Terry Funk replaced Tommy Dreamer in the triple threat elimination match due to Dreamer being injured.
Final ECW appearances for Brian Lee, the Bruise Brothers, Gran Hamada (Gran Hamada), Dick Togo, Men's Teioh and Taz's Team Taz entourage. Lee and the Bruise Brothers jumped to WWE and became Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull of the Disciples of Apocalypse with Crush (Brian Adams). Hamada, Togo and Teioh went back to Japan, with Togo and Teioh later going on to WWE in 1998. As for Team Taz, Dan Morrison became "Dastardly" Danny Doring, Michael DePoli became Roadkill (later Amish Roadkill based on a suggestion from Al Snow), Chris Chetti and Tom Marquez competed as themselves, and John Curse and Matt Kuma left ECW altogether.
This was the first professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Extreme Championship Wrestling. It took place on 13 April 1997 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The match between Taz (Peter Senerchia) and Sabu (Terry Brunk) was named "The Grudge Match of the Century".
This show marked the PPV debuts for all the wrestlers except for Shane Douglas, who debuted at WCW/NWA WrestleWar (1989); Sabu (Terry Brunk), who debuted at WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 (1995); Terry Funk, who debuted at WWF: The Wrestling Classic (1985); and Raven (Scott Levy), who debuted at WCW Wrestle War (1992) under the name Scotty Flamingo.