Extreme Rising (Extreme Reunion)

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Extreme Reunion 2012

April 28th, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania National Guard Armory

www.extremereunion.net

Следното видео беше излъчено вчера по време на предпоследното кеч шоу във вече неактивната ECW Arena:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KpPyUBrhmc

Аха, да. ОЩЕ един ECW reunion, този път по инициатива на Shane Douglas.

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Между другото, Shane Douglas разправя, че идеята зад това шоу е да даде старт на нова федерация, която ще използва бивши ECW кечисти и нови таланти.

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Промота (Raven, New Jack, Nunzio):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR7K5DT88IM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7enFNGAtZ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyz80PzpogA

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Card:

The Night the Line was Erased: Shane Douglas vs. Sabu

Champions Collide: Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Credible

Philly Brawl: Raven vs. Pitbull Gary Wolfe

Wrestling Purists Dream Match: CW Anderson vs. Al Snow

Chairs, Chairs and more Chairs: Axl Rotten vs. Balls Mahoney

The Final Battle: The BWO (Stevie Richards, The Blue Meanie & a "surprise") vs. The FBI (Tony Mamaluke, Tracy Smothers & Little Guido)

Also on the show: The Sandman, 2 Cold Scorpio, Joel Gertner, The Gangstas, Danny Doring, Bob Ortiz, Stephen DeAngelis, John Finnegan, Mike Kehner, Ronnie Lang and Atlas Security, as well as "surprises" and non-ECW wrestlers.

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Най-важното:

Sabu was found unresponsive in his hotel room when the promoters went to pick him up for tonight's show. 911 was called and Sabu is now in the hospital. The staff at the hotel says Sabu appeared intoxicated earlier that day. Sabu was scheduled to wrestle Shane Douglas in the main event.

Justin Credible was kicked out from backstage after reportedly passing out. He was scheduled to wrestle Jerry Lynn.

In addition to that, PG-13, Rhino and Tracy Smothers were advertised but were not on the show.

The show started 30 minutes late. We don't have other details other than the building was sold out with about 2,400 fans, making it probably the biggest indy show of the year in the USA.

It's 11 p.m. at this writing, fans are chanting "End the show." They have about an hour's worth of scheduled matches left.

There were also "This show sucks" chants as well.

Jerry Lynn vs. Devon Storm is stealing the show right now and turned the mood around, with "Thank You Jerry, Thank you Crowbar" chants.

Women in the crowd having been flashing their boobs.

Shane Douglas got in the ring and the fans were chanting "refund" at him. Not exactly what you'd expect from a nostalgia crowd...

They are now ending the show with Douglas vs. Too Cold Scorpio, so apparently pulled some things from the show due to being late.

Douglas won when Tod Gordon helped him. Fans were throwing things at the ring at the end of the show.

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Pre-Show Notes: The live crowd is HUGE. There is a line around the building for the show....There will be a pre-show before the Reunion event...Backstage are Homicide, Ruckus, Jeez, The Maximos, DJ Hyde, Matt Tremont and Rory Mondo. Some will be working the show. Some are visiting....They are using CZW's ring and production team for the event....They are selling several different t-shirt designs....

Pre-Show Notes #2: The show is officially sold out with 2,100 fans here.....There are lots of "ECW" chants in the crowd.....There are multiple cameras filming, including a crane camera, a hard camera and several handhelds...They are also filming with several flip cams...UWF's Larry Legend is helping out backstage....The start of the show is being delayed as the PA Athletic Commission doctor was delayed in arriving at the venue.

The show opened with a video tribute to former ECW stars who have passed away, ending with Paul Heyman's speech after Louie Spicoli died, saying that "if you are part of the family of ECW, whether you are with us or not, you are I assure you, for life." I was told this was something a fan made in honor of the wrestlers who passed so they decided to play it. The crowd popped HUGE for most of the names. No Chris Benoit mention.

They played the old ECW opening, followed by a backstage promo with Shane Douglas. Both had no audio so the crowd chanted, "Bullsh**." The crowd then entertained themselves chanting, "Yes!" Production turned everything off.

Bob Artese came to the ring and asked who wants some autographed hats. He tossed them out. He introduced Larry Legend.

Ruckus & Blk Jeez vs. The Dramatics.

This is a dark match to test all the cameras and production.

Dramatics are a masked team billed from Puerto Rico. Looks like the Maximos to me. The larger one went back and forth with Jeez and was sent out of the ring. Jeez hit a tope con hilo over the top to the floor. Ruckus then hit a dive. Back in the ring, he went for a handspring elbow but was taken out by the larger Dramatic.

The Dramatics tagged in and out working over Ruckus. Jeez hit the ring to help but was taken out. The Dramatics whipped Ruckus into the corner and nailed a double big boot then cannonball in the corner. Ruckus and Jeez turned the tide with double team maneuvers. They worked over one of the Dramatics in their corner, choking him.

Ruckus nailed the Razzle Dazzle in the corner on the smaller Dramatic. They did the Backseat Boyz' T Gimmick for a two count. Ruckus went for a moonsault but the Dramatic put his foot up. He made the hot tag to the other Maximo,er Dramatic.

The new Dramatic cleaned house on his opponents. He nailed a back suplex with a bridge on Ruckus. Jeez drilled him with a double stomp. They nailed the Hart Attack on him, then turned him over into a Boston Crab. Jeez dropped a big legdrop on him for a two count.

They went to work over the Dramatics in the corner but Ruckus was shoved off the ropes to the floor. The Dramatics hit the Spanish Fly off the top. The crowd chanted ECW. Jeez broke up the pinfall. Ruckus nailed a moonsault into a legdrop but missed and was covered.

Your winners, the Dramatics!

Solid, fun match.

Cordova vs. Bu Ku Dao

I have no idea idea who these guys are. The crowd chanted, "F*** you both." Dao, who was billed from Asia, began doing mic work. He introduced Luke Hawx, who called out Shane Douglas, calling him out. They've been doing some viral videos of Hawx calling out Douglas and crapping on the reunion. The crowd chanted for New Jack and he said whoever came out, he would beat the sh** out of them.

Cordova attacked him and Hawx left the ring, then kept calling Douglas out, saying he wanted Shane to come out and face him. The crowd booed Cordova when he was left in the ring and they booed him terribly and chanted, "No! No! No!"

Crowd didn't seem to know what to make of all this.

Bob Artese introduced Robby Mireno. Mireno said it was an honor to have the spot that Joey Styles made famous, being the play by play man for Extreme Reunion. The fans chanted "Joey Styles." Mireno said Styles was the best announcer of all time and it was an honor. Joel Gertner came out and said it was an absolute honor for him to introduce....and he went into his patented spiel. Gertner got a monster pop and the crowd chanted, "Welcome back." Gertner then told the crowd on behalf of everyone in the back, "Thank you, you guys are beautiful. Thank you."

The Final Battle: BWO vs. The FBI

Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie came to the ring with Thomas Rodman, who was part of the BWO in the 1996-1997 era. No Hollywood Nova as Mike Bucci turned down the booking. FBI are Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke. No Tracy Smothers as he pulled out at the last minute, claiming he was done with the business.

Mamaluike and Richards started out shoving each other . Mamaluke grabbed a side headlock. They went back and forth with reversals and faced off. Mamaluke overpowered him and tossed Richards into the corner, chopping him. They fired back and forth with chops. Richards snapmared him and nailed a kick to the back.

Guido tagged in and Meanie tagged iun as well. Guido worked him over and beat him in the corner but Meanie was too heavy for him to whip out of the corner. They started thumbwrestling. Yes, thumbwrestling. That was funny. The fans chanted ECW for it. Mamaluke tried to interfere and Meanie hit them with a double noggin' knocker.

Guido began jawing with Meanie and dared him to a dance-off. He offered to let Meanie go first, then he and Mamaluke attacked him. The FBI double teamed Meanie, taking turns. Mamaluke drilled him with several kicks to the back. They FBI went to do a double Russian legsweep but Meanie turned it into a double Stroke. Richards made the hot tag and killed Mamaluke with a Steviebomb. Guido broke up the pinfall.

Luke Hawx came out to the ring and grabbed Stevie's leg. Richards turned to him and was rolled up and pinned by Mamaluke.

Your winners, the FBI!

Fun comedy and decent wrestling but a weak finish.

A pissed off Stevie nailed Rodman with the Steviekick afterwards and looked as if he was going to fight with Meanie. He and Meanie left alone.

Al Snow vs. CW Anderson.

This is the first time they've ever wrestled. Big reaction and "Head" chant for Snow. He was wearing his JOB Squad era outfit and argued with the head. He and Anderson did some nice back and forth wrestling to start, going back and forth on the mat and reversing holds. Snow hiptossed Anderson and grabbed the head.

They went back and forth on the mat, working holds. Snow caught Anderson with a belly to belly suplex for a two count. He nailed Anderson into the buckles. Anderson made a comeback and Snow rolled out of the ring to recover. Snow missed a bodypress. Anderson grabbed Snow and slammed him shoulder-first into the ring post. Snow went to the floor hurt and was almost counted out by the referee.

Snow made it back to the apron, where Anderson worked him over with right hands. They fought to the floor, where Snow tossed Anderson over the guard rail into the first row. Big pop for that. Snow grabbed the head to celebrate but Anderson nailed him from behind, then drilled him with a chair. He went for an Irish whip but Snow reversed and Anderson went into the guard rail. He whipped Anderson into another.

Anderson returned to the ring, where Snow had used a maneuquin torso that was tossed in from the front row and nailed Anderson with it. He suplexed Anderson for a two count. Anderson mounted a comeback with a series of right hands and drilled Snow over the back. He began working over Snow's arm, using the ropes for leverage. Anderson continued working over the arm on the mat, methodically working it over.

Anderson slipped away from Snow mounting a comeback and drilled him with a swinging necbreaker. He went right back to the armbar. Snow tried to mount a comeback but was cut off and locked in the armbar again. The crowd was getting restless but they were telling a story with the match.

Snow finally broke free. Anderson tried to kick him coming off a rebound but his leg was caught. Snow nailed an enziguiri on Anderson. Anderson recovered to his feet first and locked the armbar back on. He began stomping the hell out of Snow's arm. He grabbed the head and set up to punt it into the crowd but Snow tackled him and went nuts with offense on him.

Snow drilled Anderson with the Head. Anderson rolled to the outside and Snow began talking to the Head. Anderson was whipped into the corner, taking out the referee. Snow nailed the Snowplow but there was no referee. The ref finally counted two and Anderson kicked out.

Snow went to nail him with the Head but the referee took it away. Snow was drilled with the Spinebuster and pinned.

Your winner, CW Anderson!

OK match. They were telling a solid story but they never seemed to capture the crowd. I enjoyed it however. It was a nice throwback to when guys worked holds.

After the match, Snow argued with the Head, called it a whore and attacked it with a series of elbows. He beat it into the buckles with the fans counting. Snow then nailed it with a superplex and walked off without it.

Axl Rotten vs. Balls Mahoney

They each came out with chairs but agreed to put them down in their respective corners. They began exchanging punches with the crowd going "Balls" and "Axl." Balls got the better of the exchange, sending Rotten to the floor. He followed and nailed Rotten with a bottle of water. He grabbed a fan from a ringside fan and nailed Rotten with it. They battled up the aisle, hitting each other with weapons and punches.

They returned to the ring, where a ton of weapons were brought into the ring by Balls, including a cheese grater. He rammed Axl's head with it. He choked Axl against the ropes and used the grater, busting him open. He then began using it on Axl's arm. Axl fought back and used the grater on Balls' face. Balls dared him to fight and Axl nailed him with a nerf bat embedded with tacks or nails.'

Rotten then used a small kid's back covered in tacks on Balls' arm. He wrapped a piece of metal around Balls' head. Mahoney was bleeding from his head and arm. The crowd chanted for Rotten. Balls nailed Rotten with a sign, then grabbed his chair. He placed it on the mat to use. He grabbed Rotten and slammed him on the chair for a two count.

Rotten came back and nailed Mahoney in the head with the chair. Mahoney pulled himself up. Rotten killed him with another chairshot and DDT'd Mahoney on the chair for the pin.

Your winner, Axl Rotten!

Mahoney and Rotten had words after the match but finally embraced and hugged. The crowd cheered and chanted, "ECW".

They sang "Big Balls" with the crowd.

We are going to intermission!

Angel of The Baldies came to the ring. Angel said that tonight was supposed to be about the legacy of ECW. He said that he's tired of hearing about who was the best Tag Team champions. He's tired of hearing about Taz, Raven and Sandman. He's tired of hearing about Impact Players, Eliminators and Balls and Axl. He said that Baldies were the best team in ECW history. He said they were the baddest and its not their fault they were there at the end when the checks were bouncing like the Blue Meanie's stomach. He said that he that if anyone wants to step to the plate and stand by him and prove who the baddest is, to come on out. The crowd chanted, "Shut the f*** up."

The Gangsta's music played and out they came to the biggest pop of the night. They trashed Angel. Jack laid something over his nether-regions and trashed him with a stick. He pulled out a claw that looked like Freddie Kruegers and dug it into Angel's head. That got an ECW chant.

They pulled a table into the ring. Mustafa worked over Angel. They set him up on a table and were about to put him through it when Ruckus and Jeez hit the ring for save. They worked over the Gangstas. Jack fired back and brawled with Ruckus. Angel worked over Mustafa as Jeez and Ruckus worked over Jack. They finally walked off.

This looked like the start of a storyline. The angle didn't get over at all as the fans were chanting for "refund" and booing it after. A fan threw water on Jeez on the way out and Jeez had to be held back from murdering him.

Extreme Reunion attempted to reach out to Devito and HC Loc to get them to team with Angel. Devito turned it down, citing health issues. Loc was called too late to make it to the show.

Pitbull Gary Wolfe (with Christina Vicious) vs. Raven.

Wolfe took the mic and says that everyone knows Pitbull 2. He said their brothers are watching above, especially Pitbull 2, waiting for him to kick the sh** out of Raven so let's get it done. Raven came out with a new Flock, including a legitimately crippled guy who called him "Cripple H." Raven began ripping on the legacy of ECW, saying reunions are for "f**s and morons." He said that now ECW means "Extremely C**ty Wrestling." The Flock attacked Wolfe. Raven said he came here to mock how pathetic everyone is for not moving on and living in the past. They all worked over Wolfe.

"Enter Sandman" began to play and out came Sandman for his grand entrance. The Flock beat the crap out of Wolfe. Sandman entered the ring and caned the entire Flock. He was laid out and beaten with by a muscular guy in the Flock. Wolfe and the muscle guy brawled. Wolfe hit a sitdown slam and pinned him.

Yes, Wolfe pinned someone not even in the match to win.

Raven said this was pathetic and he needed a new Flock. He walked out.

Sandman caned the hell out of Criple H and then he and Wolfe drank a bunch of beers.

Holy bait and switch Batman. Raven didn't even work. WTF. They draw over 2000 fans and one of the top names on the show treats it like a joke and doesn't work. Sad.

