Let me refresh your memories or maybe even educate some of you on the real reason ECW or atleast the E for EXTREME has been dead since 2006? Do you all remember ECW December to Dismember!!! It was really the 1st WWE all ECW pay-per-view that wasn't a One Night Stand!! On the card that night was An Extreme elmination chamber match for the ECW Title. That night Bobby Lashley would become ECW champion!
Now Paul Heyman from my view had some atonomy when it came to running ECW even thought it wasn't his anymore. From Storyline conception to talent Paul seemed to be the one still in charge of the Kool-Aid. I really believed in my heart of hearts that ECW was back look at all the Extreme rules matches. Big Show and Ric Flair (yes i said Ric Flair) Had the best Hardcore matches I have ever seen!! RVD vs. Hardcore Holly when Holly had his back tore open and was bledding like there was no tomorrow Holly even finished the match!!!
But back to my orginal thought here. The 1st thing i remember thinking about was the Event didn't even have a huge card or bulid up only The main event Extreme Elmination Chamber match. But then again when you have 2 pay-per-views in one month it does seem a little hetic,I mean after all I believe WWE was just looking at $ signs when it came to ECW and not the actual brand itself. But the one person who believed in ECW still was Paul Heyman.
Now your standard WWE pay-per-view usually lasts till around 10:45-10:50 PM. On this night the ECW pay-per-view got over at 10:28 PM. And was Vince or the high up's what ever coin you flip were inscensed that this happen. And the next thing I remember is Paul Heyman on TV apoplogizing and in Tears for what had happen. And this was the very last time we ever saw Paul Heyman in the WWE or ECW. And ever since then the Kool-Aid hasan't been the same in matter of a fact I don't know what we have been drinking for the last 2 years.
We've gone from the bingo hall to the penthouse and in my view i loved the bingo hall better than anything else. There have been some great WWE-ECW momements but none that will ever top Paul Heyman's ECW and that's what ECW needs if it intends to survive. But I will always remember the 22 minutes that killed ECW forever.
EXACTLY!! I never saw the original ECW, but EXACTLY!! :) I own "The Rise And Fall...." DVD though. Seen it several times.
nhpierseeI'm not gonna b*tch too much coz I'm happy to have wrestling to watch on Tues. nights. I do here what ur sayin' though. I think another nail in the coffin was when they put ECW in the larger arenas. I miss the intimate setting of the smaller venues.
Ur also right about the "Extreme Rules" matches. How the F can u call it ECW, if the E is not an accurate description of the product?!?
**That RVD/Holly match was wicked
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