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Orgy of Violence was a
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produced by
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(ECW) on June 28, 1997. The event was held in the
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in
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in the United States. Excerpts from Orgy of Violence aired on episodes #219 and #220 of ''
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'' on July 5, 1997 and July 12, 1997.


Background

At the time of Orgy of Violence, an ongoing
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saw a rivalry between professional wrestling promotion the
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. ECW had "invaded" the WWF's '' Raw'' broadcast on February 24, 1997, while WWF personality
Jerry Lawler Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949), better known as Jerry "the King" Lawler, is an American retired color commentator and professional wrestler signed to WWE under a Legends contract. Prior to joining the World Wrestling Federati ...
made a surprise appearance at ECW's Wrestlepalooza event on June 7, 1997.
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, who at the time was working for the World Wrestling Federation, was approached by
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about making a surprise appearance at Orgy of Violence in a continuation of the angle. Cornette agreed to appear if ECW promoter
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agreed to apologize to NWA New Jersey promoter Dennis Coralluzzo - from whom he had been estranged since the events of the August 1994
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- and resume cooperation with him.


Event

Orgy of Violence was attended by approximately 1,200 people. The announcers for the event were
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and
Rick Rude Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler who performed for many Professional wrestling promotion, promotions, incl ...
. The opening bout was a singles match between
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and
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. Storm won the bout by pinfall following a
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back elbow. The second bout was a
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pitting
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and
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against PG-13. During the match,
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(who had been absent from ECW since 1995) made his return to ECW, hiding under the ring and distracting Whipwreck by grabbing his leg. PG-13 went on to win the match, with
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giving
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a til-a-whirl slam onto Dudley for a pinfall victory. After the match, Whipwreck gave Jason a
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, then Dudley and Whipwreck gave him a double dropkick off the ring apron. The third bout saw ECW World Television Champion
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defend his title against Kronus. Taz defeated Kronus to retain his title, forcing him to submit using the ''
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''. The fourth bout was a singles match between
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and
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, who had previously teamed together in the
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as
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. Candido won the match by pinfall following the '' Blonde Bombshell''. Following the match, Candido praised Prichard and shook his hand. The fifth bout was a singles match between
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and Pitbull #2. At the start of the match, Bigelow hit Pitbull #2 with his chain, causing him to bleed. After Bigelow's Triple Threat stablemate
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attacked Pitbull #2 (with Douglas's
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distracting the referee), Pitbull #2's tag team partner Pitbull #1 entered the ring and attacked Douglas. As Douglas and Pitbull #1 brawled outside of the ring, Bigelow's other stablemate Chris Candido grabbed Pitbull #2's leg, enabling Bigelow to give Pitbull #2 a
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then pin him. The sixth bout saw
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the Dudley Boyz The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) are an American professional wrestling tag team who consisted of kayfabe half-brothers Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. The team was also joined by various Dudley Brothers, Dudley family members, notably ...
defend their titles against
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. The Dudley Boyz defeated the Gangstas to retain their titles, pinning
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following a '' 3D''. The seventh bout was a singles match between
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and
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. Mahoney defeated Spicolli by pinfall following a
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. The main event was a tag team match pitting Rob Van Dam and Sabu against the Sandman and
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. The match was a continuation of the World Wrestling Federation's "invasion" of ECW, with Sabu and Van Dam representing the invading force and Dreamer and the Sandman representing ECW. Towards the end of the match, Dreamer and The Sandman attempted to simultaneously piledrive Sabu and Van Dam, but the arena lights went off. When the lights came back on,
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of the World Wrestling Federation was in the ring. Lawler, Sabu, and Van Dam beat down Dreamer and the Sandman, but, as Lawler taunted the audience, Dreamer and the Sandman regrouped. As Dreamer and the Sandman prepared to attack Lawler, the arena lights went off once more. When the lights came back on,
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was in the ring. Cornette hit Dreamer with his signature
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, enabling Lawler to
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him. Sabu and Van Dam then gave Dreamer and the Sandman simultaneous
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s before pinning them. Following the match, the four men continued to beat down Dreamer and the Sandman, with Lawler giving Dreamer a stiff shot to the groin with a Singapore cane that legitimately injured him, with Dreamer having to attend a hospital to have one of his
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s drained of fluid. Following the main event,
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came to the ring, causing Lawler and his allies to retreat. Taz then demanded that a member of the audience who was wearing a World Wrestling Federation t-shirt give him the t-shirt, then burned it in the middle of the ring.


Aftermath

The events of Orgy of Violence led to several matches at the next ECW supercard,
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, on July 19, 1997. Mikey Whipwreck and Spike Dudley defeated Jason and PG-13 in a three-on-two handicap match. The Gangstas challenged the Dudley Boyz for the ECW World Tag Team Championship in a cage match, this time defeating them. In the main event,
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, the Sandman, and Tommy Dreamer faced Lawler, Rob Van Dam, and Sabu in another cage match, with the match ending in a no contest after Rude turned on his partners. While
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apologized to Dennis Coralluzzo, he did not keep his promise to resume cooperating with him.


Results


References

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