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TEN YEARS AFTER: ECW One Night Stand II
ECW: One Night Stand II
June 11, 2006
New York City, NY
Hammerstein Ballroom
Paul Heyman comes out to the ring to a warm welcome by the ECW fans. He pours another cup of the ECW kool-aid for anyone who will listen. ECW IS BACK! THE SHOW IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE IT USED TO BE! He thanks the fans for all their support. Without them, none of this would be possible.
Now cue the old ECW intro video circa 2000!
Your host is Joey Styles.
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ROH: A Night of Appreciation (04.2002)
ROH: A Night of Appreciation
April 27, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center
We see the Carnage Crew (HC Loc and Tony DeVito) getting together. HC Loc is the ref who got abused by the Natural Born Sinners on the first show. All I know about Tony DeVito is the jobber work he did on WWF TV in the 1990s. Anyways, they beat up a couple of ring crew guys and laugh it up.
Elsewhere, Quiet Storm wants to stretch Brian XL because he doesn’t like him. When Brian calls Storm a beeyotch, Chris Divine asks him what his problem is. This is Ring of Honor heat, bro.
Outside the Murphy Rec Center, Christopher Street Connection (wearing Da Hit Squad t-shirts) try to take over Da Hit Squad’s duty to hype the crowd before the show. As soon as Da Hit Squad find out and catch them making out, they chase these gay dudes back to NYC. For some reason, Dan Maff starts quoting Roddy Piper lines at the CSC.
Back to the Quiet Storm situation, he goes and finds American Dragon to teach his partner one of those freaky-looking submissions. While Brian XL is still talking crap, Dragon comes up behind him and stretches him real good.
Over in the Puerto Rican locker room, Tony DeVito enters the room on Da Hit Squad and Boogalou. He threatens Boogalou and walks out.
In other places, the old man from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission appears again to give the guys some details about who will be watching them tonight. How could they possibly care less? Eddie Guerrero gets a round of applause. This will be his last night in ROH and he’s already the WWF IC champ. The old man gives Spanky a hard time for wearing headphones while he’s talking. Anyways, this is a night of appreciation for Eddie Guerrero.
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino. Read the rest of this entry
ROH World Tag Team Titles History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan |
Bryan Danielson & Michael Modest |
9/21/2002 | Unscripted[1] |
| AJ Styles & Amazing Red |
Christopher Daniels & Xavier |
3/15/2003 | Expect the Unexpected[2] |
| Backseat Boyz | Dixie & Izzy | 9/20/2003 | Glory By Honor II[3] |
| Dixie & Izzy | Backseat Boyz | 10/16/2003 | Tradition Continues |
| Briscoe Brothers | Dixie & Izzy | 11/1/2003 | Main Event Spectacles |
| CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
Briscoe Brothers | 4/24/2004 | Reborn: Stage 2 |
| BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff |
CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
5/15/2004 | Round Robin Challenge III |
| Briscoe Brothers (2) | BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff |
5/15/2004 | Round Robin Challenge III |
| CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
Briscoe Brothers | 5/15/2004 | Round Robin Challenge III |
| Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes |
CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
8/7/2004 | Testing the Limit |
| BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff (2) |
Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes |
2/19/2005 | Third Anniversary Celebration[4] |
| BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs |
Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal |
4/2/2005 | Best of American Super Juniors Tournament[5] |
| The Carnage Crew |
BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs |
7/9/2005 | Escape from New York |
| BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs (2) |
The Carnage Crew | 7/23/2005 | The Homecoming |
| Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro |
BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs |
10/1/2005 | Joe vs. Kobashi |
| Austin Aries & Roderick Strong |
Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro |
12/17/2005 | Final Battle |
| Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli |
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong |
9/16/2006 | Glory By Honor V |
| Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal |
Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli |
11/25/2006 | Dethroned |
| Briscoe Brothers (3) | Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal |
2/24/2007 | Fifth Year Festival |
| Naruki Doi & Shingo |
Briscoe Brothers | 3/3/2007 | Fifth Year Festival |
| Briscoe Brothers (4) |
Naruki Doi & Shingo | 3/30/2007 | All Star Extravaganza III |
| Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black |
Briscoe Brothers | 12/30/2007 | Final Battle |
| Rocky Romero & Davey Richards |
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black |
1/26/2008 | Without Remorse[6] |
| Briscoe Brothers (5) |
Rocky Romero & Davey Richards |
4/12/2008 | Injustice[7] |
| Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (2) |
Kevin Steen & El Generico |
6/6/2008 | Up For Grabs[8] |
| Kevin Steen & El Generico |
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black | 9/19/2008 | Driven |
| Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards |
Kevin Steen & El Generico |
4/10/2009 | ROH on HDNet |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was an 8-team tournament final to crown the first-ever ROH tag team champions.
