

Blood, beer, and barbed wire — the night wrestling stopped pretending to be fake.
The Public Enemy goes to war with The Gangstas. When ECW Champion Sandman defends his title against Cactus Jack, a franchise player makes his presence felt. Plus, Tommy Dreamer & Luna Vachon challenge Raven & Stevie Richards for the ECW Tag Team Championship. Axl and Ian Rotten battle each other in an infamous brutal Taipai Death Match and much more.
Stunts
Taipei Death Match: real glass, real scars, real insanity
Acting
Foley's Cactus Jack: theater of masochism before WWE sanitized him
Direction
Heyman's pacing—matches breathe, then explode

Director
Paul Heyman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The fluorescent tubes in the Taipei Death Match were legit—no sugar glass—and both Rotten brothers needed stitches. Paul Heyman allegedly kept one shard as a desk ornament.
This event coined the 'extreme' branding that WWE would later trademark and litigate against. Heyman never forgave them; watch for his petty revenge in later storylines.