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00:00Why'd you do it, Rick Rude?
00:05Why'd you turn your back on ECW?
00:08Why'd you turn your back on Sandman and Tommy Dreamer?
00:11That's the question around the world today.
00:14And the answer is simple.
00:16Sandman offers me a cold beer and a filterless cigarette
00:21to put my neck on the line.
00:24Tommy Dreamer stands there with a finger up his rear end,
00:27doesn't offer me anything, no payola, not a shot at Beulah,
00:32not even a peek at Beulah's McGillicuddy.
00:37Shane Douglas, on the other hand, he offers me a warm pooch.
00:45So I had to think things out now.
00:47Sandman offers me a shot at lung cancer
00:51and perhaps a life of dialysis.
00:54Shane Douglas offers me nights of heavenly bliss.
00:59And besides that, they say you could judge a man by the company he keeps.
01:04Take a look.
01:06No gimmicks needed.
01:08Chris Candido, the man who choked out Tiny Taz,
01:12the next world television champion.
01:15The beast from the east, Bam Bam Bigelow.
01:20Don't need to say nothing about this guy.
01:22You know what he's all about.
01:25And the one and only, the next ECW world champion,
01:30Shane the franchise Douglas.
01:34Terry Funk.
01:35They say when you look into a man's eyes, you look directly into his soul.
01:39Terry Funk, three and one half years ago,
01:43you and I and that piece of crap Sabu,
01:46we set the trail before us that ECW would follow.
01:50It was called the night the line was crossed.
01:52And I carried your ass for 60 minutes.
01:55I carried Sabu's ass for 60 minutes.
01:58You both walked to the dressing room.
02:01You were both carried to the back to take your break
02:04and hope to come out and defeat the franchise.
02:06But you could not do it, Terry Funk.
02:09You couldn't do it then.
02:10And you certainly will not do it on August 17th.
02:13Terry Funk, that night when I stood and looked you face to face
02:17at that now famous press conference,
02:20I could see it in your eyes, Terry Funk.
02:22I could see your soul slipping away
02:24because you could sense that the sands of time were now running out,
02:29that that hourglass was running very damn short.
02:33The pages of your great legacy, of your legend,
02:36have been blown to the past.
02:38They're shutting the cover of that book, Terry Funk,
02:40and they're opening the book that they call Franchise.
02:43And the legend that I begin to write, Terry Funk,
02:45starts on August 17th at the second pay-per-view
02:49for this great organization that I built
02:51and the people behind me have supported and kept running
02:54and made now the best organization in the world today.
02:57August 17th, Terry Funk, it's my belt.
03:01It's my belt.
03:03And on August 17th, Terry Funk, I promise you,
03:08they'll walk out of the arena calling me champion.
03:11And you retired because it's my belt.
03:14It's my belt.
03:15My belt.
03:16My f***ing belt.
03:19And the fans here at the Golden Dome in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania,
03:27the largest live crowd in ECW history are in for a treat.
03:33This should be a fantastic matchup.
03:37Mikey Wiprex, former Crippled Crownwear here,
03:41extreme championship wrestling one-on-one
03:44with Mr. Monday Night Rob Van Dam.
03:49That is it.
03:50The free Jamal gets Sabu and...
03:52Now, wait a minute!
03:54Sabu stopped Mikey Wiprex's band-D.
03:58Rob Van Dam take advantage.
04:00Four under the face, making two.
04:03Arm ringer.
04:11Series of kicks capped off with a leaping back kick
04:16right to the face.
04:20Here's that Rob Van Dam corkspool eight drop.
04:27Sabu with the cheap shot on Mikey Wiprex,
04:30and Rob Van Dam capitalized.
04:32Mikey can barely stand on that knee.
04:38Van Dam showing no signs of letting up.
04:50Sabu holding on to the tights.
04:51Come on!
04:53Alfonso to strike to the ref.
04:55Irish whip out of the corner.
04:57Mikey hit hard.
04:59Van Dam in control.
05:06On the 17th at War Memorial, baby!
05:08Swinging DDT out of the corner.
05:09Van Dam gets spiked.
05:14And Mikey follow up.
05:29Great left hands.
05:31Reversal of the Irish whip.
05:33Tucks a spin kick.
