Today in ECW History - February 17th



Today in ECW History - February 17th:


Death(s): Mike Awesome (pictured, above) passed away on this day in 2007. Awesome's death was ruled a suicide. On February 17th, 2007, a group of Awesome's friends discovered him dead after he hung himself inside his Tampa, Florida home. WWE acknowledged his death on the February 20th episode of ECW on Sci-Fi with an "In Memory..." graphic at the beginning of the program and 2 days later his family recieved flowers at Serenity Meadows Funeral Home in Riverview, Florida.  



1996: ECW CyberSlam 1996 @ ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Results:

  • 6-Man Tag Team Match: Dog, Rose and Judge Dread def. Dino Sendoff, Don E. Allen and The Dirt Bike Kid
  • Spiros Gekko def. El Puerto Ricano 
  • Taz def. Joel Hartgood
  • Buh Buh Ray Dudley def. Mr. Hughes
  • Don Harris and Ron Harris def. The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B)
  • JT Smith def. Axl Rotten
  • Triple Dog Collar Match: The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) and Stevie Richards def. The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) and Francine
  • ECW World Television Championship: 2 Cold Scorpio (c) vs. Sabu ended in a 30-minute time limit draw (Scorpio retained)
  • Shane Douglas def. Cactus Jack
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Raven (c) def. The Sandman to retain the title 

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