The first couple of minutes are Sandman’s legendary entrance so sit back and enjoy it or go get a soda. Several tables are broken, which is how hardcore is supposed to be and there’s run ins by Steve Corino, Jack Victory and Rhyno. You’re welcome.

I found this old video of EOS favorite Tara Bush in her W.E.W. days playing valet in a match that pitted Prime Time Amy Lee against Sumie Sakai. Watch for around :40 when Bush doesn’t so much hit Amy Le with a steel chair as pat her on the back with it in a congratulatory manner. Lee isn’t amused.

Gotta love that Tara.Have I mentioned she has a modeling website…

I think the announcers are speaking in German but the action needs no translation. Old school Tajiri before the WWE repackaged him as a mentality deficient goofball and the very under rated Simon Diamond turn in solid performances bolstered by Little Guido who was at his best making his opponents look good. Pure entertainment.

Tajiri is still plying his trade in Japan’s Hustle promotion, which has some great videos floating around on the web. Little Guido has been working the indy circuit and is rumored to be going inot law enforcement.  As for Simon Diamond? Last time fans saw him was in TNA about six years ago. Too bad he was a good heel.

Raven is responsible for helping the ECW achieve the cult status it has today with his unique brand of hardcore wrestling and his darker, yet more realistic, portrayal of a heel that was both heat producing and three dimensional. A star in ECW, WCW, WWE and most recently TNA Raven is an overlooked and under-appreciated legend in the wrestling business.

He’s working the indy circuit now, and found time to appear in two movies. The Juggalo cult movie Death Racers and the soon to be released Sleeper:

You can ask him about his new movie if you’re in Atlanta on September 4th or 7thwhile he’s making appearances at premier nerd rave DragonCon, and catch him in the ring courtesy Vanguard Championship Wrestling September 5thin Hampton Road, VA when he’ll be defending the VCW Heavyweight Title against Larry Zybszko who apparently has been raised from the dead by a necromancer who loved wrestling in the 80s. Sounds fun. Go for the brain Raven! It’s the only way to stop him!

The rest of Raven’s schedule can be found on his site The Raven Effect, which I urge all wrestling fans to check out.