ECW: Double Dog Collar Match: Raven & Shane Douglas vs. The Sandman & Pitbull #2: (08.24.96) - Sandman came out and said he had no wife, no son, no manager, and apparently no partner, saying PB2 was injured last night in Reading. So Sandman said to Raven and Douglas to come out and take his life if they wanted. They came out and beat up Sandman for seven or eight minutes before Pitbull #2 ran out with a neckbrace on. All but Pitbull #2 bled. Pitbull #2 pinned Raven for the win.
WINNERS: The Sandman & Pitbull #2 via Pinfall.
Afterwards, Raven pulled Tyler in front of him. Sandman wouldn't cane his son despite the chant of "Hit the kid". Tyler stoically went to his dad and demanded the cane. Tyler got it and caned Sandman, before Raven clotheslined Sandman and then left the ring area.
ECW: ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Raven [w/Stevie Richards] vs. The Sandman: (08.18.96) - The show opened when ring announcer, Bob Artese, introduced Tod Gordon. Tod came out to announce that Raven had foot surgery after he returned from Japan last week. Enter, Bill Alfonso. Bill gave Tod a ten count to leave the ring. As he reached ten, Gordon clotheslined him. The two men brawled for several minutes until the locker room cleared out. When the ring cleared out only Little and Big Guido remained. Little Guido announced that JT was "doing a duet with his mentor, Frank Sinatra, at Carnegie Hall and can't be here". Instead he introduced Kiss. Out came Stevie Stanley, Meanie Gene Simmons, Nova Frehley, and Pablo Criss. They did the Fargo strut, Meanie spit the mist, and they asked the crowd what song they wanted to hear. Then Sandman came out and proceeded to cane all the members of the band. Raven (on crutches with a cast) then came out, with Lori Fullington. Tod announced that the title match was going to be "right here, right now." Stevie hit Tod with the Steviekick then got caned for his actions by Sandman.
Missy Hyatt walked down the aisle and threw Stevie back into the ring. The first match had begun. Sandman hit with his top rope legdrop. Meanie climbed to the top rope and as he went for the meaniesault, Sandman moved, causing Stevie to get hit. Sandman got the two count. Nova went to the top rope for a leg drop but again, Sandman moved and Stevie got nailed. Pablo the attempted to come in but Sandman suplexed him over the top rope and out of the ring. Raven then came in, nailed Sandman with his crutch and DDT'D him. Raven gets a two count. Sandman recovers and got his cane but Lori jumped on his back and put him in a sleeper. Missy jumped on Lori's back and the two women rolled around on the mat for a few minutes. Stevie grabbed Missy and Lori caned her 4 times. Missy no sold it and grabbed the crutch. The women then had a duel with the crutch and cane. As Sandman grabbed Lori, Raven ran in with the belt. Sandman was hit in the head and pinned.
WINNER and STILL ECW Champion: Raven via Pinfall.
ECW/IWA Japan: ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Raven [with Miss Patricia] vs. Tommy Dreamer [with Beulah]: (08.11.96) - Raven defeated Dreamer in this amtch which was classified as a total bloodbath once again at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan as part of a tour with IWA Japan. Tommy cut Raven's forehead open with a Coke can. Stevie Richards interfered and bled also. The end came Patricia, the Blue Meanie's valet, interfered. Tommy gave her a piledriver. Raven slammed a chair twice on Tommy's head and pinned him afterwards.
WINNER and STILL ECW Champion: Raven via Pinfall. (11:18)
ECW/IWA Japan: ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven: (08.10.96) - ECW is doing a tour of Japan with the International Wrestling Association of Japan [IWA Japan]. Tonight, Raven defends the ECW World Heavyweight Title against Dreamer in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan!
Prior to the match, we have comments from Raven:
"You finally got me all alone. No flunkies, no lackeys, no nothing. It's the same way they got the belt off of Tyson; right here in the exact same sports complex in Tokyo, Japan. They got him all alone. Well, Tommy Dreamer, I am not gonna lose like Tyson. You will not beat me for this belt. You couldn't beat me in Philadelpjia. You couldn;t beat me in Florida. You couldn't beat me in New York! You've never beaten me in your entire life! And even though I'm all alone, with no one to help me, I've - I've never needed any help anyway. I've always done it all alone, Tommy Dreamer and even if you do beat em for the belt, my life's a living hell anyway. Quote the Raven, nevermore."
Paul E now on the ring apron as the official witness for this ECW World Heavyweight Championship title match, the fans give him an ECW chant. Raven makes his way out to the ring first, he is without entourage and also got his foot out of that cast. Tommy Dreamer is on his way to the ring in this jam packed building. Beulah is in a cast. First off the reading of the contract, Paul E holds up the ECW belt and he takes it off of Raven. The match begins and the two lock up. Dreamer with a clean break and he spits on Raven though. Both men soon of the ring and Raven puts Tommy's head into a table and then its back into the ring. Tommy connects downstairs with the knee and a chant of "Hes Hardcore" goes out. Tommy sets a chair up and kicks it baseball slide style and they're out of the ring and all over the place. Raven is busted open and they take it upstairs. Raven being pummeled at the top of the hall as they both are going at it upstairs in this historic venue, they're back down the stairs and Raven with the suplex into the seats and a chair across the back of the head and Raven is a bloody mess and Tommy now busted open as well. Raven goes downstairs as well, Dreamer in pain and Raven calls for a chair and legdrops it onto Tommy's face. Then its a DDT onto the chair, 2 1/2 count, Tommy thrown again outside the building and they're on the table. Tommy down and Raven down with the double axe-handle and that table had not give and another ECW chant goes out.
