The Rise and Fall of ECW is a direct-to-video documentary, released in what year, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, the documentary features interviews with various performers who worked in the promotion including co-founder and former owner Paul Heyman as well as the performer Tazz, an American radio presenter, former color commentator and professional wrestler?
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The Rise and Fall of ECW The Rise and Fall of ECW is a 2004 direct-to-video documentary produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It chronicles the history of Philadelphia-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling. The documentary features interviews with various performers who worked in the promotion including co-founder and former owner Paul Heyman as well as performers Tazz, Tommy Dreamer, Dawn Marie, Stevie Richards, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Rob Van Dam, Rhyno, Nunzio, Spike Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley and D'Von Dudley. A book with the same title was published by WWE and Pocket Books in 2006 with much of the same information and interviews from the DVD transcribed and included.
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Tazz Peter Senercia (born October 11, 1967), better known by the ring names Taz or The Tazz, is an American radio presenter, former color commentator and professional wrestler.
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Memphis Championship Wrestling Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) was a professional wrestling promotion run by Terry Golden, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The promotion's first event was on February 20, 2000, and it remained active until mid-2001. It was employed as a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) developmental territory, so the roster was made up primarily of wrestlers being groomed for prime time or those that had already been established there but were returning from injury.
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Yokozuna Memorial Show The Yokozuna Benefit Memorial Show was a professional wrestling event produced by World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) promotion which took place on 29 November 2001, at the Lehigh Valley Sports Zone (WXW Arena) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was held in memory of wrestler Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoa'i, the nephew of promoter Afa Anoa'i and former two-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion, who died of pulmonary edema in Liverpool, England during a tour of Europe the previous year. The show served as a benefit show for his widow and two children, Keilani and Justin. Eleven professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card, with two including championships.
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Shawn Michaels Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American actor, professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler. Often considered to be the greatest in-ring talent ever, he is widely regarded as the finest wrestling performer of the 1990s and 2000s.
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Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and businessman. In 2002, Jarrett and his father founded Global Force Wrestling (then known as NWA:TNA and also previously known as Impact Wrestling). He is the current Head Chief Creative Officer with the promotion which is now under the ownership of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Jarrett is also known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
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Impact Hall of Fame The Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that honors professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities, established and maintained by the U.S.-based national wrestling promotion Global Force Wrestling. It was known as the TNA Hall of Fame from 2012–2017, and was known as the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame for part of 2017 after Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) rebranded as Impact Wrestling. Since Impact Wrestling assumed the name of Global Force Wrestling, it has been known as the GFW Hall of Fame. Inductees are usually announced at either Slammiversary or on "Impact!" and the ceremony takes place prior to Bound for Glory, with a speech being delivered at Bound for Glory. However in 2015, two were inducted into the Hall of Fame: Jeff Jarrett, who did not have a ceremony due to his actions with the company leading to a Lethal Lockdown match to depose him and his shares, while Earl Hebner was inducted at a live event.
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Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American entertainment producer, writer, performer, marketer, promoter, professional wrestling manager, and commentator currently signed to WWE on the Raw brand.
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Wrestle-1 Wrestle-1 (レッスル・ワン , Ressuru Wan ) is a Japanese "puroresu" or professional wrestling promotion, founded in July 2013 by Keiji Mutoh following his resignation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). The core of the promotion's roster was formed by wrestlers loyal to Mutoh, who left AJPW in a mass exodus during June 2013. Mutoh served as the promotion's first president and the head of its parent company, kabushiki gaisha named GEN Sports Entertainment. In March 2017, Kaz Hayashi took over as the new president of Wrestle-1. The promotion held its first event on September 8, 2013, at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
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ECW (WWE) WWE ECW (also known as ECW on Sci-Fi/Syfy) was a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE, based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. The show's name is also referred to the ECW brand, in which WWE employees were assigned to work and perform, complementary to WWE's other brands, Raw and SmackDown. It debuted on June 13, 2006, on Sci Fi in the United States and ran for close to four years until it aired its final episode on February 16, 2010, on the rebranded Syfy. It was replaced the following week with "WWE NXT". All episodes of the show are available for on-demand viewing via the WWE Network.
