The Night the Line Was Crossed
1994 Extreme Championship Wrestling live event
The Night the Line Was Crossed was a professional wrestling live event produced by Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) on February 5, 1994. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Excerpts from The Night the Line Was Crossed (including the unabridged main event) aired on the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV, while the full event was released on VHS in 1994. It was made available for streaming on the WWE Network in 2020. The main event and the bout between Jimmy Snuka and Tommy Dreamer were both included on the compilation DVD ECW: Unreleased Vol. 1 released by WWE in 2012.
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The commentator for The Night the Line Was Crossed was Joey Styles. The ring announcer was Bob Artese. The referees were Jim Molineaux and John Finnegan. The event was attended by approximately 1,000 people, selling out the ECW Arena.
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