Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECWHardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW offers a frank, balanced look at the evolution of the company, starting even before its early days as a Philadelphia-area independent group called Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 and extending past the death of Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2001. Writer Scott E. Williams has pored through records and conducted dozens of interviews through records and conducted dozens of interviews with fans, company officials, business partners, and the wrestlers themselves to bring readers the most balanced account possible of this bizarre company. |
Contents
EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP | 8 |
HOT STUFF | 14 |
RAISING THE BAR AND SLAMMING | 26 |
THE BIRTH OF EXTREME | 37 |
QUOTH THE RAVEN | 47 |
EXTREME DEFECTIONS | 59 |
HOUSE PARTY 1996ENDINGS | 80 |
A MATTER OF RESPECT | 93 |
THE SPLIT AND OTHER | 129 |
THE WHOLE FN SHOW | 144 |
TAZ ON | 153 |
ECW ON AND OFF | 161 |
EXTINCT CHAMPIONSHIP | 186 |
BANKRUPTCY | 193 |
INVASION | 199 |
EXTREME NOSTALGIA | 217 |
GROWING PAINS | 100 |
MASS TRANSIT | 106 |
BARELY LEGAL | 112 |
WWF VERSUS ECW? | 121 |
LASTING IMPRESSIONS | 232 |
EPILOGUE | 242 |
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Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW Scott E. Williams No preview available - 2007 |
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