ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) - Wrestlepalooza '97
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ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) - Wrestlepalooza '97 Customer Reviews
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On one hand, it's inevitable that ECW should have a bomb of a show, as they can't always have phenomenal cards. On the other hand, this show just sucked more than it didn't, and some matches had some highly questionable booking, if any at all.
Shane Douglas vs Chris Chetti
Average. Average, average, average, average, average, average, average. Shane just about dominates most of this with his brawling, while Chetti gets in only the most basic of wrestling moves on Shane. (5/10)
The Pitbulls vs The FBI (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers)
If this was supposed to be a comedy match, I wasn't laughing. And inexcusable that Little Guido is a phenomenal cruiserweight athlete, and he's teamed with what I must think is the worst wrestler in ECW since Mass Transit. Smothers is not funny. Neither was this match. (1/10)
The Dudley Boyz vs The Sandman and Balls Mahoney
So what else can you expect but a brawl from this one? And yet I wasn't entertained. Usually I enjoy matches with solid brawling in it, and yet I know Balls is a legitimate wrestler, but everyone here seemed not at all focused on wrestling so much on just the gimmick of weapons and out of ring action. Maybe 90% of the action was just (fake) punching. (3/10)
ECW Championship
Terry Funk vs Chris Candido
I trust Terry Funk to put on a great match. But... my only guess was that no one was booking this match and Funk and Candido were coming up with it on the fly. It was just purely awful. Funk looked completely over the hill, and the only moves that seemed to be attempted by any of the two on a continuous basis were piledrivers. And Stevie's "emotional" pre-match speech was greeted with a hell of a lot of jeering and booing from the crowd. I thought it was average, if boring, but wow, I didn't realize they hated Steve so much. (0/10)
Tommy Dreamer vs Raven
Consider that Raven is leaving ECW for WCW. Consider that Dreamer and Raven have been feuding for years, and during that time, Dreamer had NEVER pinned Raven ever. Ever. Consider the tremendous feud these two had, and you have an ECW classic. Nothing like an Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko, but definitely the sort of bloody brawling you'd expect from ECW. Phenomenal match, with an end celebration cut short by a WWF invasion (10/10)
Jerry Lawler leads Sabu and Rob Van Dam to kill (proverbially) Tommy Dreamer, and other ECW wrestlers (even Paul Heyman) who enter the ring, until Lawler starts insulting the company and crowd and challenging ECW. Shane Douglas says screw it all, Taz comes out and answers the challenge.
Taz vs Sabu
Great match. Short, crisp, and taut. They went on in classic fashion, in what is generally called their "Barely Legal" rematch. (10/10)
Taz isn't done. While the WWF invasion appears quashed, Shane Douglas is still making an ass of himself, and Taz wants him beaten. A lot of arguing back and forth until an agreement is made: Taz makes Douglas tap out in 3 minutes or less for the ECW TV Championship, or goes 60 days without pay (and presumably wrestling) from ECW.
ECW TV Championship
Taz vs Shane Douglas
Taz makes Douglas tap out in 2:50. (5/10)
ECW Tag Team Championship
The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) vs The Dudley Boyz
The Dudleys are great here with their promo work. Saturn has a torn ACL, so it's a handicap match. If Saturn were in there, this would be a great match, but it was Kronus alone, and there was no great Eliminator tandem work. Oh look, Saturn attacks them anyway for a heartwarming victory from the jaws of defeat. (6/10)
From any other company, this would be a decent event. From ECW, I expected better. Sorry, but I consider this a miss, even if I give it a 3/5 in star rating. |
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