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ECW: Unreleased Vol. 2
ECW: Unreleased Vol. 2
Released: July 30, 2013
This review is for the 3-disc DVD version, not the 2-disc blu-ray that contains some extra matches.
Joey Styles and Tommy Dreamer are your hosts. They show up every three matches or so, and they basically put people over and don’t take anything too seriously. There are some bits of footage here and there while they talk, which adds a nice touch. Also, many of these matches are proceeded by the full promos that went along with them when they originally aired, so that’s cool too. Read the rest of this entry
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro (Disc Three)
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro
Three-Disc Set
Released: June 7, 2011
DISC THREE
Your host is Diamond Dallas Page.
DDP admits that 1999 was the first time WCW started to show cracks in its armor. Sometimes the best laid plans don’t always work out, and this next match is certainly evidence of that statement. Read the rest of this entry
The 100 Greatest WWE Matches of the Decade: 2005
- Triple H (w/Ric Flair) vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge vs. Batista vs. Chris Benoit – Elimination Chamber (New Years Revolution 2005)
Matt: LIVE FROM PUERTO RICO! Read the rest of this entry
The Rise & Fall of WCW – Disc Three
The Rise and Fall of WCW – Disc Three
Released: 8/25/2009
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair (w/Elizabeth & Woman) vs. The Giant (w/Jimmy Hart) – (WCW Monday Nitro, 4/29/96)
Flair stops by Debra again for a quick word. She tells him to leave her alone. Read the rest of this entry
ECW Extreme Evolution
ECW Extreme Evolution DVD
Released August 29, 2000
Your host is Joey Styles.
- Television Champion Rob Van Dam (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs. Jerry Lynn (Hardcore Heaven – 5/16/99)
During Van Dam’s in-ring introduction, Fonzie moves the ring announcer toward the ropes so that RVD can pose in the middle of the ring. That Fonzie’s always good for a few antics. Read the rest of this entry
ECW Heat Wave 1998
ECW Heat Wave ‘98
August 2, 1998
Hara Arena
Dayton, OH
The current ECW champions were as follows:
World Champion: Shane Douglas (11/30/97)
TV Champion: Rob Van Dam (4/4/98)
Tag Team Champions: Sabu and Rob Van Dam (6/27/98)
Unrecognized FTW Champion: Taz (5/14/98)
Your hosts are Joey Styles, Shane Douglas, and Francine (but she barely ever talks). Read the rest of this entry
ECW World Tag Team Titles History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Super Destroyers |
The Night Breed | 6/23/1992 | Philadelphia, PA[1] |
| Tony Stetson & Larry Winters |
The Super Destroyers |
4/2/1993 | Radnor, PA |
| The Suicide Blondes[2] |
Tony Stetson & Larry Winters |
4/3/1993 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Super Destroyers (2) |
The Suicide Blondes |
5/15/1993 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Suicide Blondes (2) |
The Super Destroyers |
5/15/1993 | Philadelphia, PA[3] |
| The Dark Patriot & Eddie Gilbert |
Salvatore Bellamo & The Sandman |
8/8/1993 | Philadelphia, PA[4] |
| Johnny Hotbody & Tony Stetson |
– | 10/1/1993 | NWA Bloodfest: Part 1[5] |
| Tommy Dreamer & Johnny Gunn |
Johnny Hotbody & Tony Stetson |
11/13/1993 | November to Remember |
| Kevin Sullivan & The Tazmaniac |
Shane Douglas & Tommy Dreamer |
12/4/1993 | Philadelphia, PA[6] |
| The Public Enemy | Kevin Sullivan & The Tazmaniac |
3/6/1994 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck |
The Public Enemy | 8/27/1994 | NWA World Title Tournament |
| The Public Enemy (2) |
Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck |
11/5/1994 | November to Remember |
| Sabu & The Tazmaniac |
The Public Enemy | 2/4/1995 | Double Tables |
| Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko |
Sabu & The Tazmaniac |
2/25/1995 | Return of the Funker |
| The Public Enemy (3) |
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko |
4/8/1995 | Three Way Dance[7] |
| Raven & Stevie Richards |
The Public Enemy | 6/30/1995 | Jim Thorpe, PA |
| The Pitbulls | Raven & Stevie Richards |
9/16/1995 | Gangsta’s Paradise |
