ECW ran its first show at the War Memorial Auditorium in Ft. Lauderdale Florida on May 5, 1995. It also may have been the first non-ECW Arena show to have an announced attendance of over 1000.
Here is more about the venue: https://www.visitlauderdale.com/listing/ftl-war-memorial-reopening-late-2022/1482/
Photo credit from Wikipedia. Match results (credit here) were:
Joe Malenko defeated Alex G (13:22) via submission.
The Tazmaniac defeated The Evil Snake (4:05).
Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten in a “barbed wire baseball bat” match.
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko defeated Norman Smiley & Mikey Whipwreck (7:17) when Benoit defeated Smiley.
Raven defeated Tommy Dreamer.
Death Row 3260 defeated D-Day.
Cactus Jack defeated ECW Champ The Sandman (13:15) in a “falls count anywhere” match.
ECW Tag Champs The Public Enemy defeated The Pitbulls (22:00) when Grunge made the pin.
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