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Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was found
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001.
The company became known for its loyal fan base as well as its tendency to push the envelope with storylines. The group has showcased many different styles of professional wrestling, ranging from lucha libre to hardcore wrestling.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) bought the rights to ECW and its library after its 2001 closure and revived the promotion in a full-time fashion on June 13, 2006 with a weekly television series on Sci Fi Channel in the United States, FOX8 in Australia, SIC Radical in Portugal and Sky Sports 3 in the United Kingdom. In 2005 and 2006, WWE promoted an ECW-brand event called ECW One Night Stand, and in June 2006, it became a separate brand of WWE programming, along with Raw and SmackDown!
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ECW's first pay-per-view events
After a series of struggles (such as the aforementioned "
ECW's first pay-per-view events
After a series of struggles (such as the aforementioned "Mass Transit Incident"), on April 13, 1997, ECW finally broadcast its first pay-per-view wrestling card, Barely Legal, highlighted by Terry Funk winning the ECW World Heavyweight Title from Raven.
That June, the company's Wrestlepalooza '97 event featured Raven's final ECW match before leaving for WCW. In this match, Tommy Dreamer finally beat Raven, his long time nemesis. 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 company's second pay-per-view, 1997 Hardcore Heaven, on August 17, which was won by Dreamer.
ECW continued through 1998 and early 1999 with a string of successful pay-per-views.
[edit] The Mike Awesome World Title controversy
In April 2000, Mike Awesome made a surprise appearance on WCW Monday Nitro -- aiding the New Blood faction by attacking Kevin Nash -- while still reigning as ECW World Champion. Awesome's friend Lance Storm has said that Mike had refused to sign a new contract with ECW until Paul Heyman paid him overdue wages.[8] There were rumors that WCW Executive Vice-President Eric Bischoff wanted Awesome to drop the ECW World Championship belt in the trash can on television, as had been done previously with the WWF Women's title by Alundra Blayze when she jumped from the WWF to WCW. Due to concerns over legal issues, WCW refrained from having Awesome appear on Nitro with the ECW belt, but did acknowledge him as the ECW Champion. Eventually, a compromise was reached which resulted in one of the more bizarre moments in professional wrestling history. Awesome (a newly signed WCW employee and the reigning ECW champion) appeared at an April 13, 2000 ECW event in Indianapolis, IN, accompanied by WCW's head of security,[9] where he lost the title to Tazz (a former ECW wrestler, who was working for the World Wrestling Federation).[10]
[edit] Conflict with XPW
In 2000, ECW made its West Coast debut, holding its annual summer pay-per-view Heat Wave in Los Angeles. At the time Los Angeles was home to Xtreme Pro Wrestling, and its owner Rob Black purchased six front row tickets for the show. The tickets were given to a cadre of XPW talent, and their mission was to make it clear that ECW was on enemy turf. This was not a storyline. At the beginning of the main event, the XPW contingent donned shirts emblazoned with the XPW logo, gaining the attention of security and ECW wrestler Tommy Dreamer. Security ejected the XPW group from the building and later, a brawl broke out in the parking lot between members of the XPW ring crew and the ECW locker room. The XPW wrestlers were not involved in the fracas, during which the ECW wrestlers brutalized the XPW ring crew with several of the ring crew members left in pools of their own blood.[11]. Initial reports claimed that XPW valet Kristi Myst had somehow touched ECW valet Francine Fournier and that this is what prompted the incident, but Fournier herself has since gone on record as saying that she was never grabbed or in any other way touched by any of the XPW crew, and other eye witnesses support the story that Fournier never had a hand laid on her. XPW was not acknowledged by ECW announcer Joey Styles during the pay-per-view telecast. The XPW contingent who had sat a ringside consisted of wrestlers The Messiah, Kid Kaos, Supreme, Kristi Myst, Homeless Jimmy and XPW announcer Kris Kloss.
