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Post by mattsdmf on Jan 23, 2018 20:04:56 GMT -5
This is the 2 out of 3 falls, dog collar match.
For me, this is the epitome of ECW as it has your garbage wrestling but also an encompassing storyline being told. This has the continuation of the Dreamer/Raven angle, sloppy piledrivers, ether rags, a Francine/Beaulah catfight, table spots and so much more. This is just completely entertaining and I can watch this at any time and is still fresh to me whether it was 17 years ago when I first watched it or 4 months ago. I'm not sure how many ECW matches I'll represent on my list but I know this will be the top one.
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Post by maddog1981 on Jan 23, 2018 21:00:10 GMT -5
I had been mulling nominating this. I think this is an excellent narrative with good work. Probably the best match with 3 super limited workers in the Pitbulls and Raven and what I would call a good but not great worker in Stevie Richards. I could see this lurking around the bottom of my list.
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Post by bossrock on Apr 4, 2019 18:59:29 GMT -5
Third.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Aug 8, 2020 20:48:31 GMT -5
Raven's Masterpiece Theatre! I have loved this match for years. It is really tempting to put this on my list but it will likely fall short. It is excellent pro wrestling. It deserves its rep as the best ECW match ever.
ECW World Tag Champions Raven & Stevie Richards vs The Pitbulls - ECW 9/16/95 Double Dog Collar Match 2 Out Of 3 Falls
Raven's Masterpiece. When I first discovered Youtube in about 2006, one of the first channels I discovered was devoted to '95 ECW. So while I am not nostalgic for this in the same way most of you are. I was still in High School when I first saw the whole Raven/Dreamer story and watching this teleported me back to my the back room of my parents' house gobbling up this feud up. If there was ever a match that needed context for a person to fully understand it, it is this match. Pro wrestling should be able to do this more often weave so many stories together. The Pitbulls, the former minions of Raven, now off their leash seeking vengeance against their former master. Stevie Richards as the chump extraordinaire who somehow managed to pull Francine, but of course he fucked that up and we get a catfight. Raven's new freaks, the Dudley Boys, get involve. There is a piledriver through a table to end the first fall, a Superbomb to end the second fall. Raven nearly gets decapitated on a Superbomb into the edge of the table. The Original Dudleys and Pitbulls (the Superbomb is an awesome move, but they suck otherwise) are fucking terrible wrestlers, but who cares Raven is just mindfucking every fan into lapping this up as he busts out a FUCKING ETHER RAG! Bow to the Master! Pitbull #2 is sent to the back and of course here is Tommy Dreamer. DDT! 1-2-3! WHAT THE FUCK...I THOUGHT THAT NEVER...Fonzie is out and he is striking it from the record book because Dreamer was not offically a part of the match. Fonzie is so damn good at crazy promos. I was watching him cut an absolutely insane rant against Heyman where he first banned the Chokeslam and just loved it. He legalizes the Chokeslam after Big Dick chokeslams Dreamer. 9-1-1! 911 is such a great name for a pro wrestler. 911 chokeslams FONZIE STRAIGHT TO HELL! ELEVEN STARS! DOUBLE SUPERBOMB ON BOTH RAVEN & RICHARDS! Gordon and Dreamer count the pinfall and new Tag Champs! Pro wrestling is fucking great. ***********
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Post by elliott on Sept 15, 2023 0:41:24 GMT -5
LOL this match is ridiculous. Fonzie is the best.
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