Before it became known as the ECW Arena, the venue in which Eastern Championship Wrestling started to call home in 1993 was known as “Viking Hall”. Many ECW fans from 1992 and early 1993 didn’t even know where the building was located; and some stories claim that the “Swanson and Rittner” intersection didn’t even exist at the time.
Fans had to ask around to find the building’s location, so it’s difficulty and “hidden” nature added to the emotions of what turned into die-hard ECW fans.
WWE.com website has a page dedicated to the building at this link:
https://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/ecwarena
If you would like to learn more about fans’ experiences during those early Viking Hall years, then this blog post gives you quotes and reference links to discover more. These fans helped shape the company from a small, regional territory promotion into the company which was known internationally just a few years later.
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