[2]: As a member of Christopher Daniel’s stable called the Prophecy, Xavier was allowed to defend the titles in Donovan Morgan’s place. Styles and Red were forced to vacate the belts due to an injury Red suffered.
[3]: The vacant titles were decided in a gauntlet match which also featured the teams of the Briscoe Brothers, Hydro & Deranged, and the Ring Crew Express. The Backseat Boyz were the team to survive by defeated Dixie and Izzy and were therefore awarded the tag belts.
[4]: In March 2005, Dan Maff quit the wrestling business and the titles were once again made vacant.
[5]: This match was to determine who would take the vacant ROH world tag team titles.
[6]: Rocky Romero & Davey Richards defeated Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black, Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries, and Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer in an Ultimate Endurance match to win the titles.
[7]: In May 2008, a Mark Briscoe injury caused the Briscoes to vacate the tag belts.
[8]: This was an 8-team tournament final to crown new ROH world tag team champions.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
TNA X-Division Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Styles | Jerry Lynn | 6/26/2002 | TNA PPV #2[1] |
| Low Ki | AJ Styles | 8/7/2002 | TNA PPV #8[2] |
| Jerry Lynn | Low Ki | 8/28/2002 | TNA PPV #11[3] |
| Syxx-Pac | – | 10/9/2002 | TNA PPV #15[4] |
| AJ Styles (2) | Syxx-Pac | 10/23/2002 | TNA PPV #17 |
| Jerry Lynn (2) | AJ Styles | 11/6/2002 | TNA PPV #19 |
| Sonny Siaki | Jerry Lynn | 12/11/2002 | TNA PPV #24 |
| Kid Kash | Sonny Siaki | 2/12/2003 | TNA PPV #31 |
| The Amazing Red | Kid Kash | 4/30/2003 | TNA PPV #42 |
| Chris Sabin | The Amazing Red | 5/14/2003 | TNA PPV #44[5] |
| Michael Shane | – | 8/20/2003 | TNA PPV #58[6] |
| Chris Sabin (2) | Michael Shane | 1/7/2004 | TNA PPV #75[7] |
| Kazarian | The Amazing Red | 3/31/2004 | TNA PPV #87[8] |
| AJ Styles (3) | Kazarian | 6/9/2004 | TNA PPV #97 |
| Michael Shane (2) & Kazarian (2) |
AJ Styles | 7/28/2004 | TNA PPV #104[9] |
| Petey Williams | – | 8/11/2004 | TNA PPV #106[10] |
| AJ Styles (4) | – | 1/16/2005 | Final Resolution[11] |
| Christopher Daniels | AJ Styles | 3/13/2005 | Destination X[12] |
| AJ Styles (5) | Christopher Daniels | 9/11/2005 | Unbreakable[13] |
| Samoa Joe | AJ Styles | 12/11/2005 | Turning Point |
| Christopher Daniels (2) |
Samoa Joe | 3/12/2006 | Destination X[14] |
| Samoa Joe (2) | Christopher Daniels | 4/13/2006 | iMPACT! |
| Senshi (2) | Sonjay Dutt | 6/22/2006 | iMPACT![15] |
| Chris Sabin (3) | Senshi | 10/22/2006 | Bound for Glory |
| AJ Styles (6) | Chris Sabin | 11/2/2006 | iMPACT! |
| Christopher Daniels (3) |
AJ Styles | 11/16/2006 | iMPACT! |
| Chris Sabin (4) | Jerry Lynn | 1/14/2007 | Final Resolution[16] |
| Jay Lethal | Chris Sabin | 6/17/2007 | Slammiversary |
| Samoa Joe (3) | Chris Sabin | 6/21/2007 | iMPACT![17] |
| Kurt Angle | Samoa Joe | 8/12/2007 | Hard Justice |
| Jay Lethal (2) | Kurt Angle | 9/9/2007 | No Surrender |
| Johnny Devine | Jay Lethal | 1/24/2008 | iMPACT! |
| Jay Lethal (3) | Johnny Devine | 2/10/2008 | Against All Odds[18] |
| Petey Williams (2) | Jay Lethal | 4/17/2008 | iMPACT![19] |
| Sheik Abdul Bashir | Petey Williams | 9/14/2008 | No Surrender[20] |
| Eric Young | Sheik Abdul Bashir | 12/7/2008 | Final Resolution[21] |
| Alex Shelley | Chris Sabin | 1/11/2009 | Genesis[22] |
| Suicide | – | 3/15/2009 | Destination X[23] |
| Homicide | Suicide | 7/16/2009 | iMPACT! |
| Samoa Joe (4) | Homicide | 8/16/2009 | Hard Justice |
| The Amazing Red (2) | Samoa Joe | 10/8/2009 | iMPACT! |
Footnotes:
[1]: AJ Styles pinned Jerry Lynn in a ‘double-elimination’ match which also included Low Ki and Psicosis to be crowned the first-ever TNA X-Division Champion.