| Raven & Stevie Richards (2) |
The Pitbulls | 10/7/1995 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Public Enemy (4) |
Raven & Stevie Richards |
10/7/1995 | Philadelphia, PA[8] |
| 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman |
The Public Enemy | 10/28/1995 | Philadelphia, PA[9] |
| Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck (2) |
2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman |
12/29/1995 | New York, NY[10] |
| The Eliminators | Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck |
2/3/1996 | Queens, NY[11] |
| The Gangstas | The Eliminators | 8/3/1996 | The Doctor Is In |
| The Eliminators (2) |
The Gangstas | 12/20/1996 | Middletown, NY |
| The Dudley Boyz | The Eliminators | 3/15/1997 | Hostile City Showdown |
| The Eliminators (3) |
The Dudley Boyz | 4/13/1997 | Barely Legal |
| The Dudley Boyz (2) |
The Eliminators | 6/20/1997 | Waltham, MA[12] |
| The Gangstas (2) | The Dudley Boyz | 7/19/1997 | Heat Wave |
| The Dudley Boyz (3) |
The Gangstas | 8/17/1997 | Hardcore Heaven[13] |
| John Kronus & New Jack |
The Dudley Boyz | 9/20/1997 | As Good As It Gets |
| Little Guido & Tracy Smothers |
John Kronus & New Jack |
10/18/1997 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon |
Little Guido & Tracy Smothers |
12/5/1997 | Waltham, MA |
| Chris Candido & Lance Storm |
Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon |
12/6/1997 | Better Than Ever[14] |
| Sabu & Rob Van Dam |
Chris Candido & Lance Storm |
6/27/1998 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Dudley Boyz (4) |
Sabu & Rob Van Dam |
10/24/1998 | Cleveland, OH |
| Balls Mahoney & Masato Tanaka |
The Dudley Boyz | 11/1/1998 | November to Remember |
| The Dudley Boyz (5) |
Balls Mahoney & Masato Tanaka |
11/6/1998 | Queens, NY |
| Sabu & Rob Van Dam (2) |
The Dudley Boyz | 12/13/1998 | Japan |
| The Dudley Boyz (6) |
Sabu & Rob Van Dam |
4/17/1999 | Buffalo, NY[15] |
| Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney |
The Dudley Boyz | 7/18/1999 | Heat Wave |
| The Dudley Boyz (7) |
Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney |
8/13/1999 | Cleveland, OH |
| Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney (2) |
The Dudley Boyz | 8/14/1999 | ECW on TNN |
| The Dudley Boyz (8) |
Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney |
8/26/1999 | ECW on TNN |
| Raven & Tommy Dreamer |
The Dudley Boyz | 8/26/1999 | ECW on TNN |
| The Impact Players |
Raven & Tommy Dreamer |
1/9/2000 | Guilty as Charged |
| Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka |
The Impact Players |
2/26/2000 | ECW on TNN |
| Raven & Mike Awesome |
Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka |
3/4/2000 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Impact Players (2) |
Raven & Mike Awesome |
3/12/2000 | Living Dangerously[16] |
| Yoshihiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck |
Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger |
8/25/2000 | ECW on TNN[17] |
| Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke |
Yoshihiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck |
8/26/2000 | ECW on TNN |
| Danny Doring & Roadkill |
Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke |
12/3/2000 | Massacre on 34th Street[18] |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final.
[2]: The Suicide Blondes consisted of Chris Candido, Johnny Hotbody & Chris Michaels. Since there were three members of the team, all three members were allowed to defend the titles using the Freebird Rule.
[3]: The titles were vacated once Chris Candido left ECW for Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
[4]: This was a tournament final.
[5]: Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson were awarded the titles due to the fact that the Dark Patriot and Eddie Gilbert were leaving ECW.
[6]: Shane Douglas substituted for Johnny Gunn in this match.
[7]: This was a three-way match which also included the team of Rick Steiner & The Tazmaniac.
[8]: This was a three-way match which also included the team of The Gangstas.
[9]: Scorpio defeated Rocco Rock in a match also for Scorpio’s ECW World TV title, choosing Sandman as his partner.
