{{for|the professional wrestling match type named after this event|three way dance}} {{short description|1995 Extreme Championship Wrestling live event}} {{Infobox Wrestling event | name = Three Way Dance | image = TheArenaPhiladelphia.jpg | caption = The ECW Arena | promotion = Extreme Championship Wrestling | date = April 8, 1995 | venue = ECW Arena | city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | attendance = c.1,150 | liveevent = Y | lastevent = Extreme Warfare | nextevent = Hostile City Showdown }} '''Three Way Dance''' was a professional wrestling live event produced by Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) on April 8, 1995. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> It was a "double header" event with Hostile City Showdown, which took place the following weekend.<ref name="Matthews"/>
Excerpts from Three Way Dance aired on the syndicated television show ''ECW Hardcore TV'', while the full event was released on VHS in 1995. It was made available for streaming on the WWE Network in 2020.<ref name="WWE"/> The bout between 2 Cold Scorpio and Eddie Guerrero also appeared on the 2009 WWE DVD ''Viva La Raza! The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero''.<ref name="MarkD"/>
Three Way Dance gained a degree of notoriety after Sabu (who was scheduled to compete in the main event) no-showed in favour of wrestling for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. As a result, he was fired from ECW and did not return until November 1995.<ref name="Matt"/><ref name="Scisco"/><ref name="Williams2006"/> The event also saw the ECW debuts of Beulah McGillicutty, Eddie Guerrero, and Rick Steiner.
== Event == [[Image:The Public Enemy - pro wrestling - March 2002.jpg|thumb|The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock (left) and Johnny Grunge (right)) won the ECW World Tag Team Championship in the titular main event of Three Way Dance.]] The commentator for Three Way Dance was Joey Styles.<ref name="Colling"/> The event was attended by approximately 1,150 people.<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/>
The event opened with ECW booker Paul Heyman informing the audience that Sabu would not be wrestling. Heyman asked the audience to wait until the intermission before deciding whether to seek a refund.<ref name="Williams2006"/><ref name="Palij"/>
Prior to the opening bout, Stevie Richards - the henchman of Raven - informed the Broad Street Bullies that they would be fired from Raven's Nest if they failed to defeat their opponents, who were then revealed to be the Pitbulls.<ref name="Matt"/> The Pitbulls went on to defeat the Broad Street Bullies by pinfall in a short squash after delivering a superbomb to Johnny Hotbody.<ref name="Colling"/> As a result, the Broad Street Bullies were fired from Raven's Nest and replaced by the Pitbulls, who declared Raven to be their "master".<ref name="Keith"/>
Following the match, Richards revealed to Raven that he had tracked down Beulah McGillicutty - an overweight girl with acne who Raven and his rival Tommy Dreamer had met at summer camp as youths - who was now a slim and beautiful ''Penthouse'' model.<ref name="Raven"/><ref name="Matthews"/> McGillicutty then made her ECW debut, coming to ringside for the scheduled bout between Raven and Dreamer. During the match, Richards attempted to kiss McGillicutty; after she slapped him, he began choking her. When Dreamer attempted to intervene, McGillicutty blinded him with hair spray, revealing the altercation between her and Richards to have been a ruse to trick Dreamer. Richards then gave Dreamer a ''Stevie Kick'' and Raven gave him an ''Evenflow DDT'' for a pinfall victory.<ref name="Colling"/><ref name="Palij"/><ref name="Raven"/>
The third match was a singles bout between Mikey Whipwreck and Ron Simmons. After dominating most of the match, Simmons gave Whipwreck two chokeslams, then also chokeslammed the referee, drawing a disqualification. Following the match, 911 (whose signature move was the chokeslam) attempted to attack Simmons, but was also chokeslammed following a low blow from Simmons.<ref name="Colling"/><ref name="Palij"/> After Simmons left, a frustrated 911 chokeslammed multiple jobbers.<ref name="Matt"/>
Prior to the event's intermission, Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko called out The Tazmaniac, Sabu's tag team partner. The Tazmaniac brawled with Benoit and Malenko alone until the debuting Rick Steiner came to his assistance, revealing himself as Sabu's surprise replacement for the main event.<ref name="Williams2006"/><ref name="Palij"/>
In the fourth match, the debuting Eddie Guerrero defeated 2 Cold Scorpio to win the ECW World Television Championship using a victory roll.<ref name="Colling"/> Guerrero dedicated the title win to his former tag team partner Art Barr, who had died in November 1994.<ref name="Loverro2007"/> Writing in 2019, John Clapp of WWE suggested that the bout "brought a more scientific approach to the renegade company, giving ECW credibility in the eyes of purists who'd otherwise shun the revolution for its unabashed lawlessness."<ref name="Clap"/>
The fifth match was a hair versus hair match between former tag team partners Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten. Following a bloody brawl, Axl Rotten pinned Ian Rotten after a chair shot. Axl then began cutting off Ian's mohawk using scissors until Ian hit him with a paint can, then used the scissors to gouge Axl's face.<ref name="Colling"/>
In the sixth match, Hack Meyers defeated Dino Sandoff by pinfall following a brainbuster.<ref name="Colling"/><ref name="Palij"/>
The penultimate match saw Shane Douglas defend his ECW World Heavyweight Championship against the Sandman. The match ended when The Sandman's valet, Woman, betrayed The Sandman by throwing his Singapore cane to Douglas, enabling Douglas to hit the Sandman in the crotch with the cane then pin him using a roll-up.<ref name="Colling"/><ref name="Palij"/>
