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00:00.
00:10This is the loudest the ECW Arena has ever been.
00:17Bam Bam Bigelow versus Spike Dudley.
00:23Spike is press slam.
00:26The last time these two athletes met in this building, Spike Dudley pinned Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:35We want Spike! We want Spike! We want Spike! We want Spike! We want Spike!
00:43Headbutt by Bigelow.
00:51Spike!
00:54Spike hits hard and collides with Bigelow.
00:58Spike with the lunging headbutt.
01:06Spike Dudley now unloading on Bigelow in the corner.
01:09Spike with the lunging headbutt.
01:19Spike Dudley now unloading on Bigelow in the corner.
01:26But gets floored once again.
01:31Spike gets crushed in the corner.
01:38Over him, over him, over him, over him, over him, over him.
02:03He's 6'3 and 360 pounds.
02:07the beast from the east bam bam bigelow was in complete control of this matchup
02:19jumping ddt
02:24front kick to the back of the head
02:28can lightning strike twice here in the ecw arena
02:33close by from the top cover two count two count by spike dudley
02:48piccolo gets drug kicked through the timekeeper's table
02:51spike going out after bigelow
03:03he just hammered the beast from the east with a steel chin
03:10spike now ascending the turnbuckle
03:17the left shoulder barely made it off the mat
03:34could spike dunley avenge the beating he received live on pay-per-view at hardcore heaven 97
03:41spike missed he dove head first into the steel chin
03:55bigelow back to his feet
04:07vertical suplex on the steel chin
04:25bigelow back to the steel chin
04:27he's got spike up
04:34oh my god
04:39we've got body surfing at the ecw arena
04:59hey espn i got directs games right here
05:02spike dudley is as limp as a ragdoll
05:15and now it's bigelow climbing the turnbuckle
05:17the beast from the east for the victory over spike dudley
05:33and perhaps more importantly history has been made as extreme body surfing has made its national debut
05:47meningocic
05:56bigelow dimly
05:59bigelow
06:00the
06:00high
06:00bigelow
06:01now
06:01bigelow
06:02and now
06:04and see you
06:06bigelow
06:06bigelow
06:07no
06:08bigelow
06:10bigelow
06:10and now
06:11bigelow
06:12are
06:13bigelow
08:15Hello, everyone, and welcome to Extreme Championship Wrestling.
08:19I'm Joey Stiles, and the action you're seeing tonight occurred September 20th at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
08:29As a matter of fact, tonight was so unbelievable that we've actually canceled upcoming TV tapings.
08:38The next three weeks of ECW television will all be from tonight because the evening in its entirety was so eventful.
08:46As a matter of fact, we are going to release this entire evening in its entirety on ECW home video entitled ECW As Good As It Gets.
08:57ECW will return to the ECW Arena on Saturday night, October 18th, and perhaps by then, Lance Wright will have smartened up.
09:07He returned to ECW at Hardcore Heaven 97 live on pay-per-view with the worst performance ever by a wrestling announcer live from a helicopter,
09:17and then went into a mild state of depression during his Hype Central segments, got dunked on his head in Queens, New York,
09:23after getting in the face of Taz, and showed up here tonight in Taz's colors, making a big sting because Taz hadn't been fired yet.
09:31What are you going to do with that stick?
10:01You.
10:02What are you going to do with that stick?
10:21Tracy Smothers, Little Guido, and The Big Don, Tommy Rich, make their way to the ring.
10:31No doubt these three had a good time at the Feast of San Gennaro in New York City this
10:44past weekend.
10:51Sure, the Big Don and Mr. Smothers are looking for Gricks Marinara.
11:01Now Tommy Rich is doing that chin thing.
11:08Who'd have thought it, in 1981 Harley Race was defeated for the World Heavyweight title
11:13by an Italian-American.
11:16And I spent all my time idolizing Bruno San Martino.
11:20If only I had known!
11:22My mother should stop dragging the Italian flag all over the canvas.
11:33That would be an Italian thing to do.
11:35Well, we go from Italians to a native of New Castle, England and Nutley, New Jersey.
11:46The wrestling press is already heralding Paul Fahony and Axel Rotten as future Tag Team Champions.
