Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation
From the eWrestling Encyclopedia.
| Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation | |
|---|---|
| Federation Name | Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation (ECWF) |
| Shows | ECWF Showtime |
| PPVs | Every 2 months |
| Time open | 2006 to present |
| Owner | Paul Heyman & Shane McMahon |
| Based in | United States of America |
| Website | [1] |
Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation, Inc. (ECWF) is a wrestling promotion owned by Paul Heyman and Shane McMahon, run on a level almost equal to that of WWE. The company started as a small independant promotion running out of New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, but with Shane McMahon now at the helm, ECWF has gone national. The first ECWF show took place on Tuesday, October 3, 2006. DeGenerative became the first tag team champions, and Abyss won the vacant ECWF title in a six man gauntlet match. The show was taped at the Hammerstein Ballroom, and streamed to ECWF.co.nr. After a few weeks, local broadcaster the MSG network took interest. The first broadcast of ECWF on MSG took place on November 14th, 2006.
After this, Pay Per View providers became interested in the ECWF product, and scheduled an ECWF PPV for March 11, 2007. Three weeks before this aired, Spike TV offered ECWF Showtime a two hour timeslot on a Tuesday night, a longer timeslot than was available on the MSG network. The first ECWF Showtime episode on Spike TV was scheduled for March 20, 2007. However, in accordance with ECWF's popularity, WWE served up a lawsuit preventing ECWF from using WWE-owned copyright and trademarks. The resulting legal battles delayed the start of Showtime on Spike until June 26, 2007.
Contents |
[edit] Current title holders
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Won From |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECWF Champion | Dark Minister | March 11 2007 | Robbie V |
| ECWF TagTeam Champion | Chris Jericho & Rey Misterio | March 11 2007 | DeGenerative |
[edit] Roster
- Abyss
- AJ Styles
- Balls Mahoney
- Bautista
- Brother Devon
- Brother Ray
- Brother Runt
- Chris Benoit
- Chris Jericho
- Dark Minister
- Deathwish
- Dynamite
- Eddie Guerrero
- Fallen Angel
- Fertig
- Jacob Cain
- Justin Credible
- Ken Anderson
- Kurt Angle
- Lance Storm
- Megma Thena
- Mr. Sandman
- Osire Meiln
- Paul Helms
- Paul London
- Paul Wight
- Raven
- Rey Misterio
- Rhino
- Robbie V
- Sabu
- Samoa Joe
- Shawn Michaels
- Taz
- The Vampire
- Tommy Ocean
- Yoshihiro Tajiri
[edit] Defunct promotion championships and accomplishments
- XTreme Championship (2007)
[edit] Pay Per View
ECWF holds Pay Per Views every two months. These are availbale to certain active members of the ECWF forums.
[edit] PPV Calendar
| June* | Rest In Peace |
| August | NCaged |
| October | Genocide |
| December | Violent Conduct |
| February | Danger Zone |
| April | Bound For Glory |
*The first Rest In Peace took place in March.
