Anarchy Rulz (1999) was the first

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(PPV)

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produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on September 19, 1999 from the

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. The announcers for the event were Joey Styles and

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. Rob Van Dam versus Balls Mahoney was included on the 2005

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release ''Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind''. Rob Van Dam defended the ECW World Television Championship against Balls Mahoney in the

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, where he was originally supposed to defend the title against

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but Smith was attacked and replaced by Mahoney before the match. The event also featured Tommy Dreamer and

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retaining the ECW World Tag Team Championship against

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and Steve Corino and two three-way dance matches; the first saw Yoshihiro Tajiri defeat

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and Little Guido and the second featured Mike Awesome defeating champion

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and

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to win the

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in a match originally scheduled to be a one-on-one contest between Taz and Tanaka for the title.

Event

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Danny Doring and Roadkill defeated Billy Wiles and

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in a tag team match.

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with a match between Jerry Lynn and

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. Lynn hit a diving hurricanrana but his injured ribs gave up and Storm hit a

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in Lynn's ribs and pinned him with an inside cradle for the win. After the match, Simon Diamond cut a

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, bringing out Tom Marquez, the newest graduate of House of Hardcore.

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interrupted him and then Diamond insulted Jazz, leading to a match between Jazz and Marquez. Jazz nailed a '' Jazz Stinger'' to Marquez for the win. Diamond attacked Jazz after the match and Tony DeVito joined Diamond in the assault. Chris Chetti and

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made the save, leading to them facing Diamond and DeVito in a tag team match. Danny Doring and Roadkill interrupted the match by attacking the competitors, resulting in the match ending in a no contest. A bunch of wrestlers tried to stop Roadkill and a brawl occurred until New Jack brought his trashcan of weapons and attacked everyone with the weapons. Next,

, Yoshihiro Tajiri and Little Guido competed in a Three-Way Dance. Crazy eliminated Guido by hitting a

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. The action continued between Crazy and Tajiri. Tajiri blocked Crazy's triple moonsault with a kick to the face and hit a

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for the win. Next, Sabu took on Justin Credible. After multiple interference by Bill Alfonso and Jason, Credible nailed a '' That's Incredible'' to Sabu on a

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for the win. Later,

was scheduled to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against

until Taz spotted Mike Awesome in the crowd and invited him to join the match as the third competitor and begin it as a three-way dance. Tanaka delivered a '' Roaring Elbow'' to Taz, followed by Awesome hitting an '' Awesome Splash'' on Taz and then both men pinned Taz to eliminate him. Tanaka attempted to drive Awesome through a table with a

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but Awesome countered it into an '' Awesome Bomb'' onto the table to win the title. After the match, Taz handed over the title to Awesome and the three men shook hands with each other. In the following match, Tommy Dreamer and

defended the World Tag Team Championship against

and Steve Corino. Raven and Dreamer hit simultaneous

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s on Jack Victory and Corino respectively and pinned them to retain the titles. Originally Corino was going to bring in the

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as a surprise to face Dreamer and Raven. ICP's management pulled them from the show, resulting in the change to the card.

Main event matches

Rob Van Dam was scheduled to defend the World Television Championship against

in the main event. Before the match, Axl Rotten cut a promo, in which he challenged Mike Awesome to a match for the World Heavyweight Championship but he was interrupted by

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and Johnny Smith, who attacked Rotten until Balls Mahoney and Spike Dudley made the save for Rotten. Mahoney hit a chair shot to Smith, which took him out and he substituted for Smith against RVD. Mahoney ducked a ''Van Daminator'' by RVD and hit him with a chair to cover him for the pinfall but Bill Alfonso broke the pin by hitting Mahoney with the chair. Mahoney went after Alfonso and got distracted, allowing RVD to hit a ''Van Daminator'' and a '' Five-Star Frog Splash'' on Mahoney to retain the title.

Reception

Arnold Furious of ''Wrestling Recaps'' wrote "Simply an incredible 3 hours worth of wrestling. If they’d actually booked matches for Dreamer/Raven v Corino/Rhino and Nova/Chetti v Diamond/partner then we’d be looking at one of the greatest PPV’s ever. I can’t praise this enough." According to him, the opening match between Lance Storm and Jerry Lynn and the two three-way dance matches were the best matches of the show. Scott Keith of ''411Mania'' wrote "Two very good matches make it had to pass this one up, but Paul E’s other booking is so crack-influenced at times that I have to wonder if he’s actively trying to piss off certain portions of his audience." Kevin Pantoja of ''411Mania'' gave a score rating of 6.5 out of 10 as he wrote "A good show from ECW with a great opener, two fun three way dances and a decent Television Title match. It's a historic show though as Mike Awesome wins the ECW World Title and wasn't even advertised to be on the show."

Results

Three-Way Dance eliminations

References

External links

Anarchy Rulz 1999 results
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