12:13If they're going to live up to their advanced billing, they have got to get by the full-blooded
12:20Italians tonight at the ECW Arena.
12:22Little Guido always ready for a fight.
12:32The fans love Balls and Axel.
12:41The referee Jeff Jones laying down the law here.
12:47With all the officials that have been abused recently in other wrestling promotions.
12:55It's nice to see ECW officials taking charge.
13:02It's nice to see ECW officials taking charge.
13:05The noise here tonight in Philadelphia is definite.
13:23Smothers making friends.
13:33Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the FBI at this time in the ring.
13:52The Big Don, Tommy Ritt.
13:59Again with the chin.
14:01From Sicily.
14:07The Big Don, Tommy Ritt.
14:08Wearing tonight at 201 and a quarter pounds.
14:14The extreme stud, Little Guido.
14:19Self-proclaimed extreme stud.
14:22Also from Sicily, the Nashville section, I say corrected, from Nashville, Italy, weighing
14:36in tonight, at 243 pounds, Tracy Mothers!
14:49With a brew great, Moonshine Rose in Nashville, Italy!
15:12This is a dangerous tag team!
15:19And a chant of Axel goes out!
15:24Now we've got Moonshine!
15:31If these two unorthodox athletes can work together as a cohesive unit, there may be nothing standing
15:39in between them and the World Tag Team title belt!
15:46They've got similar taste in Wingard!
15:53One!
15:54One!
15:55One!
15:56One!
15:57One!
15:58Two!
15:59And one!
16:00One!
16:01One!
16:02One!
16:03He's got similar taste in Wingard.
16:26Vito wants to box.
16:29It's a slap ball.
16:33Now Vito wants him to open up the hand.
16:49Collin' elbow tie upside headlocked down by Little Vito.
16:58That didn't work out the way Little Vito had hoped.
17:01You may not believe this, and I can't document it right now, but Bulls Mahoney actually has a very impressive amateur wrestling background.
17:13I mean, state of New Jersey, all county, all state, all city, you name it, went to the Nationals and has been disqualified more than any other nationally ranked high school wrestler in history.
17:25I'll find those press clippings.
17:35Little Caesar!
17:37Little Caesar!
17:39Little Caesar!
17:41Little Caesar!
17:43Little Caesar!
17:44Little Caesar!
17:45Little Caesar!
17:47Little Caesar!
17:48Little Caesar!
17:50Little Caesar!
17:51Little Caesar!
17:52ил Caution!
17:53Little Caesar!
17:54Big Caesar!
17:55Little Caesar!
17:56The thumb right to the eye!
17:57Witho now unloading on balls!
17:58Iris Whipped is reversed!
18:00witho duck the clothesline
18:02nine!
18:03Fall away slay.
18:10Nice arm drag into an arm ball.
18:27Leto desperately try to make the tag.
18:30There's the tag to Axel Rotten.
18:36There it's with.
18:39Beautiful back elbow right to the must cover to it.
18:44Two count.
18:47Little Guido, a very resilient athlete.
18:51And full of hair.
19:00Axel's in the wrong corner.
19:02He's fighting his way out.
19:05In comes Tracy Smothers the hard way.
19:11Axel with the bionic elbow.
19:23One for the big Don as well.
19:27Double knock and knocker.
19:32Double knock and knocker.
19:37Clothesline.
19:38Guido gets dragged to the ring.
19:41Vicious clothesline for Guido as well.
19:46Smothers back in the ring.
19:58Guido just tripped up Axel from the outside.
20:00Smothers drops the elbow.
20:05Axel thrown to the outside.
20:11Smothers distracting referee Jeff Jones.
20:16Taunting Balls Mahoney.
20:17And now the big Don.
20:19Drops Axel first across the steel guard rim.
20:23That's the mark of two great veterans,
20:27Tracy Smothers and Tommy Rich.
20:30Guido throws Axel back in.
20:46Eric Chops.
20:51Nice double team elbow.
20:53Cover to it.
20:56Axel obviously still with a lot of fight left in him.
20:59Kicks out with authority.
21:04Another quick tag to Tracy Smothers.
21:09Get out of the ring!
21:14Nicely done.
21:15Cover hook of the leg.
21:16Two count.
21:17Get out of the ring!
21:21This time Guido toss balls Mahoney.
