December to Dismember (1997)

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December to Dismember 1997 was the third December to Dismember event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling which took place on 20th December 1996

## Background

The main match heading into the show is Meng defending the ECW Heaviweight Championship against Raven. Raven's Cult has been targeting Meng throught all of 1997 as Raven wanted to become ECW Heaviweight champion but first wanted his cult members to win it for him so he could then take the title easily, this failed and Raven was forced to face Meng at Wrestlepalooza but was defeated as this was a rejenuvated Meng(Raven had kidnapped Meng's wife and attacked her which made Meng turn back to the machine he was in 1991), Meng said he wasn't done with trying to get his wife back but he was done giving title shots to Raven's Cult. Raven was tired and gave back Meng's wife but then proceeded to beat down Meng and kidnap him, the next week the most shocking moment on ECW history happened as they tried to crucify Meng, Dreamer refused and left but longtime friend Tama showed up and attacked everyone before Meng could get crucified. Raven was gonna suspend Dreamer because he left but Meng challenged them to a tag match which Raven accepted as it was the only way he could get another title shot, at November to Remember Dreamer and Raven defeated Samoan Killers with Dreamer pinning Meng. Raven was happy that he was getting another title shot but Meng refused as he was NOT the man who pinned him, he kept saying Dreamer was way better than Raven and looked forward to a match against him but someone attacked Dreamer backstage and he has not been cleared for tonight so Raven will have his last shot against Meng tonight

At November to Remember 1996, Taz destroyed all of Blue World Order to become ECW TV Champion, the only man who managed to escape was HHL(Jerry Lynn's parody of HHH) but he also got destroyed at December to Dismember. Taz completely destroyed the midcard division throught the year with Jerry Lynn trying anything to get another shot at Taz, BWO finally returned in september but Taz took care of them again at November to Remember completely ending The Blue Guy and Hollywood Nova's careers in a gauntlet match, Lynn was also set to face him but he didn't feel ready yet as he challenged Taz for tonight, Lynn wants blood and revenge for what Taz did to all his friends

Little Guido has recently become way scarier with New Jack's return as he took his hammer and beat New Jack up as much as he could, his tag partner Kid Kash had to stop him before he killed New Jack, due to this new found aggression Kash and Guido rose up the ranks of the tag division and challenged Dudley Boyz to a match for the tag titles who accepted as even they were scared of this version of Guido, they managed to defeat them to win the tag titles at November to Remember. During a defense against Impact Players, Guido was about to use the hammer on Bobby Duncum but Kash stopped him and let Guido be rolled up for them to lose the titles, Kash said he'd rather lose the titles than have his friend succum to darkness but Guido responded with a beatdown on Kash who then challenged him to a scaffold match

The OGs wanted new challengers for their 6 men tag team titles, the team of Spike Dudley and Can-AM Express stepped up to the challenge

Ever since Chris Candido debuted with Sunny, everyone wanted her as she flirted with everyone, Moadib finally got her at November to Remember beating Candido, Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney in a fatal 4 way, Candido demanded to get his girl back as he wanted a rematch against Moadib which was given to him

After Kid Kash was betrayed, he introduced 2 new CW talent: Super Crazy and Tajiri and wanted any 2 men to step up to them in their first ever match, the most legendary ECW team Dudley Boyz were the ones to step up

## Results

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## Details

* Taz has got Lynn locked in a clutch with a chair on his neck, Lynn looks up, elbows Taz's head, gets out of there AND ROB VAN DAM 5 STAR FROG SPLASHES TAZ, Lynn picks up a groggy Taz and does a cradle piledriver as he ends his undefeated streak and ends Taz's 1 year reign with the help of a returning RVD, they shake hands as the crowd finally supports RVD again
* Candido grabs Sunny by the arm and proposes to her as she's forced to accept
* Guido orders the scaffold to be put even more higher, Tajiri and Crazy are begging for the scaffold to be put down but Guido looks at the ground with a smile and throws Kash 55 feet off through tables and he legit goes through the ring
* Due to the ring being destroyed, the main event is the first ever no ring match.
* Meng is more stable now due to having Tama as his friend again and his wife back so this is a more competitive match than Wrestlepalooza. Tommy Dreamer returns during this as he chairshots Meng on the head, Meng gets on his knees and Dreamer keeps hitting chairshots as Meng's body goes completely limp, Dreamer finds it hard to do more chairshots and is at the point of almost crying as he mutters "i'm sorry" Dreamer falls to his knees as Raven pins Meng, he comforts Dreamer saying it's all okay, they did it, they got it. Dreamer raises Raven's hand as he looks like he has completely turned to the dark side BUT DREAMER DDT'S RAVEN "YOU NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN ME, IT'S TIME. IT'S MY TIME."