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The birth of Extreme - Aug. 27, 1994: photos. P, [- R( k1 }3 z/ K. q
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. \7 \- w9 D) d0 z, A" h' kAfter 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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Upon reaching the conclusion of his speech, Douglas threw down the title and picked up the ECW Championship instead.$ l1 e: U, _' H7 ~& H& U
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The Franchise proclaimed himself the new ECW Champion, but the "E" no longer stood for Eastern. ECW was now Extreme Championship Wrestling.) F; v8 L$ C- \9 W: \
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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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Douglas faced off with 2 Cold Scorpio in the finals of the tournament.7 I* v- V6 W5 [: \. v2 O; r
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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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After the match, Scorpio shook Shane's hand in a display of respect.
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Coralluzzo and then-ECW owner Tod Gordon introduced the one-night tournament.
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Douglas battled Tazz in an opening round matchup.
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Shane resorted to grabbing onto his opponent's tights to secure the victory.
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7 ~3 N8 d) _2 Q; a( nIn the second round, Douglas took on technical expert and future WCW and WWE star Dean Malenko.
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911 was led to the ring by ECW mastermind Paul Heyman.
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But when the real Doink also ran to the ring, the imposter was revealed to be Douglas himself., ]& U0 }1 h! q
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