21:24More trouble teaming going on behind the referee's back.
21:27And the big Don getting involved again.
21:31One, two, three!
21:34One, two, three!
21:36Two, three!
21:37Two, three!
21:38Two, three!
21:39Guido!
21:40Get out of the ring!
21:41One, two, three!
21:42Four!
21:43Four!
21:44One, two, three!
21:45Axel rotten gets planted.
21:47It's all right!
21:48It's all right!
21:49It's all right!
21:50It's all right!
21:51It's all right!
21:52It's all right!
21:53Slingshot splash.
21:56Axel kicks out at two again.
21:59One, two, three!
22:01One, two, three!
22:02One, two, three!
22:04One, two, three!
22:05One, two, three!
22:06One, two, three!
22:07One, two, three!
22:10Here you see the great teamwork by the FBI once again using chicanery to get the advantage on Axel Rock.
22:21Smothers now riding Axel.
22:25Axel fighting for oxygen while Smothers gives himself a breather.
22:30Fundamental yet effective.
22:33There's a back fist right to Manukes.
22:50Side kick right behind the air.
22:58It's a tag into Guido.
23:03We're gonna have an Italian rocket launcher.
23:08That's why they never reach the moon.
23:10Taking the balls, Mahoney.
23:12Down goes Smothers.
23:14Down goes Guido.
23:19The FBI broke it up.
23:28Ball sent for the ride.
23:30Tucks the double clothesline.
23:32Hits one of his own.
23:35Come here.
23:36To it.
23:37Smothers makes the team.
23:39We get all four men in the ring.
23:44Crane wreck.
23:50Smothers clothesline to the outside.
23:54That cracker sweet forget about it.
23:59The foot's on the ropes.
24:03Referee Jeff Jones didn't see little Guido's foot across the bottom rope.
24:09And Axel Rodden.
24:11He made the three count.
24:12The decision stands.
24:13Balls Mahoney and Axel Rodden get the duke.
24:18No.
24:22He's restarting the Mets.
24:23Guido rolls up balls.
24:24And the FBI gets the win.
24:28And the FBI gets the win.
24:35Ladies and gentlemen, your winner.
24:37The FBI.
24:41Jeff Jones is a young rep.
24:43Sure he missed the foot across the bottom rope.
24:45If you make the three count.
24:48That's the decision that's gotta stand.
24:51We can sign a rematch.
24:54Balls was stunned.
24:55He thought he had won.
24:56Guido rolls him up.
24:57And Jeff Jones counted three.
25:05Axel on balls are hot.
25:07Thank heaven we've got officials.
25:09John Finnegan and Jim Molino in there.
25:12Hey, Balls Mahoney, you're not gonna hit me with that chair tonight.
25:17It ain't gonna happen.
25:19You see, people make mistakes.
25:23That person over there in the gray shirt with the ugly black bandana makes mistakes.
25:28I'm sure some people over there have made mistakes.
25:32Hey, this guy's parents made mistakes by not using birth control.
25:37Hey, you stay away from me too, Axel.
25:40Balls, you may not like me, but you are damn well gonna respect me.
25:49There ain't no more commissioner in ECW.
25:53And that makes me the man.
25:56I am a referee.
25:58I am the highest score of Law & Order.
26:01As a matter of fact, I am the best referee in the whole United States.
26:11I am the senior official here in the ECW.
26:16Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Senior Official.
26:20I didn't mean to f*** the official.
26:21All right.
26:22Ow!
26:23Ow!
26:24Ow!
26:25Ow!
26:26Ow!
26:27Ow!
26:28Ow!
26:29Ow!
26:30Ow!
26:31Ow!
26:33Ow!
26:34Ow!
26:35Ow!
26:36Ow!
26:37Ow!
26:38Ow!
26:39Ow!
26:50Ow.
27:01Ow!
27:02Ow!
27:03Ow!
27:04Ow!
27:05Ow!
27:14Ow!
27:15Ow!
27:16Ladies and gentlemen, wrestling fans, sports fans,
27:26tonight may have been the greatest event we have ever put on here in ECW,
27:33and you are going to see every bit of it, not only tonight,
27:38but in the next two weeks on ECW television.
27:42Find out who Ravishing Recruit has trained for three months
27:47to challenge the franchise Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight title.
