Tazz The Alliance (2000-2001) What is The Alliance about? After being contacted by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1999, Taz debuted for the WWF, with the slightly modified ring name Tazz, How successful was Tazz's career? Tazz held the title for ten days before losing it to Tommy Dreamer,
Did he have many matches with Tommy Dreamer?
Did Tazz have many matches with Tommy Dreamer?
After being contacted by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1999, Taz debuted for the WWF, with the slightly modified ring name Tazz, at the 2000 Royal Rumble with a win over the previously undefeated Kurt Angle at Madison Square Garden. Just a few months after Tazz arrived in the WWF, Mike Awesome, the man he had lost the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to at Anarchy Rulz, secretly signed with WCW. Legal wrangling by Paul Heyman prevented Awesome from taking the championship belt with him, and in a bizarre piece of professional wrestling history, ECW and WWF officials agreed to have Tazz, a WWF wrestler, make a surprise appearance at an ECW show to defeat Awesome, a WCW wrestler, for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Tazz held the title for ten days before losing it to Tommy Dreamer, during which time he wore it on various WWF shows, including an episode of SmackDown! where he lost to the WWF Champion Triple H. However, Vince McMahon later expressed some regret over booking Tazz to lose to Triple H. After losing the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, Tazz was placed into contention for the Intercontinental Championship, but never won the title. In the summer, after taking time off for an arm injury, he was turned into a villainous character and placed into a feud with color commentator Jerry Lawler. The feud included matches at SummerSlam and Unforgiven, which they split. Tazz was only able to pick up the Unforgiven win when he received help from Raven, who had returned to the company. Afterwards, the duo formed a tag team that lasted until November. When the Invasion angle began, Tazz acted as "the voice of the WCW/ECW Alliance", sticking up for them and speaking on their behalf whenever possible. He eventually left the stable after the leader Stone Cold Steve Austin criticized his decision to stay on commentary rather than help ECW owner Stephanie McMahon. CANNOTANSWER
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Trisa Laughlin (née Hayes; born March 14, 1969) is an American author and retired professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, Beulah McGillicutty. She is best known for her appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995–1998.

Professional wrestling career

Stampede Wrestling (1988)
Hayes made a one-off appearance in Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta in 1988 as Brian Pillman's sister. She was dating Pillman at the time and they had her appear in the crowd to be harassed by the heels so that Pillman could get over as a face by standing up for her.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1998)
While working as a backup dancer for the singer Prince, Hayes met the baseball player Ron Gant, who introduced her to his friend, professional wrestler Raven. Raven in turn introduced her to Paul Heyman, the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1995, Heyman introduced Hayes to ECW under the ring name "Beulah McGillicutty". She made her debut at Three Way Dance on April 8, 1995, helping Raven defeat Tommy Dreamer. At Hostile City Showdown the following day, her backstory was revealed: while Raven and Tommy Dreamer (allegedly former childhood friends) had been attending a summer camp in their teens, they had met Beulah, who was overweight. Beulah had fallen in love with Tommy Dreamer, but he rejected her, so she slept with Raven. Raven's lackey Stevie Richards brought Beulah (now a slim Penthouse model) to ECW so she could gain revenge on Dreamer by helping Raven. Beulah became Raven's valet, and suffered several piledrivers at the hands of Dreamer during the course of the feud.

At the same time, Beulah feuded with Francine and Luna Vachon, and was involved in several "catfights" with each of them. Her first match was on June 17, 1995 at Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams, when she pinned Luna after Richards hit her with a chair. At House Party on January 7, 1996, she claimed that she was pregnant and told a shocked Raven that it was Dreamer's baby, intensifying their feud. On the January 16, 1996 episode of ECW Hardcore TV, Beulah left Raven and aligned herself with Dreamer. However, at Hostile City Showdown 1996, Shane Douglas informed Dreamer that Beulah was never pregnant, and also had been cheating on him. When Dreamer demanded to know who with (suspecting Douglas), Raven's new valet Kimona Wanalaya proclaimed that it was her, and she proceeded to kiss Beulah to the mat. After some hesitation, Dreamer kissed both women, proclaiming "I'll take em both, I'm hardcore!"

