Extreme Championship Wrestling was a promotion that had a rabid fanbase. To this day, nearly two decades after they closed their doors, those loyal viewers still chant for it. It was loved for being revolutionary, hardcore, and different from everything else that was happening in wrestling during the '90s.

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The influential company had a major impact on what the WWE and WCW ended up doing their hottest runs in the late '90s. As great as ECW was, they weren't always putting on great shows. Some of their pay-per-views were fantastic and some missed the mark by a mile. We're here to rank their 5 best and 5 worst PPVs in history. We are only including events from the original ECW and not ones while they were under the WWE banner from 2005 to 2010.

10 Worst: Living Dangerously 2000

ECW was often known for putting together seemingly impromptu matches. For the fans, that usually meant it would be a lot of fun and unexpected. Behind the scenes, matches were also thrown together at the last minute. That wasn't always a good thing. Living Dangerously 2000 suffered greatly from this.

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Most of the show felt like Paul Heyman just randomly picked names out of a hat to nail down the card. The only highlight was probably Super Crazy winning the Television Title by upsetting Rhino. The rest of the show was nothing special and it got overshadowed by a controversial moment between New Jack and Vic Grimes.

9 Best: Living Dangerously 1999

A year before a rough Living Dangerously, fans got a good one. Not everything on the card is great but there are a handful of strong matches. Yoshihiro Tajiri and Super Crazy had one of their earliest encounters. The Impact Players battled Shane Douglas and Tommy Dreamer in a wild tag match. There was another clash between Taz and Sabu in the main event.

The real treat of Living Dangerously 1999 was the epic first meeting between Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn. It went on to become arguably the greatest rivalry in ECW history. This was possibly their best match together, first going to a time limit draw and then seeing RVD win in sudden death.

8 Worst: Hardcore Heaven 1997

There was something special about ECW's first foray into pay-per-view events. They attempted to replicate that with the sequel, Hardcore Heaven 1997. Unfortunately, this show was in trouble before it even began. Instead of taking place in the insane atmosphere of the ECW Arena, it happened in front of a less than stellar crowd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The card didn't help things out much. Recreating a legendary ECW main event between Shane Douglas, Sabu, and Terry Funk was a nice touch but nothing else clicked. There was a fair amount of WWE involvement due to an angle with Jerry Lawler. Outside of that, there wasn't a single notable or memorable thing on the show.

Turn back the clock a few months from our previous entry. Barely Legal wasn't ever supposed to be a thing. ECW wasn't supposed to get big enough to run a PPV. But they did and Barely Legal was a rousing success. The fact that the power went out in the arena minutes after the show went off the air was kind of a sign of how this was meant to be.

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If you wanted a hot start, just watch the Eliminators and Dudley Boyz go to war to start the show. How about fast-paced action? There was the Michinoku Pro six-man tag. Taz and Sabu had the epic confrontation fans waited years to see. Finally, old man Terry Funk won the ECW Title to end the show with a feel-good moment. What a night.

6 Worst: Living Dangerously 1998

Yes, all three Living Dangerously events make this list in some fashion. 1998 was the first. There is one thing that this event is remembered fondly for, as this was the night Taz and Bam Bam Bigelow fell through the ring. It is an iconic moment in ECW history that was replayed for years.

The rest of the show was ho-hum at best. There was a rushed tag team main event hurt by the broken ring from the previous match. Rob Van Dam and 2 Cold Scorpio managed to somehow have a boring match despite their athletic ability. The Dueling Canes match between Sabu and The Sandman was also kind of a mess, much like the rest of the show.

5 Best: Hardcore Heaven 2000

There is a strong chance that this is the most underrated pay-per-view in ECW history. It doesn't often get mentioned when most people discuss the best of the best but it should be. To get it out of the way, it features what might be the worst Jerry Lynn/RVD match but even that was still very good. Everything else pretty much ruled.

In Lance Storm's final match with the company, he faced his Impact Players partner Justin Credible for the ECW Title. Yoshihiro Tajiri destroyed Steve Corino to the point where he was a bloody mess. Masato Tanaka and Balls Mahoney had a surprisingly strong opener. It was all awesome.

4 Worst: November To Remember 1997

Clearly, ECW struggled a bit in 1997 after Barely Legal. Their third and final pay-per-view of the year also struggled. Even a return to Philadelphia couldn't shake things up enough to turn the tide. Neither could a Tables and Ladders match between Sabu and The Sandman.

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Most of the notable reviews for this show were negative. Some called it flat out awful while others claimed that only one or two matches were worth checking out. The Sandman/Bam Bam Bigelow main event was among them. You've also probably seen a GIF of the RVD/Tommy Dreamer match thanks to a wild piledriver spot.

3 Best: Anarchy Rulz 1999

When the official WWE website revealed its own list of key ECW pay-per-views to watch, this was at the top of the list. And for good reason. At the time, it had the largest attendance in the company's history. Not only was the card strong from top to bottom, but it also featured more than a few important moments.

For one, Taz saw his run with the company end shockingly as he was the first man eliminated in an ECW Title defense. Eventually, Mike Awesome won the title and he wasn't even originally scheduled for the show. Add Jerry Lynn vs. Lance Storm, RVD vs. Balls Mahoney, Tajiri vs. Super Crazy vs. Little Guido, and more, and you've got a winner.

2 Worst: WrestlePalooza 1998

Talk about a tedious show. In the event that a PPV features a lackluster card, you can expect it to get a boost from a match between Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Unfortunately, not even they could save this show. Their match was unusually boring to the point where the crowd started chanting for the Junkyard Dog who appeared earlier in the night.

The rest of the show wasn't flat out terrible. It just felt like nothing was interesting and it all dragged on for way too long. At least that's how it felt. The main event saw Shane Douglas make his only ECW Title defense on PPV in 1998 and you could tell that he was dealing with plenty of injuries.

1 Best: Heatwave 1998

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This was honestly no contest. That's how good Heatwave 1998 is. It started with two very good back and forth matches, pitting Justin Credible against Jerry Lynn and Chris Candido against Lance Storm. Then the show truly got going when Masato Tanaka and Mike Awesome waged their first war in ECW, arguably stealing the show.

The back half of the night was even better. Rob Van Dam and Sabu successfully defended the ECW Tag Team Titles against Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki in what many call the best tag match in ECW history. Taz wrestled Bam Bam Bigelow and to one-up their ring breaking spot, they fell through the freaking aisle. To top it off, names like Tommy Dreamer and the Dudley Boyz competed in a wild street fight. This show is nearly three hours of fantastic entertainment.

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