00:01January 10th, 1998, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's world famous ECW Arena, Bam Bam Bigelow, once again, false prey, is victimized by the
00:15triple threat as the world heavyweight champion, the franchise Shane Douglas, distracts Bam Bam Bigelow, and Mr. Monday Night, Rob
00:25Van Dam, scores a controversial victory over the Bigelow.
00:30From the East, from the East, and it's a loss that Bam Bam Bigelow would not sit still for.
00:38I want him out, I want him dead, I want him, I just want him gone.
00:43You're right, brother, you're asking me, because you won't tell me nothing.
00:47Where you been? I do what I want, when I want to do it, and who I want to do
00:54it with.
00:56Come on, Taz! Taz! Come on, Taz, do the right thing!
01:07Nobody singles me out Bigelow! Nobody!
01:14I'm going to team with you for one reason, because after I'm done killing the triple threat myself,
01:21I'm going to give you a world title shot. At the belt, that means everything. My TV belt.
01:28Thanks, man.
01:29No, thanks, my ass.
01:31You're going to be my partner, right?
01:33No, brother. I'm going to be your savior.
01:37And indeed, Taz was Bigelow's savior, as the franchise, on January 31st, got belly-to-belly Taz-Plex over the
01:46top rope.
01:47And Taz, finally seizing the opportunity to demonstrate that the world TV title was on equal basis with the world
01:56heavyweight title,
01:57show Douglas just who was boss. And then Taz made the ultimate mistake. He turned his back on a member
02:05of the triple threat.
02:08It was all a plan. It was all a trap. Bam, bam, Bigelow was still with the triple threat.
02:21Ladies and gentlemen, this match is for the ECW World Television Championship!
03:06The native of Asbury Park, New Jersey, here in his hometown, the resounding welcome here at the convention hall on
03:16the barbed wire.
03:18Bam, bam, Bigelow made the decision to sell his soul back to the triple threat.
03:24But now he has got to pay for his decision. At what price. At what price did Bam Bam Bigelow
03:34sell his soul back to the triple threat?
03:41They're about to find out.
04:01The ECW World Television Champion, the Human Suplex Machine, the Orange and Black Attack,
04:13Bam Bam Bigelow double-crossed the most miserable man on the face of the planet, and tonight, here at ECW's
04:23Living Dangerously, it's payback time.
04:27From Asbury Park, New Jersey, running at 363 pounds, a member of the Triple Threat, the Beast from the East,
04:39Bam Bam Bigelow!
04:49From the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, weighing in tonight, at 248 pounds, the Human Suplex Machine, he
05:00is the current holder of the ECW World Television Championship.
05:06Ladies and gentlemen, this is time!
05:19Despite the fact that Bam Bam Bigelow is the fan favorite here in his hometown, has wanted it that way.
05:26Taz loves to defy the odds.
05:33Bam Bam Bigelow is in his hometown.
05:36He is bigger than Taz, and Taz loves that.
05:48This matchup is not about a big paycheck.
05:52It's not about making a statement on pay-per-view.
05:54It's not even about the World Television title that Taz loves with everything in his bottom.
06:00This is personal!
06:03Taz takes down Bigelow.
06:05Taz takes down Bigelow.
06:06Riding Bigelow at the arm bar.
06:08Bam Bam goes to the bottom rope.
06:12Taz takes down Bigelow.
06:13John Finnegan makes the World Television Champion break the hole.
06:20Taz takes over Bigelow.
06:37Taz takes over Bigelow.
06:41Taz takes advantage against him.
06:43Displaying that third Dan in Judo.
06:46Bigelow catches Taz.
06:48And drives him into the steel ring putt.
06:57Face first, into the ring apron.
07:04Taz hits the steel guardrail.
07:18Again, face first, into the ring apron.
07:23Taz thrown back in.
07:24Taz!
07:32Taz!
07:33Bigelow stopping the World Television Champion.
07:36Taz!
07:39Taz!
07:40Taz!
07:41Taz!
07:44Taz!
07:45Taz!
07:45Taz!
07:46Taz!
07:47Taz!
07:47Taz!
07:48Taz!
07:52Taz!
07:53Taz!
07:57Taz!
08:00Taz!
08:03Taz!
08:05Taz!
08:06Taz!
08:07Taz!
08:07Taz!
08:08Taz!
08:10Taz!
08:14Taz!
08:15Taz!
08:16Taz!
08:17Taz!
08:18Taz!
08:19Taz!
08:19Taz!
08:20Taz!
08:20Taz!
08:21Taz!
08:22Taz!
08:23Taz!
08:24floors Bigelow.
08:35Taz hooks Bigelow.
08:38Bigelow adjusted in mid-air to it.
08:44Taz going for one of those awesome Taz-Plexes.
08:47Bam Bam Bigelow just too big at 365 pounds.
08:51Taz shifted his weight in mid-air,
08:55landed on top of Taz.
08:58Bigelow gets back, body dropped on the ramp.
09:04Taz goes out on the ramp after Bigelow.
09:08How much hatred could Taz feel for Bam Bam Bigelow?
09:23Oh, my God.
09:30T-Bone, Taz-Plexes, Bam Bam Bigelow dumped over the guardrail.
09:34The back of Taz's head smacked that steel guard ramp!
09:40T-F-F-F-F-F-F
09:43T-F-F-F-F!
09:44T-F-F-F!
09:46It's a small miracle that Bigelow is moving
09:50and that we can't see Taz's brains.
10:00As I said earlier, this matchup is not about the world television title,
10:04pay-per-view, or paychecks.
10:06This is personal.
10:19Bigelow and Taz rolling in the stands.
