to the chair into Mahoney's face and covered him for the pinfall but Candido broke it and covered Mahoney to retain the titles. After the match, a tribute was paid to many Southern wrestling stars including Junkyard Dog, Bob Armstrong, Dick Slater, and the Masked Superstar, who appeared at the event. JYD's appearance at Wrestlepalooza would be his final appearance on national television before his death in a car accident a month later. Later, New Jack competed against Bam Bam Bigelow. Jack smashed a guitar on Bigelow's head to make him bleed but Bigelow still managed to hit a Greetings From Asbury Park to win the match. Next, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman took on The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). Sandman was taken out earlier in the match when Buh Buh whipped Sandman onto a guardrail, which injured his neck and Sandman was carried away on a stretcher, leaving Dreamer to fend the Dudleys alone. Dudleys double teamed Dreamer until Spike Dudley came to substitute for Sandman and then the match continued with multiple interferences by Big Dick Dudley and Beulah McGillicutty. Sandman ultimately came back wearing a neck brace and hit his opponents with Singapore cane and then Dreamer and Sandman hit DDTs to Dudleys for the win. In the penultimate match, Rob Van Dam defended the World Television Championship against Sabu. After a back and forth action between the two, the match ended in a thirty minute time limit draw. As a result, RVD retained the title. Main event match Shane Douglas defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Al Snow despite being severely injured. The Triple Threat constantly interfered in the match and both men kicked out of each other's finishers. Snow attempted a sunset flip from the top rope on Douglas but Douglas rolled through the sunset flip to retain the title. Reception Wrestlepalooza received mixed reviews from critics. In 2002, Scott Keith of 411Mania gave a "strong recommendation to avoid," stating that it was "the consensus favorite for “Worst ECW PPV Ever,” due to some truly uninspired booking and style clashes" and considered the Snow match "a slap in the face to the fans." In 2011, David of Wrestling Recaps wrote "unless 30 minutes of RVD/Sabu sounds too good to pass up, or unless you are a devout fan of Mikey Whipwreck or Justin Credible, you might be less than enthused