ECW was known for making popular several types of matches, including the 3-Way Dance, barbed wire match, tables match and Singapore Cane match among others. According to Heyman, ECW was the first victim of the "Monday Night Wars" between WCW Monday Nitro and Monday Night Raw.

When was ECW most popular?

For many fans, the year 1996 was a creative peak for ECW, especially considering that the promotion lost a lot of talent to WCW this year and in the previous one. But ECW did the best with what it had, pushing wrestlers like Taz, debuting Chris Jericho, and putting on great matches between Rey Mysterio Jr.

Why was ECW so popular?

The reason that fans loved ECW so much is the fact that they hated what was going on everywhere else in professional wrestling. WWE was presenting ridiculous cartoon characters as professional wrestling, from trashmen and dentists to scary clowns. WCW was spending lots of money and putting out a boring product.