Sure, the debuts of Kevin “Diesel” Nash and Scott “Razor Ramon” Hall, fresh off successful World Wrestling Federation runs, made news enough. But when Hulk Hogan turned his back on the fans and ...

* 18 years ago in 1997, ECW ran their second pay-per-view event, Hardcore Heaven, live from the War Memorial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was generally considered a weak follow-up to their debut, ...

Let's start on May 14, 1993. I was ready to go to that first ECW show at this new arena, the Saturday that Eddie Gilbert and Tod Gordon scheduled their first show of Eastern Championship Wrestling in ...

Jerry Lawler hated ECW. He made no secret of it, regularly trashing the company on WWF TV and giving it the hilarious nickname "Extremely Crappy Wrestling". The Extreme boys got their revenge when, on ...

Angles and feuds that never happen are the most intriguing part of professional wrestling. The "what if" factor powers great debate that produces questions that have no answers. One of the most ...

Rob Van Dam gained the (awesome) 'Mr Monday Night' nickname from his brief flirtations with WWE in reality and storyline in 1997, but the ECW went on to stay with the group until its 2001 closure ...

Writer's Note: This is a look back at the original ECW. Some of the videos can and will be graphic. ECW was one of the most controversial and extreme wrestling promotions that existed. The original ...