27:54Check out Francine's new outfit.
27:57Taz gets in a wee bit of trouble with the law.
28:01Lance Wright does not go out quietly.
28:05The very first confrontation between the beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking,
28:11cane-swinging, Sandman, and the suicidal, homicidal, genocidal maniac, Sabu.
28:20Chris Candido and Lance Storm have an outstanding athletic contest.
28:27And you will see the hottest 23-year-old in the sport today,
28:34Just Incredible.
28:35That's right, Just Incredible.
28:38And he lives up to his name as he goes one-on-one with another athlete
28:43making his ECW arena debut, Dynamic Jerry Lynn.
28:49Plus, what is, without a doubt, the greatest mixed tag team matchup
28:54in the history of professional wrestling,
28:57and I'll go out on a limb and say that
28:59as Rob Van Dam, Mr. Monday Night, and Bill Alfonso
29:05take on ECW's innovator of violence, Tommy Dreamer, and Beulah McGillicuddy.
29:12That is what you will see over the next two weeks on ECW television,
29:18the most unbelievable two weeks of TV you will ever see.
29:22When we come back, the ECW World Tag Team title belts are on the line.
29:28Three-time ECW World Tag Team champions,
29:31D-Von and Bubba Ray, the Dudley Boys,
29:34will be defending against what's left of the Eliminators in John Cronus
29:40and what's left of the Gangsters in New Jet.
29:44Keep in mind, the Dudley Boys are the only tag team
29:48to hold a victory over both the Eliminators and the Gangsters.
29:54Can New Jet and Cronus unseed the Dudleys
29:58as the ECW World Tag Team champions?
30:01We'll find out in just a few minutes.
30:03It is I, the governor of the state of ecstasy,
30:11the quintessential stud muffin, and a damn handsome man,
30:17Joel, hotter than a 15-year-old girl in a field hockey skirt, Gertner.
30:25And Joel, Memphis is that away.
30:29The Gangsters are no more...
30:34Son of a...
30:36Cronus, Cronus, Cronus, Cronus!
30:44Cronus, Cronus, Cronus!
30:49Cronus, Cronus, Cronus, Cronus!
30:55Cronus, Cronus!
30:57The Eliminators are gone as well.
31:11I've known it all along.
31:14You people know it now.
31:18And everybody at Dudleyville International Airport will know it in the wee hours of the morning
31:25when we set the metal detectors on that the only team worthy of being the tag team champions of the world
31:36are Bubba Ray and Deacon, the Dudley Boys.
31:42And until ECW can invest their time and money in a respectable, reliable, capable,
31:55tag team to oppose us, there are two things that you people can do.
32:03Get used to it now or get disappointed in ten minutes on your way out of the building.
32:12Now, since you've been generous enough to give us your food stamps,
32:18I give to you the following contest scheduled for one fall with a one-hour time limit.
32:26It is for the ECW Tag Team Heavyweight Championship of the World.
32:36Your referee is the biggest Cowboys fan in the building, aren't you?
32:43Introducing first, the Hap Brothers at ringside.
33:01To my left, he is the most colorful, controversial, outspoken personality in ECW.
33:10The silence behind the violence, the silencer, sign Guy Dudley.
33:18And the imposing creature to my right, behold the gold as it sits on the 25-inch arms
33:39of the only true Mastodon in professional wrestling, Big Dick Dudley.
33:50Now, if this fellow wasn't a pro wrestler, what do you suppose he would be doing for a living?
34:01Introducing, at this time, from the south side of Dudley,
34:08he weighs in, at a slim, trim, bump, pump, ripped, chiseled, and jacked,
34:18214 pounds, 3 ounces, the most righteous.
34:27Ladies and gentlemen, I stand corrected, weighing in, at an even 200 pounds.
34:47The holy terror on ECW, D-Vaughn Dudley.
34:57Oh yeah, yeah, cruiserweight.
34:59D-Vaughn, preaching the gospel again.
35:08His championship tag team partner in arms, heads from 1000 South Industrial Boulevard,
35:22in the South Park suburb of Dudleyville.
35:27He weighs in, at a rough, ready, and rambunctious, 350 pounds,
35:37Dudleyville's most eligible bachelor, Bubba Ray Dudley!
