Before WWE got soft, ECW broke bones in a bingo hall. This is wrestling's punk rock manifesto.
One of the most intense rivalries in ECW history comes to a head when Tommy Dreamer teams with Terry Funk to battle Raven and Cactus Jack. The Sandman challenges Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW Championship. Taz shows his true colors when Commissioner Tod Gordon takes on Bill Alfonso. Plus, Rey Misterio Jr. faces Psicosis in a Mexican Death match.
Stunts
Funk and Dreamer take legitimately unprotected chair shots to the head.
Production
Paul Heyman books chaos like Scorsese directs violence.
Acting
Mick Foley's Cactus Jack is deranged performance art.
Director
Paul Heyman
Terry Funk
Terry Funk
Tom Laughlin
Tommy Dreamer
Scott Levy
Raven
Mick Foley
Cactus Jack
Terry Brunk
Sabu
Don Haviland
Hack Meyers
John Watson
Mikey Whipwreck
Steve Austin
"Superstar" Steve Austin
Trisa Laughlin
Beulah McGillicutty (Special Guest Referee)
Peter Senerchia
Taz
Brian Knighton
Axl Rotten
John Smith
J.T. Smith
Charles Scaggs
2 Cold Scorpio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This event happened in a Philadelphia bingo hall with maybe 1,200 fans—yet influenced every hardcore match WWE would later monetize. ECW invented wrestling's underground credibility.
The Sandman was genuinely concussed during his match but finished because that's what the money required. The 'Raven's Nest' angle with Beulah's fake pregnancy was ripped from Jerry Springer, which ECW taped next to.
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