Birth of ECW

         "AUGUST  27,1994, THE DAY WHEN WRESTLING WENT EXTREME"

It was a show in ECW arena, shane douglas vs too cold scorpio for nwa heavyweight title, after 15 minutes of back and forth action in ring "the frachise" shane douglas won the match and nwa title 

after this win shane douglas delivered a speech which changed the fate of ECW 

"In the tradition of Lou Thesz, in the tradition of Jack Brisco of the Brisco Brothers, of Dory Funk Jr., of Terry Funk-- the man who will never die. As the real Nature Boy Buddy Rogers, upstairs tonight. From the Harley Races, to the Barry Windhams, to the...(Douglas grimaces in a thinly veiled look of disgust) Ric Flairs, I accept this heavyweight title. ... Wait a second. Of Kerry Von Erich. Of the fat man himself, Dusty Rhodes. This is it tonight, Dad. God, that's beautiful. And Rick Steamboat, and they can all kiss my ass! (throws down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship) Because! I am not the man who accepts a torch to be handed down to me from an organization that died-- RIP-- seven years ago. The Franchise, Shane Douglas, is the man who ignites the new flame of the sport of professional wrestling! [taking the ECW title] Tonight, before God and my father is witness, I declare myself, The Franchise, as the new ECW Heavyweight Champion of the world! We have set out to change the face of professional wrestling. So tonight, let the new era begin: the era of the sport of professional wrestling, the era of The Franchise, the era of the ECW"..

  douglas said these words and threw the nwa title and proclaimed himself as ecw champion he went on To say that ecw title was the only world title in the world.

soon after this tod gordan and paul heyman changed ecw  into eastern championship wrestling to extreme championship wrestling. this also helped ecw to create its controversial image.

this event marked the birth of ecw, the extreme championship wrestling..later years ecw helped to bring lucha libre,shoot style wrestling and many hardcore matches..

although ECW went bankrupt in 2001 and closed its doors but the legacy remains the fans still chants ECW and its still going strong.. 

FORMER ECW WRESTLER SABU JUMPING THROUGH TABLES

EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

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