WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW (2004)

Name: WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-11-16
Duration: 360 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jerry Lawler, Peter Senerchia, Michael Manna, Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, Gary Wolfe

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW (2004), directed by Kevin Dunn, starring Jerry Lawler and Peter Senerchia.

11/16/2004 BR Documentary 6h

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The Rise + Fall of ECW is a 2004 direct-to-video documentary produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It chronicles the history of Philadelphia-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Kevin DunnDirector
Paul HeymanWriter

About the film

The Rise and Fall of ECW was a 2004 direct-to-video documentary produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It chronicles the history of Philadelphia-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling. The documentary features interviews with various performers who worked in the promotion including co-founder and former owner Paul Heyman as well as performers Tazz, Tommy Dreamer, Dawn Marie, Stevie Richards, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Rob Van Dam, Rhyno, Nunzio, Spike Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley and D'Von Dudley. The documentary also featured interviews with ECW rival company executives, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and former WCW Senior Vice President Eric Bischoff. A book with the same title was published by WWE and Pocket Books in 2006, with much of the same information and interviews from the DVD transcribed and included. A 2.5 hour version of The Rise and Fall of ECW was available on demand, on the former WWE Network.

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Reception

The documentary proved to be one of the most popular pieces of media ever produced by WWE, with DVDs of the documentary selling in the hundreds of thousands.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awarded the DVD the "Best Pro Wrestling DVD" of 2005.

In June 2005, an unauthorized DVD called Forever Hardcore was written, directed and produced by Jeremy Borash in response to The Rise and Fall of ECW. The DVD featured interviews with ECW alumni who were not employed by WWE telling their side of ECW's history.

The success of Rise and Fall of ECW and Forever Hardcore led to WWE reassessing the value of the ECW brand and directly resulted in WWE hosting ECW One Night Stand (2005) to further test how much strength remained in the ECW fandom.

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The Rise and Fall of ECW at IMDb

Text from The Rise and Fall of ECW on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_ECW

Trivia

It premiered on November 16, 2004, a Tuesday.
It runs 6h00 — well over the usual two hours.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

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StudiosWWE Home Video
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Kevin Dunn Director
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What is WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW about?

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW: The Rise + Fall of ECW is a 2004 direct-to-video documentary produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It chronicles the history of Philadelphia-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Who directed WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW?

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW was directed by Kevin Dunn in 2004.

Who stars in WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW?

The cast of WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW includes Jerry Lawler, Peter Senerchia, Michael Manna, Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio and Gary Wolfe.

How long is WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW?

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW runs for 360 minutes, or 6h00.