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Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a groundbreaking and influential professional wrestling promotion. The company became known for its rabidly loyal fanbase as well as its tendency to push the envelope with several extreme storylines. ECW, for instance, featured the first ever lesbian storyline in professional wrestling between Kimona Wana-Laya and Beulah McGillicutty. The group would showcase many different styles of professional wrestling, popularizing bloody hardcore wrestling and the three way dance. It was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x345, 56 KB)Extreme Championship Wrestling logo from 1994-2001 Logo copyright World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x345, 56 KB)Extreme Championship Wrestling logo from 1994-2001 Logo copyright World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...
A logotype, commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface/font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ...
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling for monetary gain. ...
In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline (the wrestler Kurt Angles name is a coincidence). ...
A lesbian is a homosexual woman. ...
Kris as Kimona Wana-Laya Kris Laum (born November 23, 1976 in Osaka, Japan) was a professional wrestling valet and manager in ECW and WCW. She used the names Kimona Wana-Laya and Leia Meow. ...
Beulah McGillicutty Trisa Hayes, better known by her stage name, Beulah McGillicutty, is an American former professional wrestling valet, best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s. ...
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that involves the usage of weapons such as chairs, tables, barbed wire, and thumbtacks, which would result in disqualification under the usual rules of pro wrestling; there are no disqualifications under hardcore rules. ...
This is currently being reorganized. ...
Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ...
1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
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Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965 in Scarsdale, New York) is a professional wrestling manager, on-air talent, and former promoter. ...
Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army fighter jet. ...
NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling
ECW was founded in 1992, under the name Eastern Championship Wrestling, and upon its foundation, it was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. After owner Todd Gordon had a bad falling out with head booker Eddie Gilbert, Gordon called upon Paul Heyman. Gordon called Heyman because Heyman was Eddie Gilbert's closest confidant. Gordon wanted Heyman to help him book a big show called Ultra Clash '93 (on September 18, 1993) at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...
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A booker as the term is used in professional wrestling is one who puts the matches together, but also determines basics about their content, such as relative overall length, who the eventual victor will be, and many of the moves which will be made during the match, in other words...
Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert Eddie Gilbert (born Thomas Edward Gilbert Jr. ...
Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965 in Scarsdale, New York) is a professional wrestling manager, on-air talent, and former promoter. ...
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ...
1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
The ECW Arena, a bingo hall on the south side of Philadelphia served as the home of the seminal wrestling federation Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1992 until the federations demise in 2001. ...
Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ...
Paul Heyman felt that mainstream professional wrestling had become like the hair bands. When ECW was branching out, professional wrestlers had far more cartoonish gimmicks. The product was marketed more towards children than the 18-35 male demographic that ECW was aiming towards. There were also far more taboos such as blood-letting and women getting regularly beaten up by the male wrestlers. Heyman saw ECW as the professional wrestling equivalent to Nirvana. Hair metal is a type of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s, in the United States, and was a strong force in popular music throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. ...
In professional wrestling, a gimmick is slang that refers to a wrestlers on-screen personality. ...
Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ...
For the Taboo party game, see Taboo (game). ...
In professional wrestling, blading, is the practice of cutting oneself to provoke bleeding (juicing). Similarly, a blade is an object used for blading, and a bladejob is a specific act of blading. ...
Nirvana was a popular American rock band founded in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington. ...
In 1994, Jim Crockett's non-compete agreement with Ted Turner, who purchased WCW from Crockett in 1988, was up and he decided to start promoting with the NWA again. So Crockett went to Todd Gordon and ask him to hold a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the ECW Arena on August 27, 1994. NWA President Dennis Coralluzzo thought that Crockett and Gordon were going to try to monopolize the title (much like Crockett did in the 1980s) and told them they didn't have the NWA board's approval so he took control over the tournament. Gordon was upset at Coralluzzo for his power plays so Gordon and Shane Douglas, who was booked to win the title against 2 Cold Scorpio, planned to have Douglas throw the title down after he won it and break ECW from the NWA. In a now classic post-match speech, Shane Douglas said that he didn't want to be a part of an organization that "died" seven years earlier (presumably when Jim Crockett Promotions itself broke away from the NWA to become WCW). 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Jim Crockett, Jr. ...
Ted Turner Robert Edward Ted Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. ...
WCW logo from 1999-2001. ...
1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a title in the simulated sporting events of professional wrestling. ...
August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ...
// Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
Shane Douglas Shane Douglas (born Troy Martin on November 21, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler who competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Dean Douglas. ...
Charles Skaggs as Flash Funk Charles Skaggs is a professional wrestler. ...
In professional wrestling, a promo is slang for promotional interview, a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. ...
Crockett logo from 1973-1988 Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ...
After ECW withdrew from the NWA and officially changed its name from Eastern Championship Wrestling to Extreme Championship Wrestling, it became an underground sensation. The group would showcase many different styles of professional wrestling, popularizing bloody hardcore wrestling matches and the 3-Way Dance. ECW was always intended to be counter-culture and a grittier alternative to multi-million dollar organizations such as WWF and WCW. Wrestlers such as Shane Douglas, Tommy Dreamer, the Sandman, Cactus Jack, Terry Funk, Sabu, Public Enemy and the Tasmaniac helped launch the new ECW at this time. Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that involves the usage of weapons such as chairs, tables, barbed wire, and thumbtacks, which would result in disqualification under the usual rules of pro wrestling; there are no disqualifications under hardcore rules. ...
