Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-25 ECW

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Tonight, 2020-03-26, we are going back over 20 years to 1994 once again.  We are going to the future ECW Arena to the 1994-01-25 ECW Hardcore TV show.  We will see Terry Funk taking on Pat Tanaka, Tommy Dreamer and the Public Enemy in action as well.  I will be honest I had not heard of ECW at this point back in the day so all of this is new to me.  So enough "talking" because it is time to get....

• Look at that headset Joey has!
• Wow, Joey taking shots at Vince and his lawsuit
• I had no idea Gillberg wrestled in ECW!
• I always forget that Rocco could wrestle
• I hate "Hat Guy" in ECW.  He was annoying as hell
• Wow that was an ugly finisher by Rocco
• Public Enemy were awful in these interviews
• Look at Tommy Dreamer here!  Good looking babyface....in three years he will not be that!
• Why is Joey yelling so much?
• I love the suspenders with no shirt look!
• Mikey don't call me Whipwreck Wippwreck making his debut!
• Mikey did an amazing job of getting his ass kicked!
• I am confused, are Tanaka and Diamond good guys or bad guys?
• Really?  Tanaka kicked out of Funk's piledriver?  
• Wait....so is Funk a bad guy?  I am so confused
• Is that suppose to be manhole cover?
• How is Sullivan not in the HoF?
• That was one of the ugliest spiked piledrivers I have ever seen

This show did not make me want to watch more ECW honestly.  Joey yelling, a confusing Funk/Tanaka/Sullivan angle.  Really bad Public Enemy promos.  Overall not a great show but there is always next week!

RESULTS

• Interview:  Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge/Tod Gordon
• Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge def. Don E. Allen/Duane Gill
• Interview:  Tod Gordon/Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge
• Tommy Dreamer def. Dr. Disaster
• Upcoming Show:  Tommy Ciaro & Sandman/Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac (ECW Tag Team Champions)
• Mr. Hughes def. Mikey Wippwreck
• Upcoming Show:  Mr. Hughes & Jason
• Interview:  Terry Funk (ECW Champion)
• Terry Funk (ECW Champion) def. Pat Tanaka for the Title
• Interview:  Paul E. Dangerously & 911
• Paul Diamond/Pat Tanaka def. Tazmaniac/Kevin Sullivan (ECW Tag Team Champions)  
• Segment:  Pat Tanaka

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-18 ECW

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever you found this entry.  Today, 2020-02-08 I am checking out the 1994-01-18 ECW show.  I have no clue what is going on in ECW at this point as I did not follow ECW till near the end.  So lets go to the ring and find out what is going on!

• How amazing was Sherri, both in talent and looks
• It is weird they have Hawk in their promo/intro and WCW is using him to promote their merchandise catalogue
• A special 90-minute episode?  Nice
• Terry Funk is fantastic.  Think about it he shows up in SMW, ECW and WCW in 1994.  How great is that!
• I like that Terry is being positive about Shane, not yelling and screaming how he is going to beat him up.  Very real sports interview back in the day
• I would tweet a picture to Taz of him back in the day but I do not want him to come beat me up!
• Love Dreamers suspenders!
• Look at that young white meat babyface in Dreamer.  What happened to you Tommy?  Oh right ECW
• Those ropes look really loose
• Why is Sullivan not in the HOF?
• Even back when it was Eastern Championship Wrestling there were no rules?  THAT WAS A LOW BLOW!
• It is weird to see Nancy at ringside.  It will be weirder when I get to shows with Benoit on it I think
• I wonder what Taz thinks when he sees Tazmaniac matches
• Nice to see some wrestling on ECW as when I was watching it was more brawling
• It is weird that Tanaka is a babyface
• Johnny deserves this, he blew it.  Sullivan and Taz would not lose!
• Look at that headset!
• Sexiest Man on Earth?  Really?  That is like me saying I am the fittest man on Earth
• Look at Jason's mullet!  AWESOME!
• Old School Sandman in trunks is weird!
• Good grief this segment is taking forever and it horrible!
• Seriously whoever thought having Jason do voiceovers should be caned by the Sandman or given chair shots by Balls Mahoney!
• I did not know Eastern Championship Wrestling had a wrestling school
• Two of the best in 1994
• Lost in this match, a good old school match that you just watch and enjoy!
• Never wanted to be a ref so much in my life right now
• I miss Paul on commentary.  The fact that WWE is not using him is sad
• Slow count by the ref here near the end, is he blown up?
• Wait...did Shane just win?  
• A second continuation?  Typical ECW Overbooking
• Are we going to see a time limit draw?  4 minutes left
• Sherri going right after Axl and he just stopped her!  GOOD GOD WHAT A HORRIBLE PERSON!

A good show minus the Jason segment.  They should have aired one of the match highlighted in that segment with Jason on commentary instead of what seeming took forever.  The main event was an excellent match and I lost track of how good it was.  If you like Terry Funk check this match out.  Until next time....Abysinia!

RESULTS

• Segment:  Shane Douglas & Sherri Martel
• Music Video:  ECW Stars
• Segment:  Terry Funk (ECW Champion)
• Tommy Dreamer/Pat Tanaka/Paul Diamond def. Johnny Hotbody/Kevin Sullivan/Tazmaniac (ECW Tag Team Champions)
• Segment:  Shane Douglas & Sherri Martel
• Music Video:  Shane Douglas
• Segment:  Paul E. Dangerously
• 911 def. Chad Austin
• Interview:  Jason
• Segment:  Shane Douglas & Sherri Martel
• Terry Funk (ECW Champion) and Shane Douglas fought to a Time Limit Draw for the Title