05:35Nice one and Conrana really snapped Van Dam over.
05:43Van Dam quite a dunked Mikey on the floor.
05:45Mikey held on, took Van Dam out as well.
05:48Mikey rolling back in.
05:58Wisely staying off the floor.
06:01As Sabu is patrolling the ringside area.
06:05Mikey up and over on Sabu.
06:09Tissi Neil, Tissi Neil, Tissi Neil, Tissi Neil, Tissi Neil, Tissi Neil, Tissi Neil.
06:19Well, Van Dam now enjoying the fact that a tag team partner got clobbered by Mikey Whipwreck.
06:24And that somersault punch-up.
06:27Mike, he's thrown back in.
06:33Hop in there, back to the inside.
06:40Slingshot, guillotine leg drop.
06:46Mike is down and not faring very well.
06:51Top of that, he's got to hear Alfonso.
07:08Van Damme gets a word from Zabu.
07:12Backbreaker with authority.
07:21Van Damme positioning Mikey.
07:24Quick as the cat, Van Damme up to the top.
07:26Turnbuckle.
07:28Rock splash, forget about it.
07:32Did you see the height?
07:35Zabu again slipping the face of Mikey.
07:39Sandman.
07:42We're gonna kick his ass.
07:44Sandman on the 17th.
07:46I can't wait, baby.
07:48I hate Sandman, and I hate ECW.
07:52Good evening to the U2.
07:57Nice counter by Mikey Whipwreck.
08:00Side brush and leg sweep.
08:02Club kick right in the chest.
08:05And now Mikey a seven-man turnbuckle.
08:08He got caught.
08:11Van Damme caught.
08:12Mikey going up.
08:16Mikey barely hanging on.
08:21There are thumps.
08:22Three thumps to the eye of Rob Van Damme.
08:30Beautiful leaping.
08:31Frankie and Mikey from the top.
08:32That is it.
08:33He's got him.
08:34And Alfonso has the referee distracted.
08:39Sabu broke up the pinball attempt.
08:42Mikey went right at Van Damme.
08:44With a flying Frankenmike.
08:47Mikey now hammering Van Damme.
08:51One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
09:03Irish whip.
09:04Revert.
09:09There's Sabu.
09:10He bolted off his own tag team partner.
09:15There's a slingshot kick right to the chin.
09:19And again, Alfonso distracting the referee.
09:23Rolling thunder.
09:28And Rob Van Damme steals.
09:33Some additional will enter.
09:35As we head into Sunday Night Hardcore Heaven 97 live on Pay Per View.
09:41One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
09:58One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
10:01One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
10:19One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
10:24One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
10:34This is Xtreme.
10:54Xtreme.
11:03Xtreme Championship Wrestling.
11:10I'm Joey Styles.
11:13The Golden Dome.
11:15In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
11:17And tonight you are going to see his work goes, great guy, Shane Douglas.
11:42Congratulations.
11:47You're not an announcer anymore and nobody invited you out here.
11:56Listen, you pint-sized .
12:01Until you grow a foot and gain a hundred pounds, you better shut your stinking hole or you're in for a rude awakening.
12:17Obviously, you people have mistaken me
12:26You suck it! You suck it! You suck it! You suck it! You suck it!
12:34Obviously, you people have mistaken me for someone who gives a .
12:45But you ought to shut your mouth and save your ass breath for someone that really takes you seriously.
12:56You lot of people suck it!
13:02You lot of people suck it!
13:12You lot of people suck it!
13:15You people are pissing in the wind!
13:17Joey Stiles can't do . And neither can you.
13:20What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out-of-shape Pittsburgh piss-ats,
13:47keep your mouth shut and your eyes open and give a good round of applause to the next ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Jane the Franchise Douglas!
14:17Come in!
14:25Come on, come on!
14:28Goal, goal, goal, goal!
14:33Goal!
14:38Go, go, go, go.
15:08Go, go, go, go.
15:38But first, there's a problem.
15:40Trance and I last night had a little too much fun.
15:46Rick, if I can invite her.
15:49That's not quite right.
15:51We've got a big match tonight.
15:52She's real tense.
15:54You take her out back, have your way with her,
15:58and get her nice loosey-goosey.
