11/30/96 - Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY
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 Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York! They then tell us that they have an exciting show lined up for us tonight! Just one night before Wrestle Annual! ECW Women's Champion "Gorgeous" Michele Starr will be in action! We'll also see Scott Taylor and Tully Blanchard team against The Texas Hangmen, "Mr. Wrestling" Steve Corino battle "The Leprechaun" Erin O'Grady; and in a huge Main Event anywhere; the # 1 Contenders for the Tag-Team Titles World's Finest will team with ECW Light Heavyweight Champ Dean Malenko against all three members of the Ubermensch!
Joel Gertner then makes with the intros and Danny Davis officiates all matches.
Match: Michele Starr w/ Joe E. Legend vs. Beulah McGillicutty
Buck talks about how he talked to Beulah earlier in the day and she considers this match her last chance to earn a match against Women's Champ "Gorgeous" Michele Starr at Wrestle Annual tomorrow. During the match she certainly seems charged up and dominates a sqealing Starr at several points before setting him up for a Superplex?! Michele however blocks it and hits her with a Tornado DDT! He hooks her leg and picks up the win. He is on his way to celebrating when...
"White Train" by Tito & Tarantula hits and out from the back swaggers ECW President Eric Bischoff! He tells Starr not to be so hasty because he has an announcement to make. Eric liked "The Gorgeous One's" idea about beating 10 women at once last week so much that he signed it for Wrestle Annual III! It'll be a one fall Women's Championship match between Starr and 10 other competitors in a Handicap Match! Starr for once is speechless.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Promo package for ECW Champion "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and "The Long Island Loud-Mouth" Chris Jericho going into Wrestle Annual III showing highlights of their feud since September to Remember including Chris coming out to "rate" Arn's performance, then Jericho dressing up as the Champ and mocking him; and him injuring Double A when he smashed his arm onto the steel barricade with a steel chair. It ends with AA's attack on Jericho this past Wednesday, laying him out with a Spinebuster in the middle of the ring.
Tag-Team Match: Scott Taylor & Tully Blanchard vs. The Texas Hangmen
"The Outlaw" Black Bart and Jesse Barr give Scott Taylor and Tully Blanchard a tough fight with some liberal help from their manager "Cowboy" Bob Orton. The Tully/Taylor team proves to be too much for the trio however and after superkicking Orton off the apron, Scotty helps Blanchard deliver a double Spike Piledriver on Barr for the win.
A video clip featuring snippets from matches that took place this past Wednesday's show. We see Devon Hughes nail Cousin Jamie to the ring with a Flying Headbutt, Ron Simmons flatten Prince Nana with the Dominator, William Regal force Shawn Hernandez to tap using the Regal Stretch, Tommy Dreamer lay out Jimmy Cicero with a Fireman's Carry Slam; and finally ECW Champion "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson hammer Chris Jericho into the mat with a Spinebuster! The ECW Wednesday Nights logo then appears.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Papa Shango and the Dark Circle promo package where they replay all of the group's hideous deeds enacted over the last couple of months including "crucifying" Matt Borne, pouring the black goop from Shango's cauldron into the mouth of Mongo Vyle, setting Brimstone on fire during the Inferno match; and beating Luna Vachon down while forcing Borne to watch. Shango during the promo says he doesn't care who Borne and Pogo bring with them! That War Games is a match excelled at by madmen! And there are none crazier than "The Soul Stealer!"
Match: Steve Corino vs. Erin O'Grady
"Mr. Wrestling" Steve Corino and "The Leprechaun" Erin O'Grady have a competitive back and forth bout which see several pin attempts by both men including O'Grady hitting his patented Lucky Charm double underhook implant DDT! In the end however Corino gets the win the the high speed Sliding C lariat.
After the break instead of the "Rocking 'N Rolling" segment this week we get one last ECW Wrestle Annual III Control Center segment from the desk of
ECW President Eric Bischoff and The Honky Tonk Man! They then run down the exciting card for Wrestle Annual III where we'll see:
10 on 1 Women's Title Handicap Match: Michele Starr (c) vs. Jacqueline Moore, Lisa Moretti, Beulah McGillicutty, Tiffany, Leilani Kai, Debbie Combs, Brandi Wine, Rockin' Robin, La Diabolica; & Velvet McIntyre!
Match: William Regal vs. Eddie Guerrero!
War Games Match: The Dark Circle Papa Shango, Barry Windham, & Rhino vs. Matt Borne, Pogo the Clown, & a Mystery Opponent!
Tag-Team Title Match: Dustin Rhodes & Tommy Dreamer w/ Beulah vs. Rick Rude & Rob Van Dam!
Eastern States Championship: Chris Benoit (c) vs. Randy Savage!
Main Event ECW Championship Match: Arn Anderson (c) vs. Chris Jericho!
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Back from break World's Finest Rob Van Dam and Rick Rude are with Malenko saying it'll be their pleasure helping "The Lone Wolf" take out those goose-stepping jackasses!
