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Taz's manager Bill Alfonso turned on him and sided with Sabu and RVD in the assault, leading to a double turn as Taz turned face and Sabu and RVD turned heels. On May 31, Perry Saturn tore his ACL during a title defense against Dudley Boyz and PG-13 and Saturn was examined to be out of action for a year.Īt Barely Legal, Taz defeated Sabu in a match and then offered a handshake to Sabu until Rob Van Dam attacked Taz from behind and Sabu joined him in the assault. Later that night, Dudleys interfered in a match between Sandman and Mahoney by attacking both men. On the May 29 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Dudleys would face The Sandman and Balls Mahoney at Wrestlepalooza, with the winning team earning a title shot against Eliminators later at the event.

The two teams feuded with each other and competed in several matches for the next few months over the title. However, a week later on Hardcore TV, Joey Styles announced that Richards injured his neck at Buffalo Invasion would be unable to wrestle at the event and would be replaced by Chris Candido as Funk's challenger for the title at Wrestlepalooza.Īt Barely Legal, The Eliminators defeated The Dudley Boyz to win the World Tag Team Championship. As a result of pinning the champion Funk, on the May 29 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Richards would receive a title shot against Funk for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlepalooza. On the May 29 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Dreamer and Raven would compete in a Loser Leaves Town match between the two to end their feud at Wrestlepalooza.Īt The Buffalo Invasion, Stevie Richards and Raven defeated Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer in a tag team match when Richards pinned Funk. Dreamer cost Raven, the opportunities to regain the title at Chapter 2 and The Buffalo Invasion. On the April 26 episode of Hardcore TV, Raven convinced his former lackey Stevie Richards to reunite for one last time to avenge the loss of the title from Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer. At Barely Legal, Dreamer interfered in Raven's title defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against the #1 contender Terry Funk to counter the interference of Raven's Nest and hit a DDT to Raven, which cost him the title against Funk.
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Tommy Dreamer and Raven were involved in a lengthy feud which began after Raven made his ECW debut on the Januepisode of Hardcore TV and continued on-and-off for the next two years.


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Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program Hardcore TV. The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Taz defeated Shane Douglas in an impromptu match to win the World Television Championship, ending Douglas' nearly year-long reign. Raven subsequently left ECW and joined World Championship Wrestling. Other matches on the card featured Sabu versus Taz, Terry Funk versus Chris Candido for the World Heavyweight Championship and Tommy Dreamer pinning Raven for the first time in a Loser Leaves Town match, marking the end of a feud that first began upon Raven's debut in January 1995. In the main event, The Eliminators defeated The Dudley Boyz to retain the World Tag Team Championship.
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The event took place on Jin the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Įight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. Wrestlepalooza (1997) was the second Wrestlepalooza professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).
