EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TV

August 23, 1996

1. ECW TV Title: Shane Douglas (c) w/Francine vs Pitbull 2 (w/Pitbull 1)

Douglas attacked Pitbull at the start and rammed him into the corner but Pitbull no-sold. Pitbull repeatedly rammed Douglas into the corner but Douglas fought back with a low mule kick. Douglas telegraphed a backdrop and Pitbull vertical suplexed him. Pitbull gave Douglas a neckbreaker and a piledriver for an early near fall. Pitbull stomped Douglas and applied a front chancery. Douglas backed Pitbull into a corner and fought back but telegraphed a backdrop again and Pitbull DDTd him. Pitbull landed some punches and whipped Douglas hard into the corner. Pitbull attacked Douglas's neck in the ropes and whipped him into the barricade. Pitbull landed some punches and threw a pie into Douglas's face. He hit Douglas with a chair but Douglas fought back and atomic dropped Pitbull onto the barricade. Douglas landed some chairshots and choked Pitbull with the chair. Douglas whipped Pitbull into the barricade and rammed him into the ringpost. Douglas punched Pitbull onto a table and gave him more punches but Pitbull fired back with punches of his own. Douglas tried to block him but Pitbull scored with a chairshot to his head in the front row followed by more punches. Douglas hit Pitbull with a fan's crutch a few times and landed some punches. Douglas rammed Pitbull's neck across the barricade. Back in the ring Douglas jumped off the top rope but Pitbull caught him and backed him into a corner. Pitbll landed more punches and whipped Douglas into the opposite corner. Pitbull whipped Douglas into a corner but missed a spin kick and sailed over the top rope to the floor. Douglas continued to dominate Pitbull after a commercial. He gave Pitbull some elbows in the back and neck. Pitbull jumped off the top rope but crashed into the barricade at ringside when Douglas moved. Douglas Douglas threatened Pitbull 1 at ringside and rammed Pitbull 2 into the ringpost, busting him open in the process. Back in the ring Douglas vertical suplexed Pitbull for only a one count and elbowed him for another one count. Douglas hit Pitbull with an armband for a near fall and a chain for another near fall. Douglas hit Pitbull with a chair for a near fall and piledrove him for another near fall. Pitbull mounted a comeback and press slammed Douglas. Pitbull clotheslined Douglas for a near fall and press slammed him for another near fall. Pitbull went for a press slam but was blinded by the blood on his face. Pitbull no-sold punches from Douglas, shoved him into a corner and gave him several punches. Francine wrapped a chain around Douglas's hand and distracted the ref while Douglas hit Pitbull with several chain-wrapped punches. Douglas landed more punches from the top rope and blocked a superbomb attempt by Pitbull. Douglas belly to belly suplexed Pitbull twice and pinned him to retain the title. About 15:02 aired on TV. A very good match, in part because it was very effective in enhancing the Pitbulls-Douglas feud and making it more enthralling than one would expect on paper. Douglas tried every dirty trick in the book, at least within the story context, but it took Pitbull's own blood that would prove to be his downfall. The work itself wasn't great, but they did work fairly hard and with very good intensity, effectively drawing great heat for much of the match. Some will like a match like this because, aside from one or two big bumps, it avoided some of the excesses that many ECW brawls were known for. ***

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