Wrestlepalooza was a professional wrestling event held by Extreme Championship Wrestling. The 1998 edition was the first(and only) one to be broadcast on pay-per-view. Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...

Results

1995

• JT Smith defeated Hack Meyers
• Big Val Puccio defeated Tony Stetson via Disqualification
• Raven, Stevie Richards, Snot Dudley & Big Dick Dudley defeated Tommy Dreamer, Cactus Jack, Pitbull #1 & Pitbull #2
• Too Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko & Cactus Jack defeated Eddy Guerrero, Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
• Mikey Whipwreck defeated The Sandman
• The Gangstas (New Jack & Mustafa Saed) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) in a stretcher match

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1997

Wrestlepalooza 1997
Details
Promotion	Extreme Championship Wrestling
Date	June 7, 1997
Venue	ECW Arena
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Shane Douglas defeated Chris Chetti via pinfall to retain the ECW World Television Championship (6:52)
• The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull#2) defeated The F.B.I.(Little Guido & Tracey Smothers) (7:33)
• D-Von Dudley and Buh Buh Ray Dudley defeated The Sandman & Balls Mahoney via pinfall (8:30)
• Terry Funk defeated Chris Candido via pinfall to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (12:57)
• Tommy Dreamer defeated Raven via pinfall
• Sabu defeated Taz via pinfall
• Taz beat Shane Douglas via submission to win the ECW World Television Championship (2:50)
• John Kronus and Perry Saturn defeated D-Von Dudley and Buh Buh Ray Dudley via pinfall

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1998

Wrestlepalooza 1998
Details
Promotion	Extreme Championship Wrestling
Date	May 3, 1998
Venue	Cobb County Civic Center
City	Marietta, Georgia
Attendance	3,401
Pay-per-view chronology
Living Dangerously 1997	Wrestlepalooza 1998	Heat Wave 1998

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• The bWo (The Blue Meanie and Super Nova) defeated The F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers) (9:27)
  • Nova pinned Guido.
• Justin Credible defeated Mikey Whipwreck (9:54)
  • Credible pinned Whipwreck.
• Chris Candido and Lance Storm defeated The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten) to retain the ECW Tag Team Championship (12:04)
  • Candido pinned Mahoney.
• Bam Bam Bigelow defeated New Jack (8:48)
  • Bigelow pinned New Jack.
• Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) (11:19)
  • Sandman pinned D-Von and Dreamer pinned Buh Buh.
• ECW Television Champion Rob Van Dam fought Sabu to a time-limit draw (30:00)
  • The 30 minute time-limit expired, Van Dam retained the TV Title.
• Shane Douglas defeated Al Snow to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (13:05)
  • Douglas pinned Snow.

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References

• Ultimate Wrestling Domain - Wrestlepalooza'95 Results
• Ultimate Wrestling Domain - Wrestlepalooza'97 Results
• Ultimate Wrestling Domain - Wrestlepalooza'98 Results