Arguably, the punky rebellion of Extreme Championship Wrestling came to WrestleMania once Vince McMahon traded light family ...

A former ECW Champion and professional wrestling legend revealed that he hated his time in WWE, calling the entire experience ...

Rob Van Dam wouldn’t have been the wrestler he later became without the influence of Paul Heyman and ECW. The WWE Hall of ...

More ECW originals, who fans wanted to see on the revamped brand, would likely have had much more air time compared to the home-grown stars of WWE, like Bobby Lashley, who McMahon wanted to push.

This distinction earned him the moniker of “The ECW Original” and the admiration of the Philly faithful, but The City of Brotherly Love wasn’t always so kind to Tommy Dreamer. Starting out ...

Before “Stone Cold” Steve Austin cracked open his first “Steveweiser,” ECW's The Sandman was sports-entertainment's original beer-swilling Hardcore Icon. As Metallica blared through the ...

The ECW original came back to WWE's version of Extreme Championship Wrestling and absolutely hated every second of it. Check ...

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It wasn't a pleasant WWE experience for one of ECW's most popular stars. The Sandman's beer-drinking ways made him a hit with fans back in the mid-1990s, and the five-time ECW World Heavyweight ...

WWE relaunched ECW in June 2006, putting the brand on SyFy. The promotion had an ECW World Title, but no other championships ...

In 2005, WWE had the ingenious idea of reviving an old rival (and partner) promotion in "ECW." After all, WWE's infamous Attitude Era took a lot of its inspiration from the edgy television that ...