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00:01The following program is rated TVMA. What you're about to watch contains explicit language, adult themes, violence and may not be suitable for viewers under 18. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. You can activate parental controls from any device by going to account settings.
00:15Oh my God. I guess that's Taz's version of an extreme menage a trois.
00:29And the toughest SOV is pro wrestling match on the Katja Hatsume.
00:35One kick from behind. I think this kid's making a big mistake.
00:41Here it is again, the Taz missed it, forget about it.
00:52Taz continues to pave the path of rage here in Extreme Championship Wrestling.
00:59Taz is the fastest H-F***ing-f***or in pro wrestling!
01:13I might have to go along with him on that one.
01:17No doubt about it.
01:18Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz! mold! Taz! Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz!-Taz-Taz! Taz-Taz Taz-Taz!
01:29Hey Joey, who can stop the path of rage?
01:59All right, let's go.
02:29This is Xtreme.
02:35Hello everyone and welcome to Xtreme Championship Wrestling.
02:43I'm Joey Styles along with the one and only ravishing recruit at the Golden Dome in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
02:52And if you think the buzz you hear behind us is loud, the buzz in every wrestling locker room on the planet is all about Mr. Monday Night, Rob Van Dam, who has been suspended indefinitely without pay from ECW.
03:13You know, we've heard everybody's opinion on Rob Van Ham jumping ship and taking the easy way out.
03:20Everyone that is, except for his own partner, Sabu, who is an extremely hardcore type of wrestler.
03:27I can't wait till June 7th when Sabu re-enters the ECW arena and lets us know his side of the story.
03:35Right now, Sabu and Van Dam are competing in Japan and rumor has it, they're not all chubby chubby over there.
03:44So a lot of questions will be answered as Rick said on Saturday night, June 7th when Sabu returns to the ECW arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
03:58Aw, Van Dam, it's not gonna happen here, but as of now, you are suspended indefinitely from Extreme Championship Wrestling.
04:05Welcome back to Extreme Championship Wrestling.
04:08As you know, the longest running feud in ECW is Tommy Dreamer versus Raven.
04:13And last week in Buffalo, New York, we had a dream partner tag team matchup.
04:18Tommy Dreamer in one corner, Raven in the opposite corner.
04:21And to no one's surprise, Tommy Dreamer chose as his dream tag team partner his mentor, the ECW World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk.
04:32Conversely, to everyone's surprise, Raven chose as his dream tag team partner his former flunky, lackey, stooge, and current leader, we think still, of the Blue World Order, Big Stevie Cool, ah, Stevie Richards.
04:48And in the end of the matchup, it was Louis Spicoli getting involved.
04:52Let's cut to the chase, Joey.
04:54Louis Spicoli did get involved, but it was Stevie Richards who ultimately pinned Terry Funk.
05:00Terry Funk received what we call a Stevie kick by proxy.
05:04I don't know if Richards has been saying his prayers or if he made a pact with the devil.
05:09Whatever it is seems to have worked.
05:12It was the super kick that caused Terry Funk's shoulders to be pinned.
05:17One, two, three.
05:18And Stevie Richards has let me know that if he executes the kick on the point of Terry Funk's chin, he will become our new champion.
05:27We won't have to wait very long to see if Mr. Root is correct because on Saturday night, June 7th, Extreme Championship Wrestling returns to our home base, the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
05:42And on that evening, the main event will indeed be for the World Heavyweight title as Terry Funk puts the title belt on the line against Stevie Richards.
05:54And you think Stevie has what it takes to take the title?
05:57I've been world champion and I know Stevie Richards has what it takes.
06:01Well, you think so.
06:02Does Stevie know so?
06:04I was born in Philadelphia.
06:08I grew up all my life in a small neighborhood called Port Richmond.
06:18I graduated from Central High School.
06:21I remember one of my high school years, especially one Friday night when I did my homework.
06:31As soon as I got home, I wanted to just get to the Civic Center and I wanted to see Tully Blanchard and Arne Anderson defend the World Tag Team titles against my favorite tag team, the Midnight Express.
06:43That was September 10th, 1988.
06:46I'll never forget that day.
