Vince Russo Rips Vince McMahon For Congratulating AEW

By AG

Posted on October 5, 2019

• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (October 5, 1996) – ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1996

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on October 5, 1996, Extreme Championship Wrestling held ‘ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1996’ at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

bWo member Stevie Richards replaced ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven in the main event of the evening, thus defending the title for him.

The results can be found here:

Louie Spicolli defeated Doug Furnas

Mikey Whipwreck defeated J.T. Smith

Submission match: Taz defeated Johnny Smith

The Eliminators defeated The Samoan Gangsta Party

ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Gangstas (c) wrestled Stevie Richards & The Blue Meanie to a no-contest

ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Gangstas (c) defeated The Eliminators

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Terry Gordy

D-Von Dudley defeated Buh Buh Ray Dudley

ECW World Television Championship: Shane Douglas (c) wrestled Pitbull #2 to a no-contest

Ultimate Jeopardy – ECW World Heavyweight Championship: The Sandman & Tommy Dreamer defeated Stevie Richards & Brian Lee

WATCH: When Rosa Mendes Got Exposed Due To A Major Wardrobe Malfunction On TV:

• Vince Russo Rips Vince McMahon For Congratulating AEW

WWE issued the following statement to media regarding AEW Dynamite’s debut on TNT drawing more ratings than this week’s NXT (tap here to see viewership details):

“Congratulations to AEW on a successful premiere. The real winners of last night’s head-to-head telecasts of NXT on USA Network and AEW on TNT are the fans, who can expect Wednesday nights to be a competitive and wild ride as this is a marathon, not a one-night sprint.”

Below is what former WWF writer Vince Russo tweeted about this:

WWE
"Congratulations to AEW on a successful premiere.The real winners of last night's head-to-head telecasts of NXT on USA Network & AEW on TNT are the fans, who can expect Wednesday nights to be a competitive and wild ride as this is a marathon, not a one-night sprint."
SO WEAK
— Vince Russo (@THEVinceRusso) October 3, 2019

Wonder if @WWE is going to start a trend of companies putting their rivals/competition over. Like maybe Coke telling customers to try Pepsi. @VinceMcMahon what the !@#$% happened to your BRAVADO, BRO?!!! pic.twitter.com/vJ1CTG9HMc
— Vince Russo (@THEVinceRusso) October 3, 2019