Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for April 28, 2000

It is announced that footage from "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer vs. Tazz for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship will be aired tonight.

Joey Styles and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner welcomes everyone to tonight's show, which takes place during Cyberslam.

Before the next match, Cyrus calls Yoshihiro Tajiri a team player, then tells him he has had "a hell of a run" as ECW World Television Champion. He then demands that Tajiri hold up his end of the deal and relinquish the title to Rhino. Tajiri is reluctant, and Cyrus chews him, calling him a "slanty-eyed bastard" and telling he can pull his work visa and reduce him to a restaurant delivery boy. Tajiri is still reluctant, and Cyrus begins to yell at him. At this point, Tajiri fesues, and when Cyrus asks for his answer, Tajiri simply says "Fuck you." This leads to a match for the ECW World Television Championship between Tajiri and Rhino.

Rhino beats Yoshihiro Tajiri following a Gore and two piledrivers to become the ECW World Heavyweight Championship following the distraction by Steve Corino and Jack Victory. After the match, Cyrus calls Rhino "the network's hand-picked succesor to Rob Van Dam," and says that if there is one lesson can be learned from this, it is that nobody can stand up to The Network (Cyrus, Steve Corino, Rhino, Jack Victory) and that if there is anybody in the back who has the guts to do so, all they have to do is bring it on. That challenge is answered by Rob Van Dam himself, who runs in with Scotty Anton and brawls with The Network so that RVD and Rhino are alone in the ring. RVD quickly gets the upper hand as The Network flees. This does not stop RVD from hitting a swanton bomb on Rhino and Corino on the outside. Afterwards, Cyrus tells RVD he is looking at a different ECW and that The Network controls the ECW World Television Championship. He says that if RVD thought he could waltz back in after three months, he has another thing coming, and announces that The Sandman will be challenging Rhino for the title at Hardcore Heaven on May 14th. Meanwhile, Rob Van Dam will not be left out of the pay-per-view, and on that night, he will be facing Jerry Lynn, who has not been in months since breaking his ankle. Cyrus tells Jerry Lynn it is a pleasure to have him back wth the network, but Jerry Lynn tells him to get out of here and calls him a "network stooge" before knocking him to the mat. He then tells RVD that they suffered injuries at the same time, but as he sat at home, he heard nothing about himself while everyone was talking about RVD. Lynn brags that he took RVD to his limit, and at Hardcore Heaven, he has the privilege of "kicking [his] fucking ass." He then says that everyone while know that he is not only "the new fuckin' show," but "the whole fuckin' show." After Lynn flips RVD off when RVD offers to shake his hand, Scotty Anton confronts Lynn only to get hit with a forearm.

We hear from The Sinister Minister, who says that a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend informed him that World Championship Wrestling would love to procure his and Mikey Whipwreck's services, he says that even his soul would not sink that low, and that he would not be caught dead in "that third rate promotion" as Mikey Whipwreck places him in a casket. As Mikey laughs, The Sinister Minister opens the casket back up and tells him that this is no laughing matter, but Mikey Whipwreck says he knows and that he hates WCW, too. The Sinister Minister then tells Eric Bischoff that if he ever wants to come kick his ass, he is easy to find as they are both in the same neck of the woods: Hell. On his command, Mikey laughs and closes the casket, then rolls around laughing.

We see footage of Rhino grabbing The Sandman's wife Lori Fullinton and Goring her and The Sandman through a table from during the commercial break.

We hear from The Sinister Minister, who plays with an Ouija board before saying the spirit guides tell him that ECW is hotter than Hell. We then see the table - and the Ouija board that is on it - burning before Mikey Whipwreck puts himself through it. The Sinister Minster tells Mikey he has "a hell of a knack" for spoiling the moment, then he and Mikey laugh maniacally.

We see some highlights from Cyberslam 2000 of "The American Dream" vs. Steve Corino, the attack on The Sandman and Lori Fullington by The Network (Steve Corino, Jack Victory, Rhino) and Lance Storm vs. Nova. It is also announced that Lance Storm has been taken to a local hospital and that updates are forthcoming.

We see footage of Tazz and "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dramer is a show of respect to one another before Tazz says farewell to ECW. As Raven watches from the aisle, Dreamer says he has waited his whole life for this, and while he may not make it to WrestleMania or Starrcade, he made it in the ECW Arena. He tearfully thanks the fans for their support, then is congratulated by friends both personal and from the ECW locker room. After everyone leaves, Raven and Francine show up, then Raven extends his hand. They shake hands and hug, and as Raven raises Dreamer's ahdn, they are both attacked with a kendo stick shot to the head by Justin Credible, who says that all he has been hearing is Mike Awesome throwing ECW in the trash on Nitro and Tazz defending the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on Raw. He says that everyone wants to make an impact in ECW, and asks who better to do it that him. He then says the tag team titles are nothing, and says that every team who held the titles before him and Lance Storm can kiss his ass. He throws the belts down and spits on him, and makes it clear that he wants a match for the World title right now. When he demands an answer from Dreamer, Dreamer yells "Ring the bell!", starting an impromptu World title match between Justin and Dreamer.

Justin Credible beats "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer after Francine hits a low bow on Dreamer, who initially saves her, as part of "Plan B." After the match, Francine rips her clothes off to reveal a negligee underneath before celebrating with Justin Credible and Jason.