Archives for March 2024

Political Spoof Wording On Joel Gertner’s Back In November 2000

March 31, 2024 by ECW Website

ECW Trivia

On November 11, 2000 in Poughkeepsie, NY Joel Gertner entered a six-man tag team match and got the pin for his team (Christian York, Joey Matthews, Tommy Dreamer) against CW Anderson, Swinger, and Simon Diamond. The George Bush-Al Gore November 2000 election had just taken place, so what political spoof wording did Joel Gertner have written on his back when he took off his shirt after entering the ring?

Answer:

“Nader 2004“

This was confirmed by Joel. Learn more about his time in ECW and other information about him here: Joel Gertner ECW

https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/2000d.html

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AJPW Tag Team Title Holders To Wrestle In ECW

March 26, 2024 by ECW Website

ECW Trivia

Which holders of the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship also wrestled in ECW (Eastern or Extreme)?

Answer:

Steve Williams, Stan Hansen, Terry Gordy, Johnny Smith, and Gary Albright. Gary wrestled once in ECW: at the ECW Arena in December 1996 at Holiday Hell ’96 (click here).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(AJPW)

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Updated Chubby Dudley Interviews With Eastern Championship Wrestling Alumni

March 22, 2024 by ECW Website

In recent weeks, Bay Ragni (aka Chubby Dudley and EZ Ryder) conducted several lengthy and in-depth interviews with alumni from the Eastern Championship Wrestling era of ECW. These videos can be found on his Chewin’ the Fat section under the “Live” tab of his React & Chill YouTube channel.

The interviews he recently conducted are now available on the individual bio pages for ECW alumni on this website. The updated list includes:

Additionally, even though he was not part of Eastern Championship Wrestling, Joel Goodhart ran the promotion which was the precursor to ECW, the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA). Many ECW alumni worked for TWA before joining Eastern Championship Wrestling. Tod Gordon, ECW’s founder, was involved with TWA before starting Eastern Championship Wrestling.

Bay interviewed Joel Goodhart as part of his Chewin’ The Fat interview series. That video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84iQmohMomM

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