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South Philadelphia South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south and the Schuylkill River to the west. Rail tracks next to the building allowed trains to drop off freight for storage and then continue on to their destinations. The tracks were eventually paved over to become an extension of West Ritner Street, allowing West Ritner Street to intersect with South Swanson Street. Elias Stein and Leon Silverman of the law firm Stein & Silverman Family Partnership, Inc. purchased the warehouse in 1986. The southern part of the facility was given the name Viking Hall when the South Philadelphia Viking Club, a local chapter of mummers, began utilizing it. They used the building for storage and to rehearse for the annual

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. The Viking Club also staged midnight bingo games at the venue to raise funds for their organization. The northern part of the building was occupied by retail space, most notably a Forman Mills clothing store.

Opening and reception

The southern part of the building gained worldwide recognition when it served as ECW Arena, home of

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promotion

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(ECW) from May 1993 until the promotion's closure in April 2001. Sharing the same portion of the building with the South Philadelphia Viking Club, ECW often referred to the venue on-air as "The World's Most Famous Bingo Hall". ECW

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John Finnegan reminisced about the building's arrangement in a July 2006 interview: Paul Heyman commented in April 1998 as to whether ECW would run another pay-per-view event from the venue after the success of ECW Barely Legal: ECW never ran another pay-per-view from the venue. The promotion gradually moved its shows away from Philadelphia, running only 6 events at the venue in 2000.

Alterations

Following the closure of

Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...

in April 2001, several Philadelphia based professional wrestling promotions began running shows at the venue.

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(CZW) ran shows at the building and referred to it as CZW Arena. Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW) ran shows at the building and referred to it as 3PW Arena.

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(ROH) opted to run their shows at nearby Murphy Recreation Center, citing the need to establish their own legacy separate from ECW. Controversy arose when Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) signed an exclusive lease with the venue in December 2002 and renamed the building XPW Arena, preventing other promotions from utilizing it. Forced to relocate, CZW moved their shows to a new CZW Arena in

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, while 3PW moved their shows to Electric Factory. In January 2003, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission banned barbed wire and light tubes from professional wrestling matches in response to violent XPW and CZW events at the venue.

The building's ownership evicted XPW from the venue in February 2003 after the promotion failed to make lease payments. CZW resumed running shows at the venue in March 2003, with 3PW returning in November 2003. The building's name was officially changed to New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center in 2004, and was later shortened to New Alhambra Arena in 2006 and Alhambra Arena in 2008. The name was suggested by J. Russell Peltz, who began co-promoting

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cards at the venue with Joe Hand, Sr. in May 2004. It paid homage to the original Alhambra Movie Theater in South Philadelphia that hosted boxing in the 1950s and 1960s. New Jack was banned from the venue following an incident during a Pro Wrestling Xplosion show in September 2006 . He famously ordered Sprite at the venue's concession stand and was instead given

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, prompting him to verbally harass the stand attendant and assault a member of the ring crew. J. Russell Peltz and Joe Hand, Sr. announced in January 2009 that after a five-year partnership, they would stop promoting boxing cards at the venue and move their shows to The Blue Horizon. The venue was then renamed to The Arena by general manager Roger Artigiani. J. Russell Peltz and Joe Hand, Sr. later returned to promoting boxing cards at the venue after The Blue Horizon closed in June 2010. 2300 Arena Exterior

Roger Artigiani announced in October 2010 that

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group Asylum Fight League had purchased the naming rights to the venue and renamed it Asylum Arena. Arena Operating, LLC (headed by Joanna Pang of the Trocadero Theatre) signed an exclusive lease with the venue in February 2012 with plans to renovate and convert it to a concert hall. The building's ownership evicted Arena Operating, LLC in April 2013 after Joanna Pang failed to complete her proposed renovations. The venue reopened as 2300 Arena in December 2013. The name referenced its newly constructed entranceway at 2300 South Swanson Street, replacing the old entrance at 7 West Ritner Street.

