[6.0] "You know that feeling of "this is objectively good, but something's off and I just don't get the vibe"? Well, that's what this show was. Was it the lighting that gave off depressive feeling or unusual non-ECW Arena atmosphere, I don't know. Opening match was nice wrestling match, Taz and Candido worked pretty nice, but crowd just didn't give a shit. Bam Bam and Spike was as good as squash can get. Spike took some CRAZY bumps and we mostly always talk about him going through tables and shit like that, but this was as brutal. I truly enjoyed Al/RVD, Joey put over Al more in these 15 minutes than WWF did in previous few years, and they had a pretty great match. Finish was a bit flat IMO. I enjoyed Dudleys/PG 13 match WAY MORE than most of people did. Jamie Dundee's promo, burying Dudleyz was funny and he is bound to get your attention. I liked PG 13 quite lot, my first time seeing them. Also Joel Gertner is annoying as fuck, but at least he gets heat on his wrestlers, unlike Bill Alfonso. Jenna was most over with the crowd here, make of it what you will. Big brawl between Lawler and Dreamer was as good as Jerry can offer you in 1997, it was old school brawl, but still with some recognizable ECW elements. Jerry did his dirty moves and stuff, Tommy beat him up, Rick Rude interfered, Jake The Snake was there and just beat up everybody for some reason, I guess to show them how DDT is done and Sunny was there too and brawled with Beulah (CATFIGHT ! ). Idk if there was more of this feud past Hardcore heaven, but I was amazed by whole Lawler/ECW saga, which is one of last flashes of old territory wrestling where hatred felt real and emotions were defintely real. It just needs to be said that this match HAD to happen at ECW arena, it was perfect chance, but nonetheless. I appreciate main event, but it was an obvious tryhard to get some classic and it failed. Was it supposed to be just Funk/Douglas but they needed to have Sabu due to whole barbed wire mess? Angle of Sandman coming back to arena was fun and it worked to get Sabu out of there, I guess. Dory's interference was amazing although it meant nothing in grand scheme of things. Booking was not good here, Terry kicks out of 2 belly to belly suplexes, that supposedly no one ever kicked out from and then loses anyways? No one would be offended if he lost to one, 'cause he is 53 years old and point of the story is that it's miracle he is even there. Crowd chanted bullshit and I agree. Dudleys and Triple threat fight in the end was something. Big stepdown from Barely Legal"

[4.0] "I'm actually surprised by how not awful this was, especially after atrocious Barely Legal, but it stil wasn't something I would watch again. I'll give it to them that they left most of the garbage for the main event and up to this point the matches were at least watchable, but I wouldn't call it peak wrestling. The MVP of the night was definitely Lawler, as I get so much joy out of successful wrestlers taking piss out of these garbage wrestlers and marks in the crowd, plus his match against Dreamer was the best bout on the card, bringing some enjoyable Memphis vibe to the table. Also Taz vs Candido was solid and most of the contests weren't bad, but the main event had to give these hardcore marks what they came for, so I ended it with a bad taste in my mouth."

[9.0] "It's a messy show but man I still really enjoyed it. The main event was both brutal and total chaos in perfect ECW fashion, and I liked every other match except maybe the tag title match. Taz and RVD were standouts, Spike and Bigelow showed great chemistry, the Lawler angle had a solid payoff even if the match wasn't all it could have been. Very fun show overall."

[6.0] "I love ECW but this show is not great. None of the matches is anything above good, the final two matches are overbooked messes. Definitely a show where you need to have lived through the storylines at the time to appreciate."

[6.0] "I guess you can call this the ECW PPV that the WWF invaded, although it was less invasion, and more "we need someplace else to put our guys until we want them back." There are some memorable moments on this show. Most notably Bam Bam Bigelow launching Spike Dudley into the crowd, and... well probably I'd say Jerry Lawler Vs Tommy Dreamer, but that's only memorable for how overbooked and dreadful it is. Must say that the matches on here aren't particularly great. Aside from the opener & the Main Event, the other matches are just typical average ECW matches, if you've watched more than a handful of ECW shows then you'll know what I mean."

[6.0] "The actual in-ring action was fine, just pure ECW fun factor. My only problem about this show is the cheap production quality, the lights are so amateur and the crowd doesn't get much sound but this was a rock solid show for ECW's second ever pay-per-view"

[5.0] "ECW tried to do something a bit different to their normal shows for this second PPV, but it didn't really work that well. There's only two matches really worth watching, the opener and the main event, and what was inbetween was pretty slow and dull - and worse, predictable. Much of it felt safe, which is not what ECW was supposed to be. The weird story running through the show with a helicopter following Sandman in a stolen ambulance didn't work that well either. Really just watch the main event, yes it's an overlong, overbooked mess, but it's great fun and what ECW was all about."

[7.0] "Surprisingly good show from ECW. Perfectly good wrestling match starts off the event. Tax and Candido worked well together. Nice to see Rick Rude pre-match as well. Bigelow vs Spike was an extended squash, but Spike being hurled into the crowd was awesome. RVD vs Al Snow was surprisingly great. RVD was in his prime but Snow was fantastic. I really liked this one. PG-13 won me over with their pre-match jabs. The match itself was alright. Nothing worth writing about. Dreamer vs Lawler was as expected. Not so much wrestling, but more of a brawl. Way too many interferences from WWE or ex-WWE stars but it was a fun match. I popped for Jake Roberts. Main event was by far my match of the night. From Sabu putting both Tod Gordon and Bill Alfonso through a table to Funk going berserk with the trash can, this match felt like a true main event. The better wrestler, Douglas, wins the gold once again in a match that was far superior to their previous, hour-long three way dance. Seeing Dory Funk Jr get involved was awesome. Very solid show, well worth the watch."

[7.0] "A solid ECW card, carried by several entertaining matches. The main event told a good story between the three participants, Dreamer vs. Lawler was a hot angle and culminated here with a chaotic and run-in-filled but fun match, and RVD-Snow and Taz-Candido were both good matches. A good representation of ECW's hottest years, though for pure in-ring quality they did have better shows."

[5.0] "Another middling ECW event as far as I'm concerned. You can't deny their ambition and some of the athleticism. But it's still more times than not an ugly, messy watch on the whole. Kinda fun. Kinda crap. So it goes."

[6.0] "A good card with a handful of good matches. The main event and RVD vs Snow are both good bouts, Dudleys vs. PG-13 is a mostly enjoyable bit of comedy, Taz vs Candido was okay and Dream vs. Lawler seemed like a good payoff to an angle."