the main event, The Eliminators (Kronus and Saturn) defended the World Tag Team Championship against Dudley Boyz. Saturn was unable to compete due to his torn ACL, forcing Kronus to compete against Dudleys on his own. Saturn eventually got involved and hit a diving elbow drop on D-Von to retain the titles. Reception Wrestling 20 Years Ago staff praised the event, giving it a rating of 7 out of 10 and considering it "the best show ECW put together in the year 1997 so far" with "Every match told a story, featured interesting spots, and, generally, the booking made sense. The only real negative on the card was the layout of the Funk/Candido match, even if the match itself wasn’t so bad." However, The Wrestling Revolution staff stated Wrestlepalooza to be "Overall, a complete and total stinker from ECW! Just an atrocious show." Aftermath The feud between The Eliminators and The Dudley Boyz continued for the title after the event. On the June 26 episode of Hardcore TV, John Kronus lost the World Tag Team Championship to Dudleys in a handicap match due to his tag team partner Perry Saturn being injured and unable to compete. Raven legitimately left ECW after losing to Tommy Dreamer and jumped ship to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After a mid-card stint in WCW, Raven returned to ECW two years later on the September 3, 1999 episode of ECW on TNN. Shane Douglas and Taz began a lengthy feud with each other which continued after Douglas entered the World Heavyweight Championship picture and eventually won the title. Their rivalry culminated at the Guilty as Charged event in 1999. Rob Van Dam and Sabu's allegiance with WWF's Jerry Lawler at Wrestlepalooza led to Tommy Dreamer joining forces with The Sandman to represent ECW against the traitors and they engaged in a lengthy feud with RVD, Sabu and Lawler that would continue throughout the rest of the year, with their first major encounter taking place at Orgy of Violence where Dreamer and Sandman took on Sabu and RVD in a tag team match. At Heat Wave, Dreamer and Sandman teamed with color commentator Rick Rude to take on RVD, Sabu and Lawler in a steel cage match which ended in a no contest after Rude turned on Dreamer and Sandman. Results See also 1997 in professional wrestling References External links ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997 Wrestlepalooza 1997 in professional