Tons to cover this week as we had a big debut, a retirement announcement, an insane main event in Jacksonville and a tasteless angle in Orlando.
Now for the stuff you really came for, our Top 5 Favorite Original ECW Matches (mostly). If you’re listening along, we get the lists started at the 34:10 mark.
Jerry’s list:
#5 – John Cena (c) vs. Rob Van Dam for the WWE Championship – One Night Stand, 6/11/06
#4 – Terry Funk (c) vs. Sabu for the ECW World Championship in a barbed wire match – Born To Be Wired – 8/9/97
#3 – Taz vs. Sabu – Barely Legal – 4/19/97
#2 – Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko – 8/26/95
#1 – Sabu vs. Cactus Jack – Hostile City Showdown – 6/24/94
Dan’s List:
#5 – Terry Funk (c) vs. Sabu for the ECW World Championship in a barbed wire match – Born To Be Wired – 8/9/97
#4 – Sabu vs. Cactus Jack – 9/30/94
#3 – Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka – Heatwave – 9/2/98
#2 – Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psychosis in a Mexican Death Match – November to Remember – 8/13/94
#1 – Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko – 8/26/95
And because it’s Dan, there’s a long list of honorable mentions…
– Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk – Hardcore Heaven – 8/13/94
– Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee – High Incident – 10/26/96
– Taz vs. Sabu – Barely Legal – 4/19/97
– The Great Sauske, Gran Hamada & Masato Yukishiji vs. bWo Japan (Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo & Terry Boy) – Barely Legal – 4/19/97
– Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven – Wrestlepalooza – 6/6/97
– ECW TV Championship – Taz (c) vs. Bam Bam Bigelow – Living Dangerously – 3/1/98
– ECW TV Championship – Bam Bam Bigelow (c) vs. Rob Van Dam – 4/4/98
– Yoshihiro Taijiri vs. Super Crazy – Guilty as Charged – 1/10/99
Check back with us next ween as we cover another week in wrestling, get ready for NXT Takeover In Your House and present our next list: the Top 5 worst women’s champions. The next episode of The Finisher comes your way next Saturday afternoon!
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