[2]: This match also included Jerry Lynn.
[3]: This was a three-way ladder match which also included AJ Styles.
[4]: At the same show, Jerry Lynn was stripped of the X-Division title due to injury. Syxx-Pac won an invitational ladder match which also included Kid Kash, Tony Mamaluke, The S.A.T., Ace Steele and AJ Styles to win the title.
[5]: This match also included Jerry Lynn.
[6]: Michael Shane captured the belt to win the first-ever ‘Ultimate X’ Match which also included Frankie Kazarian to become the new X-Division champion.
[7]: Sabin regained the X-Division title in an ‘Ultimate X’ match which also included ex-champ Michael Shane, Low Ki and Christopher Daniels.
[8]: On the same show, Chris Sabin was stripped of the X-Division title due to injury. As the two top challengers, Frankie Kazarian pinned Amazing Red to win the vacant title.
[9]: During this ‘Ultimate X’ match, Kazarian and Shane pulled down the title together to become co-champions.
[10]: Since the co-champion thing doesn’t work, the title became vacant. Petey Williams won a 22-man X-Division gauntlet match to be crowned the new X-Division champion.
[11]: This was an ‘Ultimate X match which also included the ex-champ Petey Williams and Chris Sabin.
[12]: This was an ‘elimination’ match which included ex-champ AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Elix Skipper. The first elimination was a tag match – the loser of the fall was eliminated. The second elimination was a three-way match – the loser of the fall was elimination. The third elimination was an ‘Ultimate X’ match where the winner would retrieve the belt.
[13]: This match also included Samoa Joe.
[14]: This was an ‘Ultimate X’ match which also included AJ Styles.
[15]: This match also included the ex-champ Samoa Joe, but Sonjay Dutt was the one pinned. The reason Senshi is listed as a two-time champion is because he has also won the belt wrestling as Low Ki.
[16]: This match also included the ex-champ Christopher Daniels, but Jerry Lynn was the one pinned.
[17]: This match also included the ex-champ Jay Lethal, but Chris Sabin was pinned.
[18]: This was a six-man street fight where the one who earns the pin wins the X-Division title which included Jay Lethal and the Motor City Machine Guns against Johnny Devine and Team 3D. Lethal scored the pinfall on Devine.
[19]: Petey Williams cashes in his ‘Feast or Fired’ contract on Jay Lethal and pinned him quickly with the Canadian Destroyer.
[20]: This match also included Consequences Creed.
[21]: Right after Eric Young won the belt, TNA official Jim Cornette stripped him of the belt after he won it in a controversial fashion because of the crazy referee Shane Sewell. The title becomes vacant.
[22]: This was a tournament final.
[23]: This was an ‘Ultimate X’ match which also included the ex-champ Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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
Best of TNA X-Division Matches – Disc One (2003)
TNA – Best of the X-Division Matches Disc One
Released: 2003
This was actually the very first DVD to be released by TNA, which should show you what the company’s main focus was originally. It starts out with a two-minute long intro set to System of a Down-type music with various highlights from the first year of TNA. It’s not as epic as the video packages we see during the monthly PPV days, but it gets its point across.
Your hosts are Mike Tenay and Don West. Read the rest of this entry
The AJ Styles YouTube/DailyMotion Mix Tape
Yeah! Everybody loves mix tapes! I’m starting with the letter A and doing ten-match profiles on everybody great I can find.
It’s probably a little risky to start with this guy because the first wrestler I recap sets the precedent on whether or not you the reader continues to care or not, but don’t worry. Besides, you can’t spell AJ Styles without the letter A! (duh), so he has to be first on our list. Read the rest of this entry
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