[1996-06-22-ECW-Hardcore Heaven] Sabu vs Rob Van Dam

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Well-booked feud for the ECW audience but not my thing. That said, they do a good job of putting over the brutality of the match with the post-match stretcher job.

[Kronos]

I can only take so much RVD, and tonight I apparently can't take any. Skipping this match - pretty sure I've seen it before, anyway.

[PeteF3]

I'd put this as the best of the series so far. They managed not to completely fuck things up when the rope broke early in the bout, despite a few awkward moments, and I didn't notice any severely blown spots (Sabu crotching himself on the rope seemed awfully intentional, considering RVD was almost immediately there to hit him with a springboard kick).

[soup23]

Good for them continuing with the ropes in the shape they were in but man are these matches hard for me to watch. This may have been the best of the series but that isn't saying much at all. **1/4

[tim]

I liked this a good bit. When it comes to spotfests I prefer it sloppy rather than overly-produced and phony looking like you have in WWE gimmick matches or weapons brawls. Definitely the best of their matches so far and had some pretty nice spots, especially Sabu's dive onto RVD while crotched on the barricade.