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Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a groundbreaking and influential professional wrestling promotion, and was a stop for many popular wrestlers seen today. The company became known for a rabidly loyal fanbase (including audience participation and chanting fans) as well as pushing the envelope many times over with several of their storylines. ECW for instance, had the first ever lesbian storyline between Kimona Wana-Laya and Beulah McGillicutty. The group would showcase many different styles of professional wrestling, popularizing bloody hardcore wrestling matches and the 3-Way Dance. It was founded in Philadelphia in 1992 by Todd Gordon, who was its first owner, and closed when owner Paul Heyman declared bankruptcy in April 2001.
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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.
Paul Heyman felt that mainstream professional wrestling had become the like 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 a professional wrestling equivalent to Nirvana.
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 Corzalluzzo 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).
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 organzations such as WWF and WCW. Wrestlers such as Shane Douglas, Tommy Dreamer, the Sandman, Catcus Jack, Terry Funk, Sabu, Public Enemy and the Tasmaniac helped launch the new ECW at this time.
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.
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.
The Crucifixion
One of the the most infamous moments in ECW history came on October 26, 1996 at an event called High Incident. The incident involved Raven literally 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.
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.
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, several ECW stars (among them, the Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, and Taz) were on hand in the front row with Sandman even interferring in one match (when he spat beer on Savio Vega during his strap match with Justin "The Hawk" Bradshaw). McMahon acknowledged ECW's status as a local, up and coming organization on the air.
On the February 24, 1997 edition of RAW from the Manhattan Center, ECW "invaded." They advanced 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.
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 it was warranted. Likewise, when the ECW performers arrived, they popped, and introduced the WWF Monday night audience to some trademark ECW group chants.
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."
At the 1997 Wrestlepoozla event, Jerry Lawler made a surprise appearance at the ECW Arena. Wrestlepoozla '97 featured Raven's final ECW match before leaving for WCW. In the considerably overbooked 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.
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 agreeded 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.
Results
- The Eliminators defeated The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von) by pinfall to win the ECW Tag Titles
- Rob Van Dam defeated Lance Storm by pinfall
- The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji defeated Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo & Terry Boy by pinfall
- "The Franchise" Shane Douglas defeated Pitbull #2 by pinfall to retain the ECW TV Title
- Taz defeated Sabu by submission with the Tazmission
- Terry Funk won a triangle match by pinning Stevie Richards (w/ the Sandman's help) and then pinning the Sandman
- Terry Funk defeated Raven by pinfall to win the ECW World Title
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 falisifed his documentation. His father also vouched for him.
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 Young over the incident, but the jury acquited Young and ECW. Kulas passed away on May 12, 2002 at the age of 22.
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.
Eventually, Paul Heyman was in the process of suing WCW for the breach of contract of Raven who had joined WCW in 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.
The Mike Awesome Title Controversy
On September 19, 1999 at the Anarchy Rules pay-per-view, Mike Awesome defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka in a 3-Way Dance to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title. This was Taz's final match for ECW before heading off to join the WWF.
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.
In March of 2000, Awesome suddenly left ECW to join WCW even though he was still the reigning ECW 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.
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 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.
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.
XPW
In 2000, ECW decided to promote a PPV in Los Angeles. It was perhaps the 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 thing) 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.
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. 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 beat the XPW guys easily.
The whole confrontation didn't help XPW though since most of the fans didn't know what was going on and the entire fight wasn't 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.
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 on online with the wrestlers themselves.
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 comprimise the intigrity of the ECW brand anyway. Also, TNN poorly advertised and promoted ECW since their were barely any press releases or television ads. The only real time that TNN actually advertised ECW was during the ECW program itself.
TNN also censored a great deal of the program even though the violence and raunchiness is perhaps 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 apparently, didn't want any references to "hate" (they prefered "intense dislike") and wanted no music videos on the ECW program. During the first edition of ECW on TNN, Paul Heyman was so unsatisified 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.
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.
Heyman decided to recuit Don Callis, who played the part of Cyrus, to serve as a metaphor so to speak for the real problems between ECW and TNN at that point. Callis played a representive for TNN/The Network, who constantly criticised the violent nature of ECW programming.
Even though ECW became TNN's highest rated show, TNN was at the time of Heyman's "shoot" publically negotiating with Vince McMahon's WWF product. ECW on TNN was cancelled in October 2000 in favor of RAW jumping over to the network.
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.
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).
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).
ECW in WWF
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.
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.
The Alliance storyline was heavily critizied by smarks. 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.
The DVD sold extremely 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.