35:48Dudleyville must have some dating service.
35:52John Cronin thinks that he has found the secret recipe.
36:05He is not only a fan of the Dudleys, but obviously a fan of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup,
36:13because he has decided to put some chocolate in his peanut butter.
36:20Call them Ebony and Ivory, call them the Gangsta-nators,
36:26but make sure you refer to them as the Challengers,
36:32because they're going home with the very short end of the stick.
36:42Come on, get tough on the street, get tough with the gang.
36:46It's go time!
36:48In the ghetto, there's no surprise.
36:50When a man dies and nobody cries.
36:52In the underground, you better look around and use your eyes.
36:56In the ghetto.
37:01In the ghetto.
37:11Stay in your zone, you're not alone.
37:13There's no eyes watching you leave your own.
37:16One of smoke and you're through.
37:18Now you're gonna pay your dues.
37:20In the ghetto.
37:25In the ghetto.
37:30This is exactly how we envision this match-up.
37:47Tronis has been busted open.
37:54But Tronis is hammering back on Bumare Dudley.
38:00Spinning back kick to the chest.
38:02The Dudley boys, three-time ECW World Tag Team Champions.
38:14Being challenged by one half the elevators.
38:18They were three-time World Tag Team Champions.
38:21And one half the gangsters.
38:23They were two-time ECW World Tag Team Champions.
38:27Tronis and New Jack have five ECW World Tag Team title reigns between them.
38:37Over the ring bust and open.
38:39But still fighting off.
38:48You are watching a Tag Team War unfolding before the largest crowd ever in the ECW Arena.
38:57New bleachers to the right.
39:00New bleachers to the left.
39:02And four athletes.
39:04Make it five with Big Dick.
39:05Make it five with Big Dick or even six with Big Dick.
39:10Maddling for the ECW World Tag Team title belt.
39:14And the Dudley boys are being challenged by Tronis and New Jack.
39:20Stay in your zone.
39:22You're not alone.
39:24Yvonne has been busted open as well.
39:27And you're through.
39:29And you're gonna be your tools.
39:31And they get it.
39:32Tronis is a mess.
39:35And now he's being mauled by that grizzly bear, Big Dick Dudley.
39:46Big Dick.
39:47They're dropped into the second row.
39:55Yvonne Dudley is laid out on a table by the front door.
40:01But Murray Dudley hits the stairs.
40:09Think about the teams who have held the ECW World Tag Team title belt.
40:13The Public Enemy.
40:15The Pitbull.
40:17The Sandman and Too Cold Scorpio.
40:20Raven and C.B. Richards.
40:22Sabu and Taz and New Jack is above the front door.
40:28Oh, my God, is he nuts!
40:50God, is he nuts!
40:59Bobo Ray Dudley and Kronis still hammering one another in the ring!
41:05The piece of spear!
41:07The ECW Tag Team scene over the last two years has been dominated by the Gangsters, the Eliminators, and the three-time ECW World Tag Team Champion.
41:29The Dudleys, the team to beat. Cover, this will be all to end. New Jack makes the save. The Dudleys, the only team to beat both the Gangsters and the Eliminators.
41:51Neither one of those tag teams exists anymore.
41:59The Dudleys and New Jack are the extreme survivors. They have persevered in ECW. Two wins.
42:11Cover, the Dudley, barely got the left shoulder up. Ivan somehow has made it back into the ring.
42:20He can barely stand. All four men now in the ring.
42:26In the ring.
42:36Side kick right to the point of the draw from Array Dudley.
42:43Are you kidding me?
42:44Are you kidding me?
42:54Ivan Dudley is not moving.
43:01Four-fifty split.
43:05They got him!
43:07We got the new champions!
43:09We got the new champions!
43:13The ECW World Tag Team Dance!
43:16The team of Michigan World And New York!
43:19We've got new ECW World Tag Team Champions
43:34in the unlikely duo of Eliminator Quilic and Skates the New Jack.
43:49We've got to be a part of ECW Live when it comes to your area.
44:16We will be back in this very same ECW Arena in South Philadelphia
44:23on Saturday night, October the 18th.
44:27We invite you to see the movement that just keeps growing
44:34and to experience the difference for yourself.