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Terror at Tabor was a
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produced by
Eastern Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...
(ECW) on November 12, 1993, the day prior to
November to Remember November to Remember (commonly abbreviated to N2R) was a professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was held during the month of November from 1993 to 2000. Starting with the 1997 edition the event was broadca ...
. The event was held in the Tabor Community Center in
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in the United States. Excerpts from Terror at Tabor aired on episodes #33 and #34 of ''
ECW Hardcore TV ''ECW Hardcore TV'' is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by the Philadelphia based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) composed of footage from live shows and recorded interviews. It ran in syndi ...
'' on November 23 and 30, 1993.


Event

Joey Styles Joseph Carmine Bonsignore (born July 14, 1971) better known by his ring name Joey Styles, is an American former professional wrestling commentator. He is best known for his time with ECW and WWE. Before working for WWE, Styles was a full-time ...
provided commentary for the event which was added in
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for the ''
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'' broadcasts, with
Rockin' Rebel Charles Williams (January 13, 1966 – June 1, 2018) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rockin' Rebel. He was best known for his appearances on the U.S. independent circuit with promotions such as Eastern Cha ...
providing
color commentary A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The phrase "colour commentator" is primarily used in Canadian English and the ...
for some elements of the broadcast. The referees for the event were Jim Molineaux and John Finnegan. The opening bout was a
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that was won by Kevin Sullivan. The second bout was a singles match between
Chris Michaels William Pierce (born July 13, 1961) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Chris Michaels. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based professional wrestling promotion Eastern Champi ...
and Keith Scherer. Michaels won the bout by pinfall. The third bout saw
ECW Tag Team Champions The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestlin ...
Johnny Hotbody John Weiss (born February 19, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Johnny Hotbody. In Eastern Championship Wrestling, he won the ECW Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship, and ECW Television Champions ...
and
Tony Stetson Anthony Matteo (born March 21, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Hitman" Tony Stetson. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the 1990s. Stetson was one of ECW's ini ...
defend their titles against J.T. Smith and the Sandman. Hotbody and Stetson won the match after their
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, Hunter Q. Robbins III, hit The Sandman with his cane, enabling Hotbody to pin him. The fourth bout saw ECW Heavyweight Champion Sabu defend his title against
the Tazmaniac Peter Senerchia (born October 11, 1967), better known by the ring name Taz (also spelled Tazz) is an American radio personality, color commentator, and retired professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator and mana ...
. Sabu won the bout to retain his title, pinning the Tazmaniac following a diving splash. The fifth bout was a
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between
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and
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. The match was won by the Public Enemy. The sixth bout was an intergender six-person tag team match pitting J.T. Smith and the Sandman along with the Sandman's
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against Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson and their manager, Hunter Q. Robbins III that arose following Robbin's interference in the earlier title match. Towards the end of the match, Hotbdy and Stetson forced Robbins into the ring. Peaches then kneed Robbins in the groin and pinned him. Following the match, Hotbody and Stetson attacked Smith and the Sandman, after which Mr. Hughes and Jason Knight attacked the Sandman. The seventh bout was a singles match between Chris Michaels and
Tommy Cairo Thomas Cairo (born February 19, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Eastern Championship Wrestling from 1992 to 1994, in particular his feud with The Sandman. He is the former co-owner of ...
. Cairo won the match by pinfall following a
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. The eighth bout was a singles match between Keith Scherer and Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hughes won a short
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by pinfall following a
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. The ninth bout was a tag team match between
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and Don E. Allen and Mr. Hughes. The match was won by Badd Company. The tenth bout was a singles match between Paul Diamond and Rocco Rock. The match was won by Diamond. The eleventh bout was a tag team match between the Bad Breed and Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson, with Hotbody and Stetson's ECW Tag Team Championship not on the line. The match was won by the Bad Breed. The twelfth bout was a singles match between Keith Scherer and Kevin Sullivan in Scherer's third match of the evening. Sullivan won the match by pinfall following a double foot stomp. The main event was a singles match between
Tommy Dreamer Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971), is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Impact Wrestling and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore (HOH) promo ...
and
Johnny Grunge Michael Lynn Durham (July 10, 1966 – February 16, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge. He is known for his appearances with Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestli ...
. Dreamer won the bout by pinfall.


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