out, but the damage has been done. The Dudleyz drive away, leaving Jack laying injured. So, the "Weapons Match" is canceled.

- In the back, we see a segment featuring Bill Alfonso and the ECW World Tag Team Champions, Rob Van Dam and Sabu, who will defend their titles later tonight against FMW's Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki. The whistle blows tons of times, I'm gonna' try to decipher what they say. Basically, RVD gets in some funny shoot comments by calling Shinzaki "Hakushi" (who he played in the WWF), and he and Alfonso say that they'll successfully defend their titles against the foreign duo later tonight. There looks to be some heat between RVD and Sabu (who's dressed in a formal suit, for some reason), but nothing big happens. The segment ends w/ RVD stating that he's "The Whole Fuckin' (not bleeped out) Show," while Alfonso blows his whistle seemingly nonstop.

- Next, we have a battle of the two former-FMW superstar rivals, Masato Tanaka and Mike Awesome. This is the first one-on-one ECW Pay-Per-View match between these two. They'd go on to have tons of top matches against eachother in '99 and '00. This is one of their best matches against eachother. Both are huge" (Awesome's about 6'11"), yet they fly like friggin' luchadores. This was the U.S.'s first real taste of Tanaka and his talent. Awesome introduced first as 295 lb., and then Tanaka (at 236 lb). Tanaka gets an impressive pop.

3. MASATO TANAKA vs. MIKE AWESOME

Tieup. Awesome w/ a top-rope flying back elbow early in. They exchange blows. Tanaka is irish whipped. Both try shoulderblocks and hiptosses. Tanaka is hit w/ an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Awesome is backdropped to the apron, so Tanaka runs the ropes, but is hit with an awesome slingshot shoulderblock. KO. Awesome w/ a huge bodysplash. KO. Tanaka's clotheslined out of the ring. Awesome w/ a TOPE (suicide-dive over the ropes)! Back in, Awesome w/ a top-rope clothesline. KO. Corner whip. Tanaka moves, misses a clothesline, and is hit w/ a stiff release german suplex! He gets straight up, though, and catches Awesome with a great swinging powerslam. Awesome on the apron. Tanaka w/ a single-jump clothesline, sending Awesome to the ground (make that elevated entranceway). Tanaka gets a chair from outside and hits Awesome w/ it in the chest, elbow smashes him, and backs up the whole 90 feet to the beginning of the entranceway. He charges and bashes him with the char, sending him down hard. Back in, Tanaka w/ a missle dropkick. KO. Awesome catches Tanaka coming off the ropes on his shoulders and drops him to the outside. A swordfight w/ the chairs, which Tanaka gets the best of, commences. Tanaka is soon backdropped into the first row. Awesome goes back into the ring, springboards up onto the ropes, pauses for a second to literally pose, leaps off, comes over the guardrail, and clotheslines Tanaka down! WOW! Joey points out that there are guys Awesome's size that never even leave their feet while wrestling (he won't name names, though). Back in, Awesome hits a Sitdown Awesomebomb. KO. He hits his double-leg backdrop spinebuster, and then climbs up top and comes off w/ an Awesome Splash. KO. Awesome gets a chair from the outside and twice nails Tanaka w/ it, but he gets right back up. Another chairshot's countered with a gut kick, but quickly misses a clothesline and gets bashed w/ it. KO. The chair is bent. Awesome w/ a Running Release Awesomebomb. He sets the table up on the outside right by the ring apron. A "Fuck Him Up!" chant begins. Awesome w/ a top-rope chairshot. Tanaka falls out of two attempted Awesome Bombs to the outside. On the second, he hits two forearms and then Powerbombs Awesome off his shoulders, out of the ring, over the top-rope, through the table, and onto the concrete below!!!!! I swear that Awesome landed right on the back of his neck and was literally folded up in the process, as his hip seemed to twist. The fans begin a "HOLY SH*T" chant, but not even that chant can give that bump justice. Both are down for awhile. Back in, Tanaka gets 2 1/2. Tanaka hits an elbow smash, blocks a big boot, and hits the Roaring Elbow (Spinning Elbow Smash). KO. He sets two chairs up next to eachother, and drops Tanaka on both of them w/ a Tornado DDT. 1-2-3 (11:49)! Tanaka defeats his archrival, Mike Awesome, in a definite show-stealer!

WINNER: Masato Tanaka

- After the match, Tanaka gets up on each of the turnbuckles and celebrates his win. Joey says that it was a pleasure to have Tanaka wrestle on ECW Pay-Per-View. We see some Extreme Replays.

