Today in ECW History - July 13th

 

Today in ECW History - July 13th, 1996

ECW Heat Wave 1996

ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

• The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) def. The Samoan Gangsta Party (Matt E. Smalls and Sammy The Silk)
• Mikey Whipwreck def. Paul Lauria
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) (c) def. Mikey Whipwreck and Sabu to retain the titles
• Tarzan Goto def. Axl Rotten
• Four Corners Match for ECW World Television Championship: Shane Douglas def. 2 Cold Scorpio, Chris Jericho (c) and Pitbull #2 to win the title
• Louie Spicolli def. El Puerto Ricano
• Sabu def. Louie Spicolli 
• Rage in a Cage 6-Man Tag: Terry Gordy, The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer def. Brian Lee, Raven and Stevie Richards

Wrestler birthday(s): Chris Michaels turns 64 years old today. Michaels had a handful of matches for ECW when it was still considered Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992-1993, including one after it became Extreme in 1996. Following his short stint in ECW, he would continue to work in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. His last match (that I can find record of) was for Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South promotion in 1996.