06:48The Midnight Express won the tag team titles.
06:51And I remember seeing them with the belts over their heads in the middle of the ring.
06:58I said to myself, I want to be a professional wrestler.
07:05Because of all the pain and the suffering that I had throughout my high school years, the only time I ever felt good, the only time I ever felt fulfilled, is when I was some part of the sport of professional wrestling.
07:24I couldn't explain it.
07:27It was instinctive.
07:29And I thought to myself, I just don't want to be a professional wrestler.
07:36I want to be a superstar in wrestling.
07:40I want to walk down the street and have some kids say, hey, you're Stevie Richards.
07:47Wow, you had a great match last week.
07:50You're my favorite wrestler.
07:51Can I have your autograph?
07:54Wow, can a kid have my autograph?
08:02It's a high that cannot be explained.
08:08And I remember the first day I walked into wrestling school, and the guy said to me, you don't have what it takes, brother.
08:23That wasn't the first time someone told me that I couldn't do something.
08:27Of course, that wasn't the first time I didn't listen to somebody.
08:32But man, for years and years and years, I dreamed and I dreamed and I dreamed.
08:41I got down on my hands and knees and I prayed to God, please, God, give me a chance.
08:53So my opportunity came along in 1995.
09:00There was a man who came along and offered to teach me.
09:09And he taught me.
09:14And he abused me.
09:16And he slapped me.
09:18And he spit on me.
09:22And he humiliated me.
09:26I sold out.
09:30But not the kind of selling out that everybody's used to these days.
09:34I didn't sell out to the World Wrestling Federation.
09:37I didn't sell out to the World Championship Wrestling.
09:42I sold out right in front of everybody's eyes.
09:47In ECW.
09:53I had a man abuse me for two and a half years.
10:05Until I finally came up with an idea of my own.
10:11I came up with a symbol of my pain.
10:20And now, I have an opportunity to end my pain.
10:31Raven, you will never, ever end your pain.
10:36Because I really don't think you want to.
10:39Stevie Richards wants nothing more than to put everything in the past.
10:46And live a normal, fulfilling life.
10:50And the only way I can see myself doing that,
10:56is to step into the ECW arena on June 7th.
11:03And become the World Heavyweight Champion.
11:08The hometown kid, Stevie Richards.
11:11Who lives ten minutes away from the ECW arena.
11:15Becoming a World Heavyweight Champion.
11:22It's mind boggling.
11:27I'd be lying if I said that I would see this day.
11:30That I knew this day would come.
11:32Because I never, ever gave myself that much credit.
11:37And Terry Funk, I give you all the credit in the world.
11:43I admire you.
11:45Oh, my heart pours out for you.
11:49I have so much admiration for you.
11:52So much respect.
11:53There isn't even a word.
11:55It's limitless how much respect I have for you.
11:59If I had my choice of mentors.
12:03And knew then what I know now.
12:07It would have been a no brainer.
12:10I would have begged you to be my mentor.
12:13But now.
12:18Not only do I bring all the admiration in the world for you, Terry.
12:24Not only do I bring all the respect in the world to you on June 7th.
12:34I bring a whole world of pain that I'm going to unleash on you.
12:43And I'm going to pin you on June 7th.
12:49And fulfill my dream.
12:52Of becoming the world heavyweight champion.
12:56In my own town.
13:00Big Stevie Cool.
13:13You got yourself a shot at the world heavyweight title, right?
13:19I know something, dear.
13:21The world heavyweight title brother belongs to Hollywood.
13:24Sorry.
13:25You think you're going to leave the BWO behind me?
13:32Well, the blue guy thinks not.
13:35Oh, here it comes.
13:50That funny feeling.
13:52Again, it is rich, marvelous, spectacular.
13:55I, the quintessential stud muffin, Joel, not conceited, just convinced, Gertner.
14:05And if you're not excited, I know I am.
14:08If you could see me from the waist down, you'd know too.
14:11Because this Saturday night is Trenton, New Jersey at the CYO Center.
14:17And apparently, according to the mail coming into the ECW offices, this is the type of face that everyone wants to slap?
14:30Well, quite frankly, I don't think any of you are man enough, tough enough, or rude enough to get the job done.
