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00:00He just broke little Spike Goodley in half.
00:06He just broke little Spike Goodley in half.
00:11He just broke little Spike Goodley in half.
00:14The winner of the match and
00:17still GCW World Heavyweight Champion,
00:23Orton Orton.
00:25Orton's got referee Mike Keener.
00:27Orton is out of control.
00:37Mike Keener's about to get a thank you card in the mail.
00:41What?
00:42From whoever gets his organs donated to them.
00:44The World Heavyweight Champion has
00:49made a statement here in New Orleans, Louisiana.
00:56The expensive little Spike Goodley, who still has not moved.
01:02Hey, Rob Van Dam.
01:05If you're not laid up in a hospital somewhere,
01:10and if you've got the balls, why don't you bring your ass down here?
01:17And I'll show you just how awesome I can be.
01:24Mike Awesome in no uncertain terms invited
01:29the World Television Champion Rob Van Dam to come down to the ring.
01:36And as you can tell by the reaction of the fans here at the sold out
01:42Alerio, the longest reigning champion in professional wrestling
01:48is gonna take Offer up on the invitation.
01:52You know, if the Saints had Van Dam in the backfield with Ricky Williams,
01:57they would have been 13 and three.
01:59Sabu, Sabu from behind, it was a trap, it was a trap, Alfonso shoved in.
02:07Mike Awesome and Sabu have suckered in Rob Van Dam for
02:12a second week in a row, and here comes Austin.
02:16But Van Dam turned the tables, Van Dam saw Awesome coming, he sidestepped.
02:23Awesome nearly killed Sabu and himself.
02:27He took the concrete on his head.
02:30Rob Van Dam is waging war.
02:34Hello everyone and welcome to ECW Hardcore TV.
02:40I'm Joey Styles and this war between the two champions is about to begin.
02:46The war between Rob Van Dam and Mike Awesome has certainly heated up.
02:50People are demanding to know when these two will square off.
02:53Will Rob Van Dam, the World Television Champion, and
02:57Mike Awesome, the World Heavyweight Champion.
02:59We interrupt this episode of ECW Hardcore TV for an urgent news bulletin.
03:05Just hours after this television show was taped, ECW World Television Champion,
03:11Rob Van Dam, suffered a broken leg in Orlando, Florida.
03:16Details are available right now at ecwwrestling.com.
03:22And further details will be made available next Friday night
03:27on the Friday Night Thrill Zone, ECW on TNN.
03:33Friday night at 8 o'clock Eastern and Pacific.
03:38Once again, ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam,
03:44suffered a broken leg just hours after this television show was taped.
03:49Further details are available right now at ecwwrestling.com.
04:08Thank you for watching ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
04:13We'll see you next time on ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
05:08Thank you for watching ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
05:13We'll see you next time on ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
05:18Thank you for watching ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
05:23We'll see you next time on ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
05:28Thank you for watching ECW World Television Champion, Rob Van Dam.
05:33This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
06:03This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
06:34The Kingpin of the Baldies, Angel,
06:39who now claims to be the King of the Streets
06:44by way of his victories over Nujak,
06:49will put that unofficial title on the line here tonight
06:54in the Big Easy against the original Gangsta Nujak.
07:03As always, none of the Baldies travelling alone.
07:08The Muscle, Bryant, backing up the Kingpin, Angel.
07:21If one thing has been very clear in this war between Angel and Nujak,
07:27it is that Nujak can beat Angel.
07:31And if he ever got his hands on Angel one-on-one, he would beat Angel.
07:37But with the Baldies running interference
07:40and Nujak's insistence on taking out all of the Baldies,
07:47the original Gangsta has put himself in a no-win situation.
07:54Angel looking around, Nujak can come from anywhere.
08:02Here he comes, the original Gangsta Nujak,
08:07who has got nothing on his mind but destroying Angel
08:12and winning back his unofficial title as King of the Street.
08:17It's Bryant. Bryant hooks Nujak's leg.
08:20He's on the ropes.
08:23And the Kingpin of the Baldies, Angel,
08:27It's Bryant. Bryant hooks Nujak's leg.
08:30Here's a mugging.
08:33He's bashing that pipe into the knee of Nujak.
08:37We've got another Baldie street mugging on the outside.
08:44It's a New Orleans street fight, anything goes.
08:49All referee Jim Molyneux is there to do is count to three
08:54and maybe call an ambulance if necessary.
09:01Angel now picking his shots.
09:03Nujak needs help now.
09:08Paul Mahoney has come down to help Nujak.