In 1997, Beulah and Dreamer teamed up for a few intergender tag team matches against Francine and Douglas, with Beulah surprising fans by performing moonsaults in the matches. In September 1997 at As Good as It Gets, she defeated Bill Alfonso in what Paul Heyman said was one of the most brutal matches in ECW history, due to the amount of blood lost by Alfonso.

When the ECW wrestlers invaded the World Wrestling Federation, appearing on an episode of Raw, Beulah was at Dreamer's side.

In 1998, Beulah was attacked by Justin Credible and was put out of action. She returned to help Dreamer feud with Credible and his entourage. A few months later, Hayes grew tired of wrestling and Beulah was written out of storylines via The Dudley Boyz breaking her neck with their Dudley Death Drop maneuver.

Sporadic appearances (2005–2014)
Beulah returned to the ring on June 12, 2005, at the World Wrestling Entertainment-produced ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view. She interfered in the main event, helping Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman, but their opponents, The Dudley Boyz, won despite her efforts. Beulah was involved in a catfight with Francine, who had just kicked Dreamer in the crotch.

On August 8, 2010, Hayes appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, first shown sitting in the front row with her two daughters, before later getting involved in Dreamer's match with Raven by giving Raven a low blow.

In 2014 Hayes officially retired after accompanying her husband to the ring one final time at his House of Hardcore 7 Pay Per View. During Dreamer's match, Hayes got into a brief cat fight with TNA Knockout Velvet Sky. After the match Hayes thanked all of the fans in attendance and those watching for their love and support over the years.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006, 2009)
On June 7, 2006, it was announced that Beulah would be in the corner of Dreamer and Terry Funk against then-heels, Mick Foley and Edge as an equalizer to the heel gimmick of Lita. On the day of the pay-per-view, the tag match was later changed to a six-person mixed tag match pitting Edge, Foley, and Lita against Dreamer, Funk, and herself. Wrestling barefoot, Beulah handled Lita and appeared on the bottom of a catfight. Dreamer, Funk, and Beulah would lose the match when Edge speared and pinned Beulah with a cover that resembled the "legs up" version of the missionary position.

Beulah appeared on the December 29, 2009 edition of ECW on SyFy. She and her twin daughters were sitting in the front row during Tommy Dreamer's last match in World Wrestling Entertainment.

Writing career
In 2012, Laughlin published Gertrude the Great, a children's book illustrated by Jill Thompson.

Personal life
After retiring from wrestling in 1998, Hayes returned to college. On October 12, 2002 at the Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester, New York, Hayes married Thomas Laughlin, known as ECW wrestler Tommy Dreamer, with whom she later had twin girls, Brianna Laughlin and Kimberly Laughlin. The twins appeared in the season six episode of "The Sopranos" called "The Ride" as Domenica Baccalieri, Tony Soprano's baby niece.

Bibliography
 Gertrude the Great (2012)

References

External links
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Living people
1969 births
American children's writers
American female professional wrestlers
American women children's writers
LGBT characters in professional wrestling
People from Eastchester, New York
Professional wrestling managers and valets
Sportspeople from Muskegon, Michigan
Writers from New York (state)
21st-century LGBT people
21st-century American women The 1995 December to Dismember was a professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on December 9, 1995, at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a non-televised supercard. Though this event was held only once by ECW, the "December to Dismember" name would later be revived as a 2006 pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for their ECW brand.

One half of the double main event was an Ultimate Jeopardy steel cage match as the Public Enemy, the Pitbulls and Tommy Dreamer faced the Heavenly Bodies, the Eliminators, Raven and Stevie Richards. The Public Enemy, the Pitbulls and Tommy Dreamer won the contest after Dreamer pinned Richards. The other main event match on the card was a three way dance for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship between champion Mikey Whipwreck, the Sandman, and Steve Austin, which was won by the Sandman.

Excerpts from December to Dismember appeared on episodes #138 and #139 of ECW Hardcore TV on December 12 and 19, 1995. The three way dance for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship was featured in the 2007 DVD The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin, while the Ultimate Jeopardy steel cage match was featured in the 2013 Blu-ray WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches as a Blu-ray exclusive.

