The live PPV broadcast began with our hosts, Joey Styles and Joel
Gertner in center ring. They welcomed the fans in the building, as well as
the viewers watching around the world.
Our first match of the evening features the Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freak,
Balls Mahoney, who came out to an incredible ovation. His opponent, longtime
friend and rival, Masato Tanaka. They were former ECW World Tag Team
Champions, but tonight, they will renew their legendary feud.
Cyrus then appeared in the broadcast booth, berating Joel Gertner. Joel was
more than willing to take on Cyrus, but Kintaro Kanemura was there with
Cyrus, and grabbed Joel from behind, choking him out with a sleeper hold.
Cyrus has stormed the announcers booth, and taken over the color commentator
position!
In the ring, the match began, with Masato and Balls trading holds. Tanaka
went to work on the arm of Balls, but then Mahoney came back with a single
leg takedown, which he turned into a single leg Boston Crab. Balls then went
to fisticuffs, sending Tanaka to one knee. Masato came back, ducking a
clothesline and hitting a bodypress for a two count. Tanaka hit an armdrag,
but Balls scored with a short arm clothesline for a two. Balls went over the
top rope on a spin kick attempt, then Masato followed with a pescado, but was
caught. They battled on the floor, with Balls whipping Tanaka into the rail.
Tanaka brawled with Balls to the runway, then hit a running chair shot right
to the head. Tanaka then stood on the chair and hit a Tornado DDT onto the
ramp. Balls and Tanaka got back into the ring, and it was time for dueling
chairs! Mahoney hit three straight shots, but Tanaka still kicked out, then
rose to his feet! Balls hit a superkick when Tanaka went for a chairshot,
sending the chair into Masato's face. The incredible punishment continued,
with Balls attempting a Nutcracker Suite into a pile of chairs, but Masato
reversed it into a DDT for a near fall. Balls then ducked a roaring elbow,
and Balls hit the Nutcracker, but again, Tanaka kicked out. Balls missed a
running chairshot, and Tanaka hit Diamond Dust for a two count, as Mahoney
would not be pinned! Tanaka piled some chairs, but it ended up backfiring on
him, as Tanaka was given the Nutcracker into the pile. Tanaka still kicked
out, so Balls went to the second rope for a legdrop, but missed. Tanaka hit
the Roaring Elbow, but Balls kicked out. Tanaka then hit a top rope
chairshot, but Balls was still standing. Not for long though, as Masato hit
the Roaring Elbow and got the pin. Tanaka and Balls shook hands in an act of
mutual appreciation after the match.
Justin Credible then had his turn to talk about tonight's World title match,
which will be his first title defense on PPV.
Lou E. Dangerously then brought his Dangerous Alliance to the ring, and
expounded on the virtues of the lovely Elektra. Lou laid out an open challenge for his Alliance, and
the challenge was answered by Jazz, who cleaned house on all three men. She
then ripped off Elektra's jacket and T-shirt, giving the fans an eyeful! The
Dangerous Alliance regrouped and beat down Jazz, when Kid Kash hit the ring
to save her! The Dangerous Alliance tried to leave through the crowd, but
Kash followed them, by diving off the top rope into the second row!
Jazz had been helped form the ring area, and the bell rang, as we now have
C.W. Anderson going one-on-one with Kid Kash! Kid started fast, then took
the battle to the floor, giving Beautiful Billy a rana on the floor. Back in
the ring, Kash chopped and punched Anderson, and took him down with a
headscissors. A rana attempt didn't quite work out, as Anderson held on and
powerbombed him. Anderson was now in control, and threw Kash to the floor
with a thud. Billy then tossed Kash throat first over the rail, then rolled
him in where C.W. got a two count. Kid Kash then did a double springboard
out of nowhere into a bodypress to get a two count. Anderson then hit a
clothesline, but when Kash went for a moonsault, he was caught, and given a
snap suplex. Anderson then applied a single arm camel clutch, but Kash
fought back to his feet. Anderson hit a powerslam, but Kash still had some
fight left in him. Billy and Lou tried to get involved again, but Lou
accidentally hit Billy with his portable phone. Anderson took matters in his
own hands, hitting a superkick. He then climbed to the top rope, but Kash
met him there, hit an incredible rana with both men standing up top, and got
the win.
Rob Van Dam then got to talk about his return to action tonight, and promised
Scotty Anton that he could have a ringside seat tonight, and see "everyone's
favorite wrestler", Rob Van Dam!
