This week we are concentrating on the ECWA Super 8 Tournament!
RED
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 147 lbs.
Hails From: Brooklyn, NY
Years Pro: 2 Trained by former ECW Heavyweight champion Mikey Whipwreck, the S.A.T.'s Red made his ECWA debut in stunning fashion this past September, winning a Three Way Dance over fellow Spanish Announce Team members Joel and Jose Maximo. In the following months, the young high-flyer has continued to dazzle audiences with his aerial mastery. In his short two year career, Red has competed up and down the East Coast indies, winning titles in three different states along the way, including the ICW (Impact Championship Wrestling) and HWA (Hardcore Wrestling Alliance) Heavyweight titles in New York, as well as the PWF Lightheavyweight belt in Pennsylvania and Championship Wrestling Federation's Hardcore Title (New Jersey). In addition, he has competed in Memphis and Puerto Rico. Ranked number 445 in this year's PWI 500 ranking, Red aspires to be the very best at his craft of pro-wrestling.
XAVIER
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 205 lbs.
Hails From: Queens, NY
Years Pro: 4.5 Xavier is a relative newcomer to the East Coast Wrestling Association but is looking to make a quick name for himself in the promotion by winning this year's Super 8. An indy sensation in New York, Xavier has captured numerous titles throughout the state including the Heavyweight and Northeastern titles of the Impact Championship Wrestling promotion and USA Pro-Wrestling's Heavyweight belt. He has also competed on occasion in the World Wrestling Federation. Trained by Tony DeVito, Xavier tries incorporating a combination of various styles in his matches and often relies on backgrounds in Tae-Kwon-Do and Jujitsu. The 450 Splash finisher has led Xavier to many victories, and he finished at the ranking of the same number in the 2001 PWI 500.
DONOVAN
MORGAN
Height: 6'
Weight: 210 lbs.
Hails From: San Francisco, CA
Years Pro: 5
Trained by Michael Modest, "The Future Legend" Donovan Morgan is a veteran of the All-Pro Wrestling organization in his home state of California, having held their Heavyweight, Tag Team and Internet titles. He also served as Head Instructor at the group's Boot Camp Wrestling School in Hayward, CA from 1999 until 2001 and is currently an owner and instructor at Pro-Wrestling IRON with Modest in the same city. In addition to APW and various other promotions up-and-down the coast of California, Donovan Morgan has competed in the WWF, World Championship Wrestling and for Mitsuharu Misawa's Pro-Wrestling NOAH, located in Japan. It is there he hopes to one day capture tag team gold with his IRON co-owner. Morgan has feuded with the likes of 2000 Super 8 Champion Christopher Daniels and the WWF's Crash Holly, then known as Erin O' Grady. He has used the "Sayounara" finisher, a chicken wing pile driver, en route to numerous wins and was ranked in the 176th spot in this year's PWI 500.
BOBBY RUDE
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 232 lbs.
Hails From: Toronto,Canada
Years Pro: 4
"The Natural" has the distinction of being the first ever Super 8 competitor from Canada. Trained by WWF superstar Val Venis and Shawn Sewell, Rude brings a technical mat-wrestling style to the table while finishing off opponents with the legendary Rude Awakening. A member of the SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame, Bobby Rude has held the Real Action Wrestling Heavyweight title four times and Atlantic Grand Prix's tag titles. In addition to those two Canadian promotions, Rude has worked for the WWF, WCW and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Inspired by his trainer Venis, as well as Ric Flair and Curt Hennig, Bobby Rude aspires one day to work for the World Wrestling Federation but first looks to conquer the indies with a victory in the 6th Annual Super 8 Tournament.
MATT STRYKER
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Hails From: Cincinnati, OH
Years Pro: 4 Matt Stryker was trained by Les Thatcher and is a veteran of his promotion, Heartland Wrestling Alliance. He has held the group's Lightheavyweight championship on two occasions. Stryker offers a combination of aerial and mat wrestling and has feuded with 1999 Super 8 wrestler Chad Collyer, in addition to Pepper Parks, a member of this year's tournament roster. Ohio Valley Wrestling in Kentucky, Main Event Championship Wrestling in Illinois and the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling have all seen Matt Stryker grace their rings. Ranked number 286 in the PWI 500, Matt is inspired by Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, D'Lo Brown and Brian Adams.
PEPPER PARKS
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Hails From: Buffalo, NY
Years Pro: 2 Like Matt Styker, Pepper Parks was also trained by Les Thatcher and competes in the HWA, where he is a former Cruiserweight and Tag team champion. A high-flying aerial specialist, Parks was ranked at number 500 in this year's PWI 500 and uses a devastating top rope neckbreaker to finish off opponents. He has also competed in OVW and was inspired by former WWF Champions Randy Savage, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. It will be interesting to see if a past feud with fellow Super 8 competitor Matt Stryker is rekindled in the tournament.
A. J. STYLES
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 202 lbs.
Hails From: Atlanta, GA
Years Pro: 3 "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles currently calls NWA-Wildside in Georgia home and has won the promotion's Heavyweight title once and the TV title on three different occasions. Styles was trained by the NCW Wrestling School and cites Lance Storm as his main inspiration. He has feuded with past Super 8 competitor and current ECWA Heavyweight Champion Scoot Andrews, as well as former WWF superstar K-Kwik. In addition to the aforementioned NWA-Wildside, A.J. Styles has competed in such noted promotions as the XWF in Florida, NWA-Nashville, OMEGA Championship Wrestling in North Carolina, APW, the WWF, WCW and IPW-Hardcore Wrestling in Florida, where he was a Heavyweight champion. A.J. finishes off opponents with "The Styles Clash" and was ranked number 199 in the PWI 500 of 2001.
JAMIE KNOBLE
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hails From: Hanover, WV
Years Pro: 8 A late addition to this year's Super 8 Tournament is former WCW star and current WWF developmental talent Jamie Knoble, who will replace the injured R.C. Haas. Trained by Dean Malenko, Knoble has both competed and held titles in his native West Virginia, as well as Florida (IPW Hardcore Wrestling and Coastal Championship Wrestling) and Ohio's Heartland Wrestling Association, where he is a former Cruiserweight champion. In addition, he is a veteran of NWA's Georgia affiliate, Wildside, and NWA Nashville. Jamie uses the Doubleshot and the Deadline DDT to finish off opponents and was ranked number 212 in this year's PWI 500. He aspires to become the WWF Lightheavyweight champion and to one day compete at WrestleMania.
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