Super Destroyers vs Richard Michaels & Johnny Hotbody
This has the added stipulation of the Destroyers putting
their masks on the line vs the Suicide Blondes’ tag titles. The Destroyers
control early doors, with one of them hitting a nice looking enzuigiri.
Michaels hits a really shitty looking bulldog (looks like the Destroyer went
down too late) to take over, and the energy really goes up when Hotbody gets
in. I’m far from convinced that he’s a great wrestler or anything, but he
always seems more motivated than the wrestlers around him. The ending here is
terrible. A ref distraction allows Chris Candido to come out and swap places
with Michaels (despite looking nothing alike – even down to the colour and
length of their trunks), and this happens right in front of a Destroyer who
does nothing. The other Destroyer rolls up Candido for an absurdly long cradle –
the referee still being distracted – then when the ref turns round, he
reapplies the cradle to Candido for the three count. So amateur.
Ivan Koloff vs The Sandman
I’m glad we live in a world where such an odd pairing
happened. The early stages are spent on the mat, and are surprisingly not bad.
Koloff is always one step ahead, but Sandman doesn’t look too bad. Sandman ups
the tempo with a terrible crossbody. Koloff goes up top, but gets caught by the
Sandman, who throws him off. Rockin’ Rebel comes out and hurls a green liquid
in the eyes of Sandman’s manager, Peaches, but oddly this doesn’t play into the
distraction finish. Instead, Sandman gets distracted by Vladimir Koloff on the
opposite side of the ring and takes a weak knee to the back to give Ivan the
win. This was a #1 contenders match, which is going to lead to a heel vs heel
match with Koloff taking Muraco, assuming this goes ahead.
Dark Patriot, Eddie Gilbert & Don Muraco vs Glen
Osbourne, Tommy Cairo & Larry Winters
The graphics announce an 8 man tag is coming next, but this
is quite clearly only 6 men. We don’t exactly have the cream of the face workers
in ECW here, but there is one great piece of schtick here, where the faces hold
an armbar on Gilbert and swap places behind the refs back, infuriating Paul E
Dangerously on commentary. Even better, Gilbert manages to tag Muraco, but
because the ref was distracted by the faces, he doesn’t see it and refuses to
let Muraco in. Nice, simple comedy spot. Also, Tommy Cairo hits a full-force
shoulder block that looks terrific. As far as the heels go, the lazy offense or
Muraco is really highlighted by how crisp the Dark Patriot is, as he finishes
off Osbourne with a great diving shoulderblock for three.
Sal Bellomo vs Chris Candido
Hey, Bellomo hit a dropkick in the first few minutes here,
might be the best looking thing he’s done in his ECW run. He then bites Candido’s
arm to block a clothesline. He’s a like a hairy, shit Pete Dunne. The ref of
the Blondes run in to cause a DQ, and we get a big brawl to close the show as
the Super Destroyers make the save. In the melee, the Destroyers seemingly
break Candido’s arm, which is the image we close the show on
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