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Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Pre-show match: Louie Spicolli defeated Balls Mahoney(5:00)
  • Spicolli pinned Mahoney. Louis Mucciolo ( February 10, 1971 - February 15, 1998) was an American professional wrestler. Jonathan Rechner (born April 11, 1972 in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey) better known by his Ring name Balls Mahoney,
• Pre-show match: J.T. Smith and Chris Chetti defeated The FBI (Little Guido and Tommy Rich)
• The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) (w/Joel Gertner & Sign Guy Dudley) to win the ECW Tag Team Championship(6:11)
  • Saturn pinned Buh Buh after a Total Elimination. To see the football player JT Smith see JT Smith (football player John T Christopher "Chris" Chetti At the final ECW pay-per-view Guilty as Charged 2001, Chetti refereed a bout between Nova and Chris Hammerick. The Full Blooded Italians (or FBI) was a Professional wrestling stable and tag-team that wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling James Maritato As the ( Kayfabe) heel cousin of Jamie Noble, he attacked then babyface Crash Holly after he defeated Noble in a match on the December Thomas Richardson (born July 26 1956) better known by his Ring name, "Wildfire" Tommy Rich, is a professional wrestler The Eliminators were a Professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Perry Saturn and George B Caiazzo ( kih-ahtz-so; January 13, 1969 - July 18, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better Perrieve Spencer Satullo (born October 25 1966) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Perry For the rest of the stable see Dudley family. For the competitive video game team formerly known as Team 3D see 3D Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling Devon Hughes (born August 1 1972) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling Joel Gertner is an American professional wrestling personality Lou D'Angeli (aka Sign Guy Dudley & Lou E Dangerously) is a Professional wrestling manager who is best known for his time in Extreme The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW World Tag Team Championship was the Tag team championship contested in Eastern Championship Wrestling and Extreme The double-team maneuvers in Professional wrestling are executed by two wrestlers instead of one and typically are used by tag teams in tag team matches
• Rob Van Dam defeated Lance Storm(10:10)
  • Van Dam pinned Storm after a Vandaminator and a standing Moonsault Splash. Robert "Rob" Alexander Szatkowski Another venture that Van Dam produces is RVDTV reality based programming looking at the life of Rob Van Dam Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3 1969 known professionally by his Ring name Lance Storm, is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. A moonsault, moonsault press or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique with much of its popularity in American wrestling being attributed
  • Storm's original opponent was Chris Candido, but Candido was injured. Christopher Candito ( March 21 1972 &ndash April 28 2005) On November 19, 1994, Candido won a 10-man tournament defeating
• The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, and Masato Yakushiji defeated bWo Japan (TAKA Michinoku, Terry Boy, and Dick Togo)(16:55)
  • Sasuke pinned Michinoku after a Tiger Suplex. better known by his Ring name, (b 27 November 1950 is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican Lucha libre style The Blue World Order (bWo was a stable of professional wrestlers formed at ECW's November to Remember 1996 event at the ECW (born December 16, 1966 in Tokyo Japan) also known as Men's Teioh or Terry Boy, is a Japanese Professional wrestler Shigeki Sato may refer to Shigeki Sato (wrestler Shigeki Sato (politician A suplex is an Offensive move used in wrestling both in competitive Sport wrestling, including Olympic and collegiate wrestling and Professional wrestling
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• Shane Douglas (w/Francine) defeated Pitbull #2 to retain the ECW World Television Championship(20:43)
  • Douglas pinned Pitbull #2 after a Belly-to-Belly Suplex. Troy Shane Martin (born November 21 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his Ring name Francine Fournier (born February 19 1972) known simply as Francine is a former American Professional wrestling valet most Anthony Durante ( July 26, 1967 - September 25, 2003) was a Professional wrestler best known as "Pitbull #2" as one The ECW World Television Championship was the secondary title in Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1992 until it folded in 2001 A suplex is an Offensive move used in wrestling both in competitive Sport wrestling, including Olympic and collegiate wrestling and Professional wrestling
• Taz (w/Bill Alfonso) defeated Sabu(17:49)
  • Taz choked Sabu out with the Tazmission. Peter Senerchia (born October 11 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler and current Color commentator best known William Matthew Alfonso (born August 11, 1957 in Tampa Florida) better known as Bill Alfonso is a former Professional wrestling Terry Michael Brunk ( December 12 1964) better known by his Ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler. Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission.
• Terry Funk defeated The Sandman and Stevie Richards (w/The Blue Meanie, Hollywood Nova, Thomas Rodman, 7-11) in a Three-Way Dance(19:10)
  • Funk and Sandman simultaneously pinned Richards after a double Powerbomb(15:43)
  • Funk pinned Sandman after Richards Stevie Kicked Sandman with a trash can and Funk followed up with the Funk Moonsault to earn a shot at the ECW World Heavyweight Championship(19:10)
• Terry Funk defeated Raven to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship(7:20)
  • Funk pinned Raven with a roll-up after a DDT from Tommy Dreamer. Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the James (" Jim " Fullington Following the highly-publicised caning of Michael P For similar names see the disambiguation page Stephen Richards Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler and Brian Heffron (born May 18 1973 is a professional wrestler better known as The Blue Meanie. Michael Bucci (born June 5 1972) is an American professional wrestler. Robert Feinstein is the owner and operator of RF Video (a professional wrestling video tape & DVD distribution company who were best known as the videographers of Extreme Championship Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing A Powerbomb is a Professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders and then slammed back-first A Superkick is the name used when referring to a high side thrust kick attack in Professional wrestling, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike A moonsault, moonsault press or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique with much of its popularity in American wrestling being attributed The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW Championship is a Professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) better known by his Ring name Raven, is an American Professional The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW Championship is a Professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. A pinfall, a pin, or a fall (the first term most commonly used in Professional wrestling) is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling In Professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponent's head into the mat Thomas Laughlin In addition to his current role Dreamer is best known for the time he spent in the Philadelphia based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW

