In another great promo, Cactus Jack begs Tommy Dreamer not to go down the path of being a hardcore icon. He recalls when Terry Funk sliced him with a bottle and when he looked at the crowd there was a sign that read “Cane Dewey.” Seeing that broke his heart because it was an attack on his family. Jack also regrets giving up a $100,000 contract in WCW to work for a promotion run out of a scummy pawn shop, a switch motivated by his hardcore dream. He emphasizes that he is going after Dreamer because he loves him, not because he hates him, and it really hurts him that Dreamer turned down an offer from WCW to keep wrestling for the ECW faithful.
What the World Was Watching: ECW Hardcore TV – September 19, 1995
