[1995-11-18-ECW-November to Remember] Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk vs Cactus Jack & Raven

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

LOL at Cactus's airbrushed (with hearts!) Dungeon of Doom t-shirt, with Kamala, Zodiac and Shark on the front. Bigger LOL at the Eric Bischoff shirt under it! "Forgive me, Uncle Eric!"

 

This is the height of fans bringing weapons, with shopping carts, golf clubs and cheese graters finding their way into this, and Dreamer even hitting Raven with a VCR! By pulling Bischoff's face on Cactus' t-shirt over Cactus's face, we're supposed to think Dreamer was hitting Eric Bischoff on behalf of ECW fans or something, which is just about the dumbest thing I've seen all year.

[Tim Evans]

Funk and Dreamer attacking the ref seems to be a babyface move. And it wasn't even Bill Alfonso. Awful match with a lot of plunder and setting up moves. I did laugh at Dreamer failing to pull the bischoff shirt over Cactus face so Cactus helped him.

[Zenjo]

I love the Dungeon of Doom too! Tommy Dreamer beating up Eric Bischoff was funny. He'd have to wait a long time for the real thing.

[PeteF3]

Yes, Cactus' adolescent-girl-at-her-first-One-Direction concert homemade shirt was spectacular. The match falls under the entertaining crap label for me, though it does go too long. Dreamer beats the shit out of Raven, but Funk steals the pinfall as Dreamer is tied up with Cactus, so still no official pinfall for Dreamer on Raven.

[Superstar Sleeze]

Raven & Cactus Jack vs Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk - ECW November 2 Remember 1995

It is the climatic finale of the hottest ECW feud of 1995 as Raven would move into Sandman and Dreamer to Brian Lee, who I think was loosely aligned with Raven. Cactus turned on Dreamer in August shifting some of the heat to Cactus. Terry Funk was the perfect addition to the feud given his shared history with Dreamer and Cactus.

Even though, this is the climax to such a red hot feud , it is a pretty pedestrian brawl with not much heat. There are couple misfires that I think the expected more heat but I feel that Dreamer especially was not bringing the energy and intensity. The first was Cactus goads the babyfaces to the floor only to take the high ground. They play King of the Mountain and then the babyfaces storm the ring to really kick the match off but nothing. The beginning he better than end. I’ve seen this match numerous times because it made Cactus’ WWE DVD SET in the mid-00s. I remember the VCR shot, Stevie in the shopping cart and Funk swinging a golf club seemingly millimeters from Raven’s balls. After that the match kind of peters out which so strange given how hot the feud and the characters are.

Another misfire was the Cactus shirt thing. So Cactus has a homemade airbrush shirt of the Dungeon of Doom which is initially the best part of the match only to be outdone by his airbrushed shirt of Eric Bischoff and in the back it says “Forgive Me Uncle Eric”. Now Dreamer wants to pull the shirt up so That he is symbolically punching Uncle Eric is a great idea but it doesn’t get a reaction because Dreamer is not broad enough. He should have been parading Cactus around the ring with Bischoff’s face and fist clenched then unloaded to a massive pop. Even the chairshot to “Bischoff” gets nothing. Not much else happens. The finish is Dreamer hits Raven with 2 DDTS and a piledriver but it is Funk that pins Raven. Feel good ending without giving Dreamer that elusive gratifying pin. 

What I don’t remember or maybe the WWE version cuts off is Raven/Cactus make a comeback and beat up the babyfaces. The last image is a bloody Raven with barbed wire in his hair doing the Crucifix pose. Dumb. Let the fans go home happy. Why are the heels standing tall in the blowoff? The pin is NOT enough they should be standing tall too. Very disappointing.