• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 16, 1999) – ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 16, 1999, Extreme Championship Wrestling aired ‘ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999’ LIVE on PPV from the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.
This pay-per-view was the 5th out of a total of 6 Hardcore Heaven events that aired between 1994 and 2000.
The results can be found here:
ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Dudley Boyz (c) defeated Balls Mahoney & Spike Dudley
Super Crazy defeated Taka Michinoku
Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Little Guido
Lance Storm defeated Tommy Dreamer
ECW World Television Championship: Rob Van Dam (c) defeated Jerry Lynn
Sid Vicious wrestled Justin Credible to a no-contest
Falls Count Anywhere – ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Taz (c) defeated Buh Buh Ray Dudley
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 16, 1998) – ECW A Matter of Respect 1998
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 16, 1998, Extreme Championship Wrestling hosted ‘ECW A Matter of Respect 1998’ at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This show was later released as an official DVD.
It was the second and final “ECW A Matter of Respect” event, after the first one took place in 1996.
The results of the show:
2-out-of-3 falls: Justin Credible defeated Jerry Lynn
Chris Chetti defeated Jamie Dundee
Mikey Whipwreck defeated Mike Lozansky
John Kronus defeated Danny Doring
The bWo wrestled The F.B.I. to a no-contest
Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney defeated The F.B.I.
Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Al Snow
Chris Candido & Sabu wrestled Lance Storm & Rob Van Dam to a no-contest
Stairway to Hell: Spike Dudley, The Sandman & Tommy Dreamer defeated The Dudley Boyz
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 16, 2002) – Old School ECW Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2002, we lost Old School ECW Wrestler Big Dick Dudley (Real name: Alex Rizzo) at the young age of 34 due to kidney failure.
Big Dick Dudley was a founding member of The Dudley Boyz faction (before it became just a Tag Team of Bubba Ray & Devon) and wrestled for Paul E. Dangerously’s Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion from 1994 till 1999.
Later on he joined Xtreme Pro Wrestling and became their World Heavyweight Champion.
In real life Rizzo was married to ECW Valet Elektra.
REST IN PEACE BIG DICK DUDLEY!
January 12, 1968 – May 16, 2002
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