Wrestlepalooza (1997) was the second Wrestlepalooza professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on June 7, 1997 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. In the main event, The Eliminators defeated The Dudley Boyz to retain the World Tag Team Championship. Other matches on the card featured Sabu versus Taz, Terry Funk versus Chris Candido for the World Heavyweight Championship and Tommy Dreamer pinning Raven for the first time in a Loser Leaves Town match, marking the end of a feud that first began upon Raven's debut in January 1995. Raven subsequently left ECW and joined World Championship Wrestling. Taz defeated Shane Douglas in an impromptu match to win the World Television Championship, ending Douglas' nearly year-long reign. Storylines The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program Hardcore TV. Tommy Dreamer and Raven were involved in a lengthy feud which began after Raven made his ECW debut on the January 10, 1995 episode of Hardcore TV and continued on-and-off for the next two years. At Barely Legal, Dreamer interfered in Raven's title defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against the #1 contender Terry Funk to counter the interference of Raven's Nest and hit a DDT to Raven, which cost him the title against Funk. On the April 26 episode of Hardcore TV, Raven convinced his former lackey Stevie Richards to reunite for one last time to avenge the loss of the title from Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer cost Raven, the opportunities to regain the title at Chapter 2 and The Buffalo Invasion. On the May 29 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Dreamer and Raven would compete in a Loser Leaves Town match between the two to end their feud at Wrestlepalooza. At The Buffalo Invasion, Stevie Richards and Raven defeated Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer in a tag team match when Richards pinned Funk. As a result of pinning the champion Funk, on the May 29 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Richards would receive a title shot against Funk for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlepalooza. However, a week later on Hardcore TV, Joey