Picking up steam over the course of the early to mid-'90s, ECW grew from an NWA territory to the third-biggest wrestling promotion in the United States. However, it simply wasn't meant to last. For ...

Bully Ray believes the lasting legacy of ECW can still be felt decades later, despite the company closing back in 2001. Extreme Championship Wrestling, otherwise known as ECW, ran from 1992 to 2001.

ECW emerged on the wrestling map at a time when WWE and WCW dominated the industry. The promotion would establish itself as NWA-affiliate Eastern Championship Wrestling before dropping “Eastern” for ...

Rob Van Dam and ECW were early beneficiaries of an Internet rumor, and the brief run that RVD had as "Mr. Monday Night" on "WWE Raw" in 1997 wouldn't have happened if not for said rumor. On a recent ...

The WCW/ECW Invasion angle looked good on paper, as somehow WWE seemed to keep both promotion, at least in name only, alive after purchasing them, and could make the acquired talent come over into ...

In July 2001, WWF nearly made one of the wildest decisions of the post-WCW buyout era. Jerry “The King” Lawler was close to ...

WWE announced Wednesday that former WWE, ECW and WCW wrestling star Tracy Smothers had died at the age of 58. According to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, Smothers announced last year on Facebook that he ...

WCW and ECW going out of business in 2001 left a gaping hole in professional wrestling. New companies like TNA and Ring of Honor tried to fill the number 2 and number 3 positions – and they continue ...