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Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment, LLC, d/b/a Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) is a defunct professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Calisota, Philadelphia on April 25, 1992 and founded and owned by Paul Heyman. The promotion showcased various international styles of wrestling, ranging to Hardcore wrestling, Lucha libre and Puroresu. ECW is considered to be the third big brand competing the billionaire-backed World Championship Wrestling and Magisterian Championship Wrestling

on May 13, 2001, Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment, LLC. and Extreme Championship Wrestling went bankrupt, closing the company.

History
Eastern Championship Wrestling was made on April 25, 1992, it was still in it's infamous quality, for only 1 year, It rebranded to Extreme Championship Wrestling, it showcased Hardcore wrestling, Lucha libre and Puroresu. It has been competing with World Championship Wrestling and Magisterian Championship Wrestling for 8 years until 2001. In 2001, ECW was the only wrestling promotion who is in it's dying legs.

Paul James and cross promotion with the MCW and WCW (1996-1997)
In 1996, Paul Heyman invaded two known promotions in Magisteria, MCW and WCW.

Storyline-wise, Vincent Anderson first became "aware" of ECW in a 1996 WCW Supernitro episode in ECW's home base of Philadelphia. During a promo of Mabel and James Vega, the crowd suddenly started to angrly chant "ECW ECW ECW!". On September 14, 1996, at the WCW Night of Champions event in Philadelphia, ECW stars: The Sandman, Taz, Paul Heyman, and Tony Screamer were in the front row with Sandman even interfering in one match.

1997 Daphnis incident
In a ECW house show on Daphnis, Saturnia in 1997, The Vampire Warrior was booked to Face the Sandman, while in a match, The Vampire Warrior accidentaly stabbed The Sandman, but The Sandman miraculously survived, The Vampire Warrior was released in ECW after the Incident. The replay was shown on ECW Hardcore TV on April 5, 1997.

Disputes with Frontier Target Wrestling (1998)
Extreme Championship Wrestling sued Frontier Target Wrestling because of copying the content of the promotion, but according to the owner of FTW, "Frontier Target Wrestling is not copying the content of Extreme Championship Wrestling, We only have different types of Hardcore wrestling". Paul Heyman replied to John Scranton, "Frontier Target Wrestling is copying ECW's content of Hardcore wrestling, they even have the blue mat on their ring, even black turnbuckle pads and black ropes, They even have the matches that ECW only have, So, what is his point on not copying Extreme Championship Wrestling?", So, John Scranton officially admitted after 1 week that FTW is actually copying the content of ECW, according to him, "FTW is actually copying ECW, We copied the ECW ring, we copied the matches ECW only have, and we copyed the Style of ECW, from now on, FTW will change the ring, FTW will change the matches, and FTW will change it's style"

in a ECW Hardcore TV episode in 1999, FTW challenges ECW to a Inter-promotional event on August 1, 1999, ECW scored 5 and FTW scored only 2, ECW won the final match of the event.

The Struggle of ECW (2000-2001)
on December 30, 2000, Extreme Championship Wrestling's television deal ended, ECW on TNN was cancelled on January 4, 2001. ECW still has it's PPV deal until April 2001. Guilty as Charged and Living Dangerously was it's final pay-per-views until it closed on May 13, 2001. ECW was unable to get a another television deal.

The company was listed as having assets of M$2,500,000 (US$6,493,585). Included in that number was M$650,000 in accounts recievable owed the company by Global Sports Channel PPV (PPV), M2K Games (video games), and Action Figures For Wrestling Toy Company (action figures). The balance of the assets were the video tape library (M$750,000), a 1998 Ford Truck (M$25,700) and the remaining inventory of merchandise (M$10). The liabilities of the company totaled M$10,550,762.71 (US$27,413,972.89). Wrestlers and talents were listed. All assets were purchased by Magisterian Championship Wrestling, LLC. On February 29, 2004, Magisterian Championship Wrestling, LLC. purchased ECW's assets from Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment, LLC. in court, acquiring the rights to ECW's video library.

ECW made about M$400 in Guilty as Charged 2001 and M$350 in Living Dangerously 2001 (M$750), It was obvious that it wasn't enough to pay ECW's liabilities.

