Earlier today this website found this link from ECWA:

https://ecwbyshaggs.tripod.com/interview.html

There are the questions & answers of five online chats from 1997 and 1998 with ECW members: Stevie Richards, Paul Heyman, Joey Styles, Al Snow, and Super Nova

These cover a lot of topics and will give you some deeper insights as to the overall picture of ECW at the time of these respective chats.

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The location of ECW’s first show (February 25, 1992 – then known as “Eastern Championship Wrestling”) took place at the Original Sports Bar at 8th & Market Street in Philadelphia, PA. Here is more about that show and its location:

https://metablox.co/memory/first-show-in-ecw-history-eastern-championship-wrestling-1374

This list is an update to all ECW alumni – both Eastern Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling – participants who appeared on ECW television at least once. This includes those who didn’t wrestle but did appear on camera and/or in front of live crowds.

An earlier post (click here) was missing two members, so this post serves to update the original post plus add this year’s (2023) WWE Hall Of Fame members.

Total number of WWE Hall Of Fame inductees who appeared at least once in ECW: 45

Here is the list:

ECW Alumni In The WWE Hall Of Fame

• Jimmy Snuka
• Don Muraco
• Junkyard Dog *
• Tito Santana
• Nikolai Volkoff
• Eddie Guerrero
• Sensational Sherri (Sherri Martel)
• Dusty Rhodes
• Jerry Lawler
• The Sheik
• Steve Austin
• Terry Funk
• Dory Funk, Jr.
• Kerry Von Erich
• Sunny (Tammy Lynn Sytch)
• Abdullah The Butcher
• Hawk
• Ron Simmons
• Arn Anderson
• Tully Blanchard
• Mick Foley (Cactus Jack)
• Jake Roberts
• Lita (Miss Congeniality)
• Scott Hall
• Madusa *
• Tatsumi Fujinami
• Luke Williams
• Butch Miller
• Stan Hansen
• Terry Gordy
• Kurt Angle *
• Rick Rude
• Ricky Morton
• Robert Gibson
• Bubba Ray Dudley (Buh Buh Ray Dudley)
• D-Von Dudley
• Jim Neidhart
• Luna Vachon
• The British Bulldog (Davey Boy Smith)
• Dr. Death Steve Williams
• Rob Van Dam
• Killer Kowalski *
• Rick Steiner
• Scott Steiner
• Rey Mysterio (Rey Misterio, Jr.)

See all of the WWE Hall of Fame inductees here: https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame

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Many ECW fans aren’t aware that one of the ways that the promotion was different from other wrestling promotions at the time was its interaction with the fans. While many people learn about ECW’s fans based on videos seeing fans chanting, handing weapons for the wrestlers to use, and other in-person fan interactions – ECW was different for its time due to its embracing technology.

On Raven‘s website home page (click here for his website), he referenced a chat which Paul Heyman had with fans on the old Prodigy online platform. This was very unique for its time as the promoter/owner was interacting and answering questions from fans around the world via a moderator who used Prodigy’s chat feature.

This link will take you directly to the full chat which took place in March 1997, after ECW appeared on WWF’s (now WWE) Monday Night Raw show – but before ECW’s first pay per view on April 13, 1997:

http://www.geocities.ws/ilovepaulheyman/a/article3.html

When you click the link, have fun and “go back in time” to 1997 as ECW was getting ready to go live with its first-ever PPV!

Here are just a few snippets from that chat:

C Biggles (Prodigy Member) If you could afford to move out of the arena and into someplace bigger,would you?

Paul Heyman (Speaker) We can…and we don’t want to. We may run bigger shows somewhere in Philly in the future, but until someone tells me why it shouldn’t be…ECW Arena is our home.

C Biggles (Prodigy Member) Who do you consider the best worker outside of your organization?

Paul Heyman (Speaker) Steve Austin, Chris Benoit, Taka Michinoko, Kenta Kobashi….all qualify as superior athletes and tremendous performers outside of ECW.

GreedyFly MO (Prodigy Member) Paul – What are your thoughts on the way Raw was produced this past Monday?

Paul Heyman (Speaker) It’s none of my business. It’s not my concern. I only had to involve myself where ECW had the opportunity to showcase it’s talent. Who, How, When, Why, and Under What circumstances they present their guys is their business…it’s none of my business, and I don’t want it to be my business. I wouldn’t tell WCW how to do their show. I wouldn’t tell WWF how to do their show. I don’t want them telling me how to do mine.

C Xyminez (Prodigy Member) If someone goes to your wrestling school,do you hire them upon graduation?

Paul Heyman (Speaker) One of our original goals for the House of Hardcore was to create a new source of talent. If you go to the House of Hardcore and you have what it takes to graduate, then you have what it takes to get in the ring, because they don’t release anybody to the open market until that person is really really ready…as evidenced by the compliments ‘The Rookie’ Chris Chetti has received. If you are willing to subject yourself to a training regiment that can only be compared to the United States

Paul Heyman (Speaker) Military meets a qualified wrestling Dogo call the House of Hardcore (redacted number). If you’re not serious about it, though, don’t waste your own time. If you are serious, I believe in my heart, it’s the best place to learn today.

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