Notable events

Professional wrestling

An NWA World Title Tournament at the venue in August 1994 ended with

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throwing down the

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and declaring himself ECW World Heavyweight Champion, effectively launching ECW as a national promotion. ECW broadcast Barely Legal, their first live

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event from the venue in April 1997. The event was headlined by

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defeating

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to become ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Immediately following the broadcast, the building lost power. The final ECW show at the venue was Holiday Hell in December 2000, headlined by Steve Corino retaining his ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Justin Credible and The Sandman. In June 2005, an unofficial ECW reunion show called Hardcore Homecoming: An Extreme Reunion drew a sell-out crowd and set a record

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for the venue with $135,000 in ticket sales. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission lifted their January 2003 ban on

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for the main event between Sabu,

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and

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.

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(ROH) debuted at the venue in March 2006 with Arena Warfare, a show featuring inter-promotional matches between the stars of ROH and

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. The event was headlined by Samoa Joe defeating

Colt Cabana Scott Colton (born May 6, 1980), better known by the ring name Colt Cabana, is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, and podcaster. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a wrestler and as a coach, and he performs the same ...

and

Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the Head of Talent Relations. He is best kn ...

.

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promo ...

debuted at the venue in June 2006 with Hardcore War, a joint show with United Wrestling Federation (UWF). The event was headlined by

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, the NWA World Tag Team Champions, facing Team 3D and The James Gang in a non-title match. The ECW brand of WWE ran a

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at the venue in June 2006, with tickets for the event selling out in under four minutes.

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successfully defended his

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in the main event against

Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic gold medalist in American freestyle wrestling, and former collegiate wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and Total Nonstop Action ...

. Scenes from '' The Wrestler'' were shot at the venue during the

Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling ...

show 9 F'N Years in February 2008, with professional wrestler

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having a prominent on-screen role in the film. In February 2009, the venue began hosting regular television tapings for the

Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was s ...

series '' Ring of Honor Wrestling''. The first taping drew a sell-out crowd and was headlined by Bryan Danielson defeating Austin Aries. Dragon Gate USA filmed their first

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event, '' Enter The Dragon'' at the venue in July 2009. The card was headlined by Open the Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi defeating

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in a non-title match. Eddie Kingston

In September 2009, independent wrestler Matt Riot died following a

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training session at the venue where he collapsed from a

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.

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(NJPW) concluded Invasion Tour 2011, their first ever tour of the United States, with an event at the venue in May 2011. The card was headlined by Togi Makabe defeating Rhino, and the undercard featured MVP defeating Toru Yano to become the inaugural IWGP Intercontinental Champion. Chikara broadcast ''

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'', their first live internet pay-per-view event from the venue in November 2011.

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defeated

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in the main event to become the inaugural Chikara Grand Champion. Prior to the renovations beginning, Evolve presented on live internet pay-per-view what was billed as the venue's final professional wrestling event, ''A Tribute to the Arena'', on January 14, 2012. New Jack appeared at this event, ending his September 2006 ban from the venue. The venue hosted the premiere screening of the unofficial ECW documentary ''Barbed Wire City'' in April 2013. Jay Lethal Feb 27, 2016

Extreme Rising promoted the first professional wrestling card at the newly renamed 2300 Arena in December 2013.

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and New Japan Pro Wrestling jointly presented War of the Worlds '15 at the venue over two consecutive nights in May 2015.

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broadcast Final Battle 2015 on live pay-per-view from the venue in December 2015, headlined by Jay Lethal retaining his

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against AJ Styles. Evolve 131 aired live on WWE Network from the venue in July 2019.

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successfully retained his

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in the main event against Akira Tozawa. The

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series '' Dark Side of the Ring: Confidential'' was filmed at the venue in December 2020.

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broadcast

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on live pay-per-view from the venue in September 2021, headlined by Bandido retaining his

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against Brody King, Demonic Flamita and EC3 in a Four-Way Elimination match.

Professional boxing

The final event prior to the venue closing was a Peltz Boxing Promotions card on January 21, 2012 that aired live on

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as the debut episode of '' Fight Night''.

Mixed martial arts

Matrix Fights drew a sell-out crowd at the venue for their first

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event in February 2010, featuring Cole Konrad on the

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.

Concerts

The band

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headlined a

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at the venue on

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in February 2008.

