Don Muraco vs Tommy Cairo
Man, this is probably Muraco’s worst performance in ECW to
this point, and he really looks past his prime. He takes a stumbling slow
motion bump off a Cairo crossbody and barely gets over on a backdrop. Cairo
looks decent here, but he’s really facing a guy who’s just stumbling through
the match. Amusing scene as a kid in a “We Can’t Dance” Genesis shirt steals
Eddie Gilbert’s cap at ringside. The end is all sorts of terrible, as Cairo
suplexes Muraco, but Muraco just rolls him over on the pin attempt and gets the
three. Not even a hint of struggle from Cairo. Really odd ending that makes
everyone look stupid.
JT Smith vs Dark Patriot
Patriot looks really good in the early stages, really solid
execution of his moves with a nice punch and real snap to a back elbow. Smith
isn’t very crisp, but he is very willing and looks like he’s putting some
effort in. Still, his flying headscissors is sloppy and he barely glances
Patriot with a moonsault for two. There’s a ref bump and the two battle to the
commentary balcony. In an insane bump, Patriot knocks Smith to the floor a good
15-20 ft below and then dives off onto Smith. Patriot gets back in the ring and
wins by countout. Nutso bump from both guys, and there are signs that things
are getting a bit closer to the familiar ECW style
Rockin Rebel & Tony Stetson vs The Sandman & Larry Winters
The heel team are substantially better than the faces here,
so it’s good that Rebel and Stetson control the majority of the bout. Stetson
bumps about to make Winters’ floaty offence look good, despite there being so
much air shown on a kneelift. Stetson’s offence isn’t flashy, but it at least
looks effective and like it would actually cause pain. Sandman tags in and hits
a dreadful DDT on Stetson before another crap ending (this episode is rife with
them). Peaches gets on the apron to distract Rebel, openly slaps him in front
of the ref and Sandman rolls him up to get the win following what feels like a
REALLY fast count. Good match until the end.
The Suicide Blondes (Chris Candido, Johnny Hotbody &
Richard Michaels) vs The Super Destroyers & Sal Bellomo
Surprisingly fun 6-man, due to more fun bumping and stooging
by the Blondes. They make the basic offence of the Destroyers look deadly.
Hotbody eats an ugly looking powerbomb from a Destroyer, but the Destroyers
seem to want to beat up all three Blondes, and force the tag to Michaels.
Michaels takes an amazing bump when he misses a top rope splash that gets
insane height. Even Bellomo does the first cool thing I’ve seen from him in
ECW, putting Hotbody in a figure-four legvine, then leaping down on his legs,
which looks painful. The Blondes finally get control, but their cheating mean
things quickly break down. In the melee, Paul E Dangerously gets involved to
check on injured Blondes manager Hunter Q Robbins III, but gets levelled by a
Destroyer. This lures out the Dangerous Alliance with weapons, and a big brawl
kicks off to end the episode.
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