ECW - Heatwave '98 [DVD] [1998]

The main event was a six-man tag where anything went, as Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman and Little Spike Dudley teamed up to try and beat The Dudley Boyz at their own game. The rules benefited Big Dick, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von, but would it go all their way?

The Human Suplex Machine Taz was still smarting from his loss of the ECW TV Title at Living Dangerously 98 to Bam Bam Bigelow under controversial circumstances, so he had a chance at personal revenge at Heatwave 98 (Bigelow had since lost the title to Rob Van Dam) in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

One of the best matches of 1998 took place at Heatwave when FMW rivals Masato Tanaka and Mike Awesome tackled each other. This one was a classic match, so even if you're not a great fan of hardcore wrestling, I suggest you buy the video just for that match!

Other matches included RVD and Sabu defending their Tag titles against Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki, plus:-

Justin Credible Vs Jerry Lynn

Chris Candido Vs Lance Storm

The main event was The Dudley boyz (Buh Buh, D-Von and Big Dick) Vs. The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer and Spike Dudley in a gruelling and very enjoyable Dudleyville street fight. Before this, The Dudley Boyz broke the neck of Beulah McGuilliguty, Dreamers girlfriend, and laughed and joked about. (Apparanrtly, they really did break her neck and really did laugh and joke about it in the locker room!) This incensed Dreamer and was hell bent on gaining revenge.
The best match was Rob Van Dam and Sabu defending the tag team titles against a couple of japenese guys with really strange names that I can't be bothered to remember. It was a tremendous high flying, hardcore affair that really made the night one to remember.
Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible got the night off to a superb start in an awesome contest. Both were making their way up in the ECW ladder. Lance Storm and Chris Candido had a fall out and decided to face off in a match at heatwave. It was a decent encounter let down by Candido always showing off to his fiance Tammy Lynn. Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka's rivalry in FMW had now been brought to the U.S in ECW. When these 2 meet it's always a fantastic clash and this was no different. How Awesome never broke his neck I'll never know! Bam Bam Bigelow and Taz met in an Falls count anywhere match for Taz's own FTW world championship. This was a brilliant affair were they both fall through the ramp way! (At Living Dangerously they fall through the ring.)

Heatwave 98 is rivalled only by King of thr Ring 98 as the best PPV of 98.