EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TV

November 8, 1996

1. Pittsburgh Steel Team vs Pitbull 2

Pitbull gave his opponents a double clothesline and slammed them. Pitbull clotheslined both opponents and threw one of them out of the ring. Pitbull hit one of the PST members with a chair as Shane Douglas walked to the ring. Pitbull gave one of the PST members a second rope fallaway slam for the pin at 2:13. A total squash. NR

2. Louie Spicolli vs Doug Furnas

Spicolli applied a headlock but Furnas threw him to the mat. Spicolli applied a headlock but Furnas placed him on the top rope. Furnas tackled Spicolli in a criss cross and Spicolli tumbled out of the ring. Spicolli punched Furnas but Furnas blocked a sunset flip. Furnas missed a punch and Spicolli gave him a spinebuster. Furnas got right back up. Furnas gave Spicolli a kneelift and chopped him. Furnas kicked Spicolli twice and powerslammed him. Furnas legdropped Spicolli for a near fall. Spicolli rolled up Furnas for a near fall but Furnas then pounded him. Furnas whipped Spicolli into the corner and gave him a running lariat for a near fall. Spicolli landed some punches but Furnas floored him with a punch. Furnas stomped Spicolli but Spicolli fought back with punches. Furnas countered a backdrop and gave Spicolli a huracanrana. Furnas clotheslined Spicolli twice. Furnas missed a 3-point stance, Spicolli caught him and gave him a Death Valley driver for the pin at 5:58. Good mid-card match with both men contributing solid, high impact work. Furnas made a solid heel. **1/4

3. ECW TV Title: Shane Douglas (c) w/Francine vs Tommy Dreamer (w/Beulah)

Dreamer stormed the ring and attacked Douglas before the bell. Dreamer elbowed and punched Douglas. Dreamer rammed Douglas into the corner and hit him with the TV title belt for a near fall. Dreamer landed some punches and legdropped Douglas for a near fall. Dreamer slapped Douglas and threw him out of the ring. Dreamer rammed Douglas into a ringside table and drove a chair into his face with a baseball slide kick. Francine hit Douglas with a chair when Dreamer moved. Dreamer gave Douglas a kneelift and a swinging neckbreaker for a near fall. Dreamer whipped Douglas into the corner but telegraphed a backdrop and Douglas gave him a neckbreaker onto a chair. Douglas piledrove Dreamer on the chair for a near fall. Douglas elbowed and kicked Dreamer. Douglas choked Dreamer and pounced on him in the ropes. Douglas attacked Dreamer with a ton of punches and Francine choked Dreamer when Douglas distracted the ref. Douglas whipped Dreamer into the corner and clotheslined him. Douglas sat two chairs across from each other and suplexed Dreamer onto the chairs for a near fall. Douglas hit Dreamer with a chair and placed the chair over his face. Douglas jumped off the top rope but hit the chair head first when Dreamer lifted the chair. Dreamer dropkicked Douglas for a near fall and powerslammed him on the chair for another near fall. Dreamer gave Douglas a neckbreaker on the chair for a near fall. Dreamer placed a chair on the top turnbuckle. Douglas rammed Dreamer into the edge of the chair. They traded belly to belly suplex counters and Dreamer DDTd Douglas for a near fall. Beulah and Francine got into a fight. Dreamer dragged Francine to the apron but Douglas gave him a single arm DDT. Douglas tombstoned Dreamer and applied a full nelson but Dreamer kicked him low. Dreamer applied a full nelson but went after Brian Lee when he appeared on the apron. Douglas gave Dreamer another single arm DDT and Lee chokeslammed Dreamer. Douglas belly to belly suplexed the ref. Douglas applied a full nelson on Beulah after Dreamer was double teamed. Several wrestlers tried and failed to make the save. The match ended after about 8:00. Good match with both men working hard. Plenty of neat little hardcore spots with only one or two really big spots. This was better than their typical match against each other. **1/4

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