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ECW Wrestling on TNN: Dreamer/Francine Interview/Ms. Congeniality appearance - (9/24/99) - The program started out with Joey Styles and tonight's "host" Joel Gertner standing mid-ring. Joey has laryngitis, so Joel had to announce the whole show except for this pre-taped segment. After welcoming us to the show, Joey brought out "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer along with Francine. Joey Styles told Tommy how much he admires him for just being able to stand and walk with all the pain he feels. Joel Gertner, on the other hand, wasn't as appreciative of Tommy Dreamer's efforts. Joel told Tommy to hang it up and told Francine he has someone in the back who is as pure as the driven snow. This girl isn't a 115 lbs. sack of silicon and she has seen about 850 less hotel room ceilings. This girl is virginal, chaste, and pure. She is Ms. Congeniality (aka Angelica [and later as the WWF's Lita] ), and Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill escorted her to the ring. After Miss Congeniality had a brief make-out session with Joel Gertner, Francine speared her and Angelica sold it almost as good as one of the Hardyz would. (BTW, Am I the only one who thinks Angelica would be way more of a hottie if she didn't have that weak tattoo on her arm?) This leads to . . .
Tommy Dreamer & Raven vs. Danny Doring & Amish Roadkill - Dreamer started to clean house early in this match with his pseudo brawling style. Dreamer went for a Death Valley (aka Spiccoli) Driver on Doring, but Doring reversed into a uranage suplex into a hangmen's neckbreaker (I think this is called the G Spot Sweet). Doring then held down Dreamer and Roadkill hit him with a body splash from the top rope. Raven then runs to the ring and teases his trademark DDT to the crowd before hitting Doring with it for the pin. Raven then grabs the tag titles after a top rope Crucifix and places one around Dreamer's neck like a dog. Raven then hugs Dreamer and then kicks him square in the face and storms out the ring.
WINNERS: Raven/Dreamer via Pinfall after DDT
Raven/Dreamer Confrontation - After the ECW opening montage comes on, the action is still in the ring. An obviously angry and pissed off Dreamer grabs the microphone and calls out Raven. Dreamer says he may only have a few matches left in him, but he wants Raven right now! Raven then storms out to the ring, carrying his tag team championship gold. Raven then climbs to the ring apron and we think we might see Raven vs. Dreamer tonight. Instead, Raven just grabs his title and leaves the ring to a chorus of boos. Not tonight, Dreamer. So Raven vs. Dreamer is still being teased as an uneasy tension continues to grow between Raven and Dreamer. Raven is also in the new November To Remember PPV promo which premieres tonight.
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ECW Anarchy Rulz PPV: World Tag Team Championship Match: Raven/Dreamer vs. Steve Corino/Jack Victory: (9/19/99) - They aired the Raven-Dreamer recap from TNN this past week as well as Raven's cool as hell promo where he talks about being Dreamer's personal demon. Joel Gertner then came out to do an interview with Tommy Dreamer and Francine. Earlier in the PPV, Steve Corino did an interview where he said that the ICP backed out of the main event and that he and Rhino would give the fans a great tag match and win the belts from Raven's team. We also saw Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins sitting in the front row wearing a hat. Kind of cool and I thought it was worth mentioning.
Back to the interview. Gertner asked Dreamer about his injury and the status of the tag titles. Dreamer said he was not here to cut a babyface promo, but he was at Wrigley Field yesterday and saw Sammy Sosa hit number 60. He says that Sosa does it for the people, and so will he. He is not listening to the doctors anymore. He said he does not need glitzy stuff. He said he needed to innovate some violence in Chicago tonight. Out came Steve Corino, Rhino and Jack Victory.
Corino then cut a cool promo where he promised to make Dreamer bleed and sent Rhino in to get Dreamer. Corino went through him and Corino ran to the back. Dreamer did a cool spot where he rolled Victory, from his wheelchair, into a Francine chairshot. Rhino then went to work on Dreamer. Corino came back with a ladder. Dreamer threw Rhino into it. Rhino got the upper hand and Francine kicked him Rhino dumped Francine and was about to do that to Dreamer when Raven came in and made the save. Raven DDT'd Rhino. Victory attacked Raven but he and Dreamer hit DDTs on Victory and Corino respectively to get the win. As they left, local Chicago radio host Mancow, who many in attendance apparently thought sucked, came out on the apron with two big guys. Mancow was also wearing one of Raven's comic book shirts, it looked like a Vertigo one. Raven and Mancow then hugged. Raven then proceeded to flip Dreamer the middle finger and took off with Mancow and his two flunkies. In the meantime, Dreamer just took off with Francine.
WINNER: Raven/Dreamer via pinfall after DDT
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ECW Hardcore TV (Syndicated Show): Raven/Dreamer Recap: (9/17/99) - The Raven promo from 1995 in which he is in a classroom talking about Dreamer and how Raven seems himself as an outcast. On the chalkboard in the room is written some 100 or so times, I hate Dreamer. This sets the tone for their feud as he says Dreamer will return to the classroom of their youth.