There was a small but noticeable "This show sucks". Ouch.

Devon Storm vs. Jerry Lynn

Storm is better known as Crowbar. He did have an ECW run in 1996. He's replacing Justin Credible, who was here but pulled off the show. I'll have more on that later.

There was a HUGE "Save the show" chant.

They went back and forth, locking up and going back and forth with some nuce reversals. Lynn locked on an armbar. Storm reversed and they went back and forth working on the arm. Crowbar went to work on the leg but Lynn slipped out and grabbed a headlock. The fans chanted, "This is wrestling."

Lynn whipped Storm into the corner. He nailed Storm and whippped him into the opposite corner. Storm reversed and went up and over but Lynn turned it into a flying headscissors, sending him to the outside. Lynn went for a sliding kick but Storm slipped out of the way and nailed him. He knocked Lynn off the apron to the floor and slammed him into the guard rail.

Back in the ring, Storm peppered him with a series of kicks to the chest and choked him against the ropes. Storm nailed a flying leg lariat. Lynn was locked in a chinlock but fired back with a series of elbows to the gut. Storm went for a back suplex but Lynn turned it into a bodypress for a two count. Storm nailed him and kicked him with a punting kick.

Lynn fired back with forearms but was nailed and whipped into the ropes. He charged Storm who went for a powerbomb but they tumbled over the ropes to the floor. They battled on the floor with stiff chops. Lynn did Flair mannerisms as they battled up the aisle. Storm grabbed a piece of guard rail and brought it to the ringside area. He bridged it between the ring and the guard rail.

Lynn grabbed a fan's cane and hit Storm with it. They brawled around the ringside area. Homicide was out there. Storm trashed Lynn and tossed him into the ring. He went to use a chair but Lynn stomped his hands. Lynn went to nail him with it but Storm nailed him and hit a Northern Lights suplex on the chair for a two count.

They battled back and forth. Lynn nailed a tornado DDT on the chair for a two count. Lynn went for the cradle piledriver but Storm nailed a double leg takedown and legdropped Lynn between the legs. They battled to the floor, where Storm nailed a standing vertical suplex through the guard rail. The crowd popped and chanted ECW.

Storm used a chair on Lynn on the outside. He placed Lynn on a table. He went to the ropes but Lynn nailed him with a chair and hit a top rope hurancanrana on the outside through a table on the floor. The crowd chanted, "Thank you Jerry." They then chanted, "Thank you Crowbar."

Back in the ring, Crowbar took control and set up two chairs facing each other, then another on top. He went for a move but Lynn reversed it into a suplex on the chair. Big ECW chair. Lynn nailed the cradle piledriver on two chairs for the pin.

Your winner, Jerry Lynn!

Huge chant for Lynn. Far and away the best match on the show. The crowd loved it because they gave them an ECW style match and brawl and highspots, which is all they wanted all night and never really got.

The crowd chanted, "That was awesome."

Lynn took the mic and said, "No, No, you guys are f***ing awesome." He noted that he was retiring at the end of the year and the crowd chanted No and told him that he's still got it. He said it was his 24th year and he has to be smart and listen to his body. The crowd applauded. The crowd thanked him with chants. He told them that he thanked them. He said he was told 5-6 years ago to retire and he didn't because he didn't listen. He said that ECW fans were awesome and came to have fun and make it a party. He thanked them once again.

Far and away the best thing on the show. That was incredible. Both guys deserve a hell of a lot of credit.

Shane Douglas vs. 2 Cold Scorpio

Shane Douglas came out. The crowd chanted, "F*** you Shane" and "Refund." Douglas told the crowd that he works them, not the other way around. Douglas said that unlike jackasses that lie to the fans, he will shoot. He said that Sabu was found unresponsive in his hotel room. He said that ECW never hid behind a bullsh** story and neither will Extreme Reunion.

Douglas name checked Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Candido and said that in ECW, whatever happened, they were a fraternity. He said that they were a family and family watches out for family. He said Sabu's been rushed to the hospital and have heard nothing credible from the hospital. Douglas cut a promo about the night he tossed down the NWA title and beating 2 Cold Scorpio.

He said that if Scorpio would face him, he wanted to re-live that moment and see what could have been. Scorpio came to the ring with Bill Alfonso, who was brought in to manage Sabu as a surprise. So, that's our main event.

They locked up and went back and forth then brawled on the floor. They brawled into the ring and out into the crowd. It was impossible to see what they were doing from my vantage point. The crowd didn't like what was going on and chanted, "This is bullsh**."

With Shane in the crowd, Scorpio went to the top and nailed a twisting bodypress to him on the floor. The crowd popped for that. They finally returned to the ring. Back in the ring, Douglas went for a piledriver but was backdropped over. Fans chanted, "Just retire."

Scorp nailed a moonsault off the top and covered Shane for a two count. A masked man came to the ring. Douglas nailed a move on Scorpio for a two count. Douglas nailed Scorp. The masked man pulle th referee out of the ring and sent him into the ringpost. He entered the ring and went face to face with Douglas. Douglas told him to work over Scorp but instead he attacked Shane and unmasked, revealing Kevin Sullivan.

Scorp nailed Shane with a superkick and came off the top with a twisting frog splash. The referee rolled back in the ring and counted two but Douglas kicked out. Sullivan went to the back. Scorp nailed a flip legdrop for a two count. The crowd chanted, "F*** you Shane."

Scorp nailed an Arabian Press for a two count. Douglas was bleeding from the lip. Scorp charged him in the corner but was kicked off. Douglas went for a piledriver but Scorpio nailed him with a series of combinations. Another masked man ran in. It was Tod Gordon. He hugged Scorpio. Shane hit a twisting sunset flip and pinned Scorpio.

Your winner, Shane Douglas!

Scorpio took the mic and said Douglas wasn't sh**, then told Tod Gordon to kiss his black ass.

There's not much a positive feeling from fans leaving.

That's it from Philadelphia

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The first thing I want to say is that I was a huge fan of the original ECW. I discovered the product right before they changed their name to Extreme Championship Wrestling and I consider them to be underrated for their contributions in modernizing wrestling in the United States in the mid '90s. I watched Hardcore Homecoming 1 and 2, I saw the WWE incarnations of ECW with the One Night Stand events and their reinterpretation of the ECW brand. I saw TNA’s Hardcore Justice and attended Francine’s Legends of the Arena show.

I loved ECW when I was younger and wanted to enjoy wrestling again like I did when I was a teenager. That’s why when Shane Douglas announced he was reintroducing the brand I was very excited. I bought my tickets as soon as they were available (almost four months ago) and was counting the days. I checked out extremereunion.net on a regular basis for updates and the various interviews he’s done on podcasts concerning the event. I’ve routinely defended Shane and Extreme Reunion on Youtube whenever (I felt) people were attacking the concept without understanding what Shane was trying to accomplish with the new brand. With all that being said, what happened yesterday at Extreme Reunion was unexpected to say the least.

We arrived at the National Guard Armory at 10:30 AM for the Fan Fest. The Armory was pretty packed. A lot of guys were signing autographs at their various tables. Interestingly enough, the BWO’s Dennis Rodman had his own table. I seriously doubt he did much business. Stevie Richards was the only guy I saw who was not sitting at a table, instead he was talking to fans and seemed to be looking at their phones constantly. I also noticed Raven was there wearing glasses. I almost didn’t recognize him.

Shane’s table was the busiest. He was talking to a lot of fans, interacting with them for awhile and seemed to be in great spirits. I ended up getting Shane’s autograph but didn’t get to speak to him much, probably because fan fest was coming to an end soon. There was a black guy announcing over the intercom when guys came in and left and all I knew was that he was grading on my nerves. Unfortunately, he comes back into the story later. On the way out, Justin Credible asked my friend for a cigarette, which he gave him. Since, I didn’t live in Philly we explored the town a bit until the show later than night.

We arrived back at the Arena around 6 PM. The doors were supposed to open at 6 but didn’t until 6:30 or so. There was a lot of people there. I talked to some people and they were friendly and very well educated fans. There were a few kids there but mostly younger guys. When the doors opened some fans (from the back of the line) tried to cut the line and were greeted with a**hole and bulls**t chants. Pretty funny stuff, they went to the back of the line and one guy I heard said that sucked!

Once inside we went to our general admission seats. The Armory is quite a bit bigger than the Arena and the layout was pretty nice. We had a great view and were pretty close to the ring. The Armory was a great choice for the event. Above the entrance was a decent sized television which showed the Extreme Reunion logo. The Armory was completely filled with a lot of standing room only. The audience was hot for the show going in and from my opinion if the show was good Extreme Reunion would be a success. However, there’s more to come on this later.

The event was supposed to start at 7 PM but didn’t start until 7:45 PM which irritated the fans. When the event started, there was a video on the screen showing ECW guys who have passed away. Eddie Guerrerro got some Eddie chants going as well as Candito. Well done and very detailed, no Chris Benoit though. After the video, the classic ECW intro to the show was played…the only problem was there was no sound. Immediately following the ECW opening was the Shane Douglas's promo about Extreme Reunion…once again, though, no sound. All together three to five minutes of video playing with no sound at all.

The first match was introduced, and as a "pleasant" surprise the announcer from the Fan Fest was introduced as a new ring announcer. He was dressed in street clothes rather than a typical suit like the other announcers. I wasn’t a fan of his but I can appreciate that they need to try out new talent. The participants for the first match were also unknowns, two black guys vs. two heavy set masked guys.

I couldn’t catch their names and since they weren’t advertised I had no way of finding them out since no one else seemed to recognize them. They were first greeted with some boring chants but eventually they got over with the crowd a bit. The masked guys pulled off a double top rope Chaos Theory which was pretty sweet, but all four guys had some talent. The masked guys won with a rollup. Good talent, but I question starting off a reunion show with unknowns. They might have fit better in a second match.

For the second segment, I had to leave the show for a bit so I missed it. However, my friend informed me there was a bald guy who came out chewed out Shane and was escorted from the floor by Atlas Security. One of the fans told my friend that the guy hates Shane so I’m guessing there’s known heat with him. I just didn’t know about it.

The next match was the BWO (Meanie and Stevie) vs the F.B.I. (Guido and Marmaluke). I expected a comedy match and it’s what you got. At one point Meanie and Guido got into a thumb wrestling match with the ref making counts. I question the logic of the ref getting involved in this stuff for a company which is trying to be credible. Classic ECW chants of dueling "where’s my Pizza" and "Meanie ate it." The fans do help with the show! The bald guy who chewed out Shane ran out and nailed Richards on the apron. The F.B.I. got the win over Meanie.

After the match, Stevie attacked the Worm and scared off Meanie. I completely agree with how this played out. Stevie looks better now than he did in ECW and is very talented. He’s never got his break in WWE or TNA and out of the original ECW guys he’s one they should keep and push and shouldn’t be wasted in comedy matches.

The next match was C.W. Anderson vs. Al Snow. This was booked as a "Purist Dream Match" and in my opinion this match did more damage to the show than any other. The match was very long, or at the least seemed very long. Constant rest holds and cheesy comedy spots. The fans were getting pissed. Imagine a Buff Bagwell/Lex Luger match. I remember thinking that these guys are screwing with us in how bad it was. Chants of "this is awful" and "take it home" throughout the match.

Some guy threw a mannequin torso in the ring (with help me written all over it) which Snow used to hit CW with. People were chanting "torso." They were going to kick the guy out of the building which caused the fans to chant "let him stay," which they did. CW won with a spinebuster. After the match, Snow got pissed at Head and gave it a piledriver, superplex, 10-punch count in corner, etc. It just wouldn’t end. Snow came out, apologized to Head and took it back. By this point in the show, people were getting fed up.

The lights went out. When they came in some new girl was in the ring. She was hot, did a striptease like dance which got chants of "show your tits." When she didn’t comply people booed and I think I heard chants of "she’s a tranny." Some girl in the audience then flashed the crowd which got ECW chants. I don’t know if she was kicked out.

The next match was Balls Mahoney vs. Axl Rotten. The crowd was hot for this match, and it was a traditional ECW hardcore style match. The match ended with two unprotected, stiff chair shots from Axl to Balls. Afterwards, they hugged and they all sang Ball’s song. I personally am not a fan of the overly hardcore stuff but a lot of fans enjoyed this match.

After this match, we had a "short" intermission break, which I think went for about a half-hour. After the intermission, Angel from the Baldies came to the ring and cut a promo which I couldn’t interpret. The Gangstas music it and both came to the ring to beat on Angel. For some reason, the Gangstas music (which usually plays the whole song through) was cut short which got chants of "turn the music on." The two new black guys came in and attacked the Gangstas and left them. The entire segment was pretty short.

After this match the fans were fed up. There was entirely too much down time and the stuff people came to see was very short. There were loud chants of "refund", "this shows awful!", and "F--- you, Shane." People were very pissed! The guy who was cleaning the ring from the debris got chants of "clean it up asshole, clean it up!"

The next match was supposed to be Pitbull 1 vs. Raven. Raven came out with some new flunkies including a guy who couldn’t walk but was carried into the ring. Pitbull came out with some other new hot girl. Raven started doing his comedy schtick mocking the fans and at one point calling the guy who couldn’t walk Criple H which got a Criple H crowd. Funny stuff! He started ripping on Pitbull 2 which got Wolfe to try and attack him. Raven’s flunkies starting attacking him and at one point through "Criple H" at Pitbull 1 like a weapon.

Eventually, Sandman’s music hit which got a huge ovation. Sandman made his entrance and went through my row, smacking shoulders with me at one point. Sandman did his beer spot right by me which I got a photo of and my friend got video of. Beer got on my phone while taking the photo! Highlight of the night so far. Definitely a cool experience if you ever get to. In the ring, Wolfe pinned one of the flunkies and won the match. Raven left and Sandman canned his flunkies. So Raven did nothing but his schtick. Still, a good segment for me. More chants of "this show sucks!"

The next match was Lynn vs. Crowbar. Chants of "save this show" were directed at Lynn. These guys put on a very good match. Both guys worked hard and the fans were giving them "Thank you, Jerry" and "Thank you, Crowbar" chants. There was a spot in the match where the action spilled into the crowd and Lynn dove over the guardrail to land on Crowbar and crashed into a few fans. One fan flew into a rage and tried to jump the rail to get at them. The camera filmed him and during this time Lynn and Crowbar were selling another spot. I got the vibe this guy’s one of Shane’s new talent. He was escorted out. Lynn won with the cradle piledriver and after the match announced this would be his last year wrestling. Fans chanted "please don’t go!" People really appreciated this match, especially after the card so far. I remember Lynn pulling a flying head scissors which got almost a standing ovation.

The last match was supposed to be Sabu vs. Douglas, but ended up being Douglas vs. 2 Cold Scorpio because Sabu was rushed to the hospital that day. Scorpio is still in very good shape and hasn’t lost a step. People hated Douglas by this point. Loud "refund" and "F--- you Shane" chants. A lot of fans walked out almost from the start of this match and people kept leaving throughout this match. The fans who stayed rode Douglas with chants of "We want Bischoff" and "We want Russo" and "just retire!"

