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On February 24, 1997 WWF Monday Night Raw took place from the Manhattan Center in New York. The groundbreaking wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was invited by Vince McMahon to compete in sanctioned matches on a WWF broadcast. McMahon used ECW to try and boost WWF’s sagging ratings to competitor WCW, while ECW’s first pay-per-view, Barely Legal, was only 2 months away. Also, nearly half of the WWF roster was still in Germany performing a show. Take a look back as Tommy Dre