ECW 12/7/96 Slammin Saturdays! & Weekend Warriors

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12/7/96 - The Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ

"Rock 'N Roll" Buck Zumhoff and his co-host with Captain Lou Albano welcome us to the exciting episode of ECW Slammin's Saturdays live from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York! They tell us they have an exciting show lined up for us here tonight! "The U.K. Kidd Doulas Williams will be in action! And Buck will get some interview time with a true to life Ghanan Prince in Prince Nana Osei Bandoh! Albano cautions Buck not to send him any money.

After Zumhoff and Albano are excited to introduce the exciting 6th series of ECW Action Figures! Shipping to stores now, be sure to check out your local Caldors, Toys R Us, Kay Bee Toys; or finer toy retailers to add Tag-Team Champions "The American Nightmare" Dustin Rhodes and "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer as well as Light Heavyweight/Gen X Champ "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko, villainous Dark Circle members "The Dark Prophet" Brimstone and "Blackjack" Barry Windham; and last but certainly not least the savage Eastern States Champion "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit to your toy collections today! Or call 1-800-BUYECW to order them direct!

Joel Gertner then makes with the intros while S.D. Jones officates all matches.

March: Douglas Williams vs. Reckless Youth

The "U.K. Kidd" Douglas Williams and Reckless Youth have a fast paced back and forth bout with several pin attempts by both before Williams hits the Chaos Theory waistlock backward roll transitioned into a bridged German Suplex for the three count.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Match: Prince Nana Osei Bandoh vs. Bobby Starr

 

Prince Nana grandstands in this one as he dominates poor Bobby Starr before finishing him off with a body avalanche in the corner that he follows up with a double underhook suplex.

After the match we're brought the the Slammin' Saturdays set where Buck Zumhoff is flying solo. He says that he has a great guest this morning; an actual African Prince; Prince Nana Osei Bandoh!

Nana comes out with security guards and Buck welcomes him to the show. Prince Nana tells Duck Zumhoffa didn't prounce his name right and will from this day forth address him by his full name Prince Nana Osei Bandoh. Zumhoff says that's definitely a mouthful and Nana tells him where he is from you lose your tongue for mocking royalty. Buck then asked the Prince to tell them where he's from.

He then tells of the the mythical land of milk and honey that is Ghana. It is a we all know, the absolute center of worldwide cultural achievement. And that most of the comforts we all take for granted come from the rich tapestry that is Ghana? The telephone for instance? That was invented by Prince Nana's own grandfather Prince Ufiki Grand Bandell. Zumhoff apologizes, but he's pretty sure that Alexander Grand Bell invented the telephone. LIES! Bandoh's eyes bug out of his head and he warns Buck he will only take so many of his insults as American stupidity. Zumhoff then asks what brought Prince Nana here from the land of plenty known as Ghana? Well in between the beheadings he enjoyed so much as a boy; Prince Nana also enjoyed watching Hulk Hogan's amateur wrestling expertise on his tv. You do know television in Ghana picks up all channels? So after founding the Ghanan Wrestling Alliance and defeating all challengers to the Ghanan World Championship; he decied to come out here and dominate the foolish American wrestlers as well! Buck never heard of the Ghanan Wrestling Alliance but... LIES! Prince Nana is livid now! He tells Buck that everyone has heard of his legendary Cut the Head off the Infidel match with Rebikki Zanini! LIES! Buck doesn't know what to do. And calls for the announcers to quickly cut to commercial.

The camera then cuts to a "Rocking 'N Rolling" segment where The Honky Tonk Man tells us to keep the theme going by royal decree of the Republic of Ghana he's been informed he's going to invite the kids to party with Ghana's number one pop sensation Wes and his hit son "Alane."

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Welcoming us back from the last commercial break of the evening Buck Zumhoff and Captain Lou Albano bring us back in time for the Wrestling Rewind Main Event all the way back from March 7th of 1995 when...