Fans also started chanting the names of almost every known enhancement talent out there including "SD Jones" and "Brooklyn Brawler." Constant chants of "take it home" and groans on every kick out. It was truly something to see. Shane and 2 Cold worked hard in this match but the fans were so jaded by this point they couldn’t turn them. Shane’s mouth was busted open bad.

The first mystery guy came out and it ended up being Kevin Sullivan who attacked Douglas. The next guy came out and it ended up being Tod Gordan, who attacked Scorpio. Shane won with a roll up and no one cared.

Notes: It was odd to see a crowd who loved Shane before the show develop an almost hatred of him as the show progressed. In my opinion, a lot of what made it bad was out of his control. A lot of the originals can’t go anymore and most of the guys he got were mid-carders in ECW’s prime. Shane sold this card based on ECW’s legacy and promoted it months ahead of time. Expectations were unrealistically high. Douglas and a few others put some hard work in, but he lost the crowd by this point.

As far as his booking, in some ways it made sense, like breaking Stevie off from the Meanie and how he introduced some of the newer characters. However, some concepts were dated like the hot woman who can get over by doing nothing more than a striptease dance. In the age of Internet porn, it’s not a big seller anymore.

Last night Extreme Reunion turned off a lot of the original fans. Their next show is scheduled for the end of June. I’m not going! I will follow it, though. If Shane wants this promotion to prosper he needs to make some radical changes because a lot of these fans probably won’t be back next time.

Извинение от Shane Douglas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmgvVzwhqLo

[GetDown]

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[teddy_hart]

http://www.youtube.com/user/extremereunion2012

[nWoHulkster]

Обявиха две нови шоута. Вече не е Extreme Reunion, a Extreme Rising и всички проблематични бивши ECW звезди не са част от roster-a.

Extreme Rising

Junr 29th, 2012

Queens, NY

First Time Ever Match

Matt Hardy vs. Jerry Lynn

Homicide vs. Devon Storm

Stevie Richards vs. Luke Hawx

Bestia 666 vs. Pesadilla

Blk Out vs. The Dramatics

Also on the show:

The FBI

The Blue Meanie

Pitbull Gary Wolfe

Balls Mahoney

CW Anderson

and more!

Extreme Rising

June 30th, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Jerry Lynn vs. Homicide

The Gangstas vs. Blk Out

Stevie Richards vs. Luke Hawx

The FBI vs. The Dramatics

Also on the show:

Matt Hardy

Devon Storm

Balls Mahoney

The Blue Meanie

Pitbull Gary Wolfe

CW Anderson

Bestia 666

Pesadilla

and more!

[nWoHulkster]

Extreme Rising

Junr 29th, 2012

Queens, NY

The evening opened with the introduction of the play by play announcer Robby Mireno. A fan was razzing him, so Mireno called him a candidate for Megan's Law. He said he was here for the Extreme Reunion in Philadelphia and the crowd chanted "Philly sucks." Mireno ripped on NYC, bringing out Joel Gertner, who got a big reaction from the 200 or so fans in attendance.

Gertner entered the ring. He did his usual lewd introduction of himself.

Papadon vs. Sabu

Papadon came out and berated the fans as he walked to the ring. He demanded Stephen DeAngelis hold the ropes open for him as he entered the ring and had DeAngelis read a card declaring him the greatest unsigned talent today. There was a huge, F**k him uo Sabu, F**k him up" chant at the bell. Sabu charged but was nailed low. Papadon chopped him in the corner and drilled him with a hard right. Sabu was whipped into the corner but kicked off Papadon during a charge and nailed a tornado DDT. Papadon rolled to the outside, where he was nailed with a plancha to the floor. Sabu grabbed a chair and threw it in Papadon's face. Sabu did it again after the crowd chanted for it. Sabu pulled a table over but was nailed by Papadon. Papadon began screaming at him and drilled him with a right, then whipped him into the railing. He went to hit a move off the ropes but Sabu grabbed his leg and slammed him facefirst on the apron. Sabu whipped him into the rail and tossed him back into the ring. He nailed a slingshot legdrop and locked on a camel clutch. Sabu nailed him with a chair, then hit Air Sabu off a chair into the corner for a two count. Sabu nailed an Arabian Facebuster. Papadon came back with a series of kicks to the chest. The crowd was all over him chanting, "You suck d***." Papadon nailed a running clothesline to Sabu and worked him over. Papadon went for the table but was attacked by Sabu. They went back and forth. Papadon nailed a trilogy of punches and a hard kick. He suplexed Sabu and placed him atop the table. He went to the top but Sabu caught him and powerslammed him over the top and the table. Sabu legdropped off the table for a two count. Sabu set up for Air Sabu but Papadon ducked out of the way. Papadon nailed a Facewash. He covered Sabu for a two count. Sabu mounted a comeback with a series of rights. Papadon nailed a TKO into his knee, then nailed a fisherman's buster on a chair for a two count. Sabu rolled to the outside as Papadon argued with the referee. Sabu grabbed a chair. The crowd chanted that Sabu was going to kill him. They dueled with chairs in the ring. Sabu won that exchange. Sabu slammed him into the table facefirst and hit an Arabian Facebuster through the table. Sabu legdropped him and covered Papadon.

Your winner, Sabu! As Papadon was walked out, Sabu threw another chair at him. Sabu received a huge standing ovation. Good match to open the show. The crowd is super hot and into everything so far. Papadon had an awesome accounting for himself and Sabu looked good.

They introduced Taya Parker, who won the Rock of Love season where the hot girls were on the bus. She walked around the ring and returned to the back.

The Full Blooded Italians vs. The Blue Meanie & Balls Mahoney

Meanie took the mic and said he looked far and wide for a partner and needed one with some Balls. They were announced as Team Blue Balls, The crowd chanted their team name. Balls brought a chair into the ring and the FBI wanted nothing to do with that.So, Balls tagged out and handed Meanie the chair. In the end, Balls and Guido started out. Balls took him down with a reverse waistlock. Balls and Guido began working over eachother's arms. Guido tried to kick Balls but was caught and sent into the corner. He went up and over and armdragged Balls, They went back and forth until Balls drilled him with a series of punches. Meanie tagged in but Guido was able to tag in Mamaluke. They criss crossed and Meanie screamed for him to stop, then drilled him with a punch. They cross crossed again and this time Mamaluke screamed for him to stop but was punched in the face. Guido hit the ring but was backdropped over. The FBI were whipped into the corner, where Meanie squashed him with an Avlalanche. The FBI doubled on Meanie, nailing a dropkick at the same time for a two count. They continued working over Meanie and nailed the Paisano elbow. Guido covered Meanie for a two count. They continued working over Meanie until he came back with a double clothesline and made the tag to Balls.Balls peppered them with punches and nailed Guido with a chair. He hit Mamaluke with the Nutcracker Suite. Meanie tagged in and was going to use the chair but Thomas Rodman hit the ring and took it away. He started screaming at Balls that he shouldn't be tagging with Rodman. He slapped Mahoney, who chased him to the floor. Meanie went to do a Meaniesault on Mamaluke but Guido nailed him. The FBI hit a double Russian Legsweep off the middle turnbuckle for the pin.

Your winners, The FBI!

After the match, Mahoney and Rodman returned and they argued. Balls told him the BWO was dead. Balls said he wasn't mad at Meanie for losing. He told Rodman that he's been MIA for six weeks. He said the BWO was all about having fun but he's had Meanie at the Jersey Shore toughening him up. He said that they were going to all be about fun and entertaining and hardcore blood and guts. He said Meanie had a choice to make. Meanie said that after a lot of deliberation, he picked Balls. Balls drilled Rodman with the chair and has Meanie nail him with a splash off the ropes.

OK match.

Rodman was placed in a neck brace and walked out of the ring.

CW Anderson vs. Pitbull Gary Wolfe with Christina Vicious

They locked up and Wolfe was too powerful for Anderson to out-muscle. Wolfe shoved him down to the mat. Anderson rolled to the outside and screamed at the fans. Anderson locked on a full nelson. Wolfe broke free and locked on one of his own. Anderson used the ropes to break it and locked on an armwringer. They went back and forth working over the arm. Wolfe shoulderblocked Anderson down, which got an "ECW" chant. Anderson began working over Wolfe's arm. He rammed it into the turnbuckles and wrapped it around the ropes. Wolfe started to mount a comeback but Anderson raked his face and nailed a series of kicks in the corner. Wolfe drilled him with a series of rights and a kick for a one count. Anderson caught him with a superkick, laying out Wolfe. He grabbed Vicious and dragged her into the ring. She acted like was going to entice him then slapped him. He went to nail her but she ducked under and ran towards Wolfe. Wolfe nailed a flying forearm Anderson for a two count.

Anderson went for the spinebuster but Wolfe stepped out. He drilled Anderson with a clothesline for a two count.

Your winner, Gary Wolfe!

They introduced Reby Sky. She came to the ring and said that she's excited to be here and she paid tribute to the women that paved the way for her to be here like Beulah and Francine. As she left, Homicide came out, so she returned to the ring. Homicide told her something I couldn't make out on the mic but I think he wanted her to walk the streets. She slapped him twice, so he nailed her with an Ace Crusher. Matt Hardy hit the ring to back Homicide out of the ring. The Ace Crusher got an "ECW" chant.

BLK OUT vs. El Dramaticos

BLK OUT attacked Dramaticos at the bell. Jeez hit a tope con hilo over the top to the floor on one of the Dramaticos. Ruckus nailed a flipping kick and a razzle dazzle on the other, then killed him with a legdrop for a two count. BLK OUT nailed a double hiptoss on of the Dramaticos. The Dramaticos made a comeback and began chopping the hell out of Jeez hard. They scissored him on the mat, trying to force a submission. One of them went to kick Jeez but he caught the kick and kicked his leg. The crowd started chanting, "F*** BLK OUT." Ruckus hit a double Arabian Press into the ring on one of the Dramaticos. The crowd chanted, "We want New Jack." They then chanted "Philly sucks." The Dramaticos made a comeback and nailed a powerslam on Jeez. They nailed a back suplex with a bridge on Ruckus for a two count. Jeez hit a rana. The OUT trapped one of the Dramaticos in the corner and worked him over. They nailed a double stomp on one for the pin.

Your winners, The Dramaticos!

The Gangstas' music hit. The place went nuts. Mustafa hit the ring and tossed a trash can in the ring. They brawled. The music stopped. Mustafa was worked over but made a comeback. They brawled out of the ring and up the aisle. The crowd was all over the sound guy for stopping the music. They set up for Jeez to do a double stomp from above the aisle. New Jack hit the scene from a side door and they played the music. Chaos ensured with everyone brawling all over the building. In the end, they trashed BLK OUT and headed out the side door. The fans chanted "You got f***ed up" at BLK OUT after it was over. A great chaotic brawl.

Shane Douglas came out and cut a promo. The place popped huge and chanted "Thank you Shane." Douglas put over Corona. He said there were critics who said their first show sucked. He said that he watched the tape of the first show and thought it was a pretty damn good show. He said it wasn't perfect but it was damn good. He asked the fans if they agreed and they popped. He said that you can't buy fan loyalty and he promised to bury Vince McMahon's Irish ass. He said Corona, NY is the most extreme city on the wrestling planet. He said he was sitting in the back with his pencil because he was the booker and that's what he does. He said as he wrote down the matches, his arm started to shake because he knew what a great show it was going to be. When he got to the second half of the show, he thought back to 1994 when ECW invited Konnan to bring Extreme Lucha Libre to the United States. He said that they sent us Rey Mysterio, Super Crazy, Eddie Guerrero and Psicosis. They were men who side by side with ECW changed wrestling forever and left Vince and WCW in the dust. Douglas said that he was bringing Lucha Libre back and they'd have to do it the right way. He said he had to do it with someone who had a connection to the ECW. He introduced Pesadilla, Super Crazy's nephew. He said that he's seen the tapes and he knows Pesadilla will do well. Pesadilla came out. He then introduced Bestia 666, putting him over as the son of Damian 666. It was a damn awesome introduction.

Pesadilla vs. Bestia 666

They locked up and went through a feeling out process. Bestia hit a head scissors takedown. The place chanted "Lucha Libre". Bestia took Pesadilla down to the mat but was caught in an armbar. Pesadilla escaped and hit a cartwheel into a forward rana, sending Bestia to the floor. Pesadilla caught him with a kick and sent him down to the mat. Bestia leapfrooged as he rebounded off the ropes. They exchanged armdrags and dropkicks, then faced off. The crowd chanted "Mexico". Bestia hit a standing moonsault press for a two count. He went up and over in the corner and superkicked Pesadilla for a two count. He caught Pesadilla with a head scissors to the outside. He nailed a twisting dive over the top to the floor. The crowd chanted "ECW." On the floor, Pesadilla nailed him with a chair. They battled back ito the ring. Pesadilla ducked a pair of clotheslines and nailed a powerslam for a two count. He drilled Bestia with a kick to the head and a tornado DDT for a two count. Bestia was backdropped over the top but landed on the apron, he chopped Pescadilla but was dropkicked off the apron to the floor. Pesadilla nailed a moonsault to the outside to the floor. "ECW" chant. They battled on the floor. Bestia nailed Pescadilla over the back with a chair. Bestia went for a dive out of the ring but Pesadilla nailed him in the face with a chair. Bestia was busted open. The place chanted "ECW". Pesadilla tossed a few chairs into the ring. They battled on the outside. Bestia was tossed over the rail into the crowd. He was then nailed with a trash can. Back in the ring, Pesadilla nailed a moonsault off the center turnbuckle for a two count. The crowd began clapping for them to rally them on Bestia caught him in a forward roll for a two count. He nailed Pesadilla in the corner with a chop, then nailed a muscle buster for a two count. The crowd chanted, "Si!" of chairs. Pescadilla nailed a droptoehold into a chair. They set up a bunch. Bestia hit a sunset flip powerbomb off the ropes into the chairs. He then nailed a standing moonsault for the pin.

Your winner, Bestia 666!

Fun Lucha match. They worked really hard.