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Rebecca DiPietro Rebecca DiPietro (born April 14, 1979) is an American model, former professional wrestling valet and retired professional wrestler who is best known for her time as the backstage interviewer on WWE's ECW brand.
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Nightmare Danny Davis Daniel Briley (born June 30, 1952), better known by the ring name "Nightmare" Danny Davis, is an American retired professional wrestler and referee. He is the founder and former owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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Curtis Hughes Curtis Hughes (born December 7, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, better known under the ring name Mr. Hughes. He is best known for his stints in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. He also worked on TV for the American Wrestling Association, the American Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He trained wrestlers at WWA4 wrestling school for more than 10 years and wrestles on the independent circuit.
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Bound for Glory (2015) Bound for Glory (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 4, 2015 at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina. It was the eleventh event in the Bound for Glory chronology and the second and last pay-per-view event of 2015.
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Theodore Long Theodore Robert Rufus Long (born September 15, 1947) is an American retired professional wrestling personality who made appearances for WWE, having served as a manager, referee and authority figure, best known for his tenure with WWE. Long began his career in the National Wrestling Alliance where he became a manager. In 1998, he debuted in the WWE (then named World Wrestling Federation) as a referee but returned to managing in 2003. He later served as General Manager of SmackDown for two tenures lasting a combined six years as well as one reign as ECW General Manager.
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Becky Bayless Rebecca Treston (born February 3, 1982) better known by her ring name Rebecca "Becky" Bayless, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for independent promotions such as Women's Extreme Wrestling, Wrestling Superstars Unleashed, Wrestlicious, and Women Superstars Uncensored. In the past she has worked for a number of major independent promotions, primarily Ring of Honor (ROH), Full Impact Pro, and Shimmer Women Athletes. She is also known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Cookie and for ROH and Shimmer as a backstage/in-ring interviewer.
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Andrew McManus Andrew McManus was the owner and promoter of the short lived World Wrestling All-Stars promotion. The WWA toured Australia, Europe and New Zealand airing their shows on USA pay-per-view. McManus appeared on air a few times to make some announcements, but mainly ran things from behind the scenes. McManus did not really have a lot of experience as a wrestling promoter. The WWA eventually ceased running tours. Some of their wrestlers still wrestle in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, who the WWA had a friendly relationship with. Andrew has since founded McManus Entertainment, a music promotion company.
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Dave Hebner David "Dave" Hebner (born May 17, 1949) is an American professional wrestling authority figure, promoter, road agent, and referee.
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Marc Mero Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960) is an American retired amateur boxer and professional wrestler, as well as a motivational speaker. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under his real name and with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Johnny B. Badd. Today, Marc Mero contributes much of his time to the nonprofit organization he founded in 2007, Champion of Choices.
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Brent Albright Brent Albright (born November 28, 1978) is an American retired professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment, during which he appeared on "Friday Night SmackDown!" as Gunner Scott. He is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, having defeated Adam Pearce in New York, New York at Ring of Honor's "Death Before Dishonor VI" event on August 2, 2008.
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Doug Williams (wrestler) Douglas Clayton Durdle (born 1 September 1972) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a one–time Television Champion, two–time X Division Champion and a two-time tag team champion, having held the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the IWGP Tag Team Championship once each as part of The British Invasion. He also worked as a trainer for TNA's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was a one-time OVW Heavyweight Champion. Throughout his career, Williams has also worked in various independent promotions in the United Kingdom and abroad, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), One Pro Wrestling (1PW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Ring of Honor (ROH).
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Michael Cole (wrestling) Michael Sean Coulthard (born December 8, 1968) better known by his stage name Michael Cole, is an American professional wrestling commentator, show host, voice actor and former journalist. He is signed to WWE where he serves as the play-by-play commentator on "Raw" and "Raw" pay-per-view events.