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ECW Hardcore TV: "Unholy Alliance" Promo: (3.25.00) - This is the same promo that closed out the 3/24 TNN show. ECW Hardcore TV, airing the weekend of 3/24, opened with the devilish man without a name in mid ring, with Francine, Raven, Mike Awesome, and Judge Jeff Jones surrounding him. He said it was his idea to bring together Mike Awesome and Raven. He took credit, also, for the plan to capture the tag team titles. He said you must "give the devil his due." Francine took umbrage with the devilish man. The devilish man told Francine why doesn’t she show us her ... intelligence. Francine said no one knows the devilish man’s name, while everyone knows and loves her. Joel Gertner chimed in that he has known her and loved her. Joey Styles said he hears he’s not alone! Francine reminded people that she has managed world and tag team champions and she even told us she got Tommy Dreamer to a title! She said there is no way she was going to let the devilish man take credit for her actions. She demanded credit for Raven and Awesome’s tag title victory. She asked, "What about me? What about Francine?" The Impact Players, Dawn Marie, and Jason came out at this point.
ECW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Impact Players vs. Raven & Mike Awesome - All four were brawling early, until Raven and Justin Credible squared off in the ring. Raven used the snot rag on Justin. Raven tagged in Awesome, who speared both Impact Players. Awesome had Jeff Jones set up a table outside. Awesome went to powerbomb Lance Storm through the table, but Justin caned Awesome in his knee. This allowed The Players to work over Awesome. The Players kept control on Awesome with double team moves. Awesome came back with a sit out powerbomb. Awesome and Justin both were tagged in. Raven hit a drop toe hold into a chair on Justin. It turned into a huge brawl, when Francine and Dawn Marie entered the ring. Francine won out this time and set Dawn up in the corner and smoked Dawn with a bronco buster. Lance Storm stopped the beating and set Francine up for a piledriver. Mike Awesome saved Francine. Awesome killed Storm with an Awesome Bomb, but Justin made the save. Awesome hit the Awesome splash from the top. Justin, though, kicked out at two. Mike Awesome hit a springboard splash onto Jason, even though he was going for Justin, who bailed. Raven had Justin set up for the Evenflow DDT, when Dawn came in to stop it. Francine wasn’t far behind and attempted to throw powder into Dawn’s eye. Quick as a cat, Dawn dodged the powder, causing Raven to take the brunt of it. Blinded, Raven walked straight into a superkick by Lance Storm. Justin rolled Raven up to retain their Tag Titles.
WINNERS: The Impact Players
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: Dreamer/Angel Confrontation: (3.24.00) - Dreamer is standing in front of a Coca Cola vending machine, about to get himself a cold drink. Angel, the kingpin of the Baldies comes up to him and informs Dreamer that Raven has issued a bounty, in essense, a hit out on Dreamer and Angel needs the money and recognition that comes from taking Dreamer out, since he's the "King of the Streets." Suddenly, the other Baldies, Vic Grimes and Tony DeVito, show up in the lobby and jump Dreamer, tossing him through not one but TWO soda vending machines. Thus, wrestlers are now after Dreamer since Raven has offered money to have him taken out permanently.
"Unholy Alliance" Promo: Raven/Awesome & Impact Players Confrontation - As we come back from break, we see Vandenberg (the Sinister Minister) standing in the ring, surrounded by Judge Jeff Jones, the ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome, Raven and Francine. The Minister talks about how it was his idea that Raven and Awesome come together as an "Unholy Alliance" and how he led them to the ECW World Tag Team Championship and thus they should give "the Devil" his due. He then introduces the "Whore of Babylon" Francine and asks her to show the audience her ... intelligence. Francine grabs the mic and remarks that she feels insulted that the Minister would take credit for the Awesome/Raven team, especially since no one even knows what his name is in this company. On the other hand, everyone knows and loves her and any man would gladly have her, but there isn't a man in that audience whose man enough to take her. She's managed the World, Tag, and TV Champions and she wants her rightful credit. What about me? What about Francine? At that point, White Zombie hits the P.A. and we have the Impact Players come up to challenge Raven and Awesome, as Raven gets up to confront them as the show goes off the air.
