East Coast Wrestling Association
East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by promoter Jim Kettner.[1] It is home to the annual Super 8 Tournament, one of the longest-running independent wrestling tournaments in the country,[1] as well as the annual Super 8 ChickFight Tournament. In 2010, Kettner announced his retirement and turned the promotion over to Mike Tartaglia and Joe Zanolle. Mike Tartaglia officially put the company on hiatus on June 5, 2019.[1] In December 2019, Tartaglia sold the promotion to Zanolle.[2]
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| Acronym | ECWA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1967 |
| Style | Professional wrestling |
| Headquarters | Newark, Delaware |
| Founder(s) | Jim Kettner |
| Owner(s) | Joe Zanolle |
| Website | ECWAprowrestling.com |
Championships
Current champions
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
Defenses | Location | Event | Previous champion(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECWA Heavyweight Championship | Travis Lee | 1 | November 05, 2022 | 354+ | 0 | Morganville, NJ | 55th Anniversary Show | Vacated | |
| ECWA Tag Team Championship | The Marvelous Ones (Greg Spitz and Teddy Fine) |
1 | September 19, 2020 | 1,131+ | 4 | Morganville, New Jersey | 24th Annual Super 8 Tournament | Jay D. Luscious and Mr Ooh LaLa | |
| ECWA Legacy Championship | LA Vin | 1 | November 05, 2022 | 354+ | 0 | Morganville, NJ | N/A | Vacated | |
| ECWA Territory Championship | Abs Armstrong | 1 | N/A, N/A, N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Matt Vertigo |
Retired championships
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
Defenses | Location | Event | Previous champion(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECWA Women's Championship | Gabby Ortiz | 2 | July 31, 2021 | 273 | 0 | New Castle, Delaware | ECWA Super 8 Chickfight Tournament 2021 | Vacant | During this reign the title was deactivated making Gabby Ortiz the final champion. |
Personnel
ECWA Hall of Fame
Established in 1982, the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Hall of Fame honors performers and staff members alike for their contributions to the organization. Though there is no physical location for the Hall of Fame, the organization acknowledges all inductees on its website.[3]
- Inductees
| # | Year | Ring name (Birth name)[Note 1] |
Notes[Note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1982 | Red Devil | First ECWA Champion |
| 2 | 1982 | Jim Kettner | Founder of the ECWA |
| 3 | 1982 | Super Smenkowski | |
| 4 | 1982 | Tiny Tom | |
| 5 | 1982 | Captain Tom | Managing |
| 6 | 1982 | George Koukedis | Announcing |
| 7 | 1982 | Mike Schroeder | |
| 8 | 1983 | Big Bill Page | |
| 9 | 1983 | The Maniac | |
| 10 | 1983 | Mr. Funk | |
| 11 | 1984 | Mad Dog Celli | |
| 12 | 1984 | Barry Page | |
| 13 | 1985 | The Baron | Managing |
| 14 | 1985 | Dirty Dirk Dunlap | Managing |
| 15 | 1985 | Ruffhouse Rivera (George Rivera) |
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| 16 | 1985 | The Bulldog | |
| 17 | 1985 | Sweet Chocolate Thunder | |
| 18 | 1985 | Jim Russum | |
| 19 | 1986 | The Wild Sheik | |
| 20 | 1987 | Mike Clark | Announcing |
| 21 | 1988 | Lord Vito Leone | Managing |
| 22 | 1992 | The Viper | Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 23 | 1992 | The Commando (Mark Miller) |
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| 24 | 1992 | The Commanding Officer | |
| 25 | 1992 | Dazzling Donny Love | |
| 26 | 1992 | Billy K | Announcing |
| 27 | 1994 | Dr. Destruction | |
| 28 | 1994 | Nigel Fair Service (George Rivera) |
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| 29 | 1994 | Thunder (Carl Fisher) |
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| 30 | 1994 | Boogie Woogie Brown (Delance Clifford Wright) |
Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 31 | 1995 | Simon Diamond (Patrick Kenney) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times), and ECWA Super 8 Tournament (1998) |
| 32 | 1995 | Cheetah Master (Mike Womer) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 33 | 1996 | Ace Darling (Michael Maraldo) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (4 times), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) |
