ECW Hardcore TV #30 02/11/1993

Not exactly a banner week of ECW TV here, with only two very short matches. The first 5 minutes is spent promoting a Sandman world title match, that thankfully never comes due to a backstage attack that includes some awful Tod Gordon acting. The main event seems to be a dimly lit interview, with Madusa and Sherri Martel arguing about the importance of being over in Japan. Yeah, not a great show this week.

Shane Douglas vs Sabu

This is from the NWA Bloodfest show. I’m assuming this is clipped, because if not it’s a very underwhelming match. Douglas gets the advantage after Sabu is distracted by a fight between Paul E Dangerously and Sensational Sherri, but Sabu reverses an Irish whip to the corner, hits a back suplex then hits a moonsault to win the ECW title. That’s the whole match.

The Bad Breed vs Chad Austin & Todd Shaw

Pretty decent squash, as the Bad Breed continue to impress. Austin is allowed to hit a moonsault press as his token jobber offence, but the Bad Breed hit some nice impact moves to win the bout. Axl’s spin kick to Austin looked great, just ploughed through him. Ian’s dropkick from the apron to Shaw looked a little weak and unimpactful, but he makes up for it with a terrific looking underhook DDT that drops Shaw on the top of his head. Huge Rocket Launcher splash to Shaw gives the final three.