Production

Background
In 1995, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) scheduled an event titled December to Dismember. It was a non-televised supercard that was scheduled to be held on December 9, 1995, at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Storylines
The main feud heading into the event was between the Sandman, Mikey Whipwreck and Steve Austin with the three feuding over the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Whipwreck was the champion heading into the event. A match was booked between Whipwreck and the Sandman for the title on October 28, 1995. However, moments before the match began, Steve Austin appeared and cut a promo on Whipwreck, the Sandman and Woman, who was Sandman's manager. He stated that he would soon be ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He distracted the Sandman by taking Woman backstage during the bout. Whipwreck won the title by pinning the Sandman. Many ECW wrestlers congratulated Whipwreck after the contest including Cactus Jack and Axl Rotten. The Sandman earned a rematch clause on November 4, but lost his rematch against Whipwreck. At November to Remember, Whipwreck was scheduled to face The Sandman, but before the match, Austin attacked the Sandman, hitting him repeatedly with the cane. As a result, the match was changed to Whipwreck versus Austin, marking Austin's ECW in-ring debut. Austin would lose against Whipwreck, as Whipwreck pinned Austin, grabbing the tights after a sunset flip. After the bout, Austin, enraged about the loss, viciously attacked Whipwreck.< This led to the three way dance for December to Dismember.

The undercard feud heading into December to Dismember was between two tag teams, as the Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge), the Pitbulls (#1 and #2) and Tommy Dreamer were in a rivalry against the Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray), the Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus), Raven and Stevie Richards. Many of the members would face off in singles and tag team matches against each other in the undercard, with the team getting at least two out of three victories gaining the entry advantage in the Ultimate Jeopardy match, in lieu of the traditional coin toss.

On October 28, 1995, Grunge had faced Richards, with a pre-match stipulation stating that the loser would have to wear a dress. Grunge won, meaning Richards was forced to wear the dress. Grunge would team up with partner Rocco Rock to form the Public Enemy, as they defeated Richards and Raven on November 3. The following night, Grunge's team would keep the advantage, as partners the Pitbulls and Tommy Dreamer defeated Cactus Jack, Raven and Richards in a Six-Man Tag Team match. In a preview for December to Dismember, the Pitbulls faced the Eliminators at November to Remember. The Pitbulls would go on to win the match after Kronus was pinned. The Eliminators got their revenge on November 25, winning in their return match against The Pitbulls. Raven would also face Tommy Dreamer on November 25, but in a Death Match, which Raven won. This eventually led to the Ultimate Jeopardy Steel Cage match at December to Dismember.

Event 
The opening bout was a tag team match pitting the Dudley Brothers against the Bad Crew. The Dudley Brothers defeated The Bad Crew in a squash.

The second bout was a singles match between El Puerto Riqueño and Taz. Taz won the bout after making El Puerto Riqueño submit using the Tazmission.

The third bout was a single match between Bruiser Mastino and Hack Meyers. Meyers won the match by pinfall in just over six minutes.

The fourth bout was a tag team match pitting the Eliminators against the Pitbulls in a rematch from November to Remember. This was the first of three matches that would determine the advantage in the main event. The Eliminators won the match by pinning Pitbull #2.

The fifth bout was a singles match between Raven and Tommy Dreamer in a continuation of their lengthy feud. This was the second of three matches that would determine the advantage in the main event. Raven won in approximately nine minutes by technical knockout after hitting Dreamer with a beer bottle. As Raven and the Eliminators had each won their matches, their team were granted the advantage in the main event.

The sixth bout was a singles match in which J.T. Smith defeated Tony Stetson by pinfall.

The seventh bout saw ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck defended his title against the Sandman and Steve Austin in a three way dance. Whipwreck was the first person eliminated from the match, with Austin pinning him just inside 13 minutes following a Stun Gun, meaning Whipwreck would not leave as champion. The Sandman then pinned Austin after punching him using brass knuckles to win the match and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. The Sandman suffered a broken hand during the match.