Trivia

Terry Funk captured the ECW world title at the age of 52.

• With this event, Joey Styles became the first (and as of 2008, the only) play-by-play announcer to call an entire pro wrestling pay-per-view event by himself, without a color commentator. Joseph Carmine Bonsignore On the May 1, 2006 edition of RAW, Styles announced that he was quitting by delivering a worked shoot promo in which (However, Tommy Dreamer was a guest commentator during the three-way dance. ) Styles would later reference this in his (kayfabe) walkout on RAW before returning to ECW. In Professional wrestling, kayfabe (ˈkeɪfeɪb KAY-fayb) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" that is the portrayal of professional This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is
• The event was put in jeopardy when Viewer's Choice cancelled the show in response to the "Mass Transit" incident. For the song by Texas see In Demand (Texas song. In Demand (capitalized as a Trademark as iN DEMAND) is a The Mass Transit Incident was an infamous event in Professional wrestling that occurred at an However, Viewer's Choice eventually changed their minds after much pleading from ECW promoter Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American entertainment producer most well-known for his former roles in Professional wrestling
• Barely Legal was released as part of a two-disc set with One Night Stand 2006 on July 11, 2006. ECW One Night Stand (2006 was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view (PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It had previously been released in 2000 by Pioneer Entertainment as part of its "The Best of ECW" line of DVDs. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Pioneer release trimmed out many of the ring entrances, removed the music on the entrances not edited out (with the exception of songs ECW owned the rights to, including changing "Enter Sandman" from the Metallica version to Motörhead's cover), and edited out the backstage promos and part of Shane Douglas's promo in the ring. " Enter Sandman " is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, featured as the Opening track and lead single from their Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Troy Shane Martin (born November 21 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his Ring name The release included with One Night Stand's DVD censored offensive language (used by the performers when they would cut promos, not used for the fans' chants) and changed the majority of the entrance music to music produced by WWE to avoid licensing fees. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet,

Production

Getting the pay-per-view on in the first place was a struggle. Viewer's Choice (now named In Demand) was very hesitant at putting ECW on pay-per-view because they felt that ECW was too vulgar and brutal, and refused to air the show without restrictions on the content. For the song by Texas see In Demand (Texas song. In Demand (capitalized as a Trademark as iN DEMAND) is a Paul Heyman claimed that this was a double standard because Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was being criticized for its violent content at the time, but it was still getting pay-per-view time. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Request TV agreed to give ECW a pay-per-view under the condition that it aired at 9:00 p. Request TV is a defunct Pay-per-view service which was owned by Liberty Media and Twentieth Century Fox that was launched in 1985 m. rather than the 7:00 p. m. time slot that pay-per-views usually held during that time frame.

An electric power transformer blew out moments after the show went off the air due to all the power being used by the building. It is said that had the show gone on even 10 seconds longer, they would have lost the feed.

References

• Pro-Wrestling Edge - Barely Legal Results

External links

• Official ECW website