Holiday Hell: The New York Invasion took place on December 29, 1995, in the Lost Battalion Hall in
Rego Park, Queens,
New York City,
New York, US. It was the first ECW supercard to be held in New York City.
Event The commentator for the event was
Joey Styles. The ring announcer was
Joel Gertner. The event was attended by 1,283 people. The event began with announcer Joey Styles giving an introduction. Styles was interrupted by
Stevie Richards and
the Blue Meanie, with Richards giving a
promo in which he claimed the audience had come to see him. While insulting members of the audience, Richards spotted
Missy Hyatt, who was seated at ringside. Hyatt agreed to kiss Richards after he promised to get her a date with
Raven. The opening bout was a
submission match between
Koji Nakagawa and
Taz. At the time of the bout, Nakagawa was wrestling for the Japanese promotion
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, where he was the
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Taz won a short
squash after giving Nakagawa multiple
suplexes then forcing him to submit using the
Tazmission. The second bout was a
singles match between
Hack Meyers and
J.T. Smith. Meyers won the bout by pinfall following a modified
diving facebuster. The third bout was a singles match that saw
2 Cold Scorpio defend both the
ECW World Television Championship and the
ECW World Tag Team Championship against
Mikey Whipwreck. 2 Cold Scorpio dominated the match, repeatedly breaking his own pin attempts. Whipwreck won both titles by pinfall after
Cactus Jack interfered and gave 2 Cold Scorpio a
double arm DDT, then dragged an unconscious Whipwreck on top of 2 Cold Scorpio. Cactus Jack then claimed one-half of the ECW World Tag Team Championship for himself. The fourth bout was a tag team match between
the Eliminators and
the Pitbulls. When
Pitbull #1 was distracted by the Pitbulls' manager
Francine fighting with The Eliminators' manager
Jason outside of the ring, the Eliminators won by pinfall after delivering
Total Elimination to
Pitbull #2. defeated
Cactus Jack in the main event of Holiday Hell. The fifth bout was scheduled to be between
Raven and
Tommy Dreamer, with the winner to face
the Sandman for the
ECW World Heavyweight Championship later in the evening. After Dreamer came to the ring, Raven's henchmen Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie came to the ring and claimed that Raven could not wrestle due to a
broken leg. The Blue Meanie and Richards then attacked Dreamer, who defeated both men by pinfall in quick consecutive
squash matches following a pair of
DDTs. After Dreamer threatened to
piledrive Raven's
valet Beulah McGillicutty, Raven entered the ring to begin their match. Raven went on to win the bout by pinfall following a DDT after repeated interference from the members of
Raven's Nest. The eighth bout was a singles match between
Bruiser Mastino and
El Puerto Riqueño. Mastino won a short bout by pinfall after reversing a
diving crossbody into a
body slam. After the match,
911 came to the ring and
chokeslammed Mastino, which drew out referee
Bill Alfonso, who had banned the chokeslam in ECW. This in turn drew out ECW commissioner
Tod Gordon who beat down Alfonso. Taz then came to the ring and brawled with 911 until the ECW roster came to the ring to separate them. Following the eighth bout, Stevie Richards threatened to fire
Buh Buh Ray Dudley from Raven's Nest unless he could defeat the Blue Meanie. Dudley went on to defeat the Blue Meanie by pinfall in a short impromptu match following a
diving splash. After the match, Buh Buh Ray Dudley and the other
Dudley Brothers left Raven's Nest. The tenth bout saw
ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman defend his title against Raven. After Raven attempted to give the Sandman a
superplex, the Sandman reversed it into a
bulldog, then pinned Raven to retain his title. The penultimate bout was a tag team match between
the Gangstas and
the Public Enemy. The Gangstas won the bout when
Mustafa pinned
Rocco Rock using a
roll-up following a
chair shot from
New Jack. The main event was a singles match between
Cactus Jack and
Sabu. Prior to the match, Cactus Jack claimed that the match would be conducted under
National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, with strikes and weapons banned and points awarded for takedowns and escapes. However, 911 came to the ring and chokeslammed referee John Moore, taking over the refereeing himself. Sabu won the bout by pinfall after reversing a
body slam attempt into a
crossbody.
Results == 1996 ==