Paul E. Dangerously Eastern Championship Wrestling Debut

Before they "took it to the extreme," Todd Gordon's Eastern Championship Wrestling was a small local indy with a time slot on SportsChannel.

In the opening segment of the May 4, 1993 show Eddie Gilbert and Don Muraco faced J.T. Smith and Glen Osborne. The end of the match saw a surprise run in by Gilbert, Muraco and Snuka's new manager Paul E. Dangerously.

The rest is history.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• wrestling
• eastern
• championship
• ecw
• debut
• paul
• dangerously
• heyman
• gilbert
• muraco
• snuka

[scrippler]

This is even better then watching that new wwe ecw crap.

[fridogg]

that's right Snuka was the first ever ECW

[RegaLPleX08]

Its Kane

[maziku]

snuka was a big man

[lvw100]

Paul E mentions the Super Fly leap from the top of the cage with the guy he hit with it standing right next to him..........interesting.

[hustleking17]

ECW in its pre-extreme days is better to watch than the current WWE.

[wickedmountain]

@MRobert21 it wasn't a question you moron it was a opinion duh I know more about wrestling them you could imagine so think again dumbass lol

[MRobert21]

@wickedmountain You obviously did not know it or else you would not have asked your odd question. Nobody else had replied to your question, so I decided to do you a favor and educate you. Why do you ask a question on You Tube if you do not want replies to it? I had something to say and said it because I felt like it. Now, I am done with you on this video here and will ignore you after this.

[wickedmountain]

@MRobert21 uh I kinda know this and why reply to a 11 month old post 

[MRobert21]

@wickedmountain That GWF thing from Dallas never went any place. They had delusions of grandeur and worked somebody at ESPN to get on television for a couple of months (last time ESPN put wrestling on), but they had no $ behind them. GWF had a nice roster, but once the wrestlers all realized the promotion was lying and had no $ they all fled. I remember GIlbert booking an putting himself over in GWF, but he realized it was not going anywhere either. I doubt GWF had $ or a spot for Heyman.

[MRobert21]

@Waltersilvy Heyman wanted to own his own wrestling company, but could not get any $ to start 1. Heyman messed with Jim Crockett's HD thing that taped 1 show and went no place because Jim Crockett had no $ (Mommy Crockett controls the $ and she was done letting her idiot sons Jimmy and Davey waste her $, which is why she sold WCW in the first place). Heyman then decided the best way to own a wrestling company was to take over an existing company , so he got in ECW and eventually took over.

[MRobert21]

@srprazak Heyman's first national television exposure was in the AWA on ESPN in 1987.  Prior to that Heyman had been in Memphis, which only had local television. Most people only knew Heyman for his WCW run on TBS at this time after he left the AWA. There were rumors Heyman was supposed to go to WWF at around this time, but I doubt it since McMahon started eliminating managers in 1992 when business went south.