ECW As Good as It Gets

For the 1997 film, see As Good as It Gets.
As Good as It Gets
The ECW Arena
PromotionExtreme Championship Wrestling
DateSeptember 20, 1997
(aired September 20, September 27, October 4, and October 11, 1997)
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
VenueECW Arena
Attendancec.1,600
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As Good as It Gets was a professional wrestling live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on September 20, 1997. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1] Excerpts from As Good as It Gets aired on the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV in late September and early October 1997, while the event was released on VHS in 1997 and on DVD in 2003. The bout between Beulah McGillicutty and Bill Alfonso was included in the 2005 compilation DVD BloodSport - The Most Violent Matches of ECW.[2]

As Good as It Gets is known for the confrontation between Alfonso and McGillicutty, described as "five of the most intense minutes in ECW";[3] the bout between Bam Bam Bigelow and Spike Dudley, which featured the "must-see moment" of Bigelow lifting Dudley overhead and hurtling him into the audience;[4] and the bout between the recently debuted Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible, which was used to introduce and showcase the two future ECW mainstays.[5]

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