What the hell?! Prince Nana Osei Bandoh is back! And he's just cracked Buck Zumhoff over the head with his own boombox! Captain Lour Albano tells them to cut to the match while Prince Nana jumps about the downed "Rock 'N Roller" screaming at him in Ghanan!

Main Event Tag-Team Title Match: The Lawlers vs. The New Orient Express

Taka Michinoku starts things off with Brian Lawler as the two men lock up. Brian strikes first blood when he takes Michinoku down to the ground with a snapmare planting Taka on his ass as Brian runs the ropes and hits him with a short dropkick on the rebound. He makes a quick cover only getting a one count before lifting Michinoku to his feet and busting him in the face with an elbow. He hammers Takak across the ring into the ropes and attempts a whip; but Michinoku reverses! Charging Lawler in the middle of the ring Taka drops him with a hurrancanrana before laying into him with several kicks which Brian does his best to block. Michinoku hits Brian with a thrust kick into the ropes, but Lawler surprises him by coming back in with a sunset flip that gets him a two. Popping back up the two men begin trading punches and chops before Taka grabs hold of Brian's arm and pulls him in for a knee strike to the gut before rolling over his back and hitting a suplex! He gets a two count of his own and a huge pop from the crowd. Lifting Brian up to his feet Michinoku clubs Brian's back and head a before looking for a running powerbomb! Brian however hammers on Taka's head while seated on his shoulders and folds him over into a hurrancanrana pin! 1!...2!...

Michinoku breaks free! Brian however isn't down and hoisting Taka up into the air connects with a back body drop! He makes another cover getting a two, but now Jerry Lawler wants in and keeping hold of Michinoku Brian makes the tag. Together the two Lawlers whip Taka across the ring and hit him with a double flapjack! Jerry then signals for the Flying Fist Drop as Brian returns to their corner. Up on the top turnbuckle Jerry is about to go airborne when the villainous Mr. Fuji wraps him on the ankle with his cane! Referee S.D. Jones is immediately on it; but the damage is already done as "The King" teeters and then falls down crotched on the top turnbuckle! Crawling up to his feet Taka Michinoku stumbles to make the tag to Yoshihiro Tajiri who swoops in and charging up the turnbuckle sets Jerry up for the superplex! Lawler however battles back and the two men exchange blows before Jerry tosses "The Japanese Buzzsaw" down to the floor below! He signals for the Fist Drop again and leaps into the air! But Tajiri kip-ups! And nails an aiborne Jerry Lawler with an enzuiguri kick! The crowd is stunned as Yoshihiro makes the cover! 1!... 2!...

Brian makes the save! As Tajiri recovers from the diving double axehandle from Lawler, Taka Michinoku storms into the ring and attacks Brian! The two men trade punches as Michinoku's momentum carries them over the top rope and out of the ring. Jerry is still dazed as Tajiri rises from the mat and begins stalking his prey looking for the Shing Wizard! As he leaps Jerry catches him just in time and plants him with a desperation powerbomb! He is still too out of it to make the cover and stumbles to his corner to find nobody there. Yoshihiro however is back up and runs in with a back elbow smash before hitting Jerry with various kicks. "The King" however manages to block several of them and grabbing Tajiri he tosses him into the cover and begins hammering on "The Japanese Buzzsaw" before climbing up onto the second rope and hitting him some more. Lifting Tajiri up onto the turnbuckle, Jerry lowers his strap before going for the superplex! Just then however he screams in pain and falls down hard to the mat clutching at his face! Yoshihiro Tajiri has used the Asian mist! Tajiri signals for the Flying Fist Drop and going aiborne connects! 1!...2!....
 

Wait! What's this?! S.D. Jones has stopped the count! He is pointing to Lawler's green face and shaking his head! Tajiri is shrugging and playing innocent; but Jones points to Yoshihiro's mouth which is also covered with the mist! S.D. Jones throws out the match; awarding it to The Lawlers by DQ! The New Orient Express look pissed as the...