The highlight footage from the Dreamer/Raven fued with "Keep em Separated" airs. This after Joey speculates on if Raven & Dreamer can function as a team and what impact Corino will have.
The Dreamer/Raven clips continue some 19 mins into the show as its 8/11/96 Dreamer vs Raven from Toyko. Then to Barely Legal and Dreamer costing Raven the title so that Terry Funk wins and it ends on 6/17/97 as Tommy finally got the pin on Raven.
Then from there the whole Beulah angle is covered and how the Dudleys put her out of wrestling and then to the Elks Lodge on 8/28/99 and Raven's return after 2 1/2 yrs.This after Dreamer answering the challenge from the Dudley Boyz on thier last time in ECW. The match from the TNN footage with Joey Styles and Joel Gertner calling the action.
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: Raven/Dreamer vs. Steve Corino/Jack Victory: (9/17/99) - This is the match that was shown in it's entirety on this past week's ECW syndicated show. This opens the show up, but just the end of the match is shown. Jack Victory brought a trashcan into the ring. He said it was time for Corino to get hardcore. He nailed Dreamer with the trashcan and then wrapped him in barbed wire. Raven ran in and helped Dreamer defeat Corino and company. Raven hit Rhino with a DDT and Dreamer hit Victory with a DDT as well. Raven celebrated in the crowd after the match by doing the Crucifix. Raven then came back in the ring, stared down Dreamer and did the Crucifix again as well. The ECW opening theme then came on.
WINNERS: Raven/Dreamer via Pinfall after DDT.
Raven Promo: Graduation - Raven is shown alone in a darkened playground on a swing set. He is wearing a seasoned Fear Factory T-shirt and wearing the ECW World Tag Team Championship belt around his waist. Raven talks about the mythic nature of their bout. How he came to exorcize Tommy Dreamer's demons. How he took Raven's girl Beulah. A clip is then shown on ECW circa 1995 with Stevie Richards hitting on Beulah. Beulah turns him down because she's pregnant. Raven then runs in and gets on the mic.
RAVEN: "The pills say one day at a time moron! What are you an idiot?!"
BEULAH: "What do you care? It's not yours anyway!"
(Raven then beats up Stevie)
BEULAH: "Stop it! It's not his either . . . it's Tommy's."
Raven then is beat up by Tommy and the promo fades back to present day. Raven then talks about how Raven always beat Tommy and Tommy could never pin Raven. A clip from a Raven promo in 1995 is shown as Raven is talking about how Dreamer will never graduate from Raven's punishment. The blackboards say "I Hate Dreamer" over and over. A video montage set to the Offspring's "Come Out and Play" shows Raven pinning Dreamer in New York, Florida, and Tokyo, Japan. Raven says after 2 and 1/2 years Raven let him graduate and have his one victory. A clip is shown of Wrestlepalooza 97 and Dreamer yells "E C F**king W!, DDT's Raven and pins him as Chastity and Lupus are ringside. Raven then talks about leaving ECW and that made Dreamer lose his focus and that's how he lost Beulah to injury on May 30, 1998. Raven says he is the devil (ala Keyser Soze from 'The Usual Suspects') and will make Dreamer's life hell as he has already been crucified for Dreamer's sins. Awesome promo.
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ECW Hardcore Television (Syndicated Show): Raven/Dreamer Recap: (9/10/99) The sundicated ECW show on 9/10 featured matches from the 8/28 ECW Arena show. The show opened with a recap of the Tommy Dreamer/Raven feud. The ending of the Raven/Dreamer title victory from Queens aired. Joey mentioned that it was Raven who used the Dudley Boyz in 1995 as a weapon against Dreamer. However, the Dudleys were the one who broke Beulah's neck in 1998 and that Raven's return was a receipt for the way the Dudley's ended Beulah's career. A clip of the Dudley Boyz strapping the tag title belt on Dreamer aired.
Raven & Tommy Dreamer vs. Steve Corino & Rhino - Tommy Dreamer, with Francine, came to ringside without his title belt. Dreamer gave a speech to the fans where he said the Philly fans have become spoiled and that the New York fans were better. However, Tommy said that he made a career in Philly and that combined the New York and Philly fans were the greatest fans ever. Tommy said he has 2 herniated disks in his back and he would make a decision.
Before he could finish, Steve Corino and company came to confront Dreamer. Corino said that Dreamer can lay down and get pinned and let him defend his half of the tag team title. Dreamer refused and was about to hit a DDT on Corino when Rhino nailed him with a clothesline. Corino also nailed Francine with a very stiff clothesline.
Jack Victory brought a trashcan into the ring. He said it was time for Corino to get hardcore. He nailed Dreamer with the trashcan and then wrapped him in barbed wire. Raven ran in and helped Dreamer defeat Corino and company. Raven hit Rhino with a DDT and Dreamer hit Victory with a DDT as well. Raven celebrated in the crowd after the match to end the show.