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: Raven Promo: (3.19.00) - We see Raven sitting in a boiler room in the bowels of the building. He's sitting down dressed completely in black and wearing a Marvel Comics "Punisher" skull logo t-shirt. Behind Raven, we see someone dressed similar to him with an exposed midriff but it's unclear who it is. Raven says he understands what Tommy is going through, since Raven was in the same situation when Beulah was taken from him by Tommy, just as he took Francine from Dreamer. Raven says life is like a game of cards, the cards are like fine blown glass and as friendships are built and life goes on, more and more cards are turned over, until one day, something catastrophic happens and the cards are blown off the table and shatter into a million pieces and all we want is for those cards to be intact. But wasn't the point just to play cards in the first place? At this point, the camera pans up and we see the figure behind Raven is none other than Francine, who utters "Quote the Raven ... nevermore."
Raven Interference: Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome - The ECW World Title looked to be changing hands after Tanaka superplexed Awesome through a table. Raven then runs into the ring and hits The Evenflow on Masato Tanaka. Raven then evenflows referree John Finnegan and knocks him out as well. Meanwhile, Jeff Jones set up a table outside, and Awesome gave Tanaka the Running Awesome Bomb through the table on the outside. At this point, the FMW contingent of Gedo, Jadoh, and Kintaro Kanemura run out to check on their fellow FMW wrestler Tanaka. . Tommy Dreamer then hit the ring, but he received an Evenflow DDT for his trouble as well. A table is set up in the corner and Awesome crucifix-powerbombs Dreamer through the table like a rag doll, getting a "HOLY SHIT" chant going through the crowd. Raven then pulls off the table and sits on top of Dreamer like a scavenger as several ECW wrestlers come to check on Dreamer's condition.
WINNER: No Contest
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ECW Living Dangerously PPV: ECW World Tag Team Title Three Way Dance: Raven & Mike Awesome vs. Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka vs. The Impact Players: (3.12.00) - This match was done elimination style, when a team is pinned they leave & the match continues until there is a winner. Justin Credible & Lance Storm, with Jason and Dawn Marie, came to the ring first. Storm said they didn't care about Tanaka and Dreamer, they cared about the belts. The champs came out, with Francine, and the war was on. Awesome hit a tope onto Credible and Jason, while Raven hit the drop toe hold into the chair on Storm. He pulled the snot rag out and used it on Lance, as Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka came out. Dreamer hit a DDT on Raven, but Awesome broke it up. The Impact players went to work on Tanaka, and soon we had an all out brawl. Dreamer hit a bulldog, but the action wasn't allowing anyone to make an early cover. Dreamer set up a table in the ring, but Raven drove Dreamer into it with a drop toe hold. Tanaka stopped the pin, but was then taken down with an Awesome clothesline. Tanaka and Awesome now had the ring to themselves, and Tanaka hit a belly to back suplex into a table propped in the corner. Tanaka hit the roaring elbow, and pinned Mike Awesome to eliminate the champions. We will have new champions tonight. Credible hit Tanaka with a cane shot, and the Impact Players went to work on Dreamer. Tommy was bleeding from the forehead, as Justin hit a swinging DDT for a near fall. We've settled into a standard tag match, with Storm blasting Dreamer with a dropkick. Justin tagged back in, as Dreamer was quickly becoming a bloody mess. Justin hit a pull out powerbomb from the corner, as Dreamer needed to make a tag. A miscue saw Justin hit a superkick on Lance, and Dreamer DDT'd Justin, and tagged Tanaka. Masato cleaned house, and hit a double stunner on Storm and Jason, who tried to interfere. Credible and Tanaka fought at the top, and Dreamer assisted in a top rope variation of Diamond Dust for a two count. Dreamer went for a Spicolli Driver, but was caned by Justin. Tanaka hit Diamond Dust on Justin, but was piledriven by Storm. Dreamer piledrove Lance, but Justin came out on tope of it all, hitting a spike piledriver with the aid of Lance to get the final blow. Storm covered Dreamer, and we've got new ECW World Tag Team Champions in the Impact Players, as Cyrus went to the ring to congratulate his "boys."
NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Impact Players
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: ECW World Tag Team Title Match: Masato Tanaka & Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven & Mike Awesome: (3.10.00) - Last week, after Raven laid out Dreamer, Masato Tanaka came to his rescue and they won the Tag Titles off of the Impact Players. This week, Raven challenges Dreamer for those belts with his new partner Mike Awesome, the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. . Dreamer started out with Awesome, and begged for Raven to tag in. Awesome hit a back suplex, then tagged him in. Raven quickly tagged back out when Dreamer had an advantage. Tanaka tagged in, and the war resumed. Awesome hit a splash for a two count, then took down Masato with a lariat. Tanaka hit a drop toe hold sending Awesome into the buckle, then hit a top rope legdrop. Raven got in, and used a chair, but that did not slow down Tanaka. Masato dominated Raven, then tagged in Dreamer who finally got his hands on Raven. He tied him to the tree of woe, then stood on his crotch. Awesome broke it up with a powerbomb, then returned to his corner, looking for a tag. Dreamer hit a back suplex on Raven, but Awesome got the tag first, and hit a springboard elbow on Dreamer. Awesome hit a chokeslam powerbomb on Dreamer for a two count. Raven took a mike and insulted Dreamer, telling him to cry to his fans. Dreamer fought back, but Awesome would not allow a tag to be made. Raven hit a bulldog on Dreamer, then had Jeff Jones hand him a table. Raven set it up, legs facing out on the ropes, then went for a chair. That backfired, as Dreamer used the chair on Raven, then Awesome ran back in again. Awesome laid Dreamer on the table, but Tommy moved out of the way of the Awesome splash. Masato finally tagged in, hitting elbows on both men. Mike hit a German suplex on Masato, and soon all four men were going at it. Jones sent in two tables, and Awesome laid Masato on one, while Dreamer gave Raven a neckbreaker. Masato recovered, but Awesome sent him to the floor. Raven hit a drop toehold and Dreamer went jaw first into the table. Awesome hit a top rope splash on Tommy, but Dreamer kicked out. Awesome powerbombed Dreamer through another table, but Masato broke up the count. Tanaka hit the roaring elbow on Raven, but Awesome broke up the count. Dreamer hit a DDT on Raven, but Awesome stopped the count again. Jones propped a table in the corner, and Awesome powerbombed Dreamer into it. Masato struggled with Awesome, and Raven crawled over to cover Dreamer for the pin. James Vandenburg came out to escort the new champions back to the locker room.
WINNERS (AND NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS): Raven and Mike Awesome
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ECW Wrestling on TNN: Francine/Dreamer/Raven Confrontation: (3.04.00) - At long last, the "Bound By Hate" angle explodes as Raven turns against Dreamer. For the fans at home who haven't been following the soap opera, here's a quick recap. Raven came back to ECW, saving Tommy Dreamer from Bubbah Ray and D-Von Dudley and in the process, he and Dreamer became the ECW World Tag Team Champions. The problem is, Raven and Dreamer are each other's arch nemesis and spent 2 1/2 years feuding in ECW (1995 to 1997) before Raven left for WCW. Raven, in his attempt to further torture Dreamer, made Dreamer lose all his matches unless the titles were at stake. However, Raven soon began to succumb to Dreamer's face impulses and started to "do the right thing." Eventually, he convinced Dreamer and Francine of this as well. All was well until the return of the Sandman. Dreamer and Sandman were friends, but Raven once stole the Sandman's family and their blood feud resumed. This stirred up Raven's heel impulses and The Impact Players took advantage and ambushed Raven crucifiying him on the Altar of Impact, eventually taking their tag titles after Raven saved Francine from a cane shot. Eventually Dreamer grew tired of Raven's antics (saving Francine and stranding him) and began to doubt his sincerity at being a face, yet Francine learned to trust him. A couple weeks ago, Raven accidentally DDT'ed Fracine, leaving Dreamer to take his anger out on Raven. Last week, the same happened, except this time Dreamer was blinded and he attacked Francine. This brings us to this week, as Francine came out to confront Dreamer, saying she thought his DDT on her was intentional, that she was nothing without him and that he needed her to get over. However, Raven didn't need her, Raven wanted her. She then asks Tommy whether he thinks the fans want to see his ass or her tits. Dreamer says take your fake tits and get the hell out of Cincinnati. At this point, she slaps Dreamer, Dreamer grabs her and is about to piledrive her. Raven, in a Dr. Strange t-shirt, runs in and lays out Tommy, opens the rope for Francine and leaves him for the Impact Players.
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