ECW on TNN (1997–2001)
"Extreme Championship Wrestling" (original title)

After years of growing as a premiere independant wrestling federation under the guidance of Paul Heyman, the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling gained national television ... See full summary »

Stars:

Joey Styles, Joel Gertner, Peter Senerchia

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joey Styles	...	Himself
Joel Gertner	...	Himself
Peter Senerchia	...	Taz (1997-1999) (as Taz)
Mikey Whipwreck	...	Himself
Jerry Lynn	...	Himself
Tom Laughlin	...	Tommy Dreamer
Terry Funk	...	Himself (1997-1998)
Jim Fullington	...	The Sandman
Terry Brunk	...	Sabu (1997-1999)
Mark LoMonaco	...	Buh Buh Ray Dudley (1997-1999) (as Buh-Buh Ray Dudley)
Devon Hughes	...	D-Von Dudley (1997-1999)
Matt Hyson	...	Himself (1997-2000) (as Spike Dudley)
Bill Alfonso	...	Himself
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself
Jerome Young	...	New Jack (1997-2000)

Storyline

After years of growing as a premiere independant wrestling federation under the guidance of Paul Heyman, the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling gained national television exposure on TNN. The show showcased their violent, hardcore matches and featured the color commentary of Joey Styles and Joel Gertner. Unfortunately, a bad Friday night time slot combined with a need to edit matches resulted in low ratings, and the WWF's RAW program moving to TNN was the final nail in the coffin. ECW closed its doors and ended the show in 2001.

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Plot Keywords:

wrestling | extreme championship wrestling

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Genres:

Action | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

Sci Fi Channel

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

ECW on TNN

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ECW Entertainment, Code 9 Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by ECW on Syfy (2006)

User Reviews

this is for children

LOL certainly not! This isn't your daddy's wrestling as Paul Heyman likes to say. Paul Heyman had a vision in 1993 to start a promotion more hardcore, more violent, more aggressive then the big two, WWF & WCW. ECW Extreme Championship Wrestling. Slowly he worked his way up to a weekly show in a big network, pay per views, action figures, and video games. The stars of ECW: Tommy Dreamer, New Jack, Spike Dudley, Rhino, Justin Credible, Kid Kash, Yoshiro Tajiri, and especially the most athletic wrestler of all time Rob Van Damm along with others make up the current ECW roster, but other wrestlers such as, Jericho, Benoit, Foley, Funk, Sid, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm, and even Stone Cold have wrestled in ECW. ECW lives up to it's name Extreme! Using tables, chairs, spilling bloods, cussing, using guitars, cheese graders, diving off balconies, it doesn't get anymore extreme than ECW!