POST-MATCH THOUGHTS: Once again, another great match...make that a teriffic match. These guys took some horrific bumps. There was great psychology (it did kind of lack a flow, though), as they began w/ nice matwork and eventually created a damn good spotfest. These two are as solid as they come at that size. When required, both can mat wrestle. Obviously, both can do awesome highspots and take sick bumps. This would normally be about a three star match in my book, but due to the large size of both participants, I'm increasing it a notch.
RATING: ***1/4

- A promo backstage by Taz is shown, who's scheduled to go one-on-one w/ Bam Bam Bigelow later tonight. Taz's face is within inches of the camera, and he's got the towel covering most of his face. Here's what he says: "Tonight's the night, Bam Bam. Tonight's the night. I'm gettin' goosebumps just thinkin' about it, brotha'. In just a short while, you're gonna tap to the FTW Champion, the only champion on Pay-Per-View that means anything in this business; Not Austin, [<chuckle>] not Goldberg, and especially that punk, Mike Tyson (?). Ah-ha...Three letters, one man named Taz. And Bam Bam, you hold a victory over me. On Pay-Per-View, you pinned me in the middle, no excuses, and I'm takin' back that victory tonight, brotha'. Live on Pay-Per-View; Heatwave; We're here, and you're gonna go down big boy, and I know you're gonna kick my ass in the process, and that's the part I like the best. (pause) And then you're gonna ask yourself, brotha', can I beat 'em again? Well, I'm gonna' answer for you. You can't! You won't! 'Cuz I am Taz, the FTW World Heavyweight Champion. Beat me if you can, Bigelow...Survive if I let you!" Great promo.

- We go back to the announcing booth, where ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas tells Taz that he's the real champion, and that Taz has something bigger to worry about tonight - Bam Bam Bigelow. Joey unhappily introduces a Dudley Boyz's promo backstage.

- The Dudley clan is in their lockerroom, and it's a really scary atmosphere. Gertner does the talking, but the creepy part is how the viewer can see the mammoth Big Dick Dudley in the background, and hear his eerie deep breathing. Gertner says that tonight, everybody seem to be thinking it's the Dudleyz end. However, the odds are stacked in their favor. New Jack's got a prior engagement. Beulah won't be walkin' around anywehere near them (she was 3-D'd by the Dudleyz a few months before this event). There's "nobody to save The Sandman, Spike Dudley, and poor, pathetic Tommy Dreamer." Buh Buh Ray takes it from there, discussing Dreamer: "can give your (Dreamer's) soul to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Dudleyz! That ring is our church, these are our colors (blue and purple); 3-D (Dudley Death Drop) is our cross!" D-Von: "TESTIFY!" Pretty good heel promo.

- In the ring, two other FMW'ers, along with Rob Van Dam and Sabu, are getting set for their match. Hayabusa is introduced, then Jinsei Shinzaki, then Sabu (big pop), and of course, RVD gets his extensive introduction, and uses his spinkick. He's both the ECW Tag Team Champion and Television Champion, so he's got double gold (Bill Alfonso is holding one).

Let me give you some information on Hayabusa and Shinzaki. Hayabusa's real name is Eiji Ezaki, and he started in the business in the early '90's, along with Mr. Gannosuke, his real-life best friend. They trained together at the FMW Dojo. Gannosuke immediately became a midcard superstar in FMW, and Hayabusa quickly transcended to the top of the company when he challenged the legendary Atsushi Onita in a famous Barbed-Wire Exploding Steel Cage Deathmatch-like bout (he lost, but it made him be taken as a serious main-eventer). He soon became engaged in a bitter feud with the heel Gannosuke, with the storyline being true: that they were childhood buddies. He won the FMW/WEW World Title and engaged in classic battles with Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa, Masato Tanaka, etc. He was paralyzed in early 2002, and is currently laying in a hospital bed. Hayabusa is one of the greatest high-flyers ever, popularizing his own versions of the 450 Splash and Shooting Star Press, along with moves like the Asai Moonsault, Phoenix Splash, Springboard Moonsault (Quebrada), and also invented some new innovative moves, like the Falcon Arrow, H-Edge, and H-Thunder. He's one of the true FMW legends.

Shinzaki, meanwhile, also wrestled with FMW for awhile, and in the early '90's, had a stay in the WWF as "Hakushi," wrestling men like The 1-2-3 Kid (a.k.a. X-Pac) and Bret Hart. While Hayabusa is a high-flyer, Shinzaki, although he's able to aerially wrestle with the absolute best, has a repertoire consisting of several different stiff chops and kicks. He uses moves like the backflip kick and Praying Powerbomb (ropewalk). Of course, when he needs to, he can match any high-flyer, doing moonsaults, springboard manuevers, and twisting splashes. He's a true icon in Japanese wrestling.

Anyway, there looks to be considerable heat between the defending tag team champions, RVD and Sabu. They have some words with eachother (Alfonso tries to keep them apart) and can't seem to decide who will start. Eventually, Sabu is convinced to let RVD start with Hayabusa, who's dressed in long red pants and his trademark red and white mask. Meanwhile, Shinzaki has only his trademark white pants on and a black belt. Finally, after about five minutes of intros, arguing (between RVD and Sabu), showing off (by RVD), and trash-talking, we begin the ECW Tag Team Title Match.

