{"id":17734,"date":"2018-04-21T23:38:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T03:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2018-04-21T23:39:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T03:39:36","slug":"richard-holliday-wins-ecwa-super-8-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/04\/21\/richard-holliday-wins-ecwa-super-8-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Holliday Wins ECWA Super 8 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the longest running indie wrestling tournament still running in the United States, the <em><strong>ECWA Super 8<\/strong><\/em>, and tonight&#8217;s edition, the 22nd entry, saw &#8220;The Most Marketable Man In Wrestling&#8221; <strong>Richard Holliday<\/strong> win a tournament that featured <strong>Bullet Club<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Chase Owens<\/strong>, ROH&#8217;s <strong>Cheeseburger<\/strong>, <strong>Ty Awesome, Mike Law, Bolt Brady<\/strong>, and <strong>Anthony Greene<\/strong>. In the final match, Holliday defeated Owens to win the trophy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Definitely an upset: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MostMarketable?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MostMarketable<\/a> wins the 22nd annual Super 8 tournament. @ECWAwrestling67 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5Df3tPysO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/J5Df3tPysO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Wrestling Estate (@TheWrestlingEst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWrestlingEst\/status\/987877536704102401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While not as well known as other top US indies like <strong>PWG, Beyond, PWX, EVOLVE<\/strong> or others, the <strong>East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA)<\/strong> is a highly respected indie promotion, one that is arguably one of the oldest indie promotions in the country. The Delaware promotion was founded in 1967 by wrestler <strong>Jim Kettner<\/strong>, who ran the promotion until retiring in 2010. Since then, it&#8217;s been run by indie wrestler <strong>Mike Tartaglia<\/strong>. Tartaglia was a former owner of <strong>Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA)<\/strong>, but in 2011, TWA shut down and he switched all focus on ECWA. In the 1990s and early 2000s, they became a breeding ground of top tier indie superstars who all went on to great careers, such as <strong>Bryan Danielson<\/strong> (Daniel Bryan), <strong>Billy Kidman, Low Ki, Austin Aries<\/strong> and WWE&#8217;s <strong>Hardy Boyz<\/strong> &#8211; all were ECWA regulars in their earliest days. WWE&#8217;s <strong>Christian<\/strong>, ROH\/Impact&#8217;s <strong>Christopher Daniels<\/strong>, <strong>Amazing Red<\/strong> and ECW&#8217;s <strong>Simon Diamond<\/strong> all held the ECW Heavyweight Championship early in their careers, and<strong> Charlie Haas<\/strong> is a former ECWA Tag Team Champion, alongside his brother Russ. <strong>Tessa Blanchard, Deonna Purrazzo, Karen Q<\/strong> and <strong>Renee Michelle<\/strong> are all former ECWA Women&#8217;s Champions. They were one of the home promotions for three hugely influential late 90&#8217;s indie wrestlers, <strong>Ace Darling, Reckless Youth<\/strong> and <strong>Trent Acid<\/strong>. ECWA&#8217;s style of wrestling was an influence on <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong>&#8216;s formation in 2002, and many of ECWA&#8217;s regulars would migrate to ROH.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bryan Danielson vs  Reckless Youth ECWA Super 8 2001\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIAasDAz3kc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 1997, they initiated the <em>ECWA Super 8 Tournament<\/em>, with Ace Darling winning the inaugural event. Since then, the winners have featured the likes of Simon Diamond (&#8217;98), Christopher Daniels (&#8217;00, &#8217;04), Low Ki (&#8217;01), <strong>Paul London<\/strong> (&#8217;03), <strong>Petey Williams<\/strong> (&#8217;05), <strong>Davey Richards<\/strong> (&#8217;06), <strong>Jerry Lynn<\/strong> (&#8217;07), <strong>Xavier Woods<\/strong> (&#8217;10), <strong>Tomasso Ciampa<\/strong> (&#8217;11), <strong>Matt Cross<\/strong>\/Son of Havoc (&#8217;14) and <strong>Jason Kincaid<\/strong> (&#8217;15).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bryan Danielson vs  Reckless Youth ECWA Super 8 2001\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIAasDAz3kc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17737\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/04\/DMG35ZyX0AAOSoh-e1524367967864.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard Holliday is an emerging star on the indie scene, who got his start in 2015. He worked under <strong>Paul Roma<\/strong> at <strong>Paradise Alley Pro Wrestling (PAPW)<\/strong> in Connecticut, and has begun to work other regional indies, including a victory over <strong>Matias De Napoli<\/strong> at <em><strong>CZW Dojo Wars 125<\/strong><\/em> in 2017. At <em><strong>EVOLVE 95<\/strong><\/em>, he defended his PAPW Heavyweight Championship against <strong>R.J. Rude<\/strong>. With Holliday getting more exposure on some national indies, and the track record of\u00a0<em>ECWA Super 8<\/em> winners success in professional wrestling, Holliday just may be a prospect to start paying attention to.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a taste of Holliday&#8217;s prior work, in a match against one of the indie&#8217;s top superstars, <strong>AR Fox.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Richard Holliday vs  AR Fox\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1e9BXry1KQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the longest running indie wrestling tournament still running in the United States, the ECWA Super 8, and tonight&#8217;s edition, the 22nd entry, saw &#8220;The Most Marketable Man In Wrestling&#8221; Richard Holliday win a tournament that featured Bullet Club&#8216;s Chase Owens, ROH&#8217;s Cheeseburger, Ty Awesome, Mike Law, Bolt Brady, and Anthony Greene. 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