16:00Because tonight, I plan on putting her through a workout.
16:04You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:07You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:09You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:11You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:13You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:15You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:17You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:19You take her out back, have your way with her.
16:21Prison, prison, prison, prison, prison, prison, prison, prison, prison, prison, prison.
16:34And finally, an ECW audience has got some f***ing damn taste.
16:44I've grown up with you people.
16:46You've watched me do this for 15 years.
16:51They call me franchise for a reason.
16:56It's not because I'm the best looking guy in ECW, which I just happen to be.
17:04It's not because I'm the baddest wrestler in ECW, which I just happen to be.
17:10It's not because Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon and Dick Flair and piece of f***ing Logan are too pussy to face me, which they are.
17:23They call me franchise because I am the head and the captain in charge of the most powerful force in wrestling today.
17:40They call it the Triple Threat.
17:43They call it the Triple Threat.
17:43They call it the Triple Threat.
17:45We call it the Triple Threat!
17:47We call it the Triple Threat!
17:49We call it a 1974 time solo
17:59to the Kill Threat!
18:01We call it Nihihi PSW, we call CCW.
18:04We call it's Nihihi PSW, we call that Nihihi PSW!
18:07We call it Free Thursday, we call it Free Mrs. Evren we call it.
18:08We call it Free Thursday when it means that we call it I am theran.
18:11H.J. Douglas, no reason no decision back in your backyard, but you're looking at the greatest
18:34team in the world today.
18:36The greatest team in Japan, or the greatest team in any respected wrestling organization
18:46in the United States, or even entertainment and crappy wrestling.
18:51Now, Franchise, we are great fans of yours.
18:56Of course, you're not a Monday night superstar or anything like that, but hey, for a weekend
19:03lawyer, you do a hell of a job, Shane.
19:06And you know what?
19:07I must admit, you really stand out here against all these insane losers.
19:13Here's the fact, Shane Douglas, this is a fact.
19:20The greatest team, the best team, the number one team in the world today is Mr. Monday Night,
19:28Rob Van Dam.
19:29Rob Van Dam.
19:30Suicidal, homicidal sample.
19:34Jerry the King's Lover, the world wrestling federation.
19:39Bill Alfonso is the greatest show on earth, Danny.
19:44Jerry Lover, the WWF.
19:45This is easy.
19:46What do you want?
19:47I want to say one thing, is I don't have to stand out here and use the F word like you
19:51and all these stooges out here.
19:53I can express myself a whole lot better than that because you, Shane Douglas, and the Pittsburgh
20:00people are still the ones you do.
20:05What do you do?
20:25Hey, fuck!
20:27Eddie Marillo!
20:32As you're fired.
20:57E.C.O! E.C.O! E.C.O! E.C.O! E.C.O! E.C.O! E.C.O!
21:13At the hardcore heaven, will the franchise actually defeat that old decrepitary funk?
21:20Who cares?
21:22How do you like my pump?
21:28As you can tell, we are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shane Douglas' hometown in front of a record-breaking crowd as the franchise continues to build momentum as we head into the pay-per-view Sunday night, August 17th.
21:39Hardcore headed 97 when the franchise will challenge the legendary funk for the World Heavyweight title.
21:45Last week, you saw it here, the Sandman injured in the cage at the hands of Sabu, Mr. Monday Night Rob Van Dam, and Jerry the King Waller.
21:52These injuries, all summer long, it's one after another after another, and now the Sandman is out of this Saturday night's card at the E.C.W. Arena.
21:59The card is drastically changed. It's a card that may have extreme repercussions on the pay-per-view.
22:05Here now a look at the revised card coming at you this Saturday night.
22:12Hey, Rob Van Dam fans.
22:14You know, the whole world is buzzing about Mr. Monday Night.
22:17Who is Mr. Monday Night going to be facing at the pay-per-view, Hardcore Heaven 97?
22:23And furthermore, what is Mr. Monday Night going to do when he gets his hands on Tommy Dreamer this Saturday night at the E.C.W. Arena?
22:32And there's also going to be a barbed wire match with Sabu taking on Terry Funk for the heavyweight title.
22:38I'll get to that.