09:19Down goes Angel.
09:21Down goes Bryant.
09:23Paul Mahoney back from his tour of Japan.
09:31Bryant gets four.
09:39We interrupt this episode of ECW Hardcore TV
09:43to inform our viewer that hours after this show was taped,
09:48ECW World Television Champion,
09:51Mr. Pay-Per-View, Rob Van Dam,
09:55suffered a broken leg during a title defense
09:59in Orlando, Florida.
10:01There are further details available,
10:05up-to-the-minute details available right now
10:09at ecwwrestling.com.
10:12Preliminary estimates from the doctors at the hospital
10:17place Van Dam on the injured list
10:21for anywhere between three or four weeks
10:25and three or four months.
10:28Please tune in to ECW on TNN
10:32this coming Friday night at 8 p.m. Eastern,
10:377 p.m. Central, and 8 p.m. Pacific
10:41for more details.
10:43And in the meantime, log on to ecwwrestling.com
10:48for as much information as we can bring you
10:52on this latest tragedy to Rob Van Dam.
10:58Nujak nails Angel right on the point of the jaw.
11:06Paul Mahoney in trouble
11:09as a bloodied Grimes is looking to do the same
11:13to the native of Nutley, New Jersey.
11:18But Paul Mahoney has done what he set out to do.
11:22He has left Nujak one-on-one
11:25with the kingpin of the world, he's Angel.
11:30He's in trouble.
11:35Nujak is dragging Angel through the Elerio Arena
11:40here in New Orleans.
11:45What's your cause for that?
11:56Angel is being assaulted.
11:58In this New Orleans street fight.
12:10Take a look at the face of Nujak.
12:20You can smell the hatred he has for Angel
12:23and all of Aldi.
12:29Come on, Nujak.
12:34Both Nujak and Angel busted open
12:36as well as Angel face-first down the guardrail
12:40and rather unceremoniously face-first
12:45on the metal bleachers.
12:47In the U.S.A.! In the U.S.A.!
12:51In the U.S.A.! In the U.S.A.!
12:55In the U.S.A.! In the U.S.A.!
12:59Angel can barely stand
13:01and Nujak is showing no signs of relenting.
13:19Angel now thrown back in the ring
13:22and Paul Fahoney is now dragging Grimes
13:24through the Elerio Arena.
13:40Looks like there's no hope for Angel
13:43as Paul Fahoney continues to carve up Grimes.
13:48Nujak looking to rearrange the face of Angel.
13:56Angel brought this upon himself
13:59trying to use Nujak as a stepping stone
14:02here at ECW
14:04with the help of his fellow street criminals of Aldi.
14:18Now this doesn't look good.
14:24Oh my God!
14:36Nujak has left no stone unturned.
14:41It has quit to destroy Angel
14:44and in the process has destroyed Angel's phone.
14:55Angel got a cheap shot with that garbage can lid
14:59plans to move to the side of the head of Nujak.
15:08Angel now unloaded with a series of left hands
15:13and Nujak screaming,
15:14Harder! Is that all you got? Harder!
15:18Fahoney and Grimes still going at it.
15:20This is not a tag team matchup officially by the way.
15:24What a right hand by the 350 pound Paul Fahoney.
15:30Reversal by the 400 pound Grimes.
15:33Flash in the corner.
15:40Fahoney's got a good shot.
15:42He's got a good shot.
15:44He's got a good shot.
15:46He's got a good shot.
15:48He's got a good shot.
15:50He's got a good shot.
15:56And Grimes tries to compact the snow
16:00of Paul Fahoney.
16:02Nujak sideways into the steel turd ring.
16:06Just like that, once again,
16:08the bull is in control
16:12of this bloodbath of a New Orleans street fight.
16:20Number two.
16:22Number two.
16:26Nujak still talking trash
16:28as Angel Assault continues on the outside.
16:37Paul Fahoney laid out on that table.
16:42Keep your eye on the 400 pound Grimes.
16:47Extremely agile for a big man.
16:51Oh my God!
17:01Paul Fahoney interjected himself into this matchup
17:05to save Nujak.
17:07Who's going to save Paul?
17:10Again, Nujak has got what he's wanted all along.
17:15Could be one-on-one with Angel.
17:22Low blow by the kingpin of the Baldy.
17:29Over the top comes the heavy left hand of Angel.
17:34Angel has got to be looking to finish off Nujak.
17:39Angel has got to be looking to finish off Nujak.
