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Probably kicked off Sportscenter. Everything I've heard is that he is unbearable to work with and has made enemies everywhere he goesDon’t ya know he has to be pissed to leave sportscenter to have that happen to him.
Yeah, Coach has a reputation as a bridge burner. Surprised Vince welcomed him back in the first place, tbh but it is still the pro wrestling business.Probably kicked off Sportscenter. Everything I've heard is that he is unbearable to work with and has made enemies everywhere he goes
Vince will employ just about anyone if he thinks there are possible dollars. Jim Cornette explains Vince's philosophy on a couple of his podcasts. It is pretty funny.Yeah, Coach has a reputation as a bridge burner. Surprised Vince welcomed him back in the first place, tbh but it is still the pro wrestling business.
Mauro has it made, he gets to announce NXT. Not sure if a promotion and an announcer were more made for each other. Maybe ECW and Joey Styles.
Dude would have had a legit run in Memphis and Mid South if it was 1978Kash Daniel should be signed by NXT. He’s got a strap in his future.
Kash got that early 80s Tommy Rich fire in his belly. Or maybe a little more edge, like a Magnum TA.Dude would have had a legit run in Memphis and Mid South if it was 1978
One of my favorite wrestling podcasts is New Blood Rising and I'm slowly getting through their series on ECW. Just a few thoughts I want to get out there since I miss ECW and I'd rather talk about this than the current product.
* Rob Van Dam and Sabu are the only ECW regulars who should be in the Hall of Fame. I think they'll put RVD there eventually, not sure about Sabu, but he deserves it. There's a case to be made for Sandman, but I can't make it. Peak RVD in ECW was more over than any wrestler of the time not named Steve or Dwayne.
* Justin Credible didn't suck, I apologize to Corey Davis for all the horrible stuff I've said about him and all the Olive Garden jokes ("My name is PJ, I'll be your server tonight, our special is the chicken jabroni" - I still like that joke but it was cruel). Going back and watching the old shows, he was shockingly good. Underrated.
* For all the complaining he did about the Clique, Shane Douglas went out without doing any clean jobs, beat Justin Credible and Lance storm a bunch of times and then went to WCW without returning the favor. Even when he dropped the belt to Taz he didn't tap, he passed out and immediately turned face. F-bombs do not make promos. DICK FLAIR! ASS! HA HAAAAAAA!
* The best, most consistent wrestler from show to show was Jerry Lynn.
* Balls Mahoney = crazy underrated
* The guy whose stuff surprisingly doesn't hold up is Tommy Dreamer. We would all hate him if ECW Tommy Dreamer were on our TVs on a weekly basis.
* The best ECW World Champion was Mike Awesome. Paul Heyman is the best I've ever seen at booking dominant monster heels. I wish he could have had Vader at his disposal for like a year.
* The best character was Taz, but Paul had no idea what to do with him once he won the world title. Taz was an amazing heel and an amazing face chasing the world title, but once he got the belt there was nothing left.
* Would anybody mark out if New Jack did a run-in during the middle of the Raw main event and just starting bonking people with stuff? Just me? K.
* Vince getting the Dudleys when he did was great scouting by JR. They had just figured out how to get the most out of their abilities when they did the riot promo at Heatwave and then they were gone. The Dudleys' Heatwave promo = Anthony Davis's growth spurt.
* We needed more of the Eliminators.
* Finally, with the right people at the right time, I really miss blood in wrestling. Here's Steve Corino vs. Tajiri.
This was a star-making match for both guys. Shame Corino couldn't catch on anywhere after they folded.
Is it bad to say I liked Raven better in WCW? Because I did. His match with Goldberg for the US title was my favorite Goldberg match until WM vs. Brock.I read this twice and not a word about Raven?? Quote the Raven nevermore!
Quite a leap from Johnny Polo!
I wish I could put into words how amazing it was to watch him slowly transform from "DIE ROCKY DIE" Rocky Maivia into The Rock.![]()
The Rock holding the belt up on the stretcher![]()
In ECW, Raven nailed Sandman to an actual cross and abducted Sandman's son and to the best of my knowledge, never suffered any comeuppance for it.I still believe Raven-Dreamer is the most well booked feud ever. Maybe the matches weren't technical masterpieces, but the story was epic. The Raven character in ECW was better than everywhere else. Maybe he had better matches in WCW, but ECW Raven was awesome.
THIS AIN'T SING ALONG WITH THE CHAMP.Give me $500 shirt heel Rock over any other version of the Rock. Once again, 1997-1999 were salad days
I still believe Raven-Dreamer is the most well booked feud ever. Maybe the matches weren't technical masterpieces, but the story was epic. The Raven character in ECW was better than everywhere else. Maybe he had better matches in WCW, but ECW Raven was awesome.
I wish I could put into words how amazing it was to watch him slowly transform from "DIE ROCKY DIE" Rocky Maivia into The Rock.
I don’t know that it’s necessarily that. Look at the crowd during All In. It resembled a 1998 Raw/Nitro way more than it did a current WWE crowd. If the crowd is given what they want then they’ll respond accordingly.Look at how crazy those crowds were...that was before the smarks ruined wrestling.
That made him a baby face in Philadelphia.In ECW, Raven nailed Sandman to an actual cross and abducted Sandman's son and to the best of my knowledge, never suffered any comeuppance for it.
The single-loudest pop I've ever heard in my life. If there's another one, let me know
They're going to just have their wives wrestle in bra and panties.There’s a rumor on one of the sites that the HGH/OverthehillTaker match is going to have a Geritol on a pole match added to it...