4. ECW World Tag Team Title Match: HAYABUSA & JINSEI SHINZAKI vs. ECW Television Champion ROB VAN DAM & SABU (C) (w/ Bill Alfonso)

RVD and H (who I'll call him, for short) start. Tieup. H w/ a waistlock. Standing switch by RVD. H locks on a standing armbar, but RVD brings him down w/ a single-leg takedown and tries to lock on a hold, but H blocks it and rolls around. RVD tries to put on a single-leg boston crab, but H continues moving around and eventually gets RVD's shoulders down for a second. RVD gets right back and grabs H's single leg again. He quickly releases and kicks H. Squareoff. Tieup. H w/ a headlock. RVD whips him into the ropes. Shoulderblock to RVD. H goes off the rope while RVD does a terrific kippup. H leaps onto the second-rope and jumps back and completely screws up a clothesline on RVD, prompting a "You Fucked Up!" chant to begin. Squareoff. Tieup. RVD hits a boot and two punches. Irish whip. RVD falls down in a split and H sentons over him. Whip. RVD hits a Japanese armdrag. Squareoff. H uses some kicks and a spinning heelkick. He hammers Sabu, prompting the Arabian to try to get to him, but the referee stops him. Jinsei's tagged in and knocks RVD into the corner. Scoop slam. Hanging Vader Splash. Corner whip. RVD hits a boot, has his enziguri ducked, but quickly hits a sidekick. Jinsei in the corner. The whip's twice reversed, and Jinsei uses a nice enziguri kick. Armringer. He uses his corner praying ropewalk/axehandle successfully. Whip. Jinsei soon escapes RVD's double underhook face plant by sweeping out a leg, but misses a kneedrop. Jinsei ducks a spinkick, but another connects. RVD w/ his corkscrew leg drop. He tags in Sabu. Sabu hits his single-jump leg lariat. Chokehold. He hammers Jinsei w/ some kicks and punches. Whip. Clothesline. Sabu puts on a sleeperhold. "Sabu!" chant. He puts on some arm submissions, but Jinsei rises and hammers Sabu. H is tagged and springboards in. Sabu w/ a kneecap dropkick. Arabian Press (slingshot backflip splash). Sleeperhold, then a headlock. Whip. Shoulderblock, but H soon hits a beautiful batflip dropkick. Sabu rolls out of the ring. H goes to leap off the second-rope out, but instead does a high backflip off and lands on his feet, prompting claps. RVD talks onto Sabu and tells the camera that "That's my bud." Sabu eventually re-enters. Slugfest by him and H. Kneecap dropkick by Sabu. He locks on an ankle/knee submission. He locks on a different one, but H grabs the ropes. Sabu w/ a waistlock. Choke submission. Snapmare. He locks on the Camel Clutch, a trademark of his uncle, The Original Sheik. RVD comes in, backflips off the second-rope, lands on his feet, and hits H's face w/ a double-leg dropkick. He showboats, but Jinsei knocks him out w/ a nice springboard missle dropkick. Jinsei w/ a sloppy slingshot press out. H nails Sabu w/ two spinkicks, knocking him out, too. Baseball-slide dropkick. Sabu goes into the guardrail. H hits a beautiful Asai Moonsault onto both opponents. The FMW'ers double clothesline RVD over the guardrail. There, everyone's hit by Sabu's running chair-to-top-rope leaping plancha out of the ring over the railing! RVD tosses Jinsei over the rail. He leans H over the it, climbs onto the apron, and hits his corkscrew guillotine leg drop. Back in, Jinsei and Sabu have a slugfest. Sabu hits a kneecap dropkick as RVD enters and hammers Jinsei. RVD locks him in a bow-and-arrow/surfboard stretch and Sabu leaps off the top and chairshots the exposed ribs. H breaks up the pin and throws Sabu out. The FMW'ers soon hit a nice double bulldog on RVD. Jinsei scoop slams him. On the apron, H springboards into a beautiful senton bomb. Jinsei quickly follows up w/ a springboard flying kneedrop, and H follows that up w/ his trademark quebrada (springboard moonsault). Sabu breaks up the pin on RVD. Nice sequence. He and RVD use the Hardy Boyz' Poetry In Motion in the corner (Sabu comes off RVD and hits Air Sabu). Sabu whips H into RVD's spinning calf kick. Jinsei breaks up the pin by RVD. Sabu on H. Jinsei throws RVD outside. Gannosuke hits Sabu w/ a right. He turns and is sidekicked by H, and then Jinsei, going right into H's bridging Dragon Suplex (Full Nelson German). RVD dives to break it up, but Sabu kicks out slightly before he lands on the pin. Sabu brings H outside. Sabu brings Jinsei off the top w/ his leaping Frankensteiner, and RVD immediately comes off the buckle right next to him, changing directions in midair for his signature Frogsplash. RVD picks up Jinsei w/ a waistlock, but H comes off the top and knocks him out of it. RVD walks right into Jinsei's backflip kick. H goes up top and fights off Sabu. Jinsei powerbombs RVD right in front of the buckle, and H comes off the top w/ his Firebird Splash (450 Splash). Sabu double-leg dropkicks H, ending the pin at 2. Sabu picks up H, snapmares him, and sets him up in the middle of the ring. RVD and Sabu hit their Rolling Thunder sequence (rolling splash/slingshot somersault leg drop combo). After he spinkicks RVD, Jinsei is quickly locked in a Boston Crab by Sabu. At the same time, RVD comes off the top w/ a flying leg drop to the prone Jinsei. Nice combo. Sabu doesn't release the hold, instead turning him back over and rolls over in a pin. 2. Jinsei goes out. RVD sidekicks H into the corner. He tries to fight back but RVD and Sabu double-team him. Jinsei, on the apron, hammers Sabu away, and then perches himself up top. He grounds Sabu with a leaping shoulderblock while RVD fights H in the corner. Jinsei wraps Sabu in a cross-arm camel clutch. Jinsei soon counters an RVD kick w/ a reverse dragonscrew legwhip. H is soon crotched on the top ring-rope. Alfonso holds a chair in front of his face, and RVD comes off the top, sending the steel into H's face w/ a non-spinning Van Daminator! H tumbles down into the ring. Jinsei attacks RVD from behind. RVD attempts a kick, but Jinsei catches his foot and again hits a reverse dragonscrew. Jinsei scoop slams RVD. H's spinkick knocks down Sabu. Jinsei holds Sabu in position for H's top-rope splash. Sabu slides another table in the ring. H hits a Michinoku Driver II on RVD, but the pin is broken up by Sabu's Arabian Facebuster leg drop w/ a chair. Sabu tosses a chair to Jinsei, who catches it, and RVD springs up and hits a Van Daminator! Sabu sets up one of the tables diagonally in the middle of the ring. He lies H on one end, and RVD knocks Jinsei into the same position on the opposite side. Both go up top to the opposite turnbuckles and put their opponents through the table w/ stereo Top-Rope Flying Leg Drops (RVD towards Jinsei and Sabu toward H)!!! WOW! RVD goes to pin Jinsei, but Sabu arrivess first and gets the 1-2-3 (20:51).

