After winning a tournament to be crowned the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas delivered a scathing diatribe both honoring and criticizing the history of the title.
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Upon reaching the conclusion of his speech, Douglas threw down the title and picked up the ECW Championship instead.
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The Franchise proclaimed himself the new ECW Champion, but the "E" no longer stood for Eastern. ECW was now Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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Douglas faced off with 2 Cold Scorpio in the finals of the tournament.
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The match has gone down as one of the most momentous in the history of sports-entertainment.
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After the match, Scorpio shook Shane's hand in a display of respect.
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Coralluzzo and then-ECW owner Tod Gordon introduced the one-night tournament.
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Douglas battled Tazz in an opening round matchup.
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Shane resorted to grabbing onto his opponent's tights to secure the victory.
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In the second round, Douglas took on technical expert and future WCW and WWE star Dean Malenko.
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911 defeated Doink the Clown in an opening round matchup after three chokeslams.
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911 was led to the ring by ECW mastermind Paul Heyman.
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Doink inserted himself into the second round matchup between 911 and 2 Cold Scorpio.
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But when the real Doink also ran to the ring, the imposter was revealed to be Douglas himself.
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In a bout often forgotten about that night, Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck won the ECW Tag Team Championship by defeating longtime champs The Public Enemy.