NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Acronym | ECCW |
| Established | 1996 |
| Style | American Wrestling/Hardcore wrestling |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Founder(s) | Dave Republic |
| Owner(s) | Dave Republic |
| Parent | National Wrestling Alliance |
| Sister | SuperGirls Wrestling |
| Merged with | Top Ranked Wrestling |
Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) is a Western Canadian based professional wrestling promotion run under the National Wrestling Alliance banner. It has been under the NWA banner since 1998.
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[edit] History
The promotion is being operated by Dave Republic and "Gorgeous" Michelle Starr (as of 1996-2006). ECCW is run out of Vancouver, British Columbia, putting on shows in the Russian Community Centre, and the Bridgeview Hall in Surrey. Another venue in Vancouver where ECCW holds events is the Croatian Centre, which they use when the Russian Community Centre is booked. In earlier years, ECCW ran its main shows at the Eagles Hall (now the Burr Theatre) in New Westminster before moving to Vancouver.
On day two of the 2005 Pacific Cup tournament on April 23, 2005, Aaron Idol beat Puma and Bryan Danielson in a triple threat match in the finals of the Pacific Cup tournament that last 30 minutes. After the match Danielson broke the Pacific Cup trophy and said that ECCW was inferior to New Japan Pro Wrestling. Puma and Danielson then beat down Idol. Promoter Dave Republic then issued a challenge to New Japan and gave Antonio Inoki 30 days to respond. Inoki did not reply and the challenge was then dropped as a result.
On December 8, 2005, ECCW announced that they had purchased independent group Top Ranked Wrestling (TRW), which had a program on KVOS (Channel 23 in Vancouver) on Saturday afternoons. ECCW's take over of the Top Ranked Wrestling program (renamed NWA Top Ranked Wrestling or NWA-TRW following the TRW purchase) would be effective January 7, 2006 in time for their 10th Anniversary celebrations. However, the promotion's first TV tapings happened at "Season's Beatings" on December 23, 2005.
ECCW later announced that NWA-TRW had been picked up for a second season. ECCW constantly had a rating of around .3 which is abnormally high for an independent promotion, and given the time slot, it was one of the highest ranked wrestling shows outside of WWE and TNA. Originally a one-hour show, NWA-TRW was cut to a 30-minute program in the spring of 2006. Despite being picked up for a second season, NWA-TRW aired its last episode on November 4, 2006. It is unknown whether the show was cancelled by KVOS or by ECCW. Mauro Ranallo, who got his start on-camera with All Star Wrestling's CHAN-TV program in the late-1980s, was the original host of the program (starting with the then-independent TRW), with heel commentary provided by The Count and later Ladies' Choice (and occasionally Vance Nevada); after Ranallo left, ECCW ring announcer Scotty Sweatervest became the new TV host and held that job until NWA-TRW ended its run.
ECCW has held a yearly tournament called the Pacific Cup. As well, in 2004 ECCW held the first, and so far only, tag version of the Pacific Cup.
During a training session at the wrestling gym in Whalley, ECCW star Disco Fury suffered a serious injury. Disco Fury suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. The rupture was so severe that the tendon re-coiled half way up his calf and the restorative surgery required 250 stitches inside and out just to re-connect the tissue. Optimistically, doctors warn that he will be out of action for the remainder of 2006, but also caution that he may never wrestle again. Disco Fury upped his level of training in hopes of breaking into the main event.[1]
[edit] Championships
[edit] Current
[edit] Canadian championships
| Championship | Champion | Held since |
|---|---|---|
| NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship | Fast Freddy Funk | October 27, 2006 |
| NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship | Ice | November 25, 2006 |
| NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship | The Twin Terrors (Razz and Koko Mansour) |
March 26, 2005 |
| NWA Canadian Women's Championship | Vacant | June 6, 2005 |
[edit] ECCW/NWA Top Ranked Wrestling championships
| Championship | Champion | Held since |
|---|---|---|
| NWA Top Ranked Heavyweight Championship | Randy Tyler | January 27, 2006 |
| NWA Top Ranked Tag Team Championship | The Devil's Rejects (Cremator and Abbadon) |
October 27, 2006 |
| NWA Pacific Northwest Junior Heavyweight Championship | Gurv Sihra | May 26, 2006 |
| NWA SuperGirls Championship | Nikki Matthews | October 27, 2006 |
| ECCW Hardcore Championship | Moondog Manson | November 25, 2005 |
| ECCW Pacific Cup holder | Memphis Raines | June 23, 2006 |
[edit] Defunct
| Championship | Final champion |
|---|---|
| NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship | Rockford 2000 |
| NWA Top Ranked Television Championship | Vid Vain |
[edit] Roster
[edit] Current roster
See: Current Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling roster
[edit] Alumni
See: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling alumni