WINNERS & STILL ECW World Tag Team Champions: Rob Van Dam & Sabu

- Rob Van Dam and Sabu retain their ECW Tag Team Titles against two of Japan's best. Sabu's mysterious Arabic music hits. Alfonso runs in and throws in the belts, which the referee gives to each of the champions. RVD and Sabu both lightly embrace. We see some Extreme Replays.

POST-MATCH THOUGHTS: For most Hayabusa, RVD, Sabu, and/or Shinzaki fans, this was a bit of a letdown. There were some great spots, but a small lack of psychology. They chalked in some mat wrestling (which was nice) and submission work, but a minor lack in flow showed. However, by starting w/ some basic matwork and eventually building up to some nice spots, the flow was visible. This was my first Hayabusa match (I've now seen a few others of his). His Asai Moonsault, Firebird Spalsh, and Michinoku Driver were picture-perfect. Hayabusa and Shinzaki showed off their terrific kicks (and so did RVD), and all of them showed how crazy they were w/ some awesome spots. Shinzaki had some awesome martial arts skills. The match also worked well for storylines at the time, as it showed U.S. fans some of the two FMW'ers and also got across the point of how RVD and Sabu are still competitive and ready to snap at any time, but are able to coexist in a tag team environment when their titles are at stake. I guess the bad thing about this match was its longevity.
RATING: **1/4

- We see a video vignette of the Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Taz feud. At March 1, 1998's Living Dangerously Pay-Per-View, the two went through the ring! Bigelow eventually won that match. Taz then actually shook 3B's hand, achknowledging defeat. For months, he had been feuding with the whole Triple Threat faction, consisting of 3B, Chris Candido, and ECW Champion Shane Douglas, who had told him that he wouldn't get an ECW Title shot until he went through 3B. Taz would continually attack Douglas' arms with various submissions, but it always seemed like Triple Threat's strength in numbers was the deciding intangible. Taz even invented his own title belt, and proclaimed himself the uncrowned FTW (Fuck The World) Champion. Then, he convinced Triple Threat to allow him to join the club, but quickly proved that it was a setup, attacking Shane's arm again. 3B and Taz would have several confrontational brawls leading up to their HeatWave showdown.