This is a list of match types seen in professional wrestling. ...
During the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i. ...
// World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ...
WCW logo until 1999 World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. ...
Shane Douglas Shane Douglas (born Troy Martin on November 21, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler who competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Dean Douglas. ...
Tommy Dreamer Tommy Dreamer (born Thomas Laughlin on February 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler. ...
The Sandman James (Jim) Fullington, better known as The Sandman, is an American Professional Wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon due to his gung-ho wrestling style. ...
Michael Francis Mick Foley (born June 7, 1965) is an American professional wrestler and author. ...
Terry Funk Terry Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American professional wrestler known by some modern fans for his violent, hardcore matches. ...
Terry Brunk, professionally known as Sabu, is a professional wrestler in North America. ...
Pete Senerca, also known as Taz or Tazz (born Peter Senerchia on October 11, 1967 in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York), is an American former professional wrestler who is now working as the color commentator for World Wrestling Entertainments WWE Friday Night SmackDown! brand alongside play...
History After noticing ECW's growing popularity, the "Big Two" (WCW and the WWF) started adopting their ideas and hiring away their talent. Paul Heyman believes that ECW was the first victim of the "Monday Night War" between WCW Monday Nitro and Monday Night RAW. While the WWF had somewhat of a working relationship with ECW (going as far as allowing cross-promotional storylines), WCW refused to even mention ECW by name, calling it "barbed wire city" and "a major independent promotion" that wrestled in bingo halls. WCW logo from 1999-2001. ...
World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ...
WCW Monday Nitro logo, 1999-2001. ...
WWE RAW logo. ...
In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline (the wrestler Kurt Angles name is a coincidence). ...
Vince McMahon claims that he put Paul Heyman on the WWF's payroll as compensation for the talent (namely Taz, Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and The Dudleys) leaving ECW for the WWF. On the other hand, Heyman believes that Eric Bischoff never compensated him for ECW bred talent such as Mikey Whipwreck, Raven, Sandman, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Steven Richards, Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) and Chris Jericho leaving to go to WCW. Stephen Williams (born December 18, 1964), better known by his stage name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is a professional wrestler from Victoria, Texas. ...
Team 3D: Brother Devon and Brother Ray Team 3D, Brother Ray and Brother Devon (formerly the Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) are one of the most successful tag teams in wrestling history. ...
Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) is a performer for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
James Watson, better known as Mikey Whipwreck, is an American professional wrestler. ...
Scott Levy (born September 8, 1962), better known as Raven, is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
Christopher Michael (Chris) Benoît (born May 21, 1967 in Montréal, Québec), is a Canadian professional wrestler currently wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand, where he holds the WWE United States Championship. ...
Dean Malenko Dean Simon aka Dean Malenko (born August 4, 1960 in Tampa, Florida) is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as a road agent. ...
Eddie Guerrero (also known as Eddy Guerrero, born Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes on October 9, 1967 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua) is a Hispanic professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. ...
Perry Satullo (born October 25, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio), better known as Perry Saturn is an American professional wrestler, working in the independent circuit. ...
Michael Manna aka Steven (Stevie) Richards is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. ...
Johnny Grunge Michael Durham is a professional wrestler better known as Johnny Grunge of Public Enemy. Profile Height: 63 Weight: 265 lbs Birthday: July 10 Hometown: Compton, California Trained by: Professional debut: 1987 Previous Identities: Johnny Rotten, Johnny Grunge Finishing/Signature Move(s): Table Bomb Previous Managers: Jimmy Hart...
Rocco Rock Theodore James Petty (September 1, 1953 - September 21, 2002) was an American professional wrestler better known as Flyboy Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy. ...
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The Crucifixion One of the most infamous moments in ECW history came on October 26, 1996 at an event called High Incident. The incident involved Raven crucifying the Sandman. The Sandman was locked in a feud with Raven over control of Tyler Fullington, the Sandman's young son. Tyler came out to hug his father before Raven came out through the crowd to hit Sandman with a chair. Raven then proceeds to piledrive Sandman through two tables. With the help of the Sandman's estranged wife Lori, Stevie Richards, The Blue Meanie, and Super Nova, Raven tied Sandman to a wooden cross and gave him a barbed wire crown/halo around his head. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Crucifixion is an ancient method of execution, in which the victim was tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (Latin: crux) and left to hang there until dead. ...
A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ...
Piledriver through a table A Piledriver is a professional wrestling move in which the wrestler grabs his/her opponent, turns him/her upside-down, and drops into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the victims head into the mat. ...
Brian Heffron is a professional wrestler better known as The Blue Meanie. ...
Mike Bucci as Simon Dean Mike Bucci (born June 5, 1972 in Toms River, New Jersey) is a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand appearing both as Hollywood Nova, one third of the blue World order, and as Simon Dean, a fitness instructor (with a...
Kurt Angle was at the ECW Arena the night that Sandman was "crucified." Angle, who was fresh off of his 1996 Summer Olympic gold medal win was brought to ECW by Taz. Angle claims that he was so disgusted by the incident that he told Paul Heyman that if his name or image was seen on the same TV program as the crucifixion, Heyman, who told Angle that he was unaware of what Raven was going to do, would be hearing from Angle's attorney. Kurt Steven Angle (born in December 9, 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is an American 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and now a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...
Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ...
