Massacre on 34th Street
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Massacre on 34th Street | |||
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Promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling | | ||
Date | December 3, 2000 | ||
City | New York City, New York | ||
Venue | Hammerstein Ballroom | ||
Attendance | 2,600 | ||
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Massacre on 34th Street was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on December 3, 2000, from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, and was the penultimate pay-per-view event from ECW before the promotion's closure.
Background
The name came from the location of the event, the Hammerstein Ballroom being located on 34th Street in New York. It is also a play on words of the film Miracle on 34th Street and a reference to the April 1996 ECW event Massacre on Queens Boulevard.
Event
Preliminary matches
The event kicked off with a tag team match between
Next,
In the following match,
Next, Tommy Dreamer took on C. W. Anderson. After a back and forth match, Anderson delivered an Anderson Spinebuster to Dreamer through a table for the win.
Later,
Main event match
Steve Corino defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible in a Three-Way Dance. Credible delivered a That's Incredible to Lynn to eliminate him. The action then continued between Corino and Credible. After a back and forth match, Corino delivered an Old School Expulsion to Credible to retain the title. After the match, The Sandman attacked Jack Victory with his Singapore cane and then stole the World Heavyweight Championship title belt.
Reception
John Powell of the SLAM! Sports section of the
Arnold Furious of Wrestling Recaps wrote "A lot of solid effort but too much disappointment in terms of the big matches booked. The main event was way too dull. Still there are 3 matches over the *** rating, which isn’t too bad for a smaller promotion. Especially the Mikey + Tajiri stuff with their match being a total showstealer. The effort was there on the vast majority of the card and bar the main event I enjoyed everything. So I present this show with a thumbs up."[2]
Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a score rating of 7 out of 10. According to him, Massacre on 34th Street was a "solid ECW Pay-Per-View." He further wrote "While the two big title matches were rather disappointing, there were some gems on this card. The spotfest tag match ruled and we got a badass grudge match brawl between CW Anderson and Tommy Dreamer. With more good matches than bad, this moves along briskly and was enjoyable but unspectacular."[3]
James Bullock of Capricorn City wrote "Like ECW as a whole in 2000, this was a mixed bag of an event. Outside of the final tag match of the evening, there were no must-see matches coming out of the show that actually lived up to the hype. But the card does feature several very good bouts that make up for the other relatively mundane and forgettable outings. Check out the show for all its good points, but don’t expect something you’ll care for as an overall package."[4]
Brock Allen of Wrestling DVD Network wrote "It may not be a classic PPV but Massacre remains to be an exciting, action packed event." He added "Massacre is an example of what made ECW so great while exposing all the faults that forever held the beloved promotion back."[5]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1D | dark match |
References
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- ^ Arnold Furious (12 June 2011). "ECW Massacre on 34th Street 2000 12/3/2000". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Kevin Pantoja (June 22, 2015). "Random Network Reviews: Massacre on 34th Street". 411Mania. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ James Bullock (28 December 2015). "ECW "Massacre on 34th Street" Review". Capricorn City. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Brock Allen (December 3, 2015). "Throwback Thursday: ECW Massacre on 34th Street, As Seen on WWE Network". Wrestling DVD Network. Retrieved 16 June 2018.