Return of the Funker

Return of the Funker

Information
Promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling
Date February 25, 1995
(aired February 28, March 7 and March 14, 1995)
Attendance 1,150[1]
Venue ECW Arena
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Event chronology

Double Tables Return of the Funker Three Way Dance

In professional wrestling, Return of the Funker was a supercard held by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling on February 25, 1995. The commentator for the event was Joey Styles. Several of the bouts were broadcast on the February 28, March 7 and March 14 episodes of ECW Hardcore TV.

The event was named for Terry Funk, who returned to ECW at the end of the event.[2]

Background

Chris Benoit had attacked Sabu after he and his partner, the Tazmaniac, had just captured the ECW Tag Team Titles from Public Enemy at Double Tables. Benoit had promised to teach both men a lesson in humility and pain with his tag team partner Dean Malenko as they challenged them for the titles.

Event

The Public Enemy are interviewed at ringside by Joey Styles before the tag team titles match. Rocco Rock is in a wheelchair and says the fans know they beat Sabu and the Tazmaniac even if the referees didn't see it. Johnny Grunge declares the belts will be coming back to the hood while Rock insults Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko.

Benoit and Malenko soon appear ringside where Grunge further agitates the situation by saying Public Enemy is coming after Benoit. This leads Malenko to spit in Grunge's face and a fight breaks out. Benoit clotheslines Rock out of the wheelchair in the aisle only to put him back in it and run him into the guardrail. After they lay out Grunge with a chair in the ring, Sabu and the Tazmaniac come to the ring and the match starts.

A springboard leg lariat on Malenko and a belly-to-belly suplex on Benoit earns a pair of two counts. After that, Benoit and Malenko attempt to isolate the Tazmaniac in the ring. When Sabu gets back in, Malenko executes two brainbusters for a nearfall. They follow that up with a Doomsday Device bulldog to take Sabu out of the match for the time being.

Tazmaniac battles back with suplexes to both men but Malenko chops the back of his leg while he has Benoit up in the electric chair. Malenko applies a leglock while Benoit keeps Sabu at bay. Tazmaniac finally manages to get free to the outside but can't stand so he is carried to the back by 911.

Alone against his two opponents, Sabu is quickly double teamed but manages to put a fight with a series of high-flying moves including a springboard moonsault onto Benoit near the guardrail and a chair-assisted dive onto both men outside the ring.

Back in the ring, Sabu sets up a table on the top turnbuckle and then puts a chair on top of it but Benoit shoves him off before he can execute whatever he was planning on Malenko. While Paul E. hits Malenko with his phone, Benoit powerbombs Sabu off the table on the top turnbuckle and pins him for the titles.

Benoit says they are now the true champions and calls out Public Enemy, who answer the challenge even with Rock showing signs of abdominal bleeding. 911 brings Tazmaniac back out to the ring as now all three teams brawl in the ring, then to the outside and finally to the back. Meanwhile, 911 chokeslams the referee twice in succession.

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times
1 The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) defeated Chad Austin and Joel Hartgood by pinfall Tag team match 04:23
2 Jason and Paul Lauria defeated Hack Meyers and Mikey Whipwreck by pinfall Tag team match 15:00
3 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Hector Guerrero by pinfall Singles match 11:20
4 Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten by pinfall Barbed wire baseball bat Match 12:20
5 Shane Douglas (c) defeated Marty Jannetty by pinfall Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 18:19
6 The Triple Threat (Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko) defeated Sabu and The Tazmaniac (c) (with 911 and Paul E. Dangerously) by pinfall Tag team match for the ECW World Tag Team Championship 10:28
7 Cactus Jack defeated DC Drake (with The Sandman and Woman) by pinfall Singles match 04:06

References

  1. ↑ "Return of the Funker". Pro W Wrestling History.com. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  2. ↑ Thom Loverro (22 May 2007). The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling. Simon and Schuster. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4165-6156-9.

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