Today in ECW History - April 13th

 

Today in ECW History - April 13th: 

Wrestler birthday(s): Julio Dinero was born on this day in 1972. Christian York was born on this day in 1977. 

1996: ECW Massacre on Queens Boulevard @ Lost Battalion Hall in Queens, New York. Matches were:

• The Full Blooded Italians (JT Smith and Little Guido) def. The Dudleys (Big Dick Dudley and Buh Buh Ray Dudley)
• Hack Meyers def. Billy Black
• The Eliminators (Kronus and Saturn) def. El Puerto Ricano and Joel Hartgood
• Raven def. Damien 666
• Shane Douglas def. Axl Rotten
• Taz def. Chris Jericho
• 6-Man Tag Team Match: Brian Lee and The Bruise Brothers (Don Harris and Ron Harris) def. Tommy Dreamer and The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2)
• Sabu def. Mikey Whipwreck
• 3-Way Tag Team Match: The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) def. 2 Cold Scorpio and The Sandman and The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B)

1997: ECW's first pay-per-view event ECW Barely Legal 1997 @ ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Attendance was 1,170 fans. Matches were:

• Dark Match: Louie Spicolli def. Balls Mahoney
• Dark Match: Chris Chetti and JT Smith def. The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tommy Rich)
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Eliminators (Kronus and Saturn) def. The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (c) to win the titles
• Rob Van Dam def. Lance Storm
• 6-Man Tag Team Match: The Great Sauske, Gran Hamada and Masato Yakusiji def. bWo Japan (Taka Michinoku, Terry Boy and Dick Togo)
• ECW World Television Championship: Shane Douglas (c) def. Pitbull #2 to retain the title
• Taz def. Sabu
• 3-Way Dance: Terry Funk def. The Sandman and Stevie Richards*
• ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Terry Funk def. Raven (c) to win the title

*Note: The 3-Way Dance winner faced Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Barely Legal.