After the intermission, Raven had to come back out and apologize to anyone who was offended by his usage of religious iconography. Ultimately, the crucifixion incident was never televised because of the nature of the imagery involved within it was deemed too controversial.
WWF Cross-Promotion Vince McMahon first became aware of ECW while at the 1995 King Of The Ring event in ECW's home base of Philadelphia. During the match between Mabel and Savio Vega, the crowd suddenly started to chant "ECW". At the subsequent In Your House: Mind Games event in Philadelphia, ECW stars (the Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Paul Heyman and Taz) were on hand in the front row with Sandman even interfering in one match (when he spat beer on Savio Vega during his strap match with Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw). McMahon acknowledged ECW's status as a local, up and coming organization on the air. Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina), is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
King of the Ring was an annual WWF-produced pay-per-view event. ...
Nelson Frazier, Jr. ...
Savio Vega (born Juan Rivera August 10, 1966 in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico) was a professional wrestler for the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) which is now known as the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). ...
In Your House was a budget Pay-Per-View series created by the then-World Wrestling Federation (now-WWE). ...
Savio Vega (born Juan Rivera August 10, 1966 in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico) was a professional wrestler for the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) which is now known as the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). ...
John Charles Layfield, born November 29, 1967, in Sweetwater, Texas, is an American professional wrestler, competing in WWEs Friday Night SmackDown brand. ...
On the February 24, 1997 edition of RAW from the Manhattan Center, ECW "invaded." They advanced a storyline, plugged their first ever pay-per-view and worked three matches in front of the WWF audience, and Vince McMahon called the action with both Jerry Lawler and Paul Heyman on color. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jerry The King Lawler Jerry ONeil (The King) Lawler (born November 29, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is a professional wrestler and wrestling commentator. ...
Jerry Lawler himself was not a fan of ECW, and even went as far as dubbing ECW "Extremely Crappy Wrestling". Lawler was upset at McMahon for giving "valuable airtime" to one of their competitors.
The Manhattan Center in New York City was peppered with a large number of ECW fans, who gave the WWF wrestlers "BO-RING" chants when they felt it was warranted. Likewise, when the ECW performers arrived, they popped and introduced the WWF Monday night audience to some trademark ECW group chants. Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...
New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...
In professional wrestling, a pop refers to the reaction of the crowd, often integrated into the show. ...
Perhaps the most memorable moment from the ECW/RAW cross-over episode involved Sabu executing a plancha onto "Team Taz" from atop the giant "R" in the word "RAW" that decorated the wrestler's entrance. Another memorable moment involved then ECW Tag Team Champions The Eliminators—Perry Saturn and John Kronus—delivering their finisher Total Elimination (two simultaneous spin kicks - one taking out the legs, the other hitting the chest) to a hapless ring attendant. Paul Heyman then entered the ring and told Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler that their "challenge has been accepted." The ECW Tag-Team Championship was the tag team championship contested in Eastern Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling between June 1992 and March 2001. ...
Perry Satullo (born October 25, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio), better known as Perry Saturn is an American professional wrestler, working in the independent circuit. ...
John Kronus (right) along with Perry Saturn George Caiazo aka John Kronus is a professional wrestler who has worked for ECW, USWA & XPW. He is best known as half of the tag team The Eliminators with Perry Saturn in ECW. // Profile Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts Marital Status: Married w/Kids Height...
A finishing maneuver or finisher is a wrestlers trademark move; one that he/she relies on most of the time to end a match. ...
Double-team maneuvers in professional wrestling are when two wrestlers work together to attack an opponent, these moves are mainly used by tag teams in tag matches. ...
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At the 1997 Wrestlepalooza event, Jerry Lawler made a surprise appearance at the ECW Arena. Wrestlepalooza '97 featured Raven's final ECW match before leaving for WCW. In this match, Tommy Dreamer finally beat his long time nemesis Raven. Dreamer's celebration was short-lived though as Jerry Lawler, along with Sabu and Rob Van Dam showed up to attack Dreamer. This set up a match between Tommy Dreamer and Jerry Lawler at the 1997 Hardcore Heaven PPV on August 17, which was won by Dreamer. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rob Van Dam Robert Szatkowski, better known by his stage name Rob Van Dam (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan), is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Barely Legal On April 13, 1997, ECW had its first wrestling card (Barely Legal) broadcast on pay-per-view, highlighted by 53-year-old legend Terry Funk winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at the ECW Arena. Getting the PPV on in the first place was a struggle. In Demand which at the time was called Viewer's Choice was very hesitant at putting ECW on pay-per-view because of they felt that ECW was too vulgar and brutal. Viewer's Choice relented after fans repeatedly called and mailed Viewer's Choice demanding that ECW would get a PPV. Viewer's Choice agreed to give ECW a pay-per-view under the condition that it air at 9:00 p.m. rather than the usual 8:00 p.m. time slot. April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
Terry Funk Terry Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American professional wrestler known by some modern fans for his violent, hardcore matches. ...
The top title of the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. ...
Results The Eliminators Perry Saturn & John Kronus The Eliminators was the tag team of Perry Saturn & John Kronus in ECW. Titles 3-Time ECW Tag Team Champions 1-Time USWA Tag Team Champions Finishing Move Total Elimination Favourite Moves Vertical Suplex/Top Rope Crossbody Assisted Saturnsault Various Kick Combos Categories: Professional...
