December to Dismember
{{Short description|Professional wrestling event}}
{{Infobox wrestling PPV series
|name = December to Dismember
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|promotions = Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995)
World Wrestling Entertainment (2006)
|brands = ECW (2006)
|firstevent = 1995
|lastevent = 2006
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December to Dismember was a professional wrestling event. It was first held by the former Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in 1995 as a non-televised supercard. After World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) acquired the assets of the former promotion in 2003, December to Dismember was revived as a pay-per-view (PPV) event in 2006 and was promoted by WWE for its new ECW brand division. An event was planned for 2007, but was canceled as WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, resulting in the reduction of yearly PPVs produced.
History
In 1995, Extreme Championship Wrestling held an event titled December to Dismember on December 9 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This inaugural event was a non-televised supercard.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1995d.html#120995|title=December to Dismember|website=ProWrestlingHistory.com|access-date=November 16, 2020}} This would be the only December to Dismember event held by the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion as in 2001, the promotion was closed down due to financial issues.{{cite book|title=Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures|last1=Fritz|first1=Brian|last2=Murray|first2=Christopher|publisher=ECW Press|year=2006|isbn=978-1-55022-726-0}}
In 2003, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) acquired the assets of Extreme Championship Wrestling.{{cite web |url=https://pdfslide.net/documents/wwe-acquires-ecw-assets-hhg-corporation.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216101714/https://pdfslide.net/documents/wwe-acquires-ecw-assets-hhg-corporation.html |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |title=WWE acquires ECW Assets (HHG Corporation) |work=WWE and HHG Corporation |publisher=PDF Slide |date=January 28, 2003 |access-date=February 16, 2023 }} In May 2006, WWE launched a third brand dubbed ECW in which alumni of the defunct promotion, as well as newer talent, would compete—brands were a subdivision of WWE's roster where wrestlers exclusively performed; WWE's other two brands at this time were Raw and SmackDown!.{{cite web|title=WWE brings ECW to Sci Fi Channel|publisher=WWE|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi|access-date=2006-06-02}} WWE then revived December to Dismember as a pay-per-view (PPV) for their ECW brand, and it was scheduled to be held on December 3, 2006, at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia.{{cite web|first=Matt|last=MacKinder|title=Lashley has a December to Remember|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2006/12/04/2621428.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729161728/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2006/12/04/2621428.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 29, 2012|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|work=Slam! Sports|date=2006-12-04|access-date=2007-09-11}} This was the only ECW branded pay-per-view WWE produced before the decision was made to discontinue brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, which resulted in WWE reducing the amount of yearly PPVs produced.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |title=WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula |date=March 14, 2007 |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate |access-date=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319234707/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |archive-date=March 19, 2007 }} Before the change, an event for 2007 had been planned.{{cite video|url=http://media.wwe.com/corporate/200705/shareholders07.wvx|title=WWE 2007 Annual Shareholders Meeting|publisher=WWE Corporate|location=Stamford, Connecticut|format=WVX|date=2007-05-11|access-date=2008-06-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220111604/http://media.wwe.com/corporate/200705/shareholders07.wvx|archive-date=2008-12-20}}
Dates and venues
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!# !Event !Date !City !Venue !Main Event !Ref. |
| colspan=7|Extreme Championship Wrestling |
|---|
| 1
|December 9, 1995 |The Public Enemy, The Pitbulls, and Tommy Dreamer vs. The Heavenly Bodies, The Eliminators, Raven, and Stevie Richards in an Ultimate Jeopardy Steel Cage match |
| colspan=7|World Wrestling Entertainment: ECW |
| 2
|December 3, 2006 |Big Show (c) vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Rob Van Dam vs. CM Punk vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Test in an Extreme Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Championship |
| colspan="7"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}} |
See also
References
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