Extreme Respect Match: Luke Hawx vs. Stevie Richards

Hawx took the mic when he hit the ring. The crowd chanted, "shut the f***up." He said that he wanted to be real with everyone because he was nervous to be here because AIDS was so popular with the community (referencing the gay pride march last week) and he was worried about sharing a locker room with those drug addicts. He said that Shane Douglas should stick his pencil up his ass and introduced Sylvester Turkay to watch his back. Big "Stevie" chant for Richards. Hawx got into a lot of fans' faces and plays heel really well. They locked up and Hawx tied up Richards in the corner. He took Richards to the mat with a waistlock. Richards responded by throwing him to the mat. Richards worked over Hawx's arm. Hawx responded by trying to take him down to the mat but Richards got the better of it and Hawx rolled to the outside. Richards hiptossed him over and went for a cross arm breaker Hawx got the ropes. Richard and Hawx faced off. Hawx was slapped. Hawx nailed a series of kicks on Richards, sending him into the corner. Hawx nailed him with a series of shots in the corner and nailed a running rana off the top into the ring. The crowd chanted, "You still suck." Hawx covered Richards for a two count. He slammed Richards and covered him for several two counts. He drilled Richards with a series of shots across the back. Hawx slammed him again and tried for a moonsault, but Richards pulled his knees up. Richards cleaned house with clotheslines and kicks. Richards clotheslined Hawx again, then nailed a sideslam. Turkay got on the ring and distracted the referee as Richards nailed the Steviekick. John Finnegan wasn't in position to make the count. Turkay and Hawx worked over Stevie and Enter Sandman hit. The Sandman made his grand entrance. When he hit the ring, he caned Turkay in the head several times and nailed the White Russian Legsweep. Sandman left, which allowed Hawx, who ran off, to return and use the cane on Richards for the pin.

Your winner, Luke Hawx!

Decent match. Hawx is a hell of a talker. The crowd loved the Sandman stuff but turned on the finish big-time chanting "Bullsh**."

Homicide vs. Devon Storm

They went back and forth with some good wrestling and counters. Homicide caught him with a headscissors and choked him against the ropes. Homicide chopped him hard in the corner a number of times. Storm fired back with a series of chops

Homicide whipped him into the corner but was caught and kicked off. Storm nailed a slam and a Vader splash off the corner. Homicide fought him off and snapmared him over Homicide nailed a tornado DDT for a two count. Homicide went for the Cop Killer but Storm turued it into a Northern Light suplex. Storm and Homicide battled back and forth. Storm caught him with an overhead suplex and a Northern Light Suplex for a two. Storm dropkicked Homicide through the ropes to the floor. He dropped Homicide across the guard rail. Storm grabbed a piece of guard rail and slammed Homicide atop of it. He returned to the ring and hit a splash over the top atop of Homicide on the rail. Homicide fought back and hit a flip off the apron to the floor. Back in the ring, Homicide nailed a neckbreaker for a two count. Homicide nailed a lariat for another two. Homicide tied up Storm in a submission hold. When he was released, Storm slammed Homicide into the turnbuckles and chopped him hard in the corner. Homicide was snapmared onto the railing, which was now in the ring and bridged between two chairs. Storm nailed an Asai Moonsault onto Homicide. Storm covered Homicide for a two count. Homicide brought another piece of rail into the ring. Homicide beats the hell out of Homicide with a chair. He went to nail him against but Storm blocked it and monkey flipped him with the chair, Storm nailed a DVDR on the chair for a two count. Storm worked over Homicide and came off the top with a splash for a two count. Homicide went for a top rope rana but Storm didn't roll through. He finally caught Storm with the Ace Crusher for the pin.

Your winner, Homicide!

Really, really great physical match. The crowd gave Storm a standing ovation after. He was bleeding bad from the ear and near his eye. Storm went down in the aisle afterward and was helped to the back by doctors.

Jerry Lynn vs. Matt Hardy

They did some nice mat wrestling early. Lynn caught Hardy with a doubke leg takedown and pulled him out of the ring. They battled on the outside in the corner of the guard rail. Hardy dropped Lynn across the rail and went to nail him with a chair but Lynn kicked it away. Lynn fought off Hardy and nailed a tornado DDT off the guard rail to the floor. The battled back to the ring, where they fought over a suplex on the apron. Lynn suplexed him into the ring and ascended to the top. Hardy caught him and they battled on the top. Lynn nailed a sunset flip into the ring for a two count. They battled on the apron. Lynn hit a guillotine legdrop through the ropes on Matt. They battled on the apron and Hardy hit the Sidewinder on Lynn through a table. They made their way back to the ring and battled back and forth. Hardy nailed the Twist of Fate. Lynn kicked up at two. Homicide came out and got involved. Reby Sky hit the ring and jumped on his back. Atlas Security pulled her out and held down Homicide. Hardy came off the top with an elbow across Jerry's back. Hardy nailed a legdrop off the ropes for a two count. He brought another table into the ring and placed it in the corner. Lynn drilled him with a DDT for a two count. Lynn went for the cradle piledriver. Hardy turned it into a Twist of Fate. Lynn escaped and did a forward roll for a two count. Hardy nailed another sideslam. Hardy tried to send Lynn into the table but he slipped out of the way. Lynn whipped him into the corner and nailed a Frankensteiner off the top. Hardy and Lynn went back and forth until Lynn speared Hardy through a table for a two count. Great false finish. The war continued until Hardy nailed a Twist of Fate with a chair wrapped around Lynn's neck for the pin.

Your winner, Matt Hardy!

Another really good physical match. Hardy worked the hardest I've seen him on the independents to date and did a lot of hard hitting bumps I wouldn't have expected out of him.

After the match, Hardy took the mic and told Lynn to stand up high before his people. The fans and Hardy chanted "Thank you Jerry." Hardy said that when he knew he was going to Extreme Rising, he knew it was a hostile crowd and he knew he had his hands full with Lynn. He said the only words he had and he means this from the bottom of his heart - Thank you. Lynn said that he hears a lot of thank you Jerrys but he wanted to thank you. Lynn said that Hardy has come a long a lot in leaps and bounds and he's proud of him. Hardy said that he asked for one favor of Lynn. He asked that Lynn make it a three way dance so Hardy can get his hands on Homicide for what he did to Reby Sky. The crowd chanted "Yes" Lynn said that the people have spoken and Hardy has "f***ing got it."

A really strong and fun show. I wish THIS had been their debut event.

[nWoHulkster]

Extreme Rising

June 30th, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Attendance looked to be 800-900 people, obviously down from last time's 2,100 sell out.

The show opened with a local hardcore band Eat the Turnbuckles playing. They did all sorts of wrestling based antics with barbed wire, chairs, guitars and one guy even came off the top of a van onto a table. The crowd wasn't happy about them.

Stephen DeAngelis came to the ring. He introduced Robby Mireno. He got booed in his own hometown. He tried to tell them that he stood up for Philly last night in NYC but the crowd still razzed him, so he heeled them. Ah, Philadelphia.

Joel Gertner made his way to the ring. The place chanted for him.

Papadon vs. Perry Saturn

The fans were all over him so Papadon demanded that DeAngelis make it clear that he's not gay. Papadon then demanded he be announced as the greatest unsigned talent in the wrestling world today.

Saturn got a huge pop and immediately went into the bleacher and walked across the entire length. There was a huge "Perry" chant. Saturn literally went around to every corner of the building before getting into the ring. Saturn received a big "Welcome Back" chant. Saturn took the mic and said, "E C F***ing W." That of course led to a huge ECW chant.

They locked up and Papadon backed off and went to the floor. The ever polite Philly crowd chanted, "You suck d***." Saturn went to the floor but Don slipped back in before he could get him. Saturn asked for a mic. He said that he hasn't been here in a long time but it appears everyone knows Papadon is a huge c**sucker. The mic died so it didn't get much of a response.

They finally locked up and they went back and forth until Saturn drills him with a clothesline and then another Cactus Clothesline over the top to the floor. He beats the hell out of Papadon on the floor and tosses him back into the ring.

Jersey Shore from Raven's flock last time here hits the ring and attacks Saturn. They double on him until Gary Wolfe's music hits and Wolfe made the save. Wolfe battled Shore to the floor. The crowd chanted for "Pitbull."

Saturn whipped Papadon into the ropes and as he bounced back towards Saturn, Saturn hit the legsweep from Total Elimination for the pin.

Your winner, Perry Saturn!

The match was more of a spectacle for Saturn's homecoming than a competitive bout. There was a lot of glad-handing to the crowd, but they loved seeing Saturn. They didn't do much in the ring, but what they did got a reaction and worked. Saturn obviously can't go like he used to but they structured it right as a way to spotlight him. Papadon looked great tonight and as I've written in the past, he's got it and deserves a shot in a major way I was really happy to see him get booked here. The run-in was a nice way to get Wolfe on the show and he got a nice pop coming out.

The FBI vs. Los Dramaticos

They did some really good wrestling to kick off the bout. The Dramaticos worked over Mamaluke early. Guido tagged in and he went back and forth with the larger Dramatico. Mamaluke held the ropes open for the Dramatico to hit the floor. Guido went to the floor. Mamaluke went for a dive through the ropes but was caught and turned into a tornado DDT on the floor. The smaller Dramatico hit a moonsault to the floor on all involved.

Back in the ring, the smaller Dramatico worked over Mamaluk. He went for a top rope rana but Guido held onto Tony to prevent it. That allowed the FBI to take over and work over the smaller Dramatico. Mamaluke held him in place as Guido scored with kicks to the arm and the legs.

Guido whipped the Dramatico into the ropes but he nailed a sunset flip. Guido rolled through and dropkicked him for a two count. Mamaluke and Guido took turns working him over. The Dramatico ducked a Mamaluke kick and made the hot tag to the larger Dramatico.

The Dramaticos worked on Mamaluke and went for the Spanish Fly but Guido nailed one with a Russian Legsweep. Mamaluke grabbed a forward choke standing on the ropes with the other but was suplexed into the ring from that position.

Guido was left in the ring and the Dramaticos worked him over with a series of backdrops. They turned their attention back to Mamaluke and nailed the Spanish Fly off the top for a two count. The move received an ECW chant.

One of the Dramaticos went for an Electric Chair but Guido tripped him from outside. Mamaluke landed on top and hooked the legs for the pin.

Your winners, The FBI!

Solid back and forth match with some good action.

CW Anderson vs. Balls Mahoney (with The Blue Meanie)

They locked up and Anderson focused on Mahoney's arm. Balls made it to the ropes to break it and went for his chair but John Finnegan grabbed it away.

They locked up and Mahoney's arm was worked over again. He fought back and Anderson went to the floor. Mahoney followed and brawled with Anderson, nailing him with a beer and whipping him into the railing. Mahoney took a sign from a fan and nailed Anderson with it. There was a road sign underneath.

Meanie and Balls pinballed Anderson back and forth with punches as the crowd chanted "Blue" and "Balls." I cracked up at that. Back in the ring, Mahoney peppered Anderson with a series of punches in the corner then whipped him into the opposite corner. He charged but Anderson evaded and Mahoney hit his shoulder on the ringpost.

Anderson rammed Mahoney shoulder-first into the ringpost. He placed the road sign on Balls' shoulder and stomped it. He locked on an armbar and yanked at Balls' arm. He began beating Balls with shots across the back but Balls made a comeback. Anderson superkicked him and covered him for a two count.

Anderson continued working on Mahoney's arm and covered him for a two count. Mahoney caught him out of nowhere with a sitdown spinebuster for a two count. Anderson caught him with a spinebuster for a two count. He kicked Balls and wedged a chair in the corner.

Anderson tried to whip Balls into the corner but it was reversed. Anderson stopped himself before hitting the chair and rammed Balls into it. Meanie hit the ring looking to nail Anderson with a chair but it was superkicked in his face.

"Enter Sandman" hit and out came the Sandman to a huge pop. He headed right to the ring and got in Anderson's face. They went nose to nose. Anderson slapped him so Sandman kicked him and nailed him across the back with the cane, then hit the White Russian Legsweep.

Mahoney and Anderson went back and forth. Mahoney drilled him with a right and Meanie nailed Anderson with the chair. Mahoney covered him for the pin.

Your winner, Balls Mahoney!

Sandman took the mic and said he was going to get a little drunk now and asked if there was anyone who wanted to get in the ring with him and drink a beer. They got a few guys and girls to do it before Sandman thanked the crowd and said, "we gotta get the f*** outta here."

Entertaining stuff here. Anderson looked great and vicious as a heel. I like the Mahoney-Meanie tandem. Sandman's antics never get old with me.

Shane Douglas came out and said it was great to see the home of Extreme. He cut a promo ripping on Eric Bischoff, Dixie Carter, Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon. Douglas said that in 1994, Paul Heyman had a vision to change pro wrestling forever. He called AAA and said that ECW fans were ready to see some great Luchadors. He cut a great promo putting over the Extreme Lucha match and said that it was time to get the party started.

Pesadilla vs. Bestia 666

They started out with some really strong mat wrestling back and forth early. Bestia nailed Pescadilla with a head scissors takeover. They exchanged a series of two counts and faced off.

Pescadilla offered his hand and when Bestia took it, he kicked him in the gut. Pescadilla nailed a series of chops and went for a tiltowhirl backbreaker but Bestia landed on his feet and nailed a dropkick. Bestia nailed a nice twisting dive over the top to the floor.

Back in the ring, Bestia nailed the muscle buster and hit the standing moonsault for the pin

Fall one: Bestia!

Fall Two started with them chopping each other on the floor and then in the ring. Bestia nailed a legdrop when Pescadilla dropped down during a criss cross. Bestia went for a head scissors but was slammed down face-first on the mat Pescadilla was sent through the ropes to the floor. Bestia slid out but was caught with a DDT on the floor. Pescadilla nailed a moonsault from the top to the floor. The place chanted "ECW."

They battled in the aisle and back into the ring. Pescadilla used a neckbreaker for a two count. Bestia used a springboard off the ropes as a way to dive Pescadilla into his knees. Bestia was backdropped over the top to the apron. They battled on the apron and Pescadilla nailed a Spanish Fly off the apron to the floor for the pin.

Fall Two: Pescadilla!

The crowd began chanting, "This is awesome."

They brawled on the floor and into the crowd. A barbed wire chair was tossed into the rng. Bestia was tied to the tree of woe. Pescadilla placed the barbed wire chair in his face and nailed a dropkick into it. He worked over Bestia with a series of punches in the corner as the crowd chanted in Spanish.

The building began chanting "Lucha Libre." Pescadilla went for a Razor's Edge but Bestia slipped out and nailed a suplex for a two count. They battled to the outside where Pescadilla was slammed on a barbed wire table. Bestia beat him with a chair and then came off the top with a senton for the pin.

Your winner, Bestia 666!

Great brawl and some fun Lucha spots. This got over really big with the live crowd. The pace was really good. Entertaining as hell.

Stevie Richards vs. Luke Hawx

Hawx grabbed the mic before the match. He said he beat Richards' ass last night and would have no problem doing it tonight. Richards slapped him. They locked up and Hawx backed him up into the corner.

Hawx chopped the hell out of Richards but was backdropped over. Richards worked over Hawx and nailed a neckbreaker. They battled back and forth. Richards was placed on the top and Hawx nailed a rana off the top.

Hawx nailed a series of kicks to Richards and started Richards in the corner. Richards tried to psych himself upbut was cut off with a savate kick across the chest. Hawx cinched in a side chinlock. The crowd chanted for Richards. He fought out but was cut off and nailed a neckbreaker. He followed up with another.

Hawx was backdropped over the top to the floor. Richards followed him out. They chopped each other back and forth. Hawx tossed Richards back into the ring and back out to the floor. Back in the ring, they traded punches in the center of the ring. Hawx blocked one and spun Richards around, nailing a kick to the head.

