November to Remember (1996)
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Promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling | | ||
Date | November 16, 1996 | ||
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
Venue | ECW Arena | ||
Attendance | 1,500 (sellout) | ||
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November to Remember (1996) was the fourth November to Remember professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on November 16, 1996, in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the biggest ECW show in history at that time and sold out 4 hours in advance, with a legitimate 1,500 fans attending, the largest turnout in company history.
The
November to Remember was notable for the debut of
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches[1] played out on ECW's television program Hardcore TV.
On the January 30 episode of Hardcore TV,
At
At
Event
Preliminary matches
The event kicked off with a
In the next match, Axl Rotten took on Hack Meyers. After back and forth action, Rotten executed a double underhook DDT to Meyers on a steel chair for the win.[18][19]
Next,
Later, Rob Van Dam and Sabu took on The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) to determine the #1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship later in the show. Both teams exchanged moves and momentum throughout the match. Near the end of the match, Saturn hit a Moonsault on RVD from the second rope to gain a near-fall and then the twenty-minute time limit expired. The ECW Commissioner Tod Gordon restarted the match with extra five minutes. Sabu hit a Moonsault on Kronus to cover him but got a near-fall and then the five minute time limit expired and Saturn demanded five more minutes. After a back and forth action, Sabu and Saturn collided with each other and the time limit once again expired and Gordon then announced that both teams would face The Gangstas (Mustafa Saed and New Jack) for the World Tag Team Championship in a three-way dance later at the event.[18][19]
In the following match, Mikey Whipwreck took on Chris Candido. Both men traded several moves until Candido caught Whipwreck, who tried a Moonsault on Candido and then Candido delivered a kneeling reverse piledriver, followed by a Blonde Bombshell to get the win.
The Gangstas defended the World Tag Team Championship against The Eliminators and the team of Sabu and Rob Van Dam in a three-way dance. RVD and Sabu controlled the earlier part of the match until Taz interfered in the match to attack Sabu until RVD made the save but Taz choked him out. This allowed Eliminators to gain advantage as they hit a
The departing
Main event matches
Next was the main event match in which
Reception
November to Remember 1996 received a huge positive response from the audiences as it had been the most successful event for ECW at that time in terms of revenue and crowd. However, critics gave mixed reviews to the event. Arnold Furious of 411Mania stated "One of those really bad ECW shows where every match was the same shit. Crowd loves the whole thing but I was bored senseless by the repeated garbage spots and lack of variety. Add to that the sheer number of mistakes. This is one of these shows that highlight the kind of constant screw up’s that Sabu would do when he wasn’t feeling terribly motivated. Those tag matches were horrible and there were three tag matches on the same show that followed the exact same ECW “anything goes” formula, which essentially ruined all of them. Aside from a half decent opening match showcasing a younger Kid Kash there really is nothing to see here wrestling wise. Taz is quite entertaining but the thing with Sabu was an ongoing deal so there are other shows that demonstrate that great dynamic they had going on."[18]
Wrestling 20 Years Ago staff gave the event a score rating of 6.5 out of 10 and stated "The BWO debut was fun, and this show is often solid, but there’s nothing in here that was massively memorable or brilliantly done."[19]
Aftermath
2 Cold Scorpio
Several rivalries from November to Remember continued into ECW's next event Holiday Hell. On the November 26 episode of Hardcore TV, several matches were announced for Holiday Hell including The Sandman defending the title against Raven in a barbed wire match, Shane Douglas and Francine taking on Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty and Rob Van Dam facing Taz at the event.[22]
The Gangstas and The Eliminators continued their feud over the World Tag Team Championship, culminating in Eliminators finally beating Gangstas to begin their third tag title reign on the January 4, 1997 episode of Hardcore TV.[23]
The internal feud between the Dudley family finally concluded at Crossing the Line Again when Buh Buh Ray Dudley turned heel by attacking The Sandman after D-Von Dudley lost a match to Sandman. Buh Buh and D-Von then formed the tag team Dudley Boyz, which would go on to become the most decorated tag team in professional wrestling history.[24]
Results
No. | Results Francine )Tag team match | 26:12 | | ||
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See also
References
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- ^ J.D. Dunn (December 15, 2007). "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Survivor Series 1996". 411Mania. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Scott Keith (May 11, 2002). "The SmarK Retro Rant For ECW House Party 98". 411Mania. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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