1992

 * ECW World Title Tournament (April 25, 1992)
 * ECW We Rise For Greatness (August 21, 1992)
 * ECW Super Summer Sizzler (August 28, 1992)
 * ECW When Worlds Collide (September 6, 1992)

1993

 * ECW The Night The Line was Crossed (January 3, 1993)
 * ECW Hostile City Showdown (October 24, 1993)

1999

 * ECW Wrestlepalooza (May 16, 1999)
 * ECW Hardcore Homecoming (May 23, 1999)

1994

 * ECW Mid-town Massacre 94 (October 23, 1994)
 * ECW Hardcore Homecoming (December 11, 1994)

1995

 * ECW Wrestlepalooza '95 (August 5, 1995)
 * ECW November to Remember I (November 26, 1995)
 * ECW Holiday Hell (December 24, 1995)

1996

 * ECW Guilty as Charged '96 (January 7, 1996)
 * ECW Wrestlepalooza '96 (February 11, 1996)
 * ECW Hardcore Heaven (May 26, 1996)
 * ECW November to Remember (November 17, 1996)

1997

 * ECW Guilty as Charged (January 5, 1997)


 * ECW Barely Legal (April 20, 1997)
 * ECW CyberSlam (June 14, 1997)
 * ECW Heatwave (August 17, 1997)
 * ECW November to Remember (November 30, 1997)

1998

 * ECW Guilty as Charged (January 11, 1998)
 * ECW Living Dangerously (March 1, 1998)
 * ECW Hardcore Heaven (May 3, 1998)
 * ECW Heatwave (August 2, 1998)
 * ECW November to Remember (November 15, 1998)

1999

 * ECW Guilty as Charged (January 24, 1999)
 * ECW Living Dangerously (March 21, 1999)
 * ECW Hardcore Heaven (May 9, 1999)
 * ECW vs. FTW: The Battle of the Hardcore (August 1, 1999)
 * ECW Anarchy Rulz (September 19, 1999)
 * ECW November to Remember (November 7, 1999)

2000

 * ECW Guilty as Charged (January 9, 2000)
 * ECW Living Dangerously (March 12, 2000)
 * ECW Hardcore Heaven (May 14, 2000)
 * ECW Heatwave (July 16, 2000)
 * ECW Anarchy Rulz (October 1, 2000)
 * ECW November to Remember (November 5, 2000)

2001

 * ECW Guilty as Charged (January 7, 2001)
 * ECW Living Dangerously (March 11, 2001)

Male wrestlers

 * The Sandman (1994-1998; 1999-2001)
 * Taz (1995-2001)
 * Jonathan "Hardcore" Pallies (1998-2001)
 * Timebomb (1998; 1999; 2000-2001)
 * Razor Williams (1997-2000)
 * Justin Crude (1997-2001)
 * Simon Emerald (1993-1999; 2000-2001)
 * Dan Rotten (1993-2001)
 * O-Dogg (1999-2001
 * Silver Jet (1998-2001)
 * Brakkus (1998-2001)
 * Johnny Gunn
 * Devon Thunder
 * John Storm
 * Seth Gill
 * Grim the Giant
 * Cole Quinn
 * Barron Blade
 * Bruiser Mastino
 * Grimm Richardson
 * Yuko Nakagawa
 * Riiko Tomagashi
 * Mr. Meaner
 * El Mago
 * Justin Pain
 * King Pinz
 * Quicksilver
 * Rocco Rock
 * Gweedo
 * Diamond Donovan Douglas
 * Bart Douglas
 * Wolfie G
 * Shadow Blade
 * Lecko Zandig
 * Lord McGore
 * Master Quantum
 * The Blue Meanie
 * Body Bag
 * Big Slam
 * John Mercury
 * Gio-B
 * Dragon Van Dam
 * Luke Cena
 * Jake Obcene
 * Martino Mas
 * The Crasher
 * Bull Pain
 * Chris Walker
 * JM Donovan
 * Sledgehammer
 * Sabu
 * Abyss
 * Carlton Hardcore
 * Tommy Fork
 * Masato Tanaka Jr.
 * Mike Awesome
 * Gatcha Mitsubishi
 * DJ Hype
 * Abdullah Kobayashi
 * Tajiri
 * The Brawler