| 34 | 1996 | Inferno | Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 times) and ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) |
| 35 | 1996 | Ravishing Ronny Roberts (Chuck Jones) |
Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) |
| 36 | 1996 | Glen Osbourne | Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times) |
| 37 | 1996 | Mr. Ooh La La (Mike Houghton) |
Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times) |
| 38 | 1996 | Big Al Napier | Announcing |
| 39 | 1996 | Bob Densmore | Refereeing |
| 40 | 1996 | Richard Naegele | ECWA Commissioner |
| 41 | 2000 | Jeff Peterson | Super 8 competitor |
| 42 | 2001 | Christopher Daniels[4] (Daniel Covell) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2000, 2004) |
| 43 | 2001 | Crowbar[4] (Chris Ford) |
Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 44 | 2001 | Reckless Youth[4] (Tom Carter) |
Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) |
| 45 | 2002 | E.S. Easton | Managing |
| 46 | 2002 | Kevin Kelly (Kevin Foote) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
| 47 | 2004 | Charlie Haas | Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 48 | 2004 | Russ Haas | Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 49 | 2004 | Billy Kidman | Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 50 | 2005 | Scoot Andrews (Andrew Warner) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
| 51 | 2005 | Chuck Ristano | Announcing |
| 52 | 2005 | Paul Turner | Refereeing |
| 53 | 2006 | Billy Bax (George Baxter) |
Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 54 | 2006 | Rob Eckos (Rob Strauss) |
Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) |
| 55 | 2006 | Mozart Fontaine (Rufus Roush) |
Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) |
| 56 | 2006 | Pete Theophall | Contributing artist |
| 57 | 2006 | Joe Zanolle | Photographer |
| 58 | 2007 | Low Ki (Brandon Silvestry) |
Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times), ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2001) |
| 59 | 2007 | Sebastian Night | Managing |
| 60 | 2007 | The Iron Man (Charles Hiltner Jr.) |
Wrestler |
| 61 | 2007 | Gary McLaughlin | ECWA floor director |
| 62 | 2009 | JJ the Crew Guy (John Gregory Johnson) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 63 | 2009 | Mega | Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 64 | 2011 | Michael Tartaglia | Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) |
| 66 | 2012 | "Greek God" Papadon | Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) |
| 67 | 2013 | Aden Chambers (Scott Beach) |
Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) |
| 68 | 2021 | John Finegan | ECWA Lead official |
| 69 | 2022 | Joel Goodhart | East Coast radio host, promoter and founder of TWA, ECWA manager |
| 70 | 2022 | Coach Jim Shorts | Manager, and commentator for ECWA |
| 71 | 2022 | Bob Artese | ECWA Ring Announcer |
| 72 | 2022 | Steve Corino | Former ECWA Tag team champion, founder of WORLD-1 Wrestling |
| 73 | 2023 | Jay D Luscious | Two time ECWA Tag Team champion |
| 74 | 2023 | Mad Dog Marley | Former ECWA Tag Team Champion |
| 75 | 2023 | Brady Hicks | Commentator, PWI Magazine contributor |
| 76 | 2023 | Chris Wylde | Former ECWA Champion |
| 77 | 2023 | Heavyweight Sean Royal | Former ECWA tag Team champion |
Notes
- Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a ring name.
- This section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in ECWA.
References
- "Press release" (PDF). East Coast Wrestling Association. 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- "PWInsiderXTRA.com".
- "Hall of Fame". East Coast Wrestling Association. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- Meltzer, Dave (November 4, 2001). "First Sunday update; Helen Hart thoughts; WWF news, ECWA Hall of Fame and show news, Great reference book on wrestling comes out". Wrestling Observer. Archived from the original on December 26, 2001. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
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