14:44But I'll tell you what.
14:46Why don't all of you people come to Trenton, New Jersey this Saturday night?
14:53And I will individually and personally kick everyone's ass.
15:01Because this Saturday night in Trenton, New Jersey at the CYO Center, it's gut check time!
15:14Obviously, Joel Gerthner, you haven't seen yourself from the waist down either.
15:19Because if you had, you wouldn't be so excited.
15:22Yes, I'll be in Trenton.
15:24And yes, I'm rude enough to slap your face.
15:27I'm the man who sat down and taught Marv Albert everything he knows about announcing.
15:44I'm hoping that even though this city doesn't have a basketball team, because it is not quite large enough, that you know who Marv Albert is.
15:56And when I taught him about announcing, he in turn taught me everything I know about love making.
16:05It's okay to nibble, it really is.
16:10Looks like he's done some nibbling, Rick.
16:12Ladies and gentlemen, yes, it is I opening this episode of Extreme Championship Wrestling, whether you like it or not.
16:20The simply ravishing Stud Muffin, myself, the international man of mystery.
16:35Joel, not conceited, just convinced.
16:40Gertner.
16:41And at this time, prepare yourselves, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the team that invades the Steel City tonight.
16:51The former ECW World Intercontinental United States Television and Western States Heritage Tag Team Champions.
17:04Introducing first, from the south side of Dudley Hill, weighing in at 268 pounds,
17:13the holy terror of extreme championship wrestling and the most righteous brother in the building, this is D. Vaughn Dudley!
17:32Real popular here in Pittsburgh.
17:37His tag team partner, half-brother and partner in crime, hails from Dudleyville.
17:52He is one and only a true Dudleyville original, the mayor of Dudleyville,
18:00and the first man ever to gain a star on the Dudleyville Walk of Fame.
18:06Weighing in at 350 pounds, bow down to Bubba, Bray Dudley!
18:17We'll be back with a brawl in the family.
18:30Got a family feud of sorts here, as half-brother Spike Dudley looking for payback against Bubba Ray,
18:41who abandoned him to take the side of D. Vaughn.
18:48Quite a size difference between these two teams.
18:51Yeah, but what they lack in stature and weight is made up for with guts and heart.
18:57And their opponents, first also hailing from Dudleyville, at 153 pounds, Spike Dudley!
19:14Toughest 153 in wrestling.
19:16And his 17th corner hails from Buffalo, New York, weighing in at 189 pounds, Mikey Whitmer!
19:25Great to see Mikey back in the ring after that knee injury.
19:28The Dudleys want Spike all to themselves.
19:42They want to keep it all in the family.
19:45Mighty brave of them.
19:50And Spike's gonna start out with Bubba Ray.
19:57Words of encouragement from Mikey Whitbrick.
20:05Power elbow tie-up.
20:09Hip toss with authority.
20:13That's where that 197 pound weight advantage is gonna come in handy.
20:20Tie-up again.
20:22Oh, right on the head.
20:26Way to break your neck.
20:31Tell me about it.
20:35Spike's a cover.
20:45Press slam.
20:49And Spike's gotta think this through.
20:51This is not the way to go after the Dudley boys.
20:57Mike Whitbrick and Spike Dudley have got to speed up the tempo of this matchup.
21:01Test the cardiovascular conditioning of Bubba Ray and Yvonne.
21:05Wear them down and then, perhaps, go for a quick pinfall.
21:08This is gonna be my opinion on the rest of the brain.
21:11Nice takedown by Spike.
21:17Arm drag.
21:19And a steam.
21:21Forearm.
21:22Forearm.
21:23Flying forearm.
21:26Down goes Bubba Ray.
21:28This spike's showing some power of his own right now.
21:31Mikey now firing away on Devon.
21:34Iris whip.
21:36Double drop kick.
21:38Great teamwork.
21:40Oh.
21:47And Mikey, with the somersault plancha of his own, after overestimating the body weight of Spike Dudley,
21:56actually threw him over Bubba Ray.
21:59Spike must have been hitting the weights while he was out rehabbing that knee,
22:05because he just fired Spike Dudley through the air.