Other

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Elvis Depressedly released an album named after the venue called ''New Alhambra'' in May 2015. The

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used the venue for its ''RNC at the DNC'' event in July 2016 to counter the

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at

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. Philly Fashion Week began hosting the runway portion of its biannual event at the venue in September 2016. The

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received their

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following their victory at

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during a private ceremony at the venue in June 2018.

Promotional history

Concerts

These

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have held headlining

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at 2300 Arena.

Mixed martial arts

These

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promotions have held events at 2300 Arena.

Professional boxing

These professional boxing promotions have held events at 2300 Arena.

Professional wrestling

These

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s have held events at 2300 Arena.

Training

These

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and

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schools have held training sessions at 2300 Arena.

Tournament history

Amateur boxing

These

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tournaments have been held at 2300 Arena.

Professional wrestling

These

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tournaments have been held at 2300 Arena.

Records

This is a list of records set by both individuals and groups in various categories at 2300 Arena.

Amateur boxing

*Most tournament wins: 4,

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Concerts

*Most events: 3, Sapremia *First event:

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, August 26, 2006 *Longest event: 2 days, Hostile City Death Fest, July 4, 2009 and July 5, 2009

Mixed martial arts

*Most matches: 3,

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*Most events: 21,

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*Highest attendance: 1,300, Matt Makowski vs. LeVon Maynard, February 27, 2010 *First match: Daniel Matalla defeated Michael Colisto, October 17, 2009 *Longest match: 5 rounds, Jason Norwood vs. Jeremiah Wells, August 17, 2018 *Shortest match: 0:15,

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vs. Shane Hutchinson, June 11, 2010

Professional boxing

*Most matches: 12, Mike Jones *Most events: 32, Peltz Boxing Promotions *Highest attendance: 1,433, Christian Carto vs. Victor Ruiz, February 8, 2019 *First match: Earl Clark defeated Kevin Swain, September 24, 1993 *Longest match: 12 rounds, Derek Ennis vs.

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, July 30, 2010;

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vs.

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, August 10, 2007; Rogers Mtagwa vs. Aldo Valtierra, July 20, 2007;

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vs. Mario Ramos, March 3, 2006; Larry Mosley vs. Miguel Figueroa, March 3, 2006 *Shortest match: 0:22, Derrick Webster vs.

Obodai Sai Obodai Sai (born 24 March 1984) is a Ghanaian professional boxer who held the Commonwealth super-welterweight Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing ...

, November 25, 2014

Professional wrestling

*Most matches: 149, Ruckus *Most events: 136,

Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling ...

*Highest attendance: 1,850,

Mike Awesome Michael Lee Alfonso (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestl ...

vs.

Spike Dudley Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley. Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing as Spike Dudley in the 1990s with E ...

, January 15, 2000 *First match:

Road Warrior Hawk Michael Hegstrand (January 26, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (The Legion of Doom in WWF), with Road Warrior Animal. ...

defeated Don E. Allen and The Samoan Warrior, May 14, 1993 *Longest match: 1:04:00,

Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable. Castagnoli also performs for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Ho ...

,

Eddie Kingston Edward Moore (born December 12, 1981), better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Kingston started his wrestling career in 2002, and has wrestled for numerou ...

,

Gran Akuma Gran Akuma (born December 20, 1974) is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Chikara. He has also worked for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Dragon Gate USA and Full Impact Pro (FIP). In Chikara, he was a member of The Kings ...

,

Mike Quackenbush Michael Spillane (born March 18, 1976), is an American podcaster, author, professional wrestling trainer, professional wrestling promoter, and retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mike Quackenbush. He has hosted several ...

and The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant and Worker Ant) vs. Atsushi Ohashi,

Daisuke Sekimoto (born February 9, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He is also known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. He is a three-time BJW World Strong Heavyw ...

,

Jaki Numazawa is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division, where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. Personal life Numazaw ...

, Katsumasa Inoue,

Ryuji Ito (born April 8, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division. He is well known for his death match style of wrestling. Career Big Japan Pro Wrestling (1999–present) I ...

, Shinya Ishikawa and

Yuji Okabayashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...

