Best ECW match of each year

[Guest Black Tiger]

With all the talk about ECW and how great it was, what do you all think was the best match from 1994-2001? I'll post mine later after I go through some of my tapes.

[Guest Annoyed Grunt]

I haven't seen as much ECW as I'd like, but here goes.

 

1997- Gran Hamada, The Great Sasuke & Masato Yakushiji v. Men’s Teioh, Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku (Barely Legal)

1998- Mike Awesome v. Masato Tanaka (Heatwave)

1999- Lance Storm v. Jerry Lynn (Anarchy Rulz) I know some people might debate this, but I loved this match

2000- Awesome v. Tanaka (TV match before Guilty as Charged)

2001- Tommy Dreamer v. CW Anderson (Guilty as Charged)

[Guest Black Tiger]

Okay, so far we have.....

 

1994: Cactus Jack vs. Sabu (Hostile City Showdown)

 

1995: Malenko vs. Guerrero

 

1996: Raven vs. Gordy (Hardcore Heaven)

 

1997: Barely Legal six man tag

 

1998: Tanaka/Lynn vs. Awesome/Credible (Deep Impact DVD)

 

1999: Tajiri vs. Guido vs. Crazy (Anarchy Rulz)

 

2000: Kid Kash vs. EZ Money (July ECW Arena)

 

2001: Dreamer vs. Anderson

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

1999- Lance Storm v. Jerry Lynn (Anarchy Rulz) I know some people might debate this, but I loved this match

I loved it too, but I didn't like the ending. I think it was ECW's 2nd best opener ever. (Jerry Lynn/Tajiri from Cyberslam '99 was the best.)

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Ok...these may not be the best, but they're my favorites, and it's killing to me to only list one per year. But for 96 I had to have2.

 

93: Sabu vs Shane Douglas, NWA Bloodfest: Part 2

 

94: Cactus Jack vs Sabu, Hostile City Showdown 94

 

95: Raven/Richards vs The Pit Bulls, Gangstas Paradise

 

96: TIE Whipwreck vs Cactus Jack, Big Ass Extreme Bash... Sabu vs Rob Van Dam, Hostile City Showdown 96

 

97: Sabu vs Terry Funk, Born to be Wired

 

98: Shane Douglas vs Al Snow, Wrestlpalooza 98

 

99: Shane Douglas vs Justin Credible, Cyberslam 99

 

00: Whipwreck/Tajiri vs The FBI, 8/26/00

 

01 Justin Credible vs Sandman, 1/13/01...maybe not the best match, but ECW only ran 3 shows in 2001, and I like this one cause it was ECW's last match ever.

 

Last year I did a top 50 list for my ECW matches, but I'm way to tired to try that again.

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

I started watching in 96

 

96 -- Douglas vs. 2 Cold vs. Pitbull #2 vs. Jericho (4 corners for the ECW TV title)

 

97 -- Michinoku Pro 6 man tag at Barely Legal

 

98 -- Awesome vs. Tanaka

 

99 -- Awesome vs. Tanaka

 

00 -- Mikey/Tajiri vs. Guido/Mamaluke

 

01 -- everything blew sack

[EL DANDY~! 0]

94-Sabu/Jack

95-Malenko/Guerrero and Pitbulls/Stevie and Raven (TIE)

96-4 Corners TV Title match

97-MPro 6-man

98-BBB/RVD (RVD is fucking insane in this match) and Tanaka/Awesome from Heatwave

99-Awesome/Tanaka from around Christmas (ECW TV)

00-FBI/Mikey and Tajiri

01-Not many, but I'll say Dreamer/Anderson, too.

[JustJoe2k5 0]

I don't know to much about ECW's history because I became a fan of them after they had already gone bankrupt, but here is my list anyway. These matches are more of my personal favorites than they are the best matches.

 

'94:

Cactus Jack vs. Sabu (Hostile City Showdown)

 

'95:

Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (2/3 Falls)

 

'96:

Chris Jericho vs. 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Pitbull 2 vs. Shane Douglas (Heatwave)

Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (2/3 Falls)

Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu (Stretcher match)

 

'97:

Sabu vs. Taz (Barely Legal)

TAKA Michinoku, Men's Teioh, and Dick Togo vs. The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, and Masato Yakushiji (Barely Legal)

 

'98:

Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka (Heatwave)

Mike Awesome and Justin Credible vs. Masato Tanaka and Jerry Lynn

 

'99:

Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (Hardcore Heaven)

Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka (November to Remember)

Jerry Lynn vs. Super Crazy vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri (November to Remember)

Lance Storm vs. Jerry Lynn (Anarchy Rulz)

 

'00:

Super Crazy vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri (Mexican Deathmatch)

The F.B.I. vs. Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri

 

'01:

Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (Guilty as Charged)