-Today we look at Double Tables from ECW.
-ECW Double Tables took place February 4, 1995 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA with 1,000 in attendance.
-Presented in the most original form.
-Joey Styles welcomes us to ECW and introduces Jason, who comes out. Jason says the crowd is electric. He says that soon he will have the new ECW Tag Team Champions in the Pit Bulls. Pit Bulls come out. He then brings out Jason the Terrible from WINGS promotion in Japan.
-6-Man Tag team match. The Pit Bulls and Jason the Terrible with Jason vs. Hack Myers and The Young Dragons: Young Dragon 1 and Pit Bull 1 start. Pit Bull 1 dominating. Pit Bull 2 tagged in and continues the beat down. He then goes over and slaps Myers. Pit Bull 2 unmasks Dragon 1 and throws him to the corner. Myers tagged in. Pit Bull 1 back in. Myers beats Pit Bull 1 down to the ground with some stiff shots. He does the same to Pit Bull 2 and then Irish whips and hits Pit Bull 1 with a clothesline. Pit Bull 1 comes back with a low blow to Myers. Double suplex by the Pit Bulls. Pit Bull 2 in and he and Myers exchange blows in the corner. Myers misses a leg drop. Pit Bull 1 tagged in. He hits Myers with a kick to the head. Myers thrown outside and double teamed by the heels. Myers thrown in and Pit Bull 1 with a corner clothesline. Myers fighting back. Jason the Terrible tagged in. He knocks Myers down. Jason the Terrible with a brutal clothesline to Myers. Myers fighting back. Myers triple teamed. Young Dragons not interfering at all. Jason the Terrible headbutting Myers over and over and pins Myers after a splash. Jason the manager says Jason the Terrible is a monster. He sends Jason the Terrible to the back. Myers attacks Jason and the Pit Bulls with a chair. Jason trying to avoid Myers. Myers attacks Jason in the ring. Angel comes out to check on Jason and attacks Myers. Myers then attacks Angel. He then spanks Angel and not everything ages well. Angel likes it and kisses Myers. He responds by piledriving her.
-Stevie Richards with Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer: Welcome Scott Levy to ECW where he will make a name for himself. Dreamer out to a great ovation. They lock up and Dreamer pushes off. Another lock up and shove off. They fight for position. It goes outside and Dreamer whipped into the barricade and Richards hits him with a chair. Richards puts Dreamer's shirt on. Dreamer with a clothesline to Richards. He puts his shirt back on and hits Richards with a neck breaker. He throws Richards outside and hits him with a chair. He brutalizes Richards and whips him into the barricade. He hits Richards with a frying pan. He low blows Richards with the pan. Richards with a thumb to the eyes and a backdrop to Dreamer. He then chokes Dreamer. Richards with an Irish whip. Dreamer comes back with a DDT and a side suplex. He does a frog splash, but Raven gets up on the apron to distract Dreamer. Dreamer goes for a moonsault, but Richards hits the ropes. Dreamer knocks Richards off and hits a crossbody for a two count. Dreamer with a neck breaker for a two count. Raven comes in and grabs Dreamer. Richards superkicks Dreamer. Dreamer ducks another superkick attempt, low blows Richards, and gets the pin. Raven gets into the ring, but Richards and the referee keep him away from Dreamer and then Raven leaves. The fans chant pussy to Raven. Dreamer tells Raven to go back to the WWF and tell them to kiss ECW's ass.
-Paul Lauria with Jason vs. Mikey Whipwreck: Lauria attacks Whipwreck before he gets to the ring and Whipwreck throws him out to the crowd. The fans throw Lauria back. This happens a couple of times. Whipwreck with a side headlock. Back and forth. They do a nice series of moves to each other and Lauria works on the arm of Whipwreck. Into an arm bar. Whipwreck comes back with a crossbody for a two count. Whipwreck with a suplex and a fist drop. Whipwreck with a backdrop for a two count. Whipwreck with a sunset flip for another two count. Jason up on the apron. Whipwreck runs Lauria into Jason to knock him off the apron. Whipwreck with a headscissors to Lauria to knock him out of the ring. Whipwreck misses a tope when Lauria moves. Lauria slams Whipwreck down. Jason then attacks Whipwreck. Lauria slams Whipwreck on the outside and slams a chair down on Whipwreck's neck. Lauria gets a two count. Lauria with a suplex for another two count. Lauria trying to fight out of a double arm DDT attempt. Whipwreck turns it into a suplex for a two count. Lauria with a low blow. Lauria goes up top, but gets caught and crotched on the top rope. Whipwreck bulldogs Lauria off the top rope. Jason breaks up the cover by pulling Whipwreck out of the ring. Whipwreck chases Jason and knocks Jason down. Whipwreck with a backslide to get the pin.
