ECW Barely Legal (1997) (TV)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Michael Vettor

Writer:

Paul Heyman (writer)

Release Date:

13 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Plot:

ECW Title: Raven vs. Terry Funk, ECW Television Title: Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull #2, ECW Tag Team Titles: The Dudley Boyz vs...

Plot Keywords:

ECW | Wrestling | Extreme

Cast

Scott Levy	...	Himself (as Raven)
Terry Funk	...	Himself
Jim Fullington	...	Himself (as The Sandman)
Michael Manna	...	Himself (as Stevie Richards)
Peter Senerchia	...	Himself (as Taz)
Terry Brunk	...	Himself (as Sabu)
Shane Douglas	...	Himself
Francine Fournier	...	Herself (as Francine)
Anthony Durante	...	Himself (as Pit Bull II)
Masanori Murakawa	...	Himself (as Great Sasuke)
Masato Yakushiji	...	Himself
Gran Hamada	...	Himself
Takao Yoshida	...	Himself (as TAKA Michinoku)
Mens Teioh	...	Himself (as Terry Boy)
Dick Togo	...	Himself

Also Known As:

ECW Barely Legal '97 (USA) (video box title)
Extreme Championship Wrestling's Barely Legal (USA)

Runtime:

UK:160 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

HHG Corporation

Trivia:

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.

Quotes:

Wrestling Crowd: [chant, directing Francine] She's a slut! She's a slut! She's a slut!
Joey Styles: Well, the Francine fan club is here tonight...

Movie Connections:

Featured in WWE: The Rise & Fall of ECW (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Path of Rage

Excellent from Top to Bottom

ECW presented Barely Legal on April 13, 1997 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The first match if for the ECW Tag Team Championship, Bubba Ra & D-Von defend the titles against The Eliminators. It was a very fast paced match with a very fast start to it. The Eliminators get the win in the end.

Next is Lance Strom, who was supposed to face Chris Candido, facing Rob Van Dam. It was a 5 star match, with innovative moves by Rob Van Dam.

We move on to a Six Man Tag Team Match that was a very fast paced and very extreme match. This match had a ton of great wrestling in it.

ECW Television Championship Match is next, Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull #1. It was a boring 18 minute match, that had some hot points in it.

Next is my personal favorite, Taz vs. Sabu! This was the show stealer for sure. Taz has really toned down now, he used to be a tough guy back in the day. Sabu was innovative in his match as always and of course it delivered.

Next is Terry Funk vs. Sandman vs. Stevie Richards. This was a bigger show stealer. It had many extreme points and kept the fans busy throughout the entire brawl.

Next Terry Funk gets his ECW World Heavweight Championship Match against then champion Raven. It seemed that Raven dominated the match and Funk had some time in there as well. It really built the audience up to the point where Funk won the Title, thus ending a classic pay per view.