9.5/10 Must-watch matches: Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka, Sabu vs. Rhino, The Dudleyz vs. Dreamer & Sandman.

The violence is real. The blood is real. The passion is real. And the sound of 2,500 people screaming “ECW! ECW! ECW!” will give you chills—even through a compressed .mp4 file.

On a sweltering June night in Manhattan, the ghosts of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) rose from the grave. This was not a WWE show. It was a wake, a rebellion, and a love letter to the most influential renegade promotion of the 1990s.

Below is an article-style overview of the event itself, tailored to someone who might have just acquired this file. Date: June 12, 2005 Venue: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City File Reference: ECW One Night Stand 2005-06-12 x264 AVC-SC-SDH