-Axl Rotten vs. Ian Rotten: Axl runs to the ring and they start brawling immediately at ringside. Axl just beats Ian down and hits him with a stop sign. He then hits him with a chair. They fight out into the crowd and Ian is busted open. They brawl up into the bleachers. Ian with a low blow. His face is a bloody mess. Axl hits Ian with a frying pan. It finally goes into the ring. Axl trying to tear Ian's forehead apart. He punches Ian repeatedly. Axl takes the timekeeper's hammer and digs it into Ian's shoulder. Ian comes back with kicks to Axl in the corner. Ian with a corner whip and a baseball slide to Axl. Ian throws Axl outside. Axl moves and hits Ian with a chair. Ian back in the ring and begging off. Axl pounds Ian. Ian gets Axl down and pins Axl, but Ian had his feet on the ropes. Axl attacks Ian from behind with a chair after the match.
-Chris Benoit vs. Al Snow: The bell rings and they circle each other. They exchange moves. Benoit with a wrist lock. They lock up again. Back and forth. They trade a series of two counts and the crowd loves it. Snow with a superkick. They circle each other again. They trade moves. The pace is fast and frantic with holds and counters. They chop each other. Benoit sends Snow to the outside, but Snow holds on to the ropes. He jumps on the top rope from the apron and hits Benoit with a dropkick. Snow with a spinning heel kick and Benoit rolls to the outside to regroup. Benoit drapes Snow on the top rope. Benoit avoids a top rope dropkick. Benoit with a German suplex for a two count. Benoit with a clothesline. Irish whip and a back elbow by Benoit. Benoit with a series of forearms to Snow in the corner. Benoit with a belly to back suplex for a two count. Snow trying to come back. Benoit with a scoop slam. He hits a flying headbutt, but only gets a two count. Benoit with a powerbomb for another two count. They trade blows. Benoit with a snap suplex and a German suplex for another two count. Snow hits the Snow Plow. Both wrestlers down. Snow with a German suplex and a clothesline. Snow beats Benoit down in the corner. A superkick gets a two count for Snow. A fisherman's suplex gets another two count for Snow. Benoit with a belly to back suplex. Benoit with a full nelson into a suplex to get the pin. Benoit with a powerbomb after the match. Paramedics out to check on Snow. They carry Snow out on a backboard.
-ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match. Shane Douglas vs. Tully Blanchard: Blanchard comes out to a mixed reaction. Blanchard attacks Douglas in the corner. He gets Douglas down and punches him. He hits a slingshot suplex for a two count. Blanchard with a piledriver for a close two count as Douglas gets his foot on the ropes. Douglas with a corner whip, but Blanchard catches Douglas with a knee lift as Douglas was charging in. Blanchard with another knee and an elbow drop for a two count. Blanchard with a chin lock. Douglas comes back. It goes to the outside. Douglas suplexes Blanchard on a table. Douglas drops an elbow on Blanchard from the ring apron. Blanchard slams Douglas on the table. Back in, Blanchard with a top rope elbow drop. Blanchard with corner mounted punches. Douglas comes back with punches. Both men go up and over to the outside. Both wrestlers down. Back and forth in the ring. Douglas gets a two count. Blanchard throws Douglas back out of the ring. He then throws Douglas into the crowd. Blanchard chokes Douglas by the barricade and drives Douglas's face into the concrete. He then atomic drops Douglas. Blanchard with a backbreaker. Blanchard goes to suplex Douglas in, but Douglas shifts his weight and gets the pin.
