Pat Tanaka vs Rocco Rock (lost footage of "Body Count" professional wrestling match; 1993): Difference between revisions

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(Following the 200 article iceberg, it is time to write some more! Here is a professional wrestling match with a post-match botch somehow worse than the aftermath of Kenny Omega vs Jon Moxley! Yes, really!)
 
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*[[Alberto Del Rio vs CM Punk vs Dolph Ziggler vs Jack Swagger vs John Cena (partially found master tape footage of untelevised Hell in a Cell match; 2011)]]
*[[Awesome Kong vs Melissa Anderson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2009)]]
*[[Awesome Kong vs Melissa Anderson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2009)]]
*[[Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)]]
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*[[Collision in Korea wrestler sketches (lost North Korean pencil sketch portraits of professional wrestlers; 1995)]]
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*[[Cultaholic (lost debut video of professional wrestling YouTube channel; 2017)]]
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*[[ECW Anarchy Rulz (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64 port of professional wrestling game; existence unconfirmed; 2000)]]
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*[[ECW at E3 2000 (partially found footage of professional wrestling at gaming trade event; 2000)]]
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*[[The Game (partially found Disturbed cover of professional wrestling theme song; mid 2000s)]]
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*[[GFW Amped (partially found unaired professional wrestling show; 2015)]]
*[[GFW Amped (partially found unaired professional wrestling show; 2015)]]
*[[The Giant's moonsault (lost footage of professional wrestling move; existence unconfirmed; 1990s)]]
*[[Girls Gone Wild: Live from Spring Break (found WWE/Girls Gone Wild crossover special; 2003)]]
*[[Girls Gone Wild: Live from Spring Break (found WWE/Girls Gone Wild crossover special; 2003)]]
*[[GLOW (lost unfinished final season of Netflix comedy-drama series; 2019-2020)]]
*[[GLOW (lost unfinished final season of Netflix comedy-drama series; 2019-2020)]]
*[[Goldberg's pre-television debut matches (lost footage of professional wrestling dark matches; 1997)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1908)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1908)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)]]
*[[Jake "The Snake" Roberts DDTs Hulk Hogan (lost Snake Pit segment; 1986)]]
*[[Jake "The Snake" Roberts DDTs Hulk Hogan (lost Snake Pit segment; 1986)]]
*[[Johnny Gargano vs Velveteen Dream (lost footage of alternate finish to professional wrestling match; 2019)]]
*[[Kurt Angle vs Owen Hart (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1999)]]
*[[The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)]]
*[[The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)]]
*[[Lita (partially found training videos of professional wrestler; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Lita's training matches (partially found training videos of professional wrestler; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Low Ki & Mercury vs Ric Blade & TCK (partially lost footage of hardcore wrestling tag team match; 2000)]]
*[[Mark Jindrak in Evolution (partially found unaired vignettes of professional wrestling stable; 2003)]]
*[["Plane Ride From Hell" (lost photographs of drunk wrestler incidents; 2002)]]
*[["Plane Ride From Hell" (lost photographs of drunk wrestler incidents; 2002)]]
*[[Radio WWF (lost professional wrestling radio show; 1993-1994; late 1990s-2000)]]
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*[[WWE SmackDown vs Raw Online (lost build of cancelled online professional wrestling PC game; 2010-2011)]]
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*[[WWE Wrestlemania 36 (lost footage of alternate finishes to professional wrestling matches; 2020)]]
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*[[WWF Backlash (non-existent unfinished Nintendo 64 professional wrestling game; 2001)]]
*[[WWF Backlash (non-existent unfinished Nintendo 64 professional wrestling game; 2001)]]

Revision as of 15:27, 26 February 2022

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The Public Enemy and Badd Company facing off in another match.

Status: Lost

On 26th December 1993, professional wrestling organisation Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) hosted a supercard titled Holiday Hell: The Body Count. One of the matches pitted Pat Tanaka of Badd Company against Rocco Rock of The Public Enemy in a "Body Count" match, which Tanaka ultimately won. Despite being hyped for ECW Hardcore TV, the match never ended up being aired because of the universal negative reception surrounding its finish.

Background

The tag teams Badd Company (Tanaka and Paul Diamond) and The Public Enemy (Rock and Johnny Grunge) were locked into a feud against each other since the latter cost the former a match for the ECW Tag Team Championship against Tony Stetson and Johnny Hotbody at NWA Bloodfest: Part 1 on 1st October 1993.[1] At NWA Bloodfest: Part 2 held the following day, Badd Company won the feud's first match by pinfall.[2] Later that same show, the teams competed in a triple threat steel cage match also featuring the Bad Breed, with Public Enemy being victorious.[1] An impromptu match between Diamond and Rock occurred on 12th November at ECW's Terror at Tabor, which Diamond ultimately won.[3] However, at the November to Remember show the next day, Public Enemy scored the win in a "South Philly Hood" tag team match.[3] The feud would continue however following a backstage assault from Public Enemy onto Badd Company during the 16th November episode of Hardcore TV.[4]

Thus, on the 7th December edition of Hardcore TV, the teams agreed upon a "Body Count" match featuring Tanaka and Rock at the upcoming Holiday Hell supercard. The stipulation would be that their respective partners, Diamond and Grunge, would be locked in separate jail cells. Whoever won the match would be able to free their tag partner. The loser would witness their partner's jail cell explode, and if there was no winner after 15 minutes, both jail cells would explode.[5] The explosion stipulation was likely borrowed from death matches commonly seen in Japanese hardcore wrestling at the time, which used C4 explosives.

The Match

The encounter took place on 26th December 1993, in front of 800 fans at the ECW Arena.[6] The second-to-last match on the card, it was heavily hyped beforehand on ECW television.[5] Match details, including what transpired and its duration, remain unknown. However, Tanaka picked up the victory via pinfall.[6] On paper, he thus should have been able to rescue Diamond, leaving Grunge to his fate.[5] In actuality, possibly because of kayfabe shenanigans, it was Diamond's cell that exploded.[7]

Ultimately, the "explosion" was deemed underwhelming. According to Diamond, ECW's Paul Heyman was not given permission to utilise special effects fireworks that would have created a bigger bang. Rather, paper was lit to create the smoke, and a recording of an explosion was used for the sound.[7] The poor quality finish led to outrage from the ECW crowd, leading to boos and chants of "Money back!". Despite the poor explosion, Diamond was still forced to sell the effects of it, claiming it was the "most embarrassing situation I was ever involved in.”[7] Joey Styles, the commentator for the show, summarised that “It went over like a fart in church.” Heyman was apparently concerned that ECW owner Tod Gordon would remove his role as booker following the finish, but he was ultimately kept on.[7]

Availability

Because of the universally negative reception among fans in attendance and ECW personnel, the match and aftermath were never aired on ECW television, despite being planned to air,[5] and was never mentioned again.[7] If footage still exists, it most likely is located somewhere within WWE's vaults, as WWE purchased ECW's assets and tape library in January 2003.[8] As of the present day, no footage or images of the match itself is publicly available, although two music videos promoting the match can be found online.

Gallery

Videos

Music video promoting the match.

Another music video promoting the match.

See Also

References