Richards kicked Hawx in the face and backdropped him over the top. Hawx landed on the apron and leapt over the ropes into a DDT. Hawx went to the top with a chair and leapt off but was Steviekicked in the face as he came down for the pin.

Your winner, Stevie Richards!

Hawx attacked Richards after the match and nailed him with a piledriver. The crowd chanted, "You suck dick." He drilled Richards with another sick looking move.

Hawx took the mic and said he wanted Shane Douglas to know that while he took out Richards, he'd rather it was him. Hawx was forced to the back by Atlas Security.

The crowd chanted for Richards. He pulled himself to his feet. They chanted, "You still got it."

Really good match.

Devon Storm vs. Sabu

Big pop for Sabu. They started out fast. Crowbar nailed a back elbow and began choking Sabu with his tuban. They went to the outside, where they battled back and forth. A chair was tossed into the ring.

Back in the ring, Storm worked over Sabu with kicks in the corner. He whipped Sabu into the ropes. Sabu ducked a clothesline and nailed a springboard leg lariat, then a legdrop. He set up Storm for Air Sabu but Storm escaped to the floor. Sabu dove over the top to the floor on Storm.

Sabu nailed a slingshot somersault legdrop for a two count. He locked in a Camel Clutch. He flung a chair at Storm's head in the corner. They battled in the corner where Storm choked at Sabu. He came off the top with a dropkick. Crowbar nailed a Russian legsweep for a two count.

Storm locked in a submission. Storm suplexed Sabu. They battled back to the floor. Storm worked over Sabu and grabbed a piece of the guard rail. He placed the railing across the ropes and a chair. He placed Sabu across the rail and nailed a quebrada onto it. He covered Sabu for a two count.

They battled in the corner. Sabu whipped Storm into the corner but he went up and over and caught Sabu with an overhead throw suplex. Storm charged with a chair but Sabu kicked him off. He charged Storm but was nailed hard in the face. Sabu battled back and drilled Storm with Air Sabu off the chair in the corner.

Storm cut off Sabu. He went for a high cross bodyblock into the ropes. Sabu went through the ropes. They battled on the outside. They battled over a chair. Sabu won and flung it at Storm's face. Sabu hit Air Sabu on the floor against the rail, sending Storm into the crowd. Sabu dove off a chair, hit a springboard and dove into the crowd on Storm.

Sabu went for an Asai Moonsault to the outside but Storm grabbed his leg and slammed him facefirst into the apron. Storm slid a table into the ring but was cut off by Sabu. Sabu set up the table but was caught with a sitdown slam by Storm. He placed Storm face first on the table and went for an Arabian Facebuster through a table. Sabu slipped and told the fans "one second" then jumped back up and nailed the Facebuster. Sabu finally covered Storm but he kicked up.

Sabu rained down with punches on Storm. Storm fought back and came off the top with a splash for a two count. He went back to the top but was cut off and nailed with a springboard into a rana off the top. Sabu came off the top with the Arabian Facebuster for the pin.

Your winner, Sabu!

Sabu offered his hand to Storm. Storm looked at him and took it and they hugged. Storm then nailed Sabu and worked him over with a chair. Storm stood over him and mocked him and the fans. Storm walked out but sat on the apron jawing with a fan. Sabu dropkicked him off the apron. They brawled to the back.

A hell of a war of crazy spots and stunts. Real damn entertaining. It probably went a little too long considering how much mileage is on Sabu's odometer but when he nails his stuff, damn it's awesome. This was three in a row here for great performances from Storm as well. Good stuff.

BLK OUT vs. The Gangstas

The Gangstas came out with a slew of weapons and the plunder began as they were brawling. Jack broke a pool cue over someone. BLK OUT was tossed into the floor, where the war continued.

They brawled into the crowd. Jack threw Ruckus hard through a row of chairs. They brawled into a corner of the venue where The Gangstas set up a table, Jack dove off the side of the bleachers and put someone through a table.

They dragged BLK OUT back to the ring where Jack came off the top with a chair and pinned them.

Your winners, The Gangstas!

New Jack took the mic and said they are giving a rebirth to what they started. He said a bunch of people wrong. Jack said they never forgot where they started and it was right here in Philly. He said they ripped the roof off the Bingo Hall and 20 years later, they are doing it again. He said that they have nothing but love for all the true extreme fans.

Homicide vs. Matt Hardy vs. Jerry Lynn

Hardy tackled Homicide immediately. Homicide bailed out. Hardy and Lynn. Lynn bulldogged Homicide. Hardy grabbed a side headlock. He and Hardy began working over each other's arms but Homicide drilled both with a double clothesline. The crowd was all over Hardy early.

Homicide worked over both men with axehandles. Homicide drilled Lynn with a right. Hardy nailed Homicide but Homicide got the better of him. He drilled Hardy with an uppercut in the corner. Lynn caught Homicide with a tiltowhirl backbreaker.

Homicide peppered Haardy with punches and covered him for a two count. Homicide worked over Hardy with a series of uppercuts. They all battled to the outside, where a table was set up.

They battled back into the ring, where Hardy slammed Homicide. Hardy came off the apron and attacked Homicide. Lynn dove off the top to the floor on both of them.

Homicide and Lynn battled back into the ring. Homicide drilled him and set up a chair in the corner. Homicide began preparing Lynn to throw him into it but was caught in the Sidewinder by Hardy. Lynn nailed a sunset flip on Hardy, who suplexed Hardy over at the same time. Nice spot.

Hardy went to come off the ropes with his legdrop but had his legs swept by Homicide. Hardy and Homicide battled on the ropes. Lynn nailed a sunset flip on both of them for a two count.

Lynn tossed Homicide to the outside. He nailed a guillotine legdrop on Hardy, who was in the ropes. Hardy nailed the Twist of Fate on Homicide for a two. Hardy nailed a sideslam and then went to the top for a moonsault, but missed.

Lynn went to the top but was caught with an Ace Crusher off the ropes for a two count, Homicide grabbed a chair and worked over Hardy. Reby Sky covered Hardy. Homicide teased hitting her with the chair. He went for the CopKilla on her but Lynn nailed Homicide and went for the cradle piledriver but was nailed. Hardy was checking on Sky, but was attacked by Homicide and nailed with the Cop Killer for the pin.

Your winner, Homicide!

Lynn attacked Homicide and nailed the cradle piledriver. Hardy and Lynn bridged a table across the ring. Sky came off the ropes and put Homicide through a table with an elbowdrop.

The show ended with Homicide carried out while Sky, on Hardy's shoulders, celebrated with Lynn.

That's all from Philadelphia!

Another really strong match.

A major improvement from the last show here. I think Queens was a better show overall but this was a solid string of action all night. Much, Much better than their debut show.

[nWoHulkster]

Кратки клипчета с най-интересното от първите три шоута:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Q7Ne-0AAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeOSFzPUFws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JZYJpEVOQc

[nWoHulkster]

Extreme Rising

"Remember November" (iPPV)

November 17th, 2012

Monaca, PA

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas vs. Matt Hardy (w/ Reby Sky)

Sabu vs. Devon Storm

Jerry Lynn vs. Homicide

The FBI vs. BLK Out

Bestia 666 vs. Pesadilla

Perry Saturn vs. Luke Hawx

Stevie Richards vs. Papadon

Also on the show:

Raven

The Sandman

New Jack

Rhino

The Blue Meanie

Balls Mahoney

Facade

Christian York

Jay Bradley

Marcos Cordova

Joel Gertner

Robbie Mireno

and more!

[nWoHulkster]

Промота (Shane Douglas, Raven, Stevie Richards, Matt Hardy, New Jack, Rhino, Luke Hawx, Papadon, Facade):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAS-fORnYJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMBxhBjMx-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naC3OZvfIqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74NXKaiPblU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bag5jkKz8yU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fuXnfu-unc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spiWQ_NFJdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-vBEH4tpSA

[parcaleste]

Другото не съм гледал (още), но промото на Stevie го слушах преди малко - адски добро и яко солено. Кара те да е замслиш доколко е shoot и доколко worked shoot.

[nWoHulkster]

Подробни резултати:

Extreme Rising

"Remember November" (iPPV)

November 17th, 2012

Monaca, PA

Attendance: 1,000-1,200

Robby Mireno welcomed everyone to the show. The crowd was razzing him for not being Joey Styles, so Mireno crapped on them back. Joel Gertner came out and said that there are a lot of other things the fans could have spent their money on any other type of entertainment but they were here and he thanked them on behalf of everyone in the back. Gertner said he was trying to get write-in votes for President in recent months and said that had he been elected, he would have changed the national anthem, singing an X-rated version of "My Country Tis of Thee."

Ronnie Lang's Atlas Security is in the house.

Jay Bradley vs. Christian York

Bradley missed a shot in the corner, allowing York to hit a series of offensive maneuvers, including a hiptoss ans a dropkick. Bradley drilled him with a shoulderblock in the corner. York flipped over and nailed a series of chops. Bradley cut him off with a running boot for a two count.

Bradley slammed York and drilled him with a big kneedrop. York fired back with several kicks and rights hands. He whipped Bradley into the corner but was caught with a big knee. Bradley drilled him down with a knee to the back for a near fall. Bradley nailed a series of right hands and choked York in the corner. He nailed another slam for a two count.

Bradley continued working over York in the corner and nailed a series of shots across the back. He used his boot to smother York, then nailed a belly to back suplex for another two count. He then grabbed York in a side chinlock, wearing him down on the mat.

York ducked a clothesline and nailed a springboard back elbow. Bradley and York battled back and forth. Bradley went for a sleeper but York dropped down in a jawbreaker. York went for a sunset flip but Bradley escaped and went for a knee. He missed. York nailed a bulldog and a basement dropkick for another near fall.

York nailed a rolling kick. Bradley used a throw to toss York off but was nailed into the turnbuckle. York nailed a cannonball in the corner and went to the top. He came off with a double stomp to the back of the head for another near fall. Good match thus far.

York chopped him hard in the corner and whipped him into the opposite side. Bradley tossed him off when York went for a tornado DDT and drilled him with a lariat for the pin.

Your winner, Jay Bradley!

Good opener. Both looked good.

York got a nice round of applause as he headed to the back.

Extreme Rising Championship Round One: Papadon vs. Stevie Richards

Papadon demanded the audience get down on their knee showing him respect. Big pop for Richards.

Papadon retreated to the outside early as Richards got the early offense. They battled to the outside, where Richards was worked over. Back in the ring, Papadon mounted Richards and used a series of elbow and closed fists. Papadon whipped him hard into the corner. The crowd chanted for Richards.

Richards tried to mount a comeback but was cut off. Richards was trapped in a rear chinlock. He fired back with a series of elbows but Papadon grabbed the tights to pull him into a belly to back suplex. Papadon placed him on the top rope and attempted a superplex. Richards was nailed and then hit with a running Facewash in the corner. Papadon covered him for a two count.

Papadon locked him back in a side chinlock. Papadon drilled him with another back suplex and ascended to the top for a flying headbutt. Papadon missed, allowing Richards to nail a series of clotheslines and a side slam. Richards nailed a running knee in the corner and snapmared Papadon into the center of the ring.

Richards went for a Steviebomb but Papadon reversed it and nailed an Alabama Slam. He began "tuning up the band", mocking the Steviekick. He went for the kick but Richards blocked it and went for one of his own. Papadon slipped out and went for a Dragon suplex. Richards blocked it and nailed a Flatliner, then locked on a triangle choke. Papadon tapped.

Your winner, Stevie Richards!

Another good match. I wish they could have had another ten minutes as they were really just starting to click but this was enjoyable.

The crowd chanted "You tapped out" at Papadon as he and Richards faced off. Papadon offered his hand. Stevie took it and Papadon tried to clothesline him. Richards ducked and nailed the Steviekick.

Extreme Rising Championship Tournament: Luke Hawx vs. Perry Saturn

Saturn went through the crowd so Hawx took the mic and asked whether he came to wrestle or not. He ripped on the fans and Saturn. Hawx said that at one time, Saturn was half of one of the best tag teams in the world, but it's a shame the one with all the talent died. Ouch.

Saturn attacked him and began drilling Hawx with knee and slams. Saturn was whipped into the ropes but ducked a clothesline and nailed Hawx with a neckbreaker. He stomped Hawx and dropped a knee really low.

Hawx cut off Saturn and nailed a series of knees across his back. He cinched in a rear chinlock. Saturn fought him off but was caught with a dropkick. Hawx continued battling back and forth with Saturn.

Saturn tried to pick up and slam Hawx, who used an armbar submission to take Saturn down to the mat. Hawx worked over his arm and slammed Saturn. Hawx went for a springboard moonsault off the ropes but it didn't connect perfectly, which the crowd picked up on. Saturn made a comeback with a sitdown powerbomb for a two count.

Hawx cut off Saturn with a necktie neckbreaker for a two count but was caught out of nowhere with a Death Valley Driver. Saturn covered him but Hawx turned it into a submission attempt and forced Saturn to tap. The submission didn't get over with the crowd.

Your winner, Luke Hawx!

Hawx mocked the crowd, asking where their "You tapped out" chant was.

Match was OK. They worked as hard as they could but Saturn is pretty limited in what he can do these days.

Team Blue Balls, Balls Mahoney and The Blue Meanie vs. Da Lost Boys

Balls Mahoney and The Blue Meaniecame out. Out came a team called Da Lost Boys who said they are tired of hearing all about how hardcore they are and dared them to fight. They poured broken glass out of a trash can and dipped their fists in it.

Balls said he doesn't know who they are but 15 years ago, he was in a main event here in this building. He said he came out to have fun but now they are ruining that. He asked if they want a Taipei death match that is fine and asked someone to bring him tape to tape his fists. The fans chanted "Where's the tape?"

Balls ended up drilling both with punches as the fans chanted Balls name. Balls kicked a heavier Lost Boy in the groin. He raked glass across his forehead. Meanie brawled around ringside with the other one. Balls began jabbing the Lost Boy in the head with a spike (I think) and slammed the other one across the broken glass.

Meanie hit a sitdown powerslam on Lost Boy #2. That got an ECW chant. Mahoney headbutt #1 in the head but the broken glass hurt Balls as well. Balls nailed him after grabbing a handful of broken glass. Balls grabbed a steel chair and nailed one of them with a chair, then killed the other one (who didn't put his hands up, Geez).

The Boys were put on top of each other. Meanie came off the top with a big splash and pinned them both.

Your winners, Team Blue Balls.

They lost the momentum of the show when the Lost Boys came out. They had no real look and the second they came out the entire crowd had a collective "WTF?" This was your pretty basic weapons brawl but didn't have any of the frenzied energy of say a New Jack brawl. The crowd loved seeing Balls and Meanie but this wasn't much overall. This came off as something that wasn't needed at all. I'm all for a good bloody death match but this served no purpose in my mind.

Facade vs. Bestia 666

They billed Facade as the Neon Ninja. This is his Rising debut.

