Among its roster included Extreme Championship Wrestling regulars such as Raven,[1] Stevie Richards, The Blue Meanie,[2] Damien Kane, Pit Bull #2, referee "Judge" Jeff Jones,[3] and The Bad Breed (Ian and Axl Rotten) as well as some of the leading independent wrestlers such as Cueball Carmichael, Johnny Gunn, Max Thrasher, Devon Storm, Morgus the Maniac, Boo Bradley, Jimmy Cicero, Hollywood Bob Starr, Ruckus, Dino Casanova, Corporal Punishment, The Bad Crew and Darkside (Glen Osborne and Rockin' Rebel).

Three months later, the MEWF held a fundraiser for the North Carroll High School in Hampstead, Maryland to help purchase computer software for its business department.

[6] Expanding outside the Baltimore-area, the promotion regularly appeared at the Secret Cove, a popular restaurant and bar in southern Fairfax County, Virginia.

[7] During the next several years, some of the top lightheavyweight wrestlers appeared in televised matches for the promotion including Mark "the Shark" Shrader, Earl the Pearl, Steve Corino,[8] Danny Doring,[9] Quinn Nash, Adam Flash and Joey Mercury,[10] with whom Christian York feuded with The Hardy Boyz,[11] as well as participated in the ECWA's Super 8 Tournament during the late 1990s.

In 1998, following a dispute with MEWF management and wrestlers over creative control and payment disagreements,[12] Corporal Punishment and Mark Shrader left the promotion taking half of its roster with them to form Maryland Championship Wrestling.