Hardcore Heaven (1995) was the second Hardcore Heaven professional wrestling event that took place on July 1, 1995, in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Eight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. In the main event, The Gangstas made their in-ring ECW debut against The Public Enemy. The event marked the final appearance of Shane Douglas in ECW as he departed the promotion to join World Wrestling Federation and also marked the debut of The Dudley Brothers, a stable that would ultimately evolve into the tag team The Dudley Boyz. Excerpts from Hardcore Heaven aired on episodes #115 and #116 of the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV on July 4 and 11, 1995, while the full event was released on VHS. The bout between Cactus Jack and Shane Douglas was featured on the 2001 Pioneer Entertainment compilation DVD Hardcore History. 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. At Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams, The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) were scheduled to defend the World Tag Team Championship against The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) but Bill Alfonso prevented the match from taking place due to Bad Breed being forced to disband several months ago. The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) then debuted in ECW and attacked Public Enemy. This led to a match between the two teams at Hardcore Heaven. Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten had been feuding with each other since the two had lost a match to The Pitbulls (#1 and #2) on the January 17 episode of Hardcore TV, which stipulated that the losing team would be forced to break up. Since Axl had been pinned, Ian attacked him with a chair, resulting in a rivalry between the two former tag team partners. They competed in several matches against each other in which they traded wins, leading to a Taipei Deathmatch between Axl and Ian at Hardcore Heaven. At Hostile City Showdown, The Sandman defeated Shane Douglas to win the World Heavyweight Championship, thus ending Douglas' year-long reign. Cactus Jack was named the number one contender to the title on the April 25 episode of Hardcore TV and