On September 26th, 1995 (aired date), Extreme Championship Wrestling aired ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995. On this pay-per-view, fans were witness to seven matches, including one championship match.
The main matches of focus were the ECW World Tag Team title match and a six-man tag team Gangsta’s Paradise Cage match.
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
Bull Pain vs. Broad Street Bully
Bull Pain jumps Broad Street Bully, but the match becomes a brawl. Bully then uses a hockey stick and a chair. He also rams Pain into a table and suplexes him onto it.
Bull returns the favor with the stick before he fends off Bully’s comeback and nails a DDT onto the table remnants.
We get some eye pokes, choking, and low blows before Pain tries to hit a clothesline off the apron but fails, so he places Bully on a chair and nails a clothesline.
Bully retaliates by crotching Pain on the post, then Bully grabs a can of soda and uses it as a weapon, then returns to using low blows.
Pain responds with an apron suplex, but he throws Bully to the floor before he hits a draping DDT for the win.
Winner: Bull Pain (8:12)
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
Tag Team Match
The Dudleys (Dances With & Dudley) vs. Don E Allen & Chad Austin
Dances With Dudley nails Chad Austin with chops and clotheslines then he does a war dance.
The Dudleys double-team Austin in their corner before they land a backbreaker/diving elbow combination, but they don’t pin him. The Dudleys force Austin to tag Don E Allen.
Dances gives him a powerslam while Dudley Dudley uses a chair on Austin. Dances follow that with another power slam, and the match becomes a brawl.
Dudley slams Austin through a table then The Dudleys hits a slam/flying splash combo for the win.
Winners: The Dudleys (4:16)
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
Hack Myers vs. JT Smith
Hack Myers & JT Smith starts the match with surprising mat holds before Smith throws punches before the fans distract Smith so Myers attacks before they return to holds.
Smith misses a slingshot crossbody, and then they brawl into the crowd as Smith attempts a piledriver, but Myers backdrops him.
Myers then throws Shah punches and launches Smith with another backdrop. Smith climbs to the top rope, but he trips and falls through a table & the ref Counts Out Smith.
Winner: (by count Out) Hack Myers (10:00)
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
6 Man Tag Team Match
The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott) & Taz vs. The Eliminators (Saturn & Kronus) & Jason Knight
2 Cold Scorpio attacks Taz from behind, but The Steiner Brothers clear the ring. Then Scott Steiner hip tosses The Eliminators before Rick Steiner follows that with a Steinerline.
Kronus nails Rick with a somersault leg drop before Rick responds with more Steinerlines.
Taz attacks him, but he hurts his neck before Scott lands a suplex on Jason and then adds a wedgie to it. Scott also nails a belly-two-belly, and then Rick one-ups him by doing it off the top rope.
Scott takes it farther by hitting a 2nd rope fallaway slam then Jason interferes before the match becomes a brawl. Taz busts open Jason with punches.
The ref concerns himself about Taz’s health so Taz responds by attacking the ref.
This opens the door for Scorpio to attack Taz then places Jason on top for the win.
Winners: The Eliminators & Jason Knight (20:00)
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
ECW World Tag Team Titles
2 Out Of 3 Falls
Dog Collar Match
Stevie Richards & Raven (c) vs. The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 & Pitbull #2)
If The Pitbulls lose, they must disband.
1st Fall
Pitbull #2 brawls with Raven while Pitbull #1 heads to the back to find Stevie Richards & once he returns Richards is already bleeding. #2 uses a chair on Raven.
He also adds a table to the mix so Raven takes advantage then he hits Pitbull #2 with a piledriver through the table to win the 1st Fall.
Raven & Richards 1-0
2nd Fall
Raven then uses the chain on The Pitbulls then Richards connects with Stevie Kick then a cover, but only got a two count.
Pitbull #2 grabs another table & The Pitbulls hits Richards with a Superbomb onto it to win the 2nd Fall.
