Reception
In June 2005, the two-disc set became the second best-selling WWE wrestling DVD of all-time, behind WrestleMania 21, and led to the ECW One Night Stand PPV event. As a result of these sales, WWE released an ECW DVD titled Bloodsport - ECW's Most Violent Matches, in February 2006.
Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave it the award of Best Pro Wrestling DVD of 2005. The success of the DVD led to a One Night Stand Pay Per View event in 2005 which would continue on an annual basis for a couple of years; after One Night Stand 2006, ECW was officially reborn as its own "brand" similar to Raw and Smackdown, although later it distanced itself from the original ECW and continued to operate until 2010 when it was replaced with NXT.
Read more about this topic: The Rise And Fall Of ECW
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