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10 Facts About Johnny Hotbody

1.

Johnny Hotbody is best known for his appearances in Eastern Championship Wrestling, he won the ECW Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship, and ECW Television Championship.

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Johnny Hotbody broke into professional wrestling in the late 1980s after completing his training at The Monster Factory, operated by Larry Sharpe.

3.

Johnny Hotbody was later forced to relinquish the title on September 12,1992, after sustaining a legitimate broken ankle.

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Johnny Hotbody won his first ECW Tag Team Championship with Candido on April 3,1993, when they defeated Tony Stetson and Larry Winters.

5.

Johnny Hotbody began a feud with Tommy Cairo, attacking him after matches.

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Smith in a tag team match, and for the next few weeks Johnny Hotbody competed against Cairo in matches, losing a standard singles match to him, but winning a Lumberjack match.

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Johnny Hotbody later competed for the NWA New Jersey, where he was awarded the New Jersey version of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship on September 25,1998.

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Johnny Hotbody lost it to Rik Ratchett that same day.

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Johnny Hotbody returned to wrestling for one night on June 23,2006, at Pro Wrestling Unplugged teaming with Gary Wolfe in a tag team match.

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Johnny Hotbody's reign occurred while the promotion was an NWA affiliate named Eastern Championship Wrestling, and was prior to the promotion becoming Extreme Championship Wrestling and the title being declared a world title by ECW.