-RIP to Vince Steele, Rico Suave aka Julio Domingo Estrada, and to Bill Mercer.
-Today we look at Heat Wave 1995 from ECW.
-Heat Wave '95 took place July 15, 1995 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. There were 1,000 in attendance.
-TV-MA and Technical Difficulties Intros.
-Heat Wave intro.
-Bill Alphonso is in the ring. You can't understand him. He gets cut off by Tod Gordon. He offers to fight Alphonso. Alphonso says he will close ECW. Gordon attacks Alphonso. Wrestlers out to break it up. The crowd chants let him go.
-Mikey Whipwreck vs. Mike Norman: They call Norman Stormin' Norman. He has an early advantage. Whipwreck comes back. He hits Norman with a tope on the outside. He misses a dropkick when Norman holds the ropes. Norman attacks Whipwreck in the corner. They spill to the outside, and Norman hits a double ax handle from the second rope. Fans chanting out derogatory things at Norman. Whipwreck runs Norman into a barricade. Back and forth. The derogatory chant starts again. Norman hits a plancha on Whipwreck on the outside. Whipwreck comes back with a FrankenMikey from the top rope to get the pin.
-ECW World Tag Team Championship Match. Raven and Stevie Richards with Beulah vs. Don E. Allen and Tony Stetson: Stetson and Richards start and Stetson with a flurry of offense. Allen tagged in. Richards is not doing too good, but comes back with a dropkick and a clothesline. Raven tagged in and hit a DDT. Richards goes and starts making out with Francine, who is in the crowd. Raven DDTs Stetson. He comes out and grabs Richards as Beaulah and Francine start to fight. Stetson and Allen win by count out, but Richards and Raven keep the titles. Richards and Raven beat up their opponents after the match. The Pit Bulls come in to go after Raven and Richards. The Dudley Boys come out and go after the Pit Bulls. Tommy Dreamer comes out and grabs Raven and brings him back to the locker room. Wrestlers are brawling all over. Stetson gets on the mic and says he and his partner want a rematch. He gets attacked by Raven. Raven and Richards hit DDT's on them. The Pit Bulls and the Dudleys come back out. Dreamer comes out again and attacks Raven. Francine attacks the Pit Bulls. Beulah comes out and attacks Francine. It's a melee.
-Hack Meyers vs. Val Puccio: Puccio is announced again as Big Malley and I'm confused. Puccio tells Meyers to bring it. He wants Meyers to try and slam him. Meyers tries, but can't. Puccio beats Meyers in the corner. Meyers comes back with shots and a clothesline. They trade shots. Puccio with a corner splash. He hits a series of them. He hits another after Meyers gets back to his feet. He picks Meyers up and does it again. He hits a power slam. Meyers rolls on an elbow drop and gets a quick pin to win. Puccio continues to attack Meyers after the match.
-Raven and Stevie Richards come out. Tommy Dreamer has broken Raven's fingers. 6-Man Tag. Tommy Dreamer and the Pit Bulls with Luna Vachon vs. Raven, Dudley Dudley, and Snot Dudley with Stevie Richards: They brawl all over. Pit Bull 1 clotheslines Snot to the outside. The action is intense. Dreamer suplexes Raven and drops the elbow. Dudley dropkicked by Pit Bull 2. It goes outside, and they brawl all over. Bill Alphonso out and tries to stop the match. It doesn't stop. The Pit Bulls Super bomb Richards. Beulah attacks Francine again. Super bomb to Snot, and the Pit Bulls and Dreamer win the match.
-Eddie Guerrero and Taz with Paul E. Dangerously vs. Dean Malenko and 2 Cold Scorpio: Scorpio and Taz start. They trade moves. Guerrero and Malenko in. This match has been clipped. They do some chain wrestling. Malenko and Guerrero in. Guerrero with a splash. More clipped action. Scorpio with a leg drop to Taz. He follows it up with a clothesline and an STF to Taz. Taz comes back with an arm bar. Back and forth. Scorpio with a splash. Malenko is in and works on the knee of Taz. Taz with a submission. Guerrero tagged in. Guerrero is popular with the crowd. More chain wrestling. Guerrero with a frog splash for a two count. The clips from this point look like the high points of the match. It spills to the outside. Paul E hits Scorpio with the phone and Taz hits a Tazplex to get the pin. Alphonso comes out to protest. Paul E pushes Alphonso. Scorpio and Malenko cover their opponents, and Alphonso makes the count. Paul E clears the ring and berates Alphonso. This whole skit involves Rob Feinstein and it goes on way too long. 911 choke slams Feinstein while Alphonso gets away.
-ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match. The Sandman with Woman vs. Axl Rotten: Sandman and Woman out first and do their entrance. Rotten comes out looking determined. Sandman whips Rotten with the cane to begin. Rotten rolls out to regroup. He goes back to the locker room and gets the barbed wire baseball bat. I swear if he drops it, I'm done. Sandman bails out to avoid the bat. Rotten gets on the mic and berates Sandman. He tells Sandman to get in and make it cane vs. bat. Sandman rolls in. Rotten beats Sandman down with the bat. He gets Sandman down and rakes the face with the bat. He puts it down temporarily, but does pick it back up, so I will give him a half pass on that one. Sandman hits a clothesline on Rotten and grabs the bat. He unravels some wire and wraps it around Rotten. Sandman drops an elbow on Rotten. Rotten thrown outside. Sandman dumps Rotten over the barricade. Sandman canes Rotten. He hits Rotten with a springboard senton. They trade blows. Rotten pulls Sandman's shirt up and chops Sandman. He digs the barbed wire into Sandman's flesh. Woman comes in. Rotten grabs her cane and canes Sandman with it. Sandman with a clothesline. Sandman with a top rope dropkick to get the pin.
-Cage match. Stevie Richards vs. Luna Vachon: Richards is out, and he is checking the cage. The crowd taunts Richards. Vachon comes out looking determined. They get in. Richards running to stay away from Vachon. She runs him into the cage. She does it several times. Richards is busted open. Vachon with a reverse bulldog and a swinging neck breaker. Vachon is punishing Richards. Richards with a reverse atomic drop on Vachon. Back and forth. Vachon with a series of snap mares. Richards with a power bomb on Vachon. Vachon with a clothesline and DDT on Richards for a two count. Richards with another power bomb for a two count. Richards with a front face lock and another swinging neck breaker. Vachon responds with a neck breaker and a splash to Richards, but she pulls Richards up before the three count. She puts a testicular claw on, and Richards submits. Pit Bull 1 and Dudley Dudley fight to ringside. Raven enters the cage. He DDTs Vachon. Pit Bull 2 gets in. Dreamer comes in. He attacks Raven. Dreamer hits a DDT on Raven. Dreamer in the cage with Raven and Richards after they get Vachon out. Dreamer attacks Raven, who is bleeding, and DDTs him on the chair. He handcuffs Raven to the cage, and then the chair shot heard around the world happens. The crowd chants ECW.
-Cage Match. The Public Enemy Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge vs. The Gangstas New Jack and Mustapha: The cage is full of weapons. Public Enemy came out first, and they are hugely popular with the crowd. The crowd gets on The Gangstas when they come out. The Gangstas are giving as good as they get. They get in and start brawling with all the weapons. The Gangstas ran into the cage. Public Enemy is using weapons against the Gangstas, including cookie sheets and a Billy club. Rock ran into the cage. Grunge hits the Gangstas with the bat. Both members of Public Enemy ran into the cage. They trade shots all over. The Gangstas take over. Public Enemy fights back. Rock keeps trying to escape the cage, but keeps being prevented by the Gangstas. Public Enemy comes back. Back and forth. Rock misses the Drive By when New Jack moves. Rock goes to the top of the cage to do the Drive By on Mustapha, who moves, and Grunge gets hit instead. Public Enemy opens the cage door to bring tables in. They set them up and stack them on each other. They put New Jack on the top table and Rock moonsaults New Jack through both tables from the top of the cage. Mustapha sprays Grunge in the eyes and pins him. The Gangstas leave the cage. Grunge is blinded and swinging wildly as they sign off from Philadelphia.
-Final Thoughts: This was an okay show highlighted by the chair shot in the cage.