[2001-02-02-JAPW] Homicide vs The Sandman

[GSR]

It is cool in a small arena like this when the whole building is singing along with Sandman’s entrance.  After four and a half minutes of said entrance Homicide has had enough of waiting around and goes out to get him.  Sandman takes a great bump into the guard rail as Cide beats him around ringside.  He sits him in a chair on the floor, ready for the tope con hilo, but as he hits the ropes he’s tripped by Da Hit Squad who’ve sneaked down to the ring.  Frog splash off the top by Mack.  Sandman goes after DHS and with the help of a couple of Homicide Mafia kicks they run them out of there.  An inebriated Sandman doesn’t know who “those two fat bald asses are”, doesn’t even know what promotion this is, but wants the promoter out here right now.  ‘Fat’ Frank answers the call and Sandman informs him that he wants “those two fat asses in the ring right now”.  Not only doesn’t Sandman know where he is, or who attacked him, he also has no idea who he was facing earlier, asking Homicide what his name is.  He says he’s going to make him a superstar, asks whether he wants to be his tag team partner against those two and again tells ‘Fat’ Frank he wants the match right now.  Frank responds that DHS have already wrestled once, it’s 10:30 p.m. and the show is officially over.  When Sandman threatens him he orders DHS out.  Da Hit Squad are back and this time they’ve got New Jack with them.  Mack wants to do this right now, New Jack wants a part of it too and it leads to an impromptu match, because if you’re going to use ECW talent why not use ECW booking tropes also?  Although the bell rings, there isn’t much of a match; Sandman takes half a dozen vicious cane shots to the head and he and Cide are left laying after a pair of Drivers, the match just ending.

I’d be hesitant about calling either match a “match”, it was more about setting up the tag encounter for tomorrow night.

[soup23]

Real cool seeing Sandman's entrance in this setting but not much else and JAPW has to be real careful about doing that for the Bayonne hardcores in making those shows seem like advertisements to them starting to run the ECW Arena.