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ECW Barely Legal DVD
Even though this DVD has yet to be released, I was lucky enough to see ECW's first pay-per-view event already. Although it was not a perfect outing for ECW, it is definitely worth buying because there were a lot of memorable moments. In the opening match, the Dudley Boyz [WWF] challenge the Eliminators (Perry Saturn [WWF] & John Kronus) for the ECW Tag Team titles. Next, Rob Van Dam replaces an injured Chris Candido when he takes on Lance Storm [WCW]. My personal favorite match of the night is a six-man tag team extravanganza starring superstars from Japan's Michinoku Pro. The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, and Masato Yukushiji (subbing for Gran Naniwa) face Taka Michinoku [WWF], Mens Teioh, and Dick Togo. In an easily forgettable match, Shane Douglas [WCW] defended his ECW Television title against Pitbull #2. In a match that had been built up for quite some time, Sabu took on Taz [WWF] in a classic encounter. The Sandman, Terry Funk [WCW], and Stevie Richards [WWF] battled in a match to determine who would get an ECW Heavyweight title shot. The winner of that match took on Raven for the title in the next and final match of the night. I really enjoyed this event and would recommend it to any wrestling fan to purchase on DVD. Even big fans of the WWF and WCW will recognize many superstars who appeared on this show. I gave the show four stars out of five only because of the Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull #2 mess that should have never taken place especially for as long as it did.

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ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal
On April the 13th, 1997, the folks at Extreme Championship Wrestling staged the most important event in their short history - their first pay-per-view. For a company that started out as a non-profit regional promotion, this was a crucial date indeed - if the PPV didn't succeed, chances are neither would ECW. Thankfully then, for both Team Extreme and their fans, they didn't disappoint. In a full run-down of the card...

ECW World tag team champions The Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh Ray & D-Von) defended the gold against The Eliminators (Perry Saturn & John Kronus) in an entertaining, yet psychology-lacking opener... Lance Storm took on (substituting for the injured Chris Candido) Rob Van Dam in a decent outing... The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada and (subbing for the injured Gran Naniwa) Masato Yakushiji locked horns with Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo and Terry Boy in a tremendous Six-man match... World Television champion "The Franchise" Shane Douglas battled Pit Bull #2 in a sloppy disappointment... Taz faced (after a year and a half's worth of hype) Sabu in a hard-hitting, enthralling bout... And finally, Terry Funk bested bWo leader Stevie "Big Stevie Cool" Richards and The Sandman in a great Three Way Dance to advance to take on World heavyweight champion Raven in the brutal and bloody finale.

A memorable, if not entirely satisfactory, card; Barely legal is available commercially on video and DVD for the first time and, if I were you, I certainly wouldn't pass up the chance to own this fantastic piece of wrestling history.

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ECW's first PPV gets mediocre DVD presentation!
On April 13th of 1997, the now-defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling launched its first pay-per-view. It was headlined by the highly-anticipated first encounter between Taz and Sabu. It also featured Terry Funk battling his way through a "Triple Threat" match to eventually face Raven for the ECW World Title. Other highlights from this amazing show included Rob Van Dam declaring himself to the highest bidder, Rick Rude finally unmasking, and the Eliminators winning the ECW world tag team titles.

"Barely Legal" wasn't the greatest ECW event in history but it did have its share of cool moments. An unscheduled match between future WWF alumni Rob Van Dam and Lance Storm had its entertaining moments though Lance displayed some of the poorest chair work I've ever seen. This should be noted as to the match where Van Dam's major push as "Mr. Monday Night" began. Fans of the more aggressive Japanese style of wrestling will love the Michanoku Pro six-man tag. The very underrated Taka Michanoku, who was never used properly during his WWF stint put on a hell of a show with the rest of the guys. And what would an ECW show be without the "Queen Of Extreme" Francine and Beulah on it? They appear on seperate ocassions, Francine during Douglas' match with Pit-Bull #2 and Beulah before the start of the main event but they both come out looking amazing as always.

While the event itself was incredible, this DVD presentation is average at best. In addition to the fact that most of the promos and backstage interviews that aired during the original broadcast are not included, most of the entrance music has either been altered or removed entirely. The Sandman's entrance originally had hundreds of fans singing along to Metallica's "Enter Sandman". Since they had to replace it with the Motorhead cover version, you don't get to experience what truly was a great ECW fan moment. Since this is really the only version of the event on the retail market, you will have to settle with it or try to track down an original copy of the pay-per-view.