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A documentary on the rise and fall of cult wrestling federation ECWA documentary on the rise and fall of cult wrestling federation ECWA documentary on the rise and fall of cult wrestling federation ECW
Abdullah the Butcher
- Abdullah the Butcher
- (archive footage)
Donna Adamo
- Elektra
- (archive footage)
Bill Alfonso
- Bill Alfonso
- (archive footage)
Mike Alfonso
- Mike Awesome
- (archive footage)
Kurt Angle
- Kurt Angle
- (archive footage)
Sika Anoai
- Sika
- (archive footage)
Scotty Antol
- Scotty Anton
- (archive footage)
Bob Artese
- Bob Artese
- (archive footage)
Charles Ashenoff
- Konnan
- (archive footage)
Steve Austin
- Steve Austin
- (archive footage)
Nicole Bass
- Nicole Bass
- (archive footage)
Carlene Begnaud
- Jazz
- (archive footage)
Salvatore Bellomo
- 'Wildman' Sal Bellomo
- (archive footage)
Chris Benoit
- Chris Benoit
- (archive footage)
Alfonso Bermudez
- Dances with Dudley
- (archive footage)
Bam Bam Bigelow
- Bam Bam Bigelow
- (archive footage)
Eric Bischoff
- Eric Bischoff
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRaven's Nest crucifying the Sandman took place at "ECW High Incident" on October 26, 1996. The show was released on home video, though the crucifixion was not included, and the footage went unseen until it was included here.
- GoofsTrisa Hayes (Beulah McGillicutty) had posed for Penthouse Magazine sometime prior to arriving in ECW. However, because of WWE's business relationship with Playboy at the time of this DVD, Tommy Dreamer had to say that she was a Playboy Playmate. For the record, Tommy Dreamer, real name Thomas Laughlin, is married to Trisa Hayes in real life. Yes, WWE made Dreamer lie about what magazine his wife had appeared in prior to her ECW debut.
- Quotes
Paul Heyman: You cannot achieve success without the risk of failure. And I learned a long time ago you cannot achieve success if you fear failure. If you're not afraid to fail, man you have a chance to succeed. But you're never gonna get there unless you risk it, all the way.
- ConnectionsFeatures ECW Ultra Clash '93 (1993)
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Pretty good documentary on ECW and WCW and WWF
I had my doubts about seeing the video, I thought it was going to be biased against ECW which partially it is with Paul Heyman being the loudmouth leader but it takes in various viewpoints from Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff, Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio, Steve Austin and others all talking about what made ECW so cool.
Make no doubt about it, ECW lived up to its tagline "The leader of Extreme" wrestling put up fabulous show despite a low budget (many of these shows looked like and were filmed in run down arenas).
I liked the way they also played classic matches from the era, so if your new to ECW and wondered if the hype about is real, then you'll see it is.
Its great to see the interviews too explaining how they did certain storyline, Steve Austin's reign in ECW, which basically was a crybaby gimmick cheapshotting Eric Bischoff for firing of WCW, but it lead to Austin being a bigger star.
We see the evolution the Lucha Libre wrestling invading ECW, something that WCW would adopt so ECW was the first to create certain standards that the WWF and WCW would follow.
Bottom line is this is a great video/DVD, its well worth buying or renting wrestling fans.
Make no doubt about it, ECW lived up to its tagline "The leader of Extreme" wrestling put up fabulous show despite a low budget (many of these shows looked like and were filmed in run down arenas).
I liked the way they also played classic matches from the era, so if your new to ECW and wondered if the hype about is real, then you'll see it is.
Its great to see the interviews too explaining how they did certain storyline, Steve Austin's reign in ECW, which basically was a crybaby gimmick cheapshotting Eric Bischoff for firing of WCW, but it lead to Austin being a bigger star.
We see the evolution the Lucha Libre wrestling invading ECW, something that WCW would adopt so ECW was the first to create certain standards that the WWF and WCW would follow.
Bottom line is this is a great video/DVD, its well worth buying or renting wrestling fans.
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- MovieCriticMarvelfan
- Jan 10, 2005
Details
- Runtime6 hours
- Color
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