House Party, the second House Party professional wrestling supercard event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), took place on January 11, 1997 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Excerpts from House Party aired on episodes #195 and #196 of the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV on January 16, 1997 and January 23, 1997. House Party saw the official reformation of The Triple Threat by Shane Douglas, Brian Lee, and Chris Candido, as well as the debut of Rick Rude and the return of Pitbull #1 and Mike Awesome. Event House Party was attended by approximately 1,400 people. The event began with ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven coming to the ring and demanding that The Sandman return his title belt, which he had stolen from Raven on the January 4, 1997 episode of ECW Hardcore TV. The Sandman responded by coming to the ring and brawling with Raven. This drew out the Blue World Order: Stevie Richards (Raven's long-term henchman, whose had turned on Raven in December 1996), The Blue Meanie, and Super Nova. After The Sandman blinded Raven by spitting beer in his eyes, Raven accidentally punched The Blue Meanie and Super Nova, provoking Richards to give him a Stevie Kick. Richards then handed The Sandman his Blue World Order t-shirt before leaving the ring. The Sandman continued to beat down Raven - including using the t-shirt to choke him - before leaving the ring still in possession of Raven's title belt. In the opening bout of the show, Chris Candido defeated Louie Spicolli by sitting down on a sunset flip by Spicolli. After the match, Candido's allies Shane Douglas and Brian Lee attacked Spicolli until Pitbull #2 came to his assistance. Pitbull #2 no-sold Lee's Prime Time Slam and made Candido, Douglas, and Lee retreat from the ring. In the second bout, Mikey Whipwreck defeated Spike Dudley by pinfall. The third bout was a singles match between Balls Mahoney and the returning Mike Awesome, who had last appeared in ECW in March 1994. Awesome won the bout by pinfall. The fourth bout saw ECW World Tag Team Champions The Eliminators defend their titles against Axl Rotten and D-Von Dudley. The Eliminators won the bout when they performed Total Elimination on Rotten, enabling Kronus to pin him. The fifth bout was a tag team match pitting The Gangstas against Hell Bent and Whiskey Bound