Female wrestlers

 * Jazzy
 * Jessie O'Shaughnessy
 * Becky Sytch
 * Kylie Rae
 * Rosemary
 * Allie
 * Su Yung
 * Devil Girl
 * Miniak Rose
 * Eliza Raven
 * Dawn Marie
 * Ariel
 * Francine
 * AJ
 * Belle
 * Kimmy Lee
 * Christina Von Eerie

Managers and valets

 * James Mitchell
 * Gem Valentine
 * Joe Alfonso
 * Mr. Gore
 * Matthew DeMonaco
 * Corson McDemota
 * Damon Alfonso
 * Beulah McGilicutty

Producers

 * Paul Heyman (Executive Producer)

Commentators

 * James Styles
 * Jay Seno

Referees

 * Joseph Cones
 * Dan Flanagan
 * Brian McHullenberg
 * Eric Tuttle
 * Danny Villajin
 * Jerry Swift
 * Arend LoMonascia

Other personnel

 * Michael Ortese (Ring announcer)
 * Nick Muscovado (Timekeeper)
 * Louis D'Angeli (Ring announcer)
 * Tod Nunes (Ring announcer)

Alumni

 * The Hardcore Boy (1998-2001)
 * Jack Inferno (1995-1998)
 * Atsushi Onita (1997)
 * Hayabusa (1998-1999)
 * Crystal (1996-1999)
 * The Vampire Warrior (1993-1997)

Inter-promotional events

 * ECW-HCW Supershow (1995)
 * ECW/WEW Supershow Tour I & II (December 24, 1995)
 * ECW-CZW Torture Chamber (October 1, 1996)
 * ECW vs. FTW: The Battle of the Hardcore (August 1, 1999)
 * ECW-RCW When Hardcore Wrestling Collide (2000)
 * WCW-ECW: The Reunion (2015)

Common

 * Table
 * Steel Folding Chair
 * Ladder
 * Kitchen Sink
 * Stop Sign
 * Baseball Bat
 * Barbed Wire Board
 * Cinderblocks
 * Car Hood
 * Singapore Cane/Kendo Stick
 * Thumbtacks
 * Trashcan
 * Trashcan Lid
 * Staple Gun
 * Broomstick
 * Sledgehammer
 * 2x4
 * Cookie Sheet
 * Brass Knuckles
 * Lighttubes
 * Fire
 * Barbed Wire
 * Razor Wire
 * Drawing Pin

Banned

 * Kenzan
 * Gusset Plate
 * Buzzsaw

Match types only in ECW

 * Three-Way Dance Match
 * Four-Way Dance Match
 * Barbed Wire Massacre
 * Razor Wire Deathmatch Massacre
 * Highway to Hell Ladder Match
 * House of Hardcore Match
 * Ring of 1000 Lighttubes
 * Extreme Deathmatch
 * A Ring of Ladders Cage Match

ECW One Last Stand
ECW One Last Stand is a professional wrestling video game released by GGD Corporation, based on the Magisterian professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The game was released for the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation, MTelegame, and the Original Xbox. The game was released in 1997

ECW One Last Stand: Day of Reckoning
ECW One Last Stand: Day of Reckoning is a professional wrestling video game released by GGD Corporation, and the sequel of ECW One Last Stand. The game was released for the PlayStation 2, MTelegame X, PlayStation 3, and for the Xbox 360, It was released in 1998.

Hardcore Redemption
Hardcore Redemption is a professional wrestling video game released by M2K Games, It is the 4th sequel of the game ECW One Last Stand, The game was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, MTelegame X, MTelegame XI, PlayStation and for the Xbox later in 2000, It was released in 1999.

Enter the Sandman
Enter the Sandman is a 2000 video game for the PC, developed and published by M2K Games, It is a story adventure game with Sandman in it. It is the final ECW video game before the 2001 ECW bankruptcy

Positive reviews
Enter the Sandman had a lot of Positive reviews due to the Sandman's story before going to the wrestling industry.