BREAKING NEWS: Joey Styles informed us that Tommy Dreamer arrived at the
building a bloody mess. He was attacked by Justin Credible, and due to his
condition, was told to take the night off. However, Dreamer refused, and a
bloody and bandaged Tommy Dreamer will compete tonight for the World
Heavyweight Title in the Three Way Dance with Justin Credible and Lance Storm.
Speaking of Three Way Dances, it's time for a tag team Three Way, with Da
Baldies, Nova & Chris Chetti and Danny Doring & Roadkill. Nova and Chetti
took the early advantage with a pair of suicidal dives, then kicking out Da
Baldies. Doring & Roadkill then faced off with them, and Doring hit the
Bareback on Nova. Chetti and Doring squared off, but DeVito and Angel got
in, and soon were cleaning house on everyone. Roadkill hit a top rope
clothesline on both Baldies, and Nova hit a senton bomb on DeVito for a two
count. Doring and Roadkill hit the Lancaster Lariat of Lust on Nova. Da
Baldies hit a double flapjack on Roadkill, then tossed him onto a pair of
chairs. Nova hit a DDT/Stunner combo on Da Baldies, and Doring dropped an
elbow on Angel, when Grimes ran out! Doring hit a Bareback and legdrop on
Grimes, but Angel took the guitar that Grimes had brought out and hit Doring
with it to get the pin. Doring and Roadkill have been eliminated.
The brawl continued outside, and Roadkill got some revenge by putting Grimes
through a table on the floor with a top rope splash, taking him out of the
equation. It was down to two teams in the ring, as Da Baldies battled Nova &
Chetti. Nova hit a Stunner off the ropes, and Chetti scored with Amityville
Horror, followed by a Tidal Wave, on DeVito, for the pin. Your winners are
Nova & Chris Chetti, in a match that was just too hard to follow, there was
so much action!
Da Baldies were not happy with the loss, so they attacked Nova & Chetti.
'Natural Born Killaz' then blared, and New Jack is here at Hardcore Heaven
2000! Jack had his can of weapons, including his staple gun and fork.
DeVito was soon bloodied, as The Original Gangsta exacted revenge. Jack and
DeVito battled into the crowd, while back in the ring, Chetti and Nova took
care of Angel. New Jack took DeVito to the floor and laid him on a table,
while Nova and Chetti held Angel in the ring, forcing him to watch the
carnage about to occur. New Jack climbed into the balcony, and dropped over
15 feet to the floor, sending DeVito through the table to the concrete! Back
in the ring, New Jack got to play some music on Angel's head, bashing him
with a guitar as Nova & Chetti held him up. New Jack then had a final bit of
revenge, hitting the 187 diving chair, and scoring the pin over Angel,
finally, on PPV.
Steve Corino, with Jack Victory, came to the ring to battle Yoshihiro Tajiri.
After insulting the Japanese superstar, Corino was kicked, and the match was
underway. Corino actually went hold for hold with Tajiri, until he was caught
in the Tarantula. Tajiri then pulled him onto the runway, and delivered his
brainbuster right on the hard surface! A now bloody Corino crawled into the
ring, and Tajiri bit into the wound. Tajiri then hung Corino in the Tree of
Woe, and hit a devastating baseball slide kick. Tajiri then introduced a
chair to the match, and Corino was bleeding profusely now. The chair was
placed in front of his face, but he escaped and hit a superkick, thanks to
distraction by Jack Victory. Corino then took the chair, but had it kicked
back at him. Tajiri then dropkicked the chair into Corino's face. Tajiri
then set up a table, and dropkicked the edge into the chest of Corino!
Tajiri then came off the top onto the runway, hitting Corino and Victory with
a clothesline. Tajiri then charged Corino, but was backdropped into the
ring, and through the table. Steve Corino then hit a fisherman's suplex for
a two count. Corino hit a Northern Lights suplex for another two. Victory
passed a table to Corino, and after setting it up, Corino hit Tajiri with a
leg lariat, sending him from the ring. Tajiri went under the ring, and came
out the other side. Tajiri's advantage went from kicks to Corino applying an
abdominal stretch, which Tajiri then reversed into an Octupus! Victory tried
to interfere, but Tajiri blasted him with the green mist! Corino hit a
powerslam, but Tajiri then went ballistic, raining down with kicks and blows.
Corino was laid out on the table, and Tajiri went to the top rope, leaping
off and putting Corino through it with the double stomp! Tajiri easily got
the pin after that incredible manuver. Kintaro Kanemura then hit the ring,
attacking Tajiri, and soon Victory joined in on the attack, when Dusty Rhodes
hit the ring, cleaning house on Kanemura and Victory with bionic elbows!
