Paul Heyman's cult of broken tables, unpaid legends, and wrestling's beautiful disaster.
The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.
Direction
DIY filmmaking matching its subject's punk ethos perfectly.
Production
No WWE blessing means honest, unvarnished storytelling.
Director
John Philapavage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
ECW invented modern 'hardcore' wrestling and influenced WWE's Attitude Era, but died broke while its imitators got rich.
The filmmakers spent seven years securing interviews because WWE-owned docs were the only game in town, making this the last truly independent wrestling chronicle of its era.
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