17:55And now we've got Grimes back in the ring
17:57after driving Paul Fahoney out of the ring.
18:01Paul Fahoney has won the match.
18:04And now we've got Grimes back in the ring
18:06after driving Paul Fahoney through that table at ringside.
18:10Again, Nujak finds himself in the unenviable position
18:14of being at a disadvantage against the Baldy.
18:24The Baldy's are going to finish Nujak's career
18:26right here in New Orleans.
18:29Keep it! Grimes meets Nujak!
18:32Get out of the way! Angel with the cover!
18:37Nujak planks up the three count with a rank and a face.
18:41But you've got to wonder,
18:43how much life does Nujak possibly have left in him?
18:51Grimes setting up Nujak!
18:53Angel connects with the steel chair!
18:57Cover!
19:03And Angel steals another victory from Nujak
19:08and can still call himself, rightly or wrongly,
19:13the King of the Strings!
19:21Wow!
19:27What a shot with that chair!
19:39Paul Fahoney saved Nujak
19:41from sustaining any more physical damage
19:44at the hands of the Baldy's.
19:46But once again, Angel steals a victory officially
19:51from the original gangster, Nujak!
19:57Welcome back to ECW Hardcore TV.
20:01Just a reminder, live on pay-per-view,
20:05Sunday night, March 12th,
20:07acclaimed Hardcore Evolution,
20:09the video game presents ECW Living Dangerously.
20:13We got a sponsor in that video game, Hardcore Evolution,
20:17the first ECW video game available on Hardcore Thursday,
20:22February 17th, everywhere.
20:25Thankfully!
20:27And what a pay-per-view we expected to be.
20:29We're encouraging fans from all over the country to join us
20:33at the O'Neal Center in Danbury, Connecticut.
20:36Last time we were there,
20:37the building was originally set up for 2,000 seats.
20:40We had to expand it to 3,000 and still sold out.
20:46While these two pick at one another,
20:47I'll tell you that the O'Neal Center is being set up
20:50for almost 4,000 seats
20:52for the Living Dangerously pay-per-view.
20:56You're going to want to get your seats early
20:58because tempers are at a fever pitch here at ECW.
21:01This situation with Rob Van Dam,
21:04little Spike Dudley, Mike Austin, and Sabu
21:08is unbelievable.
21:10How about Rob Van Dam and Mike Austin
21:12coming face-to-face?
21:13That collision is going to happen sooner or later.
21:17Will it happen Friday night on TNN?
21:20Will it happen at the Living Dangerously pay-per-view?
21:24We know it's going to happen.
21:26It's a matter of when.
21:30And not to take anything at all away from this match,
21:33a return tag team three-way date.
21:38Here you see Nova and Kid Cash.
21:41Kid Cash has his jaw wired shut.
21:43It was broken
21:46because Bo Dump
21:48dropped the 275-pound knee across his face
21:54in Atlanta, Georgia, shattering it.
21:57Not breaking it, shattering his jaw.
22:02And despite what ECW executive producer
22:06and owner Paul Heyman wanted,
22:08Kid Cash refused to miss any matches.
22:13So against doctor's orders
22:15and against the wishes of ECW,
22:17he's wrestling with his jaw wired.
22:27Team number three about to make their way to the ring.
22:43This odd couple accompanied by Elektra.
22:51There you see dastardly Danny Dorey
22:54and the angry, ominous Chicken Plucker, Road Kid.
23:01Speaking of chickens,
23:03whether you're a breast man or a leg man,
23:06there's nothing not to like about Elektra.
23:09As Cyrus would say,
23:11if you looked up the word tremendous in the dictionary,
23:15her picture would be next to it.
23:30Do those shorts and clothing actually constitute an outfit?
23:34Take the rope off, please.
23:43Welcome back to ECW Hardcore TV.
23:46Kid Cash launches himself and jacked up.
23:49And this rematch of a tag team three-way div
23:54is underway here in New Orleans.
23:57It's like a train wreck.
24:00King Cash up and over.
24:02Plants the boot.
24:03Road kill on the outside.
24:05Hammering away at Bo Duff.
24:07Jacked up, floored by Norman.
24:09King Cash dropkick by Danny Dorey.
24:15All six competitors all over the inside and outside the ring.
24:19Ranking the ice now by Dorey.
24:21Working over Bo Duff.
24:24Roman now.
24:26Kid Cash through the legs.
24:28Norman with a full head of steam.
24:31Nice fake.
24:38Springboard launcher.
24:40What elevation by Kid Cash, who is muddy.
