10 Greatest Wrestling Works Ever
10 greatest works in pro wrestling history!
7. Tommy Dreamer blinds The Sandman
At a time when WWE and WCW were breaking kayfabe and revealing that wrestling was in fact scripted, ECW still managed to retain a gritty and "real" aura about it. Paul Heyman often leaned into controversy, welcoming people to think that at times ECW went off the rails and was real. At no point was ECW "more real" than during the storied Tommy Dreamer/Sandman rivalry of 1994.
Dreamer became ‘hardcore’ after receiving multiple lashes from Sandman’s cane, and the two collided again in an ‘I Quit’ Match, where Dreamer ‘accidentally’ pushed a lit cigarette into Sandman’s eye, with Sandman taking a cane shot to his other eye, blinding him. ECW pulled the curtain back right away, showing heels and faces mingling, as Dreamer was insulted and forced to apologise.
To upkeep kayfabe, Sandman stayed home and was not seen in public, and fans bought it when ECW announced he was legitimately blinded and would retire. However, it was all a ruse, and Sandman came back months later, duped The Innovator of Violence, and went on to take it to Dreamer without mercy.