Lights Fade.

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12/7/96 - The Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ

Honky Tonk Man thanks us for joining him and his broadcast partner for the night Captain Lou Albano for another exciting edition of ECW Weekend Warriors, tonight coming to you live from Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, Connecticut! They remind us how Buck Zumhoff was attacked this morning on Slammin' Saturdays by the Ghanan Prince; Prince Nana. They wish him a speedy recovery before telling us that they have an exciting show lined up for us tonight! They then tells us that we will see the beautiful Beulah McGillicutty in action against one of the women she feels cost her the Title at Wrestle Annual III; the masked luchadoress La Diabolica! Also in th cards the Bayou Boys will take on the New Killer Bees, "The Leprechaun" Erin O'Grady will meet up with the returning "Sugar" Shane Helms; and in our huge Main Event; former ECW Champion "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko will battle Scott Taylor!

All matches announced by Joe Gertner and officiated by Danny Davis.

Match: Beulah McGillicutty vs. La Diabolica

Beulah McGillicutty fight tooth and nail back and forth with each woman having her moments; but in the end Beulah McGillicutty puts the exclamation point on the match when she hits the Beulahsault for the win.

We're then brought to a promo by none other than the ECW Women's Champion; "The Gorgeous One" himself Michele Starr! He says that at Wrestle Annual III he did what many a man would love to do; take on 10 Women at once! And once again he proved himself the deadliest, sexiest diva in the ECW locker room by walking out of Madison Square Garden still holding the Women's Championship! Just like he told us he would honey. Just then a gaggle of voices is heard and Starr turns and shrieks before running off camera!

And hot on his heels comes the entire Women's locker room as we take our first...

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Back from break ECW Correspondent Terri Runnels is with "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko and his manager David Prazak who complains that the Champ wasn't pinned... Dean cuts him off. He tells Terri he isn't out here to make excuses. At Wrestle Annual, he lost the Title. But he never got pinned. And he's not going to either. All Dean Malenko wants is his rematch.

Tag-Team Match: The Bayou Boys vs. The New Killer Bees

The New Killer Bees come close to winning this one when they hit "The Redneck Rebel" Doug Gilbert with the Allegeric Reaction tandem missile dropkick! Cousin Jamie makes the save however. The Bayou Boys give as good as they get, stealing the momentum back when they hit a double dose of Dosey Does when first Gilbert swings his Cousin into the corner on B. Brian Blair and then Jamie returns the favor on Brady Boone! The end comes with Doug Gilbert hits the Hot Shot flapjack dropped into a hangman on Boone for the win.

A video clip featuring snippets from matches that took place this past Wednesday's show. We see Tully Blanchard crush Brian Christopher's skull with a Piledriver, Taka Michinoku hit the Michinoku Driver II on Buck Zumhoff, "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko transition a powerbomb off the second rope into the Texas Cloverleaf on poor Spike Hughes, Eddie Guerrero hitting the Frog Splash on Jesse Barr, "The Silent Assassin" Steve Blackman connecting with a bridged Fisherman's Suplex on Devon Hughes; and "The Japanese Buzzsaw" Yoshihiro Tajiri decapitate Doug Gilbert with the Shining Wizard! Finally we see ECW Champion "The Long Island Loud-Mouth" Chris Jericho flatten Tommy Dreamer with a Lionsault! The ECW Wednesday Nights logo then appears.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

"The Leprechaun" Erin O'Grady cuts a rare promo telling us that while the ol' luck of the Irish may not have been with him much since arriving in ECW three years ago; he's got a feeling that luck is about to change!

Match: Erin O'Grady vs. Shane Helms

After Erin O'Grady throws gold coins from his cauldron to the crowd; Helms makes his return to ECW and Joel Gertner gets him all riled up billing him as "Sugar in his Tank" Shane Helms. The match begins and though he holds his own against O'Grady; "The Leprechaun" hits him with his patented Lucky Charm double underhook implant DDT for the win! He places a gold coin on each of Helms' eyes before leaving the ring.

