Extremely Extreme Championship Wrestling Quiz

Answer: Tod Gordon

Tod Gordon founded ECW as Eastern Championship wrestling in 1992. In 1993, Gordon replaced lead booker Eddie Gilbert with Paul Heyman. Heyman booked the promotion using a more hardcore wrestling style. ECW was rebranded as Extreme Championship in 1994. Gordon sold the promotion to Paul Heyman in 1995.

Answer: Shane Douglas

On August 27, 1994, a tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship was held in Philadelphia in the ECW Arena. The tournament final was a bout between Shane Douglas and 2 Cold Scorpio. Shane Douglas won the match for the vacant championship.

After the match, Douglas dropped the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt and declared himself the first Extreme Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion. Douglas gave a scathing speech declaring the NWA to be dead. Only Shane Douglas, Tod Gordon and Paul Heyman knew this event would happen. The NWA Board of Directors were left stunned and disappointed. Eastern Champion Wrestling became Extreme Championship Wrestling soon after this match.

Answer: Yes

Joey Styles was a commentator for ECW from 1993 to its 2001. Styles served as the lone commentator for the "ECW Hardcore TV" program. At the ECW's 1997 "Barely Legal" event, Styles was performed both play-by-play and color commentary by himself. Later, Styles performed both play-by-play and color commentary by himself during most of the ECW television broadcasts.

Answer: Terry Funk

Terry Funk was an active wrestler from 1965 through 2017 who competed mainly in North America and Japan. He won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1975.

At the ECW's 1997 "Barely Legal" event, Terry Funk first faced the Sandman and Stevie Richards in a Three-Way Dance Match to determine the number one contender for Raven's ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Funk won the Three-Way Dance Match and then defeated Raven to become the ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

Answer: The Sandman

Bill Alfonso joined ECW as a referee, was stripped of his refereeing duties, and became Taz's manager. During Taz's intense feud with Sabu, Alfonso turned on Taz and aligned with Sabu. Rob Van Dam later took on Bill Alfonso as a manager and formed a tag team with Sabu.

ECW star the Sandman was managed by Woman. The Sandman would walk to the ring with Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as his entrance theme.

Answer: Yes

Tommy Dreamer and Raven feuded for over two years in ECW. During this feud, Tommy Dreamer never picked up a victory over Raven. At ECW's 1997 "Wrestlepalooza" event, Tommy Dreamer and Raven competed in a Loser Leaves Town Match. He finally earned a victory against Raven in the final match of their feud.

Answer: The Dudley Brothers

Dudley Dudley, Big Dick Dudley, and Snot Dudley were the original members of the Dudley Brothers faction. The group had many members come and go. Eventually, Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley became the iconic Dudley Boyz tag team. The Dudley Boyz won the ECW World Tag Team Championship eight times.

Answer: Rob Van Dam

Rob Van Dam won the ECW Television Championship from Bam Bam Bigelow on April 4, 1998. The title change occurred on an episode of "ECW Hardcore TV". RVD held the championship for 700 days.

Rob Van Dam broke his ankle in a match against Rhino on January 29, 2000. The injury forced RVD to miss time and vacate the ECW Television Championship. Super Crazy won the vacant ECW Television Championship at ECW's 2000 "Living Dangerously" event.

Answer: TNN

August 27, 1999, the TNN television network began airing "ECW on TNN". This show contained original matches from the ECW network on a national stage. The TNN president implied that the program's content would be "toned down" form ECW's extreme style. "ECW on TNN" was cancelled on October 6, 2000 after disagreements between the network and ECW's leadership.

Answer: Rhino

Rhino won the ECW Television Championship on the September 21, 2000, episode of "ECW on TNN". Rhino additionally won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on January 7, 2001 at the ECW's "Guilty as Charged" event. He held both championships when the company folded on April 4, 2001.