24:45And now Nova going to the outside as well.
24:54Nova now, one-on-one with Jack Duff.
24:59Duff's in for the ride.
25:01Hooks Nova.
25:02In comes Bo.
25:03Jack Duff.
25:05Jack Duff.
25:06Jack Duff.
25:07Jack Duff.
25:08Jack Duff.
25:09Jack Duff.
25:10Duff's in for the ride.
25:12Hooks Nova.
25:13In comes Bo.
25:17Nova gets planted.
25:23Great balance by the 300-pound road kid.
25:30Bo Duff thrown to the outside.
25:36Lancaster lariat of lust.
25:40This is a two-count only.
25:47Beautiful hood-end con run by Kid Cash on Dorey.
25:53Back in comes Bo Duff.
25:55Ranking the ice on Nova.
26:00Nova's in for the ride.
26:03Gets out of the way of that charging train.
26:06Hooks Duff.
26:08Picture-perfect tornado DDT.
26:15Nova now going up top.
26:19Misses the frog splash during up top.
26:22Misses the panty drop elbow.
26:25Cash goes up.
26:27He misses the knee drop.
26:33Road kill misses the leg drop.
26:36Jack Duff going up.
26:38He misses the elbow.
26:42Looks like a blooper reel.
26:45Doring and Nova making a wish.
26:47Cash up top.
26:54Stonecutter.
26:55Forget about it.
26:58We interrupt this edition of ECW Hardcore TV
27:02with a further update on the developments
27:05of ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam
27:10suffering a broken leg just hours after
27:13this television show was taped in Orlando, Florida.
27:18Rob Van Dam himself has confirmed
27:22that he has suffered a broken leg in two different places.
27:28More information is available right now
27:31at ecwwrestling.com and a full discussion
27:37on the ramifications of the World Television Champion
27:41Rob Van Dam suffering a broken leg
27:45will take place this Friday night
27:48on the Friday Night Thrill Zone.
27:51ECW on TNN, 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific,
27:567 p.m. Central Time.
27:59Once again, ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam
28:04has suffered a broken leg.
28:06More details available at ecwwrestling.com.
28:12We now go back to this week's pre-recorded edition
28:17of ECW Hardcore TV.
28:21And of course, the Living Dangerously pay-per-view
28:25sponsored by Acclaim's Hardcore Evolution,
28:27the video game and Elektra now assaulting Nova.
28:38Chris Cheney's in the ring.
28:41Cheney plants Elektra.
28:44And not in a good way either.
29:11Oh, that's the wrong angle.
29:14Kid Cash protecting his jaw, blocks the bareback,
29:17blocks it again.
29:18Dory got him, not his jaw.
29:20His jaw's broken.
29:21His jaw's already been shattered.
29:24And Dory just assaulted him with the bareback.
29:27Roadkill, now up top.
29:29No, no, no!
29:41We've still got Tanaka vs. Van Dam
29:45to talk with, my God, right now.
29:48We've got to get some help for Kid Cash.
29:51Blood on Roadkill's elbow.
29:53Kid Cash bleeding from his mouth.
30:03Oh, my God.
30:06Welcome back to ECW Hardcore TV
30:09from the Elerio Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
30:13What news?
30:14Finally, Rob Van Dam will be on the opposite side
30:17of the ring from Mike Awesome.
30:19But here tonight on Hardcore TV,
30:21for the first time ever,
30:23Rob Van Dam meets someone
30:25who knows Mike Awesome better than...
30:27We are interrupting this pre-recorded episode
30:30of ECW Hardcore TV.
30:33To bring you the late breaking news
30:36that the world television champion,
30:39Rob Van Dam,
30:41has suffered a broken leg in two places.
30:45More details will be made available
30:49at ecwwrestling.com
30:52and next Friday night
30:55on TNN ECW
30:58as part of the Friday Night Thrill Zone
31:028 p.m. Eastern,
31:047 p.m. Central,
31:068 p.m. Pacific.
31:08Once again, Rob Van Dam
31:10has suffered a broken leg.
31:13More details available right now
31:16at ecwwrestling.com
31:20We now bring you back
31:22to the pre-recorded episode
31:24of ECW Hardcore TV.
31:28Tanaka versus Rob Van Dam
31:30and the world television title is on the line.
31:35Rob Van Dam and Masato Tanaka tie up.
31:38Waist lock, standing switch.
31:41Van Dam with a go behind now
31:42into a side headlock.
31:45Tanaka with a top wrist lock.