When we arrive back to live commentary, guest announcer Shane Douglas is incensed, shouting that it was Bam Bam that broke his arm, and not Taz. Tonight, it would be Taz that would be injured, and it would be by Bam Bam Bigelow. Styles and Douglas argue about who should have won the Living Dangerously showdown.

- We cut to the ring, where Taz and Bam Bam Bigelow are set for their introductions. This is an FTW Deathmatch, and it is no holds barred, falls count anywhere. Bigelow is introduced at 363 lb. and the "self-proclaimed Taz-killer." Douglas, though, said that he weighed him today and he was down to 345 lb. Taz is introduced at 248 lb. and the "unrecognized FTW World Heavyweight Champion." Taz gets a big pop. Douglas, a close ally of Bigelow, promises to call the match right down the middle. He gives props to Taz for his effort against Bigelow in their past battles, but says that tonight is 3B's night.

5. FTW Deathmatch (Falls Count Anywhere): BAM BAM BIGELOW vs. FTW World Heavyweight Champion TAZ

Squareoff. 3B immediately hits a powerbomb, but Taz gets right back up and hits an ipponzei (judo shoulderthrow). In the corner, he stomps a mudhole in 3B. Whip's reversed. Taz bounces right back off the buckle and after two hard clotheslines, 3B goes down. Taz picks the monster up on his shoulders and drops him w/ a big samoan drop. 3B rolls out of the ring. Taz follows. On the ramp, 3B is hammered a few times and then gets yakuza kick'd off of the ramp and into the crowd. Taz celebrates. He then leaps off the ramp, but 3B catches him and rams him into the guardrail. "EC-Dub!" chant. 3B hits Taz w/ a steel chair. The two go deeper into the crowd, where Taz gets the advantage back w/ some blows. Whip's reversed, and Taz goes into the wall, and is then thrown into some chairs. 3B gets 2. They go into a clearing, and Taz is thrown into a guardrail. 3B picks it up and throws it down onto Taz, who soon charges and uses a double-leg takedown for 2. Taz reverses a suplex and hits a release northern lights tazlex on the concrete (no bridge). 2. Bigelow gets some blows in and they go deeper into the crowd. Both crash to the ground. Taz locks on a jujigatame (cross-armbreaker). 3B gets up first, though, and tosses Taz into some chairs. He bashes Taz w/ a chair. 2. Taz is up first and locks on the Taz mission, but 3B counters w/ an extremely sloppy jawbreaker. 3B tosses Taz over the guardrail back into the ring area, where he bashes Taz w/ a chair. Taz is tossed into the ring. His eye is busted open. 3B cliombs in, too.2B hits another powerbomb, and crawls out and throws a table into the ring. He goes back in and lays it up aginst a turnbuckle. 3B whips Taz into it, and it cracks. 3B sets it up again in the opposite corner. 3B chokes Taz w/ his massive knee. Taz reverses the whip and clotheslines 3B (who sells it rather sloppily). He then T-Bone Tazplexes 3B into the corner table. Taz's eye is busted open. He hits two yakuza kicks, but gets clotheslined. They crawl through the ropes onto the ramp. He kicks Taz a few times. He piocks him up, headbutts him, and tries to press slam him, but Taz uses his weight to fall back and DDT him through the ramp!!! The ramp breaks and they crash through it!!! Loud "ECW-Dub!" chant, and then it evolves into a "Holy Shit!" chant. What the...?! 3B climbs out, and Taz eventually follows!!! He's mad! He charges Bigelow and leaps on his back, locking on the Tazmission right there on the ramp! 3B signals he gives up! The bell rings (13:21)! Taz has defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in an FTW Deathmatch!

WINNER: Taz

- After the match, Shane and Joey argue about whether 3B tapped, Shane saying that he was reaching for the ropes. Nonetheless, the decision stands, and it shows that Taz has beaten "The Beast From The East." With 3B still down, Taz crawls into the ring and triumphantly holds his belt up. He gets a microphone and climbs up to the second-rope. "Hey Douglas, beat me if you can, survive..." [the crowd finishes the line for him: "if I let you!"]! Douglas is again incensed, and begins tossing a television monitor down into the crowd (I hope nobody was hit w/ it.). Taz flips him off while Francine holds him back. Joey: "Help you my ass!" Taz continues celebrating his huge win over the colossal monster that is Bam Bam Bigelow. He walks through the ropes and walks up the ramps w/ his hands up high. He tosses his title belt over the big hole in the ramp, crawls down into it, and crawls back up. Fade out.

