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There used to be a wrestling shop in Manchester called ECUK but it's been shut down for years now, which is a total shame as it was an amazing place. I used to make sure I'd get something there every time I went to town as a kid. Then about a year before I went to uni and could have spent ages there in my free time between lectures when I had nothing else to do, such as assignments or anything, or after I'd finished uni for the day it just randomly closed down. To say I was gutted would be an understatement. It sold all sorts of gear, WWE, WCW, ECW, ROH, FWA, CZW, TNA (I think it did TNA just before it shut down as I do have an original TNA DVD, the Jeff Hardy one, before they had the white TNA home video logo thing on the spine), some Japanese promotions, championship belts, ring gear for anyone who was involved in wrestling, tshirts, programs, old magazines, figures and some really rare ones too, DVDs, VHS, anything you could think of really. There were a lot of wrestlers who went there to do signings too, I met AJ Styles and Mick Foley there.

 

I still think about that place and wish it was still here, now I think it's some kind of barbers which I think specialises in hip hop hairstyles and afros and so on or at least it was when ECUK closed down. It was next door ECUK but since ECUK went I think they just overtook all of the space there.

 

Does anyone know exactly what happened with ECUK or the guy who ran it, why it closed and if there was ever any plans to reopen it or if there is anywhere like it (ie just a wrestling only specialist shop) in Manchester or anywhere really?

 

IIRC he closed up shop and moved into business with Van Dangs Martial Arts shop on Newton Street in town and got rid of everything wrestling related, I don't know if he's still there I only visited the shop once and that was just after he moved from the ECUK store on Church Street. The last conversation I had with him made me think he was completely done with all things wrestling and was focusing primarily on MMA.

 

To be honest I think he got out at the right time.

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The guy who ran/owned or part ran/owned ECUK actually posts on here. Good guy and will probably be able to tell you what happened. Hopefully somebody will point the thread out to him.

 

In regards to Wrestling only specialist shops anywhere. www.amerchandise.co.uk/store have just moved in to Portsmouth city centre and the new store is three times the size of the old one. I am sure pictures will be available when the refit is complete but it has everything TNA sell, large selection of British, WWE and is the only place for Noah and Dragon Gate merchandise in Europe!

Absolutely gutting, I no longer live in Pompey and a wrestling shop has just opened, truly gutting, this is worse than the time the FWA-A closed down their training school a few months before I moved to Pompey.

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There used to be a wrestling shop in Manchester called ECUK but it's been shut down for years now, which is a total shame as it was an amazing place. I used to make sure I'd get something there every time I went to town as a kid. Then about a year before I went to uni and could have spent ages there in my free time between lectures when I had nothing else to do, such as assignments or anything, or after I'd finished uni for the day it just randomly closed down. To say I was gutted would be an understatement. It sold all sorts of gear, WWE, WCW, ECW, ROH, FWA, CZW, TNA (I think it did TNA just before it shut down as I do have an original TNA DVD, the Jeff Hardy one, before they had the white TNA home video logo thing on the spine), some Japanese promotions, championship belts, ring gear for anyone who was involved in wrestling, tshirts, programs, old magazines, figures and some really rare ones too, DVDs, VHS, anything you could think of really. There were a lot of wrestlers who went there to do signings too, I met AJ Styles and Mick Foley there.

 

I still think about that place and wish it was still here, now I think it's some kind of barbers which I think specialises in hip hop hairstyles and afros and so on or at least it was when ECUK closed down. It was next door ECUK but since ECUK went I think they just overtook all of the space there.

 

Does anyone know exactly what happened with ECUK or the guy who ran it, why it closed and if there was ever any plans to reopen it or if there is anywhere like it (ie just a wrestling only specialist shop) in Manchester or anywhere really?

 

 

ECUK....became Caged Asylum

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