-RIP Hisashi Shinma, Steve McMichael, and Jackie Caudle.
-Today we take a look at Gangsta's Paradise from ECW.
-Gangsta's Paradise took place on September 16, 1995 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. There were 1,175 in attendance.
-Intro.
-Bull Pain vs. The Broad Street Bully: Pain attacks Bully right away. They trade blows. Bully uses the stick on Pain. It goes outside. Bully with a flurry of offense. Pain suplexes Bully on a table and hits Bully with the hockey stick. Pain DDTs Bully on the table. Pain with a power slam for a two count. Back and forth. Pain throws Bully out. He hits a flying clothesline on Bully. He puts Bully in a chair and then clotheslines Bully. Bully crotches Pain on a ring post. Bully attacks Pain with a chair. Pain drops Bully on the guard rail. Bully slams a soda into Pain's head. Pain with a superplex form the top turnbuckle. Pain hits an elevated DDT to win.
-The Dudley's make their way to the ring. Big Dick Dudley is on crutches. Chad Austin and Don E. Allen vs. Dudley Dudley and Dances with Dudley with Big Dick, Chubby, and Sign Guy Dudley: Austin and Dances start. Austin keeps away from Dances. Back and forth. Dances with a face first suplex. Dudley tagged in. He beats Austin in the corner. He hits a snap suplex for a two count. Dances tagged in. Dudley hits a backbreaker and Dances gets an elbow drop. Allen tagged in. Dances hits a dropkick. Dudley beats on Austin outside of the ring. Dudley tagged in and suplexes Allen. He hits a splash to get the pin.
-JT Smith vs. Hack Meyers: They lock up and push off. Meyers with a side headlock takeover. Smith chops Meyers in the corner. The crowd taunts Smith. Meyers with a side headlock. Into a hammerlock. Back and forth Smith with a side headlock. Smith misses a tope when Meyers moves. Meyers hits a clothesline and then they brawl all over the building. Smith slammed on the outside. Smith begs off. Meyers hits a backdrop. Smith goes for a moonsault, but falls off and goes through the timekeepers table outside and gets counted out.
-Taz and the Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott vs. 2 Cold Scorpio and The Eliminators Saturn and Kronus and Jason: Jason tells Scorpio that he doesn't need to be in the match, but Scorpio attacks Taz from behind, allowing Jason and company to take the advantage. The Steiners clear the ring. This match is clipped. Each man gets their time to shine. Taz beats Jason. Referee John Finnegan checks on Taz's neck. Taz pushes him out of the way. Scorpio comes in and attacks Taz and puts Jason on Taz and Jason gets the pin.
-Double dog collar match for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. Raven and Stevie Richards with Beulah vs. The Pit Bulls: If the Pit Bulls lose, they will have to disband. Richards doesn't come out with Raven. Pit Bulls come out looking determined. Beulah gets in and says Richards broke his arm the previous night and says Raven will defend the belts alone in a 2/3 falls match. Raven and Pit Bull 2 are chained up. Pit Bull 2 attacks Raven. Pit Bull 1 goes back to the locker room. Pit Bull 2 chokes Raven with the chain and hits Raven with the chain. Pit Bull 1 brings Richards out, and he is chained to Pit Bull 1. Richards gets hit with a chair. Raven piledrives Pit Bull 2 through a table to win the first fall. 2nd Fall: Double DDT to Pit Bull 1. They now pair off. You get several two counts. Pit Bull 2 throws a table into the ring. Richards super bombed through the table, and Pit Bull 1 got the pin. 3rd Fall: Raven hits Pit Bull 2 with a chair. Richards is a bloody mess. They fight out into the crowd. Pit Bull 2 puts another table in the ring. Raven throws Pit Bull 2 into referee Jim Molineaux. The Dudleys come in and attack the Pit Bulls. They help Raven and Richards super bomb the Pit Bulls, but the Pit Bulls no sell it and get back up. They double DDT both of the other teams. Pit Bulls super bombed both Dudley's. The Pit Bulls set up another table. Pit Bulls super bomb Raven onto the table, but his head only hits the corner of it in a nasty looking bump. Pit Bull 2 gets a two count. A Pit Bull chant goes out. Raven soaks a rag with ether and puts Pit Bull 2 through two tables. Pit Bull 1 with a suplex to Richards. Pit Bull 1 crotches Richards on the top rope and suplexes Richards through a table. Raven unhooks himself from Pit Bull 2 and breaks up the pin attempt. Medics are checking on Pit Bull 2. Beulah gets in the ring, and she is attacked by Francine. Raven DDTs Francine. Tommy Dreamer comes in and chains himself to Raven. He DDTs Raven and pins him and we have new ECW World Tag Team Champions. Bill Alphonso comes out. He doesn't allow the pin and says the match has to be called off because Pit Bull 2 couldn't continue. Tod Gordon comes out and restarts the match. Big Dick Dudley gets in the ring and choke slams Dreamer. Alphonso says he's allowing the choke slam tonight. 911 comes out and choke slams Alphonso to a massive pop. Pit Bull 2 comes back. He super bombs Richards and Raven. Gordon counts the pin. They all then pose for the crowd.
