Wrestlepalooza was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), a hardcore wrestling promotion popular in the 1990s.
The inaugural Wrestlepalooza event took place on August 5, 1995, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was ECW’s home base.
ECW continued hosting Wrestlepalooza as a major yearly event, with shows in 1996, 1997, and 1998, building it into one of their top PPV names.
The event was famous for ECW’s hardcore style, featuring extreme stipulation matches like barbed-wire bouts, weapons matches, and chaotic brawls that set ECW apart from WWE and WCW at the time.
Legends such as Raven, Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman, Sabu, Rob Van Dam, and Taz were central attractions at Wrestlepalooza events.
The 1997 edition was especially important as it marked ECW’s expansion into pay-per-view broadcasting, helping the company gain national recognition.
Although ECW closed in 2001, Wrestlepalooza remains remembered by wrestling fans as part of the promotion’s cult legacy, influencing WWE’s later "ECW revival" and shaping modern hardcore wrestling culture.