Dreamer takes Raven to the top of the building and Tommy smashes his head into the top of it and sends Raven down the steps. Stevie Richards enters disguised as a fan and he Steviekicks Dreamer and Tommy gets the right shoulder up. Richards is in the ring, Dreamer being held up by Raven and anothere StevieKick and Dreamer kicks out again. Richards with the Stevie Bomb and he puts Raven on top and Dreamer kicks out anyway. Stevie on the top rope, but he ends up coming down, Tommy with a DDT as Richards gets knocked out, but its only 2. Dreamer now pummeling Stevie and he gets DDT'd into the chair. Dreamer with Stevie up and now Stevie is busted open and Raven with another pin but he kicks out again. Dreamer with the DDT and Raven gets out and Miss Patricia is in the ring, but then Beulah is in and Dreamer piledrives Patricia. Chairshot on Dreamer and Raven keeps the belt as the fans chant ECW as Raven now gets his International reputation going.
WINNER and STILL ECW Champion: Raven via Pinfall.
ECW: Raven's Nest Appearance: (08.03.96) - Raven is making is way to the ring. Raven with his foot in a cast, he's joined by Kiss and the whole crew. Raven is talking about Sandman possibly being blind, Raven refers to the "boy who cried wolf" Raven being the champion, he want to decide when and where to defend the belt. Well, the commish is in there and it seems that Raven won't have to defend the belt, Stevie Richards tells him that he'll be defending the belt. Richards gets a DDT. Tod makes Raven stop and says that he has to defend the belt, he should do it like a man. Well Sandman is back bandaged and bloodied and goes after Raven but Tyler is blocking. Sandman gets a stevie kick and the 2 count. Stevie goes after the eye of the Sandman tearing away the guaze and opening back up that wound.
ECW World Heavyweight Championship: The Sandman vs. Raven - Richards now with the upperhand on Sandman who is down, but Sandman takes over with the cane and gets a DDT on the cane and a 2 count. Richards now outside the ring but Sandman out after him and Stevie off into the front row. Stevie brought over the barricade the hardway and they take it back to the ring and a 2 1/2. Stevie goes downstairs on Sandman and Stevie calls in the Meanie, but Sandman puts Stevie there to take the Meaniesault and then we get another 2 count and then later Richards connects with the Steviekick. Meanie back in and connects with a tiger driver on Stevie after Sandman blinds em, Stevie gets out and then Super Nova is in to help but to no avail. Missy in the ring and she goes after Raven. Lori loads Ravens boot and knocks Missy out, then Sandman and Raven face one another and Raven backs off. Sandman with the cane and he goes after Raven who now has Tyler again as a shield. Raven gets the pin on Sandman after throwing Stevie off. Raven still the ECW champ.
WINNER and STILL ECW Champion: Raven via Pinfall.
ECW: Raven & Stevie Richards vs. 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman: (08.02.96) - Out to the stage come KISS! - STEVIE STANLEY, DON E CRISS, NOVA FREHLEY, and MEANIE GENE SIMMONS! The four guys are in full make up lip synching to Rock n Roll All Night. They make their way to the ring to the overwhelming support of the crowd. RAVEN makes his way to ringside, on crutches.
Raven announces that he is injured and can't compete. Tod Gordem, ECW's "Extreme Commish" comes out and tells Raven that if he doesn't defend the belt at the Arena the next night he will lose his belt. Stevie announces to the crowd that he has found a replacement for Raven in this tag match. Here he is..JT Smith! But wait, JT has a cold. He can't wrestle. JT announces his replacement, Sal Bellomo. Sal runs in the ring, gets caned several times by Sandman and pinned by 2 Cold. JT then says "Wait, did I say Sal Bellomo? I meant Big Guido". Big Guido comes out gets caned, tumbleweeded and pinned. But wait! Did JT say Guido? He then got in the ring, got caned, bombed, and pinned. Now Stevie gets the mic, "Did I say JT was my partner? I meant Don E." You guessed it, caned, moonsaulted, pinned. Well the hysteria continued as Nova and Meanie got in the ring and each got caned and pinned. Finally, Stevie announces that his partner is Johnny Smith from All Japan Pro- Wrestling! Johnny immediately belly to back suplexes Sandman who seemed to hurt his eye at the time. Scorpio and Smith battled back and forth in an awesome display of wrestling. Sandman gave Johnny a cane shot and 2 Cold eventually rolled up Smith to end what became an awesome match.
WINNERS: 2 Cold Scorpio and The Sandman via Pinfall.
