Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for May 19, 2000

We hear from The Sinister Minister, who says that Hardcore Heaven has come and gone and that Jerry Lynn did the impossible and pinned Rob Van Dam in the ring. He also mentions Rhyno Goring The Sandman's wife Lori Fullington and Tajiri nearly making Steve Corino bleed to death. Mikey Whipwrecks rides up on a tricycle and says he sees dead people, but The Sinister Minister tells him that Brad Siegel has not fired Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo, whom he says are "just like [his] old friend Keith Richards" as they are dead and do not even know it yet.

Kid Kash beats Johnny Swinger. After the match, Little Guido and Big Sal E. Graziano show up, and Guido slams Kid Kash before Big Sal hits Kid Kash with a top rope diving headbutt. Mikey Whipwreck then gets in the ring and throws a fireball into Big Sal's face. This starts an impromptu match.

Mikey Whipwreck beats Little Guido.

We get a short recap of Hardcore Heaven.

We hear from Rob Van Dam, who tells Jerry Lynn that he took something that did not belong to him: a victory over him. He says that if he were to lose, it would to be against Jerry Lynn, but not in the way. He tells Scotty Anton and Cyrus he will deal with him, and tells Rhino that he will especially deal with him. He says that Hardcore Heaven was supposed to be his comeback match where he came back better than before he left, and before he left, he was the best. He says this is not just a win in the record books, but a win that will "come out of [Jerry Lynn's] ass" after he is done "kicking [his] fucking ass."

Danny Doring and Roadkill beat the team of Chris Chetti and Nova and Da Baldies (Angel and Big Vito). During the match, Steve Corino hijacks the commentary booth, saying that everybody wants to be hardcore and addresses Tajiri spilling his blood at Hardcore Heaven. After the match, Corino complains about Tajiri beating him up again, then Da Baldies attack Doring and Roadkill with a steel chair before slamming Roadkill through two chairs in the center of the ring. Suddenly, New Jack shows up with a couple of weapons and beats up Da Baldies.

Backstage, Jerry Lynn talks about his history with Rob Van Dam and says that both of them "got fucked with" at Hardcore Heaven. He says that his victory at Hardcore Heaven proves he is not just good; he is better.

Before the next match, Justin Credible tells Raven that he has beaten him from pillar to post all over the country and beaten him in the middle of the ring, and tonight, he will show him why he is the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Meanwhile, Steve Corino torments Joey Styles and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner in the commentary booth, and Gertner gets Corino away from them by tricking Corino into believing that Tajiri is nearby.

Justin Credible retains the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Raven. During the match, Credible rams Raven into referee Jim Molineaux, who is sandwiched in the corner. Francine gets on top of Raven, but Raven throws her off. Justin hits Justin Credible, but Raven gets his foot on the bottom rope. Raven goes for a Sunset Flip off the apron, but Justin grabs the ropes to pin Raven down and retain the title.

It is announced that Lori Fullington is still in the hospital and that her condition is unknown following Hardcore Heaven.

We hear from Cyrus and Rhino. Cyrus says he is tired of Extreme Championship Wrestling, and says that he used to work for Vince McMahon and might work for him again after a merger goes through. He is also mad because he has a tremendous athlete in Rhino who is put in the ring with drunks, decrepit idiots and their "whore wives" only for the two of them to be viewed as the bad guys. He plans to send ECW back to the stone age by paying Vince McMahon $100 million to come here just to get back at Paul Heyman and ECW, saying that Vince is "a goddamn saint." Rhino says he does not care if it is The Sandman, Lori Fullington, Tajiri, Super Crazy or Rob Van Dam, because if anyone wants the ECW World Television Championship, they will have to go through him.

Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for March 31, 2000

Joey Styles and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner welcome everyone to tonight's show. After Gertner tells the crowd that "ECW carries TNN" and that TNN would be "shitty" without them, Cyrus can be heard saying "Excuse me." Gertner responds, "I swear on my life, if he comes out here, I'll beat the piss out of him!" Styles tells Gertner "You can have what I leave behind!" Cyrus shows up with Tajiri, and the crowd chants "We want Sandman!" Cyrus says he is the man who brings the fans Rollerjam and calls himself "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n Bowl-ah" before warning Gertner not to soil himself as he can let Tajiri loose at the drop of a pin. Cyrus then says the network has a situation with Super Crazy, and says he has been frustrated by letting the talent handle network business. This leads to a "Super Crazy" chant from the crowd. He says that a talent has not gotten the job done, so tonight, he and the network take control. After he says that he can hold his own in the ring, he announces he will face Super Crazy in a wrestling match and restore the ECW World Television Championship to the network because "idiots like Tajiri" are not getting the job done. Tajiri takes offense to that comment, and Cyrus says something to him in Japanese before threatening to revoke his work visa and send him back to jobbing to Abdullah the Butcher in Big Japan and accusing Gertner and Styles of wanting him deported. Tajiri turns back towards Styles and Gertner, then Cyrus says that the network takes control and that he will don the tights and face Super Crazy for the World Television title.

