ECW Crossing the Line
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Promotion | Extreme Championship Wrestling |
Date | February 12, 1999 |
Attendance | 2,100 |
Venue | Elks Lodge |
City | Queens, NY |
Crossing the Line was a professional wrestling event held by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), which took place on February 12, 1999 at the Elks Lodge in Queens, NY. The show featured six matches, in which two of these were championship matches, first Sabu fought to no-contest with Skull Von Krush for the ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship, and in the main event Rob Van Dam defeated Jerry Lynn for the ECW World Television Championship.
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Background[edit]
The main feud heading into the event was between ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam and challenger Jerry Lynn for the championship. Another match heading into the event was between Sabu and Skull Von Krush for the ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship.
Results[edit]
# | Result | Stipulation | Time |
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1 | Chris Chetti defeated Little Guido | Singles match | 5:57 |
2 | The Prodigy and Vince DeMarco defeated The Dominator and Krysis | Tag Team match | 6:43 |
3 | Super Crazy defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri | Singles match | 7:13 |
4 | Sabu (c) fought Skull Von Krush to a no-contest. | Singles match for the ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship | 9:00 |
5 | John Kronus fought Steve Corino to a no-contest. | Singles match | 3:00 |
6 | Rob Van Dam (c) defeated Jerry Lynn | Singles match for the ECW World Television Championship | 17:42 |
(c) - refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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Event summary[edit]
Included an in-ring promo by ECW World Heavyweight Champion Taz in which he said he would face anyone at Living Dangerously for the title, regardless if they were from the WWF or WCW.
Featured an in-ring segment in which Shane Douglas, accompanied by Francine, cut a promo about wanting to retire with his last match as his best and knowing when to walk away; both Francine and Douglas appeared visibly moved by the crowd's outpouring emotion, asking Douglas to stay; as Douglas prepared to leave his boots in the ring as a symbolic gesture, Justin Credible, accompanied by Jason and Jazz, came out and said he is the new Franchise, Lance Storm then came out and argued he should be the next Franchise, with Douglas saying neither of them were and the man who would continue in his footsteps is Tommy Dreamer, Credible and Storm then attacked Douglas, with Francine being caned in the face, until Dreamer attempted to make the save but was beaten down as well.
Included an in-ring promo by Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley, with Joel Gertner, Big Dick & Sign Guy Dudley, in which Buh Buh Ray cut a promo on running the Public Enemy - their scheduled opponents for the night - out of ECW and to the WWF; moments later, New Jack interrupted and said he brought someone with him; after Buh Buh Ray joked it was John Kronus or Spike Dudley, Mustafa came out and cleared the ring with New Jack until turning on New Jack and helping the Dudleyz beat him down; Spike Dudley and Kronus attempted to make the save but were beaten down as well before Gertner unveiled that Mustafa was the mysterious benefactor that offered the Dudleyz a sum of money to rid ECW of the Public Enemy.
Also Sid Vicious makes his debut on ECW by destroying John Kronus and Steve Corino with Powerbombs.
Featured an in-ring promo by Lance Storm in which he said he had a new manager and introduced Beulah McGillicutty, with Dawn Marie then coming out dressed as Beulah; Tommy Dreamer then ran in the ring and attacked Storm until he was triple teamed by Storm, Justin Credible, and Jason; moments later, Shane Doulgas, with Francine, ran in the ring and made the save; Dreamer and Douglas then hugged and gave the sign of the Triple Threat.
Early in the segment, Don Callis was seen watching on from the balcony.