ECW Weekend Warriors 8/31/96 Malenko vs. Spike Hughes!
Sept 2, 2013 0:45:42 GMT
Post by jackknight on Sept 2, 2013 0:45:42 GMT
8/31/96 - The New Daisy Theater Memphis, TN
Buck Zumhoff and the Honky Tonk Man thank us for joining the original Rock 'N Roll broadcasting team for another exciting edition of ECW Weekend Warriors, tonight coming to you live from the New Daisy Theater in Memphis, Tennessee! They then hype tonight's card which will see both the ECW Women's Champion "Gorgeous" Michele Starr and the ECW Light Heavyweight Champion "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko in non-Title action! Also tonight the ECW/WCW preview matches to take place on this Wednesday's show will be announced!
Joel Gertner handles the intros while Danny Davis officiates all matches.
Match: Michele Starr vs. Lisa Moretti
"Gorgeous" Michele Starr comes to the ring looking as outrageous as ever in his feathered boa while he holds on the Women's Championship to the booing crowd while Joe E. Legend claps for him. Lisa Moretti comes out and is all business. She has Starr backstepping most of the match as she nails him with a suplex, a neckbreaker and the Poison Ivory kneeling facebuster, making several pin attempts. Starr gives as good as he gets, but throws a hissy fit with the ref when Moretti grabs him by the air and throws him across the ring! Lisa keeps on him and begins hammering on "The Gorgeous One" when Joe E. Legend pops up on the apron and begins complaining about Moretti pulling Starr's hair. This distracts the ref and when Lisa goes to plead her case, Starr hits her from behind with a low blow and schoolboys her for the three count! After the match a particularly pissed Michele breaks out his make-up case when...
Miss Texas Jacqueline Moore appears on the ramp and charges down to the ring! She stops Starr from giving Lisa a makeover as she gets in his face! She wants a Title shot! Starr keeps shaking his head as he backs toward the ropes and dropping down rolls out to safety! He holds up his Title as the crowd boos and Weekend Warriors goes to...
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Back from the break we learn what the first preview match will be this Wednesday Night when he hear that it's time to get Nasty!
Jerry Sags and Brians Knobs tell us that the only good thing about being back on ECW tv is that they will be able to get revenge on Tommy Dreamer and Dustin Rhodes!
Match: Matt Hardy w/ Jeff Hardy vs. EZ Money
EZ Money gets some offense in, most notably a springboard somersault clothesline which he calls the Money Clip. Matt Hardy kicks out at two however and rallying back ends up hitting the Side Effect wrist-lock sitout side slam for the win.
A video clip featuring snippets from matches that took place this past Wednesday on the main show. We see "Mr. Wrestling" Steve Corino hit the Sliding C Special lariat on Spike Hughes, William Regal flatten Prince Nana with the Regal-Plex, Yoshihiro Tajiri locking Doug Williams in the Tarantula, Tully Blanchard lay Matt Hardy out with a slingshot suplex, Tommy Dreamer cave in Homicide's head with a DDT; and finally "Macho Man" Randy Savage deliver the Savage flying elbow onto Jeff Hardy! The ECW Wednesday Nights logo then appears.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat talks with ECW Correspondent about his upcoming match at ECW/WCW Showdown in Charlotte! He says that his matches with Savage were some of the best of his career and he is looking forward to facing him once again. And this Wednesday he'll be giving Savage a taste of what he has coming to him when he faces another old nemesis of his; because this Wednesday it'll be "The Dragon" going one on one with "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit!
Match: Homicide w/ Hernandez vs. Flash Flanagan
Homicide comes down to the ring smoking something. Flash Flanagan has a good back and forth bout with Homcide who hits him with Da Gringo Killa back to back double underhook piledriver for the win. After the match however, Hernandez enters the ring and the Mexi-Kings jump Flanagan! They stomp a mudhole into him before Hernandez destroys him with the Border Toss throwing crucifix powermbomb.
After the match we're taken back stage for Buck Zumhoff's "Rock 'N Rolling" segment where he invites us to party with the number 1 billboard rock hit of the past six weeks; "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand!" by The Primitive Radio Gods!
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Zumhoff and HTM welcome us back from the last commercial break of the evening before hyping tonight's huge Main Event which will see ECW Light Heavyweight Champion "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko face off against one half of The Hughes Brothers as he faces Spike Hughes!
Gertner: The following non-Title contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first weighing 150 lbs. from Providence, Rhode Island; and accompanied to the ring by Devon Hughes; Spike Hughes!
Spike comes down to the ring in his fedora and suit and does the Blues Brothers dance with Devon.
Gertner: And introducing his opponent this evening weighing 212 lbs. from Tampa, Florida and accompanied to the ring by David Prazak; he is the ECW Light Heavyweight Champion; "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko!
Match: Dean Malenko vs. Spike Hughes w/ Devon Hughes
Spike Hughes locks up with Dean Malenko and "The Lone Wolf" traps him in a side headlock, he works over Spike's neck for a bit, but the wiry young grappler fights his way out and locks in a headlock of his own! Malenko however shakes it off and drives Spike into the ground with a suplex! He makes the cover, but only gets a two! Back up on his feet he begins dissecting Spike with several kicks and holds before whipping him into the ropes! But on the rebound Dean ducks to soon and...
Spike lets him have it with a kick to the face! And drops Malenko with a Frankensteiner! Dean pops back up as Spike goes for a clothesline, but Malenko ducks it and grabbing Spike pops his hips for another suplex! But Spike rolls out of Dean's arms, lands behind him and grabbing his head and drives his knees into the back of Malenko! And rolling Dean over he hooks his leg! 1!.. 2!...
Malenko kicks out! Spike stomps him a bit, but Malenko pulls his legs out from under him and attempts to lock in the Texas Cloverleaf! But Spike fights it and rolling over attempts to kick "The Lone Wolf" off of him! But Dean grabs him, hoists him into the air and slams him with a powerbomb! And not letting go he hammers Spike into the mat with a second one! Dean Malenko then stays on top for the pin! 1!... 2!...
Spike kicks out! Hughes stumbles back up to his feet and into the corner where Dean Malenko charges in with a spear! He hits Spike in the back with several
shoulder thrusts but picking him up and setting him up in the Tree of Woe where he lets him have it with several kicks before getting stopped by Davis. Spike falls off the top turnbuckle and Dean is right there to grab him and pull him into the center of the ring where he locks in the Texas Cloverleaf!
And Spike Hughes taps out! The ECW Light Heavyweight Champ has won it! David Prazak hands Dean Malenko his belt which he raises into the air as the...
Lights Fade.
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