ECW CyberSlam

ECW's CyberSlam was an annual professional wrestling event which combined a supercard and a fan convention.^[1]

History

It began in 1995 with the Double Tables event, held at the ECW Arena. The event was held for those who were posting on Usenet's rec.sport.pro-wrestling to be able to meet performers in person and see some live pro wrestling. ECW's Tod Gordon assisted the ECW fans in organizing this. Prior to the ECW Arena show on February 4, 1995, there was a show held at the Flagstaff in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The red shirts seen on some wrestlers and fans say "To The Extreme" and was the nickname given to the event. In addition to the two shows, there was also a question-and-answer session held at the ECW Arena itself. The main guests were Tod Gordon, the Sandman and The Public Enemy. Once the wrestlers began to arrive for the show, they came out to mingle and chat with the fans. Another event was held during the summer of 1995, called "Back to the Extreme". This time, the Q&A session was held at the Holiday Inn in Essington, Pennsylvania.

In 1996, Paul Heyman christened the event "CyberSlam" in recognition of the fact that the base of ECW's fans were reading about ECW on the Internet and trading tapes. There were two events in 1996, then starting in 1997 it became an annual event. Every year, the convention included a question and answer session.^[1]

Results

1996

The 1996 event was held on February 17, 1996 in ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the beginning of the show Brian Pillman made his ECW debut.

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Bad Crew (#1 and #2) and Judge Dredd defeated Dino Sendoff, Don E. Allen and Dirtbike Kid.	Six-man tag team match	n/a
2	Spiro Greco defeated El Puerto Riqueño	Singles match	n/a
3	Taz defeated Joel Hartgood	Singles match	n/a
4	Bubba Ray Dudley defeated Mr. Hughes	Singles match	n/a
5	Don Bruise and Ron Bruise defeated The Headhunters (A and B)	Tag team match	n/a
6	JT Smith defeated Axl Rotten	Singles match	n/a
7	Francine and The Pitbulls (#1 and #2) defeated Stevie Richards and The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus)	Triple Dog Collar match	n/a
8	Sabu went to a draw with 2 Cold Scorpio (c).	Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship	n/a
9	Shane Douglas defeated Cactus Jack	Singles match	n/a
10	Raven (c) defeated The Sandman	Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship	n/a

1997

The 1997 event was held on February 22, 1997 in ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) (c) defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu	Tables and Ladders match for the ECW Tag Team Championship	20:18
2	Chris Chetti defeated Little Guido.	Singles match	5:46
3	Stevie Richards defeated Balls Mahoney.	Singles match	12:26
4	Axl Rotten defeated Spike Dudley.	Singles match	4:06
5	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustapha Saed).	Tag team match	14:22
6	Taz defeated Tracy Smothers.	Singles match	3:21
7	Raven and Brian Lee defeated Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer.	Tag team match	n/a
8	Sabu defeated Chris Candido.	Singles match	n/a

1998

The 1998 event was held on February 21, 1998 in ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show began with a Ten-bell salute, given in remembrance of Louie Spicolli who had died from an accidental drug overdose, just six days earlier, on February 15, 1998.

New Jack, Spike Dudley and John Kronus joined the 6-man match already in progress to make it a 9-man match.

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Jerry Lynn defeated Danny Doring	Singles match	n/a
2	Al Snow defeated Tracy Smothers.	Singles match	n/a
3	Chris Chetti defeated Doug Furnas.	Singles match	n/a
4	Lance Storm defeated Chris Candido	Singles match	n/a
5	Taz (c) defeated Brakkus	Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship	n/a
6	Justin Credible defeated Tommy Dreamer.	First Blood match	n/a
7	The Sandman, Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney defeated Spike Dudley, New Jack and John Kronus and Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley and Big Dick Dudley.	Nine-man tag team match	n/a
8	Bam Bam Bigelow and Shane Douglas defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu.	Tag team match	23:13

1999

The 1999 event was held on April 3, 1999 in ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[2]

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1 !1	Jerry Lynn defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri	Singles match	n/a
2 !2	Nova defeated Rod Price.	Tag Team match	n/a
3 !3	Super Crazy defeated Mosco de la Merced.	Singles match	n/a
4 !4	Taka Michinoku defeated Papi Chulo.	Singles match	n/a
5 !5	Rob Van Dam (c) defeated 2 Cold Scorpio.	Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship	16:42
6 !6	Taz (c) defeated Chris Candido.	Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship	n/a
7 !7	Shane Douglas defeated Justin Credible.	Singles match	n/a
8 !8	Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley and Mustapha Saed defeated New Jack, Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney.	Ultimate Jeopardy Steel Cage Match	n/a

2000

The 2000 event was held on April 22, 2000 in ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[3]

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1 !1	Masato Tanaka defeated 2 Cold Scorpio.	Singles match	n/a
2 !2	Lance Storm and Dawn Marie defeated Nova and Jazz.	Mixed Tag Team match	n/a
3 !3	Little Guido defeated Super Crazy and Kid Kash.	Three Way Dance match	n/a
4 !4	The New Dangerous Alliance (C.W. Anderson and Bill Wiles) defeated Danny Doring and Roadkill	Tag Team match	n/a
5 !5	Balls Mahoney and New Jack defeated Da Baldies (DeVito and Angel).	Tag Team match	n/a
6 !6	Steve Corino defeated Dusty Rhodes.	Singles match	n/a
7 !7	Rhino defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri (c)	Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship	n/a
8 !8	Tommy Dreamer defeated Taz (c)[3]	Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship	n/a
9 !9	Justin Credible defeated Tommy Dreamer (c)[3]	Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship	n/a

See also

• Extreme Championship Wrestling

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Scherer, Dave (April 22, 2000). "STONE COLD SET FOR WWF RETURN". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2000/04/22/2000-04-22_stone_cold_set_for_wwf_return.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
2. ^ Burchill, Adam (April 7, 1999). "ECW still shut out of Canada". http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/apr7_ecw.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Milner, John M. (April 7, 2006). "Tommy Dreamer". SLAM! Wrestling. http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dreamer_tommy.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 

External links

• The official ECW website
• ECW CyberSlam Results History at Pro-Wrestling Edge