22:40Tommy Dreamer, all that crying, all that whining you've been doing because you said my friend Jerry Lawler completely ruined your sex life with Beulah?
22:49Tommy, that's nothing.
22:50Think about Rob Van Dam ruining your entire wrestling career in one single match.
22:57It's going to happen.
22:58And, you know, speaking of ruining your wrestling career, Terry Funk, do you realize what's at risk here?
23:03Do you realize who you're facing?
23:05Now, Terry Funk, I don't care how old you are, and I know that your body's paid some damage.
23:10But look at this guy, Sabu.
23:12He's got scars all over him.
23:13Well, these are from being in barbed wire matches.
23:15He's not afraid of them.
23:17This stands for victory.
23:18It stands for bravery.
23:19It stands for kamikaze.
23:21I mean, look at the guy.
23:22He's a freak, for goodness sakes.
23:24And if you...
23:25Hey!
23:26He's up!
23:27He's up!
23:28Sabu!
23:29Sabu!
23:30Come on, man.
23:31No offense.
23:32Hey, I'm not trying to make you mad.
23:33There's nothing wrong with being a freak.
23:34Listen.
23:35Some of my best friends are freaks.
23:36This Saturday night, Sabu versus Terry Funk at one time only in a barbed wire match for
23:45the heavyweight title on an all-star card being featured by Rob Van Dam, Mr. Monday Night.
23:53Time.
23:54One shot.
23:55One time.
23:56He gets the belt.
23:57Do I get the first credit?
23:58I want you to understand something.
24:03I done laid up in the hospital.
24:05I've been shot.
24:06I've been stabbed.
24:07On a couple of occasions, I even had gonorrhea.
24:10But you know what?
24:11I got up, punk, and I came back.
24:13Forgetting about my back being hurt.
24:14We're going to bust your ass.
24:16You best believe it.
24:17Come on!
24:18Come on!
24:19Come on!
24:20Get this!
24:21Get this!
24:22Get this!
24:23Get this!
24:24Get this!
24:25Get this!
24:26Get this!
24:27Get this!
24:28Get this!
24:29Get this!
24:30Get this!
24:31Come on!
24:32Get this!
24:33Get this!
24:34Get this!
24:35Get this!
24:36Get this!
24:37Get this!
24:38Get this!
24:39Get this!
24:40Get this!
24:41It has become apparent that the Dudleys will be awarded the ECW World Tag Team title belts
24:46at Hardcore Heaven 97.
24:48New Jack got out of the hospital early and got jumped.
24:51Mustafa most likely will not get out of the hospital in time for the pay-per-view.
24:55It's already on the contracts.
24:56The World Tag Team title belts must be defended.
24:59The gangsters can't show up.
25:00They'll be awarded to the Dudleys.
25:02They lost the match in the cage.
25:04And by virtue of losing the match, they're going to become the champions again.
25:08How did Gertner pull this one off?
25:10Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and all the ships at sea.
25:15It is I, the quintessential Stud Muffin, the man with the furry head and the chest to match.
25:23Joel, sweet dreams are made of this Gertner.
25:28Reminding you about what transpired at Heat Wave 97.
25:33You see, the gangsters somehow managed to defeat the Dudley boys and win the ECW World Tag Team Championships.
25:42And I'll bet that the gangsters thought that winning those titles would be the happiest day of their life.
25:51Wrong answers, boys!
25:55Every contract you see has stipulations.
25:58One stipulation was that if the Dudleys did not show up to Hardcore Heaven live August 17th on pay-per-view from sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, call your cable company or DirecTV to order, that I would shave my head and my chest.
26:20However, there's another stipulation that we must look at.
26:25The fact that extreme championship wrestling is contractually obligated to have a world tag team title defense on that pay-per-view broadcast.
26:36Now, we know that Mustafa is, was, and will continue to be in the hospital.
26:43And since his medical sheet has mental jello written on it, I don't think there's a chance he's getting out any time soon.
26:52As for New Jack, well, that unfortunate skirmish that he was involved in, which obviously had nothing to do with the Dudley boys, the one that you saw last week on TV, I think that might preclude him from making it as well.
27:07And if New Jack and Mustafa, the gangsters as a unit cannot be at that pay-per-view, well, that puts ECW in a rather hairy situation.