31:51Van Dam with a back heel,
31:53triplateral press, barely gets a one.
31:56Into a front change for a nice sit out.
31:58Van Dam rolls through.
32:08This is the first ever meeting
32:10of Masato Tanaka and Rob Van Dam.
32:14Not only here at ECW,
32:16but anywhere in the world.
32:18These two have never faced one another.
32:21We are witnessing history here tonight
32:23at the Elerio Arena in New Orleans
32:26and the world television title is on the line.
32:31Side headlock by Masato Tanaka.
32:37Van Dam now with a top wrist lock.
32:44Nice series of kicks.
32:46Takes Tanaka down with the leg scissors,
32:48gets a two.
32:50And that stunned Tanaka,
32:51but was not enough to get the three.
32:58Van Dam turned his back on Tanaka
33:00to play to the crowd in pain.
33:02Van Dam lands on his feet.
33:05But gets landed by Tanaka,
33:07sit out powerbomb.
33:16Van Dam had better humble himself
33:18and take Tanaka a little more seriously
33:21or Tanaka will humble Van Dam.
33:24Masato Tanaka, a former FMW and ECW
33:28world heavyweight champion.
33:34Rob Van Dam talking over strategy
33:36with the manager of champions,
33:38Bill Alfonso, on the outside.
33:45Van Dam steps back,
33:47Van Dam steps back in, gets caught.
33:50Tanaka back to the side headlock.
33:54Tanaka shot off.
33:56Split-legged drop down by Van Dam.
33:58Then frog.
34:00Powerbomb countered by the hood and Khan Rana.
34:09And again Rob Van Dam
34:11pays for turning his back on Tanaka.
34:13Tanaka runs through Van Dam.
34:15Drop down over the top.
34:17Closed line, hooks.
34:20Van Dam gets landed yet again by Masato Tanaka.
34:27What a world class athlete is Masato Tanaka.
34:31We are so thrilled to have him here at ECW.
34:35Van Dam hooks the ropes.
34:36Front kick catches Tanaka coming in.
34:39Side headlock by Van Dam now.
34:41Lands on his feet somehow.
34:43Here comes Tanaka.
34:46Forearm catches Van Dam right in the mouth.
34:52Tanaka drops to the floor.
34:54The unpadded floor, I might add.
35:02Van Dam thrown into the steel guardrail.
35:04Tanaka now on the attack.
35:07He is challenging for the world television title.
35:11Van Dam upside down,
35:13backwards over the steel guardrail.
35:17Rob Van Dam has been the world television champion
35:20for 22 months.
35:22Since April of 1998,
35:24he is the longest reigning champion
35:26in professional wrestling today.
35:32But tonight may be the night
35:34that that title reign comes to a screeching halt
35:38because Masato Tanaka
35:40seems to have the number of Rob Van Dam.
35:46Tanaka, who has been in classic wars
35:49both in Japan and here in the States
35:51against Mike Awesome.
35:54Awesome, who with the help of Sabu recently
35:57almost broke the back of Rob Van Dam
36:00at the ECW arena.
36:02And as you saw at the top of this program,
36:05Van Dam fired back.
36:07He is waging war against Mike Awesome and Sabu.
36:12They throw little Spike Dudley into that mix.
36:16And we could have one hell of an episode
36:18of ECW on TNN next Friday night
36:21for the Living Dangerously pay-per-view
36:24whenever the Mike Awesome,
36:26Rob Van Dam collision takes place.
36:31Van Dam set for the ride.
36:33Tanaka charges, stiff clothesline in the corner.
36:41Tanaka now setting up Rob Van Dam.
36:56DDT off the top turnbuckle,
36:58hook of the leg, two and a half.
37:03Two and a half, says referee Jim Malinow.
37:13Masato Tanaka now setting up that table.
37:18That does not bode well for Rob Van Dam,
37:22who has had much less offense in this matchup
37:25than he is accustomed to.
37:34Right hand of Tanaka resounding off the jaw of Rob Van Dam.
37:41Van Dam seemingly being set up
37:43for a superflex through that table.
37:50Van Dam boxes the ears of Tanaka,
37:52but Tanaka just keeps on coming.
37:57Van Dam now with the front chancery,
37:59but Tanaka still climbing the turnbuckle,
38:02finishing up Van Dam.
38:07DDT through the table!
38:09We may see the crowding of a new world television champion
38:13right here, right now, in the Big Easy,
38:16New Orleans, Louisiana.
38:21Cover!
38:24No! Right shoulder up!
38:32Van Dam is prone on the canvas.