They went back and forth with some wrestling and reversals. They had a nice series of near falls early. Bestia took him down with a hammerlock. Facade used a springboard backflip to break it, then nailed a headstand into a head scissor takedown. He teased a dive but landed on the apron. He charged Bestia but had his legs taken out from under him. Bestia nailed a rana off the apron to the floor. Nice spot.

Bestia pulled a table out from under the ring. Facade cut him off. They battled back into the ring. Bestia nailed a cradledriver for a two count. He went to the outside to retrieve a chair but was nailed with a spinkick before he could use it. Facade nailed an inverted atomic drop and followed up with a second.

Facade nailed spinkick to take Bestia out. He went for a kick but was blocked, so he turned it into a spinning roundhouse kick. Facade nailed a springboard into a forward flip to the outside. The crowd chanted ECW for two guys who never worked for the company.

Facade rolled Bestia back in for a two count. He went to use the chair and paid homage to Sabu, pointing to the lights. The crowd rejected that. Bestia cut him as Facade went to the top, throwing the chair into his face. Facade fell to the floor.

Bestia nailed a Skytwister Press over the top to the floor on Facade. The crowd chanted "This is awesome." Bestia slid a table into the ring as Facade tried to recover. Bestia kicked him and went for a suplex but Facade nailed him with a knee while upside down. Facade came off the ropes with a springboard kick to the chest. He followed that up with a running knee to the face for another two count.

Facade set up the table, looking to put Bestia through it. He placed Bestia on the center turnbuckle and nailed several chops. He placed the table in front of the corner, which even the announcers noted would be telegraphing his plans. Bestia and Facade countered several moves. Facade slammed Bestia's head into the table.

Facade went back to the top and pulled Bestia up. They battled back and forth. Bestia caught him with a Spanish Fly through the table and scored the pin.

Your winner, Bestia 666!

Good match with some nice spots. This was a match that really run over the live crowd, who have not been kind to the non-ECW talents. I really liked the dives and the finish. Good stuff.

The FBI, Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke vs. BLK OUT

Jeez and Ruckus attacked the FBI as they were playing to the crowd. They worked over Mamaluke early. Guido pulled Jeez out of the ring and Mamaluke fought off Ruckus. Guido tried to nail them with a dive but missed. They went to work over Guido but Mamaluke hit an awesome forward flip off the top to the floor.

Back in the ring, The FBI double teamed Jeez as Robby Mireno got a few funny lines in asking whether Billy Robinson and The Malenkos would ever do double elbows. Jeez fought back but was cut off with a snapmare. Mamaluke tagged in and kicked Jeez. They continued to control Jeez, tagging in and out.

Ruckus made the hot tag and hit some flashy offense on Mamaluke for several two counts. Jeez and Ruckus now tagged in and out. Jeez tagged Mamaluke with a series of right hands. The crowd chanted for Jeez to pull his pants up, so he ripped them off, revealing his short tights underneath. That was funny.

Mamaluke fired back but was cut off by Jeez. Jeez locked him in a bow and arrow. Ruckus hit the ring and kicked Mamaluke while he was trapped. Guido grabbed Ruckus and took him down with an armbar and a double stomp. Mamaluke almost made a tag but Jeez shot him down.

Jeez whipped Mamaluke into the ropes and drilled him with a knee to the mid-section. Jeez ascended to the top but was distracted ripping on the crowd. He finally leapt off the top but Mamaluke dropkicked him in the chest on the way down. Mamaluke made the hot tag to Guido, who cleaned house on Ruckus and Jeez.

Jeez nailed a leaping Flatliner but Mamaluke grabbed him and drilled him with a move that dumped him on his head. Ruckus nailed the Afterburner on Mamaluke. Mamaluke sent Jeez into the buckles. He went for a tornado DDT on Ruckus but turned it into a front chancery hanging choke.

Jeez grabbed a chair but Guido grabbed it. The referee was distracted by Guido having the chair and took it away. That allowed BLK OUT to double team Mamaluke for the win.

Your winners, BLK OUT!

Jeez took the mic and said it's all about the BLK OUT. This brought out New Jack and Thomas Rodman, with weapons. Jack tossed a trash can into the ring with weapons. Jack tossed Jeez into the crowd and worked him over.

Meanwhile, the FBI worked over Ruckus and threw him into the guard rail. They joined Jack in the crowd and held Jeez for him to work over, then worked him over himself. They placed Jeez on a table.

Jack climbed to the top of some bleachers that were closed and dove off but came up short and the table didn't break. Undaunted, New Jack ran back and killed Jeez with an evil looking diving elbow through the table. That never ceases to be an insane sight.

Jack took the mic and asked how many years it has been since he heard his motherf***ers from Pittsburgh. He said when he hit Jeez the first time, he went back up because he knows the fans paid to see it. He said that in 3 weeks, he'll be 50 and will be the meanest f***ing 50 year old you will ever see in your life. The crowd chanted "Thank you New Jack."

Jack said that they wanted to get what's left of the Extreme back on the road. He said that he'll never short change the fans and he'll carry the company on his back like Shane Douglas did the original ECW because he's New Jack. I think that's what he said. The mic wasn't easy to make out. After all that, Jack brought a young white kid in the ring and had him make the "X" sign with his hands. The man is still charismatic.

Jeez was stretchered out.

The tag match itself was fine but never really got out of first gear. The crowd loved the New Jack stuff.

Raven came out and said that people probably wonder why he's here when he trashed the show the first time. He said that Extreme should have died when it did and it doesn't need to come back. He said no one needs to be here. He said that it was a revolution at the time and it can't be done again. He said that it was his genius that allowed Paul Heyman to do what he did.

Raven said that because he isn't lending his genius to it. He realizes that if you can't beat em, join 'em and he'll destroy it from the inside. He said that he'll do whatever he can and use whatever weapons he has to do it. He said that he was supposed to fight Gary Wolfe but Wolfe was "too much of a p***y" to show up, so now that he's explained himself, he's leaving.

Raven got all the way to the locker room when Stevie Richards came out and backed him back to the ring. Raven asked him what he has to say. Richards said he wanted to say what everyone is thinking, "shut the f*** up." He said that he's disgusted by Raven and said that Raven can still call him kid but he's a man and he's going to be the first Extreme Rising champion.

Raven said if that's the case, he's going to take the belt and spank Stevie the way he always has. Richards said that's the problem, he just wanted to take down something good and positive. He said that he's going to carry the company and do more than Raven ever did in his career. Richards said that they haven't wrestled since 1997. Raven said that he won. Richards said that he did, but isn't it time for a rematch.

Richards challenged Raven to face him in a Loser Leaves Town match, saying if he can't beat Raven, he doesn't want to be here. Raven accepted and began to walk out. Richards said he wanted the match right now. Raven said that if he does...and nailed Richards with the mic.

Raven vs. Stevie Richards

Raven said they aren't going to have a match but a fight. He choked Richards and beat him with a series of right hands in the corner. Richards came back with a series of right hands when a bunch of wrestlers hit the ring. They said it was the new Flock.

Richards began nailing Steviekicks and a Steviebomb. Raven disappeared from the scene. Richards asked where he was and said that when he's done, the fans will never, ever have to see Raven again.

Raven came out and said that people probably wonder why he's here when he trashed the show the first time. He said that Extreme should have died when it did and it doesn't need to come back. He said no one needs to be here. He said that it was a revolution at the time and it can't be done again. He said that it was his genius that allowed Paul Heyman to do what he did.

Raven said that because he isn't lending his genius to it. He realizes that if you can't beat em, join 'em and he'll destroy it from the inside. He said that he'll do whatever he can and use whatever weapons he has to do it. He said that he was supposed to fight Gary Wolfe but Wolfe was "too much of a p***y" to show up, so now that he's explained himself, he's leaving.

Raven got all the way to the locker room when Stevie Richards came out and backed him back to the ring. Raven asked him what he has to say. Richards said he wanted to say what everyone is thinking, "shut the f*** up." He said that he's disgusted by Raven and said that Raven can still call him kid but he's a man and he's going to be the first Extreme Rising champion.

Raven said if that's the case, he's going to take the belt and spank Stevie the way he always has. Richards said that's the problem, he just wanted to take down something good and positive. He said that he's going to carry the company and do more than Raven ever did in his career. Richards said that they haven't wrestled since 1997. Raven said that he won. Richards said that he did, but isn't it time for a rematch.

Richards challenged Raven to face him in a Loser Leaves Town match, saying if he can't beat Raven, he doesn't want to be here. Raven accepted and began to walk out. Richards said he wanted the match right now. Raven said that if he does...and nailed Richards with the mic.

Raven vs. Stevie Richards

Raven said they aren't going to have a match but a fight. He choked Richards and beat him with a series of right hands in the corner. Richards came back with a series of right hands when a bunch of wrestlers hit the ring. They said it was the new Flock.

Richards began nailing Steviekicks and a Steviebomb. Raven disappeared from the scene. Richards asked where he was and said that when he's done, the fans will never, ever have to see Raven again.

Extreme Rising Championship Tournament: Devon Storm vs. Sabu

Big Sabu chant.

Storm controlled early with a series of right hands and legdrops. He raked Sabu's face but Sabu kicked him and nailed a spinkick off the ropes for a two count. Sabu locked in a Camel Clutch.

Sabu nailed several big rights and whipped Storm into the corner. Storm reversed and sent Sabu in the corner. Sabu went up and over but was cut off by Storm on the apron. Storm used his boot to force Sabu's face into the ringpost and shoved him off the apron to the floor.

Storm followed him to the floor and whipped him into the guard rail. He nailed Air Sabu off a chair onto Storm against the rail. Sabu nailed a slingshot forward dive onto Storm outside. Sabu tossed him back into the ring and nailed a slingshot somersault legdrop onto Storm for a two count.

Sabu grabbed the timekeeper's table but Storm cut him off and placed Sabu on the table. Storm went to the ropes but was pulled down off the ropes. Sabu tossed him back into the ring, then hit a springboard into a tornado DDT for a two count.

Sabu began working over Storm's knee and leg, stomping and kicking away at it. Storm slipped through Sabu's legs, used a double leg takedown and nailed a series of legdrops. Storm continued working over Sabu, choking him against the ropes and nailing a Russian Legsweep. Storm came off the ropes with a big backwards splash for a two count.

Sabu fired back with a series of rights but was cut off with a sit down spinebuster and turned into a modified surfboard. Storm locked in a Dragon Sleeper but Sabu made it to the ropes. Storm went to the floor and retrieved a steel chair, then a piece of the guard rail. Storm bridged the rail across several chairs on the floor.

Storm returned to the ring, but was nailed and left out to dry on the ropes. Sabu nailed a legdrop off the ropes onto Storm for a two count. Sabu threw a chair into the face of Storm and set up for Air Sabu. He went for a splash off the chair into the corner but missed. Storm drilled him backwards into the corner with a chair, then nailed an overhead Northern Lights suplex onto the chair for a two count.

Crowbar brought Sabu back to the floor where he dropped him across a guard rail. He placed Sabu on the rail that was bridged across the chairs. He nailed a slingshot splash out of the ring onto Sabu. He rolled Sabu back into the ring for a series of two counts, then followed up with several right hands.

Storm nailed a series of right hands. Sabu cut him off on the top and nailed a standing hurancanrana into the ring. Sabu worked over Storm in the corner to set up Air Sabu. He nailed it with a big spinkick to the head.

Sabu nailed the Arabian Facebuster for a two count. He brought another table into the ring, then worked over Storm with kicks. He set up the table but was caught by a forward roll from Storm for a two count.

Sabu kicked Storm low and placed him face-first onto the table. Sabu nailed an Arabian Facebuster through the table on Storm. The crowd loved that and chanted "Holy sh**." Sabu covered Storm, who kicked out at the last second.

Sabu set up for the Triple Jump Moonsault but Storm tripped him up and nailed an inverted DDT onto a chair, then a second. Storm covered Sabu and pinned him. The crowd hated that.

Your winner, Devon Storm!

Good match and what you'd expect from these two - lots of crazy stunts.

Sabu received a standing ovation after the match. The crowd chanted, "Thank you Sabu."

Extreme Rising Championship Tournament: Homicide vs. Rhino

Homicide said that Jerry Lynn can claim he was hurt, but the truth is he's scared. He said that he's going to take his bye to the next round. He said he challenged anyone to fight him and said there is no one who will face him. Out came Rhino.

They began brawling around the ring. Rhino caught him with a clothesline but Homicide took him to the outside with a head scissors takedown. He nailed an awesome looking tope con hilo to the floor. Homicide grabbed at Rhino's face and rolled him back into the ring. Rhino cut him off and pressed and slammed Homicide.

Rhino teased going for the gore but Homicide ran to the floor. Rhino followed and worked over Homicide and tied him up against the rail. Homicide caught him with a shot and tossed him back in. Homicide was knocked to the floor. Rhino then hit a dive to the floor.

They battled around the floor, where Homicide nailed him with a chair to the gut. Back inside, Rhino blocked a whip into a chair in the corner but was finally whipped hard into it. Homicide nailed a neckbreaker for a two count.

Homicide locked in a rear chinlock. Rhino escaped and they went back and forth with punches in the ring. Rhino caught Homicide with a belly to belly suplex. He went for the Gore but was kicked in the face and nailed with an Ace Crusher for a two count.

Homicide tried to set up for the Cop Killer but Rhino slipped out and nailed the Gore for the pin.

Your winner, Rhino!

So, the semi-finalists in the tournament on 12/29 are Luke Hawx, Rhino, Stevie Richards and Devon Storm.

Shane Douglas vs. Matt Hardy (w/ Reby Sky)

Douglas did a long promo putting over Beaver County, PA and trashing WWE and Dixie Carter in the process. Reby Sky looked freakin' awesome.

They locked up and Douglas was backed into the corner. Clean break. The crowd chanted for Douglas. They locked up again and ended up in the corner again. Hardy broke clean again.

They started out going back and forth working over each other's arms. Hardy nailed a shoulderblock that sent Douglas down hard to the mat. They locked up again and Douglas grabbed a side headlock. This time Douglas nailed a shoulderblock.

They locked up again with Hardy grabbing a side headlock. Hardy nailed a series of shoulderblocks but was nailed with a right hand. Pretty slow so far.

Douglas tossed Hardy to the outside and they brawled on the floor. Hardy reversed an Irish whip and sent Douglas into the ringpost. Hardy whipped Douglas into the guard rail. Hardy tried to nail Douglas into the ring apron but Douglas blocked it and beat Hardy into the apron again and again.

Hardy reversed a whip on the floor and Douglas again ate the steel. They brawled into the crowd. They battled towards a section of the bleachers. Hardy was whipped into it. They brawled past a concession stand where Douglas dunked Hardy's head into a trash can full of ice water used for selling cold drinks.

Douglas put a trash can over Hardy and beat it with a mop. Reby tried to help Hardy but Douglas attacked him and they brawled towards the announcers. Hardy nailed Douglas with a chair and slammed it into his chest. They brawled back towards the ring with Douglas dumped over the rail.

