Break The Barrier was a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 supercard held at Viking Hall, better known as the ECW Arena, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 on May 15, 1999. The event was organized by the founders of Scoopswrestling.com, Al Isaacs, Remy Arteaga and Barbi Bistrowitz, and brought together some of the top independent wrestlers from around the country. It was one of the biggest interpromotional events in the United States and represented by 12 independent promotions including Allied Powers Wrestling Federation, Combat Zone Wrestling

Combat Zone Wrestling

Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...

, Extreme Championship Wrestling

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...

, Independent Pro Wrestling, Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

The Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance was an American independent professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia, from October 1995 to February 2001, when it was run by Cueball Carmichael and...

, Maryland Championship Wrestling

Maryland Championship Wrestling

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, Music City Wrestling, NWA New Jersey

National Wrestling Alliance

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, New Dimension Wrestling, Southern Greatest Wrestling Fans, Steel City Wrestling, World Legion Wrestling and World Wrestling Organization. Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

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 has called it "one of the greatest Supercards of all time".

Tom Brandi

Tom Brandi

Tom Brandi is a professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Federation as Salvatore Sincere. He is also known for his current work as The Patriot, working for such companies as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent promotions on the East...

 won the main event, an interpromotional battle royal

Battle royal

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, and presented a trophy from the promoter Al Isaacs. Instead of accepting the award, Brandi instead attacked Isaac and powerbomb

Powerbomb

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ed him through a table. The undercard featured a "First blood" match between Fang (Allied Powers Wrestling Federation) and Blade Boudreaux (Southern Greatest Wrestling Fans). Ten minutes into the match, Abdullah the Butcher

Abdullah the Butcher

Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time...

 came out and attacked both men. Abdullah cut up Fang with a fork and then rolled him into a coffin which he rolled backstage.

Two new champions were also crowned that night. Mike Quackenbush defeated Lou Marconi and Don Montoya to become the first SCW "Lord of the Dance" Champion and Nick Gage

Nick Gage

Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone...

 defeated Justice Pain

Justice Pain

Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged...

 in an impromptu staple gun match to become the first CZW Hardcore Champion. That night also saw the reunion of The Headbangers

The Headbangers

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 and Shane Douglas

Shane Douglas

Troy Alan Martin is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned nearly three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and briefly...

 delivering a controversial "shoot" interview

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 which ended with his quitting ECW one day before its Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view.

Show results

May 15, 1999 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 (Viking Hall)

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Stevie Richards Stevie Richards Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. Also known by his ring names, Steven Richards and Dr...  defeated Tom Brandi Tom Brandi Tom Brandi is a professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Federation as Salvatore Sincere. He is also known for his current work as The Patriot, working for such companies as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent promotions on the East...  and Jimmy Cicero Jimmy Cicero Matt Bowman, best known by his ring name "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero, is an American professional wrestler who has competed in several promotions on the independent circuit. He had also competed for the United States Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation...  (c)	Three Way Dance for the APWF Heavyweight Championship	n/a
2	Derrick Stone (c) defeated Steve Sharpe	Falls Count Anywhere match for the WLW Heavyweight Championship	n/a
3	Rick Link Rick Link "The Beastmaster" Rick Link is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. He wrestled throughout Canada and the United States for the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1970s and 80s under a number of ringnames, most notably, as M.E.B. in NWA Central States and as...  (c) and Manny Fernandez Manny Fernandez (wrestler) Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for different independent promotions. He is best known by the his ring name "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez.-Professional wrestling career:...  fought to a double disqualification	Singles match for the NDW Brass Knuckles Championship	n/a
4	The Pitbulls The Pitbulls The Pitbulls were a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of "Pitbull #1" Gary Wolfe and "Pitbull #2" Anthony Durante. They were best known for their tenure in Extreme Championship Wrestling, where they were one-time World Tag Team Champions...  (Pitbull#1 and #2) defeated Phi DeKappa U (Biff and Chaz Wentworth) (c)	Tag team match for the IPW Tag Team Championship	n/a
5	Headbanger Mosh (c) pinned Romeo Valentino	Singles match for the MCW Heavyweight Championship	n/a
6	The Tennessee Volunteerz (Reno Riggins and Steven Dunn Steve Doll Steve Doll was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation as Steven Dunn in the tag team Well Dunn.-Professional wrestling career:... ) defeated The Badstreet Boyz (Christian York Christian York Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...  and Joey Matthews)	Tag team match (MCW)	n/a
7	Scab defeated Natrone Steele (c)	Ladder match Ladder match A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item...  for the WWO Heavyweight Championship	n/a
8	Cueball Carmichael Cueball Carmichael Chris Jackson is an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter, known by his ringname Cueball Carmichael, who competes in the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast independent circuit...  (c) pinned Julio Sanchez	Singles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship IPWA Heavyweight Championship The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance . The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael, who defeated Justin St...	n/a
9	Mike Quackenbush defeated Lou Marconi and Don Montoya	Three Way Dance for the SCW "Lord of the Dance" Championship	n/a
10	Fang defeated Blade Boudreaux	First Blood match (APWF vs. SGWF)	n/a
11	Nick Gage Nick Gage Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone...  (c) defeated Justice Pain Justice Pain Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged...	Staple gun match for the CZW Hardcore Championship	n/a
12	Tom Brandi Tom Brandi Tom Brandi is a professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Federation as Salvatore Sincere. He is also known for his current work as The Patriot, working for such companies as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent promotions on the East...  wins interpromotional battle royal	Multi-federation battle royal Battle royal Battle royal traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing. In recent times the term has been used in a more general sense to refer to any fight involving large numbers of people that are not organized into factions...	n/a

External links

• Break the Barrier at Cagematch.de
• Break the Barrier at GenickBruch.com