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ECW Trivia

Which former manager during the Eastern Championship Wrestling era later appeared in a made-for-TV movie titled “Into Gray” (2020)?

Answer:

Robin Hunt, aka Hunter Q Robbins III. In this movie he plays a SWAT team member.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4939742/?ref_=tt_cl_t_7

https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/into-gray-2020

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ECW Trivia

Which former ECW TV personality, mainly in the “Eastern Championship Wrestling” era, later appeared in the 2006 movie “Funny Money” starring Chevy Chase?

Answer: Matty In The House (Matt De Matt).

Confirmation:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244521/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_1

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0210187/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2

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ECW Trivia

What was Eastern Championship Wrestling’s first match to take place at Viking Hall, later renamed the ECW Arena?

Answer:

Road Warrior Hawk defeated The Samoan Warrior and Don E. Allen in a handicap match

https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1993b.html

https://thehistoryofwwe.com/ecw-results-1993

https://www.pwinsider.com/article/171159/30th-anniversary-of-very-first-show-at-2300-arena-yesterday.html

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ECW Trivia

Who was Eastern Championship Wrestling’s first television announcer?

Answer: Dick Graham along with Stately Wayne Manor. The two did the first ECW recorded shows for television in 1992.

Resources:

• https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=10997&newsref=&feld=meinung
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14866886/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm
• https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2019/08/19/joevember-to-remember-from-the-ashes/
• http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=006266
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6737726/

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ECW Trivia

The first ECW show took place on February 25, 1992 at the Original Sports Bar in Philadelphia. Here are the matches from that show:

Market Street Mayhem
February 25, 1992 in Philadelphia, PA
Original Sports Bar drawing ???

1. Jimmy Jannetty drew Steve Richards (20:00).
2. Glenn Osbourne pinned Crybaby Waldo.
3. The Super Destroyer #1 beat Michael Bruno when Super Destroyer #2 pinned Bruno.
4. Tony Stetson pinned Ivan Koloff.
5. Jeff Royal pinned Max Thrasher.
6. Johnny Hotbody & Larry Winters DDQ DC Drake & JT Smith.

What was the final ECW show to have two or more wrestlers from that original show in February 1992?

Answer: Barely Legal on April 13, 1997. The dark match featured Chris Chetti and JT Smith defeating Little Guido and Tommy Rich (The Full Blooded Italians). The first part of the main event was the Three-Way Dance which saw Terry Funk defeating The Sandman and Stevie Richards (Big Stevie Cool).

JT Smith had only one more match in ECW after Barely Legal when he returned to the ECW Arena in September 1998 (click here), but no one from the February 1992 show was on the card at that point.

Credit for these match results: https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1992a.html

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=381

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