Getting to Know the Super 8 Participants PT. 1

Wrestling Fan's here is your chance to get to know some of ECWA's 15th Annual Super 8 Tournament Participants!

Bobby Shields

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Finisher: Gory Bomb or 450 Splash

Titles Held: KCW Tag Team Champion(2x), KCW Cruiserweight Champion(2x), PWX: NWA East Three Rivers Champion, WWWA/SWO US Champion, APWF Cruiserweight Champion, APWF Throwback Champion, PWO Tag Team Champion, World-1 Tag Team Champion

What inspired you to be a Pro Wrestler?

I don't know if there was a specific thing that made me go "I want to do that". Because when I was little I remember wrestling with my stuffed animals on my bed. And then as a teenager friends and I body slamming each other in the living room pretending to wrestle and stuff. I've just always been a fan and the next step to being a fan is doing that activity, so it was a natural progression.

Favorite Wrestler growing up?

Hulk Hogan was easily my favorite. I liked the Hulkster before I liked wrestling. As time progressed I really liked Sean Waltman no matter if he was the 1-2-3 Kid, Syxx, or X-Pac. I really look at him as the guy who broke the barrier for smaller guys.

Most memorable moment as a wrestler?

I definitely have 2. 1 being booked by TNA for a dark match tryout. It was an AMAZING experience overall. It just felt so natural. And then the other was getting to wrestle on WWE tv, even if it was an enhancement match, it's still a dream come true.

What the fan's can expect from you in the Super 8 tournament? I'm not going to hold back. I'm going to bring it. Expect to see a Bobby Shields people aren't used to seeing.

Tommaso Ciampa

Hometown - Fighting out of Total Performance Sports in Everett, Mass.

Finisher - Power Bomb into a lungblower and a modified clover leaf

Titles held: Currently TRP Heavyweight champ and UFO cruiserweight champ. Former CW heavyweight and New England champ

What inspired you to be a Pro Wrestler?

I was a fan since I can remember. As a kid and now as a young adult I think I have always been drawn to the entire spectacle of professional wrestling. The fireworks, improv, athleticism, and the larger than life super heroes.

Favorite Wrestler growing up?

I remember really being invested into Bret Hart - to the point where I still remember crying when Papa Shango was beating him up on Saturday Nights Main Event.

Most memorable moment as a wrestler?

Appearing on smackdown as Hassan and Davairi's lawyer (Thomas Whitney, esq) and working opposite of the Undertaker. It is a day I will never forget from being given a backstage tour by Stephanie Mcmahon to receiving feedback from vince himself to being chokeslammed and tombstoned by one of the greatest of all time. To this day one of my goals is to gain my retribution by being the man to end Takers streak at Mania!

What the fan's can expect from you in the Super 8 tournament?

Fan's can expect to see me become a star before their eyes. I am ready to breakout and there is no grander stage than the 15th annual Super 8. Its time for the wrestling world to recognize project Ciampa as one of the very best that this business has to offer!

For the first time ever, the ECWA Super 8 Tournament will be streamed LIVE on iPPV on Go Fight Live at www.gfl.tv. The ECWA Super 8, which will present its 15th Annual edition on April 30th at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey, is regarded by many as the number one professional wrestling tournament and is covered in depth annually by Pro Wrestling
Illustrated (PWI) Magazine www.pwi-online.com .

GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK (GFL.tv), founded in 1997, is the world's largest ONLINE Streaming combat sports video Streaming Site.

Over the years GFL has broadcast more than 850 live events with over 4300 combat sports videos in 190 countries.

GFL combat sports genres currently include Boxing, MMA and Professional Wrestling with plans to add more fight categories in 2011. GFL has expanded its programming to include: Daily News & Radio Shows with feature Interviews and industry updates along with Great Fight Photos, Fighter Videos and a robust Calendar of Upcoming Fight Events.

Many of wrestling’s biggest stars gained their first fame at the Super 8 including “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels (1999 finalist, 2000 & 2004 champion), Low-Ki aka Kaval & Senshi (2001 Champion), AJ Styles (2002 Finalist), Matt Hardy (1999 Semi-Finalist), Jeff Hardy (1999 Quarter-Finalist), “America Dragon” Bryan Danielson aka Daniel Bryan (2001 Finalist), Jerry Lynn (2007 Champion), Davey Richards (2006 Champion) and many more.

And this year’s field of 8 competitors is arguably the best yet… 1- Tommaso Ciampa; 2- Sami Callihan; 3- Adam Cole; 4- SHOCKWAVE the Robot; 5- Rich Swann; 6- Bobby Shields; 7- Shiima Xion; 8- AUSTIN ARIES. Plus there will also be additional non-tournament matches as well.

The cost of the iPPV is only $14.99 and if you pre-order now, you name will be entered into a raffle for a prize package including a DVD of the event, T-Shirt, replica Super 8 medal and trophy and more!

To order go to:
http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Wrestling/ECWA_15th_Anniversary_Super_8/982

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