22:10It's the second time in this match Spike Dudley's been driven to the floor on his head.
22:17Shoulder block.
22:18Dropped down by Devon.
22:19Up and over goes Mikey.
22:20Leapfrog.
22:21Reversal.
22:22Mikey ducks.
22:23Hip toss.
22:24Arm drag.
22:25Drop kick.
22:26Arm ringer now by Mikey.
22:27Whipwreck.
22:28Into an arm bar.
22:30Mikey showing no signs of ring rust.
22:32Show it some great technical skills.
22:35And Spike Dudley hits the steel on the outside.
22:39Ear fall.
22:40Mikey gets close to him and he's on his side look.
22:43And he just threw him on top of the air.
22:44That's a fair one.
22:45He's done.
22:46Now he's done.
22:47See you, he's done.
22:48Go, don't you.
22:49Let's go.
22:50Look, don't you.
22:51You're done.
22:52We've done my fingers, so you're done.
22:53You're done.
22:54You're done.
22:55This is what we got.
22:56Move to sea close to him, so he's done.
22:57You're done.
22:58You're done.
22:59Move to sea close to him, and he's done.
23:01mikey gets clothesline out of his boots
23:05he made a mistake by letting devon get back up to his feet
23:13tag into big brother bubba
23:18irish whip double shoulder block
23:24like he ran into a brick wall
23:34expert vertical suplex by bubble range with his own feet out from under two count
23:38kind of a lazy cover huh joey you gotta if you're gonna pin mike you better hook a leg mike is the
23:44only triple crown winner we have here at ecw former world heavyweight champion world television
23:49champion and world tag team champion twice
23:54bummeray blocked the snapmare one spike around
24:00flight blocked the vertical suplex hooks the leg blocks it again
24:07well placed knees to the solar plexus
24:11and a snapmare rub kick to the back of the head
24:19good and corona covered not even two
24:29bubble slam that's a classic case of the village idiot who was heckled into becoming the baddest
24:36sob in the valley
24:39two and a half as spike gets the left shoulder up
24:43and bubble looks frustrated
24:45he threw him down like a rag doll
24:51tag back into devon
24:54there's a slam
24:59devon dropped the leg from the second turnbuckle
25:04this spike dudley is legitimately one of the toughest men i've ever seen
25:08wide back elbow
25:17and you mean devon is the toughest man or one of the toughest men you've ever seen
25:21no i mean spike they ought to glue a timex watch to his forehead and see if it can keep on ticking after
25:28the lickings he's taking
25:29reversal out of the corner
25:33there's a boot right to the much
25:38man did he get caught the third time right on the head
25:43you're not going to see that anywhere else
25:45and he kicks out again
25:48there's that timex factor you were talking about
25:51they cinch him up
26:00double vertical suplex
26:03there's a shot for mikey on the apron
26:05who knows this might be spike's version of the rope-a-dope
26:14there's just an insulting slap across the face
26:21that's the injury to go the insult of the slap
26:29there's more insults
26:32one dudley dishing it out and one dudley taking it
26:35a nice family south of the border
26:40bubba take it down to it
26:41like an old-fashioned hooking clothesline illegal in the nfl
26:52grabbed him by the face and threw him down
26:56no 15-yard penalties here at ecw
27:01average whip got the double clothesline
27:05dropkick by spike dunley taking out both of his half brothers he has got to make the tag to mikey whipbrack
27:12there it is
27:13there it is
27:13it does
27:14rock kick
27:16rock kick
27:20almost up to the ride reversal mikey ducks
27:26top to world flying head scissors mikey's on fire
27:30reversal on the irish whip leapfrog
27:35mikey underhooked with the legs take steve on over as well
27:39mikey with the pescado to the outside on top of bummeray dudley
27:48mikey whipbrack taking the fight to the former world tag team champion
27:53team champion mikey hits the steel hard
28:02mikey's out
28:05spike dudley choking away on nevar
28:07dudley death drop forget about it
28:21i don't like those odds
28:22that's the dudley boys
28:28mikey showed a lot of heart mikey whipbrack was taking on the dudley's by himself
28:32the dudley boy
28:35payback time
28:40mikey hasn't been gone that long he can still swing a chair
28:44but how will that chair affect big dick dudley
28:47look at that big dick remains rigid
