Reel in Place

vs Bam Bam Bigelow & Sandman (ECW 1/24/1998) This is supposed to be RVD vs Bam Bam, but Sabu gets involved, and Bam Bam doesn't have a partner. He asks Taz to be his partner, but Taz says fuck a lot and gets attacked by Brakkus. RVD says nobody is dumb enough to team with Bigelow, which brings out Sandman. He comes to the ring, attempts to drink a beer, but gets attacked, and we are off. A lot of brawling, a few weapons shots, then Lance Storm and Chris Candido hit the ring. Shortly after that, Shane Douglas is out there, too. In the melee, Sabu puts Sandman through a table, Bigelow fights off the 3 on 1 assault, and is able enough to powerbomb Sabu, and climbs the rope to hit a flying headbutt on Sabu, but somehow kinda hits Sandman, and in such a way that Sabu gets up, hits Bigelow with a cane, Sandman with a ladder, and Sabu gets the pin. This whole thing is a total mess.  vs Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney (ECW 7/3/1998) This is just guys doing stuff for 8 minutes. RVD does ...

  John Cena dispatched Triple H and Edge in a post-Mania triple threat and was left without an obvious opponent. Enter Rob Van Dam, the holder of the Money in the Bank briefcase, to challenge John Cena for the WWE Title at the upcoming ECW One Night Stand. John Cena was no stage to hostile crowds, people have sided with Triple H rather than cheer for him, but this is something different. This crowd is visceral, this crowd is ready for war, this crowd, for this one match, on this night, it's as real as it's going to get. The interplay between Cena and this crowd is legendary at this point. The shirt being thrown into the crowd and then thrown back is iconic. You can tell right away, this is just one of those nights. Something special is going to happen here. Cena takes charge, all while being showered with 'You can't wrestle chants.' RVD hits an enziguiri and Cena bails to the outside. We get some of the really bad 'boo' and 'yay' punch exchanges, and...