{"id":2020,"date":"2012-01-24T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/?page_id=2020"},"modified":"2012-01-24T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T13:00:50","slug":"super-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/super-8\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPER 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 23rd Annual ECWA Super 8 Tournament will be on Saturday April 18 and will be at the Asbury United Methodist Church in New Castle, DE!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/home\/super-8-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9942\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9942\" src=\"http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Super-8-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/S8-trophy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2507 alignleft\" title=\"S8 trophy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/S8-trophy-e1329237386442-114x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <strong>The East Coast Wrestling Association\u2019s (ECWA) annual Super 8 Tournament is the oldest and most recognized pro wrestling tournament in the United States<\/strong>. The inaugural tournament took place in <strong>1997<\/strong> and gave many of today\u2019s stars their first big break on the East Coast including <strong>Daniel Bryan (aka Bryan Danielson, American Dragon), Christopher Daniels, Austin Aries, the Hardy Boyz and many more<\/strong>. Each year, <strong>Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) magazine<\/strong> has recognized and covered the tournament in depth. Many of today\u2019s top independent stars in the United States and abroad grew up reading about the Super 8 in PWI magazine and were inspired by the prospect of one day competing in the Super 8 and fulfilling their dreams of being a professional wrestler! The tournament also inspired pro hopefuls who otherwise might have been considered too small to be a pro as the tournament has highlighted the junior heavyweight style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the history of the Super 8 visit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/super-8\/history\/\">http:\/\/ecwaprowrestling.com\/ecwa\/super-8\/history\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 23rd Annual ECWA Super 8 Tournament will be on Saturday April 18 and will be at the Asbury United Methodist Church in New Castle, DE! The East Coast Wrestling Association\u2019s (ECWA) annual Super 8 Tournament is the oldest and most recognized pro wrestling tournament in the United States. The inaugural tournament took place in &#8230; <a title=\"SUPER 8\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/super-8\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page\/2020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page\/2020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecwa.w1wrestling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}