Looking back at Monday Night RAW February 24th, 1997

It's Chaos Everywhere!

MATCH #7: TOMMY DREAMER (w/ Beulah) vs. D-VON DUDLEY (w/ Bubba Ray Dudley)

McMahon: “D-Von Dudley…”

Lawler: “…ever heard of him?”

The Heart & Soul of ECW goes one-on-one with a member of perhaps one of the most iconic tag-teams of all time.

Dreamer grabs some weapons from the audience, & hits D-Von with it. McMahon thinks that we need to draw some lines here.

Dreamer throws the steel-steps inside the ring & D-Von grabs a chair. Meanwhile, McMahon has no idea what’s going on & Lawler sarcastically explains it to him by mentioning that “they’re just wrestling, Vince”.

Lawler calls ECW “Extremely Crappy Wrestling”, & says that he is ashamed to be associated with this garbage. Paul E responds by saying that “You’ll Never Be Associated With It In The First Place!”

Jesus, did I mention how great Jerry & Paul are on-air together?

Dreamer executes a piledriver, & finishes it off with a DDT a little more than four minutes into the match. Tommy Dreamer is your winner, but here comes Bubba Ray Dudley!

Result: Tommy Dreamer wins via pinfall.

The Dudley Boys drop Tommy Dreamer with a 3-D. What now?

As the commentators are talking over each other, a new theme music starts playing in the background, & the following snippet describes the moment perfectly for all audiences:

Paul E: “It’s the Sandman! It’s the Sandman! The Sandman is in the Manhattan Center!”

McMahon: “The Who?”

Paul E: “The Sandman!”

Looks like the Sandman is still drinking his beer, which allows the Dudleys to drop him before anything else happens. But a few seconds later, the tides have turned & it is now Sandman who helps Tommy Dreamer knock The Dudleys off their feet.

Meanwhile, Lawler has had it. He orders Paul E to get out of this arena. Paul E loses his cool & tries to pounce on The King. McMahon holds him back. The ECW boys try to protect their own boss & indirectly get involved into this mess by pushing Vince McMahon around. As if things couldn’t get more chaotic, Jerry Lawler stands up on the announce table & tries to get some shots on Paul E’s face over this horde of talent. The hardcore fans lose their collective minds & go nuts throughout this entire scenario. It’s CHAOS everywhere!

This is how WWF should have ended their show...

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So let’s get some facts straight: Jerry Lawler invited ECW over to RAW last week. Turns out, ECW actually showed up on RAW this week, which made Lawler realize that he just made a huge mistake. So Lawler spends two hours screaming at the top of his lungs. Vince McMahon has no idea what’s going on, & the whole situation dissolves in a wide chaotic shot of on-screen personalities trying to get their hands on each other.

90’s Wrestling! I love it!

This is where the show should have ended…but it doesn’t.