The Nature Boy Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Where would ECW be today if someone who was either competent with money or doesn't care about losing it had purchased the company from Paul E. in the late 90s? Imagine if Panda Energy had decided to buy a wrestling company in 1998 (and Dixie stayed away). They're perfectly cool with bleeding money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 It's a really great read btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbat Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I hate being nostalgic for something that died so long ago but I Fuckin loved ECW. I wrote emails for the ppvs and I drank gallons of koolaid. Like everyone says, they were packing shows! I mean they lost tv so that was the last nail but you would think today ECW could've survived in an online medium. Paul Heyman really is a cocksucker. On a side note a lot of my lapses fan friends are getting back into stuff with watching the ppvs on the network with me and they never really saw ECW. It's impossible to explain what it was like, definitely a had to be there thing but I do smile when RVD comes out and he gets the old ECW chants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I smile then get sad when it looks like he ate the rest of the roster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 It's a really great read btw Yeah. Do NOT try to read the WWE book they put out about ECW, it was terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Questions and Answers Also, Ken Shamrock interview impending. And he quoted Mitch Hedberg on Big Foot Spray-tans backstage! Arn on spray-tans! The Stone Cold Tall Tale about his 147mph first pitch Stone Cold's gonna watch the World Cup next year too Nobody tell Austin that the WWE signed KENTA, he answered a KENTA question and talked about Kenta Kobashi Also, he alerted me to the fact that the Fountain of Blood match with Muta and Kabuki isn't on YouTube any more. Someone contact your favorite YT degenerate to tell them to upload that match again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Also the orgins of the Smoking Skull belt and dropping deuces on an RV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 It's a really great read btwYeah. Do NOT try to read the WWE book they put out about ECW, it was terrible. They just got quotes from the DVD and turned it into a book, basically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Steve Austin's Match of the Week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ZC-HAX8fE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J. Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Tommy Dreamer discussing his memory and losing hours in ECW was really frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Moral of the story: Put your hands up kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 So, add Tommy Dreamer to the list of people Vince forgot had left the company? Stone Cold's real talk with Dreamer on memory loss/concussions is..... something else. Of course Matt Striker is a sex pervert And we didn't get Undertaker/Abyss at WM19 because Abyss backed out, or so Dreamer says 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 So, add Tommy Dreamer to the list of people Vince forgot had left the company? He became a lot less important to the company when he gave up his office job to go back on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I turned off last weeks with a few minutes to go as I was in the car when listening to it. Didn't realize it was a 2 parter DVDVR I thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 How far in to the Dreamer interview is the concussion stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbat Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 How far in to the Dreamer interview is the concussion stuff? I can't remember 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Wyatt Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Good for Steve for calling Tommy on his bullshit about not feeling the effects of all those years of stupid bumps and chair shots. Tommy might love the business more than anyone but at this point in his life that's probably a detriment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Damn...Tommy has some Jim McMahon issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Tommy Dreamer-Highest Rating by a Performer on WWE ECW- 1.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Isn't that pretty good for SyFy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 SyFy execs probably shit their pants when a show gets a .8, but Vince shit out 3.2s for years in the 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Tommy Dreamer-Highest Rating by a Performer on WWE ECW- 1.4 Memory issues be damned: A true pro wrestler always remembers to remind everyone when they put butts in the seats, brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 the scary thing about the concept of Dreamer having brain damage is that if you didn't know he was a Wrestler, you probably wouldn't suspect him of having concussion problems from hearing him talk. Austin has some memory quirks as well. Although I listened to the Flair interview recently, and Flair came off like a relative at a family gathering who would update you on the events of all their friends and assorted other relatives and what sort of surgeries they recently had or how many limbs they've lost to diabetes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 A lot of people who have done a lot in life often have memory quirks that aren't necessarily related to concussions. I'm not saying Austin's memory stuff is or isn't related to concussions, but I feel like with a lot of guys who had a big run in wrestling, even from an office perspective, have memory issues unless they have a noted photographic memory like JJ Dillon. EDIT: Paul Heyman most likely lying in the Wrestling Name Game is tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think I am going to call B.S. on Dreamer's signing Abyss to work Taker at Mania X-9 story. Abyss was still an NWA Wildside/indie guy at that point. I don't think he debuted with TNA until late 03 or 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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