The original website for Eastern Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
Against which wrestler did Nikolai Volkoff have an Eastern Heavyweight Championship title match?
Answer:
Don Muraco – October 2, 1992 at the Kensington Youth Association in Philadelphia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling
https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1097&page=4&s=100
http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/nikolai-volkoff-11.html?prom_id=5
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Who was Tod Gordon‘s co-host on the first “ECW Weekly” episodes which aired in Philadelphia during the summer of 1992? This was prior to the 1992 pilot TV episode taping which later became “ECW Hardcore TV”.
Answer:
Bob Smith
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm12668998
Confirmation (found this upload on YT, all credits to the proper copyright owners)
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On what day was New Jack‘s ECW action figure shown on C-SPAN during a US Congressional session on the topic of the Federal Trade Commission and marketing violence to children?
Answer:
September 13, 2000. The first ECW video game (Hardcore Revolution) and New Jack’s action figure were mentioned starting at the 2-hour, eight-minute, 35-second mark of this video:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?159189-1/marketing-violence-children-day-1
Credit for the action figure photo to Wrestling Figure Database (link to their website on the Action Figures page)
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For several episodes of ECW’s Hardcore TV opening, the beginning of Nine Inch Nail’s “Closer” was used before transitioning to “Thunderkiss ’65” by White Zombie. Which two ECW alumni also used Nine Inch Nails’ music as their entrance themes?
Answer:
Christopher Daniels used “Head Like A Hole” and Devon Storm used “Terrible Lie”.
Resources:
https://www.wrestlingforum.com/threads/list-of-ecw-music.1280457
https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=452&page=15
https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=555&page=15
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Jerry Lawler first appeared in an ECW ring after the lights came back on after the conclusion of the “Final Battle” match between Raven and Tommy Dreamer. RVD, Sabu, Bill Alfonso, Beulah and Louie Spicolli were in the ring when Lawler appeared.
During the aftermath, several wrestlers came out from the locker rooms attempted enter the ring to attempt to save Dreamer. Who were the first two to enter?
Answer:
Axl Rotten and Chris Chetti (at 21:24 mark of this video, found on YouTube – all rights to WWE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestlepalooza_(1997)
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