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factoids

It is home to the annual Super 8 Tournament, one of the longest-running independent wrestling tournaments in the country, as well as the annual Super 8 ChickFight Tournament. In 2010, Kettner announced his retirement and turned the promotion over to Mike Tartaglia and Joe Zanolle. Mike Tartaglia officially put the company on hiatus on June 5, 2019. In December 2019, Tartaglia sold the promotion to Zanolle.WEB,weblink PWInsiderXTRA.com,

Championships

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Current champions{| class"wikitable" style"background:#fcfdff; font-size:95%; text-align: center;"

! Championship ! Current champion(s) ! Reign ! Date won ! Daysheld! Defenses! Location ! Event! Previous champion(s)!Notes|ECWA Heavyweight Championship

Travis Lee	1	November 5, 2022	{{age in days|November 05, 2022}}+	0	Morganville, NJ	55th Anniversary Show	Vacated|

|ECWA Tag Team Championship

The Marvelous Ones{{small|(Greg Spitz and Teddy Fine)}}	1	September 19, 2020	{{age in days|September 19, 2020}}+	4	Morganville, New Jersey	24th Annual Super 8 Tournament	Jay D. Luscious and Mr Ooh LaLa|

|ECWA Legacy Championship

LA Vin	1	November 5, 2022	{{age in days|November 05, 2022}}+	0	Morganville, NJ	N/A	Vacated|

|ECWA Territory Championship

Abs Armstrong	1	N/A, N/A, N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Matt Vertigo|

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Retired championships{| class"wikitable" style"background:#fcfdff; font-size:95%; text-align: center;"

! Championship ! Current champion(s) ! Reign ! Date won ! Daysheld! Defenses! Location ! Event! Previous champion(s)!Notes|ECWA Women's Championship

Gabby Ortiz	2	July 31, 2021	273	0	New Castle, Delaware	ECWA Super 8 Chickfight Tournament 2021	Vacant|During this reign the title was deactivated making Gabby Ortiz the final champion.

ECWA Hall of Fame

Established in 1982, the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Hall of Fame honors performers and staff members alike for their contributions to the organization. Though there is no physical location for the Hall of Fame, the organization acknowledges all inductees on its website.WEB,weblink Hall of Fame, East Coast Wrestling Association, April 16, 2012,

Inductees

{{collapse top|ECWA Hall of Fame Inductees}}{| class="wikitable sortable"! style="width:1%;"|#! style="width:1%;"|Year! style="width:25%;"|Ring name{{small|(Birth name)}}Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a ring name.! class="unsortable"| NotesThis section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in ECWA.

		Manager (professional wrestling)>Managing

		Ring announcer>Announcing

		Manager (professional wrestling)>Managing

		Manager (professional wrestling)>Managing

	(George Rivera)}}|

		Ring announcer>Announcing

		Manager (professional wrestling)>Managing

	ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	(Mark Miller)}}|

		Ring announcer>Announcing

	(George Rivera)}}|

	(Carl Fisher)}}|

	(Delance Clifford Wright)}}| Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	(Patrick Kenney)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times), and ECWA Super 8 Tournament (1998)

	(Mike Womer)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	(Michael Maraldo)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (4 times), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (3 times)

	ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 times) and ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)

	(Chuck Jones)}}| Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times)

	(Mike Houghton)}}| Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times)

		Ring announcer>Announcing

		Referee (professional wrestling)>Refereeing

		ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20011226002348/HTTP://WWW.LIVEAUDIOWRESTLING.COM/WO/NEWS/HEADLINES/DEFAULT.ASP?AID=3732	TITLE=FIRST SUNDAY UPDATE; HELEN HART THOUGHTS; WWF NEWS, ECWA HALL OF FAME AND SHOW NEWS, GREAT REFERENCE BOOK ON WRESTLING COMES OUT	WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER>WRESTLING OBSERVER	FIRST=DAVE	DATE=NOVEMBER 4, 2001	(Daniel Covell)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2000, 2004)

	ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	(Tom Carter)}}| Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)

		Manager (professional wrestling)>Managing

	ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	(Andrew Warner)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

		Ring announcer>Announcing

		Referee (professional wrestling)>Refereeing

	(George Baxter)}}| Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)

	(Rufus Roush)}}| Won the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)

	(Brandon Silvestry)}}| Won the ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times), ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2001)

		Manager (professional wrestling)>Managing

	(Charles Hiltner Jr.)}}| Wrestler

	(John Gregory Johnson)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)

	ECWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time)

	(Scott Beach)}}| Won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1 time), and ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)

|68|2021|John Finegan|ECWA Lead official|69|2022|Joel Goodhart|East Coast radio host, promoter and founder of TWA, ECWA manager|70|2022|Coach Jim Shorts|Manager, and commentator for ECWA|71|2022|Bob Artese|ECWA Ring Announcer|72|2022|Steve Corino|Former ECWA Tag team champion, founder of WORLD-1 Wrestling|73|2023|Jay D Luscious|Two time ECWA Tag Team champion|74|2023|Mad Dog Marley|Former ECWA Tag Team Champion|75|2023|Brady Hicks|Commentator, PWI Magazine contributor|76|2023|Chris Wylde|Former ECWA Champion|77|2023|Heavyweight Sean Royal|Former ECWA tag Team champion{{collapse bottom}}

See also

• List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States

Notes

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References

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External links

• Official ECWA website

{{East Coast Wrestling Association}}{{Professional wrestling in the United States}}