#174 – Mikey Whipwreck vs Sandman, ECW TV, October 31, 1995
Just home from WrestleMania 32, we review this classic match between Mikey and the Sandman. We also discuss our trip to Dallas and all the fun we had last weekend. Please support the show and pick up our new SEASON 4 BOX SET including two unreleased episodes of reviews for the 1987 Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team tournament and the documentary “Heroes of World Class Wrestling” available on DVD or for direct download. Please support the Old School Wrestling Podcast by visiting oldschoolwrestlingpodcast.com where you can find links to all of our great products. Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…..at the matches!
It seemed like you guys had a lot of fun – and hell, I would like to be part of the WrestleMania-Weekend one day.
Also a great episode, thank you =)
There are so many memories I have watching ECW. Even though ECW never came to St. Louis until they hit big on TNN. I watched few of the commercial tapes I bought and the pay per views over and over again. Mikey/Sandman ladder match was one of those lost gems of my youth I never got to watching until it was on YouTube.
As far as favorite memories watching ECW one has to be from “barbwire, hoodies, and choke slam” main event Sandman-Cactus Jack barbwire match. Near the end of the match someone tossed a WCW Hulk Hogan action figure in to the ring. Joey Styles then commented “Someone through a Hulk Hogan action figure in the ring. That is the closes that clown is going to get to a barbwire match” one of my favorite lines from that tape.
Another moment that sticks in my mind was at the first Guilty as Charged final match with Taz and Douglas at the end when Francine is in the ring confronting Sunny. Douglas picks up the head cheerleader and lifts her out of the ring, Francine beaver shots the fans at ringside. Now being 12 at the time I had to think to myself “Did I just see Francine’s lady parts?” needless to say I had to rewind the tape a number of times much like the Zapruder film. Myself and a friend who was a fan of wrestling (but not as big as myself) where auguring for couple days after whether or not the head cheerleader had underwear on or she was going commando. Needless to say because of no HD TV we filed this under the unsolved mysteries and went on our daily lives.
I would recommend searching out non network ECW events such as “Massacre on Queens Boulevard” & “Heat Wave ‘96”.
Dre and Black Cat, I just wanted to write and give a plug to The OSWP 500. I am an OCD minimalist. I am continually going through my belongings and only keeping items that are important to me or useful. I have a plastic bin that contains personal items that make me smile or bring back cherished memories. Next to this bin are two others. One contains the entire collection of my backyard wrestling days from high school. I am the keeper of the collection for our backyard wrestling fraternity. Every jump off a roof and every ladder bump is contained in that bin. Next to this bin is my collection of WWF and WCW action figures. These were kept solely for my future children. I wanted to give an overview of a portion of my closet. Now, back to the personal bin which contains such things as a Barry Bonds bobble head and the remaining hand selected plastic sleeves of sports cards from the Awesome 80’s and 90’s. Tucked away in this bin with these other treasured items is the sleek OSWP 500 book. It is an amazing collection and snapshot of your hard work and passion for old school wrestling. It made me laugh, it brought back memories from the glory days, and became something that I will pull out from time to time for the rest of my days. Thank you for giving us your memories and your time; they are heard and appreciated.
May have already shared this story with you–ECW did a house show in Warner Robins, GA and a bunch of us went. They’d handed out free tickets in the schools that day, and my buddy’s son scarfed up a bunch from his friends. The ticket-takers didn’t seem real excited about us 40-year-old guys coming in on the passes from school!