-Rey Mysterio vs. Psychosis: The bell rings, and they circle each other. They lock up and Mysterio with an arm drag that throws Psychosis out of the ring. Psychosis comes back with a hammerlock. That takes Mysterio out. A series of moves and counters. The crowd loves the action. Psychosis dumps Mysterio to the canvas. Psychosis drops Mysterio hard down on the turnbuckle. He follows it up with a dropkick and a tilt a whirl slam, and a leg drop. Psychosis with some chops in the corner. Psychosis with a corner splash. He misses a second one when Mysterio moves. Mysterio with a springboard hurricanrana for a two count. Back and forth. They fight out on the apron. Psychosis spills out to the floor. Mysterio chops Psychosis in the corner. Mysterio misses a splash when Psychosis moves. Psychosis hits a top rope leg drop for a two count. Psychosis with a modified Tiger Bomb. Psychosis with a spinning heel kick. Psychosis goes for a tope, but Mysterio holds up a chair that Psychosis hits instead. Psychosis hits a top rope 1.5 Tumbleweed. Mysterio hits a springboard plancha into the second row. Mysterio hits a hurricanrana on Psychosis who was on the top rope, to get the pin.
-The Gangstas and the Public Enemy fight in the dressing room. Joey Styles goes to cover it and runs into Steve Austin. Austin is great here putting down WCW in his Hulk Hogan parody.
-Main Event cage match. The Public Enemy Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge and Mikey Whipwreck vs. 2 Cold Scorpio, New Jack, and The Sandman with Woman: Public Enemy and Whipwreck are massively over with the crowd. Whipwreck is dressed like Public Enemy. Sandman and Woman come out and do their entrance. New Jack and Scorpio then come out. It takes a while to get started. During introductions, New Jack grabs the mic and says Mustapha had a run in with the police, so Scorpio stepped in to take his place and then went on a profanity filled rant against everything. They finally start brawling all over. They take turns running each other into the cage. Rock with a beautiful moonsault into a Russian leg sweep on Sandman for a two count. Grunge is bleeding. Back and forth, and Sandman is now bleeding. Grunge and New Jack get out and fight at ringside. Whipwreck and Sandman fight on top of the cage. Grunge and New Jack fight near the announce table. Grunge drops an elbow, and Jack is bleeding. Jack with a flying elbow drop of his own. He misses a headbutt. Whipwreck with a hurricanrana on Sandman for a two count. Wrestlers down all over. Grunge chokes New Jack with a section of the rope they use to section off areas. Sandman suplexes a table into Whipwreck and Rock. They all get back in the ring and trade blows. Rock hitting people with a frying pan. Scorpio hits a DDT on Whipwreck. Public Enemy and Whipwreck stack three tables up in the ring. Scorpio and Rock fight on top of the cage and both crash through all three tables. Sandman takes one of the tables and slams it on Grunge to break up a pin attempt. Whipwreck with a crossbody for a two count on Sandman. Whipwreck with a hurricanrana from the top of the cage to get another two count on Sandman. Whipwreck hits the splash from the top of the cage to get the pin on Sandman. Rock goes after Woman. Woman had locked the cage door. Sandman gets the cane and canes Whipwreck in the cage. Sandman hits a leg drop on Whipwreck from the cage. Rock and Grunge climb the cage, and Sandman climbs out. Woman trying to drag Sandman back to the locker room as Public Enemy and Whipwreck celebrate in the ring. The heels try to climb the cage. They attack the faces and Whipwreck canes Sandman. They fight to the locker room as they sign off from Philadelphia.
-Final Thoughts: This show was worth it to see Steve Austin before he goes to the WWF.