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Blank. · 12-10-2016, 07:26 PM

#7

The ECW Originals (Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Tazz, Shane Douglas, Terry Funk, The Dudley Boys, Chris Candido, Tommy Dreamer, New Jack, Stevie Richards, The Blue Meanie, etc.)

Ok, this is a cop out, I know. So just bare with me while I explain it. ECW as a company was instrumental in the cruiserweight division in WCW, the attitude era in WWF. During the Monday night wars ECW was a crucial part of everything and they often get overlooked.

You love Brock Lesnar? Well guess what, Tazz did suplex city first and did it better. Tazz was a badass in ECW. His promos were unbeatable, "Beat me if you can. Survive if i let you!" Granted Tazz in WWE was kind of ****ty, but in ECW he was just a reincarnation of pure badassery.

In 1994 Shane Douglas would win the NWA title in a tournament held on ECW TV. Douglas would throw down the NWA title and pick up the ECW Championship and proclaim that he was the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. This was a historical moment with ECW publicly shaming the organization that once monopolized all of professional wrestling.

Paul Heyman, ECW's CEO, would say this about ECW shunning the NWA, "The [NWA] was old-school when old-school wasn't hip anymore. We wanted to set our mark, we wanted to breakaway from the pack, we wanted to let the world know that we weren't just some independent promotion."

ECW would then completely change its product. The company would focus in on being edgier. ECW matches would have no rules so to speak.

WCW would decide to give birth to the Cruiserweight division. The way WCW would gain this division would be by raiding ECW's talent pool. So one of the factors that gave WCW the edge in the monday night wars was mainly made up of wrestlers from ECW.

Vince McMahon was losing the monday night wars and would be forced to rebrand his entire product (Thanks cruiserweight division). So how would he do that? He'd make the product more edgy, have more matches that were exteme. So how would he do that? He'd take two wrestlers from ECW that would be instrumental in this, Mick Foley and Steve Austin (We'll get to them).

The wrestlers who were talented did amazing things in ECW. The wrestlers who weren't talented also did some amazing things. The fact is the entire ECW locker room was/is a crucial spot in professional wrestling history and all too often get overlooked for this factor.

So good day and I leave you with the classic ECW chants.

12-10-2016, 07:26 PM	#263 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	#7 The ECW Originals (Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Tazz, Shane Douglas, Terry Funk, The Dudley Boys, Chris Candido, Tommy Dreamer, New Jack, Stevie Richards, The Blue Meanie, etc.) Ok, this is a cop out, I know. So just bare with me while I explain it. ECW as a company was instrumental in the cruiserweight division in WCW, the attitude era in WWF. During the Monday night wars ECW was a crucial part of everything and they often get overlooked. You love Brock Lesnar? Well guess what, Tazz did suplex city first and did it better. Tazz was a badass in ECW. His promos were unbeatable, "Beat me if you can. Survive if i let you!" Granted Tazz in WWE was kind of ***ty, but in ECW he was just a reincarnation of pure badassery. In 1994 Shane Douglas would win the NWA title in a tournament held on ECW TV. Douglas would throw down the NWA title and pick up the ECW Championship and proclaim that he was the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. This was a historical moment with ECW publicly shaming the organization that once monopolized all of professional wrestling. Paul Heyman, ECW's CEO, would say this about ECW shunning the NWA, "The [NWA] was old-school when old-school wasn't hip anymore. We wanted to set our mark, we wanted to breakaway from the pack, we wanted to let the world know that we weren't just some independent promotion." ECW would then completely change its product. The company would focus in on being edgier. ECW matches would have no rules so to speak. WCW would decide to give birth to the Cruiserweight division. The way WCW would gain this division would be by raiding ECW's talent pool. So one of the factors that gave WCW the edge in the monday night wars was mainly made up of wrestlers from ECW. Vince McMahon was losing the monday night wars and would be forced to rebrand his entire product (Thanks cruiserweight division). So how would he do that? He'd make the product more edgy, have more matches that were exteme*. So how would he do that? He'd take two wrestlers from ECW that would be instrumental in this, Mick Foley and Steve Austin (We'll get to them). The wrestlers who were talented did amazing things in ECW. The wrestlers who weren't talented also did some amazing things. The fact is the entire ECW locker room was/is a crucial spot in professional wrestling history and all too often get overlooked for this factor. So good day and I leave you with the classic ECW chants.