Big Ass Extreme Bash
Big Ass Extreme Bash was a professional wrestling doubleheader live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on the weekend of March 8 and March 9, 1996. The March 8 card was held in the Lost Battalion Hall in the Queens neighborhood of New York City, New York in the United States, while the March 9 card was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
| Big Ass Extreme Bash | |||
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The Lost Battalion Hall in New York City. | |||
| Promotion | Extreme Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | March 8, 1996 March 9, 1996 (aired March 12, 19, and 26, 1996) | ||
| City | New York City, New York, US Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| Venue | Lost Battalion Hall ECW Arena | ||
| Attendance | c.1,200 | ||
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Excerpts from Big Ass Extreme Bash aired on episodes #151, #152, and #153 of the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV in March 1996, while an abridged version of the event focused on night two was released on DVD in 2001 and then made available for streaming on the WWE Network in 2020. The bout between Cactus Jack and Chris Jericho was featured on both the 2010 compilation DVD Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho and the 2012 compilation DVD ECW Loves New York. The bout between Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio Jr. from night two was featured on the 2001 Pioneer Entertainment compilation DVD Hardcore History and the 2011 compilation DVD Rey Mysterio: The Life of a Masked Man, while the bout between Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck was included on the 2007 DVD Mick Foley – Greatest Hits & Misses.
Big Ass Extreme Bash marked the final appearance with ECW of mainstay Cactus Jack before his departure for the World Wrestling Federation, as well as the final appearances of Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio Jr. before joining World Championship Wrestling.
Big Ass Extreme Bash was facetiously dedicated to Eugene Moore, who had allegedly attempted to disrupt ECW shows by reporting safety concerns relating to the number of attendees at events in the ECW Arena.