The eighth bout was a tag team match between the Heavenly Bodies and the Public Enemy. This was the third of three matches that would determine the advantage in the main event. The Public Enemy won the match when Johnny Grunge pinned Tom Pritchard using a roll-up; however, as the Eliminators and Raven had won their matches, this did not affect the main event.

The main event was an "Ultimate Jeopardy" steel cage match pitting Tommy Dreamer, the Pitbulls, and the Public Enemy against Raven, Stevie Richards, the Eliminators, and the Heavenly Bodies. Each participant had a stipulation which would be implemented if they were defeated:
 Raven – whoever defeated him would get his valet, Beulah McGillicutty for a week;
 Tommy Dreamer – his head would be shaved;
 The Public Enemy – they would be forced to wrestle one another;
 The Pitbulls – they would be forced to split up and whoever defeated them would get their valet, Francine for a week;
 The Eliminators – they would be forced to leave ECW and their manager, Jason, would have his head shaved;
 Stevie Richards – he would be locked in the cage for five minutes with the members of the other team;
 The Heavenly Bodies – all stipulations for their team would be enforced.

Raven's team began the match with the advantage. During the match, Raven handcuffed both the Pitbulls and the Public Enemy to the ring apron, leaving Dreamer alone. However, Dreamer was able to rally and pin Richards. As a result of the stipulation, Richards was locked in the cage alone with the members of the opposing team for five minutes. However, as the Pitbulls and the Public Enemy remained handcuffed, Richards was one-on-one with the injured Dreamer. After Dreamer began to beat down Richards, Raven and his allies re-entered the cage and attacked Dreamer. Raven and his allies then attacked Dreamer and his team until the Sandman came to the ring with his Singapore cane and drove them away.

Aftermath 
The Sandman kept the ECW World Heavyweight Championship until he lost it to Raven on January 27, 1996. On December 18, Steve Austin made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation. Although he originally played a character known as the Ringmaster, he soon got a strong push as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Whipwreck did not hold the ECW World Heavyweight Championship again, but he won the ECW World Television Championship and the ECW World Tag Team Championship later in the month.

The Public Enemy soon left ECW; the company's big January event at the ECW Arena, House Party, was subtitled "A Farewell to Public Enemy".

Raven and Tommy Dreamer continued their feud for another year-and-a-half, culminating in a loser leaves town match at Wrestlepalooza 1997 that was won by Dreamer.

Although December to Dismember was held only once by Extreme Championship Wrestling, the "December to Dismember" name would later be revived as a 2006 pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for their ECW brand. After Extreme Championship Wrestling folded in 2001, WWE bought the assets of the promotion in 2003 and launched a brand dubbed ECW in 2006, which featured alumni of the former promotion as well as newer talent.

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pl:ECW December to Dismember CyberSlam (1999) was the fourth CyberSlam professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on April 3, 1999 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Eight professional wrestling matches took place at the event. The main event was an Ultimate Jeopardy match, in which former tag team partners from The Gangstas, New Jack and Mr. Mustafa competed in opposing teams. Jack teamed with The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney) and Mustafa teamed with The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). Mustafa and Dudleys won the match. On the undercard, Taz retained the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Candido and Rob Van Dam retained the ECW World Television Championship against 2 Cold Scorpio.

Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program Hardcore TV.

At Crossing the Line, Mustafa Saed made his surprise return to ECW on behalf of New Jack to confront The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) until he turned heel on Jack by smashing a guitar on his head and revealed himself to be the mysterious benefactor who wanted to run Public Enemy and New Jack out of ECW. Saed then allied himself with the Dudleys to feud with Jack. At Living Dangerously, Jack defeated Mustafa in a match.

At Living Dangerously, Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas defeated The Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible) in a tag team match. After the match, Cyrus the Virus made his ECW debut and distracted Dreamer and Douglas to allow Impact Players to attack them. On the April 2 episode of Hardcore TV, Credible helped Storm in defeating Dreamer in a match.