28:57choke slash
29:04two-on-one three-on-one
29:06i can't believe mikey swung with everything he had and big dick just shook it off
29:17here comes some help from the locker room people trying to get the dudley
29:20out of the ring and thus far it doesn't seem to be working
29:26there's a lot of folks getting choked by big dick
29:28bobo ray and divon felling wrestlers as well
29:35and schortner directs traffic
29:39like a human pinball machine
29:42what would it take to get the dudley boys off of spike and mikey
29:47i don't know but they better hope the cavalry arrives soon here it is
29:56balls nails big dick in the head
29:59twice
30:04no the big man is still on his feet now he's down on the outside
30:12he's got that chair back
30:17he's got joel gertner alone in the ring
30:19he's got that chair back in the ring
30:22but bulls mahoney has cleared the ring of the former ecw world tag team champions
30:40the dudley boys
30:46the dudley's have been chased from the ring but balls is still there i guess balls is on a roll
30:52oh
30:56you see that
30:57hello
31:01you know something
31:06i drive all the way from jersey
31:11i could be you don't know that though
31:16i drive all the way from jersey
31:20and nobody wants to get in the ring with me
31:24i wonder why after he wrapped steel chair around everybody's head
31:27not one wrestler in the toughest organization
31:32will get in the ring with me
31:34giving everyone a concussion
31:37i'm begging somebody
31:39there's gotta be somebody out there
31:42come on i know this locker room isn't full of wimps
31:47you know i could come out here
31:53with a thousand dollars
31:55i know one's gonna get in the ring with me
31:58i'm telling you it's not just because of his breath
32:00it's that steel chair
32:02hey if you're that scared
32:05you keep you guys in the back
32:07if you're that scared look
32:08i'll lay on my back
32:11come and get me i need something come on
32:15talk about an aptly named wrestler
32:19come on wusses where the hell are you
32:20he's got a pair on them
32:22they're brass
32:24they're big
32:26church bell
32:27i don't see nobody
32:28are you gonna fight me
32:33now now don't kill the ref
32:37yeah
32:38yeah there's one guy i want
32:41and i know just what to do
32:45to bring the man
32:47the only other man in this locker room
32:50that's got big balls
32:52he's got an old pair of francine's underwear i'll take him up
32:56so big man
32:59we're pulling down
33:00here's your prize
33:01come and get it
33:02other wrestling organizations have millionaires crying and moaning like little girls they miss their friends they want more money they don't want to wrestle they don't like the rules
33:16here at ecw two men are gonna beat each other half to death over a cold one
33:21and love every minute of it
33:24and love every minute of it
33:28the sandman
33:50the sandman is in the golden dome here in pittsburgh pennsylvania
33:57looks like a mosh pit out there joey
34:00and if sandman trains is hard or harder than any other man in the sport
34:15looking up superset lungs and abs with a cigarette and a beer
34:21and he's not done with this pre-match warm-up
34:39look at him he's bleeding in the match hasn't even begun yet
34:49uh oh
35:07Pitchford comes the extreme
35:37My car!
36:07I think he's gone through about a six pack on the way to the ring.
36:24But Ball has the beer he really wants, the one he's gotta earn.
36:31This fight ain't for the beer.
36:37Sandman's got two cases in the dressing room.
36:40This fight's just to see who's battered.
36:42You are watching Extreme Championship Wrestling.
37:02Politically incorrect and damn proud of it from the beginning.
37:07The Renegade promotion that has fought the censors in the face of banishment
37:13and has still succeeded on pay per view.
37:19And right there is the extreme icon who exemplifies politically incorrect.
37:26The Sandman and Paul Fahony.
37:34And we've got a matchup.
37:36Not for money, not for pride, not for the gold, but for an ice cold beer.
37:44The stage is set and when we come back, it's a battle for the beer.
38:00We're gonna find out, will Mahoney beat Sandman or will Sandman lick balls?
38:05No.
38:08God, I don't believe it.
38:10Just send it on.
38:19And the winner of this match will get this one loan Budweiser beer.
