[1997-08-30-ECW-TV] Rob Van Dam vs Tommy Dreamer

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. Beulah beats up Fonzie when he interferes and low blows RVD. Great to see Dreamer get a win because RVD never really gets his comeuppance more than anyone in ECW. Even after dropping the match, he has the last laugh. A tuxedo-clad Sabu attacks Dreamer after the match and Dreamer gets doubleteamed and buried under a WWF banner, which I guess is sort of like a Russian flag.

[Johnny Guitar]

By this point it was clear that it was Lawler vs ECW, and not WWF vs ECW. Which killed the heat.

 

Bret, Shawn, Austin or Taker showing up (ala Memphis 93) would have been awesome. But I can seen why that didn't happen

[Kevin Ridge]

The ECW vs WWF feud had already peaked. I was thinking this was the match when RVD took that crazy bump off a Dreamer piledriver. This is edited though but maybe that happens later in the year anyways. RVD takes a big DDT off the top rope. Sabu attacks after match and they cover Dreamer with the WWF banner. Seemed like a good portion of the crowd were cheering the WWF banner.

[soup23]

This did seem to be two steps back. I have no idea why Sabu is now a WWF soldier. The match highlights were good though and Dreamer is a really sympathetic character to the crowd at this point in time.

[PeteF3]

Dreamer carries this action, as we see some of the worst traits of RVD--traits like zoning out and pointing to himself in lieu of working that are exacerbated when he's working heel and expected to pace a match himself. Dreamer gets a win, but gets laid out by Sabu afterward. I'll never complain about any angle that sees Sabu doing a beatdown while wearing his burnoose along with a tuxedo. They drape a WWF flag over Dreamer, which would make more sense if either guy was in any way "WWF-like." If not Lawler or a major star, this should have involved a capable worker that nonetheless carried no respect from the ECW audience, like a Bob Holly, or Al Snow. If they want to keep paying tribute to the past, there *needs* to be an angle where it's Heyman buried under that flag.