East Coast Wrestling Association

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East Coast Wrestling Association
AcronymECWA
Founded1967
Style Professional wrestling
Headquarters Newark, Delaware
Founder(s) Jim Kettner
Owner(s)Joe Zanolle
Website ECWAprowrestling.com

East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 1967 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 ECWA Women's Super 8 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]

Contents

Championships

Current Champions

ChampionshipCurrent champion(s)ReignDate wonDays
held		LocationEventPrevious champion(s)
ECWA Heavyweight Championship LA Vin1March 22, 202515+ Morganville, NJ 29th Annual Super 8 Tournament Darius Carter
ECWA Tag Team Championship The Backyarders (Abs Armstrong & Travis Lee)1November 2, 2024155+ Morganville, New Jersey ECWA Night Of Unusual Matches 2024The Rock N Roll Revival (Billy Wynn & Robbie Wolfe)
ECWA Legacy Championship Sam Shields2March 22, 202515+ Morganville, NJ 29th Annual Super 8 Tournament Vacated
ECWA Territory Championship Abs Armstrong2April 27, 2024344+ Morganville, New Jersey N/A Vacated

ECWA Super 8

Type Of Super 8Current Super 8 Winner(s)Date WonLocationEventPrevious Super 8 Winner(s)
ECWA Super 8 Tournament Leo SparrowMarch 22, 2025 Morganville, New Jersey ECWA 29th Annual Super 8 Tournament 2025Darius Carter
ECWA Tag Team Super 8 Tournament The Mane Event (Midas Black & Jay Lyon)September 17, 2022 Morganville, New Jersey ECWA Tag Team Super 8 Tournament 2022N/A
ECWA Women's Super 8 Tournament Erica LeighAugust 8, 2022 Paulsboro, New Jersey 7th Annual Women's Super 8 Tournament 2022Megan Bayne

Yearly Special Holiday Matches

MatchCurrent WinnerTimes WonDate wonLocationEventAwardPrevious Winner
Turkey BowlJay D Luscious1November 28, 2024 (Thanksgiving) Morganville, NJ 2024 13th Annual Turkey Bowl (Thanksgiving Special)Turkey Bowl ChampionshipTravis Lee (6)
8 Circles of HellThe Backyarders (Abs Armstrong, Travis Lee, & Clutch Rockwell) & King Reggie (2)1October 31, 2024 (Halloween) Morganville, New Jersey 2024 Annual 8 Circles of HellN/AThe Backyarders (Abs Armstrong, Travis Lee, & Clutch Rockwell) & King Reggie
Love TriangleAbs Armastrong1February 14, 2024 (Valentines Day)Travis Lee's Backyard2024 Love Triangle MatchA full pair of Cupid Wings and a diaper to wearN/A

Retired championships

ChampionshipCurrent champion(s)ReignDate wonDays
held		DefensesLocationEventPrevious champion(s)Notes
ECWA Women's Championship Gabby Ortiz2July 31, 20212730 New Castle, Delaware ECWA Super 8 Chickfight Tournament 2021VacantDuring this reign the title was deactivated making Gabby Ortiz the final champion.

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
ECWA Hall of Fame Inductees
#YearRing name
(Birth name) [Note 1] 		Notes [Note 2]
11982Red DevilFirst ECWA Champion
21982Jim KettnerFounder of the ECWA
31982Super Smenkowski
41982Tiny Tom
51982Captain Tom Managing
61982George Koukedis Announcing
71982Mike Schroeder
81983Big Bill Page
91983The Maniac
101983Mr. Funk
111984Mad Dog Celli
121984Barry Page
131985The Baron Managing
141985Dirty Dirk Dunlap Managing
151985Ruffhouse Rivera
(George Rivera)
161985The Bulldog
171985Sweet Chocolate Thunder
181985Jim Russum
191986The Wild Sheik
201987Mike Clark Announcing
211988Lord Vito Leone Managing
221992The ViperWon the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
231992The Commando
(Mark Miller)
241992The Commanding Officer
251992Dazzling Donny Love
261992Billy K Announcing
271994Dr. Destruction
281994Nigel Fair Service
(George Rivera)
291994Thunder
(Carl Fisher)
301994Boogie Woogie Brown
(Delance Clifford Wright)		Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
311995 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)
321995Cheetah Master
(Mike Womer)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
331996 Ace Darling
(Michael Maraldo)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (4 times), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (3 times)
341996InfernoWon the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 times) and ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)
351996Ravishing Ronny Roberts
(Chuck Jones)		Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)
361996 Glen Osbourne Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times)
371996Mr. Ooh La La
(Mike Houghton)		Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times)
381996Big Al Napier Announcing
391996Bob Densmore Refereeing
401996Richard NaegeleECWA Commissioner
412000Jeff PetersonSuper 8 competitor
422001 Christopher Daniels [4]
(Daniel Covell)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2000, 2004)
432001 Crowbar [4]
(Chris Ford)		Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
442001 Reckless Youth [4]
(Tom Carter)		Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)
452002E.S. Easton Managing
462002 Kevin Kelly
(Kevin Foote)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
472004 Charlie Haas Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
482004 Russ Haas Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
492004 Billy Kidman Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
502005 Scoot Andrews
(Andrew Warner)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
512005Chuck Ristano Announcing
522005Paul Turner Refereeing
532006Billy Bax
(George Baxter)		Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
542006 Rob Eckos
(Rob Strauss)		Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
552006Mozart Fontaine
(Rufus Roush)		Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)
562006Pete TheophallContributing artist
572006Joe ZanollePhotographer
582007 Low Ki
(Brandon Silvestry)		Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times), ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2001)
592007Sebastian Night Managing
602007The Iron Man
(Charles Hiltner Jr.)		Wrestler
612007Gary McLaughlinECWA floor director
622009JJ the Crew Guy
(John Gregory Johnson)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
632009MegaWon the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
642011Michael TartagliaWon the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)
662012"Greek God" PapadonWon the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)
672013 Aden Chambers
(Scott Beach)		Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
682021John FineganECWA Lead official
692022Joel GoodhartEast Coast radio host, promoter and founder of TWA, ECWA manager
702022Coach Jim ShortsManager, and commentator for ECWA
712022Bob ArteseECWA Ring Announcer
722022 Steve Corino Former ECWA Tag team champion, founder of WORLD-1 Wrestling
732023Jay D LusciousTwo time ECWA Tag Team champion
742023Mad Dog MarleyFormer ECWA Tag Team Champion
752023Brady HicksCommentator, PWI Magazine contributor
762023Chris WyldeFormer ECWA Champion
772023Heavyweight Sean RoyalFormer ECWA tag Team champion

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a ring name.
  2. ↑ This section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in ECWA.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Press release" (PDF). East Coast Wrestling Association. 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  2. ↑ "PWInsiderXTRA.com".
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame". East Coast Wrestling Association. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 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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