27:20The gangsters then would be stripped of the world tag team titles.
27:27Some team has to defend those belts.
27:32I have just the option.
27:36I must reiterate that the team that should show up at Hardcore 97, thus helping me keep my head hair and my lovely chest hair, the viewer's choice, you know, are the only team strong enough and healthy enough to do just that and appear at that pay-per-view.
28:03You see, whether you prefer only the strong survive, whether you prefer the scum always rises to the top of the ocean, or whether you prefer in the village of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, use any corny cliche you want.
28:22The only team healthy enough to make it to Fort Lauderdale is coincidentally the only team in history to win the titles by virtue of losing the match.
28:35And you thought attorneys were the only ones that had pull?
28:39I'm not just hairy. I'm so good.
28:42Bubba Ray and Devon.
28:46The rightful, former, and future ECW tag team champions of the world.
28:57The Dudley Boys.
29:00Now, now, now, now, now, now, wait a minute, wait a minute, Brother Gerber.
29:04These belts don't belong to us.
29:06This ain't my belt, this ain't Elon's belt, they don't belong to Dick either.
29:10These belong to the gangsters.
29:12The gangsters' belts.
29:14We're the gangsters' bitches, we told you that last week.
29:16That's right.
29:17Don't you listen to us, boy?
29:18That's right.
29:19The gangsters.
29:20No, shut up.
29:21I'm talking.
29:22These belong to the gangsters.
29:23Gangsters, you come on, you take your belts.
29:26Here's Mustafa's, here's New Jack's.
29:28Just come and take them.
29:29Please.
29:30You know what?
29:31You may be the best tag team in the world.
29:33The Eliminators used to be the best tag team in the world, but they're a little crippled right now.
29:38One of them guys can't walk.
29:39The other guy, he eat three french fries short of a happy meal, but he can still come up and do an awful flip.
29:43And whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo.
29:45He ain't nothing without his other bald boy with him with all tattoos.
29:47Get back to the gangsters' best tag team in the world.
29:49Please.
29:50Just come and take these belts.
29:51They're too damn heavy.
29:52I go through the airport.
29:53I gotta unpack my bag every damn time that I go through the metal detector.
29:57They're yours.
29:58You beat us.
29:59We're your bitches.
30:00And again, maybe you can't take them from us.
30:05Maybe you're trying to get out of the hospital because Mustafa's all like,
30:09You know what?
30:10Maybe we'll just come to the damn hospital.
30:11Maybe we'll just beat you up right there.
30:13Maybe big dick want to unplug your damn life preserver.
30:15Preserver.
30:16Life preserver.
30:17Life supporter.
30:18Got me all damn crazy.
30:20I don't even know what I'm saying now.
30:21But the bottom line is, these belts belong to you.
30:26Please come and take them.
30:28They're all yours.
30:29Brother Gertner, look.
30:30Right there.
30:31They're all yours.
30:32We're gonna get to Brother Gertner.
30:34Just come.
30:35I'll give you his phone number.
30:36It's 976 India.
30:38Just come and take the damn belts.
30:40Then again.
30:41Maybe you won't take .
30:44Hardcore Heaven 97.
30:47Just tell him.
30:49But my hair, Bubba.
30:51I don't care about your damn hair.
30:52I don't care about shaking your chest, your hair.
30:55I don't care to shake your damn, you know.
30:58Just give them back the belts.
31:00They deserve them.
31:01They're theirs.
31:02They beat us.
31:03We is bitches.
31:04B-I-T-C-H.
31:05Bitch is.
31:06I-S.
31:07Bitch is.
31:08I-S.
31:09What part didn't you understand?
31:11God, you use all those bacon, abracadabra words.
31:15They make me all crazy.
31:17You taste it, boy.
31:28Good night from Dudleyville.
31:29You know who cares?
31:30You know who cares?
31:34Yeah.
31:35Will Taz actually choke us?
31:39Who's get a veto?
31:40Well, I'm Harris.
31:43How do you like my levator?
31:49Up until about 15 seconds ago, Sabu was the most suicidal wrestler in ECW.
32:16Chris Candido just painted a target on his chest.
32:23I'd like to introduce Chris. He is from Spring Lake, New Jersey, weighs in at 235 pounds.
