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Acronym | ECCW |
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Founded | 1996 |
Defunct | 2020 |
Style | Canadian professional wrestling |
Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Founder(s) | Dave Republic |
Owner(s) | ECCW Entertainment, Ltd. |
Formerly | Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling |
Merged with | Top Ranked Wrestling |
Website | eccw |
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