[1995-06-06-ECW-TV] Shane Douglas vs The Sandman

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. Douglas takes a few good bumps, and Sandman does a surprisingly good vertical suplex and even a somersault legdrop. Cactus tries to cost Douglas the match when he pushes his foot off the bottom rope, but not so fast. Referee extraordinaire Bill Alfonso restarts the match and the heat is great for Sandman teasing hitting him with the Singapore cane. After some distraction, Douglas rolls Sandman up for the pin and Alfonso counts it, but the referees see things differently. Cactus and Douglas are about to go at it, but Malenko sneak attacks Cactus while Douglas casually looks on. Tommy Dreamer finally makes the save, and his presence gets Raven and Richards out for an attack. I always like stuff like this where they manage to encompass several feuds in one altercation. I'm not sure if Douglas's victory counted or not and I'm too lazy to check title histories, so I'll just wait for the next bit of footage to see how things shake out.

[El-P]

I always like stuff like this where they manage to encompass several feuds in one altercation.

That's what I enjoyed about ECW, is that not everyone was living in their own little universe with their exclusive feuds. That was a strong point in WCW in early nWo era too.

[Tim Evans]

This was a mess but entertaining mess. I liked the crowd going crazy for Sandman teasing to hit Alfonso with the cane.

[PeteF3]

Yeah, this was overbooked, but not *too* overbooked. All the major programs got time to breathe in one segment. And the build to someone finally popping Alfonso is being done really well.