, October 19, 2008 *Shortest match: 0:09, The Sandman vs.

Chad Austin Chad Slivenski (born September 15, 1972) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, known by his ringname Chad Bowman, who competed in East Coast and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions during the 1990s and 2000s. Early in his career, Sl ...

, March 4, 1994;

Tommy Dreamer Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971), is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Impact Wrestling and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore (HOH) prom ...

and

Johnny Gunn Thomas Brandi (born July 9, 1966) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation from 1996 to 1998 under the ring name Salvatore Sincere. Brandi is also known for his appearances with ...

vs.

Johnny Hotbody John Weiss (born February 19, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Johnny Hotbody. In Eastern Championship Wrestling, he won the ECW Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship, and ECW Television Champions ...

and

Tony Stetson Anthony Matteo (born March 21, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Hitman" Tony Stetson. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the 1990s. Stetson was one of ECW's ini ...

, November 13, 1993 *Most tournament wins: 4,

Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable. Castagnoli also performs for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Ho ...

Awards

*1994 - Best Weekly Television Show by ''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four W ...

'' - ''

ECW Hardcore TV ''ECW Hardcore TV'' is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by the Philadelphia based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) composed of footage from live shows and recorded interviews. It ran in syndi ...

'' *1995 - Best Weekly Television Show by ''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four W ...

'' - ''

ECW Hardcore TV ''ECW Hardcore TV'' is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by the Philadelphia based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) composed of footage from live shows and recorded interviews. It ran in syndi ...

'' *1996 - Best Weekly Television Show by ''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four W ...

'' - ''

ECW Hardcore TV ''ECW Hardcore TV'' is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by the Philadelphia based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) composed of footage from live shows and recorded interviews. It ran in syndi ...

'' *2006 - Venue of the Year by

ESPN2 ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially fo ...

boxing program '' Wednesday Night Fights'' *2007 - Best of Philly: Sports Venue by the magazine ''

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

'' *2008 - Best of Philly: Guys' Night Out by the magazine ''

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

'' *2009 - Best Major Show by ''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four W ...

'' - DGUSA Enter the Dragon, July 25, 2009 *2010 - Best Weekly Television Show by ''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four W ...

'' - '' Ring of Honor Wrestling'' *2010 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year - Derek Ennis vs.

Gabriel Rosado Gabriel Rosado (born January 14, 1986) is an American professional boxer who challenged twice for a middleweight world title in 2013. Hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rosado is part of the city's large Puerto Rican community. Renowned f ...

, July 30, 2010 *2011 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year - Juan Rodriguez, Jr. vs. Greg Hackett, July 29, 2011 *2012 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year -

Bryant Jennings Bryant Jennings (born September 25, 1984) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged once for the unified world heavyweight titles in 2015, and the WBA interim heavyweight title in the same year. Jennings holds notable wins over fo ...

vs. Maurice Byarm, January 21, 2012 *2015 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year -

Amir Mansour Amir Mansour (born Lavern Moorer; July 25, 1972) is an American professional boxer who fights at heavyweight. His professional debut came in 1997. He fought 9 fights, before he was sent to prison in 2001, serving 8 1/2 years on a controlled sub ...

vs. Joey Dawejko, May 8, 2015 *2016 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year -

Dashon Johnson Dashon Johnson (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional boxer, mixed martial artist, and former North American Boxing Association (NABA) title super middleweight champion. Johnson is from Fontana, California. Boxing career NABA title ...

vs.

Jesse Hart Jesse Hart (born August 14, 1989) is an American professional boxer who has challenged twice for the WBO super middleweight title; firstly in 2017 and again in 2018. Early life and amateur career Jesse Hart is the son of former Philly middlewe ...

, March 18, 2016 *2017 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year -

Kermit Cintrón Kermit Cintrón (born October 22, 1979) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and online boxing writer. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2006 to 2008, and has challenged once for the WBC super welterweight title in 2011. Early and ...

vs. Tyrone Brunson, June 24, 2017 *2018 - Briscoe Award - Philly Fight of the Year - Brandon Robinson vs. Kalvin Henderson, December 7, 2018

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