Event

Preliminary matches
The event kicked off with a match between Jerry Lynn and Yoshihiro Tajiri. Lynn hit a cradle piledriver for the win. After the match, Lance Storm cut a promo in the ring to testify against Tommy Dreamer's claims that Storm took steroids and Storm brought a sample of urine to prove and challenged Dreamer to provide a sample of his urine test and Dreamer showed up to attack Storm with a DDT and poured the urine on Dreamer.

Next, Nova competed against Rod Price. Skull Von Crush interfered in the match by attacking Nova on behalf of Price and then Nova's tag team partner Chris Chetti also got involved, making it a tag team match. Nova and Chetti nailed a Tidal Wave to Price for the win. After the match, Crush attacked Price with a jumping DDT.

Next, Mosco de la Merced made his ECW debut against Super Crazy. Crazy hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a frog splash to Merced for the win.

In the following match, Taka Michinoku made his return to ECW against Papi Chulo, who made his ECW debut in the match. Michinoku nailed a Michinoku Driver 2-B to Chulo for the win.

Next, Rob Van Dam defended the World Television Championship against 2 Cold Scorpio, who made his surprise return to ECW. Sabu interfered in the match and hit an Arabian Facebuster to Scorpio through a table outside the ring. After a back and forth action, Scorpio seemed to have the match won as he climbed the top rope for a Scorpio Splash but Bill Alfonso crotched him on the ropes and held a chair, allowing RVD to hit a Van Daminator and a Five Star Frog Splash to retain the title.

Later, Chris Candido returned to ECW and cut a promo, in which he issued a challenge to Taz to a Falls Count Anywhere match for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Taz accepted. After brawling throughout the ringside, Taz nailed a Tazmission-Plex to Candido through a table which injured Candido's neck and the referee stopped the match, awarding the win to Taz. After the match, Candido was being carried away to the backstage on a stretcher but Tazz dragged him and tossed him into the ring and applied a Tazmission.

In the penultimate match, Shane Douglas took on Justin Credible. Douglas tripped Credible from the top rope and delivered a Pittsburgh Plunge for the win. After the match, Lance Storm joined Credible in attacking Douglas with a kendo stick. Tommy Dreamer attempted to make the save but he was also attacked with the kendo stick.

Main event match
New Jack and The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney) took on The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Mr. Mustafa in an Ultimate Jeopardy match. Mahoney shot a fireball into Mustafa's face but it distracted him enough for Dudleys to nail a 3D to Mahoney for the win. After the match, Rotten and Mahoney locked Mustafa in the cage and laid him on a table and Jack hit a diving splash to Mustafa from the top of the cage onto the table.

Reception
Bob Colling of Wrestling Recaps wrote "This is a really good show. I’d say six out of the eight matches had entertaining qualities. The show had fast paced contests and a good battle between Douglas/Credible. Also, the segment with Storm and Dreamer was nicely done and advances their feud. This is probably one of the better ECW shows I’ve ever watched and it only took me almost thirteen years to watch. Cyber slam ‘99 gets a thumbs up from me."

The Wrestling Revolution staff praised the event, writing "This was a very good show from ECW. We got solid action all up and down the card, some big angles in both the Dreamer vs. Storm and Taz vs. Candido feuds, and a big blow-off in the main event."

Peter Kent of 411Mania rated it a score of 3, stating "This is certainly not an essential show, with no real standout matches. Mostly filler fodder. But Douglas vs Credible was much better than expected and Tajiri/Lynn was really cool"

James Bullock of Capricorn City wrote "There’s some good stuff here, that’s for sure. But nothing here is must-see. The crowd truly did take something away from this show, but you can’t blame them for becoming desensitized. Check it out if you want to, but don’t get your hopes up about seeing something special."

Aftermath
The matches of the event aired in syndication on the April 8, April 15 and April 22 episodes of Hardcore TV.

Shane Douglas and Tommy Dreamer continued their feud with The Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible) after CyberSlam. On the April 29 episode of Hardcore TV, Dreamer defeated Lance Storm in a match. After the match, Storm and Credible double teamed Dreamer until Douglas made the save but he was attacked as well. Douglas would then suffer a broken ankle, which put him out of action and led to his departure from ECW. Dreamer wrestled Storm at Hardcore Heaven.

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References

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