ECW Trivia Question

Eastern Championship Wrestling’s first card was in February 1992; and it started shortly after the folding of The Tri-State Wrestling Alliance. TWA ran shows in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and mainly in Philadelphia from 1989 through late 1991.

Three future ECW heavyweight champions wrestled on TWA’s first two shows. Who were they?

Answer: Bam Bam Bigelow and Don Muraco wrestled on TWA’s first show in Newark, Delaware (April 16, 1989). Bigelow appeared on the second show (January 27, 1990 at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia) as well as future ECW champion Johnny Hotbody.

Confirmation:

http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/indy/tristate/tscards.html

https://wwfoldschool.com/twa-tri-state-wrestling-alliance-1989-1992/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_World_Heavyweight_Champions

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ECW Trivia

Which former ECW heavyweight champion played a season for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League?

Answer: Tito Santana. He won the Eastern Championship Wrestling belt on August 8, 1993; and he played for the BC Lions during the 1976 season. Confirmation sources:

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/ECW_Championship/Champion_history

https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-solismer001

https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21666310/from-football-wrestling-now-teaching-middle-school-tito-santana-takes-look-back

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1434200736593965/posts/6878363858844265/

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ECW Trivia

On April 13, 1997 Terry Funk won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on the Barely Legal pay per view event. He then lost the title to Sabu on August 9, 1997 at the Born To Be Wired show at the ECW Arena.

How many did Funk have defending the championship after Barely Legal?

Answer: 12, including the barbed wire match where he lost the title to Sabu. He defended the title against Stevie Richards, D-Von Dudley, Raven, The Sandman, Chris Candido, Shane Douglas, and Sabu.

Matches listed are at this link:

http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/terry-funk-31.html?prom_id=5

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ECW Trivia

Which ECW wrestler had the most pay per view dark matches (non-televised matches) for the company’s 21 PPV television events?

Answer:

Billy Wiles, who also performed as “Wild Bill” and “Bilvis Wesley“. He wrestled in a dark match on 5 of the company’s 21 pay per view events: Anarchy Rulz 1999, Heatwave 2000, Anarchy Rulz 2000, November To Remember 2000, and the last PPV – Guilty As Charged 2001.

Confirmation resources:

• https://www.geocities.ws/ecwarchive/ppvh1997.htm
• https://www.geocities.ws/ecwarchive/ppvh1998.htm
• https://www.geocities.ws/ecwarchive/ppvh1999.htm
• https://www.geocities.ws/ecwarchive/ppvh2000.htm
• https://www.geocities.ws/ecwarchive/ppvh2001.htm

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