[10]: Whipwreck defeated Scorpio in a match for his TV and Tag Team titles; Cactus Jack appointed himself as Mikey’s partner.
[11]: This match aired on February 6, 1996, on ECW Hardcore TV.
[12]: The Dudley Boyz defeated John Kronus in a handicap match due to Perry Saturn being injured.
[13]: Due to Mustafa Saed leaving ECW, the Dudley Boyz were once again crowned ECW world tag team champions.
[14]: This was a three-way match which also involved the team of Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten.
[15]: D-Von Dudley defeated Rob Van Dam in a singles match to win the titles.
[16]: This was a three-way dance which also involved the team of Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka. On April 22, 2000, Justin Credible won the ECW world heavyweight title and therefore was forced to vacate the title. By this point, Lance Storm had left ECW for WCW anyway, so Credible threw down his tag belt as a sign that he was abandoning the title.
[17]: Tajiri and Whipwreck won the titles in a three-way tournament final which also included the teams of Tommy Dreamer & Jerry Lynn and Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger.
[18]: On April 11, 2001, ECW shut down and the WWF buys their assets, which makes Doring and Roadkill the final REAL ECW world tag team champions.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
ECW World Heavyweight Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Snuka | Salvatore Bellomo | 4/25/1992 | Mount Tabor, PA[1] |
| Johnny Hotbody | Jimmy Snuka | 4/26/1992 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Jimmy Snuka (2) | Johnny Hotbody | 7/14/1992 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Don Muraco | Jimmy Snuka | 9/30/1992 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Sandman | Don Muraco | 11/16/1992 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Don Muraco (2) | The Sandman | 4/3/1993 | Radnor, PA |
| Tito Santana | Don Muraco | 8/8/1993 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Shane Douglas | Tito Santana | 9/9/1993 | Roanoke, VA[2] |
| Sabu | Shane Douglas | 10/2/1993 | NWA Bloodfest: Part 2 |
| Terry Funk | Sabu | 12/26/1993 | Holiday Hell |
| Shane Douglas (2) | Terry Funk | 3/26/1994 | Ultimate Jeopardy[3] |
| The Sandman (2) | Shane Douglas | 4/15/1995 | Hostile City Showdown |
| Mikey Whipwreck | The Sandman | 10/28/1995 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Sandman (3) | Mikey Whipwreck | 12/9/1995 | December to Dismember[4] |
| Raven | The Sandman | 1/27/1996 | Philadelphia, PA |
| The Sandman (4) | Stevie Richards | 10/5/1996 | Ultimate Jeopardy[5] |
| Raven (2) | The Sandman | 12/7/1996 | Holiday Hell |
| Terry Funk (2) | Raven | 4/13/1997 | Barely Legal |
| Sabu (2) | Terry Funk | 8/9/1997 | Born to be Wired |
| Shane Douglas (3) | Sabu | 8/17/1997 | Hardcore Heaven[6] |
| Bam Bam Bigelow | Shane Douglas | 10/16/1997 | New York, NY |
| Shane Douglas (4) | Bam Bam Bigelow | 11/30/1997 | November to Remember |
| Taz | Shane Douglas | 1/10/1999 | Guilty as Charged |
| Mike Awesome | Taz | 9/19/1999 | Anarchy Rulz[7] |
| Masato Tanaka | Mike Awesome | 12/17/1999 | ECW on TNN |
| Mike Awesome (2) | Masato Tanaka | 12/23/1999 | ECW on TNN |
| Tazz (2) | Mike Awesome | 4/13/2000 | ECW on TNN[8] |
| Tommy Dreamer | Tazz | 4/22/2000 | CyberSlam |
| Justin Credible | Tommy Dreamer | 4/22/2000 | CyberSlam |
| Jerry Lynn | Justin Credible | 10/1/2000 | Anarchy Rulz |
| Steve Corino | Jerry Lynn | 11/5/2000 | November to Remember[9] |
| The Sandman (5) | Steve Corino | 1/7/2001 | Guilty as Charged[10] |
| Rhino | The Sandman | 1/7/2001 | Guilty as Charged[11] |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final.
[2]: Title awarded to Douglas by forfeit when Tito Santana didn’t show up for the match.
