Xtreme Championship Wrestling

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Xtreme Championship Wrestling
Details
Acronym XCW
Founded April 25, 1992
Defunct April 4, 2001
Style Professional wrestling
Hardcore wrestling
Lucha libre
Puroresu
Shoot
Headquarter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founder(s) Tod Gordon (Eastern), Paul Heyman (Extreme)
Owner(s) Tod Gordon (1992–1996)
Paul Heyman (1996–2001)
Vince Woodward (2003-present)
Area served National Wrestling Alliance (1992–1994)<bt>Xtreme Championship Wrestling (1994–1999)
HHG Corporation (1999–2001)
IWE (2003–present)
Formerly Tri-State Wrestling Alliance
NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling

Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. After subsequently purchasing the assets of XCW, International Wrestling Entertainment relaunched the Xtreme Championship Wrestling franchise as a IWE brand from June 2006 until February 2010 to complement their existing Raw and SmackDown brands.

The promotion showcased various international styles of professional wrestling, ranging from lucha libre to puroresu to hardcore wrestling.

Contents

History

Tri-State Wrestling Alliance and Eastern Championship Wrestling

Secession from the NWA

XCW Arena and television syndication

See also: XCW Hardcore TV

Paul Heyman and cross promotion

Lance Awesome controversy and promotional rivalry

XCW on TNN and bankruptcy

Main article: XCW on TNN

Legacy and resurface

The Alliance

Main article: The Invasion

Documentaries

IWE

Main article: XCW (IWE)

Other reunions

Tod Gordon dispute

In December 2005, Eastern Championship Wrestling founder Tod Gordon challenged WWE's ownership of the Eastern Championship Wrestling section of the ECW video library, claiming that the state did not have the right to sell that section of the video library to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. He also claims that Eastern Championship Wrestling, Inc. was separate from Extreme Championship Wrestling. On May 8, 2006 the case was thrown out and Gordon planned to appeal the decision. The appeal was denied and Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment retained the rights to the Eastern Championship Wrestling library.Template:Citation needed

Championships and programming

Championships

Championship Notes
XCW World Heavyweight Championship The world title of XCW. It was established in 1992 under XCW and continued to be defended within the promotion until 2001. The title was also defended within International Wrestling Entertainment from 2006 through 2010.
XCW World Tag Team Championship The world tag team title of XCW. It was established in 1992 under XCW and continued to be defended until 2001.
XCW World Television Championship The title was established in 1992 under National Wrestling Alliance affiliate and XCW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling, and continued to be defended until 2001.
XCW FTW Heavyweight Championship The unsanctioned title, akin to the Million Dollar Championship, was created for Taz and was defended within XCW from 1998 through 1999.
XCW Maryland Championship The title was established in 1993 under Eastern Championship Wrestling and was defended through the year.
XCW Pennsylvania Championship The title was established in 1993 under Eastern Championship Wrestling and was defended through the year.

Programming

Programming Notes
XCW Hardcore TV (1993–2000) Syndicated, also broadcast on the MSG Network.
XCW on TNN (1999–2000) Broadcast exclusively on The Nashville Network.

See also

References

Further reading

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