We hear from Danny Doring and Roadkill, who calls out The New Dangerous Alliance (C.W. Anderson and Billy Wiles), saying they will get their hands on them. As for Elektra, Doring calls her "a used Kleenex in the peep show booth of life." All of a sudden, Angel shows up and asks where "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer, as he wants to collect on the hit on Dreamer. Angel the accuses Doring of stepping up to him, and Doring says he has no problem with Angel before telling Angel he should be more concerned about having a problem with him. Doring then punches Angel, and Tony DeVito jumps in, immediately starting a tag team brawl. Grimes also shows up with a trash can which soon meets the back of Roadkill, and Da Baldies (Angel, DeVito, Grimes) quickly come out on top in the brawl.

Tajiri beats Little Guido.

We hear from Mike Awesome and "Judge" Jeff Jones. Jones says that Awesome's fist is like a judge's gavel, and when one is in contempt of Jones' court, Awesome will keep pounding. Awesome says he is ECW World Heavyweight Champion, and anyone who tries to take the title away from him is taking money out of his pocket. Awesome also says he has bled across four continents for the title, and nobody will take it away from him as it is the only belt in the world that matters today.

We see the word "Hell" written next to the first floor button on an elevator. When the elevator door opens, we see The Sinister Minsiter, who uses tarot cards to mention various ECW wrestlers and make a swipe at Diamond Dallas Page (saying that if he doesn't bring Kimberly, they won't book him). When The Sinister Minister laughs, Mikey Whipwreck is then seen underneath the table laughing with him.

Before the next match, Danny Doring and Roadkill proposes a Kansas City Street Fight against Da Baldies (Angel, Tony DeVito, Grimes). Angel tells Doring and Roadkill that they don't have the props or the pull to face them, and tells them that they don't have a second partner. Doring then says he has a friend in the back who is hardcore, has been in one of these street fights before and is willing to be in another one. That friend is "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer.

Danny Doring, Roadkill and "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer beat Da Baldies (Angel, Tony DeVito, Grimes).

Cyrus shows up. He says it is now the time that the network takes control as Super Crazy is seen in the ring. He then says he is ready to beat Super Crazy for the ECW World Television Championship, but nobody in television goes by stipulations. Cyrus then announces that instead of him facing Super Crazy, it will be Rhino.

Super Crazy retains the ECW World Television Championship against Rhino following a Sunset Flip powerbomb into a table. After the match, Steve Corino attacks Super Crazy, and Cyrus joins in while Jack Victory pulls out a few tables. The Sandman shows up from out of the crowd and canes Corino and Jack Victory, but the numbers game quickly takes over and Rhino plows Super Crazy into The Sandman, sending both men through a table in the corner. Cyrus then directs traffic as Corino and Jack Victory hold down The Sandman so that Rhino can hit him with The Sandman's Singapore cane. Rhino then drinks The Sandman's beer before spitting and pouring it on Sandman. Cyrus then says nobody stands up to the network.

Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for February 18, 2000

After announcing there is officially less than an hour before Rollerjam, Cyrus announces that last week, ECW allowed "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes to place his hands on him, and says ECW does not need any more heat with the network than it already has. He also addressed Rob Van Dam's broken leg, saying that he has come up with a solution concerning this and the ECW World Television Championship: Rob Van Dam will be stripped of the title by ECW, and ECW will comply with what he and the network tells them to do. He will let ECW know what they will do with the Television title. He then says it is 57 minutes and 53 seconds until Rollerjam after telling everyone to watch ECW Wrestling tonight.

It is announced that ECW: Hardcore Revolution has been out on Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 since yesterday, and some brief footage from the game is displayed.

We hear from Masato Tanaka, who cuts a promo in Japanese on tonight's main event. He then says in English that he will win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship back from Mike Awesome.

Danny Doring and Roadkill beat Nova and Chris Chetti despite Nova moving out of the way of a splash through a table by Roadkill. The match is Chris Chetti's first since returning to full-time action after injuring his back at Anarchy Rulez. Both men share respect after the match, then The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) run in with "The Sexiest Man Alive" Jason and decimate both teams.