Dusty was going after Corino, when Rhino hit the ring.
Suddenly, 'Enter Sandman' hit!
Dusty Rhodes and Jack Victory brawled to the back, as did Tajiri and
Kanemura. A bloody Steve Corino slowly made his way to the dressing room. It
will be Rhino vs. The Sandman, one-on-one, for the ECW World Television
Championship!
The two rivals stared each other down during the introductions, then the
battle began. Rhino pounded the Hardcore Icon early on, but Sandman came
back, tossing Rhino to the floor. They brawled at ringside, and after
draping Rhino over the guardrail, Sandman dropped a legdrop from the ring
apron across his back. Sandman tossed a table in the ring, but the battle
continued on the floor. They struggled near another table, which Sandman
slammed Rhino headfirst into. Sandman viciously whipped Rhino into the rail,
then took him to the opposite end and did it again. They began to battle on
the ramp, with a table propped against the ropes. Rhino then set up a chair,
and took a running start for a chair launch into a Gore, but Sandman moved,
and Rhino went headfirst through the table. Sandman then hit a piledriver on
the flat table in the ring for a two count. As he went for another, Jack
Victory hit the ring, but Lori Fullington followed, and caned Victory. Steve
Corino came back out as well, and soon Sandman was defending his wife, which
led to him getting laid out on the ramp. Rhino grabbed Lori, and gave her a
piledriver off the apron through a table on the floor! Rhino then lined her
up for a Gore in the corner, through a table, but Sandman tried to break it
up, only to be gored through it himself, as he held his wife! Rhino then got
the pin on the Sandman to retain the ECW World Television Championship.
Time for our second main event of the evening, as Jerry Lynn and Rob Van Dam
renew one of the greatest feuds in the history of Extreme Championship
Wrestling. Lynn came to the ring alone, while Van Dam was accompanied by the
Manager of Champions, Bill Alfonso, and his best friend, Scotty Anton.
Van Dam received a huge 'Welcome Back' chant from his fans, which he
acknowledged with a bow. The two began feeling each other out, trading
waistlocks and takedowns. Van Dam applied a side headlock, and the two were
soon crisscrossing and outmaneuvering each other, but neither could stay on
top of the other. It was a breath taking exchange, and the crowd roared.
Van Dam flipped out of a backdrop attempt and hit a spinkick, followed by a
backflip splash for a two count. Lynn hit a dropkick to the back when Van
Dam posed for the crowd, and backdropped RVD to the apron, then knocked him
to the floor with a springboard dropkick. Lynn then hit a slingshot into a
somersault senton on the floor. They battled on the outside, with Lynn
getting crotched on the railing, then hit with a springboard sidekick off the
opposite rail. Lynn was hung out over the rail, and as Bill Alfonso held a
chair over him, Van Dam sandwiched Jerry with a legdrop off the apron. Van
Dam went for a moonsault off the rail, and Lynn moved, sending RVD crashing
to the floor. Lynn rolled him in for a two count, then hit a gourdbuster.
Lynn came off the second rope with a legdrop to the back of the head, and got
another two count. Lynn chopped RVD, then hit a DDT when RVD tried to lift
him. Lynn continued on the offensive, stomping Van Dam in the corner, but
ended up on his back after a series of reversals saw both men get decked with
clotheslines. A chair came into play, and was tossed back and forth, with
RVD getting it in the face. Another series of back and forth with the chair
saw Lynn legdrop RVD face first into it. They traded suplex attempts, and
RVD hit a spinning heel kick. Van Dam got a two count, laid a chair on Lynn,
and hit the rolling somersault senton splash for another two. Van Dam
delivered an inverted atomic drop, then hit a flying kick with a chair into
the corner, crushing Lynn's face. Van Dam went for his monkey flip into a
chair, but Lynn managed to turn it into a mid air powerbomb for a two count.
Lynn put Van Dam on the top rope, and went for a superplex, hitting it
perfectly. Van Dam kicked out at two, and both men were starting to show
signs of fatigue. Lynn stayed one step ahead of RVD, legdroping him between
the ropes during a series of reversals. They ended up on the apron, and after
struggling above a table, Lynn managed to send RVD headfirst through it with
a bulldog, sacrificing himself to bring RVD down. Scotty Anton tried to help
up RVD, and Lynn hit him with a senton off the apron. Lynn took Van Dam into
the ring, slammed him, and went to the top. Bill Alfonso crotched him, and
set him for a Van Daminator, which RVD completed from the top rope. Van Dam
then went for the five star frog splash with a chair on top of Lynn. Steve
Corino and Jack Victory went to the ring, as Van Dam completed his maneuver.
