Today in ECW History - February 25th

 

Today in ECW History - February 25th

Title Changes: 

• 1995: Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko win the ECW World Tag Team Championship, defeating The Tazmaniac and Sabu for the belts

Debuts:

• 1992: Stevie Richards makes his professional wrestling debut on this date in history, wrestling Jimmy Jannetty to a 20 minute time limit draw at ECW's Market Street Mayhem event at the Original Sports Bar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TV Episodes:

• ECW on TNN #27 aired on this day in history. The matches were:
• The Sandman def. Rhino
• Loser Leaves ECW: Danny Doring and Roadkill def. The Dupp Brothers (Bo Dupp and Jack Dupp)
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) (c) def. Tommy Dreamer and Raven to retain the titles

Matches from ECW on TNN #27 were taped: February 19th, 2000 @ ECW Live Event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Events:

• ECW Market Street Mayhem - February 25th, 1992 @ Original Sports Bar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
• Jimmy Jannetty vs. Stevie Richards ended without a winner after going to a 20 minute time limit draw
• Glen Osbourne def. Crybaby Waldo
• Super Destroyer #1 def. Michael Bruno
• Tony Stetson def. Ivan Koloff
• Jeff Royal def. Max Thrasher
• JT Smith and DC Drake vs. Johnny Hotbody and Larry Winters ended without a winner as a double disqualification. 
• ECW Return of the Funker - February 25th, 1995 @ ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
• The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) def. Chad Austin and Joel Hartgood
• Jason Knight and Paul Lauria def. Mikey Whipwreck and Hack Meyers
• 2 Cold Scorpio def. Hector Guerrero
• Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Match: Axl Rotten def. Ian Rotten
• ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Shane Douglas (c) def. Marty Jannetty to retain the title
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Triple Threat (Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko) def. The Tazmaniac and Sabu (c) to win the titles
• Cactus Jack def. DC Drake
• ECW Live Event in Toledo, Ohio - February 25th, 2000 @ Seagate Center in Toledo, Ohio:
• Chilly Willy def. Scott D'Amore
• Chris Chetti and Nova def. The New Dangerous Alliance (CW Anderson and Bill Wiles)
• 3-Way Elimination Match: Little Guido def. Kid Kash and Simon Diamond
• Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka def. The Dupp Brothers (Bo Dupp and Jack Dupp)
• ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Mike Awesome (c) def. Angel to retain the title
• New Jack def. Vic Grimes
• Sabu def. Mikey Whipwreck
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) (c) def. Danny Doring and Roadkill to retain the titles
• Raven def. Steve Corino
• The Sandman and Super Crazy def. The Network (Yoshihiro Tajiri and Rhino)

Matches from Return of the Funker would air on ECW Hardcore TV episodes 97, 98 and 99 (February 28th, March 7th and March 14th respectively)