Reunion shows
ECW One Night Stand
Main article: ECW One Night Stand
WWE held an ECW branded pay-per-view on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
On the May 19 episode showing of RAW, the first commercial for the event was aired, narrated by Paul Heyman. RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff was shown to be unhappy about this. The next week on RAW, Tajiri and Chris Benoit, two former ECW wrestlers, faced one another in a ECW rules match. Soon after the outset of the match, Bischoff's assistant Jonathan Coachman came to ringside and informed the participants that Bischoff had not been informed that the match was taking place. Bischoff himself then came out and cancelled the match before any of the "extreme" elements that made ECW famous could be brought into play, then proceeded to ban anything related to ECW from RAW, including barring the audience from chanting "ECW" or displaying pro-ECW signs. He also banned RAW performers from attending the pay-per-view, and said that the only way RAW would would be involved with the event would be when he and a select group of wrestlers arrived to end ECW "once and for all."
The following week, Bischoff came to the ring to conduct a "funeral ceremony" for ECW, only to have Vince McMahon interrupt the proceedings, saying that he had invested money in ECW and thus had a vested interest in seeing the One Night Stand PPV become a financial success. In a worked shoot promo, McMahon noted that he had helped keep ECW afloat in its latter days, that many ECW stars had gone on to great success in WWE and that he was responsible for the PPV commercials. McMahon proceeded to order the Tajiri-Benoit match from the previous week to go on, and then brought in former ECW owner Paul Heyman to complete the promotion for the PPV.
The next week, on June 6th, Chris Benoit was placed in an ECW Rules match against Gene Snitsky by Bischoff. The Dudley Boys interjected themselves into this match, putting Snitsky through a table. Later that night they were found leaving the building, and Bischoff, initially eager to see them arrested, allowed them to return to the ring. The Dudleys were joined by Paul Heyman, and Bischoff approached the ring with a large group of heels. The outnumbered Dudleys were then joined by ECW alumni The Sandman, Rhyno, Tommy Dreamer, Axl Rotten, and Balls Mahoney, who routed the WWE wrestlers and hung an ECW banner from the top rope.
On the June 9th Episode of Smackdown!, after losing to Booket T, Kurt Angle confronted Tazz with a hostile additude and demanded an answer from him about choosing between ECW or WWE and that he would sit next to the Announcer's Table and wait there until he gave him the answer that he wanted. Tazz ingored Kurt Angle until Kurt Angle decided to leave. Saying "I'm not going to play your games Tazz. If your not going to give me an answer, that's fine with me. I'm outta here." It looked like things were settling back down until Kurt Angle sucker punched Tazz and busted his head with a steel chair shot. Tazz had to be taken for immediate medical treatment for a bleeding head wound. Resulting in Paul Heyman being asked to take Tazz's place as a Guest Commentator. Tensions between the ECW Superstars and the Smackdown! Crusaders began to build in the Chris Benoit VS JBL match. Just as Benoit applied the Crossface Crippler on JBL, Kurt Angle jumped in the ring and attacked Benoit. The ring erupted into a full blown fight as the ECW Superstars and the Smackdown! Crusaders began attacking each other. As the ECW Superstars were leveling the Crusaders, Tazz came to the Ring with backup. Refusing to let his bleeding head wound keep him out of the fight. Just like in the June 6th Episode of RAW, the Crusaders were quickly defeated and the ECW made their presence felt on Smackdown!
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.
Final champions
This is a list of the champions as they were on April 10, 2001, when ECW shut down for good.
| Championship | Final Champions |
| ECW World Heavyweight Champion | Rhino |
| ECW World Television Champion | Rhino |
| ECW World Tag Team Champions | Danny Doring and Roadkill |
ECW Titles
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship
- ECW World Television Championship
- ECW World Tag Team Championship
- ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship
- ECW Maryland Championship
- ECW Pennsylvania Championship
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.
- 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
- Sweep it up, asshole. Sweep it up! anytime someone swept up debris from the ring
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
- 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
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.
- You suck dick! usually directed towards heel wrestlers.
- He's hardcore! used to praise a performer, often one engaging in wanton violence.
Trademarks
Fans
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 Hawaiian hat , and Faith No More Guy looked alot like the guitarist from Faith No More. Hat Guy was also in the front row of Shane Douglas's recent ECW nostalgia event, Hardcore Homecoming.
ECW Rules
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.
Match Types
- 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)
Weapons
This extensive list includes illegal weapons and anything that has been brought in by the fans.
- Baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire
- Barbed wire (Stairway to Hell Match)
- Boating paddles
- Broomsticks
- Cheese graters (Recently used by Bubba Ray Dudley and Tommy Dreamer in ECW's One Night Stand)
- Explosive boards (Wooden board, barbed wire, small amount of C-4)
- Fluorescent light tubes
- Guitars
- Glass
- Ladders
- Nails
- Singapore canes
- Steel chairs
- Street signs
- Tables (sometimes set on fire)
- Thumbtacks
- Toilet seats
- Trashcans and lids
See also
External links
- ECW One Night Stand (http://www.ecw.com/)
- Hardcore Homecoming (http://www.hardcorehomecoming.com/)
- ECW - FAQ (http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/ecw.shtml)
- ECW Blog (http://www.wrestlingpressbox.com/)de:Extreme Championship Wrestling