-Today we look at Enter the Sandman from ECW.
-Enter the Sandman took place on May 13, 1995 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. There were 875 in attendance.
-TV-MA and ECW intros.
-Hack Meyers vs. Tony Stetson: Stetson jumps Meyers as soon as he gets to the ring. Meyers comes back with a series of shots. They fight out in the aisle. Stetson throws Meyers in. He continues the attack. He hits a leapfrog body guillotine. Back and forth. Meyers with a low blow to the crowd's delight. Meyers keeps up the attack with punches and kicks. Meyers with a fist drop. Stetson kicking Meyers in the corner. Even paced match. Meyers with a series of clotheslines. Stetson pulls Meyers into a turnbuckle. Meyers' leg drops Stetson on the apron. Meyers hits the Coup De Grace to get the pin.
-The Tazmaniac and 911 with Paul E. Dangerously vs. The Oriental Connection Hiroshi Itakura and Tsubo Genjin: The crowd is into Taz and 911. Taz throws chairs into the ring. It takes a while to get started. Taz with devastating suplexes to both members of the Oriental Connection. 911 tagged in and hits a double choke slam. He then pins both members.
-Joey Styles brings out Axl Rotten. He comes out with a baseball bat covered in barbed wire. He says the violence between he and Ian is too violent for Florida. He goes on a tirade against Florida that uses an obscene amount of profanity. He gets attacked by Ian Rotten and a barbed wire chair. Axl backdrops Ian onto the chair. Axl attacks Ian with the chair. They battle with the bat outside the ring. Ian thrown over the barricade and attacked with the bat. The idiots drop the bat again. They deserve each other and all the nonsense that comes with it. Axl attacks Ian with the chair again. Both are bloody messes. They fight out to the bleachers. They take turns with the bat again. They battle back into the ring. Ian goes for a corner bomb, but comes down on the bat when Axl moves. Axl with a belly to back suplex onto the chair to get the pin.
-Raven and Stevie Richards with Beaulah vs. Tommy Dreamer and Mikey Whipwreck: Richards and Raven come to the ring. Shane Douglas comes to the ring. He says he walked out in complete disgust. He runs down the crowd. He says he has a trouble shooting referee that has been appointed by the state commissioner. He brings out Bill Alphonso. He says he will be here to enforce the rules. Tod Gordon comes out and tells him that he doesn't work for ECW. Alphonso says if they don't follow the rules, he will shut down ECW tonight. Dreamer and Whipwreck come to the ring. Alphonso is trying to lay down the rules. Dreamer and Richards start. Dreamer wants Raven, so Whipwreck starts instead. Richards with the early advantage. Dreamer tagged in and throws Richards out. Alphonso stops Dreamer from going after Richards. A loud bullshit chant goes out. Richards slammed in, and Dreamer DDTs Richards. He wants Raven. Whipwreck tagged in. Richards kicks out at two. Dreamer is in, but he still wants Raven, so Whipwreck comes back in and chops Richards in the corner. Whipwreck with a flying clothesline for a two count. He keeps getting close counts. Richards gets Whipwreck down and Raven tags in. Back and forth. Whipwreck with a Frankensteiner and Raven tackles Whipwreck. He shoves Whipwreck into the corner. Raven gets a two count. Richards tagged in. He powerbombs Whipwreck. He gets a front face lock, tags Raven, and they hit a double gourd buster for a two count. Richard tagged back in. Heels quick tagging. Raven hits a knee lift for a two count. Raven slams Whipwreck out to the floor, where Dreamer catches him. Raven with a swinging neck breaker. Whipwreck holds on for the second one to get Raven down. Whipwreck misses a tope, but Dreamer hits the tope. Dreamer hits Raven several times, and Alphonso disqualifies him for the fist. Dreamer is livid. Shane Douglas tells him to hit Alphonso and ECW is closed down. Cactus Jack comes in and tells Douglas he's not wanted around anymore. Douglas tells Cactus all he has done for him and outlines it for Cactus. They start to brawl and have to be restrained.
-ECW Television Championship Match. Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko: Joey Styles is joined in the commentary booth by Peter Senucha. They are planting the seeds right here for the new Taz. The bell rings, and they circle each other. They trade moves. Guerrero with a takedown to Malenko. Guerrero with an arm bar. Malenko counters with a grapevine. Guerrero tries to get out. Guerrero gets a flying headscissors and Malenko rolls out to regroup. They clip the match to Malenko having Guerrero down. Guerrero gets to the ropes. Guerrero thrown out. They fight to the outside. Guerrero thrown back in. Malenko with a Tiger bomb for a two count. Guerrero collapses. Malenko chokes Guerrero for a four count. Malenko with a belly to back suplex. Malenko with a tombstone piledriver for a two count. He can't get the pin. Guerrero goes for the Tornado DDT, and Malenko shoves him off. They counter each other with covers and a pair of clotheslines. They show a series of clips of great moves. Guerrero with a frog splash, but Malenko gets his knees-up. Both men down. Guerrero hits a superplex. Guerrero with Old School into a Frankensteiner for a two count. Guerrero is busted open. Malenko is looking at the injury. He hits an elbow on the injury and gets a two count. Guerrero with a small package for a two count. Guerrero with a top rope Frankensteiner for a two count. Neither man can get the pin. Malenko with a bridge for a two count. Both men are absolutely spent. They keep kicking out. Guerrero with a modified Bronco Buster and gets the figure four on. The bell rings. It's another 30 minute draw. They get another standing ovation.
-Joey Styles officially introduces Taz and it's the Taz we know and love. They then do a Taz highlight reel, and this was well done.
-ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match. The Sandman with Woman vs. Cactus Jack: Sandman and Woman out first and do a long entrance. Cactus out and immediately gets attacked by Sandman on the floor. Jack thrown into a barricade and hit with a chair. Jack throws Sandman into the crowd and then does a cannonball to Sandman. They fight out into the crowd. They head back to ringside, hitting each other with chairs. Jack runs Sandman into a ring post. Fans hold up chairs and Cactus runs Sandman into them. He gets a two count before they go back outside. Jack is thrown into the barricade again. Sandman with a slingshot dropkick to Jack. He follows it up with a suplex and a corner whip. Another corner whip. Jack getting beat down in the corner. Jack comes back with forearm shots and bites Sandman. Jack with a swinging neck breaker for a two count. Jack falls outside when Sandman ducks a clothesline. Jack thrown back into the crowd. Sandman launches himself onto Cactus Jack. Sandman kicks Jack in the head with a flying kick over the barricade. Sandman with a piledriver. Sandman throws a table in. He runs Jack into the table. Jack throws Sandman to the mat. Sandman thrown into the table. Jack throws Sandman on the table and throws the table over the ropes. Someone throws a bucket of barbed wire in. Jack drops a barbed wire elbow from the apron onto Sandman. He throws Sandman back in and hits more elbows and a DDT. Shane Douglas comes down and puts Sandman's foot on the bottom rope. He distracts Jack for Sandman to hit a low blow with the cane to Jack.
-The Sandman with Woman vs. Shane Douglas: Douglas booed heavily when he is introduced. A we want Flair chant goes out. Referee John Finnegan takes the cane away and makes Woman get out of the ring with it. It takes a while to get started. Douglas is beating Sandman down in the corner. Corner whip and a right hand to Sandman. He runs Sandman into an exposed buckle, and Sandman is bleeding. Douglas with a snap mare. All Douglas so far. He drops Sandman on the top rope. Sandman comes back and runs Douglas throat first into the ropes. Douglas hits a tope on Sandman. Douglas with a crossbody. He follows it up with a dropkick for a one count. Douglas with a clothesline. Sandman tries to come back, but Douglas hits a version of the Coffin Drop almost on Sandman. Sandman throws Douglas out of the ring. He throws Douglas into the barricade. He then drops Douglas on a guard rail. He throws Douglas back in the ring. Douglas does the Ric Flair up and over spot and gets clotheslined on the apron, so TASIYDAH. Joey Styles says he's seen that somewhere before as the crowd Whoo's. Sandman DDTs Douglas. Sandman drops Douglas onto a table. He throws Douglas into the crowd. He suplexes Douglas. He then hits a scoop slam. He hits a slingshot Cannonball. Douglas misses a top rope leg drop. Douglas goes for the belly to belly, but Sandman reverses it. Douglas gets his foot on the ropes, but Cactus Jack had come down and knocked it off, and Sandman got the pin. Referee Bill Alphonso comes down and restarts the match. Sandman threatens Alphonso, who says the company will be shut down. Douglas dares Sandman to do it. Sandman goes to do it, but Cactus Jack comes in and takes the shot. This allows Douglas to roll Sandman up, and Alphonso makes the count. Alphonso and Finnegan argue over who won the match. Cactus Jack and Douglas start to go at it, but Dean Malenko comes in and attacks Cactus. Tommy Dreamer makes the save, only to get jumped by Raven and Stevie Richards.
-Double Dog Collar Match for the ECW Tag Team Championship. The Public Enemy Rocco Rock and Johhny Grunge vs. The Pit Bulls with Stevie Richards: Public Enemy out first, and they remain extremely popular with the crowd. If Public Enemy win, they get 5 minutes in the ring with Richards. Tod Gordon is in to bring the chains for the match. The referee attaches the chains. Grunge and Pit Bull 1 chained together and Rock and Pit Bull 2 chained together. Grunge hangs PB1 over the top rope. He then chokes PB1 with the chain. PB2 corner whips Rock. Rock reverses on a second one and clotheslines PB2. Back and forth. PB2 powerbombs Rock for a two count. Both teams are fighting outside. Grunge hits PB1 with a chair. Rock chokes PB2 with a chain. Rock thrown into the barricade. Rock runs PB2 in the ring post. Grunge Vader bombs PB1 through a table. PB2 sets a table in the corner on the ropes and puts Rock on it. He gets on the table as well as power slams Rock off for a two count. Rock Irish whips PB2 by the chain. PB1 whipped into the barricade. All four back in the ring. The timekeeper's table is brought in. PB2 put on the table. Rock moonsaults PB2 through the table. PB1 breaks up the count. PB2 and Rock fight through the crowd. Rock cannonballs PB2. Grunge whipping PB1 with the chain. PB2 suplexes Rock through a table. PB1 being choked with the chain by Grunge. Grunge with a leg drop for a two count. All four battle back towards the ring. PB2 sets another table up. Rock super bombed through the table for a two count. Richards gets on the apron. He gets taken out with a clothesline from the Pit Bulls when Rock ducks. Grunge gets a two count. All four go for pins to no avail. Double pins by opposite teams. Jim Molineaux says Public Enemy's pin was legal. They retain. Richards in the ring with TPE for 5 minutes. He assaults them while they are down. They come back on Richards. The crowd chants we want blood. They go for the drive by, but Raven breaks it up. Raven and the Pit Bulls team up with Richards to take out the Public Enemy. They mock TPE. Tommy Dreamer comes in with a chair. He goes after Raven, but gets taken out by Richards with a chair. Raven DDTs Dreamer. Dreamer comes back. Luna Vachon comes in and attacks Richards. Dreamer grabs Beulah and piledrives her again. Dreamer and Vachon kiss as the crowd chants ECW and they sign off from Philly.
-Final Thoughts: A good show. Alphonso has crazy heat with the crowd.