Douglas was slammed face first into the guard rail. They brawled back to the ring. Douglas was nailed with a spear and just sort of staggered or something. Hardy went for the Twist of Fate but Douglas shoved him off and went for the Belly to Belly. Hardy slipped out and nailed a clothesline for a two count.

Reby Sky dragged a ladder out to the ring and Hardy used it to nail Douglas several times with it. Shane was whipped into it and sort of jumped backfirst on it. Hardy set up the ladder in the center of the ring and ascended it. It was a big ladder. Douglas tipped it over and Hardy took a bump across the ropes throat and chest first. Douglas was bleeding.

Hardy nailed a series of shoulderblocks and a legdrop for two counts. He used a chair but Hardy was nailed and placed in it. Douglas nailed a series of right hands. Hardy used a pair of drop toeholds into the chair on Shane and choked him with it in the corner. Douglas looked like he was really struggling.

Hardy brought a table into the ring with the help of Sky. Hardy went to the top but Luke Hawx hit the scene and shoved Hardy off to the floor. Hawx attacked Shane. Saturn hit the ring for the save. Papadon hit the ring and attacked Saturn. Balls Mahoney hit the ring with a series of rights. Homicide hit the ring and attacked Balls. They tossed Shane from the ring.

Enter Sandman began playing. Guess who?

Sandman walked out of the locker room and circled the ring. They jumped him as he entered but Sandman made a comeback and started caning everyone in sight. He left with Balls and Saturn.

Homicide, who hid away from the cane shots, attacked Shane and kept working over him with a series of rights. He used a stick to rip at Shane's forehead. Sandman's music hit again and he returned. Homicide backed off then faced off with Sandman in the ring. They went nose to nose. Saturn returned and nailed Homicide. Sandman caned him.

Douglas grabbed Homicide on the floor and powerbombed him through a table on the floor.

Hardy appeared to get hurt and was down on the floor for a long time during all this. Douglas took the mic and put over Hardy for being a warrior and a tough man, saying he has the talent to carry Extreme Rising.

The show went off the air with Hardy on the floor with a slew of people around him. Hopefully he's OK. He was sitting up but then laid back down. We'll update when we know more.

It appears Matt Hardy nailed his head when he was shoved off the top to the floor by Luke Hawx during the main event of the Extreme Rising iPPV. According to several readers who were ringside, Hardy got sick after hitting the floor and appeared to be going into convulsions. It could be a concussion but obviously that's not confirmed.

He did sit up before the PPV went off the air but medical staff asked him to lay back down. Am ambulance was called to the building and Hardy will be taken to a local hospital to get checked out. As of this writing, he is still on the floor at ringside. The promotion asked the crowd to clear out as soon as the event went off the air.

It's believed Hardy may have also injured his ribs, but I'm not 100% sure on that. The run-ins during the main event between Hardy and Douglas were all scheduled, not a last second reaction to his injury.

We'll post a further update when we hear but hopefully everything turns out OK.

Update: EMTs are on hand but as of 11:26 PM, Hardy still had not been moved.

Update 2: Hardy finally returned to the locker room under his own power after being checked out by EMTs. The belief is he suffered a concussion. Obviously, we wish him well.

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During his main event match against Shane Douglas, Luke Hawx interfered and shoved HArdy off the top rope. Hardy hit his head on the floor at ringside and began convulsing. The crowd was asked to leave the building as EMT’s tended to Hardy at ringside.

Hardy eventually got up and was able to walk to the back by himself.

He tweeted the following on Sunday morning:

[nWoHulkster]

Extreme Rising

December 29th, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

[nWoHulkster]

^ Промота (Hardy, Raven, Rhino, Richards, Devon Storm, Bradley, Papadon, Hawx):

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opm8THCc7FM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBm8PbNfT3k

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLWKAQdF9kU

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRU_85BPgiQ

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Extreme Rising

"Card Subject to Change" (iPPV)

December 29th, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Attendance: 1,000

They had a live band playing before the show.

The official show title is "CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE." The live crowd booed that!

PRE-SHOW

Rough & Wild (Outlaw Matt Lancie & Hotshot Blake Wilder) vs. Rush Hour (Buku Dao & Bolt Bradley)

All four are students of Luke Hawx's Wildkat Wrestling Academy.

Wilder forced Dao into the corner Bradley tagged in and went back and forth with Wilder, then locked on a surfboard. Bradley hit a great rana on Wilder. Rush Hour hit a series of tag team maneuvers.

Lancie tagged in but missed a running charge in the corner. He backdropped Dao over the top to the apron. Dao landed on his feet but was kicked by Wilder. Lancie hit a powerbomb onto the top of the buckles and then a big clothesline in the corner. He whipped Dao out onto a Wilder spinkick.

Wilder hit a hangman's neckbreaker for a two count. Dao was worked over but finally hit a dropkick on Wilder. Lancie tagged in and worked him over. Dao was placed on the top but hit a tornado DDT off the ropes. Both men were out but fought to recover. Bolt made the hot tag and cleaned house with a ton of hot offense. He nailed a double codebreaker to the chest of both men.

Dao and Bradley hit stereo dives to the outside of the ring. That got an "ECW" chant. Lancie returned to the ring and clotheslined Bradley to the outside. Rough & Wild hit a double sidewalk slam on Dao for a two count. Bradley returned and hit a SOS on Wilder for the pin.

Your winners, Rush Hour!

Good solid match. They were all obviously very young in their careers and it showed but their work won over a decent portion of the crowd.

They announced a 4/4 return here at the Armory.

Azrieal & Bandido Jr. vs. The Slophunters (Alex Reynolds & John Silva) vs. Matt Tremont & Brian XL

Azrieal and XLstarted out and went back and forth until XL nailed a leg lariat. Silva and Tremont tagged in. Tremont caught him during an attempted head scissors and slammed him down. Silva came back with a bodypress off the ropes for a two count.

Bandido tagged in and nailed a spike bulldog that drove Silva onto the top of his head. Reynolds tagged in but got sent to the floor, where Bandido hit an insane dive to the outside. Silva then hit a dive on Bandido. Azrieal and XL went for dives but Tremont killed them with lariats.

Tremont nailed a suplex on Bandido for a two count. XL tagged in and worked over Bandido. Reynolds tagged in but Tremont made a blind tag and killed Bandido with another lariat.

Bandido fought his way out of a chinlock and fired back against Tremont. Reynolds blind tagged in and locked him in a swinging pendulum. Azrieal hit the ring and broke it up. Reynolds and Silva worked over Bandido with double team moves. Azrieal hit the ring and nailed a series of strikes and drilled Tremont with a top rope double stomp.

They went into an awesome series of moves. That led to a melee in the ring. Reynolds was left with Azrieal and Bandido, who nailed a double kick in the corner and draped Reynolds off the ropes for a double stomp. Tremont and XL cleared the ring and killed Reynolds with a sitdown powerbomb.

Your winners, Matt Tremont and Brian XL!

Really good tag match where all six got over with the crowd. Reynolds and Silva I've been singing the praises off forever as they are just great workers. Tremont and XL had a unique pairing. Azrieal and Bandido come off really polished.

Balls Mahoney and Blue Meanie came to the ring. Mahoney said that they sat back there and watched every second of that match. He asked the fans what they thought and the crowd popped. Meanie said he really liked it too. Mahoney said it's a waste to have them on the pre-show as they show what's right about Extreme Rising. He said it's not just about the originals, but about new talents who come out and wrestle with their hearts and soul.

Mahoney said it's their lucky day, since no one wants to get in the ring with them so if they have the cajones, they challenge Tremont and XL to face them on the main show tonight.

Tremont took the mic and said they are taking the challenge and would see them later.

They started the official show. Robby Mireno came out and the crowd was all over him, asking him to shut the f*** up. Nice reaction from the hometown. Joel Gertner came out and got a big reaction.

Extreme Rising Title Tournament: Luke Hawx vs. Stevie Richards.

They went back and forth. They took turns hitting suplexes. Hawx locked on body scissors around Richards' torso, working him over. Richards made the ropes and fought back. Hawx cut him off and after overcoming Richards' defense, locked on an abdominal stretch. Richards broke free and they battled back and forth with chops.

Richards clotheslined Hawx over the top to the floor. He followed Haw outside but was grabbed and whipped into the barricade. Hawx drilled him hard over the back. Richards fired back with hard chops of his own on the floor but was drilled across the back with something.

Luke rolled Richards back into the ring and returned himself with a slingshot into a DDT for a two count. Hawx grabbed him in a Fireman's Carry and slammed him down. He went for an Asai Moonsault into the ring but missed.

Richards came alive with a series of clotheslines and drilled Hawx with a series of knees to the gut. Richards hit a Side Russian Legsweep. Hawx tried to fight him off but was caught with a sit-down powerbomb for a two count.

Richards went to the corner for the Steviekick but Hawx ducked and nailed a spinning sit-down powerbomb for a two count. Richards nailed the Steviekick for another two count.

Richards locked in a submission hold and Hawx finally tapped.

Your winner, advancing, Stevie Richards!

Good solid match. Hawx grows on me every time I see him. These guys had really good chemistry together and the near falls were really good. It's nuts how great Richards is in the ring.

Reby Sky came to the ring and distracted Hawx. Matt Hardy hit the ring from the crowd and tried to attack Hawx, stemming from Hawx shoving him off the ropes to the floor in Pittsburgh. Security and the officials pulled them apart.

The crowd chanted, "You tapped out."

Extreme Rising Title Tournament: Rhino vs. Crowbar.

The crowd chanted "F*** him up Rhino, F*** him up!" at the bell. They locked up and Crowbar grabbed a side headlock. Rhino sent him into the ropes and shoulderblocked him down. Rhino worked over Crowbar in the corner, then hiptossed him.

Rhino went for the Gore but Crowbar rolled to the outside. He went into the aisle. Rhino followed and they brawled back towards the ringside area. They battled onto the apron, where Rhino was snapped throat-first across the ropes. Crowbar hit a splash into the ring for a two count.

Crowbar nailed a low legdrop in between Rhino's legs and locked on a camel clutch. Rhino tried to power out but Crowbar came down with his weight atop of Rhino's back. Crowbar choked him in the corner but Rhino powered back with a series of right hands. He whipped Crowbar into the corner and went for a running charge but missed.

Crowbar rolled to the outside and retrieved a pair of chairs from the crowd. He drilled Rhino in the chest with them and slammed it over his back. He went for a Northern Lights suplex on the chair but Rhino broke free.

They battled to the outside, where Crowbar nailed him with a chair on the floor. Crowbar sent him into the railing and went to the apron. He dove off and drilled Rhino again.

Crowbar went to the outside and bridged it from the ring to the railing. He sent Rhino into it, then brought the railing into the ring, setting it up on chairs. He went to suplex Rhino from the apron into the ring but Rhino broke free and tried to piledrive Crowbar outside on the apron. They battled back and forth until Rhino hit a Uranage off the apron through a table. ECW chant.

They battled back into the ring, fighting back and forth with strikes. Rhino nailed a belly to belly suplex and called for the Gore. He went for it but Crowbar sent him into the buckles. Crowbar went to the top rope and hit a big splash for a two count.

Crowbar sent Rhino into the corner and went to the ropes but was caught and hit a powerbomb onto the railing. Rhino nailed the Gore, killing him, and scored the pin.

Your winner, advancing, Rhino!

Good match, especially if you are a fan of plunder spots. They seemed to lose the crowd for a minute setting up the bridged spots but there was a lot of stiff shots and good brawling. Fun stuff.

Crowbar received a big ovation and a "thank you" chant on the way out.

Jay Bradley vs. Facade.

Bradley muscled Facade down to the mat early. They went back and forth on the mat with some nice reversals. Facade went to the floor frustrated. When he returned, Facade hit a springboard kick. He went for a handstand into a move on the top but Bradley just trashed him with a big boot to the face, sending Facade crashing to the floor.

Bradley argued with the crowd and slammed Facade into the guard rail. Bradley sent Facade crashing into the crowd and worked him over in the audience. He brought Facade back to the ring and trashed him in the corner, then tossed him back to the floor. Facade cut his hand somewhere along the way and used duct tape to tape it up.

Facade finally rolls back in, where Bradley kicked him into the corner. He went to the ropes and came off with a knee, smashing Facade down to the mat for a two count. Facade made a comeback with some kicks and nailed a walking the ropes springboard dropkick, sending Bradley to the floor.

Bradley recovered on the floor but was hit with a springboard into a twisting dive. Facade rolled him back into the ring. Out of nowhere, Facade rammed him hard into the buckles and rolled him up into a three count.

Your winner, Facade!

Decent match. Bradley really worked well as a heel and had some good spots. Facade had a good series of highspots. I was surprised by the finish as Bradley had a lot of the offense for a good portion of the bout.

Blue Meanie & Balls Mahoney vs. Matt Tremont & Brian XL

They did some silly comedy stuff early. Meanie actually did a play off of the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Tremont and XL double teamed Meanie. XL hit a springboard splash. Tremont tagged back in and choked Meanie.

Balls tagged in and cleaned house with Meanie. He nailed the Nutcracker Suite on XL. Meanie went to the top for the Meaniesault but the Slop Hunters hit the ring and nailed a double Side Russian Legsweep off the ropes on him.

Tremont covered Meanie for the win.

Your winners, Matt Tremont & Brian XL!

All four worked over Meanie and Balls. Gary Wolfe's music hit the ring and he cleaned house on all four to save Blue Balls.

Papadon vs. Little Guido

Before the bout, Papadon to be announced as the wrestler who retired Tony Mamaluke and would retire Guido.

Papadon went for a kick but Guido caught his leg and sent him down to the mat. They went into a test of strength. They went into a series of near falls and faced off, which the crowd gave a nice round of applause for.

Papadon drilled Guido hard against the ropes and chopped him. Guido was sent into the ropes, rebounded and took Papadon down to the mat. They grappled back and forth until Guido backdropped him into the corner.

Guido charged him but Papadon kicked him as he was coming in and covered him for a two count. They battled back and forth with a nice pace until Papadon went to the floor. Papadon tried to call time out but Guido kicked him through the ropes into the apron.

The fans began chanting, "Where's my gyro?" at Papadon, who is Greek. Papadon took over on Guido, scoring several near falls. He set up Guido in the corner for a suplex. Guido sent him off the ropes to the floor but Papadon rolled forward and sprung up with an uppercut.

Papadon locked a side chinlock on Guido in the center, trying to wear him down. He nailed a big back suplex for a two count. Papadon went to the top for a headbutt but missed. Guido evaded a splash in the corner and kicked Papadon low as he went for a leapfrog.

Guido came off the ropes with a dropkick for a two count. Papadon went to the ropes but Guido swept his feet out from under him. They went to the floor, where Guido slammed him into the rail and rolled Papadon back into the ring.

Papadon fired back with an uppercut off the ropes and drilled Guido with a kick to the chest. Guido came back and went for a Tomakaze but Papadon sent him into the ropes and hit a tiltowhirl backbreaker. Papadon nailed a slingshot suplex then hit a shining wizard for the pin.