The main event was a three way dance for the ECW World Tag Team Championship pitting champions Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko against The Public Enemy and Rick Steiner and the Tazmaniac (with Steiner substituting for Sabu). Steiner and the Tazmaniac were the first team eliminated, with Malenko pinning The Tazmaniac using a roll-up following a diving headbutt from Benoit. The Public Enemy went on to win the match, with Rocco Rock pinning Malenko following a senton bomb.<ref name="Colling"/> Following the match, the Pitbulls attacked the new champions, setting up a title match for Hostile City Showdown.<ref name="Matt"/>
== Results == {{Pro Wrestling results table | match1 = The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) defeated the Broad Street Bullies (Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson) by pinfall | stip1 = Tag team match | time1 = 0:57<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match2 = Raven (with Beulah McGillicutty and Stevie Richards) defeated Tommy Dreamer by pinfall | stip2 = Singles match | time2 = 8:42<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match3 = Mikey Whipwreck defeated Ron Simmons by disqualification | stip3 = Singles match | time3 = 4:18<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match4 = Eddie Guerrero defeated 2 Cold Scorpio (c) by pinfall | stip4 = Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship | time4 = 14:49<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match5 = Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten by pinfall | stip5 = Hair versus hair match | time5 = 9:50<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match6 = Hack Meyers defeated Dino Sandoff by pinfall | stip6 = Tag team match | time6 = 4:14<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match7 = Shane Douglas (c) defeated the Sandman (with Woman) by pinfall | stip7 = Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship | time7 = 10:00<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> | match8 = The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko (c) and Rick Steiner and the Tazmaniac by pinfall | stip8 = Three way dance for the ECW World Tag Team Championship | time8 = 19:56<ref name="Kreikenbohm"/> }}
== References == <references> <ref name="Clap">{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/editors-choice-five-must-see-ecw-matches-just-added-to-wwe-network|title=Eddie Guerrero vs. 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW Three Way Dance 1995)|publisher=WWE|website=WWE.com|accessdate=October 15, 2020|date=July 19, 2019|first=John|last=Clapp}}</ref>
<ref name="Colling">{{cite web|url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-three-way-dance-481995/|title=ECW Three Way Dance 4/8/1995 |website=WrestlingRecaps.com|last=Colling|first=Bob|accessdate=September 29, 2020|date=June 25, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Keith">{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/the-smark-retro-repost-three-way-dance-0494/|title=The SmarK Retro Repost – Three Way Dance (04/94)|website=411Mania.com|last=Keith|first=Scott|accessdate=September 29, 2020|date=July 31, 2002}}</ref>
<ref name="Kreikenbohm">{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=360|title=ECW Three Way Dance|website=Cagematch.net|last=Kreikenbohm|first=Philip|accessdate=September 29, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="Loverro2007">{{cite book|first=Thom|last=Loverro|title=The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrGwTebNiUIC&pg=PA93|date=2007|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4165-6156-9|pages=93–98}}</ref>
<ref name="MarkD">{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/list-of-all-ecw-matches-released-on-wwe-dvds/43264/|title=Complete list of all ECW matches released on WWE DVDs to date|website=WrestlingDVDNetwork.com|last=D.|first=Mark|accessdate=November 7, 2020|date=June 3, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Matt">{{cite web|url=https://pdrwrestling.net/2011/08/06/ecw-three-way-dance-04-95/|title=ECW: Three Way Dance (04.95)|website=PDRWrestling.net|author=Matt|accessdate=September 29, 2020|date=August 6, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Matthews">{{cite web|url=https://classicwrestlingreview.com/2020/02/23/the-3-way-dance-95/|title=Classic Wrestling Review: The 3-Way Dance '95|website=classicwrestlingreview.com|last=Matthews|first=Paul|accessdate=September 29, 2020|date=2019}}</ref>
<ref name="Palij">{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.sport.pro-wrestling/c/hmQQZNqL3kI/m/1Seo3zNj5vEJ|title=[ECW] Three Way Dance house show|website=Rec.Sport.Pro-Wrestling|last=Palij|first=Mike|accessdate=November 7, 2020|date=April 9, 1995}}</ref>
<ref name="Raven">{{cite web|url=http://www.theraveneffect.com/site/info/results/1995/index.php|title=Match results - April 1995|author=Raven|website=TheRavenEffect.com|accessdate=September 29, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="Scisco">{{cite web|url=https://insidepulse.com/2020/08/23/what-the-world-was-watching-ecw-three-way-dance-95/|title=What The World Was Watching: ECW Three-Way Dance '95|website=InsidePulse.com|last=Scisco|first=Logan|accessdate=September 29, 2020|date=August 23, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="Williams2006">{{cite book|first=Scott E.|last=Williams|title=Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeaUPtNLxYQC&pg=PA43|year=2006|publisher=Sports Publishing|isbn=978-1-59670-021-5|pages=43–45}}</ref>
<ref name="WWE">{{cite web|url=https://watch.wwe.com/preview-l3/95208|title=ECW 3 Way Dance|publisher=WWE|website=WWE.com|accessdate=September 29, 2020}}</ref> </references>
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0377836|Three Way Dance}}
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