Today in ECW History - July 18th

 Today in ECW History - July 18th, 1998

ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 

• Chris Chetti and Tommy Rogers def. The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers)
• Mikey Whipwreck def. Bobby Duncum, Jr. 
• 6-Man Tag Team Match: The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney) and John Kronus def. Michael Kovac, Mike Lozansky and Ulf Herman
• Jerry Lynn and Masato Tanaka def. Justin Credible and Mike Awesome
• Buh Buh Ray Dudley def. Tommy Dreamer
• The Sandman def. D-Von Dudley
• Big Dick Dudley def. Spike Dudley
• Rob Van Dam and Sabu def. Chris Candido and Lance Storm

Today in ECW History - July 18th, 1999

ECW Heat Wave '99

Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio:

• Vito LoGrasso def. Simon Diamond
• Chris Chetti and Nova def. Roadkill and Danny Doring
• Jazz def. Jason Knight
• Super Crazy def. Little Guido
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: Balls Mahoney and Spike Dudley def. The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (c) to win the titles
• Francine def. Steve Corino
• ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Taz (c) def. Yoshihiro Tajiri to retain the title
• Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn def. The Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible)

Wrestler birthday(s): Al Snow turns 60 years old today. Following his runs in ECW and the WWF, Al Snow moved to a more behind the scenes job within the industry, working behind the scenes as an agent and producer for WWE, TNA Wrestling (later Impact Wrestling) and most recently Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he ended up purchasing the promotion from longtime owner Danny Davis a couple years ago and made some major improvements for the company in terms of production and it's reach globally. 

Wrestler death(s): John Kronus passed away on this day in 2007 from heart failure. Kronus is best known for his ECW World Tag Team Championship winning team with Perry Saturn known as The Eliminators in ECW who he won the titles 3 times with. He also held the Tag Team Titles one other time with New Jack as The Gangstanators. Following his time in ECW, he would appear in the ECW-ripoff promotion XPW for a bit before retiring in 2002. He came out of retirement in 2005, making one appearance at the ECW reunion show Hardcore Homecoming, teaming with New Jack to face Ian and Axl Rotten the same weekend as the first ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view in June 2005. He passed away in his sleep, aged 38 years old. According to an autopsy performed after his death, his death was subsequently attributed to heart failure resulting from an enlarged heart. He was survived by his nine-year old son, Gage. His family stated that Kronus had a history of heart problems and that he knew he could die at any time. Former tag team partner New Jack was the only ECW alumnus to attend his funeral reportedly.