Today in ECW History - October 28th

 

Today in ECW History - October 28th:

Pictured: Tracy Smothers, during his run as a member of The Full Blooded Italians. Along with fellow F.B.I. member Little Guido, Smothers is a former 1-time ECW World Tag Team Champion! 

Wrestler Death(s): On this day in 2020, former ECW World Tag Team Champion Tracy Smothers passed away. Smothers, along with fellow Full Blooded Italians member Little Guido, won the ECW World Tag Team Championship in 1997, when they defeated The Gangstanators (New Jack and John Kronus) to win their only titles together. They held the titles until December 5th, 1997, when they were defeated for the titles by Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon. Smothers announced in December 2019 on his Facebook page that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma after visiting his doctor the month prior and had suffered a heart attack without realizing it. Despite this, he died from the illness at 4:30 AM on October 28th, 2020, at the age of 58 years old. A day before his passing, Smothers had posted that he was back in the hospital after having hernia surgery which aggravated his condition. Smothers was survived by his 3 sons, Tony Shook, Kyle Smothers and Austin Elliott, and his daughter, Jessie Belle McCoy, who wrestles under the name Jessie Belle. Many wrestlers paid tribute to Smothers following his death, including Jim Cornette, CM Punk, Adam "Edge" Copeland, Frankie Kazarian, Taz, Jeff Jarrett, Ricky Morton, Bobby Fulton and Tom Prichard. Smothers was a very well-like member of the ECW roster.

1995: ECW Live Event @ ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 1,150

Results:

⦁ Axl Rotten def. Dudley Dudley

⦁ The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) def. Don E. Allen and Tony Stetson

⦁ The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) def. Scott Steiner and Taz

⦁ Konnan and Rey Misterio, Jr. def. La Parka and Psicosis

⦁ Loser Must Wear A Dress: Johnny Grunge def. Stevie Richards

⦁ Ladder Match for ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Mikey Whipwreck def. The Sandman (c) to win the title

⦁ JT Smith def. El Puerto Ricano

⦁ Hack Meyers def. Dances with Dudley

⦁ ECW World Television Championship & ECW World Tag Team Championship: 2 Cold Scorpio (c) (TV) def. Rocco Rock (c) (Tag Team) to retain the TV and win the Tag Team*

⦁ Tommy Dreamer def. Cactus Jack

*Note: 2 Cold Scorpio picked his partner to be The Sandman. 

1999: ECW Live Event @ Unknown Arena in Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 1,000

Results:

⦁ Danny Doring and Roadkil def. Bill Wiles and CW Anderson

⦁ Kid Kash and Nova def. The Dupps (Bo Dupp and Jack Dupp)

⦁ Spike Dudley def. Simon Diamond

⦁ Balls Mahoney def. Tracy Smothers

⦁ ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Mike Awesome (c) def. PN News

⦁ Super Crazy def. Tony DeVito

⦁ 3-Way Dance: Yoshihiro Tajiri def. Jesus Cristobal and Little Guido

⦁ Justin Credible def. Jerry Lynn

⦁ Sabu def. Rhino