Rhino and Cyrus ran out as well, and the odds were too much for Mr. PPV to
handle. Van Dam managed to battle back to his feet, and laid out Rhino with
a reverse spinkick, and a top rope sidekick. Cyrus was given a Van
Daminator, and Jerry Lynn, who was out for most of this, recovered and took
our Bill Alfonso, only to be given a Van Daminator as well! Van Dam went to
the top rope, but Scotty Anton shoved him off, into the guardrail! He tossed
RVD back in, and Jerry hit the cradle piledriver, but Van Dam kicked out!
Lynn then delivered a second cradle piledriver, this time on a chair, and got
the pin on Rob Van Dam. Jerry Lynn is your winner.
Scotty Anton turned on his friend, The Network continued their campaign
against Rob Van Dam, and Jerry Lynn finally got his long awaited victory over
Mr. PPV, in fact, the first pay-per-view loss ever for Rob Van Dam.
Time for our final main event of the evening, a Three Way Dance for the World
Heavyweight Championship. Justin Credible came to the ring with Francine,
and said that he had unfinished business with Lance Storm tonight. He
threatened to throw away the World title and leave the company if anyone
other than Storm came out. Tommy Dreamer, bandaged on the forehead from the
earlier attack came to the ring. Justin, who had thrown away the World Tag
Team Titles, was serious about destroying the credibility of the ECW World
Heavyweight Title, and Paul Heyman, ECW Executive Producer, begged Dreamer
not to step into the ring. Justin had managed to take Dreamer out of the
picture before the bell even rang, by literally threatening the integrity of
the World Championship. Dreamer relented, and instead we will apparently see
the former Impact Players collide, one-on-one. Storm came to the ring with
Dawn Marie, and had brief words with Dreamer before getting into the ring.
Lance went on the offensive early, running Credible to ringside. Credible
got back in the ring, but Lance sent him back out again. Lance went for a
pescado, but was hit with a caneshot as he came down. Justin started trading
chops with Lance, who was now bleeding from the forehead. Justin worked over
Lance on the floor, then rolled him back into the ring. Justin set up a
table on the ramp, but Lance brought the champion back into the ring, and the
two were soon exchanging blows again. Justin hit a pull out powerbomb for a
two count. Justin applied a reverse chinlock, but Lance came back with a
sunset flip for a two count. Justin hit a lariat, then began trading chops
with Lance. Justin poked Lance in the eyes, then went back to the chinlock.
Lance again fought back, hitting a hurricanrana, and a springboard reverse
elbow. Lance followed with a jawbreaker and a dropkick, but Justin kicked
out. Justin and Lance then traded tombstone attempts, but Lance instead went
to a Northern Lights suplex for a two count. Justin hit a perfect superkick,
but Lance kicked out. Neither man, it seemed, could maintain the advantage.
Justin set up a chair, and the bloody head of Lance was soon bashed into it.
Justin went for a top rope bodypress, but Lance rolled through for a two
count. They traded hiptoss and abdominal stretch reversals, ending with
Justin being tossed over the top rope through the table that had been set on
the runway. Lance brought Justin back in for a two count, then hit his
rolling single leg crab. Francine broke it up, and Dawn Marie entered for
the CATFIGHT! Justin pulled them apart, and delivered That's Incredible to
Dawn. Lance took the cane and hit Justin, then followed with a piledriver
for a two count. Lance then went for That's Incredible, but Justin reversed
it, hit the move, but Lance kicked out! Both men struggled to their knees,
trading blows. Justin hit a swinging DDT, but the match continued. Justin
set up a double underhook, but Lance pulled his legs out and hit a slingshot.
Justin managed to get into a pinning position, but only for a two. Lance
climbed to the top rope, but Justin pulled him off into That's Incredible to
get the pin. Justin Credible remains the ECW World Heavyweight Champion.
Tommy Dreamer then hit the ring, hitting Justin with his own cane! Dreamer
then had Francine, the woman who had cost him the World Heavyweight
Championship, cornered. Francine tried to make nice with Tommy, hugging him
and laying the belt at his feet. Tommy returned the hug, then picked up
Francine, and delivered a Spicolli Driver! The crowd erupted into a chant of
'ECW' as the night ended.