Your winner, Papadon!

Really good back and forth match with some nice exchanges and back and forth wrestling. I really enjoyed the matwork here. Papadon is one of my favorite guys to watch right now, as he's sort of a throwback to the type of workers you'd see in Jim Crockett Promotions who get better as the match goes on. Guido still works as well as he did 15 years ago.

Jerry Lynn vs. Homicide

This match is Lynn's Philadelphia farewell match. Fans threw streamers and shot party blasters. Big "Jerry" chant. Homicide tried to attack Lynn but he evaded it. Lynn sent Homicide to the floor and hit a dive to the floor.

They battled on the floor, where Lynn backdropped Homicide into the first row. Lynn hit a running dive over the railing onto Homicide. That got an "ECW" chant.

Lynn tossed Homicide back in the ring, where he tried to call for a time out, then stuck a thumb in his eye. Homicide worked over Lynn with a pair of elbows to the back of the neck. He worked over Lynn in the corner as the fans were all over him.

Lynn fought back but missed a charge into the corner. Lynn battled back but was smothered in the corner by Homicide's boot. Homicide tossed him to the floor.

When he brought Lynn back into the ring, Homicide worked him over with a series of knees and cinched in a rear chinlock. Lynn fired out with a series of elbows. Homicide went for a back suplex but Lynn turned it around into a body press for a two count.

Homicide teased using a chair but tossed it to the outside. He ripped at Lynn's face in the corner. Lynn was whipped into the ropes and drilled with an elbow as he rebounded. Homicide went back to the mat, using an armbar.

Homicide continued working on Lynn, who refused to stay down. He slapped Lynn and shoved him in the face. Lynn refused to back down and made a comeback with a series of right hands and a clothesline. He nailed a somersault into the corner and poke Homicide in the eye.

Homicide cut him off in the corner and worked him over with a series of right hands. Lynn slipped out from under him and nailed a series of him own. The fans counted in Spanish to mock Homicide. Lynn nailed a suplex for a two count.

Lynn went for the cradle piledriver but Homicide slipped out. Homicide nailed a cutter for a two count. Homicide worked him over in the corner and nailed a Facewash in the corner. He pulled Lynn into the center of the ring for a pinfall, but instead argued with the fans.

He went to the top but Lynn caught him with a top rope rana. He nailed a TKO for a two count. He went for the cradle piledriver but Homicide backdropped him and went for a pin. Homicide and Lynn both went for clotheslines but Lynn nailed him and hit the Cradle Piledriver for another two count. The audience thought that was the finish.

They battled to the corner, where Homicide hit a Ace Crusher off the ropes. Homicide hit the CopKiller but Lynn kicked out at two. Homicide pulled the exhausted Lynn up but was caught with an inside cradle for a two count.

Homicide took the mic and mocked him for being the "New Fn' Show" and asked, "Seriously?" He dared the crowd to chant for him. He went for the Cop Killer but Lynn turned it into a tombstone piledriver and scored the pin.

Your winner, Jerry Lynn!

Good solid match that told a nice story in the ring. The crowd was really into Lynn's farewell.

The fans chanted "Thank you Jerry." Someone yelled for one more year and Lynn joked, "Do you want me to die?" He said mentally he could do it but physically, he couldn't. He joked "One more beer?" The crowd chanted, "You still got it." He bowed to all four sides. He said that physically after 24 years, he's tired but thankful because without the fans, he wouldn't have had a job he's loved for 24 years.

Ring announcer Stephen DeAngelis took the mic on behalf of the company and said that the fans have the ability to see him perform in the ring but everyone in the locker room has the chance to see him in the back. He praised him for being a gentleman and for being selfless in selfish times. He praised his work and his history in Philly. Homicide recovered and told DeAngelis to leave the ring, then shook Lynn's hand and raised his arm. He led the crowd in a "Please don't go" chant.

Best of Three Falls: El Hijo del Rey Misterio vs. Bestia 666

This is Hijo's Philadelphia debut. There are a lot of families with kids wearing Lucha masks, so it appears the local promotion may have led to people thinking it was the WWE Rey Mysterio.

FALL ONE

They shook hands at the bell. They battled back and forth, exchanging holds. They did some nice back and forth Lucha reversals and pinfall attempts early, then faced off.

They exchanged chops. Bestia went for a move off the shoulders but Rey spun around and hit an awesome head scissors, sending him to the floor. Rey then hit a dive over the top to the floor.

Rey came off the top but Bestia caught him with a dropkick and scored a two count. Rey missed a charge in the corner and was placed on the top. He nailed a muscle buster and scored the pin.

Your winner of the first Fall, Bestia 666!

FALL TWO

As they started up, Bestia placed Rey on the top and ripped at his mask. He snapped him down and covered him for a two count Rey went up and over after being sent into the corner and drilled him with a clothesline.

They went back and forth until Rey nailed a twisting Lucha spot into a DDT for a three count.

Your winner of the second Fall, El Hijo del Rey Misterio!

FALL THREE

They battled back and forth. Bestia dropkicked Rey off the apron to the floor. Bestia hit an awesome twisting dive to the floor. It looked like Bestia drilled Rey in the head.

Bestia grabbed a chair but didn't use it. Misterio sent him to the floor with a great twisting move. He went for a dive but Bestia threw a chair in his face. Bestia went for a dive but Rey drilled him HARD in the face with the chair. That woke the crowd up and they chanted "ECW."

Rey drilled Bestia with another chair to the head for a two count. Bestia came back with a swinging side slam for a two count. Bestia went for a 450 splash but missed. Rey killed him with a chair and went to the top. He hit a 450 splash off the top and scored the pin.

Your winner, El Hijo del Rey Misterio!

Solid Lucha bout. I wouldn't say it was a classic but for a debut, Rey looked really strong and Bestia worked hard too. The crowd got really into the chair spots and there were some nice dives. Fun stuff.

This match will NOT be on the iPPV.

Steel Cage: BLK OUT vs. Mystery Team

BLK OUT came out to the ring. Ruckus took the mic and told the crowd to shut the f*** up He said that everyone came to see them beat up The Gangstas, but they didn't show up, so the fans are stuck with the "realest motherf**ers in the building." He said that they showed up and they run "this b**ch."

The Gangstas' theme song began playing but no one came out. Someone who was supposed to be Mustafa came out but was stopped. New Jack hit the ring from the crowd and attacked them. They overpowered him and worked him over.

Los Dramaticos' music hit and they hit the ring and began brawling with them. The crowd began booing them as a substitute. Jack was carried to the back, which the crowd didn't love.

Everyone began brawling on the floor. They brawled into the ring. When they locked the cage, everyone began booing that was the match. They began chanting "Bullsh**."

BLK OUT rammed The Dramaticos into the cage.

The Briscoes' theme song began playing and the Briscoes came in from the front door. The Briscoes began working over everyone. The crowd popped.

Mark drilled Jeez with a series of rights and a big boot. Mark, wearing a Santa hat, began throwing Ruckus into the cage. The crowd chanted, "We want blood."

The Briscoes controlled the match but the Dramaticos hit stereo enziguiris on them. The larger Dramatico (Joel Maximo) hit a moonsault off the top of the cage onto everyone.

Mark Briscoe killed Ruckus with a big boot. Jeez went to the top but Mark followed him And they battled on top of the cage. One of the Dramaticos rammed Jay into the cage. He then suplexed Mark into the cage for a two count.

They all brawled out of the cage and into the crowd. They battled all over the building and ringside. As they returned, a table was brought into the ring. Mark whipped out some red neck Kung Fu. The bigger Dramatico hit a back suplex on Jay Briscoe.

Mark went to the top of the cage and dove off through a table on the outside. The battle went on until BLK OUT scored the pin with a double stomp on one of the Dramaticos.

Your winners, BLK OUT!

Awesome brawl through the building. The Briscoes was a nice surprise.

Jeez took the mic and told the crowd to stop their applause. He said that there is no team anywhere, in any company that can step to them. He said if anyone wants to try they will get taken out.

We are now at inrermission.

Raven came out and cut a promo saying he wanted to explain to the degenerate monkeys why he has a problem with this promotion. He mocked the promotion for letting too many people backstage, which was a shoot. He said the sound system was "ass", which the crowd popped for. He told them not to cheer him, so they chanted, "You fat f***." Raven said he was stealth and the fans were "stupid f***s."

Raven said his mission statement is that this is a cheap copy of something from a glory that passed them by. He said the fans were just trying to re-live something they really weren't a part of anyway because they were just fans and had nothing to do with the product. He promised to make life hell for whoever won the Extreme Rising title and said he would take the title and do disgusting things to it, control the company, only allow certain people in, have wrestlers bleed all over them and force the company to wither and die.

He then walked out.

Matt Hardy vs. Sabu.

They said this was a first time ever meeting. That is the case for singles but they worked at least one tag match in the early 1990s for promoter Greg Price if I remember correctly.

They had a feeling out process early. Hardy shoulderblocked Sabu down and began working over his arm. Sabu brought a chair into the ring but Hardy nailed him in the back with it. He wedged it in the corner but Sabu drilled him with a right hand and sent Hardy into it.

Sabu nailed Air Sabu off a chair into the corner for a two count. Sabu went for a splash off the chair oin the corner but Hardy kicked him off. Hardy nailed a elbowdrop for a two count. He went for the Twist of Fate but Sabu slipped out and used a drop toe hold. He cinched in a Camel Clutch.

Sabu and Hardy battled to the floor. Sabu laid him out in the crowd, then hit a springboard dive off a chair into the crowd on Hardy. Sabu went for an Asai Moonsault but Reby Sky distracted her.

Hardy attacked Sabu but Sabu came back with a Arabian Facebuster and a triple jump moonsault. He covered Hardy for a two count. Hardy drilled Sabu with a chair to the chest. He pulled a table into the ring.

Hardy set up the table but Sabu worked him over. He placed Hardy on the table but Reby went after him. The referee stopped her so she grabbed him by the groin. The ref shoved her down so Hardy put him on the table. Sabu and Hardy both went for legdrops off the top through the table and ref Mike Kehner but Sabu slipped and Hardy didn't break the table. Sabu apologized and they did it again destroying Mike Kehner. None of this made any sense, but OK.

Another referee hit the ring as Kehner was carted out. Sabu and Hardy continued to battle. Sabu brought another table in. He and Hardy went back and forth. Sabu placed Hardy on a table. Homicide and Luke Hawx hit the ring and attacked Sabu. Reby jumped on his back. Reby was hit with a Fall Away Slam.

Hardy hit the Side Effect on Hawx. Sabu nailed a legdrop through a table on Luke. Hardy nailed a Twist of Fate on Sabu and pinned him.

Your winner, Matt Hardy!

OK match. It got a little too wacky as it went on for my taste. The run-in does make sense from a storyline basis with Hardy vs. Hawx. The work itself was fun but I wasn't a fan of the booking.

Extreme Rising Championship: Rhino vs. Stevie Richards

The crowd was solidly behind Richards. They began slugging it out in the ring. Rhino tossed him to the floor and then into the crowd. They brawled into the bleachers and all over the venue.

As they returned to the ring, a lot of the wrestlers from the promotion began coming out of the locker room watching. Raven sat in the aisle in a chair.

Rhino worked over Richards with a series of stomps. He was sent into the corner and Richards went for a leaping move but Rhino moved and Richards ate the turnbuckles. Rhino choked Richards with a chair. The crowd chanted back and forth with dueling chants for each man.

Rhino hit a belly to belly suplex and set up for the Gore. He nailed it and covered Richards, who kicked up at two. Rhino nailed another belly to belly suplex. He set up for the Gore again but Stevie nailed the Steviekick. He nailed a second, then a third.

Rhino was trapped in a submission hold and tapped out.

Your winner and first Extreme Rising champion, Stevie Richards!

All of the babyfaces and Shane Douglas hit the ring to celebrate with Richards as he was presented the belt. The crowd chanted for Stevie and gave him a standing ovation as he put the belt around his waist. The babyfaces all pounded the apron.

The crowd called for a speech so Stevie took the mic. He thanked everyone in the crowd. They chanted, "Thank you Stevie." He said that he wanted to say something he's something for the last 22 years - "I'll show you, you'll see." He said that tonight, everyone showed the world he can be a World champion. He thanked everyone and celebrated in the ring.

Nice ending to a marathon show. I thought it was a fun overall night, although some of the booking was a little erratic.

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[nWoHulkster]

Extreme Rising

"One Year Anniversary"

April 4th, 2013

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania National Guard Armory

Extreme Rising World Title Match

Stevie Richards © vs. Raven

Dream Match [For the First Time on American Soil]

Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Sabu

Extreme Lucha Tag Team Match

Damian 666 & Bestia 666 vs. Super Crazy & Pesadilla

Grudge Match

Matt Hardy (w/ Reby Sky) vs. Luke Hawx (w/ special surprise)

5 Way Throw Down

El Hijo de Rey Misterio vs. Facade vs. Papadon vs. Brian XL vs. John Silver

Falls Count Anywhere Match

Balls Mahoney vs. "The Bulldozer" Matt Tremont

Also on the show:

Rhino

Homicide

Devon Storm

Blk Out (Jeez & Ruckus)

Los Dramaticos

and more!

[nWoHulkster]

All Three Extreme Rising WrestleMania Weekend Events Canceled

Extreme Rising officials began contacting talent this evening, informing them the Wrestlemania weekend events in Philadelphia and Staten Island, NY were canceled.

Low ticket sales for the events were being blamed. There had been concern about going forward with the shows last week, but I am told Shane Douglas was adamant to the other partners that the shows take place, feeling his name was attached and he would take the hit if they were canceled.

With ticket sales not improving, the decision was made tonight to kill the shows. I am told this does not mean the end of the promotion, but this will be a hard thing to rebound from, for all the obvious reasons.

[nWoHulkster]

След няколкомесечно прекъсване:

Extreme Rising

"Unfinished Business" (iPPV/TV taping)

December 28th, 2013

The Arena (ECW Arena)

Philadelphia, PA

Extreme Rising World Title Match

Stevie Richards © vs. [to be announced]

Extreme Rematch

Rhino vs. Devon Storm

Legend vs. Next Gen

"The Homicidal, Genocidal, Suicidal" Sabu vs. "The Aerial Ninja" Facade

Grudge Match

Matt Hardy (w/ Reby Sky) vs. "The Southern Stomper" Luke Hawx

Extreme Lucha Libre: La Familia Warfare

Damian 666 & Bestia 666 vs. Super Crazy & Pesadilla

Style Collision: Luchador vs. Extreme Technician

Hijo de Rey Misterio vs. "The Greek God" Papadon

Hardcore Match Open Challenge: Extreme Rising vs. JCW

Balls Mahoney vs. 2 Tuff Tony

Also on the show:

The Blue Meanie

"Pitbull" Gary Wolfe

Joel Gertner

Cripple H

Robbie Mireno

Rich "The Beast" Ortiz

and more!