Excited Caucasian Wieners - ECW Barely Legal (1997)

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05/02/25 • 52 min

We’re rewinding all the way back to ECW’s first-ever pay-per-view—Barely Legal (1997)—a night of beer-soaked chaos, barbed wire mayhem, and Philly filth that changed wrestling forever. From RVD flipping into a cult hero role to Terry Funk bleeding his way into a title shot at age 53, we break down the ladder-swinging insanity, the infamous crowd, and the Sandman’s cigarette-soaked entrance in this Paul Heyman–induced scrappy, umm... masterpiece (?).

Plus: we talk TNA Rebellion 2025, Joe Hendry’s rising star, and why L.A. absolutely buried Tessa Blanchard. It’s ECW’s bloodstained legacy in all its outlaw glory.

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Music by Bradley Palermo & The Shadow Queens.

Created by Bradley Palermo & Aaron Fink.

Plus: we talk TNA Rebellion 2025, Joe Hendry’s rising star, and why L.A. absolutely buried Tessa Blanchard. It’s ECW’s bloodstained legacy in all its outlaw glory.

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Music by Bradley Palermo & The Shadow Queens.

Created by Bradley Palermo & Aaron Fink.

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Grapple City Rewind - Excited Caucasian Wieners - ECW Barely Legal (1997)

Transcript

00:00.10
Aaron
Oh, right. My, that's me. Shit.
00:01.68
Bradley Palermo
Hmm. Hmm?
00:22.79
Bradley Palermo
and welcome to Grapple City Rewind, taking you all the way back to the iconic pay-per-views and whatever else we can find from wrestling history. Today, we are getting into some crazy shit, some ECW, barely legal 1997, and
00:39.02
Aaron
yeah
00:39.08
Bradley Palermo
It's the first time that we watched anything from UCW.
00:43.53
Aaron
Ye