Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for May 12, 2000

The Sinister Minister says that when Mikey Whipwreck was only five years and his mother had him locked in his closet, she always told him not to play with matches. After somebody makes noise on the other end of a nearby door, The Sinister Minster threatens to have Whipwreck rip the cameraman's head off and make the Spanish Inquisition look like Sunday school. Suddenly, The Sinister Minster gets an idea and whispers it into Whipwreck's ear. Whipwreck tells the cameraman "you're fired" before throwing a fireball at him, then he and The Sinister Minster laugh.

Joey Styles and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner welcome everyone to tonight's show. "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer then shows up. Before he can make his first statement since losing the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at Cyberslam, Simon Diamond interrupts Dreamer before saying that he is no comedy act, then says nobody cares what Dreamer has to say, that Dreamer is not hungry anymore and that the Dreamer who "ate and drank ECW" is dead. After mocking Dreamer for not having a weapon to hit him with and asking Dreamer what he will hit him with, Dreamer hits him with a fist to the face, starting a match. After Dreamer hits Simon in the groin with the microphone, he states "Dreamer has a problem...Simon sucks dick!"

"The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer beats Simon Diamond. During the match, the referee takes a steel chair away from Simon, causing Simon to argue with him. The Prodigy and The Prodigette fight over who gets dibs on Dreamer, and Dreamer dodges a top rope moonsault from The Prodigette before butting both of their heads into each other. Simon chops the referee in the corner, but the referee fights back and hits a few chops of his own before Dreamer hits his trademark DDT for the win.

Lance Storm beats Jerry Lynn after Justin Credible shows up and whacks Lynn with a Singapore cane - despite aiming for Storm - while referee Jim Molineaux is distracted by Dawn Marie. After the match, "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer shows up, and they and Lance Storm brawl with one another. Cyrus then shows up and tells everyone that before tonight's show, TNN never wanted to come to Minneapolis, Minnesota because Cyrus - being from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - is an expert on the state of Minnesota, which he states is populated by idiots. He says that only "a state a mental retardates" would elect Jesse "The Body" Ventura for state governor, then says Jerry Lynn is not like everyone else in the state and that he will not hold being from Minnesota against him. He says that Jerry Lynn is unbelievably fantastic, then almost compares him to the Minnesota Timberwolves before remembering that they were knocked out of the NBA playoffs. He then says he is like the Minnesota Vikings because he cannot win the big one; nevertheless, he tells him he is unbelievable in the ring. He then tells him that even though Brad Rheingans taught him how to wrestle, he also taught him how to do an interview, which he calls "a ratings killer." He then states it is not about the wrestling anymore at The Network, but The Network still has a spot for someone of Lynn's talent and he has an offer he cannot refuse. He says that while Lynn can wrestle and that he is the "#1 charisma man," and offers to be his manager, saying there is nothing Lynn cannot achieve with The Network behind him. Suddenly, Tajiri shows up, and when he talks to Lynn, Cyrus smacks him on the back of the head and tells him to go away while calling him a "Jap." Lynn suddenly attacks Tajiri from behind, and Cyrus shakes his hand and welcomes him to The Network. Lynn then takes the microphone from Cyrus' hand and tells him he did it for himself, not for him or The Network. Cyrus blames everything that has happened on Tajiri after Jerry Lynn and says that he will ship him back to Tokyo and beat his ass. Steve Corino then shows up, and Cyrus leaves before Tajiri beats up Corino. Jack Victory shows up, but he gets attacked as well. Rhino then shows up and clotheslines Tajiri, and this starts a match for the ECW World Television Championship.

Rhino retains the ECW World Television Championship against Tajiri after putting Tajiri through two tables. After the match, Rhino, Steve Corino and Jack Victory take the boots to Tajiri, then The Sandman shows up and hits Corino and Victory with his Singapore cane before confronting Rhino in the ring. Both men fight, and Rhino hits Sandman with a Gore followed by a piledriver. Corino then says "This is what we like to do to your bitch wife!" before Rob Van Dam shows up and fights Corino and Victory. Rhino and RVD fight in the corner, and RVD gets the last word with the Five Star Frog Splash to end the show.