[edit] Television deal with TNN
In August 1999, ECW began to broadcast nationally on TNN (for what was initially a three year contract). Despite no advertising and a low budget, ECW became TNN's highest rated
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not my best but its a short film of rey mysteroMisterio went on to gain fame in World Cham
not my best but its a short film of rey mysteroMisterio went on to gain fame in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996, where he was the flagship of the new "Cruiserweight Revolution" in the United States. The spelling of his name was partially anglicized as "Rey Mysterio Jr.," to further market him as a "mystery man." He debuted in WCW at The Great American Bash 1996, challenging Dean Malenko for the Cruiserweight Championship. Misterio had a great showing in the match and he performed his great high-flying maneuvers during the match but Malenko cheated to win the match and retain his title.[17][18] At Bash at the Beach 1996, he defeated longtime rival Psicosis in a #1 contender's match to get a shot at the Cruiserweight title.[19] The next night on WCW Monday Nitro, he quickly made an impact in WCW by defeating Dean Malenko for his first WCW Cruiserweight Championship, only three weeks after his debut in the company.[17][20][21] He reigned as champion for three months which included title defenses against the likes of The Ultimate Dragon,[22] former champion Malenko[23] and Super Calo[24] before he lost the title back to Malenko at Halloween Havoc 1996.[25]
After his first Cruiserweight title reign ended, Misterio began a feud with Ultimate Dragon over the J-Crown Championship, unsuccessfully challenging him at World War 3 1996.[26] In early 1997, he feuded with Prince Iaukea over the WCW World Television Championship. He challenged Iaukea for the title at SuperBrawl VII, which Misterio lost after Lord Steven Regal attacked him.[27] Misterio lost again for the title in a rematch at Uncensored 1997.[28] He had short feuds for the rest of the year before he began a feuding with real-life friend and Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero. He defeated Guerrero in a Title vs. Mask match at Halloween Havoc 1997 for his second WCW Cruiserweight Championship.[29][5] On November 10 edition of Nitro, he dropped the title to Guerrero.[30] They had a rematch at World War 3 1997, which Misterio lost.[31] However, at this point, Misterio was a staple of WCW's roster.
On the January 15, 1998 edition of Thunder, Misterio defeated Juventud Guerrera for his third WCW Cruiserweight Championship[32][5] which he lost only nine days later to Chris Jericho at Souled Out 1998.[33] After the match, Jericho continued the beating using a toolbox found at ringside.[34] This would put Mysterio on the sidelines for six months[34] before making his return at Bash at the Beach 1998 where he defeated Jericho for the championship.[35] The next night, however, the result was overturned and the belt returned to Jericho due to the interference of Dean Malenko.[35]
Main article: Latino World Order
Later that year, Eddie Guerrero formed a Mexican stable known as the Latino World Order (a spin off of New World Order) that included nearly every luchador in the promotion. Mysterio continually refused to join and feuded with Guerrero and LWO members. He defeated long time rival Psychosis in a match at Road Wild 1998.[36] He was finally forced to join after losing a match to Eddie Guerrero.[34] Misterio and his on-and-off tag team partner Billy Kidman joined him during the feud with LWO despite Misterio being a part of the group. His alliance with Kidman was formed after Misterio helped Kidman in defeating Juventud Guerrera for the Cruiserweight title at World War 3 1998. At Starrcade 1998, he faced Guerrera and Kidman in a triangle match for Kidman's Cruiserweight title which Kidman retained.[37] At Souled Out, he again challenged Kidman for the Cruiserweight title in a fatal four way match also involving Psychosis and Juventud, which Kidman retained.[38] As the two factions of nWo reformed - nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac - they demanded the LWO's disbanding. Misterio refused to take off his LWO colors and was physically beaten as a result.[39]
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Early feuds (1992--1995)
After Undertaker's ally Jake "The Snake" Roberts lost a match to
Early feuds (1992--1995)
After Undertaker's ally Jake "The Snake" Roberts lost a match to Randy Savage on Saturday Night's Main Event,[17] Roberts tried to attack Savage's manager/wife Miss Elizabeth with a steel chair when the Undertaker stopped him, turning him face. The Undertaker defeated Roberts at WrestleMania VIII.[15] He then feuded extensively in storylines with wrestlers managed by Harvey Wippleman throughout 1992 and 1993, most notably Kamala,[16][18] whom he faced and defeated in the first televised coffin match in WWF history at Survivor Series, and Giant Gonzales, whom he defeated by disqualification at WrestleMania IX and by pinfall at SummerSlam.[15][18] In November 1993, he challenged then-WWF Champion Yokozuna to a casket match at the Royal Rumble. At the Royal Rumble, Yokozuna sealed Undertaker in the casket with the assistance of several other heel wrestlers, winning the match. The Undertaker's "spirit" appeared from inside the casket on the video screen, warning that he would return.[19] This began Undertaker's first hiatus. In reality, he had a back injury that was getting worse and needed time off.