[3]: Douglas pinned Funk in an eight-man tag team Ultimate Jeopardy match which included Shane Douglas, Mr. Hughes and Public Enemy against Road Warrior Hawk, Kevin Sullivan, The Tazmaniac and Terry Funk. Due to a prematch stipulation, the title changed hands. Also, on August 27, 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling once Shane Douglas denounced the NWA to break away and become their own seperate promotion.
[4]: This was a triple-threat match which also involved Steve Austin.
[5]: Stevie Richards substituted for Raven in a tag match that had as a stipulation that if he got pinned, Raven would lose the belt. The tag match ended up being The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer against Stevie Richards and Brian Lee.
[6]: Shane Douglas was victorious over both Sabu and Terry Funk in this three-way elimination match.
[7]: This was a three-way match also involving Masato Tanaka.
[8]: Even though Tazz was working for the WWF at the time, Vince McMahon allowed him to come over to ECW and squash Mike Awesome for the ECW world title belt because of his recent signing with WCW for the fear that Mike Awesome would take the belt with him.
[9]: This was a Double Jeopardy match also involving Justin Credible and The Sandman.
[10]: This was a Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Canes match also involving Justin Credible.
[11]: On April 11, 2001, ECW shuts down and the WWF buys their assets, which makes Rhino the final REAL ECW world heavyweight champion.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
ECW: The Night The Line Was Crossed (02.94)
ECW: The Night The Line Was Crossed
February 5, 1994
Philadelphia, PA
ECW Arena
The current ECW Champs were as follows:
ECW Champion: Terry Funk (12/26/1993)
ECW Tag Team Champions: Vacant (2/4/1994)
ECW TV Champion: Sabu (11/13/1993)
Your host is Joey Styles. Read the rest of this entry
WCW U.S. Heavyweight Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lex Luger | – | 1/1/1991 | –[1] |
| Sting | Steve Austin | 8/25/1991 | Atlanta, GA[2] |
| Rick Rude | Sting | 11/19/1991 | Clash 17[3] |
| Dustin Rhodes | Ricky Steamboat | 1/16/1993 | Saturday Night[4] |
| Dustin Rhodes (2) | Rick Rude | 8/30/1993 | Atlanta, GA[5] |
| Steve Austin | Dustin Rhodes | 12/27/1993 | Starrcade |
| Ricky Steamboat | Steve Austin | 8/24/1994 | Clash 28 |
| Steve Austin (2) | Ricky Steamboat | 9/18/1994 | Fall Brawl[6] |
| Jim Duggan | Steve Austin | 9/18/1994 | Fall Brawl |
| Vader | Jim Duggan | 12/27/1994 | Starrcade |
| Sting (2) | Meng | 6/18/1995 | Great American Bash[7] |
| Kensuke Sasaki | Sting | 11/13/1995 | Japan |
| One Man Gang | Kensuke Sasaki | 12/27/1995 | Starrcade |
| Konnan | One Man Gang | 1/29/1996 | Monday Nitro |
| Ric Flair | Konnan | 7/7/1996 | Bash at the Beach[8] |
| Eddie Guerrero | Diamond Dallas Page | 12/29/1996 | Starrcade[9] |
| Dean Malenko | Eddie Guerrero | 3/16/1997 | UnCeNSoReD |
| Jeff Jarrett | Dean Malenko | 6/9/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Steve McMichael | Jeff Jarrett | 8/21/1997 | Clash 35 |
| Curt Hennig | Steve McMichael | 9/15/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Diamond Dallas Page | Curt Hennig | 12/28/1997 | Starrcade |
| Raven | Diamond Dallas Page | 4/19/1998 | Spring Stampede |
| Bill Goldberg | Raven | 4/20/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart | Diamond Dallas Page | 7/20/1998 | Monday Nitro[10] |
| Lex Luger (2) | Bret Hart | 8/10/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart (2) | Lex Luger | 8/13/1998 | Thunder |
| Diamond Dallas Page (2) | Bret Hart | 10/26/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart (3) | Diamond Dallas Page | 11/30/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Roddy Piper | Bret Hart | 2/8/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Scott Hall | Roddy Piper | 2/21/1999 | Superbrawl IX[11] |
| Scott Steiner | Booker T | 4/11/1999 | Spring Stampede[12] |
