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socalwingfan · 03-13-2009, 07:56 PM

With my ninth pick in the draft, I am proud to select as my top PPV – the first E-C-DUB pay-per-view: Barely Legal (1997)

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. 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. Request TV agreed to give ECW a pay-per-view under the condition that it aired at 9:00 p.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.
The event was put in jeopardy when Viewer's Choice cancelled the show in response to the "Mass Transit" incident. However, Viewer's Choice eventually changed their minds after much pleading from ECW promoter Paul Heyman.
Barely Legal was released as part of a two-disc set with One Night Stand 2006 on July 11, 2006. It had previously been released in 2000 by Pioneer Entertainment as part of its "The Best of ECW" line of DVDs. 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. 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.
1 The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) (c) (with Joel Gertner and Sign Guy Dudley). Tag team match for the ECW Tag Team Championship 06:11 3
2 Rob Van Dam defeated Lance Storm. Singles match 10:10 4
3 The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, and Masato Yakushiji defeated bWo Japan (TAKA Michinoku, Terry Boy, and Dick Togo). Tag team match 16:55 5
4 Shane Douglas (c) (with Francine) defeated Pitbull #2. Singles match for the ECW Television Championship 20:43 6
5 Taz (with Bill Alfonso) defeated Sabu. Singles match 17:49 7
6 Terry Funk defeated The Sandman and Stevie Richards (with The Blue Meanie, Hollywood Nova, Thomas Rodman, 7-11). Three-Way Dance 19:10 8
7 Terry Funk defeated Raven (c). Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship

2009-2001à The Phenomenal AJ Styles
1991-2000 à Raven
1980-1990 à Bam Bam Bigelow
Pre-80's à The Dynamite Kid
Tag Team à The Outsiders
Stable à The Karachi Vice
Women's à Gail Kim
Personality
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV à ECW’s Barely Legal (1997)
Match à Stampede Wrestling circa 1983 – Bad News Allen turns on Archie the Stomper

03-13-2009, 07:56 PM	#258
socalwingfan Retired Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pacific Ocean Exp:	With my ninth pick in the draft, I am proud to select as my top PPV – the first E-C-DUB pay-per-view: Barely Legal (1997) YouTube Video 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. 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. Request TV agreed to give ECW a pay-per-view under the condition that it aired at 9:00 p.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. The event was put in jeopardy when Viewer's Choice cancelled the show in response to the "Mass Transit" incident. However, Viewer's Choice eventually changed their minds after much pleading from ECW promoter Paul Heyman. Barely Legal was released as part of a two-disc set with One Night Stand 2006 on July 11, 2006. It had previously been released in 2000 by Pioneer Entertainment as part of its "The Best of ECW" line of DVDs. 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. 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. 1 The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) (c) (with Joel Gertner and Sign Guy Dudley). Tag team match for the ECW Tag Team Championship 06:11 3 2 Rob Van Dam defeated Lance Storm. Singles match 10:10 4 3 The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, and Masato Yakushiji defeated bWo Japan (TAKA Michinoku, Terry Boy, and Dick Togo). Tag team match 16:55 5 4 Shane Douglas (c) (with Francine) defeated Pitbull #2. Singles match for the ECW Television Championship 20:43 6 5 Taz (with Bill Alfonso) defeated Sabu. Singles match 17:49 7 6 Terry Funk defeated The Sandman and Stevie Richards (with The Blue Meanie, Hollywood Nova, Thomas Rodman, 7-11). Three-Way Dance 19:10 8 7 Terry Funk defeated Raven (c). Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 2009-2001à The Phenomenal AJ Styles 1991-2000 à Raven 1980-1990 à Bam Bam Bigelow Pre-80's à The Dynamite Kid Tag Team à The Outsiders Stable à The Karachi Vice Women's à Gail Kim Personality Storyline Title Belt PPV à ECW’s Barely Legal (1997) Match à Stampede Wrestling circa 1983 – Bad News Allen turns on Archie the Stomper Last edited by socalwingfan; 03-13-2009 at 09:29 PM.