Zumhoff and HTM then welcome us back from the last commercial break of the evening and hype tonight's huge Main Event! They tell us of the ongoing problems between ECW Light Heavyweight Champ "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko and the Baron von Raschke's Ubermensch! Many other men in the back have had problems with this group over time, but none moreso in recent months that the team of World's Finest who only weeks ago defeat the Ubermensch to become the # 1 Contender's for the Tag-Team Titles at Wrestle Annual III tomorrow night only on Pay Per View! Tonight RVD and Rude will team with Malenko against all three member so the 'Mensch!
Gertner: The following six man Tag-Team contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first weighing a combined 700 lbs. and accompanied to the ring by David Prazak. They are the team of World's Finest "Mr. Wednesday Night" Rob Van Dam and "Ravishing" Rick Rude; and ECW Light Heavyweight
Champion "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko!
The three men take over the ring with Rude and RVD posing before "Ich tu der weh" by Rammstein rips through the arena.
Gertner: And now introducing at a combined 782 lbs. from the Republic of Germany they are the Urbemensch; The Baron Von Raschke, "Mangler's Monster" The Blitzkrieg; and Aryan Von Raschke!
Main Event: World's Finest & Dean Malenko vs. The Ubermensch
Still looking for his shot at the Light Heavyweight Title, Aryan von Raschke starts things out with Dean Malenko. They have quick back and forth with a good bit of chain wrestling before Aryan surprises Dean with a side Russian legsweep of a two count. Malenko rallies back however and after failing to pin Aryan with a double dose of powerbombs; he hoistes him up onto his shoulders and tags in Rob Van Dam!
"Mr. Wednesday Night" immediately goes up top and blasts Aryan off of Dean's shoulders with a flying crossbody press! Von Raschke just beats the count however! Rob shows off for a bit, hitting a step-over enziguiri on Aryan and the Rolling Thunder netting himself two more two counts on the former Lightweight Champ who is busy playing heel in peril until he makes the hot tag to the The Blitzkrieg!
"Mangler's Monster" comes in an cleans the floor with Van Dam, hitting several power moves including a tilt-a-whirl back breaker on Rob for a two count. The big man continues to throw RVD around like a rag doll before going for a Gorilla Press Slam! Rob however manages to squirm free and landing on the apron drops down to catch a breather on the outside. The Blitzkrieg follows him out in hot pursuit and begins pounding Rob into the steel guardrail with some big ol' shots to the gut until Rick Rude intervenes and is soon brawling with the Blitzkrieg around the ring! Aryan soon joins in the fray which brings in Malenko and the Baron! While they're all busy brawling, Rob takes the time to slide back into the ring breaking the count; and hitting the ropes, charges across and leaps over sentoning into the crowd! Bodies hit the ground all over the place!
It takes a while, but The Blitzkrieg is back up first and after clubbing Dean back down to the ground he rolls Rob Van Dam back into the ring! And from there beats and stomps him down before setting him up for the Muscle Buster! And it connects! But he doesn't make the pin because...
The Baron Von Raschke wants in! The Blitzkrieg does as it's told and makes the tag. The Baron stomps Rob's prone corpse a bit before pulling him up to his knees and locks in the Claw! This seems to wake RVD up as he begins screaming in pain! Rob is swinging wildly as he begins to fight it, but he soon starts to fade! Rude and Malenko begins cheering him on and so does the crowd. Rob rallies back, thrust kick staggers Von Raschke, he runs the ropes; and tumbles over the Baron's back before hitting a bridging German suplex! 1!.. 2!...
Aryan von Raschke comes down off the top and leg drops Rob's exposed ribs! Davis is pissed and forces the younger Von Raschke out while Rob and The Baron writhe in pain! They both begin the slow crawl to their corners, but Van Dam makes it first! And he tags in Rick Rude! Rob has fun showboating after catching the Baron and pulling him back to the center of the ring! He works Von Raschke over a good bit and is about to lock in the figure four, but Malenko wants the tag!
And he gets it! "The Lone Wolf" then locks in the Texas Cloverleaf! The Baron is shreiking in pain! And he taps out! Rob and Rude enter the ring to celebrate! But all three men are quickly bulldozed by The Blitzkrieg! Aryan soon joins him and an all out brawl ensues! Dean Malenko however gets knocked from the ring by a clothesline from "Mangler's Monster."
"The Lone Wolf" starts getting back up, when suddenly get gets shot right back down! "The Japanese Buzzsaw" Yoshihiro Tajiri has just knocked his block off with the Shining Wizard!
Just then they're all interrupted by the sinister laugh of Mr. Fuji?! Up on the ramp he is standing with ECW President Eric Bishchoff and head of security Ronnie Garvin! Bischoff tells them all they'd all better let this drop or lose their matches at Wrestle Annual III! And yes, he means the Baron's boys and Malenko too. Because he's just signed a Triple Threat match for the Light Heavyweight Championship between the Champ Dean Malenko, Aryan Von Raschke; and "The Japanese" Buzzsaw Yoshihiro Tajiri! And it will take place tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden at Wrestle Annual!
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