-Texas Death Match. The Sandman with Woman vs. Cactus Jack: Cactus attacks Sandman as Sandman and Woman are coming to the ring. Cactus hits Sandman with a chair and a crutch. Cactus Jack grabs another chair as Sandman has gotten into the ring and Cactus hits Sandman with the chair. He hits Sandman several times with the chair. He covers Sandman for the three count. Sandman up at the 5 count, only to get knocked back down by Cactus. Cactus with a leg drop onto the chair that has been put on Sandman. Another three count. Sandman up again. Cactus kicks Sandman to the floor. Cactus hits Sandman with a frying pan. Cactus with an Irish whip, but Sandman drops down and Cactus hits the barricade. Sandman throws Cactus back into the barricade and then into the ring. Sandman with a slingshot dropkick to Cactus Jack. Sandman with a corner whip. Back and forth. Sandman thrown outside again. Cactus with a snap mare. He misses a leg drop. Sandman seems to not know where he is. Cactus misses a running charge when Sandman moves. Back in, Sandman with a suplex and a knee drop. Sandman with a knee to the midsection. Sandman attacking Cactus in the corner. Sandman drives Cactus Jack's bad knee into a chair. Woman canes Cactus on the bad knee. Sandman attacks Cactus Jack in the corner. Sandman grabs a chair and goes to hit referee Jim Molineaux and Joey Styles says Sandman doesn't know where he is. Cactus attacks Sandman from behind. Sandman reverses a piledriver attempt by back dropping Cactus onto the chair. Sandman with a corner whip. Cactus with a pair of headbutts and a snap mare to Sandman. Cactus with a DDT on the chair for a two count. Sandman piledrives Cactus on the chair, but gets up at the count of two. Sandman DDTs Cactus Jack on the chair to get the pin. Sandman breaks the count and attacks Cactus Jack. They trade blows in the corner and Cactus grabs the Singapore cane. He hits Sandman with the cane. They trade blows on the outside. Jack grabs the chair and dives with it onto Sandman from the apron. Sandman kicks out at two. Cactus throws the chair at Sandman and drops the elbow for the pin. Sandman gets up. Cactus Jack can't put Sandman away. Cactus DDTs Sandman on the concrete to get the pin, but Sandman keeps getting up. Another DDT and pin on the concrete, but Sandman sits up again. A third DDT and pin and Sandman is finally counted down and Cactus Jack wins. A mixed reaction to the announcement.
-Double Tables match for the ECW Tag Team Championship. The Public Enemy Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge vs. Sabu and The Tazmaniac with Paul E Dangerously and 911: The crowd is at least into Public Enemy's entrance. Rock tells them they are finally going to see some real wrestling. All four start to brawl as soon as Taz and Sabu come out. Grunge and Sabu spill to the outside. Taz hits Rock with a belly to back suplex. Taz powerbombs Rock. Back and forth. Sabu sets Grunge on the chair and Sabu hits a plancha onto the seated Grunge. All four brawl outside. It spills out to the crowd and Grunge has been busted open. Sabu throws Grunge down the bleachers. Grunge hits Sabu with a frying pan. He hits Sabu repeatedly with the pan. All four in the ring. Sabu hits a running charge off of a chair onto Grunge and then hits the Arabian Face Buster. Taz grabs a table. Public Enemy attack Taz and Sabu. They set two tables up. Taz runs Rock into a table leg. Sabu puts Grunge on a table and goes to drive Grunge through it, but Grunge moves. The table doesn't break, but a leg gives out. Rock grabs the leg and attacks Sabu with it. All four brawling again. Sabu places a table into a corner. Grunge belly to belly suplexes Taz. Sabu and Taz whipped into the set up table. Rock ran into the table. Sabu puts Rock's head through the table. Taz and Grunge go through a table from the top turnbuckle. Rock puts Sabu on a table. Rock cannonballs Sabu through the table, but referee Jim Molineaux didn't see it. Grunge choking Paul E on the outside. Taz and Sabu set a table up outside and put Rock on it. Taz holds Rock and Sabu climbs up top. He leg drops Rock through the table. The winners and new tag champions are Sabu and Taz. All four continue to brawl. 911 and Sabu set up tables in the ring. Rock set on a table. Chris Benoit comes out and attacks Sabu and then powerbombs Sabu onto Rock to end the show.
-Final Thoughts: This was a pretty good show. The Texas Death Match was the highlight for me.