Alexandra Bazzaza

Extreme action from The Bodyslams Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania

Sandman teams with 2 Cold Scorpio to take on The Gangstas in the main event. Rob Van Dam goes one-on-one with Chris Jericho in a rare classic. Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck defend the ECW World Tag Team Titles against The Eliminators. Raven & Stevie Richards battle the odd combination of "The Franchise" Shane Douglas & Tommy Dreamer. All this and more!

Raven defends the ECW World Title against "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. Juventud Guerrera takes on Rey Misterio Jr. in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match. Buh Buh Ray Dudley & Hack Myers challenge The Eliminators for the ECW World Tag Team Titles. Cactus Jack faces Mikey Whipwreck. The Gangstas, The Headhunters and Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio compete in a Tag Team Triple Threat Match. and much more!

The main event sees 2 Cold Scorpio & Sandman battle The Gangstas and The Headhunters in a 3-Way Dance Tag Team Match. Mikey Whipwreck steps into the ring against the suicidal, homicidal, genocidal Sabu. Tommy Dreamer teams with The Pitbulls to take on "Prime Time" Brian Lee & The Bruise Brothers. Plus, Shane Douglas and Axl Rotten face off, Taz meets Chris Jericho, and more!

ECW A Matter of Respect took place on May 11, 1996, at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event marked the culmination of the feud between Rob Van Dam and Sabu, who faced one another in a bout in which the loser was required to shake the winner's hand and declare their respect for them. Other matches include: Damien vs. El Puerto Ricano Damian Kane & Devon Storm vs. The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) Axl Rotten & Hack Myers vs. The FBI (JT Smith & Little Guido) Beef Wellington vs. Taz Raven (ECW World Champ) vs. Pitbull #2 vs. The Sandman Chris Jericho vs. Mikey Whipwreck Too Cold Scorpio (ECW World Television Champ) vs. Shane Douglas Brian Lee & The Eliminators (John Kronus & Perry Saturn) vs. The Gangstas (Mustafa & New Jack) & Tommy Dreamer

With Kimona Wanalaya in town, Shane Douglas takes to the ring to challenge Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Title in the main event. Respect is earned when Rob Van Dam goes one-on-one with Sabu. The Dudley Boyz take on The Pitbulls in a Tag Team Match. Plus, Taz and Devon Storm meet in singles action, Brian Lee battles Tommy Dreamer, and more!

This show had a stacked lineup and the opening segment showed why and how the brand was so successful and that is they knew their audience and played each guy to his strengths. JT Smith cuts an Italian promo, BWO comes out like KISS, Sandman canes the hell out of all of them, Raven comes out with the Fullington family and suckers Sandman into a beating. As far as ring work, between all 7 of those guys, not a lot to crow about, but the crowd was rocking and rolling through each new moment as it come about. Usually I would cringe at any of these elements, but I found myself enjoying the "extreme" soap opera play out. Okay, the matches now:

Raven & "The Franchise" Shane Douglas battle Sandman & Pitbull #2 in a Tag Team Dog Collar Match. Tommy Dreamer takes on Taz. The Eliminators challenge The Gangstas for the ECW Tag Team Championship in a Steel Cage Weapons Match. The Dudleys face Axl Rotten & D-Von Dudley. Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy goes one-on-one with "Bulldozer" Brian Lee in a Badstreet Match!