LaMonica as Bubba Ray Dudley Mark Lamonica (born July 14, 1971 in Massapequa, New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as Buh Buh Ray Dudley and World Wrestling Entertainment as Bubba Ray Dudley. ...
D-Von Dudley (far right) with the Dudley Family Devon Hughes (born on August 1, 1972 in New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment as D-Von Dudley. ...
Rob Van Dam Robert Szatkowski, better known by his stage name Rob Van Dam (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan), is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
Lance Timothy Evers, better known as Lance Storm (born April 3, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler, now retired as an in-ring performer. ...
Masanori Murakawa (born July 18, 1969 in Tokyo) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is better known by his stage name The Great Sasuke. ...
Gran Hamada (real name Hiroaki Hamada) is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. ...
Taka Michinoku Takao Yoshida a. ...
Dick Togo Shigeki Sato (born August 17, 1969 in Odate City) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dick Togo. ...
Mens Teioh (aka Terry Boy) is a Japenese professional wrestler. ...
Shane Douglas Shane Douglas (born Troy Martin on November 21, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler who competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Dean Douglas. ...
The Pitbulls; Anthony Durante (left) & Gary Wolfe Anthony Durante was a professional wrestler best known as Pitbull #2 as one half of the tag-team called The Pitbulls, with Pitbull #1 Gary Wolfe. ...
Pete Senerca, also known as Taz or Tazz (born Peter Senerchia on October 11, 1967 in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York), is an American former professional wrestler who is now working as the color commentator for World Wrestling Entertainments WWE Friday Night SmackDown! brand alongside play...
Terry Brunk, professionally known as Sabu, is a professional wrestler in North America. ...
Michael Manna aka Steven (Stevie) Richards is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. ...
The Sandman James (Jim) Fullington, better known as The Sandman, is an American Professional Wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon due to his gung-ho wrestling style. ...
Scott Levy (born September 8, 1962), better known as Raven, is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
Mass Transit On Christmas Eve, 1996, ECW almost lost a chance at getting a PPV due to the negative publicity surrounding the Mass Transit Incident. Mass Transit was the wrestling name of a 17 year old named Eric Kulas. ECW held a house show in Revere, Massachusetts on November 23, 1996. Kulas asked Paul Heyman if he could fill in for Axl Rotten, who was scheduled to tag with D-Von Dudley, in a match against the Gangstas, New Jack and Mustapha Saed. The problem was that Kulas had had little to no previous training, yet insisted that Killer Kowalski had trained him. He also lied to Heyman about his age (claiming that he was 19) and falsified his documentation. His father also vouched for him. See also Christmas The Christmas Eve (1904-05), watercolor painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Christmas Eve, December 24, the day before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas festivities. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
A house show is a professional wrestling show run by a major promotion (such as the WWE), that is not televised. ...
Revere City Hall built 1897 Revere is a city located in Suffolk County, Massachusetts and borders Winthrop, East Boston and Chelsea to the South, Everett and Malden to the West, Saugus and Lynn to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. ...
November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ...
Brian Knighton as Axl Rotten Brian Knighton is an American professional wrestler, better known as Axl Rotten. ...
D-Von Dudley (far right) with the Dudley Family Devon Hughes (born on August 1, 1972 in New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment as D-Von Dudley. ...
New Jack Jerome Young is a professional wrestler known as New Jack. ...
Mustapha Saed Mustapha Saed is a professional wrestler who once worked for ECW. Profile Real Name: Jamal Mustafa Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Height & Weight: 61 - 251lbs Debut: 1992 Other Gimmicks: Mustapha Saaid, Mustafa Said, Mohammed Saied, Mr. ...
Wladek Kowalski Wladek (Walter) Killer Kowalski was a professional wrestler. ...
In general terms, documentation is any communicable material (such as text, video, audio, etc. ...
Before the match Kulas asked New Jack to blade him since he never had done it himself and New Jack agreed. New Jack cut Kulas' forehead too deeply with an exacto knife and severed two arteries in Kulas' forehead. Kulas eventually passed out as the blood was spraying out of his head. Kulas' family sued ECW and New Jack over the incident, but the jury acquitted New Jack and ECW. Kulas passed away on May 12, 2002 at the age of 22 due to complications from gastric bypass surgery. Blading, a slang term used in professional wrestling, is the practice of cutting oneself to provoke bleeding (juicing). It should be noted that the blood in professional wrestling is generally not, as often suspected, theatrical makeup, but actual blood, and the scars borne by longtime professional wrestlers are real ones. ...
May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ...
2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Soon after the Barely Legal PPV, Todd Gordon sold ECW to Paul Heyman. They would then broadcast bi-monthly on PPV. Gordon was kept on as a figurehead commissioner. Gordon was ultimately fired or resigned (at least according to the storyline) due to continuing rumors that he had been working as a "locker room mole", who was helping WCW secure ECW talent. In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline (the wrestler Kurt Angles name is a coincidence). ...
Eventually, Paul Heyman was in the process of suing WCW for the breach of contract of Raven who had joined WCW in June 1997. Heyman though, didn't have the legal power and finances so he dropped the case for a while and it was never picked up again. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Mike Awesome Title Controversy On September 19, 1999 at the Anarchy Rules pay-per-view, in Villa Park, IL Mike Awesome defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka in a 3-Way Dance to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title. September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
Mike Alfonso a. ...