38:31I wouldn't believe this if I weren't watching it myself.
38:34Only in the ECW.
38:43Only in the ECW.
38:47Guys, buddy.
38:48of thecons and Brown
38:54They've got Sandman cuando helicopters.
39:02I've got Sandman chanting.
39:04We've got going for balls mahoney as well.
39:10Chant ticket today.
39:11Ball's gonna be the 10th which that's gone with forever.
39:15with the chair sandman with the cane you know joy for one i'm extremely happy there was a ww
39:22and a wcw that i could rule because frankly i don't know if i could deal with this kind of match
39:33it's like a duel
39:34is it a parry or a thrust
39:45i'd call that the thrust you're the expert falls tried to parry
39:53sandman charges into the corner
40:04allow me oh my god
40:13and the sandman may be out
40:15leg drop with the chair across the sandman's face cover hook of the leg he kicked out rick
40:25cover two kick out again that's what i call six of one a half dozen of the other
40:31which would you rather have the chair in your face or balls booty
40:40balls jabbed away with that chair
40:45two for the slam
40:52he's going to crush him again
41:00elbow from the second turnbuckle cover to it looks like balls caught the corner of his elbow on that
41:08steel chair
41:12and the sandman just refusing to be pinned
41:16i think this guy thrives on pain joey
41:20i think the back of the sandman's head has been busted open
41:27he's bleeding from the back of the head he's bleeding from the front of the head
41:31i'm waiting for blood to start pouring out of his ears
41:35and you know balls buff to the back of the sandman's skull wide open a few months back in queens new york
41:45sandman with the counter on balls mahoney takes it over just by hanging on
41:51bought himself a few seconds
41:56but balls just keeps coming
42:06and the sandman by busting his own head open before the matchup just drew a bullseye on himself
42:12because balls is measuring those punches very carefully rick
42:24baseball slide the chair goes right into the face
42:28of the sandman have you ever had a steel chair in the face
42:32no let me tell you it's no picnic
42:37over the sandman it's part of the price he's got to pay to earn the beer that balls mahoney put on the line
42:48i think it'd be cheaper just to pick up a six pack at the liquor store
42:55but no bragging rights come with that six pack
42:57that's the timekeeper's hammer
43:07balls opening the gash on the back of the sandman's head
43:16elbows to the side of the face i can't believe the sandman is firing back
43:21but he just got fired upside down into the steel guard rail
43:32balls needs to throw him into the ring and pin him right now
43:43he may want to punish him some more on the outside
43:52balls does throw him back in he wants to finish him off before the beer gets warm
43:59and that chair may do it no he's going to use the sandman's cane
44:09he missed
44:1218.
44:13balls mahoney got spiked in the center of the rink and the sandman kept alive he hooks the leg
44:23balls kicks out sandman is losing a lot of blood
44:28he's got the game
44:29that's what you call getting the short end of the stick
44:42ball's throwing his feet
44:48he's hanging on
44:49and that one sent them reeling to the outside
45:01devon dunley is back devon and bubba ray dunley all over falls mahoney who was just busted open by the
45:09the singapore king big dick down here as well
45:21the sandman now saving his opponent from the dunley
45:25the ball's the move on the sandman's part and now he looks like a bear at a shooting rate
45:39i didn't say it was smart i only said it was ballsy
45:42the sandman and balls thrown in the ring
45:50these dudley's could dish out the punishment huh
45:54they were the world tag team champs
45:593d dudley death drop big dick is choking balls
46:08choke slam
46:08balls is on the mat
46:16it's tommy dreamer
46:22three on one and he's holding his own
46:28louis bocoli just nailed tommy dreamer from behind
46:32louis bocoli sure can pick his spots can he he sure can we got a free-for-all
46:47it's the world heavyweight champion terry fun
47:00the bunker has cleaned house the crowd's behind him but he's got a whole lot of people against him
47:09stevie kick on bubba ray dunley
47:14big stevie cooler hit the ring
47:18now we've got funky richard
47:20fun tempering richard
47:26irish whip
47:28stevie kick
47:31he's proving a point here
47:33he just knocked out the world heavyweight champion of the center of the ring