10:32Bigelow, a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion,
10:35would love to win the world television title here in his hometown of Asbury Park,
10:40New Jersey.
10:42Vicious clothesline bends Taz.
10:46The spine wasn't meant to bend that way.
10:52Both wrestlers now back in the ringside area.
11:02Bigelow now stomping Taz.
11:13Right now, the challenger with the advantage.
11:28DDT, 365 pounds driving Tez, head first into the canvas.
11:37Bigelow now ascending the turnbuckles.
11:42Goes for the moonsault, just grazes Tez, no, Tez kicks out.
11:55Taz, perhaps just able to kick out because Bigelow only grazed the world television champion.
12:16Bigelow now.
12:21Bringing a smashed table into the ring.
12:29Taz catches Bigelow.
12:34Bigelow so much bigger than the world television champion, just manhandling Taz.
12:50Bigelow trying to set up what's left of that table.
12:53Taz just keeps on coming.
13:06This does not bode well for the world television champion.
13:11He's gonna powerbomb Taz through that table.
13:15Taz just forget about it. Taz slips off.
13:22Taz with a double leg, picks up Bam Bam.
13:25Bigelow with an incredible show of strength and drops Bigelow face first through the table.
13:35Both wrestlers down on the canvas.
13:37The ECW world television title hangs with the balance.
13:51Despite being in the hometown of Bam Bam Bigelow, you can hear chants of choking him out.
13:55The fans rallying behind Taz.
13:57Two.
13:58No.
13:58Bigelow.
13:59Bigelow kicks out at two and a half.
14:06It seems Taz has won over.
14:10No.
14:11Now the chance of Bam Bam Bigelow starting up again.
14:21Once again battling outside the ring.
14:28Bigelow takes the back of that table right in the face.
14:34He got a fist fight on the outside.
14:40Taz driven face first in the ring apron.
14:48Steel chair across the back.
14:50Steel chair across the back.
14:50Steel chair across the back.
14:53Steel chair across the back.
14:54Steel chair across the back.
14:58Steel chair across the back.
14:59Steel chair across the back.
15:01Steel chair across the back.
15:05Steel chair across the back.
15:07Steel chair across the back.
15:07Steel chair across the back.
15:08Steel chair across the back.
15:08Steel chair across the back.
15:09Steel chair across the back.
15:09Steel chair across the back.
15:10Steel chair across the back.
15:11Steel chair across the back.
15:13Steel chair across the back.
15:14Steel chair across the back.
15:15Steel chair across the back.
15:24FACE FIRST INTO THAT STEEL GUARD RAIL.
15:30TAS CATCHES THE CHAIR. BIGELO TAKES IT IN THE FACE.
15:34BIGELO TAKES IT IN THE FACE.
15:44BIGELO TAKES IT IN THE FACE.
15:52BOTH WRESTLERS FIGHTING WITH ALL THEY'VE GOT.
15:57NEITHER MAN IS GOING TO LEAVE ANYTHING HERE TODAY IN THE ASBURY PARK CONVENTION HALL.
16:03ALL THE COURAGE, ALL THE COMMITMENT, ALL THE STRENGTH THAT CAN BE MUSTERED BY BAM BAM BIGELOW AND THE WORLD
16:10TELEVISION CHAMPION TAS
16:11WILL BE USED HERE TONIGHT AT ECW'S LIVING DANGEROUSLY.
16:18BAM BAM BIGELOW ON A QUEST TO BECOME THE ECW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION.
16:23TAS ON A QUEST FOR REVACCH.
16:31TAS TAKING A STREET SIGN BETWEEN THE EYES.
16:34TAS ON A QUEST FOR REVACCH.
16:42TAS ON A QUEST FOR REVACCH.
16:59TAS ON A QUEST FOR REVACCH.
17:04TAS ON A QUEST FOR REVACCH.
17:06TAS ON A QUEST Für.
17:06TAS ON A QUEST FOR REVACCH.
17:21TAS ON A Unterstüt.
17:22TAS ONTO THE EYES.
17:27He's got it! He's got it locked on! Bam Bam's tapping! Bam Bam Bigelow is tapping!
17:58John Finnegan is behind Bigelow and Taz. Taz had the cut to Hajime.
18:03The Taz mission locked on Bam Bam Bigelow.
18:07Bigelow was tapping. Finnegan couldn't see it.
18:13Bigelow, in a last ditch desperation attempt to break the hole,
18:18threw his own feet out from under him.
18:20Almost 365 pounds backwards. He landed on Taz.
18:27They broke the boards in the ring and landed on the concrete below the ring.
18:34Bigelow has crawled up through the ring, but...
18:43But Taz is now being pulled from the floor.
18:48Can you imagine the impact? Taz on the back of Bam Bam Bigelow
18:53as they went crashing through those ring boards and hit the concrete.
19:01Cover.
19:04Ladies and gentlemen, your winner and new ECW World Television Champion, Bam Bam Bigelow!
19:19And we've got a new ECW World Television Champion in the Beast from the East, Bam Bam Bigelow.
19:29Listen, we're gonna cancel this. We're gonna cancel the Al Snow Cronus match.
19:34We're gonna cancel the match, all right? I'm gonna figure out something to fix you.
19:37Just buy me some time! Buy me some time!
19:39Uh, okay, uh...
19:43Bam Bam Bigelow is the new World Television Champion.
19:47Uh...
19:48We were scheduled to have Al Snow...
19:49We're gonna go back to the ring! We're gonna go back to the ring.
19:53We were scheduled to have Al Snow up next in singles competition against John Cronus,
19:59but I don't know that we can have that match-up now.
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