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Joey Styles and Tommy Dreamer celebrate the 15th anniversary of ECW Barely Legal

In 1997, the landscape of sports entertainment changed forever when ECW presented its first-ever pay-per-view, Barely Legal. WWE Classics sat down with ECW Originals Tommy Dreamer and Joey Styles to look back at this extreme innovation on the 15th Anniversary of the historic night.

Was Kimbo Slice almost a WWE Superstar?

Over the past decade, Kimbo Slice has emerged as one of MMA’s most popular, and controversial, figures. Slice, who first gained international notoriety when videos of him street fighting went viral, is best known for his unforgettable look, larger-than-life personality and legitimate toughness — all characteristics that caught the eye of Tommy Dreamer when he was working for WWE’s Talent Relations department in the mid-2000s. The ECW Legend was instantly impressed and made a pitch to bring Slice — who had no experience — into WWE, but was a deal ever close to being signed? WWE.com called up The Extreme Icon to find out.