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ECW: HARDCORE TV
Joey Styles welcomes us to the show and introduces Stevie Richards with the world champ Raven to the ring for a quick promo. Stevie announces he has found the skankiest most vile woman around and calls Divine Brown to the ring. Raven declares she hasn't been with enough people yet and leaves the ring. Intro rolls and we cut to Styles who announces what is coming up in tonight's show. He plugs the heat between RVD and Tazz before a commercial break. .5 Stars I am really not sure what I just saw but seems about what I would expect from someone that just had Beulah and Kimona turn on him.
After the Break we get a "shoot fight" between Jason Helton and Tazz. Helton gets choked out by the Tazzmission in just over two minutes while Alfonso blows that damn whistle nonstop. Tazz grabs the mic after the match and tells the fans he hates all of them and that he and Bill Alfonso can't find anyone to give him a real fight. Joey Styles enters the ring to let us know that Paul Varelans from the UFC has accepted the challenge. After Tazz says he will stretch Varelans out. Paul jumps the barricade and gets stopped by a guy that looks an awful like carrot top. Tazz continues to taunt Varelans as the 100 pound security guards keep him at bay and ushers him out of the arena. Varelans charges the ring a few times while Tazz verbally abuses him. We cut to commercial with Tazz still yelling at the camera. 3 Stars Tazz is one of the best wrestlers on the planet and here he showed his underrated mic skills as he drew amazing heat from the crowd and brought a ton of interest in a fight between him and Paul Varelans. I can't wait for that confrontation.
Joey Styles hypes up the match between Tazz and Varelans before we head to the ring for our feature match. Tommy Dreamer and the Pitbulls square off against Raven and his triangle of terror, the Bruise Brothers and Primetime Brian Lee, in a 6 man tag team elimination falls count anywhere match. The match starts while Styles is talking and we join the match as Pitbull #2 gets thrown through a table. Pitbull # 1 is the first elimination as the violence continues. Tommy dreamer gets two female fans to make out and Raven jumps him from behind. Lee makes his way to the top of the stage as the Bruise Brothers set up multiple tables next to it. Tommy gets choke slammed through the table stack as we cut to commercial. Dreamer miraculously recovers as the fans help him back to the ring. He hits a DDT, on one of the Bruise Brothers ringside, for the three count and we are suddenly in a two on two match. Lee gets set up on the table so the remaining Pitbull can power bomb Tommy off the top rope. The remaining Bruise Brother help Lee escape and Tommy goes through the table. Lee covers him for the count and Tommy is eliminated. Brian Lee sets up a chair behind the remaining PitBull so the remaining Bruise Brother can super kick him. The Pitbull ducks and Brian Lee takes the chair shot. Quick cover by the Pitbull and it is now a one on one match. Dreamer hits the remaining Bruise Brother with a DDT and Pitbull 2 gets the pin to become the soul survivor. Brian Lee puts the boots to Pitbull as Raven enters to declare that the title shot down the line is down the line right now. 4 Stars. I don't normally say this about matches that have 4 moves and a lot of chaos but this was really good.
Raven vs Pitbull #2 is happening now as Brian Lee and Raven stomp a helpless Pitbull in the ropes. Raven hits a pile driver on the table and Raven gets a count of two before the kick out. Pitbull mounts a comeback and opens up Raven with some closed fists.Raven hits a drop kick into a chair on a diving Pitbull then a DDT on to a chair. Raven kicks him in the back of the head and the world champ retains his title. 2 Stars
After the match we cut to Brian Lee discussing the choke slam and a hyping of tonight's matches by Joey Styles. He mocks Raw and Nitro while pumping up the fact that Brian Pillman will be here next week. We also get a rematch between the Dudley's and FBI announced for next week. Sabu is going one on one with Mickey Whipwreck and more news is coming about Hardcore Heaven 1996. We also are going to get an update on Tazz vs Paul Varelans. 5 Stars
This was hands down the best show of the week. While Raw and Nitro sent the same old same old, ECW brought something fresh and original. I really loved the hype for next week as well. This entire show was an easy 3 stars.
For those of you keeping track at home... the overall score on wins of the week is WCW with 1, WWE with 0, and ECW with 1. I can't wait to see who wins the crown from a fans perspective next week.
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