32:31He is a member of the Triple Threat, no gimmicks seated, Chris Candido!
32:37This show is only an hour, and I cannot explain to you people how miserable a human being Taz is
32:43and how big a mistake this really is!
32:50He's got problems. He can wrestle, but he's got deep-seated problems.
33:00As does Candido! What in the hell is he thinking? Didn't he see his contract signed in blood?
33:06That's not a good thing! Lawyers don't do that!
33:09Collin' elbow tie-up, side headlocked into hammerlock by Candido, dropped to a hole.
33:15Candido grapevine's the leg now. And an ankle pick, Spike Dudley grabs the bottom rope.
33:22Don't get me wrong, Candido's a great wrestler, former WWF Tag Team Champion,
33:29former Smokey Mount Wrestling Tag Team Champion, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
33:34A wide-piss-off tag!
33:41Candido hammering Spike Dudley.
33:49Byron's whip, looks at the clothesline.
33:54Nice! Counter into a dropkick!
33:57Candido on the outside, he's not safe!
34:02Candido!
34:04Rolling shoulder block to the floor by Spike Dudley!
34:07E.C. Dudley! E.C. Dudley! E.C. Dudley! E.C. Dudley! E.C. Dudley!
34:14Candido thrown back in. Spike Dudley follows.
34:19Irish whip is reversed out of the corner, tip-up. Back the other way. He got caught.
34:25Oh, my God. Spike's head bounces off the canvas like a basketball.
34:38And just like that, Spike's momentum comes to a screeching halt.
34:44Textbook vertical suplex by Chris Candido. Even throwing his own legs out from under him for extra momentum, extra impact.
35:02How will that suplex match up with the Tazplex when the world television title is on the line Sunday night, August 17th, live on pay-per-view at Hardcore Heaven 97?
35:14I'm not saying Candido can't beat Taz. What I'm saying is, why get him angry? Why not just try to out-wrestle him?
35:24Even if you beat him now, he's gonna tear your head off.
35:36Reversal. Leapfrog. Waistlock.
35:45German suplex, but Spike landed right on his head.
35:48And again, you can bet Candido sending a message to Taz.
35:59Incorporating more suplexes into his arsenal.
36:03And that is no doubt directed at his opponent on Sunday night, August 17th.
36:09We want Taz! We want Taz! We want Taz!
36:13And Taz is not in the Golden Dome tonight, and Candido knows that.
36:18Now setting up Spike Dudley for the Blonde Bombshell.
36:22And if he hits Taz with the Blonde Bombshell on pay-per-view, that's what'll happen.
36:37Hey Candido.
36:45Pretty good.
37:00Playing mind games. You're 400 miles away from me, and you're playing mind games.
37:03me and you're playing mind games. Well, you should play mind games when you're 400 miles
37:07away. It's funny. You know, you're an entertaining guy. That's what you do. You entertain the
37:12people. You're used to working in a place that entertains the people. And you know,
37:16you make guys mad. Ooh, you made Taz mad. Well, you didn't make me mad. You can't get
37:21to me. Hey, man, I'm from Brooklyn. You know, Joe Cool. I don't get mad. You know, now,
37:26if I were to get mad, you know, I might do something different to you. You know, I might
37:31do something like this. You know, I might do something like this. But, you know, I'm
37:37not mad, Chris. You know, good job. Good job. Good job. You know, I'm not mad. See, not
37:42one time, not one time preparing for Sabu did I get mad. It was business. It was business.
37:50Good. Good job. Not once did I get mad at Sabu. But, you see, now, Chris, you know, you
38:01want to make me mad. Okay, so maybe I have to get mad, Chris. Maybe I have to get mad.
38:08Baby, you have to make me mad, Candido. You want to make me mad? Well, let's get mad,
38:16Chris. Let's get mad. Come on, Candido. Tap out, Candido. Come on, Chris. You want some
38:24Candido. Come on, Candido. Come on, Candido. Come on. Come on.
38:39This Saturday night, ECW Arena, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Challenger,
38:44Sabu champion, Terry Funk. The world heavyweight title on the line. The ropes come down. Barbed wire
38:51goes up. Sabu challenges Terry Funk in a barbed wire matchup for the ECW World Heavyweight
38:57title. This could drastically alter the Hardcore Heaven 97 pay-per-view and the history of ECW.
