How ECW Changed Wrestling Forever and Then Disappeared

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In this pro wrestling documentary, we will discover the key components in the success of ECW in the early 1990s. From the early days of Tri-State Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance under Joel Goodhart and Todd Gordon, through the early success under the booking of Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. We will see how a young Paul Heyman would rise through the ranks in WCW before taking over Eastern Championship Wrestling and turning it extreme. We will discover the key components in the failure of ECW in the late 1990s and early 2000s. From the final ECW ppvs with Barely Legal, Heatwave and Guilty As Charged, through the success of WWE ECW One Night Stand. We will see how a veteran Paul Heyman would rise through the ranks in WWE before taking over WWF Raw in 2001 as part of the WCW and ECW invasion. We will discover the key components of ECW that inspired so many other wrestling companies in the late 1990s and early 2000s up until the modern day. From the hardcore matches of Combat Zone Wrestling, GCW at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, through the success of the WWE Hardcore championship. We will see how a veteran Paul Heyman would change his persona once again to allign himself with the Big Show, Cesaro, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, Curtis Axel and Roman Reigns.

With appearances from Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Terry Funk and Jimmy Snuka, Edge and Lita, Dawn Marie, Taz, Vince McMahon, Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Terry Funk, Mick Foley, Joey Styles, Raven and John Cena. Nick Gage, Test, 2 Cold Scorpio and The Undertaker, as well as a host of other hardcore pro wrestlers who took ECW from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia all the way to WWE Wrestlemania.

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THIS IS A COMPLETE HISTORY VIDEO MADE FROM THE 3 PART ECW PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON THE WRESTLE POD CHANNEL.

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