Masato Tanaka (born February 23, 1973 in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Japan with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling and in America with Extreme Championship Wrestling. ...
This is a list of match types seen in professional wrestling. ...
The top title of the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. ...
Mike Awesome would hold on to the title until December 13, 1999 when he lost to Masato Tanaka. Ten days later though, Awesome would regain the title from Tanaka. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
In March 2000, Awesome suddenly left ECW to join WCW even though he was still the reigning ECW World Heavyweight Champion. This led to threats of legal action from ECW, so Awesome agreed to return to ECW to drop the title to 'anyone'. This would set up on of the most unique matches in professional wrestling history. It marked the only time that a WCW contracted wrestler (Mike Awesome) would wrestle against a WWF contracted wrestler (Taz) in an ECW sanctioned event. 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in March, 2000. ...
The historic match between Mike Awesome and Taz took place in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 13, 2000. In a three minute long match, Tommy Dreamer hit the ring to give Awesome a DDT (in retaliation for an angle in which Awesome tried to collect a bounty on Dreamer) and Taz following it up by applying the Tazmission for the win. Taz then took the microphone and explained that he came back because when he left he did business "the right way" and that he just showed Awesome the right way by making him tap out. Awesome entered and departed the arena through the crowd, to avoid the tense ECW locker room. Nickname: Circle City, Indy, Naptown Location in Indiana Founded Incorporated 1821 County Marion County Mayor Bart Peterson Area - Total - Water 966. ...
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
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At the actual event, Mike Awesome never came to the back. He stayed at his hotel with WCW security chief Doug Dillenger and several police officers until the match was to begin. He showed up at the building 15 minutes before the match, went in, lost, and went back out through the crowd and left. All contact between Awesome and ECW for the purposes of this match was done over cell phones. Cellular redirects here. ...
XPW In 2000, ECW decided to promote a PPV in Los Angeles. It was the first time that ECW tried to stage a West Coast event. Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) soon started to make statements that ECW was on their "turf" and that they would disrupt ECW's upcoming PPV. ECW was taking big financial risks by promoting the show in California and felt that XPW was just a small indy fed (even though ECW essentially started out the same way) who was trying to get themselves over at ECW's expense. So when XPW wrestlers showed up at the PPV, ECW was ready for them. The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ãngeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...
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Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) was an independent professional wrestling promotion owned by Rob Zicari, who along side his wife, Janet Romano, appeared on shows as the owner of the company under the name of Rob Black XPW often featured adult movie stars and action that blurred the line between truly...
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As the PPV was starting, XPW wrestlers made their way to the front row where they managed to get tickets for. During the PPV, they wore XPW shirts and shouted at the wrestlers. Things unfortunately got too serious when one of XPW's valets, Kristi Myst, pushed ECW's Francine (Several eyewitnesses claim that Myst grabbed one of Francine's breasts). Chaos immediately ensued as a bunch of ECW wrestlers ran down to ringside and started fighting with the XPW wrestlers. The fight continued all the way into the parking lot where the ECW guys defeated the XPW roster in a street fight. Kristi Myst (born December 25, 1973, Solvang, California) is an actress best known for her work in pornographic films. ...
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The whole confrontation didn't help XPW though since most of the fans didn't know what was going on and the entire fight was not caught by the cameras. Most fans also think that ECW did what they had to do and XPW was way out of line to begin with and shouldn't have been there.
A week after the fight took place XPW owner Rob Black started making statements about how the ECW performers double-teamed his XPW performers and even went as far as beating up a woman and child. These claims are thought to be false though since the woman and child in question never came out to confirm the claim. Robert D. Zicari a. ...
TNN Before ECW got a national television deal, its main sources of exposure were on the Sports Channel America syndication package, on AIN satellite, the Internet and tape trading. ECW would reguarly hold a convention called Cyber Slam, where matches were broadcast over the Internet and fans could chat online with the wrestlers themselves. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...
In August 1999, ECW began to broadcast nationally on TNN; however, this signalled the beginning of the end. TNN didn't give ECW much money to produce their program, yet expected ECW to have high-quality production values like WCW Monday Nitro and Monday Night RAW. This was a problem within itself because Paul Heyman didn't want to change the look or compromise the integrity of the ECW brand anyway. Also, TNN poorly advertised and promoted ECW -- there were barely any press releases or television ads. The only time that TNN actually advertised ECW was during the ECW program itself. afasdfawerawerqrqwer asdf adf asdf asdfasdf asdf ...
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TNN also censored a great deal of the program even though the violence and raunchiness were what made ECW so unique in the first place. TNN didn't want the theme song -- which was a a combination of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" (the heartbeat that spells out E-X-T-R-E-M-E) and White Zombie's "Thunderkiss '65" -- because according to Paul Heyman, it sounded "too demonic." TNN also didn't want any references to "hate" (they preferred "intense dislike") and wanted no music videos on the ECW program. During the first edition of ECW on TNN, Paul Heyman was so unsatisfied with the shoot that he did for TNN that he instead showed a replay of a match between Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn from the 1999 Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. With Teeth album cover Nine Inch Nails (colloquially known as NIN) are a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ...
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Jerry Lynn Jeremy (Jerry) Lynn (born June 12, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
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Paul Heyman was so frustrated with the way TNN treated ECW that he went as far as cutting a shoot promo and addressed his utter hatred for TNN (or "The Network" as Heyman called it on television). Heyman believed that TNN used ECW as simply a guinea pig to see if professional wrestling could work on the network. In professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any event during a show that is unplanned and spontaneous: that is, it is real, not staged. ...
