Today in ECW History - January 11th

 

Today in ECW History - January 11th:

Wrestler birthday(s): Abdullah the Butcher (pictured above) was born on this day in 1941. Known as a pioneer in the hardcore wrestling scene, Abby made his only appearances for ECW in 1993, appearing at both days of the BloodFest event on October 1st and 2nd and his 1st appearance in ECW was on September 18th at UltraClash 1993.

1997: ECW House Party 1997 @ ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 1,400

Results:

• The Sandman def. Raven
• Chris Candido def. Louie Spicolli
• Mikey Whipwreck def. Spike Dudley
• ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) (c) def. Axl Rotten and D-Von Dudley to retain the titles
• The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) def. Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich
• Ricky Morton def. Tommy Rich
• Mike Awesome def. Balls Mahoney
• Buh Buh Ray Dudley vs. Pitbull #2 went to a no-contest
• Brian Lee def. Terry Funk
• ECW World Television Championship: Pitbull #1 def. Shane Douglas (c) by count-out (Douglas retains)