38:34Masato Tanaka ascending the turnbuckle.
38:40Goes for the elbow!
38:41He went for it all, and he missed.
38:53Van Dam ducks.
38:55Beautiful spinning dropkick into the chest.
38:58Shoulder block.
39:00Van Dam now opening up almost out of desperation.
39:04Nothing fancy about this onslaught.
39:06Just loading with everything he's got.
39:11Sidekick from the top turnbuckle.
39:14Unbelievable athleticism being exhibited
39:18by Rob Van Dam, the world television champion.
39:22But Rob Van Dam still feeling the effects
39:26of the beating that has been laid on him
39:29by Masato Tanaka throughout this matchup.
39:37Cartwheel backflip, knees in the midsection.
39:40Two and a half only.
39:43Masato Tanaka very resilient.
39:45We've seen that in his war.
39:48You can almost hear the wind rushing out of the body
39:52of Masato Tanaka.
39:54Cover!
39:56No!
39:58Tanaka kicks out again.
40:06Rob Van Dam seemingly has sped up
40:08the pace of this matchup.
40:10He's got a lot of momentum.
40:12He's got a lot of momentum.
40:14He's got a lot of momentum.
40:16He's got a lot of momentum.
40:17He's got a lot of momentum.
40:18The pace of this matchup feeling it to his advantage.
40:28Up and over goes Van Dam,
40:29flies the steel chair to the face of Tanaka.
40:32Lateral twist!
40:35Two count only.
40:40Tanaka's got the chair!
40:41Van Dam takes it right in the butt.
40:44DD tear, the steel tear, did you see Van Dam's neck?
40:50Cover, no.
40:56Masato Tanaka looking for
41:01a way to put away Rob Van Dam and
41:07win the ECW World Television Title.
41:14Go behind by Van Dam, front kick caught.
41:17Roaring elbow connects, roaring elbow.
41:22Van Dam just barely escaped.
41:24Tanaka landed the roaring elbow but
41:27really didn't get the rotation he wanted before nailing Van Dam.
41:30Van Dam looking very glassy eyed.
41:38Tanaka dragging Van Dam towards the corner.
41:49The chairs are stacked, he's looking for the Tornado DDT, will he get it?
41:54No, Van Dam counter, Northern Lights suplex, and a bridge, it's a two and a half.
42:02Thought it was three, but Tanaka broke the bridge,
42:07the forearm to the exposed ribs of Rob Van Dam, the ECW World Television Champion.
42:14But for how long is Van Dam the champion?
42:17Tanaka wriggles free.
42:22But Van Dam steps through, and
42:26what a back heel kick he landed on the jaw of Masato Tanaka.
42:32Still Alfonso shouting encouragement to Rob Van Dam.
42:41Van Dam and a duck.
42:46Good night, but Van Dam gets the left shoulder up this time.
42:58Tanaka has got to be thinking what will it take to beat Rob Van Dam.
43:03It's a question that nobody has been able to answer for over 22 months.
43:11Van Dam escapes the powerbomb, but not back.
43:19Cover, how did Van Dam get the right shoulder up?
43:26We have seen Masato Tanaka use the roaring elbow.
43:42He attempted the Tornado DDT on the steel chair.
43:45At some point, you have to think Tanaka will uncork diamond dust when he
43:50feels it's appropriate.
43:52Van Dam now climbing the turnbuckle, cinching up Masato Tanaka.
43:59Tanaka hanging on for dear life, and now firing back on Rob Van Dam.
44:07Here's Van Dam, this could be it, this could be it.
44:12Diamond dust, diamond dust, there it is, this may be all.
44:16We can be witnessing the crowding of a new world television champion.
44:19Alfonso with Van Dam's foot on the rope, but Tanaka hooks it.
44:26No, left shoulder up once again.
44:31Tanaka has to be completely baffled at this point.
44:37Rob Van Dam's will to win is almost indescribable.
44:48Alfonso screaming encouragement to Rob Van Dam, but
44:53Tanaka continues his assault.
44:58Tanaka has the steel chair, he charges, Van Dam ducks.
45:05What a Van Daminator, the steel chair in the face of Masato Tanaka.
45:12But can Van Dam cap the line?
45:15He senses that Tanaka's hurt.
45:18The champ's up top, here it comes.
45:22Will he hit the five star?
45:24Frog splash, yes he does, yes he does.
45:29Cover.
45:3022 months and
45:33counting Rob Van Dam still
45:38the ECW World Television Champion.
45:45What a match.
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