ECW Barely Legal: Where Are They Now?

ECW Barely Legal: Where Are They Now?

May 31, 2022

By Ryan Porzl

1997 will go down as one of American wrestling's greatest years. Business was booming and creatively, things seem to be at an all time high with much watch television from both WWF and WCW. 1997 saw WCW as the undisputed #1 promotion in the country riding off big success with concepts like the nWo to the cruiserweight division to Sting's reinvention with the Crow gimmick while WWF was slowly but surely putting everything together for a big comeback and had stars like Steve Austin, The Rock, HHH, and Mick Foley ready to burst while Undertaker got his opportunity to run with the championship, Bret Hart was doing his critically acclaimed anti-USA/pro-Canada Hart Foundation stuff, and Shawn Michaels was about to put together D-Generation X. However, while the big two were fighting it out, we saw the number three ECW have their own memorable year with the biggest moment being they were about to make the leap to Pay-Per-View. On April 13, 1997, ECW broadcasted their first PPV called Barely Legal from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia having one of the more memorable events of the year. With this year being the 30th Anniversary of ECW and April 13th marked the 25th Anniversary of Barely Legal, we'll close our 30th Anniversary celebration of ECW by looking back at the participants at that show, the key players, and where they are now.

Note: I don't own any of the pictures. I found them on Google. Credit to WWE or whomever owns them

The Most Obscure and Forgotten Champions In ECW History

The Most Obscure and Forgotten Champions In ECW History

May 15, 2022

By Ryan Porzl

Continuing my tributes to ECW, we move to the second of the three part series. Like with New Japan and previously with WCW, we'll now take a look at forgotten names in ECW history. ECW may have only been around for nine years and many of their champions have become legends in the industry, they too have their list of champions that would make you go "who?" just like any other famous promotion. We'll now take a look at those obscure names. Once again, I'll only cover the original ECW from 1992-2001.

I don't own any pictures as I found them on Google.

Wrestlers Who You Likely Didn't Know or Forgot Held A Title In A Promotion (Extreme Championship Wrestling)

Wrestlers Who You Likely Didn't Know or Forgot Held A Title In A Promotion (Extreme Championship Wrestling)

April 27, 2022

By Ryan Porzl

As I've mentioned, 2022 is a big year for wrestling as we've seen as I covered how this year is the 20th Anniversary of Ring of Honor and the 50th Anniversary of New Japan Pro Wrestling. The celebration is far from over as we now look at ECW. One of the most innovative and groundbreaking promotions in wrestling history, ECW opened in 1992 and despite only lasting nine years, continues to be fondly remembered and beloved. This April marks what would've been the 30th Anniversary and now, we'll look at the land of Extreme. As is the case, we'll start with wrestlers who you likely know of but may have forgotten or had no idea was a champion there. I should point out that I will only cover the original ECW from April 1992 to April 2001 and none of WWECW.

Note: I don't own the pictures, I googled them though most have come from prowrestling.fandom.com