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Heyman decided to recruit Don Callis, who played the part of Cyrus, to serve as an onscreen metaphor for the real problems between ECW and TNN at that point. Callis played a representative for TNN/The Network, who constantly critizised the violent nature of ECW programming. Don Callis is a Canadian former Professional Wrestler, best known as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Colour Commentator Cyrus the Virus. ...
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The Network was a professional wrestling stable that was formed in 1999 as a result of when ECW began to broadcast nationally on TNN. History TNN did not give ECW much money to produce their program yet, expected ECW to have high-quality production values like WCW Monday Nitro and...
Even though ECW became TNN's highest rated show, TNN was at the time of Heyman's "shoot" publicly negotiating with Vince McMahon's WWF product. ECW on TNN was cancelled in October 2000 in favor of RAW jumping over to the network. Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina), is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
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To this day, Paul Heyman strongly believes that the lack of a national television deal (especially after the TNN trial) was the main cause of ECW's demise.
Bankruptcy ECW struggled for months after the cancellation, trying to secure a new national TV deal, but could not. Despite help from the WWF, Heyman could not get out of financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy on April 4, 2001. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...
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The company was listed as having assets totaling $1,385,500. Included in that number was $860,000 in accounts receivable owed the company by In Demand Network (PPV), Acclaim (video games), and Original San Francisco Toy Company (action figures). The balance of the assets were the video tape library ($500,000), a 1998 Ford Truck ($19,500) and the remaining inventory of merchandise ($4,000). Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. ...
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The liabilities of the company totaled $8,881,435.17. The bankruptcy filing included hundreds of claims, including production companies, buildings ECW ran in, TV stations ECW was televised on, travel agencies, phone companies, attorney's fees, wrestlers, and other talent. Wrestlers and talent were listed, with amounts owed ranging from $0 for Sabu and Steve Corino to hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of dollars. The highest amounts owed to talents are Rob Van Dam ($150,000), Tommy Dreamer ($100,000), Joey Styles ($50,480), Shane Douglas ($48,000) and Francine ($47,275). Steven Eugene Corino (born May 29, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional wrestler, working for numerous independent promotions. ...
Joey Styles Joey Styles (real name: Joseph Bonsignore) was the play-by-play commentator for the now defunct professional wrestling promotion, ECW. Career Prior to his broadcast career, Joey Styles had interned for Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine. ...
Francine Francine Fournier, normally simply Francine (born February 19, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American professional wrestling valet. ...
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The Alliance Soon after ECW closed, Heyman was hired by the WWF as an on-air character and writer. During The Invasion, the former ECW wrestlers "reformed" ECW with the storyline being Stephanie McMahon as the owner. Along with the WCW (with Shane McMahon being the owner) they joined together to form The Alliance. Heyman and Stephanie McMahon brought together the Dudley Boys, Tazz, Rob Van Dam, and Tommy Dreamer among others. The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the WWF that began shortly after the WWFs purchase of WCW. It involved the WCW wrestlers invading WWF TV in an attempt to take over the WWF. Should the storyline become successful, it would have led to a new WCW running...
Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) is the daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince McMahon. ...
Shane Brandon McMahon Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15, 1970 in Gaithersburg, Maryland) is the son of World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon and WWE Chief Executive Officer Linda McMahon. ...
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Team 3D: Brother Devon and Brother Ray Team 3D, Brother Ray and Brother Devon (formerly the Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) are one of the most successful tag teams in wrestling history. ...
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Rob Van Dam Robert Szatkowski, better known by his stage name Rob Van Dam (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan), is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
Tommy Dreamer Tommy Dreamer (born Thomas Laughlin on February 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler. ...
Throughout the summer and fall of 2001, the Alliance and WWF fought back and forth in battles culminating in a Winner Take All Match at the 2001 Survivor Series. The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin were the remaining survivors for their teams. The Alliance lost, after The Rock pinned Steve Austin, meaning their faction had to disband. WWE Survivor Series is one of the major professional wrestling pay-per-view events produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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The Alliance storyline was heavily critizied by fans. During the storylines, the WWF made all of their own wrestlers look vastly superior to the ECW and WCW wrestlers, which diminished those wrestlers' credibility.
The Rise and Fall of ECW In Summer 2003, WWE purchased ECW's assets in bankruptcy court, acquiring the rights to ECW's video library. They used this video library to put together a two-disc DVD entitled The Rise and Fall of ECW. The set was released in November 2004. The main feature of the DVD was a three-hour documentary on the company's history. The other disc featured bonus matches from ECW's history and hidden promos from wrestlers. Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July and August in the Northern hemisphere and the whole months of December, January and February in the Southern hemisphere. ...
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The Rise and Fall of ECW is a documentary produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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The DVD sold quite well. Many retailers, including online sellers like Amazon.com and Best Buy could not keep enough in stock. The feature is currently ranked as WWE's second highest-selling DVD of all time, with the WrestleMania XX set topping the list. Amazon. ...
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WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WWE WrestleMania event, which took place on Sunday, March 14, 2004 in New York, New York at the world-famous Madison Square Garden. ...