The Pitbulls 1-1
3rd Fall
Raven & Pitbull #2 brawl into the crowd as Pitbull #1 widens Richards’ cut with punches. Richards responds with a chair while Raven & Pitbull #2 return before Raven takes out the ref, so The Dudleys arrive to help.
They assist Raven & Richards in giving the Pitbulls stereo Superbombs, but The Pitbulls do sell them, so they return the favor, and Raven’s head clips a table.
Raven then resorts to plan b as he knocks out Pitbull #2 with an ether-soaked rag then. Raven follows that by driving Pitbull #2 through stacked tables.
They take #2 to the back as Pitbull #1 fights valiantly then. Francine also gets involved, but Beulah stops her.
Raven gives Francine a DDT, then Tommy Dreamer arrives to replace Pitbull #2 & brawls with Raven and hits a DDT. Dreamer then pins Raven for the apparent win. But Bill Alfonso appears & says Dreamer isn’t in the match, and The Pitbulls can’t continue.
He attempts to award the match to Raven & Richards but Tod Gordon is having none of that. Tod shoves Bill and restarts the bout.
Big Dick Dudley enters the ring and chokeslams Dreamer before Alfonso announces he reinstated the chokeslam as a legal move. 911 uses the opportunity to chokeslam Alfonso.
Pitbull #2 then returns & Dreamer & 911 assist The Pitbulls in hitting a Superbomb to both Raven & Richards to score the win.
Winners: AND NEW ECW World Tag Team Champions: The Pitbulls (19:47) (2-1)
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
Rey Mysterio Jr vs. Psicosis
Rey Mysterio Jr catches Psicosis in arm drags before Psicosis answers with arm holds, then they trade athletic reversals before Psicosis takes control with a powerbomb.
He then whips Rey around the ring before he also presses Mysterio onto the ropes and nails a split-legged corner splash, then misses a 2nd one.
Mysterio responds with variations of the hurricanrana until they fight to the apron. Mysterio flips Psicosis into the turnbuckles, but he misses a corner splash.
Psicosis answers with a flying leg drop before he uses another powerbomb and sends Mysterio to the floor. Psicosis then dives through the ropes.
Mysterio smashes him in the head with a chair, then Psicosis recovers and uses dropkicks and a twisting senton, but he tumbles to the floor on a missed corner splash.
Mysterio capitalizes with a springboard crossbody into the crowd, then they fight on the top rope then Mysterio lands a super hurricanrana for the win.
Winner: Rey Mysterio Jr (10:19)
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
6 Man Tag Team Gangsta’s Paradise Cage Match
The Sandman, 2 Cold Scorpio & New Jack vs. The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) & Mikey Whipwreck
The Sandman remains on top of the cage while everyone brawls, then nails Rocco Rock with a flying axe handle. Rock responds by sending Sandman into the cage.
He also lands an impressive moonsault into a Russian leg sweep, then Woman pokes Mikey Whipwreck with the cane while Johnny Grunge & New Jack spill out of the cage.
They head to the eagle’s nest and perform moves off it; meanwhile, Sandman & Whipwreck fight on top of the cage. Whipwreck bloodies Sandman.
He also gives him a flying hurricanrana as Sandman recovers and drops a table onto Whipwreck & Rock. Rock responds by grabbing a frying pan and using it. They send Sandman to the floor, but 2 Cold Scorpio nails Whipwreck with a DDT.
New Jack returns before The Public Enemy sends him out of the cage again then they stack three tables. Scorpio & Rock fight above them and crash through the stack. He goes for the cover, but Sandman breaks up a pin with pieces of wreckage.
The Public Enemy then assists Whipwreck in attacking Sandman, and then Whipwreck lands a flying crossbody. He also fights with Sandman on the cage again.
Mikey Whipwreck performs a super hurricanrana into the ring, then everyone brawls on the floor, so Whipwreck lands a flying splash off the cage for the win.
