attempted to nail Buh Buh with a chair but Buh Buh countered and hit a superplex and a Powerbomb, followed by a splash, which D-Von ducked. D-Von then attempted to nail him with a chair but Buh Buh tossed him into the air and hit a Buh Buh Cutter for the win. After the match, Axl Rotten attacked Buh Buh until Spike Dudley made the save. Later, Rob Van Dam and Sabu took on The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) to determine the #1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship later in the show. Both teams exchanged moves and momentum throughout the match. Near the end of the match, Saturn hit a Moonsault on RVD from the second rope to gain a near-fall and then the twenty-minute time limit expired. The ECW Commissioner Tod Gordon restarted the match with extra five minutes. Sabu hit a Moonsault on Kronus to cover him but got a near-fall and then the five minute time limit expired and Saturn demanded five more minutes. After a back and forth action, Sabu and Saturn collided with each other and the time limit once again expired and Gordon then announced that both teams would face The Gangstas (Mustafa Saed and New Jack) for the World Tag Team Championship in a three-way dance later at the event. In the following match, Mikey Whipwreck took on Chris Candido. Both men traded several moves until Candido caught Whipwreck, who tried a Moonsault on Candido and then Candido delivered a kneeling reverse piledriver, followed by a Blonde Bombshell to get the win. The Gangstas defended the World Tag Team Championship against The Eliminators and the team of Sabu and Rob Van Dam in a three-way dance. RVD and Sabu controlled the earlier part of the match until Taz interfered in the match to attack Sabu until RVD made the save but Taz choked him out. This allowed Eliminators to gain advantage as they hit a Total Elimination to Sabu to eliminate him and RVD. New Jack then hit a 187 to Saturn to pin him, resulting in Gangstas retaining the title. The departing 2 Cold Scorpio competed against Devon Storm in a loser leaves town match, which stipulated that the loser would not compete for the next fifteen days. He hit a Tumbleweed to defeat Storm. Scorpio then put up the next challenge with the next losing person being