39:04Shane Douglas is sitting pretty. He will either challenge Terry Funk, the world heavyweight
39:08champion, or Sabu, the world heavyweight champion. No matter who the world heavyweight champion
39:12is, he will have gone through a barbed wire matchup just eight days before. Shane Douglas,
39:19the most controversial athlete in all of professional wrestling, maybe all of professional
39:24sports, is also the luckiest athlete. Because this Saturday night, Terry Funk defends against
39:30Sabu, the ECW World Heavyweight title on the line, in a barbed wire matchup.
39:37Oh, lordy, lordy, lordy, lordy, lordy. You know, you just don't know how much I think of Philadelphia
39:44and how much I think of Texas. You know, they're my two favorite places. You know, Philadelphia
39:51adopted me. And Amarillo, I love because it's my home. But you know, there's those places
39:57that I hate in this world. I'm talking about Pittsburgh. And why am I talking about Pittsburgh?
40:07Because they have a bunch of ignorant people up there. The same as Shane Douglas. They're
40:15inbreds. And now I find out that I am headed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a pay-per-view.
40:28You know, I haven't been back in that state in 10 years. Do you know why I left that state?
40:35I'll tell you exactly why I left that state. I left the state because of all of the stupid
40:41crackers and that thick pig-lipped egg-sucking-dog dusty roads. I decided I was going to leave
40:49the state and never, never come back. And I haven't come back. But now, I'm coming back
40:56for the pay-per-view. It's not the crackers that are the problem. It's the Haitians. It's
41:04the people from Nassau. The people from all over the South that have come in there and infiltrated
41:11infiltrated Miami, infiltrated Southern Florida. And what happened? Those stupid, ignorant crackers.
41:21You know what they did? They educated those people. Do you know what they taught them? I'll
41:26tell you what they taught them. They taught those people how to murder. They taught those
41:33people how to do this car robbing where they jump in the cars, hit you in the heads. They
41:38taught them rape. They taught them insanity. It's the crackers that did that. You stupid Florida
41:45fools. But now, I have to come back there. The pride of Philadelphia. The pride of Amarillo,
41:52Texas. And where do I have to go? Florida. I want to go home. Home where I belong. And home
42:00is where I'll be in a very near future because I am getting out of the stinking professional
42:05wrestling business. But I am not getting out without this belt. If it takes my last breath, if it takes my last
42:27out of ounce of strength, I am going to give it that. Oh, now, look at what I'm looking at. I'm looking at
42:37Sabu in a barbed wire match. Look at my body do I damn well care. Look at my arms. Look at my head.
42:54God, I've been in matches like that before. And yeah, I get butterflies. And yes, I do quiver a bit. But I am
43:09not afraid of any man. And I am not afraid of Sabu. And I am going to walk out of that Philadelphia
43:19arena. If right through that barbed wire with my hand raised above my head. And I am going to walk to Florida
43:32with every one of you people. All of you crackers. All of you pigs. No dogs. No dog crap. Pig crap. Cow crap.
43:45Horse crap. That's all there is down there is a bunch of crap. And I am going to walk into that arena. And I am going to be on that paper view. And I am going to go through that match with Sabu. And I am going to beat him. And I am going to walk away from the professional wrestling world.
44:12With this belt around my waist. That is a promise. A promise that I will keep. It's a match so brutal. It's only happened four times in the history of ECW. A barbed wire.
44:42Matchup. The Funk Brothers versus the public enemy. The Sandman versus Cactus Jack. The Sandman Cactus rematch from the war memorial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. And the Sandman versus Raven last year at the ECW arena.
45:04This Saturday night.
45:05This Saturday night. The legendary Terry Funk returns to the barbed wire. As he defends the world heavyweight title against Sabu. In Sabu's first and only barbed wire match in the United States. It all happens at the ECW arena. In South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Saturday night.
45:29The next two weeks will be the most historic in the four-year history of extreme championship wrestling. Barbed wire matchup this Saturday night at the ECW arena. Pay-per-view Sunday night, August 17th. I encourage you to be a part of any or all of it.
45:59We'll be right back to you.