| David Flair | – | 7/5/1999 | Monday Nitro[13] |
| Chris Benoit | David Flair | 8/9/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Sid Vicious | Chris Benoit | 9/12/1999 | Fall Brawl |
| Bill Goldberg (2) | Sid Vicious | 10/24/1999 | Halloween Havoc |
| Bret Hart (4) | Bill Goldberg | 10/25/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Scott Hall (2) | Bret Hart | 11/8/1999 | Monday Nitro[14] |
| Chris Benoit (2) | Jeff Jarrett | 12/19/1999 | Starrcade |
| Jeff Jarrett (2) | Chris Benoit | 12/20/1999 | Monday Nitro[15] |
| Scott Steiner (2) | Sting | 4/16/2000 | Spring Stampede[16] |
| Lance Storm | Mike Awesome | 7/18/2000 | Monday Nitro[17] |
| Terry Funk | Lance Storm | 9/22/2000 | Amarillo, TX |
| Lance Storm (2) | Terry Funk | 9/23/2000 | Lubbock, TX |
| General Rection | Lance Storm | 10/29/2000 | Halloween Havoc[18] |
| Lance Storm (3) | General Rection | 11/13/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| General Rection (2) | Lance Storm | 11/26/2000 | Mayhem |
| Shane Douglas | General Rection | 1/14/2001 | Sin |
| Rick Steiner | Shane Douglas | 2/5/2001 | Monday Nitro |
| Booker T | Rick Steiner | 3/18/2001 | Greed |
| WWE buys out WCW and the title becomes defended on WWE programming. | |||
| Kanyon | – | 7/26/2001 | Smackdown![19] |
| Tajiri | Kanyon | 9/10/2001 | Raw is War |
| Rhyno | Tajiri | 9/23/2001 | Unforgiven |
| Kurt Angle | Rhyno | 10/22/2001 | Raw |
| Edge | Kurt Angle | 11/12/2001 | Raw[20] |
Footnotes:
[1]: When WCW withdrew from the NWA in January 1991, Lex Luger’s NWA U.S. title reign carried over to become the first ever WCW U.S. title reign. After winning the WCW world title, Lex Luger had to vacate the U.S. title.
[2]: This was a tournament final.
[3]: In December 1992, Rude had to vacate the title due to injury.
[4]: This was a tournament final. During a controversial finish in May 1993, the U.S. title became vacant.
[5]: Rhodes regained the U.S. title in a rematch on 8/30/1993.
[6]: Austin was awarded the title after Steamboat was forced to vacate the title due to injury.
[7]: Vader was stripped of the title by WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel in April 1995. This was a tournament final.
[8]: Ric Flair had to vacate the title due to a shoulder injury in November 1996.
[9]: This was a tournament final.
[10]: Goldberg vacated the U.S. title once he won the WCW world title on 7/5/1998. Bret Hart and DDP were considered as the top two contendors to the U.S. title.
[11]: Scott Hall vacated the U.S. title after suffering an injury.
[12]: This was a tournament final.
[13]: WCW President Ric Flair stripped Scott Steiner of the title when he failed to defend it and awarded it to his son David.
[14]: This was a four-way ladder match which also included Sid Vicious and Goldberg. He would be stripped of the title due to an injury at Starrcade, setting up a ladder match between Benoit and Jarrett for the vacant title.
[15]: Once the Russo/Bischoff era started on 4/10/2000, all the titles were made vacant as they reset the company.
[16]: This was a tournament final. Steiner would be stripped of the title when he used the Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome at Bash at the Beach which was a submission hold that had been banned from WCW.
[17]: This was a tournament final. During the Lance Storm title reigns, the U.S. title becomes unofficially known as the WCW Canadian Heavyweight title.
[18]: General Rection won the title in a handicap match by defeating both Lance Storm and Jim Duggan.
[19]: As the WCW world champion, Booker T awards the secondary WCW U.S. title to Kanyon.
[20]: At the Survivor Series PPV the following weekend, Edge defeated WWE Intercontinental champion Test to win the title and as the WCW U.S. champion, the WCW and WWE titles become unified for the first time ever.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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