[1][3] The opening bout was a singles match between El Puerto Riqueño and Super Nova.

Whipwreck won the bout by pinfall, giving Black a FrankenMikey followed by a small package.

Smith interfering multiple times on Guido's behalf, Rotten won the match by pinfall following an inverted powerbomb.

[1][3] The sixth bout was a tag team match pitting the Bruise Brothers against 2 Cold Scorpio and the Sandman.

Scorpio and the Sandman won the bout by pinfall after delivering a moonsault press to one of the Bruise Brothers.

Sabu won the bout by pinfall after giving Van Dam a chair shot followed by a triple jump moonsault.

[1][3] Raven defended the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Shane Douglas in the main event.

Before the match, Douglas revealed to Tommy Dreamer that his girlfriend, Beulah McGillicutty, was not pregnant as she had claimed, but was in fact cheating on him.

Shinobi of Wrestling Recaps rated it 8 out of 10, considering it " a really cool ECW show", adding that the show had "historical moments with RVD & Sabu’s first match", the controversial lesbian angle between Beulah McGillicutty and Kimona Wanalaya.

[5] The kiss between Beulah and Kimona at Hostile City Showdown aired on the April 30 episode of Hardcore TV, which led to numerous networks, including MSG and Sunshine Network, dropping the series on the basis that ECW had violated their content standards.