Really Surprised!

One of my all time favorites.

Instant Favorite.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I LOVE ECW!!!!!!!! ECW to me is the greatest wrestling promotion to ever exist. It had awesome story lines, awesome wrestlers, awesome gimmicks, awesome booking, just awesome EVERYTHING!!! It is a shame that it had to die and WWE ruined ECW with their version of it.

Eastern Championship Wrestling made the move to SportsChannel Philadelphia in April 1993, having been broadcast on a local UHF station before that. From its new home on SportsChannel, the show would gain syndication in many more markets throughout the United States.This series is for the dedicated ECW fan. The early episodes were standard local promotion wrestling for its day - a few has-been veterans working the indy circuit with a group of local guys wrestling for the love (and beer money) of it. Within a couple months the changes begin, first with the arrival of Paul Heyman playing his Paul E. Dangerously character while becoming an associate producer behind the scenes.Eddie Gilbert is the booker when the series begins, so much of the show is focused on the stable he builds, Hotstuff International; yes, he spelt it Hotstuff.Several of ECW's long-term personnel are there from the start - refs John Finegan and Jim Molineaux, ring announcer Bob Artese, and wrestlers J.T. Smith and The Sandman, thought The Sandman has a surfer gimmick and J.T. Smith hasn't yet become The Italian Stallion.The main enjoyment I found in these early shows is watching the debut of the hallmarks for which ECW became famous - chairshots, drink containers as weapons, action outside the ring that sometimes spills into the crowd, high-flying moves from the ring to ringside, balcony dives, and fan signs. And that's just in the first dozen episodes.I'm working my way through the episodes from the start, and the quality improves as it goes, so it's hard to give an overall rating. I expect it will be up to 7/10 within the first three months, having started at 2/10.

ECW was once an alternative for WWE & WCW fan in the mid 90's that wanted less "gimmicky" wrestling w/ more violence/ T & A/ outrageous storyline, etc! Before ECW was broadcast nationally on TNN, you had to look hard to find this show which was shot in a crummy arena in Philadelphia and obviously did not have much of a budget for television production. I started watching it via tapes and discovered it was being broadcast on a Spanish TV station @ 1:00am Friday nights, but it was worth it. Such an innovative, violent style of wrestling that was upfront and in your face. There was nothing "over the line" in ECW's heyday whether it be barbed wire instead of wrestling ropes, excessive blood, partial nudity, excessive swearing, etc! It was not for everyone, but for someone that was a teenager at the time it was right up my alley and eventually paved the way that WWE still follows in some respects to this day, albeit watered down. If you have a chance to watch this someday it will be worth your while.

This ECW show on TNN was very good and very extreme but very different compared to the shows ECW had in the mid nighties. It always had great matches however. I loved it when New Jack would get his things like guitars, staple guns, and even sickles! It was really cool when the Baldies were on especially with Vic Grimes! If you can see the shows and get the videos do it because I recommend it!