Taz took on Joel Hartgood. Taz dominated his opponent and made him submit to a Tazmission for the quick victory. After the match, a bunch of wrestlers attempted to aid Hartgood but Taz attacked all of them until Mikey Whipwreck made the save by attacking Taz's manager Bill Alfonso at ringside. Taz followed with a Tazplex to Whipwreck and knocked him out with a Tazmission. Brian Pillman (who used to be known in the company as California Brian), who had recently left World Championship Wrestling, returned to ECW in unusual circumstances. During an interview conducted in the ring by Joey Styles, Pillman insulted Eric Bischoff, calling him a commentator, a "gofer", and a "piece of shit". He then turned his attention to the ECW audience, derisively calling them "smart marks". After Styles attempted to end the interview, Pillman threatened to "yank out [his] Johnson" and urinate in the ring. Pillman was confronted by ECW owner Tod Gordon, booker Paul Heyman, and wrestler Shane Douglas, who had him removed from the ring by security guards. While being dragged from the arena, Pillman attacked a plant sitting in the audience with a fork he produced from his boot. Pillman's erratic behavior in the ring and backstage caused confusion amongst both members of the audience and his fellow wrestlers. In the fourth bout, Buh Buh Ray Dudley took on Mr. Hughes. Hughes attacked Dances with Dudley, which led to Big Dick Dudley breaking a crutch over Hughes' back and Buh Buh hit a diving splash for the win. In the fifth bout, the Gangstas (Mustafa and New Jack) were scheduled to compete against the Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) but Jack was not present at the show and Mustafa was confronted by Damien Kane and Lady Alexandra, who offered him a job to shine their shoes and Mustafa said that he wanted a "handjob" from Alexandra and then he attacked Kane outside the ring until Headhunters came out and attacked Mustafa until The Bruise Brothers (Don Bruise and Ron Bruise) made the save to wrestle Headhunters in Gangstas' place. Don hit a big boot to a Headhunter for the win. After the match, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty were being interviewed by Joey Styles in the ring on Dreamer's injured shoulder until Raven's Nest showed up and Raven threatened to cut Dreamer's dick off for getting his girlfriend pregnant until Shane Douglas