November to Remember (1999)

November to Remember (1999) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was the seventh annual November to Remember event and the third to be broadcast on pay-per-view. The event took place on November 7, 1999 from the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, New York.

The main event was a six-man tag team match originally billed as Tommy Dreamer, Raven and a mystery partner against Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible) and a mystery partner. The returning Sandman was revealed as Dreamer and Raven's partner and Rhino was revealed as Impact Players's partner. Rhino and Impact Players won. The World Heavyweight and World Television Championships were defended on the event, with Mike Awesome and Rob Van Dam retaining the World Heavyweight and World Television Championships against Masato Tanaka and Taz respectively.

Background

The professional wrestling matches at November to Remember involved professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, ECW. Storylines between the characters played out on ECW's television programs, Hardcore TV and ECW on TNN.

On the October 16, 1999 edition of Hardcore TV, Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) bragged about ridding the company of Shane Douglas, Sid Vicious, and The Sandman, before claiming their last remaining challenge was to defeat dysfunctional World Tag Team Champions Tommy Dreamer and Raven. Raven cost Dreamer numerous singles matches, including a bout against Storm on the October 29 episode of ECW on TNN. The Impact Players would double team both champions after they fought among themselves. Storm's valet Dawn Marie also targeted Dreamer's valet Francine, attempting to unseat her as ECW's top female. On the October 30, 1999 edition of Hardcore TV, it was revealed the Impact Players and a mystery partner would face Dreamer, Raven, and a mystery partner at November to Remember.

At the September pay-per-view Anarchy Rulz, Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka and champion Taz in a three-way dance to win the World Heavyweight Championship after last eliminating Tanaka. On the October 9 episode of Hardcore TV, Joey Styles announced that Awesome would defend his title against Tanaka at November to Remember. Awesome made numerous title defenses on television leading up to the pay-per-view.

On the October 16, 1999 edition of Hardcore TV, Joey Styles announced that Rob Van Dam would defend his World Television Championship against Taz at November to Remember in a match demanded by fans. On the October 29 episode of ECW on TNN, Taz lost a match to Sabu and then attacked Van Dam from behind with the Tazmission.

On the October 15 episode of ECW on TNN, Steve Corino interrupted Jerry Lynn's backstage promo and then lured him into a locker room attack by Yoshihiro Tajiri, with Tajiri targeting Lynn's broken ribs. Tajiri defeated Lynn on the October 30 episode of Hardcore TV after spraying red mist into Lynn's face, leading to a three-way dance between Lynn, Tajiri and Super Crazy at November to Remember.

On the October 29 episode of ECW on TNN, The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten) saved Nova from an attack by the Da Baldies faction of Angel, Tony DeVito, and Vito LoGrasso. On the November 5 episode of Hardcore TV, a match was officially announced for November to Remember pitting Da Baldies against the Freaks and New Jack, with footage shown of P.N. News joining Da Baldies in beating down the Freaks at the ECW Arena. New Jack attempted to make the save, only for Angel to staple him in the eye.

Results

Three-Way Dance eliminations

External links

• November to Remember 1999 results