The night ECW proved wrestling could bleed art.
Taz puts the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Tajiri. In the main event, rivals Rob Van Dam & Jerry Lynn join forces to take on The Impact Players Justin Credible & Lance Storm. Plus, Balls Mahoney & Spike Dudley face The Dudley Boyz for the ECW Tag Team Championship and more.
Stunts
RVD/Lynn vs Impact Players — tag team ballet of brutality.
Acting
Taz's intensity could melt through the screen.
Production
That ECW crowd energy — unreplicable, immortal.
Rob Szatkowski
Rob Van Dam
Jeremy Lynn
Jerry Lynn
Peter Polaco
Justin Credible
Lance Evers
Lance Storm
Peter Senerchia
Taz
Mark LoMonaco
Buh Buh Ray Dudley
Devon Hughes
D-Von Dudley
Matt Hyson
"Little" Spike Dudley
Balls Mahoney
Balls Mahoney
Francisco Rueda
Super Crazy
Carlene Moore
Jazz
Ron Knight
Jason
Christopher Chetti
Chris Chetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heat Wave '99 represents peak ECW before WWE acquisition talks collapsed the company's independence. This roster would scatter to define Attitude Era wrestling.
The RVD/Lynn alliance here was rare — they'd spent months trying to break each other's necks. Their chemistry was so undeniable that bookers finally surrendered to fan demand.
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