Extreme Championship Wrestling

Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a groundbreaking and influential professional wrestling promotion. The company became known for its rabidly loyal fanbase as well as its tendency to push the envelope with several extreme storylines. ECW, for instance, featured the first ever lesbian storyline in professional wrestling between Kimona Wana-Laya and Beulah McGillicutty. The group would showcase many different styles of professional wrestling, popularizing bloody hardcore wrestling and the three way dance. It was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001.

Famous crowd chants

General chants

• E-C-W! used in the promotion when something "extreme" or "hardcore" was going on, it is now used for memorable moves by wrestlers who originally had a connection to the league. (Usually sounds like or shortened to "E-C-Dub!")
• Philly sucks! employed by New York City-based fans, claiming to be more wild than the Philly fans.
• Fuck New York! employed by Philadelphia-based fans, striking back at the "Philly sucks!" chant. Later adapted as an Anti-WWF chant, as the WWFs main headquarters were based in New York.
• This is brutal! chanted when the match was bloody and had lots of weapons
• Holy shit! chanted by the fans when a wrestler used shocking moves that could have put the wrestlers in harm's way.
• Oh my God! a chanted variation on announcer Joey Styles' famed catchphrase
• Sit the fuck down! an invective typically reserved for conspicuously disruptive crowd members
• Shut the fuck up! chanted by the fans when a heel wrestler(s) talked too much or negatively towards a face wrestler or towards ECW, during a shoot or promo interview or so.
• Sweep it up, asshole. Sweep it up! anytime someone swept up debris from the ring
• This match rules! used when fans are really enjoying a match.
• This is awesome! same as above

Wrestler-specific chants

• Justin (read: just an) a**hole! a welcoming chant specific to Justin Credible
• Where's My Pizza? a welcoming chant specific to the F.B.I. and/or Little Guido
• Big Sal Ate It! a responce chant directed at the F.B.I. "enforcer" "Big Sal E. Graziano", a 600 lb. wrestler.
• You fuck sheep! a welcoming chant specific to Roadkill
• The whole fuckin' show! Rob Van Dam's chant when he won a match
• Taz is gonna kill you! chanted at the opponents of Taz
• What?s your name? chanted at Buh Buh Ray Dudley, who would stutter as he tried to pronounce his own name.
• Fuck you Bischoff! insult directed to WCW's Eric Bischoff.
• You still suck! chanted at Stevie Richards when he first came to ECW doing one personality after another.
• Fuck 'em up Sandman, Fuck 'em up! During the Sandman's matches
• Sandman's gonna kill you! Chanted at opponents of The Sandman
• SHAH! Chanted when the "Shah" Hack Myers would chop or punch an opponent
• BALLS! Chanted when "Balls" Mahoney would chop or punch opponents

General performer chants

• She's a crack whore! usually directed at any number of female valets.
• Show your tits! directed toward the promotion's various female performers.
• You fat fuck! used for welcoming overweight wrestlers.
• You fucked up! used when a wrestler botchs a spot/move.
• You sold out! used to decry those ECW wrestlers who had chosen to leave the promotion, usually for the WWF or WCW.
• Please don't go! used when loved wrestlers on the ECW roster left the promotion.
• Welcome Back! used when wrestlers returned to ECW from WWF/E, WCW or somewhere else.
• You suck dick! usually directed towards heel wrestlers.
• He/She's hardcore! used to praise a performer, often one engaging in wanton violence; originated as a sarcastic chant directed at Tommy Dreamer.