POST-MATCH THOUGHTS: Nothing special. Taz really has amazing strength, as evident by his samoan drop, northern lights tazplex, his t-bone, etc. Bigelow, too, did a nice job. He's a good worker for his large size. This was an average way to end their feud. The bump through the stage was nice, but it was really the only thing that the finish was built on, as it was pretty academic after that. Taz was bleeding a bit by the end of the match. This bout was basically a brawl w/ a few wrestling moves thrown in. Not too much psychology, but it wasn't expected that there'd be much. OK match, but I've definitely seen better from both. Shane Douglas kept his promise for most of the time, too, as he wasn't very bias for 3B, and called most of it right down the middle. That guy, let me just say, is one of the best there is. That guy really has a tremendous mind for the business. He's also an incredible wrestler and plays a teriffic heel. One of my dream matches would have to be him vs. Triple H. That'd tear down the building! Both have incredibly similar styles. The problem is , I don't know who'd play the hell, as both play that role great. Anyway...
RATING: *1/2

- Joey is shown w/out Shane, who's left the booth. He's commentating alone. He hypes the six-man tag team match.

- We see a video vignette showing the Dudley Boyz giving Tommy Dreamer's valet, Beulah McGillicutty, the Dudley Death Drop, "breaking" her neck. From then on, Dreamer made it his goal to make the Dudleyz's lives a living hell. However, they had the same plans for him...

- The entire Dudley clan is in the ring, consisting of Big Dick, Buh Buh Ray, D-Von, Joel Gertner, Judge Jeff Jones, and Sign Guy, who's on crutches. Buh Buh speaks his mind on the mic: "If you didn't know, what you are lookin' at are the toughest three men in wrestling today. We challenge anybody in the WWF [boos]. We challenge everybody in the WCW [boos], but most of all, we challenge each and every one of you. If you got the guts, we challenge each and every one of you. If you got the guts, bring it down to the ring and we'll kick your asses right now. There's not one man in this whole arena who's got the guts to get in the ring with the Dudley Boyz. [to fan in crowd] If you got the guts fat man, bring it on down to the ring. You're gonna' need that crutch when the Dudley Boyz are done with ya'. I guess you're just mad that I was with your mother last night. [back to everybody else] And in the words of my brother, D-Von..." [hands mic to D-Von] "...Without any further ado, it is now time for brother Gertner...Shut the hell up!...to TESTIFY!" [hands mic to Gertner].

Gertner: "Is it hot in here, or is it just me? Well, well, well...Dayton, Ohio...amazing where people can live these days. It is I: the man you're mother warned you about, the man that makes your panties moist, the only man that matters, hotter than a heatwave and harder than Chinese algebra, the quintessential stud muffin...Joel "I always leave them sore, yet they keep coming back for more" Gertner. [this guy is friggin' hilarious!] Also in the ring at this time, he is a referee with integrity, and a referee with hair [directed towards Jim Molineaux], Jeff Jones! [boos] Accompanying him to ringside, the trashiest prostitute to ever enter professional wrestling, our valet and love slave, Beulah McGillislutty!" [Jones shows off ugly doll of Beulah] [Joey: "That damn doll is the only way Joel's gonna' get laid in this lifetime!"] [to Sign Guy] And at my right, my colleague, you saw him suffer on ECW television a torn ACL, a damaged patella tendon, a ruptured rectum... [Sign Guy: "WHAT?! You idiot] [Joey: "I bet Joel calls that injury himself."] I mean a deviated septum and a kidney stole nonetheless, he stands before you as the quiet behind the riot and the innovator of silence, Sign Guy Dudley!" [Sign Guy shows off to crowd, but receives boos.]

And at this time, here they are the transcoastal, transcontinental, and intergalactic six-man tag team champions of the wrestling world - first, from the Twisted Steel section of Dudleyville - 368 lb. pounds, 26 and 1/2 inches of arms attached to the man who can rip the Guiness Book in half with his bare hands and beat the snot out of Ripley, believe it or not - pro wrestling's only real mastadon, Big Dick Dudley! [Big Dick: "Ahhh!!! Ahhh!!!"] [Joey: "...Talk about a criminal!"] Representin' the south side of Dudleyville weighing in at a slim, trim, buff, cut, ripped...[fans finish line, so D-Von flips them off]...no I didn't say Stud Muffin says - weight unknown, he is D-Von Dudley! ["Fuck You, D-Von!" chant begins] And his half-brother and tag team partner hails from Metropolitan Dudleyville - He weighs in at a rough, ready, riled up, roudy, and rambunctious 350 lb. - He is the man that helped drive Beulah's head into the canvas with such impact that she didn't know whether to urinate, defacate, or ejaculate - Buh Buh Ray Dudley! [Joey: "Somebody, cut his mic!"] Now that we've helped prove that Beulah is not the girl for Tommy - indeed, she's the girl for just about everybody else- Dreamer, come face your nightmare!"

