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The forgotten stars of ECW: photos. _- P$ ~# c0 O1 D
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Tommy Cairo joined Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1993 as one of the most popular grapplers in the local area. That year, he won a Battle Royal to become NWA Pennsylvania Heavyweight Champion.
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0 Y+ z1 B! j# t& B3 I"Pay Your Bills!" was accompanied to ECW rings by The Sandman's own wife, Peaches.
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Cairo, alongside Peaches, battled The Sandman in a "Dueling Canes Match" at the first Heat Wave event in 1994.
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, V3 n. W0 D4 t. _ J"Joel Gertner dropped out of his senior year at Cornell University, a prestigious Ivy League school, to pursue his dream of being in the wrestling business," Paul Heyman said.0 A# C2 l; \+ M% h! \
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Starting out as a manager and announcer for The Dudley Boyz, Gertner distanced himself from the team and became beloved by the ECW faithful for his innuendo-laden limericks.
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Multi-time Tag Team Champion Kronus was one of the most spectacular and innovative competitors in the history of ECW.
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In 1997, Kronus, as half of the ECW Tag Team Champions, invaded WWE Raw alongside his tag team partner Perry Saturn, Beulah McGillicutty, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman.' y5 S% c o! ?
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7 s3 a; O. S& U" m/ \7 ~"The Sinister Minister was one of my favorite late original ECW characters," Paul Heyman told WWE Classics.
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1 s, E+ x& C$ @, C* ~- ^ KThe Minister returned at ECW One Night Stand 2005 where he and Mikey Whipwreck accompanied Tajiri to the ring./ F( K3 ^5 u: E) z' l, J0 W+ P% W
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The unique pairing of Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill was not as unusual as might be expected.! F& X+ E; [4 R1 |1 w
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( ^9 D. e# Z. n k- k4 eDue to Doring's severe case of vertigo, he refused to perform any high-risk maneuvers, but when the very demanding ECW fans would chant "boring" during his matches, the cocky womanizer assumed they were reciting his surname.4 X% E2 O3 N& z
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: D. q' R' z' v4 S, Q2 Z6 SDue to his Amish upbringing, Roadkill was far too naive to understand what it took to please fans. But that didn't matter, the hardcore faithful took to him anyway.
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5 B4 W8 s. V `1 K. X% J; o9 O0 J9 TEventually, Doring agreed to perform high-risk maneuvers.
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Doring joined WWE in 2006 for the re-launch of ECW on Syfy.* j; {% A1 W: Q+ S# K0 v- }
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Doring was defeated by Mike Knox on the June 27, 2006, edition of ECW./ M( T, R& C2 Z
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. `6 f" M% \1 X' l1 hRoadkill joined WWE for the ECW re-launch in 2006 and returned to New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on Aug. 1.
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A 6-foot-2, 225-pound bruiser, Hack Myers was billed as hailing from "The Last House on the Left" and was a star in ECW's early years.6 v8 O: {4 i% l% o
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In Heat Wave 1994's first match, the team of Ian & Axl Rotten took on Myers & Rockin' Rebel.
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Chilly Willy may sound like a cuddly cartoon character, but he and Balls Mahoney created one of later-era ECW's most dynamic tag teams.
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' o! O8 u# O$ I; F! f& LAnderson defeated Tommy Dreamer in New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom at Massacre on 34th Street, ECW's penultimate pay-per-view event.
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; F- N: D# @) B: m1 QAnderson briefly joined WWE for the re-launch of ECW in 2006 and battled Superstars like future WWE Champion CM Punk.% J6 \/ D+ J* n" k
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In 1999, New York native Chris Chetti formed a fan favorite tag team alongside former bWo member Nova.
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' m- @7 F L6 ?Not many fans remember Chetti, but his pedigree stacks up against nearly every other ECW competitor. He was the first graduate of The House of Hardcore and was trained to wrestle by his cousin Tazz.! }9 \" X% h3 B# R# w
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Nova was never afraid to resort to using a foreign object like championship gold against opponents like Lance Storm.
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At Heat Wave 1997, Chetti teamed with Balls Mahoney to take on Bam Bam Bigelow & Chris Candido.
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Nova eventually joined WWE, where he battled Superstars like Matt Hardy and Funaki on SmackDown, going by the name Simon Dean.
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