Mike Awesome tells Masato Tanaka that he has beaten Tazz, Spike Dudley and New Jack's asses, and if he wants to take the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, he will give him an awesome ass beating.

Super Crazy beats C.W. Anderson after putting Anderson through a table and nearly impaling himself on a table leg while trying to put Anderson through another after Wild Bill Whiles and Lou E. Dangerously's interference attempt backfires.

It is announced that Rob Van Dam will be out for at least 12 weeks with his broken leg.

Chris Chetti and Nova tell The Impact Players that tonight that if they want to attack them after their match and make an impact, then they just became their biggest fans. Chetti says he set up rings and got dumped on his head by Tazz for three years to make an impact, and he did not have to "wear a yellow jockstrap on his head and carry ["The Heartbreak Kid"] Shawn Michaels' bags to the car" to do it, either. Nova says he wrestled in the ring for free to earn his position in the company, and he did not a girl like Dawn Marie to get over. Chetti says the next time they see them, they will be the ones making the impact.

Mike Awesome retains the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Masato Tanaka after a top rope Awesome Bomb through a table.

Next week: Paul E. Heyman's response to Rob Van Dam being stripped of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, as well as Rob Van Dam's response!

Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for January 21, 2000

Joey Styles and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner welcome everyone to tonight's show. Gertner insults Cyrus by calling him a schmuck, then Cyrus shows up. Cyrus tells the crowd they have heat with the office, and that nobody has more heat with the office than Gertner. He says that contrary to popular opinion, he has been in Gertner's corner since day one and wants him to be the best he can be. He has censored him, called him into the office for meetings, warned him publicly and privately both on TNN and in front of the boys, and tells him that the "dirty middle name" thing is not over and that he will have to be a little more creative, because the next time he ignores his authority, he will kick his fat ass. Joey Styles has to hold Gertner back from beating up Cyrus, and the crowd chants "Let him go!"

The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm), "The Sexiest Man Alive" Jason and Dawn Marie show up as Cyrus leaves and Joey Styles and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner are still in the ring. Justin says they are not ones to say "We told you so," but they told them so. They said they would become ECW World Tag Team Champions and make an impact. Tonight, the establishment wants them to defend the tag titles, but they are running the show and they will defend the titles here tonight. Suddenly, "Dastardly" Danny Doring, Electra and Roadkill show up. Doring tells The Impact Players they will not disappoint the people and that they will put the titles on the night against him and Roadkill. Storm asks who they think they are, and calls them "a couple of opening match guys" before saying the only thing main event about them is Electra's breasts. He asks them who they have beaten aside from no-talent, one-dimensional jobbers, and says beating them takes them to mid-card, and if they can beat a mid-card team, only then will they consider having a match with them. Until then, Doring and Roadkill (whom Storm calls a "newly-elevated mid-card team") will face a "newly demoted mid-card team" in "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer and Raven. Dreamer and Raven run into the ring, with Dreamer carrying a steel chair, and they have a match.

"Dastardly" Danny Doring and Roadkill beat "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer and Raven. During the match, Francince confronts Electra, but Dawn Marie runs into the ring and hits Francine in the back of the head with a foreign object. Raven then carries Francine to the back and is not seen for the rest of the match. Later on in the match, Rhino, Jack Victory and Steve Corino run into the ring, and Rhino hits Dreamer with a piledriver. Doring hits a top rope leg drop for the win. After the match, Jack Victory and Steve Corino take the boots to Dreamer, and Corino knocks referee John Finegan out of the ring. Corino and Victory are still attacking Dreamer when "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes comes out of the road, gets in the ring, and beats them both up. Rhino then gets back in the ring and takes Dusty down, and he, Corino and Victory take the boots to him until The Sandman arrives. Rhino tries to gore the Sandman and runs into the ring post, and THe Sandman strikes Rhino with his Singapore cane.

Super Crazy beats Tajiri in a violent Mexican Deathmatch.