Reunion shows
ECW One Night Stand Main article: ECW One Night Stand ECW One Night Stand was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by World Wrestling Entertainment, that took place in New York City on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom. ...
After WWE acquired Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), many stars of ECW and WCW started wrestling for other professional wrestling promotions such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). For the first time since the WWF Survivor Series pay-per-view event in 2001, WWE organized a show featuring ECW wrestlers: ECW One Night Stand. Rob Van Dam had previously suggested to Vince McMahon that he produce an ECW alumni show, but was turned down. However, after the success of the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD (the highest-selling WWE-produced home video title to date) the show went ahead. WCW logo from 1999-2001. ...
// Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. ...
Rob Van Dam Robert Szatkowski, better known by his stage name Rob Van Dam (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan), is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina), is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
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After reports to the contrary, WWE television eventually promoted the event. This effort included an edition of WWE RAW where Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman, the primary figures of the three major wrestling promotions of the 1990s, appeared in the same ring for the first time. WWE RAW logo. ...
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina), is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) is a performer for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965 in Scarsdale, New York) is a professional wrestling manager, on-air talent, and former promoter. ...
The ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view event will take place for a second time on June 11, 2006. It is unknown where it will take place, although it is likely to happen in a small venue such as the Hammerstein Ballroom, or quite possibly in the same venue all over again. June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ...
Hardcore Homecoming Shane Douglas booked a competing ECW reunion show called Hardcore Homecoming that took place June 10, 2005 at the ECW Arena. The event was not officially promoted as an ECW show, since WWE owns the rights to the ECW name. They will now be doing tours beginning September 16 at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, September 17 at Pittsburgh's Golden Dome, September 18 at the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, September 23 in Chicago. Shane Douglas Shane Douglas (born Troy Martin on November 21, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler who competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Dean Douglas. ...
Booking in the sense used in professional wrestling is the process of laying out in advance the general storyline of the match, to include what the eventual outcome will be. ...
Hardcore Homecoming logo Hardcore Homecoming was a professional wrestling event booked by former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas. ...
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Recently, several sources have suggested that the WWE will quite possibly bring back the ECW brand after 2006's WrestleMania. Some of these sources report that if ECW does return, it will retain the integrity of the original brand, for example, small venues such as the Hammerstein Ballroom. // World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ...
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WrestleMania XXII, the WWEs twenty-second annual flagship pay-per-view event, is scheduled to take place on April 2, 2006 in Rosemont, Illinois at the Allstate Arena. ...
The Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered, 12,000 square feet (3658m2) ballroom located within the Manhattan Center Studios on 311 West 34th Street in Manhattan, New York. ...
Final champions This is a list of the champions as they were on April 10, 2001, when ECW shut down for good. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ...
The top title of the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. ...
Terry Gerin, better known as Rhyno or Rhino, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling following his release from World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The ECW World Television Championship was the secondary title in Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1992 until it folded in 2001. ...
Terry Gerin, better known as Rhyno or Rhino, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling following his release from World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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Famous crowd chants
General chants - E-C-W! used in the promotion when something "extreme" or "hardcore" was going on, it is now used for memorable moves by wrestlers who originally had a connection to the league. (Usually sounds like or shortened to "E-C-Dub!")
- Philly sucks! employed by New York City-based fans, claiming to be more wild than the Philly fans.
- Fuck New York! employed by Philadelphia-based fans, striking back at the "Philly sucks!" chant. Later adapted as an Anti-WWF chant, as the WWFs main headquarters were based in New York.
- This is brutal! chanted when the match was bloody and had lots of weapons
- Holy shit! chanted by the fans when a wrestler used shocking moves that could have put the wrestlers in harm's way.
- Oh my God! a chanted variation on announcer Joey Styles' famed catchphrase
- Sit the fuck down! an invective typically reserved for conspicuously disruptive crowd members
- Shut the fuck up! chanted by the fans when a heel wrestler(s) talked too much or negatively towards a face wrestler or towards ECW, during a shoot or promo interview or so.
- Sweep it up, asshole. Sweep it up! anytime someone swept up debris from the ring
- This match rules! used when fans are really enjoying a match.
- This is awesome! same as above
Joey Styles Joey Styles (real name: Joseph Bonsignore) was the play-by-play commentator for the now defunct professional wrestling promotion, ECW. Career Prior to his broadcast career, Joey Styles had interned for Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine. ...
Wrestler-specific chants - Justin (read: just an) asshole! a welcoming chant specific to Justin Credible
- Where's My Pizza? a welcoming chant specific to the F.B.I. and/or Little Guido
- Big Sal Ate It! a responce chant directed at the F.B.I. "enforcer" "Big Sal E. Graziano", a 600 lb. wrestler.
- You fuck sheep! a welcoming chant specific to Roadkill
- The whole fuckin' show! Rob Van Dam's chant when he won a match
- Taz is gonna kill you! chanted at the opponents of Taz
- What's your name? chanted at Buh Buh Ray Dudley, who would stutter as he tried to pronounce his own name.
- Fuck you Bischoff! insult directed to WCW's Eric Bischoff.
- You still suck! chanted at Stevie Richards when he first came to ECW doing one personality after another.
- Fuck 'em up Sandman, Fuck 'em up! During the Sandman's matches
- Sandman's gonna kill you! Chanted at opponents of The Sandman
- SHAH! Chanted when the "Shah" Hack Myers would chop or punch an opponent
- BALLS! Chanted when "Balls" Mahoney would chop or punch opponents
Peter Joseph Polaco (born October 16, 1973 in Ozone Park, New York) is an American professional wrestler who competes under the name Justin Credible. ...
