![]() Spike hammers away to start but is LAUNCHED across the ring with ease. He’s also Brian Lee’s replacement in the Triple Threat, joining Candido and Douglas. Bigelow is a huge bald man who has been a monster for over ten years now. His finishing move is called the Acid Drop if the idea isn’t clear enough. Dudley’s full name is Little Spike Dudley and he wears tye dye and talks about seeing colors. Spike is 5’7 and 155lbs but recently defeated the 6’3, 360lb Bigelow, setting up this showdown. To Hardcore Heaven 1997 for said massacre. Spike would wind up as a kind of a cult favorite (inside the cult that was ECW) and he would be the opponent at Hardcore Heaven, where Bigelow MASSACRED him. Watch ECW and see how many times you get that exact ending. This is Heyman 101: when a guy is a huge underdog, he’ll get slaughtered for almost all of the match and then hit one move out of nowhere for the pin. Spike hits Bigelow low and hooks a victory roll for the shocking upset. The Acid Drop is blocked as Bigelow launches Spike to the mat. Spike fires away with a bunch of forearms which finally drop Bigelow for two. Bigelow splashes him in the corner but the moonsault misses. The guy can’t do much because of his size but he’s great at looking like a rag doll. A BIG suplex puts Spike down and Dudley sells like only he can. Well scratch that as it gets him launched halfway across the ring and through the air.īigelow picks Spike up again and teases the fans about throwing him into the crowd but just drops him down instead. Spike grabs a leg which gets him nowhere at all. Bigelow asks the fans what section he should throw Spike into. We’re eight days from Hardcore Heaven and we’re told that we’ll learn Bigelow’s opponent later in the hour. Spike beats up a chair before the match due to reasons of drugs. This is before the Giant Killer phase for Spike. Off to Born to Be Wired for a match that made Spike’s career. This wasn’t interesting at all as Spike more or less got squashed here but by a guy I have zero interest in watching. Spike was pretty worthless until he got a cult following (as in a portion of the cult following ECW had) who made him as famous as he got. The opener was decent at best and since then it’s been pointless singles matches that aren’t any good. Their distraction lets Axl hit a Dominator to end it. ![]() ![]() He blocks a bulldog and gets one of his own as Bubba and D-Von come out. Into the ring for more beatings until Spike hits a few basic moves to get some offense in along with some dives. Basically Spike’s gimmick was that he was a stoner that would get beaten up for about 99% of the match and occasionally hit an Acid Drop (running Diamond Cutter up the corner) for the shocking pin, usually against a giant. Spike takes some laps around the ring so Rotten sneaks to the floor and drills him to start. Spike got his start in 1993 and made it to ECW in late 1996. Today we have a giant killer: Spike Dudley. ![]()
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