Mike Awesome and Judge Jeff Jones are in the ring. Awesome says he is sure everyone saw him kick Spike Dudley's ass on pay-per-view last week, and he is sure everyone saw him knock the teeth of Spike's girlfriend right down her throat. After saying "Fuck you, Paul," He says he is the most awesome athlete in sports today and the most awesome wrestler in the business today. The crowd starts chanting for Rob Van Dam. He holds the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, which is the only title that matters in wrestling today and makes him "the whole fuckin' show." Rob Van Dam shows up along with Bill Alfonso, and RVD tells Awesome to listen to what he is thinking as he is confusing his fans with "that nonsense." He says that Awesome is a "big motherfucker" and a great champion, but no matter how good his ass kickings are, Awesome is only part of the show while he is the whole fuckin' show. Awesome sees nothing but "a puny little punk-ass Television title" around RVD's waist, while he is the heavyweight champion of the world. He lays his belt on the mat, and dares RVD to take it from him. RVD says it's about 4:20 right now, and he's got some time to burn, so they might as well do it right now. Before the match can begin, the lights go out. WHen they come back on, Sabu is in the ring with a steel chair. Awesome says something to Sabu, then the crowd chants "three-way dance." Awesome says he'll take both RVD and Sabu right now. Sabu then suddenly throws a steel chair into RVD's face, then lays another one down so that Awesome can hit RVD with an Awesome Bomb on it. Sabu then hits RVD with the triple jump moonsault followed by the Arabian Facebuster, then he knocks Bill Alfonso out on a table with a right hand before putting Alfonso through it. Spike Dudley gets in the ring and fights Awesome, but Sabu nails Spike from behind and Spike falls victim to an Awesome Bomb. Awesome and Sabu then set up a table in the middle of the ring, then Awesome and Sabu both go up top and send RVD through the table to end the show.

Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for January 7, 2000

Guilty As Charged is live this Sunday on pay-per-view!

We see a video package narrated by Paul Heyman documenting the history of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship from the moment "The Franchise" Shane Douglas threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship all the way to Mike Awesome's second and current reign.

Spike Dudley tells Miek Awesome he hopes he is not focused on his gimmick, as he knocked his girlfriend's teeth out. He was the one who was kicked out of The Dudleys due to being too violent. He has been put through everything, and he still got up and fought the next match without being injured. He does not care about winning or losing on Sunday; all he cares about is extreme wrestling and hurting Mike Awesome.

"Judge" Jeff Jones says he has managed Mike Awesome to the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and asks Spike Dudley who he thinks he is by having his girlfriend come into the ring and hit him with the Acid Drop. He says she made him look ridiculous, and he cannot afford to look ridiculous. Mike Awesome tells Spike that if he has the balls to interrupt his victory celebration, then he can only imagine what he can do to him after he knocked Spike's girlfriend's teeth down her throat.

Lance Storm tells "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer that tonight will be a big night for him, since he will be in his hometown at the very arena where he and his father watched wrestling and watched the stars passed Tommy by. Tonight, another star will pass Tommy by, and that star is Justin Credible. Justin tells Tommy he wants this between himself and Tommy, and he asks Lance to stay out of the way if Dreamer has him up against the ropes, for if Tommy can beat him, he will be the better man. He says Tommy is not the better man, and tonight, he will demolish every hope that ever crossed his mind and show everyone that he and Lance Storm are guilty as charged.

Danny Doring and Roadkill beat The Dupp Brothers (Bo and Jack Dupp) and Nova and Kid Kash. During the match, Elektra tries to break up a pinfall, but Jazz gets in the ring and brawls with Elektra until Simon Diamond shows up and carries Jazz away. Chris Chetti checks on Elektra, but when Elektra slaps him, she kisses her and carries her to the back.

Tomorrow from noon to 3 PM at the grand opening of the Home Depot on Highway 280 in Birmingham, Alabama, there will be a meet and greet with ECW stars "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer, Francine, Raven, The Sandman, Spike Dudley, Rob Van Dam and Bill Alfonso. For a free ECW merchandise catalog, send $1 to: ECW, 20 Constance Ct., Hauppauge, NY 11788 or call (800) 523-5684, or shop online at ECWwrestling.com.

Justin Credible beats "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer. Before the match begins, Justin Credible and "The Sexiest Man Alive" Jason try to walk out of the match, but Tommy Dreamer follows them to the stage and takes the fight to them. During the match, Dreamer gets the Singapore cane, and Jason tries to get inovolved. Jason hits an enziguri, but Francine gets in the ring, hits Jason with a low blow and nails him with the Bronco Buster. Justin tries to hit Francine with a Tombstone Piledriver, but Dreamer hits Justin in the head with the Singapore cane. Dreamer goes for a piledriver, but Lance Storm shows up with Dawn Marie and hits Dreamer with a springboard forearm. Suddenly, Raven shows up and crotches Lance Storm on the ring post, then France and Dawn Marie have a catfight in the middle of the ring. Dreamrer pulls Dawn Marie off Francine and attempts a piledriver, but Justin tries to hit Dreamer with the Singapore cane. He does, then hits the Tombstone Piledriver for the win.

