Prior to this show, Eddie Gilbert had announced that he was quitting the promotion and retiring. He made a surprise appearance during the Terry Funk/Stan Hansen-Kevin Sullivan/Abdullah the Butcher match and said that he loved Philadelphia and encouraged the fans to support ECW.
The Headhunters (Headhunter A (Manuel Santiago) and Headhunter B (Victor Santiago))-Crash The Terminator (Bill DeMott)/Miguel Perez match was supposed to be a barbed-wire baseball bat match but it was announced that the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission had banned the barbed-wire.
This show marked the debut of the tag team The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge (Mike Durham) and Flyboy Rocco Rock (Ted Petty)).