After WrestleMania X, Ted DiBiase introduced the Undertaker back to the WWF. This Undertaker, however, played by Brian Lee, was dubbed "Underfaker" later on by the fans and led to the resurrection of the real Undertaker (this time appearing as a zombie version of his original persona, and now wearing purple gloves and boot covers), and a battle at SummerSlam between the two, where the real Undertaker won the match after three Tombstone Piledrivers.[19] At Survivor Series, Undertaker had a rematch against Yokozuna, once again in a casket match, with Chuck Norris as a special guest enforcer to keep anyone from interfering in the match. Despite interference from King Kong Bundy, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Irwin R. Schyster, the Undertaker won the match by delivering a running big boot to Yokozuna, which pushed Yokozuna into the casket, and then closing the lid.
Throughout most of 1995, the Undertaker feuded with members of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. At WrestleMania XI, while Undertaker was facing King Kong Bundy, Kama Mustafa stole the Undertaker's source of storyline power, the urn, and disrespected the Undertaker by converting it into a large gold necklace.[19] As part of the angle, the two faced each other in a casket match at SummerSlam, which the Undertaker won.[19] Several weeks later, Undertaker injured his eye orbital bone, forcing a period of absence for surgery
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The Hardy brothers eventually caught the eyes of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Aft
The Hardy brothers eventually caught the eyes of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). After being signed to a contract in 1998,[5] they were trained by Dory Funk, Jr. in his Funkin' Dojo with other notable wrestlers such as Kurt Angle, Christian, Test, and A-Train.[4] When the team was finally brought up to WWF television, after months of 'jobbing' and house events, they formed the acrobatic tag team called the Hardy Boyz.[3] While feuding with The Brood in mid-1999, they added Michael Hayes as their manager.[3] On July 5, they won their first WWF Tag team Championship by defeating the Acolytes, but lost it back to them a month later.[18][19] After the dissolution of the Brood, the Hardys joined forces with Gangrel as the The New Brood, and feuded with Edge and Christian.[3][20] This stable didn't last long, however, and on October 17 at No Mercy 1999, the Hardy Boyz won the managerial services of Terri Runnels in the finals of the Terri Invitational Tournament in the WWF's first ever tag team ladder match against Edge and Christian.[5][21]
In 2000, the Hardy Boyz found a new manager in their real-life friend Lita.[7] Together, the three became known as "Team Xtreme".[7] They continued their feud with Edge and Christian throughout 2000, defeating them for the WWF Tag Team Titles on two occasions.[22][23] At SummerSlam the Hardy Boyz competed in the first ever Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, for the Tag Team Titles against the Dudley Boys and Edge and Christian, but were unsuccessful.[6]
Hardy gained attention for his high risk stunts in the TLC matches in the year 2000,[6] 2001,[24] and 2002.[25] He made a name for himself as one of the most seemingly reckless and unorthodox WWF performers of his time.[26] In 2001, Hardy received a push as a singles competitor, and he held the WWF Intercontinental (defeating Triple H),[27] Light Heavyweight (defeating Jerry Lynn)[28] and Hardcore Championships (defeating Mike Awesome and Van Dam on two separate occasions).[29] At the end of 2001, the Hardys began a storyline, in which they began to fight, which led to Matt demanding a match at Vengeance, with Lita as special guest referee.[30] After Hardy beat Matt at Vengeance, while Matt's foot was on the ropes, Hardy and Lita began feuding against Matt.[31] In the middle of the feud, however, Hardy faced The Undertaker in a Hardcore Title match and lost.[32] After the match, the Undertaker attacked both Hardy and Lita, kayfabe injuring them.[32] The Hardys and Lita weren't seen again until the Royal Rumble, because WWE didn't have a storyline for them.[33] The Hardys came back as a team, and there was never any mention of their previous storyline split.[33]
In early April 2002 the Hardy Boyz began a feud with Brock Lesnar after Lesnar gave Matt an F-5 on the steel entrance ramp, which led to an angered Hardy seeking revenge on Lesnar.[34] At Backlash, Hardy faced-off against Lesnar in his first televised match.[35] Lesnar dominated Hardy and won the match by knockout.[36] Lesnar and the Hardys continued to feud over the next few weeks, with the Hardys coming out victorious only once by disqualification.[37] At Judgment Day, Lesnar gained the upper hand on the Hardy Boyz before tagging his partner, Paul Heyman, in to claim the win for the team.[38] In July 2002, Hardy won his third Hardcore Championship by defeating Bradshaw.[8][29] Matt eventually switched brands to SmackDown!, leaving Hardy as a singles competitor.[39]
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