Rhino tells The Sandman he has no fear, no compassion, and no mercy, and at Guilty as Charged, he will beat the fuck out of him so he can tell all he friends he got his ass kicked by Rhino.

Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for October 1, 1999

It is reported that Raven and Tommy Dreamer were recently in a locker room altercation and that both men had to separated. Also, Mike Awesome will be defending the ECW World Heavyweight Championshi tonight.

Mike Awesome retains the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Rhino after putting him through the timekeeper's table.

A clip of Tammy Lynn Sytch is seen before the break, much to the bewilderment of Joey Styles.

ECW is coming to the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina tomorrow night.

Little Spike Dudley beats Big Sal E. Graziano after it becomes a two-on-one handicap match against Big Sal and Little Guido.

It is announced that "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer will be wrestling tonight despite his altercation with Raven - in which Dreamer tells Raven not to interfere in his matches again - against Tajiri. It is announced that Tammy Lynn Sytch is back and that she will be returning next week to ECW on TNN.

We see a video package for Rob Van Dam.

ECW will be at the Great Hall Belmont Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 7; the Houma Civic Center in Houma, Louisiana on October 8 for an ECW on TNN taping; and the Alario Sports Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 9.

"Dastardly" Danny Doring and Roadkill beat C.W. Anderson and Wild Bill Whiles.

Tajiri beats "The Innovator Of Violence" Tommy Dreamer. During the match, Steve Corino drags the referee out of the ring, and ends up eating a double underhook DDT from Francine. As Francine gets out of the ring, Raven gets in and hits Dreamer with an Evenflow DDT to cost him the match.

Extreme Nation - ECW on TNN recap for September 24, 1999

Joey Styles welcomes everyone to ECW on TNN along with "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner, who replaces Cyrus. They then interview Francine and "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer. Joey says he admires Dreamer and is amazed that he is still standing up. Gertner says that if Dreamer can't work, he should hang it up, and that Francine brings nothing to the table and that she is pure, chaste and "not a sack of silicone like [Francine]" who has seen 800 less hotel room ceilings: Miss Congeniality, who shows up with "Dastardly" Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill. Francine spears Miss Congeniality, immediately starting a catfight as Dreamer fights both Doring and Roadkill. Doring and Roadkill get the upper hand, but Raven runs in, hits an Evenflow DDT on Doring and wins the match for him and Dreamer to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championships.

After the show intro, "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer calls Raven out, saying he does not have a lot of matches left. Raven shows up, gets on the apron, jumps off it and heads back to the back.

For a free ECW merchandise catalog, call 1-800-523-5684 or write to: ECW c/o PCI, 20 Constance Court, Happauge, NY 11788. ECW Magazine is available now, or call 1-800-310-7047.

It is reported that Taz is no longer ECW World Heavyweight Champion, and the Masato Tanaka interview is replayed. Bits of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship match from Anarchy Rulz are replayed throughout the show.

Paul E. Heyman is seen holding Joey Styles back from beating the crap out of "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner, but when Gertner asks Styles is he has a hair stuck in his throat from kissing Paul E.'s ass, Styles has to hold Heyman back. (After the first match, Joey Styles is unable to speak due to the laryngitis that he had suffered before Anarchy Rulz, and Gertner has to do commentary for the rest of the show.)

Despite the interference from Big Sal E. Graziano, Super Crazy beats Little Guido. After the match, Big Sal attacks Super Crazy from behind, but Little Spike Dudley shows up and confronts Big Sal. He quickly makes work of Big Sal with a thumb to the eye, a low blow and an Acid Drop off Little Guido to beat Big Sal E. Graziano.

After the commercial break, Rob Van Dam attacks Justin Storm after ha and Lance Storm ahve attacked Jerry Lynn. Johnny Smith runs in and fights RVD, and the brawl quickly becomes 3-on-2 until the arena gets dark. When they come back on, Sabu is in the ring. He attacks The Impact Players (Storm, Credible, Smith). Sabu attacks Jerry Lynn and almost attacks RVD until Bill Alfonso stops him. Sabu then puts Justin Credible through a table. Numerous ECW wrestlers come out of the locker room to make this brawl even bigger, then New Jack shows up with a bunch of weapons and mutilates everyone.

The show ends with footage of Mike Awesome being declared the new ECW World Heavyweight Champion and Taz being given an emotional send-off from Anarchy Rulz.