The event began with ECW owner
Paul E. Dangerously giving a speech in which he announced ECW would stage
ECW Barely Legal, its first pay-per-view event, in April 1997. The opening match, which was not included on video and DVD releases, pitted
Louie Spicolli against
Mike Awesome. In the second bout of the night,
Balls Mahoney faced
Lance Storm, who was making his ECW debut. After Mahoney missed a
diving elbow drop, Storm delivered a
spinning heel kick from the top rope and scored a pinfall victory. The third match saw
Big Stevie Cool (accompanied by the
Blue World Order) defeat
Ricky Morton (accompanied by his girlfriend, Austen) by pinfall in a one-sided match after delivering a "
Stevie Kick". Another
squash match followed, with
"Dr Death" Steve Williams pinning
Axl Rotten in under two minutes using his signature
backdrop driver. After defeating Rotten, Williams gave an impromptu interview in which he declared that he wanted the
ECW World Heavyweight Championship. This drew out ECW World Heavyweight Championship
Raven. As the two men brawled, commissioner
Tod Gordon declared that this was to be a title match. During the match, Big Stevie Cool interfered, attacking Raven. After Williams rejected Big Stevie Cool's offer of a Blue World Order T-shirt, Big Stevie Cool gave Williams three consecutive "Stevie Kicks", enabling Raven to rally and deliver an "
Evenflow DDT" for the pin. The defeat marked Williams' first loss in the United States in over a decade. The sixth match of the evening pitted
D-Von Dudley against
The Sandman. A short, violent bout ended when a bloodied Sandman pinned Dudley after a
diving leg drop onto a steel chair he placed on Dudley's face. Following the match, D-Von Dudley stole The Sandman's
Singapore cane and used it to beat him down. D-Von's estranged brothers
Buh Buh Ray Dudley and
Spike Dudley came to the ring to stop the attack, but Buh Buh Ray Dudley
turned heel by siding with D-Von and joining in the attack. After Spike attempted to stop the attack, the newly-formed
Dudley Boyz executed the first-ever "
Dudley Death Drop" on him.
The Gangstas then charged the ring, but were also beaten down by the Dudley Boyz. The first
tag team match of the night saw
The Eliminators defend their
ECW World Tag Team Championship against
Rob Van Dam and Sabu. A lengthy bout ended after Van Dam received
Total Elimination. Following the match,
Taz came to the ring to confront Sabu, goading him to agree to face him at Barely Legal|. The penultimate match saw
Terry Funk defeat
Tommy Rich by submission using his signature
spinning toe hold. In the main event,
the Pitbulls and
Tommy Dreamer joined forces against
the Triple Threat (
Brian Lee,
Chris Candido, and
Shane Douglas). The match ended when Dreamer and
Pitbull #2 superbombed Pitbull #1 through a table on which Douglas was lying. Candido's former valet from his
World Wrestling Federation days, Kloudi, attempted to interfere on his behalf during the match, but was chased away by Dreamer's girlfriend
Beulah McGillicutty. The Pitbulls and Dreamer were assisted by an unnamed
masked man who distracted The Triple Threat and prevented their valet
Francine from interfering. ==Aftermath==