Perhaps the most anticipated match in ECWA history happens on SEPTEMBER 27 as “The Beast” Glen Osbourne meets Ace Darling in a RETIREMENT MATCH to be contested under STREET FIGHT RULES!
It’s one of those unique classics that will pit.
ICON VS. ICON
and to make it more historic and ground breaking…….the loser of the match will
RETIRE from ACTIVE WRESTLING
The match has fans and the entire ECWA locker room buzzing with anticipation. Many ECWA critics are going to be watching this historic event very carefully. There is a lot at stake for both iconic performers. Their first meeting on May 10 was all about Championships, history, iconic status, and pride. Now this return match brings all that to the forefront once again, but with one important difference. Both careers are on the line!
The Beast Glen Osbourne is no stranger to the lime light in the ECWA. He has main evented every type of match imaginable in the promotion and has wrestled legends like Mick Foley in our squared circle. He has held the Championship on more than one occasion and has battled all the ECWA greats during his storied career here in the promotion, which began in the early 1990’s. Osbourne has proven over the years that he is just more than power and brawn. He is an accomplished grappler that can go toe to toe with anyone. It has been noted by some that Glen has a killer instinct. Sometimes he listens to the fans and sometimes he does not….but when push comes to shove and the chips are down, The Beast reaches down in his reserves, his killer instinct takes over, and the rest is history. He is a winner! He will have to reach way down in his soul on September 27as he meets another man who is just as big an icon as he…that man is Ace Darling.
Ace began wrestling for the ECWA when he was a kid and has been with the promotion since the early 1990’s as well. How do you rate or rank a performer who HAS DONE IT ALL? Darling has held every major title in the promotion, several times over. He won the very first ECWA Super 8 Tournament and has competed in more Super 8’s than anyone else in history. He too has wrestled legends and performed in every type of match possible in the ECWA. We all kid about Darling’s ability to talk constantly about his accomplishments…..but even greater than his boasting, is his ability to back up everything he says and his ability to keep making history in the ECWA. No one can deny that Ace Darling is arguably one of the most celebrated and decorated superstars in the history of the promotion. He is a master of his craft and some 16 years after he started, he still amazes fans with his performances.
For many years, both Darling and Osbourne have co-existed in the ECWA, for the most part doing their own thing and achieving every accolade possible. Their styles very different but yet their results and achievements, very parallel. On April 5 of 2008, all that would change. In what seemed normal for the icons, Glen captured the ECWA Heavyweight Championship that night and Ace countered by winning the ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship as well. For some odd reason, Ace would take that occasion to proclaim himself the greatest icon and champion ever to compete in the ECWA. Osbourne took exception to the remarks and confronted Ace, thus challenging him to a match on May 10 where both title would be on the line.
On May 10, Glen Osbourne would narrowly pull off a win, but it came at a cost! For the 1st time in his illustrious career, the indy icon, Ace Darling would go ballistic and start doing irrational things. He started out by stealing both title belts in which officials had to negotiate with him to return the titles. For the return of the title belts, he positioned himself again to become ECWA Mid Atlantic Champion on July 26.
At our July 26 event, history would take an ugly turn for both Darling and Osbourne as they would cost each other their coveted titles. Both now without a title, became irate at what the other had cost him. It further escalated when the two had to be separated later in the evening, but not until they h ad challenged each other to a CAREER vs. CAREER match for the September 27 show.
Well the match is set! Two of ECWA’s biggest icons meet one last time for the biggest prize of all THEIR CAREER!
So what happens when you place two decorated icons in the ring against each other? And what happens when you place both careers in jeopardy for the first time in one match?
WE WILL MAKE ECWA HISTORY on SEPTEMBER 27!!!!!
Be there to see who will surpass the status of icon!!! And WHO WILL RETIRE!
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