In 1994, Paul Heyman was having a tough time getting Tommy Dreamer over as a babyface. Everything he tried, including making him the only person to ever kick out of the Superfly Splash, just made the fans hate him more. Around the same time, an eighteen year old American student in Singapore named Michael Fay was sentenced to caning for vandalism. This quickly became massive news across the country, and gave a madman in Philadelphia an idea. Heyman arranged a "Singapore Cane" match between The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer, with the loser having to take ten lashes with the cane. Thanks to the interference of Woman, Sandman got the victory, but comissioner Tod Gordon attempted to restart the match due to the interference. Tommy Dreamer refused this decision, and chose to take the lashes to prove he wasn't just a pretty boy. Sandman's shots were so vicious he broke part of the cane, and split Tommy's back on the first blow. Fans watched on as Dreamer refused Woman's compromise to kiss her feet instead of the lashes, and some even begged Tommy to stay down. Dreamer took every single shot, even goading The Sandman on by quoting Kevin Bacon in Animal House with the immortal words "Thank you sir, may I have another." Finally, Tommy Dreamer was a star in ECW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lgRniDpH3o