WINNER: Raven & Dreamer via Pinfall
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: Raven/Dreamer Recap: (9/10/99) - The show started off with a recap of the going on from last Friday's ECW show with Raven running into the ring and hitting the 'Evenflow' DDT on Bubbah Ray Dudley to win Raven and Dreamer the ECW Word Tag Team Titles. Styles makes a point to tel the audience that Dreamer despises Raven and that their title reign is as bizarre a twist as has occurred in their previous 2 and a half year feud. Gertner also reminds us that if you want to find out more about the feud, you should buy some videos from the ECW Merchandise catalog that they plug. The ECW opening then starts. It has been remixed since last week in that it shows another clip of Raven. It still shows "The Chairshot Heard Round The World," but now it also shows a shot of Raven holding the Word Tag Titles from last week. Styles says Raven and Dreamer will defend the titles at the ECW Anarchy Rulz PPV (September 18). At the end of the show, they show a lot of Raven clips and tells us Raven will break his silence and talk for the first time after leaving WCW NEXT WEEK on TNN! Don't miss it!
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ECW Hardcore Television (Syndicated ECW Show): Raven Spotlight: (9/4/99) - This edition of ECW's Syndicated Show served mainly as a Raven Spotlight. It started off by Paul Heyman announcing that Raven was now in Extreme Championship Wrestling 12 hours after walking out on Eric Bischoff and WCW.
Highlights of the Raven and Tommy Dreamer match from April 8, 1995, where Beulah debut, aired. Joey Styles told us whether Tommy likes it or not, Tommy is now tag champs with Raven. Throughout the show, there will be other highlights of their feud.
More highlights from the Dreamer/Raven feud aired. This time, Tommy Dreamer’s piledriving of Beulah from April 15, 1995 aired.
A video package recapping the Raven/Dreamer from 1995 aired. It showed many clips from their numerous matches that year.
More Raven and Dreamer highlights, as we saw Beulah beat Luna Vachon from June 17, 1995. Afterwards, Raven breaking Dreamer’s fingers was shown. It was just another time Raven got the best of Dreamer. Then on January 5, 1996, we saw Tommy Dreamer come to Beulah’s rescue, as she told the wrestling world she was pregnant with his kid. In a rare occurrence, Tommy got the better of Raven and left him down and out in the middle of the ring. Then, Tommy beating Raven for the first time on June 7, 1997 was shown.
A recap of Raven and Dreamer winning the tag belts and Taz beating Tajiri from TNN aired.
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: The Dudley Boyz vs. Ballz Mahoney & LSD (Lil' Spike Dudley): (9/3/99) - The Dudleys came out and gave an emotional speech to the crowd about leaving ECW. They then challenged Spike Dudley and Balls Mahoney to one last title match. Balls and Spike hit the ring, and the match was on. Balls was powerbombed through a thumbtack covered table, and Spike was given 3D, and the Dudleys became the eight time ECW World Tag Team Champions. They raised the hands of Balls and Spike, and left the ring to a rousing ovation. This was a big deal as this is TDB'z last appearance in ECW and Joey Styles kept making a big deal about the Dudley's showing up on RAW to throw away the ECW Tag Titles. Styles wondered how ECW would recover from this blow.
WINNERS AND NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPS: The Dudley Boyz.
ECW Wrestling on TNN: The Dudley Boyz vs. Tommy Dreamer and Raven (Raven's return to ECW): (9/3/99) - The Dudleys appeared on the stage, and came to the ring, saying they weren't ready to leave just yet. They thanked the fans, and gave another speech. After the fans gave them an ovation, the Dudleys turned on them, saying they couldn't wait to leave ECW and hand the ECW Tag Titles to Vince McMahon in Stamford, Conn., but before they did, they wanted to beat, ruin, and destroy the company. They called out Tommy Dreamer, hurling insults at him and told him to defend the 6 year old company that broke his back, and making vulgar comments about Francine ("a two-dollar whore") and Beulah ("we taught her the real meaning of a double team"). The monitors show many images of Raven beating up Dreamer. Paul Heyman and Francine held him back, but finally Dreamer hit the ring and took the Dudleys on, two-on-one. Francine brought out a ladder, and Dreamer managed to stay on offense in the beginning, but the Dudleys eventually overwhelmed him. As D-Von lifted Dreamer for 3D, he reversed it into a DDT. At the same time, Raven hit the ring (to an absolutely monster pop) and DDT'd Bubba. Both men made covers, and a three count was made. Raven took the belts, and stood over Dreamer in a crucifix. He tossed Dreamer his belt, but Tommy wouldn't take it. Raven then did the Crucifix went into the crowd and growled menacingly and maniacally as the show went off the air.
WINNERS AND NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: Raven and Dreamer
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