Ohhh...To quote J.R. - "Business is about to pick up!" The Sandman's wild, wild west-like music hits, and the fans begin clapping along with it. It's starts out really quiet, but gets louder and louder, until..."EXIT LIGHT!!! ENTER NIGHT!!!" Here they are! Spike Dudley comes out first, followed by Tommy Dreamer, and then Sandman, each carrying a ladder on their way to the ring [Joey: "It's time for a bloodbath..."]. Sandman's ladder is the tallest, then Tommy's, and then Spike's. Sandman sets his up on the ramp and climbs it. As the theme gets toward the chorus again, he takes a beer out of his pocket, salutes the crowd, and downs it like only he can. Dreamer does the same on the ramp, and then spits the beer into the Dudleyz's faces, who are in the ring. Sandman does the "bang the beer can against my forehead," busting him open even before the match begins. They climb down off the ramp and go nbear the crowd. Dreamer spits beer over tons of fans, and then gives a lucky fan a free cup of beer. Sandman spits out smoke from his cigarette, bangs the beer can against his head, and spits beer into the crowd. Spike crawls around and barks like a dog. Back to the chorus, Sandman again throws beer into the crowd, and the fans, along with me, are just going berserk. Joey: "This is a Dudleyville Streetfight, and the rules are that there are no rules." Sandman, with singapore cane in hand and cigar in mouth. The faces go into the ring. Spike's introduced first, then Dreamer, and then Sandman, who gets the biggest pop of all. Sandman's forehead is already bleeding. "Fuck him up, Sandman! Fuck him up!" chant begins.

6. Six-Man Tag Team Dudleyville Streetfight: The DUDLEY BOYZ (BIG DICK, BUH BUH RAY, & D-VON) (w/ Jeff Jones, Joel Gertner, & Sign Guy Dudley) vs. SPIKE DUDLEY, TOMMY DREAMER, & The SANDMAN

Dreamer and D-Von start. Trash-talking. Slaps. Some whips soon see Dreamer sunset-flip over D-Von, who drops down for a pin. They reverse pins a few times before they square off again. In the corner, Dreamer atomic drops D-Von onto the top turnbuckle and brings him off w/ a hangman's neckbreaker. D-Von tags in BBR. "Spike!" chant begins. Dreamer tags in Spike. Spike attacks BBR, but gets tossed to the other side of the ring. He gets press slammed twice, but falls down onto BBR the second time and lands in a pinning combo. 2. He hits two forearms and in the corner, does a nine punch, but his hurricanrana is reversed into a hard powerbomb. D-Von chokes him in the corner. He's whipped and gets clotheslined down by BBR. "Spike!" chant begins. Another whip. He gets back body dropped high into the air. BBR scoops slams him, but misses a big splash. Spike hits a forearm and reverses a powerbomb into a 'rana. He hits a bulldog, but only gets one. BBR tags in Big Dick and Spike tags in Sandman. Two tieups and two clean breaks. Sandman hammers him a few times and clotheslines him out. Big Dick pulls him out. All six men are on the outside. Dreamer on D-Von. Spike on BBR. Dreamer hammers D-Von w/ a beer can. He crotches him on the gail, and Spike begins hammering him. Dick now on Dreamer. In the ring, Sandman regains control on BBR, and brings him off the top w/ a Drunkenrana/Frankensander/Heinekenrana. On the outside, Dick chairshots Dreamer. BBR atomic drops Dreamer on the rail, crotching him. In the ring, Sandman holds a ladder steady while Spike climbs to the top and leaps 20 feet off onto the Dudleyz. Sandman scoop slams D-Von, and then places a ladder onto him and senton bombs onto it . Dick backdrops him out onto the ramp from inside the ring. Dick scoop slams Dreamer. BBR throws the ladder down onto him, and then lands a senton bomb onto the ladder that's on Dreamer. Spike throws D-Von out, and then hits the Acid Drop neckbreaker on BBR. D-Von breaks up the pin and drops Spike onto the ladder w/ a sidewalk slam. D-Von's busted open. Dick's tied to the tree of woe by Sandman. Dreamer puts BBR in the tree of woe, and then helps Spike put D-Von into the same position. Sign Guy enters the ring and is locked in a Figure Four Leglock by Dreamer. Jeff Jones enters the ring, breaks up the hold, and piledrives the doll of Beulah. He turns around and is piledriven by Dreamer, though. Dreamer and Jim Molineaux place Gertner, who's entered the ring, in the tree of woe. Each corner is filled w/ Dudley clan members in trees of woe. Chairs are placed in front of each of their faces. The faces huddle in the middle of the ring, and then quadruple dropkick chairs into the faces of Dudley clan members (Molineaux to Gertner, Sandman to Dick, Spike to D-Von, and Dreamer to BBR). "EC-Dub!" chant. Dreamer picks D-Von up and drops him w/ a picture-perfect Dreamer-Driver (Over-the shoulder Tombstone Sideslam), but Dick breaks up the pin and hits the Total Penetration (BaldoBomb) on Dreamer onto the ladder. Spike attacks him and goes for the Acid Drop bulldog, but is launched through a ringside table! Sandman canes Dick, but BBR ducks a shot and puts him down w/ a hard chairshot. Dreamer is lying on the ladder, so BBR climbs to the second-rope and leaps off w/ a big splash, but Dreamer moves and BBR crashes onto the ladder. Dreamer plants BBR onto the ladder w/ the Dreamer DDT. 1-2-3 (14:26)!

