House Party was the first House Party professional wrestling supercard event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on January 5, 1996 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Several matches from the event aired on the January 23, 1996 episode of ECW Hardcore TV. House Party featured the final appearance of tag team the Public Enemy, who had signed contracts with World Championship Wrestling, until their return in January 1999, as well as the final appearance of Tony Stetson. The event also saw the debut of future ECW mainstay Rob Van Dam, along with the surprise return of Shane Douglas from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Although not airing on pay-per-view, in July 2019 the event was added to the WWE Network, in the ECW pay-per-view section. Event The event kicked off with an introduction by Joey Styles, which was interrupted by Bill Alfonso, who praised his client Taz. Taz came to the ring but soon Tod Gordon and 911 also showed up. 911 and Taz were about to get involved in a confrontation until several wrestlers separated the two, during which Taz hit a Hardway Taz-Plex on Pablo Márquez. 911 chased after Taz until the Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) attacked 911 and executed a Total Elimination and then Rey Misterio Jr. made the rescue for 911 to begin the opening match of the show. Taz interfered in the match twice by choking out 911 with a towel. As the match continued, 911 recovered and Misterio delivered a diving hurricanrana on Saturn by leaping off 911's shoulders for the win. After the match, Eliminators attacked their opponents and nailed a Total Elimination to Misterio while 911 brawled with Taz in the aisle. The Pitbulls and Francine tried to make the save but Francine sustained a Total Elimination and Pitbulls tossed Jason onto the Eliminators outside the ring. In the second bout, Rob Van Dam made his ECW debut against Axl Rotten. RVD delivered a split-legged moonsault to Rotten and then pinned him for the win. In the third bout, Mikey Whipwreck defended the ECW World Television Championship against 2 Cold Scorpio. The referee was knocked out after Scorpio executed a superplex on Whipwreck. Raven interfered in the match and hit a DDT on Whipwreck. Scorpio took advantage by executing a powerbomb and a Drop the Bomb on Whipwreck, then pinned