After the match we're taken back stage for Honky Tonk Man's "Rock 'N Rolling" segment where he sends us to a video of a recent hit by the band Kula Shaker with "Tattva!"

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Zumhoff and Honky welcome us back from the last commercial break of the evening before hyping tonight's huge Main Event! They first talk about former ECW Light Heavyweight Champion "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko who has been a force to be reckoned with here in Eastern Championship. They then talk about young Scott Taylor who many in this industry see as a star on the rise with his frequent training by two legends in this business "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. This kid just keeps getting better and better!

Gertner: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first from Tampa, Florida weighing 212 lbs.; he is "The Lone Wolf" Dean Malenko!

Malenko comes down to the ring with his manager David Prazak and he's all business as usual.

Gertner: And now introducing his opponent this evening from Westbrook, Maine weighing 209 lbs.; Scott Taylor!

Match: Dean Malenko vs. Scott Taylor w/ Tully Blanchard

Dean Malenko underestimates the tenacity of Scott Taylor early on, looking to put him away earler with a bridging cradle suplex! 1! 2!... Taylor kicks out! Though Dean is in control throughout the match, Taylor gets in his share of offense and frustrates Dean at every turn as he hangs in the match. This frustration leads to "The Lone Wolf" throwing a wild clothesline; that Scotty ducks and popping back up takes Dean down with a superkick! He gets a two! Malenko crawling back up to his feet, but Taylor stays on top of him, connecting with the high-angle Chop Drop off the top for another two. Dean powers out and this time as Scott comes in, he drops him with a toe hold and locks in the Sharpshooter! Taylor is in pain, but with Tully Blanchard cheering him on he crawls toward the ropes and he gets it! Malenko argues with the ref. And with his back turned he doesn't see Scott kip-up and grabbing Dean from behind hits a swining neckbreaker! 1!... 2!...

Malenko kicks out! Scott picks him up, but "The Wolf" smacks him away and begins laying in the punches! Taylor swings back, but Dean has his number and driving him into the ropes whips him across the ring; taking him down with a knee to the gut on the rebound. Scott staggers up to one knee, but Malenko pulls him up and hits a gutwrench suplex! He then rolls him over and locks in the Texas Cloverleaf! Scott looks like he's going to fight it; but he's had enough and taps! Malenko has won it! He stands over his opponent and Tully Blanchard is ready to come to his friend's aide; but Dean instead extends his hand and helps the young grappler to his feet. They shake hands and the fans cheer this show of sportsmanship as the...

Lights Fade.

[Captain Charisma]

Cool to see Douglas Williams and Prince Nana pick up a couple of wins. That Williams/Reckless Youth match would have been fun. Enjoyed Prince Nana beating down Buck as well, maybe he'll finally put the Rock n Stroller out to pasture.

Really good match from the Bees and Bayou Boys. Awesome to see O'Grady get a W, like the coins on the eyes as well, cool shtick for him. Great main event, but BOOOOO the handshake! BOOOOO! I was hoping that either Tully vs. Dean got started or that Tully and Dean came together, beat the shit out Taylor and they along with Arn and someone reform the Horsemen, lol.

Tully Blanchard should be fighting for the Lt. Heavyweight Championship, damnit! TUH-LEE, TUH-LEE, TUH-LEE!

[Chitohausen]

Man, that segment with Buck and Prince Nana Osei Bandoh on Slammin' Saturdays really made my day! Cut the Head off the Infidel match. LOL. Buck had better be careful, or he just may end up in one of those matches with the Prince!

The Malenko - Tully match on Weekend Warriors was outstanding. Tully may be getting up there, but he can still go, and I think he and Malenko would gel very well in the ring together.