Smothers, Rich and Guido - the Full Blooded Italians Full Blooded Italians or F.B.I. was a professional wrestling stable originally seen in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and later in World Wrestling Entertainments SmackDown! brand. ...
James Maritato James Maritato, better known as Little Guido or Nunzio (born 1972) is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown! brand, in its cruiserweight division. ...
Smothers, Rich and Guido - the Full Blooded Italians Full Blooded Italians or F.B.I. was a professional wrestling stable originally seen in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and later in World Wrestling Entertainments SmackDown! brand. ...
Michael Depoli, aka Roadkill The Angry Amish Warrior, is a professional wrestler who started with Extreme Championship Wrestling. ...
Rob Van Dam Robert Szatkowski, better known by his stage name Rob Van Dam (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan), is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
Pete Senerca, also known as Taz or Tazz (born Peter Senerchia on October 11, 1967 in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York), is an American former professional wrestler who is now working as the color commentator for World Wrestling Entertainments WWE Friday Night SmackDown! brand alongside play...
LaMonica as Bubba Ray Dudley Mark Lamonica (born July 14, 1971 in Massapequa, New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as Buh Buh Ray Dudley and World Wrestling Entertainment as Bubba Ray Dudley. ...
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Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) is a performer for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Michael Manna aka Steven (Stevie) Richards is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. ...
The Sandman James (Jim) Fullington, better known as The Sandman, is an American Professional Wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon due to his gung-ho wrestling style. ...
The Sandman James (Jim) Fullington, better known as The Sandman, is an American Professional Wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon due to his gung-ho wrestling style. ...
General performer chants - She's a crack whore! usually directed at any number of female valets.
- Show your tits! directed toward the promotion's various female performers.
- You fat fuck! used for welcoming overweight wrestlers.
- You fucked up! used when a wrestler botchs a spot/move.
- You sold out! used to decry those ECW wrestlers who had chosen to leave the promotion, usually for the WWF or WCW.
- Please don't go! used when loved wrestlers on the ECW roster left the promotion.
- Welcome Back! used when wrestlers returned to ECW from WWF/E, WCW or somewhere else.
- You suck dick! usually directed towards heel wrestlers.
- He/She's hardcore! used to praise a performer, often one engaging in wanton violence; originated as a sarcastic chant directed at Tommy Dreamer.
To botch in professional wrestling means to attempt a scripted move that does not come out as it was originally planned, due to a mistake, a miscalculation, or a slip-up. ...
Trademarks There were three distinctive fans that were always in the front row at ECW shows. They were commonly known as Sign Guy, Hat Guy, and Faith No More Guy. They gained their respective nicknames because Sign Guy always had signs with him, Hat Guy always wore a straw hat and a Hawaiian shirt , and Faith No More Guy looked a lot like "Big" Jim Martin, the former guitarist for rock band Faith No More. Hat Guy and Faith No More Guy were also in the front row of Shane Douglas's recent ECW nostalgia event, Hardcore Homecoming. Numerous other fans were regular staples of the shows in Philadelphia, as well as those in New York, New Jersey and Florida. A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ...
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Big Jim Martin played lead guitar in Faith No More from 1983 to 1993. ...
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Shane Douglas Shane Douglas (born Troy Martin on November 21, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler who competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Dean Douglas. ...
Hardcore Homecoming logo Hardcore Homecoming was a professional wrestling event booked by former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas. ...
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In ECW, there were virtually no rules at all. Weapons were abundant, and much blood was spilled. There were referees, but their role was normally limited to counting pinfalls and acknowledging submissions. In addition, strong language and nudity were also used. Strong languages were used by everybody who participated in ECW, including its owner, Paul Heyman, and the fans as well. Strong nudity was used by female wrestlers, who were called "vixens" (ECW counterparts of the WWE Divas). Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965 in Scarsdale, New York) is a professional wrestling manager, on-air talent, and former promoter. ...
A WWE Diva Poster In professional wrestling, a diva is a term used by World Wrestling Entertainment for a beautiful woman employed primarily as eye candy and sometimes as a wrestler. ...
ECW was known for several types of matches:
- Barbwire Rope Match
- Flaming Tables Match
- Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Canes
- Singapore Cane Match
- Stairway to Hell Match
- Three-Way Dance
- Hardcore Rules Match (Also called ECW Rules Match)
- Dog Collar Match (A common staple used by The Pitbulls)
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See also The first version of the ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship. ...
The ECW Maryland Championship was a short-lived title in ECW when they were known as Eastern Championship Wrestling. ...
The ECW Pennsylvania Championship was a short-lived title in ECW when it was called Eastern Championship Wrestling]]. It existed in 1993. ...
This is a list of wrestlers and personalities that have performed in the former Extreme Championship Wrestling: 2 Cold Scorpio 911 Al Snow Miss Congeniality / Angelica Angel Bam Bam Bigelow Big Dick Dudley Bret Hart The Blue Meanie / Da Blue Guy / The Blue Boy Buh Buh Ray Dudley Cactus Jack...
Extreme Championship Wrestling ran PPV events from 1997 through 2001, when it folded. ...
External links - Obsessed With Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling
- WrestlingInformer.net - ECW History
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