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The birth of Extreme - Aug. 27, 1994: photos
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; X: v5 D+ k2 W7 l* yAfter winning a tournament to be crowned the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas delivered a scathing diatribe both honoring and criticizing the history of the title.
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* o; M. n8 q! fUpon reaching the conclusion of his speech, Douglas threw down the title and picked up the ECW Championship instead.
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* W h$ T' N j6 jThe Franchise proclaimed himself the new ECW Champion, but the "E" no longer stood for Eastern. ECW was now Extreme Championship Wrestling.7 V1 i* }$ U0 t3 z" ^/ q: o# }" Z
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Dennis Coralluzzo, an NWA representative, was none too pleased with the tournament's aftermath, calling it "a disgrace."
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2 `% {5 ~5 E2 w7 ^Douglas faced off with 2 Cold Scorpio in the finals of the tournament.- B/ H( ?! [ L- g$ z% `
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The match has gone down as one of the most momentous in the history of sports-entertainment.
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5 b* G. P6 ] ^8 |9 XAfter the match, Scorpio shook Shane's hand in a display of respect.6 J# Y& {, n) D& @& i
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9 R% ] O. q9 tCoralluzzo and then-ECW owner Tod Gordon introduced the one-night tournament.( Y o# P% p: X& T0 |/ H
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1 G, p A5 \+ eDouglas battled Tazz in an opening round matchup.- K* `# _1 S6 C- o
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Shane resorted to grabbing onto his opponent's tights to secure the victory.
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In the second round, Douglas took on technical expert and future WCW and WWE star Dean Malenko.
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1 L; G/ Y& b4 mDoink inserted himself into the second round matchup between 911 and 2 Cold Scorpio.
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8 _1 X0 @' s: J% b7 Y8 n! z0 _But when the real Doink also ran to the ring, the imposter was revealed to be Douglas himself.
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5 ~, X2 r( ^$ V e Y/ u' ]3 [In a bout often forgotten about that night, Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck won the ECW Tag Team Championship by defeating longtime champs The Public Enemy. |
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