Hostile City Showdown (1995)
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| Hostile City Showdown (1995) | |||
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 The ECW Arena. | |||
| Promotion | Extreme Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | April 15, 1995 | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| Venue | ECW Arena | ||
| Attendance | 1,150 | ||
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Hostile City Showdown (1995) was the second Hostile City Showdown professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on April 15, 1995 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. The announcer for the event was Joey Styles.
Event
The event saw the incipient feud between Raven and Tommy Dreamer develop, with Raven delivering a promo in which he revealed that his girlfriend, Beulah McGillicutty, had been spurned by Dreamer at a summer camp as a teenager and had now aligned herself with Raven to seek revenge. During the bout between Raven and Dreamer, Beulah interfered on Raven's behalf and was given a piledriver by Dreamer. Dreamer later described the match as the first time the ECW fans "truly accepted [him]".[1][2]
Hostile City Showdown also saw The Sandman challenge Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Earlier that month, The Sandman's valet, Woman, had turned on The Sandman, aligning herself with Douglas. During the bout, Woman struck Douglas in the knee with a Singapore cane while he was applying a crossface chickenwing to The Sandman, enabling The Sandman to pin Douglas and end his year-long title reign. Woman then reunited with The Sandman, revealing her alliance with Douglas as a ruse. Following the match, Douglas donned a Monday Night Raw t-shirt and insulted the audience, reflecting his imminent departure from ECW to join rival promotion the World Wrestling Federation.
During the main event bout between, Terry Funk and Cactus Jack (Mick Foley), a member of the audience held up a sign reading "Cane Dewey", a reference to Foley's infant son. Foley channeled the event during his heel turn later that year.[3][4]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Mikey Whipwreck (with Hack Meyers) defeated Stevie Richards (with Raven) | Singles match | 7:36 | ||
| 2 | Tsubo Genjin defeated Tony Stetson | Singles match | 4:48 | ||
| 3 | Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten | Barbed wire baseball bat match | 9:07 | ||
| 4 | Raven (with Stevie Richards and Beulah McGillicutty) fought Tommy Dreamer to a no contest | Singles match | 7:30 | ||
| 5 | Eddie Guerrero (c) fought Dean Malenko to a time limit draw | Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship | 25:57 | ||
| 6 | The Sandman defeated Shane Douglas (c) (with Woman) | Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship | 7:53 | ||
| 7 | The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) (c) defeated The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) (with Stevie Richards) | Tag team match for the ECW World Tag Team Championship | 16:48 | ||
| 8 | 911 (with Paul E. Dangerously) defeated Ron Simmons | Singles match | 5:31 | ||
| 9 | Cactus Jack defeated Terry Funk | Singles match | 12:58 | ||
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References
- ^ Thom Loverro (22 May 2007). The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling. Simon & Schuster. pp. 88–90. ISBN 978-1-4165-1312-4.
- ^ Pat McNeill (2002). The Tables All Were Broken. iUniverse. pp. 262–. ISBN 978-0-595-22404-3.
- ^ Thom Loverro (22 May 2007). The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling. Simon & Schuster. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-1-4165-6156-9.
- ^ Mick Foley (1 April 2008). The Hardcore Diaries. Simon & Schuster. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-1-4165-5678-7.