ECW went out of business in 2001, but the influence of the promotion can still be felt to this day. Many of its top stars have gone on to have Hall of Fame careers, one of whom is the brains of the ...

This week, WWE's version of ECW celebrated its 100th episode on the Sci-Fi Channel. Most fans did not expect the show to make it this far, as comparisons quickly were made to the original form of ...

From 1992 until 2001, Extreme Championship Wrestling offered fans of professional wrestling a true alternative to the mainstream. The promotion featured violent bouts with plenty of blood, weapons, ...

Original format: WWE acquired Extreme Championship Wrestling and its video library in 2003 and later began reintroducing ECW through a series of DVDs and books. The enormous popularity of ECW ...

Sabu, one of the most popular hardcore wrestlers during his run with ECW in the 1990s before a brief run with WWE in the mid-2000s, has died, according to PWInsider.com. He was 60. A cause of death ...

With reports circulating that WWE could be set to bring back the Wrestlepalooza event - an iconic show from ECW’s era of boom in the late 1990s - it makes sense for us to go back and explore this ...

The WWE Hall of Fame induction of Paul Heyman in Philadelphia has fans reminiscing the ECW days and that promotion’s best memory. Heyman made a statement to show he belonged in a relevant wrestling ...

Both before and after the end of Extreme Championship Wrestling, a lot of top wrestlers from the company were signed by WWE. Some, such as Mick Foley, Rob Van Dam and the Dudley Boyz, among many more, ...

Hey there, Bleachers—I'm back, and this is "Celebrating Wrestling." I see B/R has been rebooted since my last visit back in February. Anyway, I'm here to take you all on a trip down memory lane. Back ...

He regained the title three months later. Much has been written about the circumstances in which Eastern Championship Wrestling split from the NWA to become Extreme Championship Wrestling. Under the ...

"What If?" was one of the most popular Marvel comics of the 1970s and '80s. It'd tell hypothetical stories across the Marvel universe, like what if Spider Man joined the Fantastic Four or what if ...

If you're new to the scene or you enjoyed last year's ECW Hardcore Revenge, Anarchy Rulz should keep you occupied until the next installment. ECW, short for Extreme Championship Wrestling, is a ...