WINNERS: Spike Dudley, Tommy Dreamer, & The Sandman

- However, Dreamer is immediately grounded w/ a guitar shot by Jack Victory! He hammers Spike, and so does D-Von. The Dudleyz all attack the faces, while a "New Jack!" chant begins! Ice Cube's "Natural Born Killaz" hits and "The Original Gangsta," New Jack, immediately comes out to the ring accompanied by his signature grocery cart of weapons, this time comprised of a stop sign, which he drills BBR w/, a garbage can, which he nails Victory w/, and some other weapons. He nails D-Von w/ something, and then uses the crocery cart to clothesline Dick out of the ring. Dreamer knocks him down as Jack bashes his crotch w/ a pipe or something. They pick him back up and Dreamer and Sandman again hold him as Jack strings up the guitar and bashes it over the head of Victory! He tosses Victory out of the ring as Sandman sets up two of thge ladders in the middle of the ring, and Dreamer sets up the tallest.

Jack climbs up onto the lowest, Dreamer onto the middle, and Sandman onto the tallest. Meanwhile, Spike walks around them w/ a mean dog-like growl. Sandman saultes the fans w/ the singapore cane. They climb down and salute the crowd, while the ECW theme music hits, voiced-over by Paul E. Heyman. Jack and the guys toss the weapons into the crowd for them to keep, which would be a nice souvenier to have. Dreamer gets a microphone: "It's safe to say that Dayton, Ohio is ECW country!" That, as expected, prompts a big pop. The copyright box shows, we fade to black, the copyright info is shown, and that's it for ECW HeatWave 1998!

POST-MATCH THOUGHTS: As expected, there was virtually no psychology or matwork. Some wrestling moves were present, but most of it was a brawl w/ various weapons. The quadruple tree of woe dropkick was interesting, and so was Spike's ladder dive onto the heels. They found some creative uses for the ladders. The finish was somewhat anti-climatic; I probably would've had Dreamer's Dreamer-Driver on D-Von be the finish, but the DDT wasn't a terrible finish. Spike retained his "giant-killer" persona, hitting some nice moves on his opponents, Dreamer obviously got some revenge on the clan for their assault on Beulah, and Sandman's popularity showed. Typical ECW hardcore-style fight...maybe a bit below average, but for a brawl, which was what was expected, it wasn't bad. They got in some pure wrestling, which was a good thing, and there was some blood by the end of the match. I think they could have lengthened the match a bit, too, as it was rather short.
RATING: *5/8

OVERALL: This was a very good ECW Pay-Per-View, and was certainly in competition w/ some of the big two PPV's from around that time. The opener, Credible/Lynn, was great, and was followed by another similar style match in Candido/Storm. That was followed by the Match of the Night, Awesome/Tanaka, and we then saw the tag team titles on the line. That was probably a bit below expecations, and Bigelow/Taz was no classic. The main event was a big clusterfuck brawl, which was expected. It kind of ended the Beulah storyline suddenly, which I probably wouldn't have done right away. The order of the matches probably should've been changed, as the show started out great and kind of sank after the first three bouts. Also, I would've shortened the RVD/Sabu match and lengthened the six-man tag team bout. Nonetheless, there was obviously no terrible bout, but there wasn't any **** classic. Awesome/Tanaka was good, but it wasn't revolutionary or anything. This was an entertaining event, and for the amount of money and technical expertise they had on their side, ECW did a good job. This tape is recommended about as much as Barely Legal, but probably a bit less.

PHAT STATS:

• AVERAGE MATCH RATING: about **1/2
• EXTREME MATCH of the NIGHT (Hardcore-wise): The Six-Man "DUDLEYVILLE STREETFIGHT" (*5/8)
• MATCH of the Night: MASATO TANAKA d. MIKE AWESOME (***1/4)
• BUMP/SPOT of the Night: MASATO TANAKA folds up MIKE AWESOME like an acordian by Powerbombing him over the top-rope onto the bare, hard, concrete floor, causing him to land on the back of his neck! (Honorable mentions go to Bigelow and Taz going through the entrance stage, RVD/Sabu's Stereo Flying Leg Drops through the table, Candido's Blonde Bombshell, Credible's Top-Rope That's Incredible, and Lynn's Frankensteiner to Credible off the top-rope and through a ringside table)