professional wrestling hardcore wrestling lucha libre founded 2011 defunct 2014 headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania u.s. key people shane douglas corky robinson danny shay shawn mooney products tickets and dvds parent 5 guys wrestling inc. website extremerising.com twitter extreme rising formerly extreme reunion was an american independent wrestling promotion founded in 2012 by wrestling personalities shane douglas & cody michael brothers steve & mike o neill & producer kevin kleinrock the 5 guys of 5 guys wrestling inc. . 1 the promotion closed on april 22 2014 after o neil cancelled all the shows . meant to fill the void of hardcore wrestling left behind by the defunct extreme championship wrestling extreme rising assembled a roster of ecw alumni such as raven the sandman stevie richards jerry lynn the mongolian butcher among others . the first show was held on april 28 2012 at the national guard armory in philadelphia pennsylvania which served as a stand in for the ecw arena which was undergoing renovations at the time . contents 1 history 2 alumni 3 championship 3.1 extreme rising world championship 3.2 title history 4 references 5 external links history edit on january 14 2012 douglas announced there would be an extreme reunion at philadelphia s national guard armory on april 28 . in a video that aired during czw s excellent adventure held at the ecw arena douglas addressed the fans and announced a second revolution was about to begin to keep extreme wrestling alive in philadelphia . 2 douglas cited his dissatisfaction with the state of the professional wrestling industry as his inspiration to create the new organization . 3 to drum up interest for the inaugural show on april 28 douglas undertook a guerrilla marketing campaign which included attending the march 19 2012 edition of wwe monday night raw with business partner steve o neill and producer kevin consolo . douglas bought a ticket and gained entry while concealed in a lucha libre mask . douglas unmasked while in the audience and began an ecw chant but was escorted out of the arena . 4 5 consolo had douglas cut a promo video to hype the upcoming show extreme reunion on april 28 2012 . the extreme reunion event was panned by both fans and critics . the fans in attendance voiced their annoyance at the event by shouting negative chants at shane douglas who had booked himself in the main event . former ecw champions sabu and justin credible were removed from the card on the night of extreme reunion for medical reasons . 6 7 8 9 douglas released a video days later apologizing for the quality of the show and promised changes going forward . 10 among the changes were altering the company name from extreme reunion to extreme rising and bringing in younger talents such as matt hardy homicide jay bradley and luke hawx to bolster the roster . 11 on december 29 2012 at the card subject to change ippv stevie richards become extreme rising s first world champion by winning a tournament final over rhino . earlier in the evening richards defeated luke hawx while rhino defeated devon storm . 12 richards would make his first title defense of the extreme rising championship at dwa s wrestling legends tour 2013 in germany defeating dwa cruiserweight champion tarkan aslan to officially make it a world title . 13 extreme rising had planned to offer three shows in the wrestlemania 29 weekend but the shows were cancelled due to poor sales . 14 after a hiatus extreme rising reorganized and announced that they would resume running live shows on december 28 2013 . extreme rising was the first promotion to run the former ecw arena when the venue re opened a feat no other pro wrestling company could accomplish . 15 16 on april 22 2014 extreme rising cancelled all upcoming events and closed all social media accounts used by the promotion . 17 alumni edit main article list of extreme rising alumni championship edit extreme rising world championship edit in 2012 the fledgling extreme rising promotion announced an 8 man tournament to crown their first world champion 18 19 set to include former world champions such as sabu homicide and rhino as well as other promotion mainstays like stevie richards luke hawx devon storm perry saturn and the greek god papadon . the two night tournament took place at the remember november ippv on november 17 2012 and the card subject to change ippv on december 29 2012 and concluded when stevie richards won the vacant title by defeating rhino in the finals . the tournament brackets were 20 quarterfinals semifinals final stevie richards sub papadon stevie richards sub luke hawx luke hawx sub perry saturn stevie richards sub rhino sabu devon storm pin devon storm rhino pin rhino pin homicide in 2013 stevie richards announced via twitter that he wanted to defend the title against danny doring in a videogame . doring who was one half the last ecw world tag team champions and still possessed the physical belt also put his title on the line in a defunct promotion vs defunct promotion match . after his declarations the promotion asked richards to return the title for referring to extreme rising as a defunct promotion . 21 this issue was eventually dropped and richards resumed defending the championship at indie shows and was booked by extreme rising for further title defenses . in 2014 richards was defeated by luke hawx at an ecwa show in delaware following outside interference from papadon the match was announced on the night as being for the title . 22 however extreme rising sent a communicate to inform the match wasn t for the title and richards was still the champion . however hawx would continue to proclaim himself champion while defending the belt . on july 20 2014 despite already having thrown down the extreme rising championship belt on previous occasions 23 24 hawx defended the title against matt hardy at maryland championship wrestling while company owner steve o neill issued a press release to say that it wasn t recognised as a title match . 25 according to mcw dan mcdevitt the match would be for the mcw heavyweight championship but if hardy or hawx will bring other titles it is their own business . 26 hardy successfully retained the mcw championship and obtained the extreme rising championship belt but is not officially recognized as champion . 27 title history edit wrestlers reigns date won location days held notes 1 . stevie richards 1 december 29 2012 philadelphia pennsylvania 427 defeated rhino in the tournament finale . 28 richards has officially never lost the title but after er cancelled all the shows he never defended it . 29 2 . luke hawx 1 march 1 2014 newark delaware 140 defeated richards at an ecwa event . title change is not sanctioned by extreme rising and stevie richards defends the title numerous times following this officially non title loss . 30 31 3 . matt hardy 1 july 19 2014 joppa maryland 1 defeated hawx in a tlc match at mcw shane shamrock cup . officially neither extreme rising nor mcw recognized the match as a title match for the extreme rising title but hardy and hawx claimed it as a title change . 32 after the match hardy returned the title to hawx and was retired . references edit extreme rising pro wrestling weekly tv show . indiegogo . indiegogo . retrieved 14 october 2013 . http www.pro wrestling.com displaynews.php area 1 & sid 27393 martin adam 2012 01 27 . douglas on extreme reunion carter s tna investment . wrestleview . retrieved 2013 02 15 . http www.411mania.com wrestling news 229958 video shane douglas invades tonight s raw gets kicked out.htm tedesco mike 2012 03 20 . video shane douglas crashes monday night raw . wrestleview . retrieved 2013 02 15 . http www.prowrestling.net artman publish miscliveevents article10024865.shtml 4 28 extreme reunion report philadelphia pa . correspondent describes show as trainwreck organizers draw anger for handling of sabu absence lynn stands out in ring . pro wrestling torch . 2012 04 29 . 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extreme rising belt pro wrestling syndicate http www.pwinsider.com article 87020 odd situation involving extreme rising championship.html p 1 http www.pwinsider.com article 87022 dan mcdevitt statement on extreme rising title.html p 1 http pwinsider.com article 87020 odd situation involving extreme rising championship.html p 1 title reigns extreme rising world championship titles database cagematch the internet wrestling database . cagematch.net . retrieved 2014 04 06 . http www.wrestlezone.com news 494091 extreme rising title pulled from event http www.cagematch.net id 5 & nr 1883 & page 5 & reign 1 http extremerising.com extreme rising world title stevie richards champion http www.pwinsider.com viewarticle.php id 87029 & p 3 external links edit v t e extreme championship wrestling championships world world heavyweight reigns secondary world television reigns maryland reigns pennsylvania reigns tag team world tag team reigns other ftw heavyweight reigns triple crown tournaments talent 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