Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 Tri-State Wrestling Alliance 1
Chapter 2 Eastern Championship Wrestling 8
Chapter 3 Hot Stuff 14
Chapter 4 Raising the Bar (And Slamming It Through the Table) 26
Chapter 5 The Birth of Extreme 37
Chapter 6 Quoth the Raven 47
Chapter 7 Extreme Defections 59
Chapter 8 House Party 1996-Endings and Beginnings 80
Chapter 9 Brian Pillman 84
Chapter 10 A Matter of Respect 93
Chapter 11 Growing Pains 100
Chapter 12 Mass Transit 106
Chapter 13 Barely Legal 112
Chapter 14 WWF Versus ECW? 121
Chapter 15 The Split and Other Farewells 129
Chapter 16 The Whole F'n' Show 144
Chapter 17 TAZ On Top 153
Chapter 18 ECW On (And Off) TNN 161
Chapter 19 Extinct Championship Wrestling 186
Chapter 20 Bankruptcy 193
Chapter 21 Invasion 199
Chapter 22 Where They Ended Up 204
Chapter 23 Extreme Nostalgia 216
Chapter 24 Lasting Impressions 231
Chapter 25 June 10, 2005 Hardcore Homecoming 241
Chapter 26 (WW)ECW 246