The main event was a stretcher match, in which The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge).

[4] The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) debuted in ECW at Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams, where they attacked The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge).

[5] This led to a feud between Public Enemy and Gangstas as both teams exchanged wins at the Hardcore Heaven and Heat Wave events.

[6][7] On the August 1 episode of Hardcore TV, Mikey Whipwreck won a battle royal to earn a title shot at The Sandman's ECW World Heavyweight Championship, which he received later in the main event.

[7] On the July 25 episode of Hardcore TV, Raven's Nest attacked Pitbulls after their match until Luna Vachon and Dreamer made the save.

[9] At Heat Wave, 2 Cold Scorpio and Dean Malenko defeated Eddie Guerrero and Taz in a tag team match.

During the match, Smith attempted to perform a suicide dive out of the ring onto Meyers on the arena floor below, only for his knee pads to catch on the ring ropes, causing him to botch the move and fall head-first to the ground, drawing chants of "you fucked up" from the characteristically unsympathetic ECW audience.

[1][2][10][13][14] The fourth bout was a six-man tag team match pitting 2 Cold Scorpio and Dean Malenko, and Cactus Jack (substituting for Chris Benoit, who had left ECW due to visa issues) against The Steiner Brothers and Eddie Guerrero (substituting for Taz, who was injured).

On the August 8 episode of Hardcore TV, Guerrero defeated Malenko to capture the ECW World Television Championship.

On the August 29 episode of Hardcore TV, Guerrero and Malenko competed in a two out of three falls match, which ended in a draw.