Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling

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Elite Canadian Championship
Wrestling
AcronymECCW
Founded1996
StyleCanadian professional wrestling
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Founder(s)Dave Republic
Owner(s)ECCW Entertainment, Ltd.
FormerlyExtreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
Merged withTop Ranked Wrestling
Website eccw.com

Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) (formerly known as NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling) is a Canada-based professional wrestling promotion and a former member of the National Wrestling Alliance. By 2014 it was Canada's largest wrestling promotion. It was the focus of the 2010 documentary This Wrestling Life, and was used as the scene for the independent movie Kayfabe. [1] [2]

Contents

Championships and accomplishments

Championships
Deactivated championships
Other accomplishments

Notable wrestlers

See also

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